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The newly announced Call of Duty: Black Ops is now available for you to pre-order at your local participating retailers.

LusoGamer has the first screens about Bulletstorm.

"Those of you who already have your mind made up about purchasing Call of Duty: Black Ops should head over to..."

MMOHut, "Star Trek Online has had a troubling launch. Complaints of an unfinished product rushed to release abounded. What's worse is that STO chose to stick to the archaic subscription model rather than embrace the new, rapidly growing free to play model. To entice players to give the game a chance, they'll also be rolling out a demo and a free trial..."

IncGamers reports that BioWare has added an inhabitants page to the official Star Wars: The Old Republic site.

Anyone wanting to read up on the various creatures, droids and species that fill the SW:TOR universe can now refer here to find out all they need to know.

On Friday morning, browser-based gaming innovator InstantAction announced the availability of its direct-to-consumer online video game distribution service that enables game publishers to embed premium video games anywhere on the Web, including blogs, and social media sites such as Facebook. The service debuts with LucasArts' The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, available now.

GameXplain says: "The Halo: Reach Beta is upon us, and not to be left behind, the GameXplain crew made sure to be among the few to experience the game a little early. The beta is multiplayer only, and will be available to everyone who purchased Halo ODST starting Monday, but for now we were happy enough to hop into the game before the rest of the public."

BNG writes: "That huge project InstantAction has been working on since the arrival of their new CEO Louis Castle back in July of last year has finally surfaced. Right now, within your browser, you can play The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition."

IncGamers reports that BioWare has announced a new novel entitled Deceived, which tells the story of Darth Malgus, the Sith Lord who featured in the trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Legacy Games are releasing House, M.D. on PC May 10th and giving away loads of cool stuff to the first few buyers.