If you bought Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for PC or Lego Lord of the Rings for Xbox 360, you might want to check your discs real quick. Users have reported some truly bizarre mix-ups for both games which left them with either demo versions or the wrong game entirely.

Game Informer reports users (as well as one of its own writers) have discovered only a demo disc for Lego Lord of The Rings–clearly labeled “NOT FOR SALE”–sitting unexpected and unwanted within some copies of the Xbox 360 version. The issue appears to have only affected certain shipments, but it’s worth checking before you leave the store.

In a more surreal switcheroo, GameSpot has compiled user complaints that some retail packages for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for PC have all the discs properly labeled–but the second one is actually for Mass Effect 2. Yes, some copies of Activision’s next big shooter apparently contain install discs for Electronic Arts’ 2010 space opera (a bit more sci-fi than we’d bargained for), leaving users unable to install either.

Those who prefer zombies over husks can still punch the activation code into Steam and download Black Ops 2, which should give them plenty of time to marvel at how this could possibly happen (and how many heads will roll at the distribution center as a result of Activision and EA’s reckoning).

Update: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that it will be recalling a small number of Lego The Lord of the Rings games that were released on the Xbox 360 to Walmart, Target and Toys ‘R’ Us in the US with a disc labeling error. These discs include the full game but were incorrectly labeled as demo discs.

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Words cannot describe how much we want to stroll through a multiplayer level in a personal mech. There are no words. Also, judging from the ending of the trailer – with an announcer casting some of the “holy shhh” moments of a player – it may be that Activision is hinting at a future for Black Ops 2 in eSports. Which seems like an obvious move given how popular Call of Duty already is, and how popular eSports is becoming.

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Note that the first time we saw anything like a Black Ops 2 release date teased (opens in new tab) – which was also the moment everyone threw up their hands and agreed that Activision wasn’t fooling anyone and Black Ops 2 was pretty much a definite thing – the date given was far closer, cementing suspicions that May would be when the game was officially announced for proper (it’s now scheduled for unveiling on May 1, during the NBA playoffs).

Since then we’ve seen hints of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 doing future warfare (opens in new tab), giving you a few remaining unknowns to look forward to when Activision unveils the title and the gaming world feigns polite surprise. And then, knowing CoD’s preternatural powers of publicity, we’ll all go out and reserve ourselves three copies apiece.

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Our favorite? “Make Juggernaut Jelly”. Choose yours from the video below:

One thing’s for sure, Sergeant James Heller is no slack when it comes to tearing through the humans and monsters that stand between him and the shady organization behind the Blacklight virus. As GR pointed out in its latest preview – Prototype 2’s hypocritical protagonist almost gets in the way of our bloody, murderous fun – Heller’s disregard for human life puts his character in the same league as Alex Mercer, the infected star of the original Protoype, and Heller’s initial target. Which is fine, really, because Prototype 2 isn’t really about playing the ultimate good guy.

Prototype 2 glides in on a stream of tentacles for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on April 24 in North America, and April 27 in the UK.

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Having taken in singleplayer and multiplayer previews for Reloaded, fans will be familiar with this clip’s presentation of familiar GoldenEye settings with a contemporary twist. GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, out Nov 1, adds XBLA/PSN play, Playstation Move support and new gameplay modes to an HD revisiting of Eurocom’s Wii title from last year. Will you be giving Rare’s classic one more go?

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Radical Entertainment isn’t about to introduce suplexing skyscrapers to Prototype 2, but the team is looking at how to tweak the original’s combat system to make fighting multiple enemies more fun. The new tactical dodge move will hopefully strike a nice balance between freeform ass-kicking and more strategically minded strikes, offering more opportunities to dodge and change targets as you make a bloody mess out of anything in your way.

Prototype 2 is scheduled for a worldwide release on April 24, 2012 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

Oct 7, 2011

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