Behold, the newest trailer for Aliens vs Predator entitled Heritage. One for the hardcore, enjoy!

Just announced today, the newest release in the Total War franchise, Napoleon: Total War, will feature the debut of the much anticipated Campaign Multiplayer. We have the full press release below, as well as some selected screens of the campaign in action.

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LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (January 20th, 2010) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that, for the first time in Total War™ history, the Campaign Mode in Napoleon: Total War™ will feature both single player and multiplayer modes.

This much-requested mode will allow players to experience the full depth of Napoleon: Total War in a multiplayer environment – either working to stop Napoleon’s advance, or competing against each other to better his achievements. Each of the three theaters of war from Napoleon’s career – Italy, Egypt and Europe – are available out of the box in 2 player turn-based online games.

Another exciting multiplayer option has been added to Napoleon: Total War – Drop-in Battles. When starting a Single Player Campaign in Napoleon: Total War, players are presented with an option to allow Drop-in Battles. Drop-in battles bring a fresh challenge to the single player campaign mode by allowing the players opponents to be controlled in real-time by an online adversary.

Campaign Multiplayer has been made possible for Napoleon: Total War by the immense success that the Campaign Multiplayer Beta for Empire: Total War™ proved to be. The Beta started on December 7th 2009 with over 15.000 Total War fans helping out in the testing of this new Multiplayer Mode. Feedback from consumers has been very positive, and with the BETA still ongoing, consumers can contribute to the testing of this new addition to the Total War series.

“Following all the great feedback we’ve had from our fans for the Empire Multiplayer Campaign Beta, we’re proud to announce that all three campaigns in Napoleon: Total War will be multiplayer enabled.” said Mike Simpson, Creative Director at The Creative Assembly and creator of the Total War franchise. “We’d like to thank our fans for all their support.”

Napoleon: Total War builds on the successful Total War series by taking all the features from previous games, such as the full 3D land and naval battles, the detailed campaign map, and an in depth diplomacy system by taking them a step further.

Napoleon: Total War hits shelves on 23 February 2010.

Time for another Free Stuff Friday! This week’s giveaway is a mix of old and new items. We’ve got some games, some T-shirts, and some retro items from Clumsy’s visit to the game store in Chicago. Check it all out in our video, and then keep scrolling down for all the details on the prizes and how you can win them.

On the Block

1. Super Monkey Ball Prize Pack

We announced our partnership with Chiquita this week for Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll, and we’ve got some Chiquita items to give away this week! First is a Chiquita t-shirt, and we have it in sizes L and XL, so the winner gets to choose which one they want. We also have a coupon for some free Chiquita bananas. To keep your banana undamaged, we have some banana keepers with the Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll logo on them. Finally, a bit of a retro item… a washcloth with AiAi on it. These were made for Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, and we’ve brought them back.

Congrats to our winner @KirbyGCN17!

2. Super Monkey Ball Prize Pack 2

Same prize pack as above!

Congrats to our winner @alexdou!

3. Bayonetta (X360) and Limited Edition Fan Art Calendar

This pack includes one copy of Bayonetta (for Xbox 360) and a limited edition calendar filled with Bayonetta fan art from our contest with Wizard. The winner of this prize pack must be 18 or older and be in the US, Canada, Latin America, or have an NTSC X360.

Congrats to our winner @Ronster415 !

4. Sands of Destruction (Nintendo DS) and wristbands

Play our newest Nintendo DS game while wearing these sweet wristbands.

Congrats to our winner @Jokesound!

5. Sega Visions (Toejam & Earl) with Dreamcast postcards

Clumsy rescued these magazines from the retro games store in Chicago, and it could be yours! Re-live the Genesis days with this magazine, and then re-live the Dreamcast with some Seaman postcards.

Congrats to our winner @ snskid!

6. Sega Visions (Game Gear) with Dreamcast postcards

Just like the above prize pack, but with a different issue of Sega Visions.

Congrats to our winner @sstaver!

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