The crazy popular series, Call of Duty, continues on November 13th with Black Ops 2. With a new branching campaign, retooled multiplayer, and at least three to four robots, Black Ops 2 should make quite a splash.

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On Thursday, November 29, at 7pm local time, Trekkers across the U.S. will have another chance to see Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew on the big screen with Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Celebration of Season 2, a one-night theatrical event showcasing the beloved series' ongoing restoration.

What's Star Trek: The Next Generation Like on the Big Screen? (Hint: Awesome.)

Presented by NCM Fathom Events, CBS Home Entertainment and IGN, this special event with feature two of the most popular episodes from TNG's second season: "Q Who?" and "Measure of a Man." As an added bonus, this version of "Measure of a Man" will be the first-ever extended cut of a Star Trek episode, and will boast an additional 12 minutes of never-before-seen footage. The event follows the great Fathom screening series that was held last summer to celebrate the release of TNG's first season on Blu-ray.

Not only that, but attendees will also be treated to a sneak preview of behind-the-scenes special features including a very special cast reunion, a documentary and an outtakes/bloopers reel.

Tickets are now available at FathomEvents.com, which also has a complete list of participating theaters. Additionally, the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season Two Blu-ray hits shelves on December 4.

(And make sure you also listen to IGN's Scott Collura on the Transporter Room 3 podcast!)

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Good grief, Charlie Brown! Your studio has decided to open your new movie against a Marvel film.

20th Century Fox has rescheduled its untitled new Peanuts movie from a November 25, 2015 release to November 6, 2015 debut ... which puts it head-to-head at the box office with director Edgar Wright's Ant-Man.

Peanuts takes over the slot originally slated for a different Fox release, B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations, which has been shifted to September 25, 2015 instead.

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Epic Games has revealed the lifetime sales for the Gears of War series -- the 19 million copies sold span three releases since November 2006. In its first week alone, Gears of War 3 sold 3 million, while Gears of War 2 garnered 2 million sales in its first weekend. Not bad.

This is the second Xbox-exclusive series to share its significant success in the past weeks. Microsoft recently detailed the record sales for its Halo franchise, which cracked the 46 million mark leading up to Halo 4's release.

Coincidentally, today marks the sixth anniversary for Gears of War.The first Gears of War prequel entry, called Gears of War: Judgment, will release for Xbox 360 on March 19, 2013.

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Microsoft has revealed that during the month of November, players can earn free Microsoft Points for playing Halo 4 multiplayer. Called the Halo 4 Combat Tour Offer, Microsoft will offer 10,000,000 Points in total throughout the month, awarded to players based on how much time they’ve spent playing the game.

Players who spend 35 or more hours playing Halo 4 multiplayer will get 100 Points ($1.25), players who spend 70 or more hours will get 300 Points ($3.75) and players who spend 140 or more hours will get 600 Points ($7.50). Eligibility began yesterday, on Halo 4’s release date, and runs through November 30th.

On top of that, players who spend Microsoft Points on Halo-related add-ons, avatar items, themes, Games on Demand or videos during November will receive a rebate, with players who spend 1500 Points getting back 100, and players who spend 3000 or more Points getting back 200. Any purchase between November 1st and November 30th is eligible, and a full list of qualifying items is available on Microsoft’s site.

The Halo 4 Combat Tour Offer comes just weeks after Microsoft announced the MyAchievements program, which offers rewards to players based on their achievements, including 1 and 2% rebates on Xbox Live Marketplace purchases.

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The next trailer for Grand Theft Auto V is set to arrive on Wednesday, November 14. We'll be unveiling it live here on IGN and then rewinding over and over again to see how many details we can pull out. During the stream, you can tweet comments @IGN to add your own thoughts to the discussion.

What: Live unveiling of the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto V
When: Wednesday, November 14, Time TBD
Where: Right here in this article, on IGN's Xbox Live app, on YouTube, on your phone... Pretty much anywhere your eyes might be aimed.

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Rockstar Games has announced that the next trailer for Grand Theft Auto V will arrive next week -- check IGN on November 14 to see the second video. In addition to the usual trailer posting, IGN's resident GTA experts will dissect the video frame by frame in an extensive Rewind Theater, digging into every angle of the people, places, and probable anarchy involved.

What are you looking forward to in the next trailer?

This trailer was intended to release sooner, but promotional plans were disrupted in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. As of today, Grand Theft Auto V is officially available for pre-order.

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If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber in North America, you’ll be pleased to learn that the service will get a refresh with November 5th’s PlayStation Store update.

For starters, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, which comes packing extra content, will be completely free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Additionally, the digital version of Portal 2 will be 30% off (from $19.99 to $13.99), and its newly-announced Portal 2 In Motion DLC will also be discounted 30% (from $9.99 to $6.99). Finally, the new PS3/Vita cross-play game When Vikings Attack will also be 30% off, bringing its price from $9.99 down to $6.99. And Absolute Supercars will be discounted at 20%, bringing its price from $9.99 to $7.99.

European gamers will get Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Cubixx HD and Crysis 2 for free beginning on November 7th. As a result, Just Cause 2 and Borderlands will be removed from the Instant Game Collection at that point, so download them now if you haven’t already.

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EA has announced release dates for Battlefield 3’s Aftermath downloadable content. Battlefield 3 Premium members on PlayStation 3 can get Aftermath on November 27th, while Premium Xbox 360 and PC players can get it on December 4th. Non-premium players on PlayStation 3 can get Aftermath on December 11th, and non-Premium Xbox 360 and PC players will round out the schedule on December 18th.

As with all Battlefield 3 content, Aftermath will cost $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points) and will be free to Battlefield Premium members. Aftermath is the fourth of five packs for Battlefield 3, coming ahead of End Game, which will be released in March 2013.

Separately, EA announced today that in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Battlefield and the milestone of Premium passing 2 million members, it will offer Battlefield 1942 as a free download. Players can get 1942 on Origin’s official site, which notes that it will require an Origin account and will expire on March 1, 2013.

EA also revealed some interesting stats for Battlefield 3, noting that since its launch in 2011, players have passed 95 billion total heals and four billion total revives, destroyed three billion vehicles and fired two trillion bullets. "[Premium] has been an ambitious way to give our fans fresh, high-quality content at a great value," said DICE vice president and general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson. " This achievement is helping us define the new standard by which all other shooters deliver content and exclusive bonuses to their player communities."

For more on Aftermath, check out the details DICE revealed in July. For any other Battlefield 3 needs, look no further than our Battlefield 3 wiki guide.

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Nintendo Australia has announced it will be touring the Wii U around Australia from November 5.

Nintendo fans across several states will be able to go hands-on with Wii U at one of Nintendo’s temporary pop-up locations.

All locations will have Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U and Scribblenauts Unlimited available to play. The Melbourne and Sydney Wii U Experience Stores will have more titles, including SiNG Party, Rayman Legends, Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition and Just Dance 4.

A range of the latest Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS software, including Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, Pokédex 3D Pro and Paper Mario: Sticker Star, will also be available to play at all locations.

Gamers keen to try the Wii U prior to its launch on November 30 can check out the dates and locations here, or refer to the image below.

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Back at E3, Portal 2 In Motion debuted, and now, it has a release date. Tuesday, November 6th, you'll be able to plunk down $9.99 and pick up a PlayStation Move exclusive "DLC campaign." If that's too rich for your blood, the original Portal 2 single-player and co-op campaigns will be patched for PlayStation Move controls Tuesday, as well.

Created by developer Sixense, the DLC -- according to the PlayStation Blog -- "introduces gameplay mechanics, including scaling and rotation of objects as well as portal surfing. These new abilities are all required as the player progresses through an increasingly challenging set of test chambers that look familiar from Portal 2, but require new thinking to solve."

If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you can get Portal 2 In Motion at a 30 percent discount. Tuesday also marks the digital release of Portal 2 on the PlayStation Network and the aforementioned PlayStation Move patch. While the original game will now support Sony's motion controller, the blog calls out the fact that only Portal 2 In Motion has puzzles built for the PlayStation Move.

So, you buying the DLC Tuesday?

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Valve has launched Scream Fortress, its 4th annual Halloween event, adding Zombies, new achievements and much more to Team Fortress 2 for a limited time. Running today through November 8th, the update adds multiple new features including:

• Merasmus: a “bomb-spewing, fate-spinning spectral magician” on King of the Hill maps 
• Wheel of Fate: Every time a control point changes hands, “the Wheel of Fate spins, and one of many potentially horrible fates await you! Or maybe something good! Who knows?” 
• Magic Spells: Spells that add new effects on items in your backpack, including shifting paint colors, ghost summoning, flaming footsteps and more 
• Wave 666: Replaces robots with a single wave of more than 800 Zombies in Mann vs. Machine mode 
• Two new achievements: Wizards Never Prosper (Kill Merasmus) and A Lovely Vacation Spot (Get to Skull Island and claim your reward!)

Valve also released a Halloween-themed Team Fortress 2 comic called Doom-Mates, which you can read on Team Fortress 2’s official site.

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Tell IGN what's more important: The US election or Halo 4

November 6th marks the most important day of 2012 for the United States of America -- depending on who you are, that either means you're stoked for Halo 4 or anticipating the Presidential Election. It's easy to joke that Halo 4 will disrupt the vote, but because it's one of the most popular entertainment properties of all time, it's worth considering it as a serious point of concern. So we want to know:

Who are you, are you voting, and is Halo 4 more important to you than the election?

Let us know where you stand in this quick survey -- it'll take you no longer than a minute.  Next week, we'll bring back the results and see how Halo 4 affects you, our lovely IGN readers, and indeed, America.

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Activision has announced that Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse will be released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 23, 2012.

It also revealed details of the game's 'Multiplayer Challenges', which will let you invite up to four friends to assume the roles of popular characters from the show – including Peter, Brian, Quagmire and, of course, Stewie – and head into an "epic battle" or a "wild team battle". No more details were forthcoming but the multiplayer component is said to be in keeping with the Family Guy 'spirit', with "unexpected gags and cameos at every turn".

Here are some new screenshots of the challenges:

There hasn't been much information released on the game so far, but you can find out a bit more about here.

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Sony has announced that PlanetSide 2 will launch worldwide on November 20.

The sci-fi FPS MMO doesn't require any subscription fee and will support hundreds of players in continuous large scale conflict.

Additionally, when the game goes live it will do so with three available continents; so far, only Indar and Esamir have been available in the closed beta. The new continent, called Amerish, will be a dark and swampy locale, with more continents planned for release after launch.

You can get a first glimpse at Amerish in the video below.

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