Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi released this week, and to celebrate, Namco Bandai has released a launch trailer. The trailer shows classic battles from the anime, as well as a character creator, which allows the player to create their own Z fighter. The game is available now for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

SOE is getting into the holiday spirit by treating gamers to a variety of in-game bonuses for several titles. Starting this week, several of SOE’s MMOs will be participating in Halloween-themed events. DC Universe Online is getting a new four-man battle against Scarecrow and spooky new loot. EverQuest players will get to throw jack-o-lanterns at each other while EverQuest II players can show off new costumes. Free Realms, Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, PoxNora2, and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures are also joining in the festivities.

Sega has just unleashed this all-new gameplay trailer for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Just click play to catch some of the action from the soccer, beach volleyball and badminton events. The title releases for the Wii November 15 in the US.

The Cursed Crusade, an Atlus action adventure set during the Fourth Crusade, is now available in stores across North America for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC download via Steam. As an added treat (no tricks) for PC gamers, the Steam release is currently 10% off for a limited time.

A story of salvation and survival, The Cursed Crusade aims to bring to life the mystery and allure of the Middle Ages. Its main characters are not heroes. They’re just men, susceptible to temptation, easily made to feel doubt and despair. Their affliction, the Templar’s Curse, threatens to accelerate their descent into hell, burning their humanity away as it engulfs the space around them in demonic flames.

It’s almost Halloween, and trick-or-treaters are getting ready to dress as some of their favorite heroes and explore a world of imagination and excitement in both the real and virtual worlds. In Disney Universe, the new action-adventure for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, any time is the right time to suit up. Players choose from 45 costumes and battle through six worlds, with up to four players using their game systems’ local multiplayer connectivity (no Internet required). Each world has its own puzzles to solve, games to play, treasures to gather, and enemies to defeat. Stay alert, however, as the bad guys are touted as pretty clever, and will set traps and pitfalls to make your journey through the Disney Universe a tough one.

Want to celebrate the spookiest holiday known to man with a sexy half-vampire and tons of blood? Majesco Entertainment has announced that BloodRayne: Betrayal, is now available as part of Microsoft’s two-week-long XBLA Shocktober promotion for 1,200 Microsoft Points.

In Betrayal, Rayne, has returned to battle and feed in a hack ‘n slash adventure developed by WayForward. You are Rayne, recruited by the vampire hunting Brimstone Society for one last mission. With the help of a mysterious friend, and members of Brimstone, Rayne must infiltrate the manor, take out a fiendish horde, and stop an evil master plot once and for all.

Braaaaaaaaaaaains!!! With Halloween just a week away, it seems the perfect time to check out this preview video for All Zombies Must Die. The game arrives this winter via the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam.

To celebrate tomorrow’s release of Dance Central 2, all DLC from the first game will be available for half price. The DLC, which will be fully compatible with the sequel, is available as as single songs, four-packs, or 15-song marathons. The complete list of prices and available DLC can be found here.

XBLAfans chatted with Chet Faliszek of Valve about upcoming tactical-FPS Counter Strike: Global Offensive. In the interview, Valve discusses how they are going to keep PC gamers happy, why console gamers will enjoy CS:GO, and more. Check out the full interview here.

Minecraft, the block building PC darling, is coming to consoles. A console version of the game will be available on the XBLA in the Spring of 2012. Details are scarce, but it is known that 4J Studios will be developing the port, while being monitored by the game’s PC developer, Mojang. The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft will also feature Kinect compatibility.

AMD, the company behind the 360′s visuals, claims the graphics on the next Xbox will be on par with the industry-changing technology that we saw in Avatar. The visuals will not be the only thing getting a significant improvement. The AI in games will be vastly improved, with pedestrians each reacting in their own way to any given situation.

Back in September, we showed you the first Developer Diary video from the team at Zombie Studios. Here’s their second video, where they discuss the art direction and the game engine used in Blacklight: Retribution. For more info on the game, or to sign up for the closed beta, check out the website.

Sonic and friends are racing to the 3DS this November with Sonic Generations. Generations will feature classic Sonic levels, as well as levels created specifically for the 3DS. Sonic Generations, which will be available on the 3DS on November 22, celebrates the hedgehog’s 20th anniversary.

Emily the Strange’s cats have gone missing, and it is up to you to find them in the newly-released DS/DSi title, Emily the Strange: Strangerous. Strangerous features over 20 hours of gameplay spanning across six chapters with over sixty puzzles and riddles. Each missing cat you find provides a new unique ability to help Emily the Strange on her quest. DSi owners can use the camera to scan QR barcodes to unlock and create their own personal Zonsters.

Today, Ubisoft announced that David McCallum and Robert Wagner, from the television drama series NCIS, will be reprising their roles as voice actors in the NCIS video game. This is the first video game based on the series, and it will be available November 1 for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC.

In the video, McCallum and Wagner discuss their involvement behind the scenes and their transformation from screen to game.