Blizzard is offering one more way to keep your World of Warcraft and StarCraft II account safe, this time by making a standard, toll-free phone call to authorize any weird login attempts.

The creators of Warcraft and Diablo have already given paranoid players the physical Battle.net Authenticator and Mobile Authenticator app to keep their accounts protected. Today, the Dial-in Authenticator becomes available for folks who'd prefer to keep it old school and use their landlines for security. It's only available to Battle.net accounts in the U.S. right now, but that may change.

Blizzard has put together a FAQ for anyone curious about the dial-up option.

Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator FAQ [Blizzard]

Insomniac's Ted Price guest stars as the cast of the Tester 2 take on a task that will truly put their game testing skills to task: Air Force drills.

They say it's in order to test precision and accuracy, but I think they just want to make Big Fazeek cry, and judging by the next episode clip at the end of the premier show, I'd say he deserves it.

This week's North American PlayStation Store update is stuffed with new musical selections for Rock Band 3, Def Jam Rapstar and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, new jams that far outweigh the number of new playable games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP.

PS3 owners can pay to play Crescent Pale Mist, a stylish side-scrolling shoot 'em up from Rockin' Android, perhaps the best way to spend six bucks this week. If you're cash poor, maybe the new Apache Air Assault and CSI: Fatal Conspiracy demos will help you pass the time.

I think I'll download a little "Blue Monday" by New Order for Rock Band. What about you?

Games & Demos for PlayStation 3

Crescent Pale Mist ($5.99)
Apache Air Assault demo
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy demo

Games & Demos for PSP

Monster Jam: Path Of Destruction ($19.99)
Knights In The Nightmare Bundle with Yggdra Union ($29.99)
PSP minis - Fort Commander II: Counterattack ($4.49)
PSP minis - 3, 2, 1 …Supercrash! ($2.99)

Add-ons & Expansions

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood – Copernicus Conspiracy (free)
DJ Hero 2 Compatibility Update (free)
Split Second – Onslaught Pack ($9.99)
Front Mission Evolved: Wanzer Weapons Pack 2 ($2.99)
Just Cause 2: Chaos Parachute (free)
Scott Pilgrim – Knives Chau Add-On Pack ($1.99)
ModNation Racers – Ratchet and Clank Mods ($1.99)
PAIN – Maxine Character ($0.99)
Hustle Kings Carom and U.K. Billiards Pack ($1.99)
EyePet – Dinosaur Pack ($2.99)
EyePet – Hoodie Pack (free)
The Fight: Lights Out – Bottle of Win Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Chinese Secret Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Energy Drink Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Lubrication Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Reindeer Horn Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Rigged Betting Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Russian Medicine Pack ($0.99)
The Fight: Lights Out – Street Surgeon Pack ($0.99)

Def Jam Rapstar tracks

• "Around The Way Girl" by LL Cool J ($1.99)
• "Can't Tell Me Nothing" by Kanye West ($1.99)
• "Crank That" by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em ($1.99)
• "Lavish" by Cool & Dre ($1.99)
• "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas ($1.99)
• "Regulate" by Warren G ($1.99)
• "Say Something" by Timbaland ($1.99)
• "Tango Cash" by Bangladesh ($1.99)
• "Wasted" by Gucci Mane ($1.99)

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock tracks

• "Elected" by Alice Cooper ($1.99)
• "Limelight" by Rush ($1.99)
• "Love Song" by Tesla ($1.99)
• "Nothing To Say (with M Shadows)" by Slash ($1.99)
• "Poison" by Alice Cooper ($1.99)
• "Red Barchetta" by Rush ($1.99)
• "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison ($1.99)
• "Tom Sawyer" by Rush ($1.99)
• "Watch This (with Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan)" by Slash ($1.99)
• "We're All Gonna Die (with Iggy Pop)" by Slash ($1.99)
• Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock 1 Track Pack ($19.99) –"Limelight", "Red Barchetta", and "Tom Sawyer" by Rush, "Elected" and "Poison" by Alice Cooper, "Love Song" by Tesla, "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison, and "Nothing To Say (with M Shadows)", "Watch This (with Dave Grohl and Duff McKagan)", and "We're All Gonna Die (with Iggy Pop)" by Slash

Rock Band 3 tracks

• "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Blaze Of Glory" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Have A Nice Day" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "I'll Be There For You" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Lay Your Hands On Me" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Runaway" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Wanted Dead Or Alive (RB3 version)" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "We Weren't Born To Follow" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• "You Give Love A Bad Name (RB3 version)" by Bon Jovi ($1.99)
• Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition Album ($19.99) – "Bon Jovi Greatest Hits: Rock Band Edition" Album. This pack includes "Bad Medicine", "Blaze Of Glory", "Have A Nice Day", "I'll Be There For You", "It's My Life", "Lay Your Hands On Me", "Livin' On A Prayer", "Runaway", "Wanted Dead Or Alive (RB3 version)", "We Weren't Born To Follow", "Who Says You Can't Go Home", and "You Give Love A Bad Name (RB3 version)" by Bon Jovi.
• "Blue Monday" by New Order ($1.99)
• "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads ($1.99)

Rock Band Network tracks

• "A Drug Against War" by KMFDM ($1.99)
• "Blood Red Rock" by Bang Camaro ($0.99)
• "Dethroned" by Death Angel ($1.99)
• "Scavengers Of The Damned" by Aiden ($1.99)
• "You Ain't No Family" by iwrestledabearonce ($1.99)

Game Videos

The Tester Season 2 – Episode 2
Pulse 11/9 Edition
Crescent Pale Mist Trailer
Mafia II – Clothing & Cars Packs Trailer
Mafia II – Joe's Adventure Trailer
NBA 2K11 – Cooking With Rose Trailer
Call of Duty: Black Ops Single Player Trailer
Dead Space Ignition Trailer
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Sun, Sand, and Supercars Trailer
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II – Snow Trailer
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II – Wall Trailer
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare Graveyards Trailer
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare Weapons Trailer
Vanquish Gameplay Trailer #8
Vanquish Launch Trailer
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Comic-Con Multiplayer Trailer
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood E3 CG Trailer
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Gamescom Singleplayer Walkthrough
Heavy Rain Interface Trailer
Heavy Rain Action Trailer
PlayStation Move Heroes Gamescom Trailer
The Sly Collection Store Trailer

Themes, Wallpapers & Avatars

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Dynamic Theme (US Only) ($2.99)
Bees In Bloom Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Vintage Sunsets Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Journey To Frisco Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Virtual Fireplace Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
A Tranquil Stream Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Bombshell Babes Theme ($1.49)
Abstract Smoke Premium Theme 2 ($1.99)
Abstract Lasers Premium Theme ($1.99)
Darkstalkers Avatars (x2) ($0.49)
Mega Man Legends 2 Avatars (x2) ($0.49)
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Avatar Bundle 2 ($1.49)
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Avatar Bundle 3 ($1.49)

Sales, Price Drops & Bundles

Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype Complete Bundle ($14.99)
Crash Bandicoot – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $5.99)
Punisher: No Mercy – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Jeopardy! – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned – Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $19.99)

Filmmaker Brad Crawford wants to chronicle the past, present and future of the Japanese arcade game scene with a project dubbed 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience, a lovely looking documentary that needs some financial assistance. Got a few bucks?

If so, you can help fund the rest of 100 Yen, which for now exists as the trailer you see above. Featured in 100 Yen are professional Street Fighter players like Daigo Umehara and Ryan "Gootecks" Guitierrez, Satoshi Numata, a professor of video games at the Osaka Electronic University, and Arcade Mania author Brian Ashcraft (Eh? Never heard of 'im).

Have a burning interest in Japanese arcade games and want to travel to faraway lands with the help of video? Maybe you'll want to help fund the project at IndieGoGo, which is still a few thousand bucks away from meeting its financial goals.

Or maybe you'll just want to watch the 100 Yen trailer to see what a thriving arcade game scene is like.

100 YEN: The Japanese Arcade Experience [Vimeo]

To: Ash
From: Crecente

Hey, hey. It's time for us to start prepping our shopping guide. Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away, which means we need to start looking for gifts, gifts for gamers.

We've got guides coming for everything from the iPhone and iPad to the consoles, handhelds and PC. FUN!

What you missed:
Power Company Warns Of the Dangers of "Vampire Energy" with Red Ring of Death
The History Of Super Mario In Staircase Form
How To Unlock Zork and Call of Duty: Black Ops' Other Hidden Games
New Member Of Kong Family Will Help Donkey Kong And Struggling Wii Gamers
Windows Phone 7 Games: The Good, the Bad and the Weird
Why You Still Can't Tell Your Xbox To Shut Down
Report: Call Of Duty To Go Back To The Future, Recruit 'Space Marines'

Indie hit puzzle-platformer Braid has come to retail in Russia, thanks to MumboJumbo and Russobit-M/GFI, giving us the box art giggles with its delightfully inappropriate and mischievous take on Tim and gang. Thanks, Maritan!

North American PlayStation 3 owners are getting a positively swell premium edition of LittleBigPlanet 2 next year, but Europe? Unless you absolutely adore SteelBook cases, I think you're going to feel slighted.

LittleBigPlanet 2's collectors edition in Europe does come with the same digital content, giving you cool Sackboy costumes that make the LBP mascot look like Tron Legacy's Clu, The Muppets' Gonzo or PlayStation heroes Ratchet & Clank. But sadly, Europeans will not get plush Sackboys or LittleBigPlanet bookends. Bummer.

Maybe put in an import? The North American collector's edition is only $79.99 USD, y'know.

LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector's Edition [PlayStation.blog EU]

We've been impressed by what we've seen so far of the Wii version of Sonic Colors. How does the DS version look? Pretty colorful.

Could there be two good Sonic Games in stores on November 16? I'm not sure my heart could handle it. I started off preordering Sonic Colors on the Wii for the nifty hat, but now I'm actively looking forward to playing.

And then there's the DS version, which I haven't paid much attention to until Sega released this trailer earlier today. Might have to put my money down there as well.

Anyone else have their hopes up for next week?

C.R.E.A.M. is not the best Wu-Tang Clan song. Can we agree on this? The best is Protect Ya Neck, which is part of a Wu-Tang Clan downloadable song pack some of you can rap to today.

Protect Ya Neck is one of four songs from members of the famous East Coast hip-hop crew being added — for pay — to this fall's rap karaoke game Def Jam Rapstar. (Read our review and hear me rap to the game, if you dare.) C.R.E.A.M. is already available on the disc

The pack consists of Ghostface Killah's Cherchez LaGhost, Method Man and Redman's How High, Raekwon's Ice Cream and the whole Wu-Tang Clan's Protect Ya Neck. The four-song bundle costs 560 Microsoft points or $7. Songs are sold separately for 160 points or $2. The 360 version of the Wu-Tang pack is available now. The pack will be coming to the PlayStation 3 for download as well by Thanksgiving, according to a spokesperson for the game. The Wii version of Rapstar does not support downloadable content.

The Def Jam folks are also selling two new freestyle beats for the game, but downloadable through the Xbox 360. There is one each from producers 9th Wonder and DJ Premier.

The people who helped create sci-fi horror adventure Dead Space may be taking the Call of Duty series to its final frontier, bringing the bloody war game into space and into the future.

According to a report from Gamasutra citing "industry sources," Activision studio Sledgehammer Games may be creating a Call of Duty "set in the future and feature, for lack of a better term, space Marines." The series has bounced from World War II to modern day to the Cold War era, fighting battles fictional and historically based, but never has it ventured into a science fiction based future.

Earlier this year, Activision noted that Sledgehammer would "extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre," but did not provide further specifics about that teams entry in the series.

Another Call of Duty game is planned for release late next year from an unspecified developer.

Analysis: What Lies Ahead For Call of Duty? [Gamasutra]