Blood, mostly. Here, take a napkin, wipe it off ... These are 19 new screenshots of Left 4 Dead that NeoGAF put up earlier this week. Lots of dismemberment and bloodspatter, but I'm not seeing any mid-spew vomit money shots here. The full gallery is on the jump. NeoGAF has them at higher resolution.

New Left 4 Dead Screens [NeoGAF]

“The American Red Cross does so much to help people in need and we are thrilled to be able to bring more attention to the importance of blood donation through our Dracula Blood Drive,” said Cal Morrell, president of Encore. “We look forward to a successful blood drive and hope people who have never donated blood take this opportunity to make a difference.”

Hit the jump for a list of participating locations, and remember...they take your human juices from you on-site. Showing up with your own blood-filled bags is considered very bad form indeed.

ENCORE ANNOUNCES RED CROSS DRACULA BLOOD DRIVE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 3 & 4

LOS ANGELES – Sept. 8, 2008 – Encore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, announced today they will partner with the American Red Cross to hold a “Dracula” Blood Drive to celebrate the release of the first computer game in their Mystery Adventure Game line, Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon. The Dracula Blood Drive will take place October 3-4 at eight locations throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Each blood donor will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon for the PC as well as other give-aways.

“We are very excited to partner with Encore for the Dracula Blood Drive,” said Teresa Solorio of the American Red Cross. “We love having this opportunity to provide a fun environment for our donors, who are so generously giving of themselves to help others. If you have never donated before, now is a good time to start. If you have donated before, now is a fun time to donate again.”

“The American Red Cross does so much to help people in need and we are thrilled to be able to bring more attention to the importance of blood donation through our Dracula Blood Drive,” said Cal Morrell, president of Encore. “We look forward to a successful blood drive and hope people who have never donated blood take this opportunity to make a difference.”

The Dracula Blood Drive will take place at the following locations:

Pasadena Red Cross Donor Center
133 North Altadena Dr., Ste. 103
Pasadena, CA 91107
Friday and Saturday - 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

West Los Angeles Donor Center
11355 Ohio Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Saturday only - 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Encore Software Corporate Office
999 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Friday only – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Woodland Hills Donor Center
6338 Variel Ave.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Friday and Saturday - 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Long Beach Donor Center
3150 E. 29th Street
Long Beach, CA 90806
Friday – 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday – 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Pomona Donor Center
100 Red Cross Circle
Pomona, CA 91768
Friday and Saturday - 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Fullerton Donor Center
1144 Rosecrans Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92833
Friday and Saturday - 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Laguna Hills Donor Center
22971 Mill Creek Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Friday and Saturday - 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more information about the Dracula Blood Drive or to register to donate blood at the event, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon, a game produced by Microïds and developed by Kheops Studio, is the newest installment in the original Dracula series. Based on Bram Stoker’s universe, Dracula 3 takes players to Europe on a suspenseful quest to discover the reality of vampires and come face-to-face with Dracula. As Father Arno Moriani, players must travel to Transylvania to investigate a potential candidate for sainthood. Along the way players are submerged into a gripping storyline with numerous challenging and engaging puzzles to solve that leads to a final confrontation with Dracula! More information for the game can be found at www.mysteryadventuregames.com.

When I heard there was going to be an ultra gory MMO, my interest was piqued. But, after seeing some screens and now this trailer, my pique has waned a bit. It looks nice if not a bit generic and there's not nearly as much blood and gore as I had hoped for something with "bloody" in the title. But, who knows, it could shape up to be a really amazing game for all I know and then who will be laughing out of the other side of his face? The real question though is: Does lots of blood equal a good MMO?

First, let me say how honoured I am that everyone in Europe is expecting No More Heroes....The sales point of this game is action. Both I and Wada san have concentrated on making the best possible action game for the Nintendo Wii. We have chosen to release in Europe the same version as has shipped in Japan considering the broadly growing Wii market.

Studio boss chose to censor Euro No More Heroes [cvg]

We`re fairly sure BloodSpell is the largest Machinima film ever created. It`s an independent film that, because it is using Machinima technology, isn`t subject to the usual limitations of smaller films. But, at the same time, we don`t have the politics, money and producers of a Hollywood production involved, so we can experiment with ideas, styles and attitudes that wouldn`t be possible in a more top-heavy Hollywood production.

Of course, we still have some limitations, and BloodSpell won`t be beating out `Lord of the Rings` for visual effects. But we hope that what we lack in slick polish, we can make up for in originality and passion.

So take a look if you're fond of machinima and have an hour and a half to kill.

BloodSpell [via GameSetWatch]

Moliyo, a Chinese company that runs a popular MMO called Cabal recently banned over 120,000 players for using illegal software to hack into the game and get better stats and money, etc. Pretty standard stuff. Well, now Moliyo is offering to take these cheaters back into the the fold...for a price: their precious precious blood! For one pint of blood, formerly ousted gamers can join the ranks of the Cabal privileged once again. A similar offer is being made to non-cheating players where they will be given a free account with their one pint donation.

What if World of Warcraft offered a similar deal to their banned players? I imagine it would be something akin to that elevator scene in The Shining only much much bigger. Flynn De Marco

Online Gamers can now pay with their blood [Weird Asian News]
[via BoingBoing]

Those lucky bastards at IGN U.K. have got a chance to do hands on with Turtle Rock Studios' upcoming zombie slaughter fest, Left 4 Dead. The newest addition to the zombie game brigade will feature 4 person co-op play and the ability to play either the survivors or the infected. IGN goes in to great detail about the different classes of infected and their various powers (they are not allowed to use traditional weapons). Currently, Turtle Rock is developing Left 4 Dead for PC to be released this summer. The possibility of a 360 version is also discussed, but Turtle Rock is remaining tight lipped on that subject.

While I'm not the biggest PC gamer, I will be picking this title up if for no other reason than to team up with Luke and vomit blood on the teeming hordes of our enemies. We tried it on the subway in NYC and it worked rather well. Flynn De Marco

Left 4 Dead Hands-On [IGN U.K.]

One of the Llamma's Game Console forum readers has upped pics of their sweet new case mod.

The mod includes red lighting, a clear air tunnel, see-through DVD drive cover, oh and lots of blood spatter. That's spatter, not splatter. Let me know if you know the difference. :) Brian Crecente

The Blood-Spattered Case Mod [The Lllama Game Consoles]

Nothing helps me wind down at the end of a long work day quite like flipping through Worth1000's Photoshop contests. As a graphics designer on the side, I can truly appreciate how much better most of these bastards are than I am, while still catching the occasional really bad one that boosts my self esteem.

The sixth iteration of their Beta Busts contest just concluded, featuring concept art for games that never got made. You can see my personal favorite to the right there, the wonderfully understated "Chess with Blood". Big focus on sports games this time around due to the relative ease of slapping anything over an EA 200X cover. Enjoy! Michael Fahey

Beta Busts 6 - Video games that never got made [Worth1000.com - thanks Jordan!]

Mark my words, this Saturday, blood in the streets. That, and grown man crying. Hell, women crying too. This Saturday, the Wii launches in Japan. What am I picking up? Wii Sports (no, it's not bundled here) and nothing else. Why should I? Nintendo is putting a ton of sweet titles on the Virtual Console. The company has disclosed all the games that will hit this year. The Land of the Rising Sun will see, count 'em, 20 more games than the US before year's end. Envy after the jump. Brian Ashcraft

•Famicom (NES) cost 500 points (500 yen) each. For those who like math, 100 yen equals US 86 cents. Titles below hit launch day (Dec 2) unless otherwise noted.

• Ice Hockey (Nintendo)
• Urban Champion (Nintendo)
• Legend of Kage (Taito) - Dec 19
• Gradius (Konami)
• Go-moku Narabe (Nintendo)
• Soccer (Nintendo)
• Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
• Xevious (Bandai Namco)
• Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)
• Solomon's Key (Tecmo)
• Tennis (Nintendo)
• Donkey Kong (Nintendo)
• Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo)
• Ninja Jajamaru-kun (Jaleco) - Dec 19
• Pinball (Nintendo)
• Baseball (Nintendo)
• Mario Bros. (Nintendo) -Dec 12
• Wario's Woods (Nintendo) - Dec 12

•Super Famicom (SNES) titles go for 800 points, unless noted. Likewise, available this Saturday or later in the month.

• F-Zero (Nintendo)
• R-Type III (Irem) - Dec 26
• Super Castlevania IV (Konami)
• Contra III (Konami) - Dec 19
• Sim City (Nintendo): 900 pts, Dec 26
• Street Fighter II (Capcom)
• Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo) - Dec 12
• Super Mario World (Nintendo)
• Zelda: Link to the Past (Nintendo): 900 pts
• Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo (Nintendo) 900 pts, Dec 26
• Mario Super Picross (Nintendo) - Dec 19

•Nintendo 64 (1000 points or 1000 yen).

• Super Mario 64 (Nintendo)

•Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) - 600 points or 600 yen

• Ecco The Dolphin (Sega)
• Gunstar Heroes (Sega)
• Golden Axe (Sega)
• Columns (Sega)
• Shadow Dancer (Sega)
• Altered Beast (Sega)
• Space Harrier II (Sega)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
• Toejam and Earl (Sega)
• Puyo Puyo (Sega)
• Ristar (Sega)

•PC Engine (TG-16, 600 points)

• Bonk's Adventure (Hudson)
• Necromancer (Hudson)
• Super Star Soldier (Hudson)
• New Adventure Island (Hudson)
• Dungeon Explorer (Hudson)
• Victory Run (Hudson)
• Bomberman '94 (Hudson)
• R-Type I (Hudson) Dec 13
• Nectaris (Hudson) Dec 20

VC Games List [Nintendo via Game|Life, Thanks Bunky!]