Mass Effect 2 PC details have dropped today, bringing somewhat decent news all round. Both the system requirements and the DRM situation have been revealed today, so those of you that use the word "rig" without any shred of shame and have a love for all things BioWare are in for a treat.

The system requirements are after the jump, but it's the DRM situation that is most pleasant. We all know that Electronic Arts has a ludicrously huge bonk-on for SecuROM and loads the glorified malware onto almost everything it ships. Well, it seems that Mass Effect 2 will not be shipping with the same restrictive crap as last time and instead take a cue from Dragon Age. A simple disc check will be required to activate the game, and you're all set!

This is of course lovely news for PC users who are sick of this DRM nonsense, a fad that slowly seems to be dying out now that publishers are realizing that is doesn't stop piracy, but does manage to piss off paying customers. Hopefully the likes of SecuROM can be eradicated in due course, especially if such supporters as EA are shying away from it.

Hit the jump for those requirements, in any case.

I mentioned this yesterday in our gift guide, but now it's official -- Harmonix and MTV have announced that Rock Band now has more than 1,000 songs available to play. That's more than 390 bands, according to the developer and publisher. 

Back in 2007 when I went to Harmonix's Boston studio to check out Rock Band, I was told they'd be releasing music as downloadable content every week. I smiled and nodded, but in the back of my head was thinking "You're full of sh*t." Two years later, I stand corrected. 

I'm a bit of a junkie myself, and just checked -- I have 711 songs (666 right before I exported the tracks from LEGO Rock Band). That's stupid, and it makes me a bit dizzy. But I'm sure some of you out there have them all. 

So tell us, how many playable Rock Band tracks do you have in your library?

Impish game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is certainly cock-of-the-walk these days with his New Super Mario Bros. Wii and all the four-player chicanery it contains, but it's taken the guy twelve years to get this far. The elven legend has been talking about Mario 64, and how that classic game once tried to do co-op.

"The screen was split and they went into the castle separately," said Miyamoto, talking about how Mario and Luigi were meant to play together. "When they meet in the corridor, I was incredibly happy! Then there was also the mode where the camera is fixed and we see Mario running away, steadily getting smaller and smaller.

"That was a remnant of an experiment we did where Mario and Luigi would run away from each other but you could still see them both. But we were unable to pull it off."

Only a fool could not love Luigi, so it's a shame that this never really worked out. It would have made capturing that annoying frigging rabbit about a hundred times easier, at any rate.

Erik Estavillo has struck again. You'll know him as the guy who tried to sue Sony for banning him from PSN. He also filed suit against Microsoft and Nintendo, the latter for not allowing him to continue pirating Wii games. This time, the lawsuit troll has targeted Blizzard and World of Warcraft.

Estavillo claims that Blizzard "continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow the game’s sneaky and deceitful practices." A sample of his claims is that Blizzard designed characters to "walk or run at a calculated slow pace, resulting in the player taking longer to get where he or she needs to go in the game," and thus drive subscriptions.

He then brings up his list of ailments once again (OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, major depression and Crohn’s Disease) and likens himself to Everquest player Shawn Woolley, claiming that he "doesn’t want to end up like Shawn did as he [Estavillo] relies on videogames heavily for the little ongoing happiness he can achieve in this life." Wooley took his own life.

Even more astoundingly, Estavillo has subpoenaed Depeche Mode founder Martin Lee Gore and actress Winona Ryder. He chose gore because he's "sad, lonely, and alienated as can be seen in the songs he writes." He chose Ryder because she can "explain the significance of alienation in Catcher in the Rye and will also testify to how alienation in the book can tie to alienation in real live/video games such as World of Warcraft."

I am beginning to wonder if this man is even real, or just some sort of weird Tyler Durden figure.

Ladies and gentlemen, Podtoid 126 has occurred. Anthony was absent again, but the rest of the regular crew was present, and Brad Nicholson filled the void with his muscles.

This week, we talked about Assassin's Creed II, Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, blueberry pie, paid PSN accounts and Aaron Linde's Poster Shop. We managed to work in some other stuff as well, which made for a somewhat long episode.

Skype saw fit to tell us it was time to call it a night by abandoning the fidelity of Jim's mic and dropping castmembers at random, but we pulled through, soldiers that we are. Now I bring you this thing we've done. You can subscribe to us on iTunes or check it out over here. Enjoy.

XB Elegant Edition is a case for your Xbox 360 that actually makes it look like a box. A high-end A/V component, if you will. That weird letter I/pillar/pillow-looking thing not cutting it for you? Maybe this Sweedish-designed box will help things out.

Inside the futurist box is three 120mm fans to keep your system from red ringing, and they say that the larger open area keeps airflow constant and helps limit some of the noise. You'll have to do a bit of modding if you want this look, though:

They say: "Use the case your own risk, the Xbox360 warranty is voided once you break the seals to open up the case. The case's warranty will only cover the chassis itself, and will not include the Xbox 360 or any of its associated components."

No price is given on this box from Industrie Pro yet. I think it manages to look both sleek and boring at the same time.

Xbox 360 fanboys may want to look away now, because this is not pretty. A girl who is either crazy, bad at acting, or both, smashes her boyfriend's Xbox 360 to pieces because he spends ten hours a day on it and ignores her. Apparently this is a lesson to all us "gaming addicts." You have been warned.

Fake or not, it's worth watching just for how stupid it is. She also swings a golf club like an infant. If she really wanted to break it, she'd have used a man's weapon, like a broadsword, a meteor hammer or a tiger. Silly females. They know nothing.

Anyway, not a lot's happening this morning, so have a really dumb video to look at.

Guitar Hero 6 development is already well underway, despite the fact that it hasn't officially been announced. How do we know this? Well, I woke up this morning, the sky is blue, and Jim Sterling upset a bunch of people last week -- these are all things that simply happen in nature. 

Who will be on the soundtrack? Well, we can confirm Tesla now. Yup, the guitarist for the 80s rock outfit recently confirmed that its song "Modern Day Cowboy" has been selected to appear in Guitar Hero 6. Dave Rude says the song was one of the three tracks it suggested to Activision when it was asked to be involved in the game. 

Rude also isn't on the "play a real instrument" band-wagon, seeing positives in the band-game experience. 

"“I teach guitar when I’m not touring and a lot of people start in on that," he says. "A lot of people complain, but I think it’s a good thing. Even if people don’t learn to play guitar, it’s exposing them to all sorts of cool guitar-based music that they wouldn’t have ever heard otherwise."

[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles via Joystiq]

Are you a betting man? If so, popular discount Web site My Voucher Codes has a hot tip for you. The site has been looking at the sales data from its various retail partners and has confidently claimed that the Xbox 360 is primed to defeat the PS3 by an eyebrow-raising 3:1 ratio this holiday season.

"A couple of months ago, little separated the two in terms of units being sold through our site, but November has seen a huge surge by Microsoft's budget friendly console, backed by a stellar PR campaign," says My Voucher Codes founder Mark Pearson. "The PlayStation 3 is undoubtedly a fantastic console, but Brits are still extremely mindful of their bank balance due to the recession, and although they want Christmas 2009 to be memorable, are seemingly more than happy to choose the cheaper option.

"If sales stay at their current rate, the Xbox 360 will outsell Sony's console by three units to one, a marked defeat. Both companies want their console to be under the Christmas tree this year, but there can only be one winner."

The PS3 price cut was a welcome gesture and has surely seen a lot more PS3s find their way into people's homes. However, with the Xbox 360 able to wriggle out a cheaper price, it's definitely more attractive to the average consumer who doesn't care as much about Blu-ray and free PSN services as we do. We'll have to wait until the Christmas dust has settled, but this is an early swing in favor of the 360 so far.

From the sound of things, it seems like Naughty Dog is cooking up a nice Uncharted 2 surprise for this week. On its official Twitter, the developer hints at something "quite awesome" for the game's multiplayer. 

"Things are looking up that we're going to have something quite awesome lined up for multiplayer at the end of this week," it writes. 

We're unsure what this could mean, but it could be something as simple as the devs hopping online en masse to play with fans. While we'll mostly be on vacation later this week (it's the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States), you'll know what this "quite awesome" thing is when we do.

Who's this little guy? Why, this is King, one of the characters from Halfbrick's upcoming XBLA game Raskulls. The game's main character has taken the day off from kinging to appear as a rather adorable little figure, and Destructoid is the lucky outlet to get its hands on the little blighter.

This particular Raskulls figure is one of a handful of early models, but Halfbrick tells me that plans are in place to create a newer and more readily available version in future. If the game sells well, there's a good chance that Raskulls merchandise could be quite a readily available thing. The characters are incredibly likable and have "mascot" written all over them, so I could easily see more of these figures coming.

Raskulls is set to be one of Xbox Live Arcade's best party games when it releases next year, and having played it, I can tell you it's a bloody good laugh. We have exclusive video coverage of the game coming very soon, and I think you would do very well to check it out, so stay tuned to Destructoid for more on that.

Trust me when I say that Raskulls is a game that Destructoid readers will want to keep an eye on.

Red Dead Redemption was among the list of games Take-Two Interactive pegged for distribution in their fiscal 2010 line-up during a memorable financial conference call earlier this year. Not much has been said of the game’s release date since until a recent Rockstar Games press release, which revealed that the videogame western is slated for to hit retail in April 2010.

Oh, and a fresh trailer is set to hit the first of December.

We haven’t seen much of RDR yet, but we’re always excited for a game with horses and funny accents. It’s a problem, and yes, it is being investigated by professionals. Blood test and urinalysis are expected to come back from the lab next week. Doc said we looked "fine" otherwise, though.

Next week, Nirvana's Nevermind album sort of gets complete for the Rock Band catalog. The three "missing tracks" -- "Come As You Are," "Lithium," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- are being made available as part of "Nirvana Pack 2." The catch? Two are live tracks.

Nirvana Pack 2 ($5.49/440 MS Points, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points Per Track)

• "Come As You Are (Live from MTV Unplugged)" +
• "Lithium (Live at Reading)"
• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 

Night Ranger Pack 1 ($5.49/440 MS Points, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points Per Track)

• "(You Can Still) Rock in America" +
• "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" +
• "You're Gonna Hear It From Me"+

_{(The "+" indicates the song is also available for LEGO Rock Band)}

You might notice something is up with the Night Ranger pack... where the hell is "Sister Christian"? I suppose you have to save something for Rock Band 3, which should feature an entire section of your career dedicated to playing Night Ranger's most popular track (and one of the greatest songs of all time). Right? Right.

It seems as if Topware Interactive is sticking with the platforms that make them the most comfortable. Earlier this morning, the studio announced via press release that both of their upcoming PC titles, Scivelation and Two Worlds II, are set to hit the Xbox 360 in 2010 courtesy of publisher South Peak Interactive.

Prior to this announcement, Topware teased that both titles were coming to “next-gen” consoles and PC. It’s unclear if plans to release both games on the PS3 have been scrubbed in light of this recent announcement.

Scivelation is a post-apocalyptic action game said to feature a veritable smorgasbord of tired videogame stuff: time travel, a virus, fascism, robots, and rebellion. Two Worlds II on the other hand is, well, the sequel to Two Worlds. Get ready, folks.