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You're browsing in compact mode. Expand all stories Upcoming Tron game gets teased 20 I'll be the first to admit that I don't know the first thing about Tron, and this teaser trailer isn't helping matters.  It's for the forthcoming Tron game, and it appears to be a teaser fo... Agent, are you ready for a ton of Crackdown 2 images? 17 Having spent some time with it, I can safely say that Ruffian Games' Crackdown 2 is absolutely no joke.  Everything you loved about the original is back, and amped up for the sequel. Plus mu... Destructoid staff presents: Holiday Gift Guide 2009 24 Tis' the season for gift giving. With some many great games released this year, finding the perfect gift for that gamer in your life (or for yourself, you selfish jerk!) can be quite a task. That... Cliff Bleszinski picks favorite games, what are yours? 181 Industry Gamers recently caught up with Epic's Cliff Bleszinski and asked him the dreaded question -- what are your favorite games of all time? Cliff picked ten, later lamenting on Twit... Splatterhouse sneaker revealed... wait, what? 16 I'm not sure how to tell you this, but instead of finishing and releasing the Splatterhouse remake, Namco Bandai has first teamed up with GLOBE International Limited to produce a shoe.  The ... Nightwing brings night, wings to DC Universe Online 13 Sony Online Entertainment has revealed that Nightwing will appear in the upcoming PlayStation 3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online. Of course, this is no surprise. It's the "universe," guys. That's li... cdv's action-RPG Dinivity II goes gold for PC, Xbox 360 14 cdv Software Entertainment and dtp entertainment have announced that its action-RPG, Divinity II: Eco Draconis, has gone gold. The title will hit North American retailers on January 5, 2010 for b... Gameloft taking Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2 mobile 4 Mobile game development ninja Gameloft has announced a partnership with Capcom Mobile to publish six mobile titles in Europe in 2010.  Among them are mobile versions of the upcoming Lost Pla... Ubisoft reminds us Assassin's Creed II is popular, good 38 Publisher Ubisoft is pleased with the reception to Assassin's Creed II, so much that its issued a press release to remind us. According to the publisher, the title has sold through 1.6 million un... Microsoft looking into its own 'super guide' 40 Ever the trend setter, it looks like Nintendo may have started a new one -- holding players' hands.  Siliconera recently dug up a Microsoft patent filing that appears to be its own answer to... Maxim reveals winner of 'hottest' Bayonetta model search 25 Awhile back, Sega teamed up with Maxim to trick women into dressing up like Bayonetta to win a 50 inch Panasonic TC-P50X1 HDTV Plasma TV and a copy of Bayonetta for the Xbox 360. Well, a winner h... Blizzard's @warcraft Twitter account teasing... something 17 We're not even sure if it's news, but we've written about far less in the past, so here I go. Blizzard's Official Warcraft Twitter account is teasing something for this Thursday. What? We already... Reminder: PlayStation Store updates tomorrow 11 Normally reserved for Thursdays, Sony will be updating its PlayStation Store tomorrow.  Why? Thanksgiving, of course. Yup, this is the week where you'll be eating turkey and stuffing with yo... Dead Space 2 revealed in next OPM? 33 It's with little shock that we'll eventually be telling you all about the sequel to Visceral Games' Dead Space. All signs point to "totally happening," with rumors of multiplayer that our own sou... Hot Bayonetta demo action coming next week 13 Good news for those of you too lazy to create Japanese PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE accounts -- Sega has announced that the demo for Platinum Games' Bayonetta will be hitting North... 16-player co-op Left 4 Dead 2 looks like a bad dream 35 Confession: When playing co-op Left 4 Dead, I'm the guy who's always shooting you in the back. I mean, I don't do it on purpose. It's just that what if you were a zombie? Also, I'm not a very go... Contest: MAG beta extended, win your way in (Update) 181 First thing's first -- Zipper Interactive has announced that its beta program for the massive online PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter MAG has been extended. It was originally scheduled to end... Offload Studios brings my ModNation Racer to life 11 Last week, I took a trip out to Vancouver to visit United Front Games' studio, and get hands on time with its upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, ModNation Racers. While I was there, I used the gam... Black Friday: Nintendo DSi bundled with DSiWare games 9 Just in time for America's shopping nightmare, Black Friday, Nintendo has announced two Nintendo DSi bundles that will be available on November 27.  Customers who purchase the Metallica Blue... Sonic costumes coming to LittleBigPlanet 32 Media Molecule has heard your cries, and have delivered -- Sonic the Hedgehog costumes are coming to LittleBigPlanet in December.  That's the good news. Bad news, it's based on Sonic Unleash... ModNation Racers videos are mod-tastic... or something 23 If my preview of ModNation Racers wasn't enough for you, or if you were all "tl;dr," then this post is for you.  Sony and United Front Games dumped a bunch of straight up game footage video... First Darksiders 'Hellbook' reveals powers, weapons 7 Along with the first in its series of "Hellbook" videos, THQ sent us a mess of information about the weapons and powers that will appear in the upcoming Darksiders.  From what we're told, W... Hands on: Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks train whistle 14 Along with a USB stick containing the opening of the upcoming Nintendo DS title The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Nintendo sent me a wooden train whistle. Oh, and there were also some pretty n... Fail: Ubisoft passes on No More Heroes for PS3, 360 85 I can't hear you guys over all of the shouting about the reveal of No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This updated version of the once-Wii-exclusive was announced... Unleashing creativity with PS3-exclusive ModNation Racers 26 A surprise announcement at E3 this year, the PlayStation 3 exclusive ModNation Racers looks to redefine the kart racing genre with its ridiculous level of customization and community featur... Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty, Kelly freakin' Clarkson 30 I think what most pleases me about the release of the "family friendly" LEGO Rock Band, it's that it opens up the platform to all kinds of pop nonsense we might not have ordinarily seen. By "nons... Dog gets and plays Tony Hawk: Ride before we do 30 If you're waiting for our Tony Hawk: Ride review, sit tight -- we don't even have the game in our hands yet, despite the fact that it's on store shelves.  But you know that famous skat... Modern Warfare 2 pulls in $550 million in five days 28 I'm sure we all knew Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would sell well, but not like this. Activision has revealed that the title has grossed an estimated $550 million worldwide in just the first fi... Former Dead Space devs reveal Sledgehammer Games 17 What are Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, former Visceral/Electronic Arts devs who worked on Dead Space, doing for Activision? Well, they're starting their own game studio, of course. We alrea... No, God of War III will not feature co-op, silly 14 You know what sounds like a bad idea? God of War III with an online cooperative mode. That is, of course, unless Kratos had a wise-cracking minotaur sidekick. That would be awesome.  But des... PSA: Twitter, Facebook, etc. now on Xbox 360 39 It's entirely possible you've already received this update -- Assassin's Creed 2 and/or Left 4 Dead 2 midnight launches and all -- but the Xbox LIVE Update is now... well, live.  The update... What Sgt. Pepper's looks like in The Beatles: Rock Band 7 In case you own The Beatles: Rock Band and for some reason don't know what Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sounds like, Harmonix, MTV Games, and Apple Corp. would like to remind you. That'... Ten Minute Taste: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles 9 Capcom's Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles hits shelves tomorrow, and while Jonathan Holmes will have our full review later in the week, I wanted to give you a quick glimpse of what yo... Expect fewer 'Hero' titles from Activision next year 15 No doubt about it -- a lot of Hero games came out this year. The list, in full: Guitar Hero: Metallica; Guitar Hero 5; Band Hero; DJ Hero; Band Hero for the Nintendo DS; Guitar Hero: Modern ... Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii 72 It's a-me! Mario! Nick said he's too lazy to write an intro! But he reviewed New Super Mario Bros. Wii and you can read that after the jump! There's also a neat-o video review, too! Woo hoo! Lov... Kill some time with Ratchet & Clank 'Race Through Time' 15 If for whatever reason you haven't played Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, there are only two acceptable reasons - you're broke or you don't have a PlayStation 3. "I'm not interested" is not... Sure, Resident Evil 5 is 'possible' on Wii 33 When Resident Evil 5 was announced for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, everyone asked -- how about a Wii version? At the time, it didn't seem likely. In fact, the words "not possible" ... Rock Band DLC: AFI and The Bangles (Update) 15 If you thought that The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content that was announced earlier today was the only time I'd be writing about Rock Band DLC today, you're wrong. Thank god, because serio... Assassin's Creed II clothes available for your 360 Avatar 21 Assassin's Creed II, which ships to stores next week, now has its own Xbox LIVE Marketplace Avatar store. Neato! The store contains 28 items total for both girls and boys, including renaissance m... Sgt. Pepper's to hit The Beatles: Rock Band next week 17 Next week, the second full album by The Beatles will be available for download for The Beatles: Rock Band, Harmonix/MTV Games/Apple Corp. announced today.  The Beatles' 1967 record, Sgt. Pep... TIME names Natal one of the best inventions of 2009 43 TIME Magazine has chosen the 50 best inventions of 2009, and Microsoft's Project Natal -- along side "teleportation" (wait, what the hell?!) -- has made the list.  While the thing isn't even... Super Mario Wii gets its own NASCAR car 13 I don't watch this "NASCAR," and I don't know who "Denny Hamlin" is, but there's a reason I just typed those two things -- Nintendo.  This Saturday, NASCAR pro Hamlin will get behind the whe... Silent Hill: Shattered Memories hits December for Wii 12 Konami has finally put a firm date on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii -- December 8. How appropriate, considering the game's icy setting.  If your arms tire out easily, but you s... GameStop wants to sell you DLC in their stores 34 Whether you like it or not, the push towards a mostly-digital game industry is ahead of us. It may not be next year, it may not be in the next five years... but it's coming.  Brick and morta... New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Damn, Luigi is lazy 50 For completionists, collecting all of the Gold Coins in New Super Mario Bros. Wii (there are three in each world) won't simply be a matter of saying "I did it."  The coins act as currency, ... Interactive RE: The Darkside Chronicles trailer is messy 14 Capcom knows that standard trailers are so last year. You sit back, some stuff happens on the screen, and then it's over. Maybe you see some gameplay, maybe you don't. Neat.  So the publishe... It's the Assassin's Creed video extravaganza! 6 If you woke up this morning wondering what a bunch of mixed martial arts fighters thought about Assassin's Creed 2, today is your lucky day. Ubisoft has put a promo spot together where professio... First look at Titmouse's Seven Haunted Seas in action 16 Titmouse Games has finally revealed an early trailer for its upcoming title, Seven Haunted Seas, shown only to press at E3 earlier this year.  The developer says it's a "prototype" video, b... Command & Conquer 4 hits March 16, beta program announced 20 March 16. Mark it down.  That's the day the Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight hits store shelves. EA says the game will bring "the 15 year-long fan-beloved Tiberium saga to an epic a... SouthPeak to publish TNA wrestling titles in 2010 16 As Midway Games crumbled and was eventually gobbled up by Warner Bros., the fate of franchises and licenses hung in the balance. Games like Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter... we were all concerned. But... New Super Mario Bros. Wii 'Super Guide' walkthrough 28 You've probably heard -- New Super Mario Bros. Wii is supposedly difficult.  But don't worry, since we have the Internet and access to videogame Web sites, blogs, and message boards, we're ... As promised, New Super Mario Bros. Wii box is fancy 44 A final retail copy of New Super Mario Wii arrived today, and as promised, the box is fancy.  Unlike the normal, boring white boxes that most Wii games come in, New Super Mario Wii will hit ... Pre-order Dante's Inferno, get figure from fires of hell 7 When Visceral and Electronic Arts announced the Dante's Inferno demo for December, I breathed a sigh of relief. It was not, as many demos seem to be these days, tied in to a pre-order bonus. Inst... Yes, Pizza Delivery Boy is coming to the Wii 19 I can't believe I'm about to write this, but... Majesco has announced that its bringing Pizza Delivery Boy to the Wii. Apparently part of some secret industry initiative to bring every modern pro... Ghosts 'N Goblins only $2.99, not actually impossible 8 While some would argue that it was a poor idea for Capcom to bring the notoriously difficult Ghosts ' N Goblins to the iPhone, no one is listening. Yesterday, Ghosts 'N Goblins: Gold Knight hit t... Monsteca Corral has 'ambient feel' of Flower, Pikmin 9 How does an indie developer grab our attention? Well, throw around the names of games like Flower and Pikmin, of course. Developer Onteca is saying its upcoming WiiWare title, Monsteca Corra... Could Ubisoft ressurrect Shadowbane as a non-MMO? 16 Publisher Ubisoft recently trademarked Shadowbane for "non-MMO gaming purposes," as discovered by superannuation.  A free-to-play (and then partially ad-supported) role-playing title, Shadow... Jurassic: The Hunted 'outtakes' 19 Maybe. Probably not. Okay, not really. [Warning: Contains foul language.] Dinosaurs. Assassin's Creed 2 includes an 'incredible revelation' 17 No joke, this is the sixth Assassin's Creed 2 developers diary. Why the hell does Ubisoft need so many? Well, the game is apparently huge. In this latest video spot, the game's development team ... Here, have some random Spongebob Rock Band DLC 38 Last Friday, we passed along information about this week's Rock Band Music Store update, which included The White Stripes, Kasabian, and The Damned. 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