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The Whispered World gets lucky at German Game Dev Awards I've been fascinated with Deep Silver and Daedalic's The Whispered World has looked from the very beginning, and it seems perhaps the rest of the world is equally as thrilled -- the game has garn...
Nintendo invades malls for the holidays Unless you're the type that confines yourself to your home and orders all your Christmas gifts through Amazon (not the world's worst idea, really), you're likely to go to a mall at least once thi...
The Zen of Gaming: What games chill us out When I was younger, I played all sorts of games, but now that I fit into that dubious "gamer over 30" demographic, I've noticed an interesting development: I really like games that chill me out. ...
Reminder: Win a new PS3 courtesy of FEARnet! Halloween puts me in a good mood every year -- a whole holiday just dedicated to being scared. It's like heaven to me! The folks over at FEARnet know how I feel, and they provide the kind of horr...
Destructoid Interview: The Crystal Bearers Surely any fan of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series is wondering what to expect from the upcoming Wii title The Crystal Bearers. After all,you have Bon Jovi doing the music for the comm...
Reminder: Play Audition and win a netbook, iPods and more So maybe you didn't win the Alienware laptop you were hoping for from our Shiaya contest, and you were down about it. That is totally okay -- because I'm about to give you the chance to win anoth...
No sleep had! We gamed all to night benefit cancer fund Update: We're live! http://www.justin.tv/destructoid ... but just for another half hour!We have raised over $4,000 in the last 24 hours but that's still a tiny amount to what's ...
Destructoid Exclusive: Dungeon Fighter Online's Fighter What does it feel like to be a super hot chick who can deftly kick the asses of large groups of thugs all while looking great and managing not to rip the small amount of clothing you are wearing?...
Get in the Halloween spirit with Nintendo pumpkins When I was a kid, my absolute favorite holiday-related thing to do every year was carve a pumpkin. We never did anything totally off the wall, but I just enjoyed the whole ritual every year. Now,...
Wii accessories get creative:Nunchuk controls a tail We know there's a lot of ideas out there for custom creations using the Wiimote and nunchuk, but this one might be one of the weirdest of all. How about a Nunchuk controller furry tail that you c...
Rockstar announces Legacy Collection, PSN storefront All excited about your shiny new PSPgo and want to put some brand new games into it? Well Rockstar wanted to make that easier on you, so they announced the Legacy Collection today, which includes...
Destineer has some Christmas minigames gift for you Man, let me tell you what I did NOT want for Christmas is a collection of holiday themed minigames, but you know, you say "minigames" and there's someone just waiting to make a Wii game...
Incredible Persona customs spotted at Japanese hobby fest I don't even have the words for how looking at these garage kits makes me feel. Well, actually, that's not true. I feel like running around the Dtoid office wearing a hula skirt shimmying and yel...
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii gets a sequel next month I'm sad that the Taiko no Tatsujin games were not a success in America, but I know why -- the American version, Taiko Drum Master, simply lacked the musical oomph that the original Japanese games...
Win a free pair of gaming specs from Gunnar Optiks! I'm not sure how much time you spend staring at a computer screen every day, but I average 8-10 hours if I don't have overtime to do. Long story short, eyestrain and headaches kind of go with th...
Left 4 Dead mobile is the best baby's room decor ever I always hope that if the day ever comes where I think having a child is a good idea (God forbid), I would end up being a rad parent. You know, whipping out our Rhythm Tengoku to teach hand/eye c...
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will utilize Vocaloid If you love all things Metal Gear Solid like my good buddy Rey here at the office, I'm assuming you want to get your hands on Peace Walker. Kojima says it'll make you buy a PSP, due to some surpr...
Persona 3 Portable allows you to go back to Inaba [Editor's note: Possible spoiler alert! Cover your brains!] Of course we want Persona 3 Portable, despite the fact that most of us have purchased the game twice already. As some of you have so el...
Tis the season: there's a pumpkin carving sim on XBLA I'm a total dork when it comes to the Halloween rituals -- I love hanging the stupid skeleton on the door, going to pick out a pumpkin to carve, queuing up the scary movies. I'm not so sure how I...
Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth screens pop up Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth has come a long, long way since the GameBoy days, if these new screens that were recently shown in Famitsu are any indication. The WiiWare title has been confir...
New Splatterhouse screens are deliciously gory It's been too long since we posted about Splatterhouse. FAR too long. Namco Bandai must have sensed my longing, because they sent over a small handful of new screens today -- just enough to satis...
Square Enix gets Bon Jovi for Crystal Chronicles CM I know you're probably staring at that header picture in confusion, trying to figure out what Final Fantasy and Bon Jovi have in common. The answer is nothing, so don't struggle to figure it out....
Twitter Party time: Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter edition! Ridiculously rare game related items for free? Why yes, this is Destructoid, where we give away things like that on a regular basis. Welcome and thanks for staying. Today, we're going to have a T...
Queen guitarist hints at Queen Rock Band coming soon Now that Beatles Rock Band is out and has proved such a successful concept, we're sure to see many other band-specific versions of the popular game. Like Queen, for example, may be next, if a rec...
Celebrate 2D Boy's birthday and get World of Goo cheap We praised World of Goo pretty warmly, and we hoped that gamers took that to heart and purchased it back when the game was released. If you didn't, or you simply missed it, now is your chance -- ...
Get your zoom on: ModNation Racers beta is in action We've been digging on ModNation Racers ever since it was first announced back at E3 -- the combo of fun gameplay and memorably cute characters definitely made it the type of game you keep in mind...
Protect your USBs precious info with the Konami code I admit, I like fancy flash drives. I haven't purchased one yet because the price is typically rape for the extra decor, but I've certainly smiled when I've seen an innovative one. Sighted ...
New Nostalgia DS trailer gets my wanderlust going I've been looking forward to Nostalgia ever since Ignition announced it was coming to the Nintendo DS, and new screens and video make me feel even more hopeful for the title. The game is coming o...
Look: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed Phew, that name is so long I could hardly add another word to the title! I adored everything about Super Robot Taisen Saga: Endless Frontier, from the SNES feel to the constant and hilarious refe...
EA brings books to Nintendo DS with FLIPS When it comes to reading books, I'm totally old fashioned: I don't like the Kindle, I don't want to read them on my iPhone, I don't want an audio book. I want the delicious experience of opening ...
Critter Crunch launches with A Barf in the Night Capybara's rather delightful Critter Crunch comes out today, and we here at Dtoid figured we'd celebrate by getting our multiplayer on and hurling all over one another. Just another good ol...
This is Shadow Walker and I want it bad Oh hi, Shadow Walker. My name's Colette Bennett. Nice to meet you. Is it impolite of me to come right out of the gate and out my real feelings on the table? Because I want you. At first sight. Pu...
Final Fantasy XIV screens make me want the game BAD Dammit, Square Enix. Dammit! I said I wasn't going to play any more MMORPGs! I don't have time! And yet, when you make Final Fantasy XIV look like THIS, well, how else am I supposed to react?At a...
New Super Mario Bros Wii as hard as Contra? Of course I want New Super Mario Bros Wii -- what good retro fan wouldn't? It looks pretty, it's sidescrolling, I can play it multiplayer, there's lots of Yoshi. The list of reasons go on. And pe...
Japan gets a really boring Tales of Graces bundle Oh hey! Look at that new Tales of Graces Wii bundle! It looks ... well, it looks exactly like the regular Wii. Sadly, although we don't have any photos of it yet, it looks as if this may be exact...
Have a new dose of this new Valkyria Chronicles 2 trailer Dale deemed Valkyria Chronicles 2 a worthy successor to the original after getting some quick hands on time with it at this year's Tokyo Game Show, and he's not alone in thinking so -- I think th...
Survey says: Tetris is good for your BRAIN! That guy up there, he was probably made smarter by playing Tetris. Don't you know, it creates geniuses? At least, that's what recent research from the Mind Research Network (also, is that name ma...
Kotobukiya announces 1/6 Bayonetta statue While at the Tokyo Game Show, I spied the very first evidence of a Bayonetta collectible at the Square Enix booth, as you may recall if you saw the post. I liked what I saw, but I had a strong fe...
PSPgo launch boosts PSP sales 300 percent No, this story isn't about that werewolf, but rather, about the success of the PSPgo's launch sales. However, since I work for a videogame blog that allows me to use whatever type of header pictu...
Reggie Fils-Aime says no more Wii price cuts are coming With all these price drops happening, maybe you were hoping the Wii might get another one -- to $149.99, perhaps? Well, you can forget that idea. Nintendo Prez Reggie Fils-Aime told CNBC in a rec...
Atlus Japan on the lookout for a PS3/360 developer You guys had a lot more to say about the sales of Persona 4 then I thought you would yesterday, so I suspect you'd want to hear anything you can about the possibility of Persona 5. Of course, the...
iPhone users can now check out Myst FREE If you're a fan of the old point and click adventure game Myst and you like to replay such games for nostalgia every once in a while, you may already be aware that several portable versions alrea...
EEDAR reports 37% of 2009 Wii games went unreviewed We joke about all the shovelware on the Wii around here, but seriously ... its kind of out of control just how much there is. This recent report from EEDAR really nails it: while 3% of the 360 ti...
How Persona 4 fared when it comes to sales Persona 4 was a victory for RPG fans in a variety of ways -- innovative gameplay and setting, engaging story, vivid character depictions and best of all, fun to play. You'd easily think that it s...
Hey, let's pick some Shaiya contest winners! Hey, remember that whole Aeria Games/Shaiya contest thing we held? Well, it took a little while to tally up all the entrants and make sure all our ducks were in a row, but we've finally got it (a...
Project Natal to be priced 'like anything else' Gizmodo posted this tidbit about Project Natal which is so vague that it could mean anything from what we think it means to a prediction that the birds outside my window could at any time transfo...
Is the PlayStation motion controller called Sphere? We already know that there's a PlayStation motion controller in development (and damn you Nintendo for making this crap a fad, I want to sit in a lazy pile on my sofa with a controller in my hand...
LIT comes to PAL regions this October 30th You may recall way back when we review WayForward's horror puzzler LIT, and how much I enjoyed the title (it was a bit of a surprise to find something so good on WiiWare in the sea of generic puz...
Mega Man Lego recreation is pretty epic There's no shortage to the number of amazing things gamers do to express their love for the games that inspired them, and we bring you another one today courtesy of Capcom Unity. Created by Brazi...
Have some GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Achievements The release of Rockstar's much-discussed Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony is coming up this month, and naturally there are achievements for it, as one would expect. If you'd like to se...
Final Fantasy XIII trailer with English dubs surfaces A few days ago we brought you the first subbed video of the incredible Final Fantasy XIII trailer that I salivated all over as this year's Tokyo Game Show. I wasn't expecting to see the English-s...
Trick or Treat: Ju-On hits shelves October 13th I really want XSEED's Ju-On: The Grudge, even though I'm pretty sure it's the type of game I'm going to play for thirty minutes and then only put on for Halloween parties. Whatever though, I'm a ...
Zombie Driver allows you to mow down the undead There are good ideas for games, and then, there are GREAT ideas for games. Zombie Driver falls into the latter category, as it takes the somewhat overdone zombie genre and drops in an awesome new...
TGS 09: A noob's first TGS report Alright, so I've been to a lot of trade shows, but let's face it: Tokyo Game Show is one of the biggest in the world (only just barely beaten in attendance by this year's Gamescom). I figured tha...
UK retailers reduce the price of the PSP Go UK gamers can tell you that if you wanted to pick up a PSP Go on launch day, it was a real hit to the bankbook, as the little handheld launched at £224.99 (roughly $359 US). And you thought...
Plants Vs. Zombies guest star in the NYC Halloween Parade I was just replaying Plants vs. Zombies on the plane ride home from Tokyo and thinking it's the perfect game to play when you need to waste some time, but don't want to spend it on something comp...
Okami Vans will make your jaw drop Um ... COOL. That is all I can say about these Okami-themed Vans, which are the latest project from the fine peeps over at Kyozo Kicks. Not only are the shoes beyond awesome, but I really like th...
TGS Final Fantasy XIII trailer gets some English subs At Tokyo Game Show, I stood beneath a screen that was easily two stories tall and watched the latest Final Fantasy XIII trailer with drool leaking from the corners of my mouth and surely a dozen ...
New Project Diva title is in the works Considering my high level of personal interest in the musical style called Vocaloid, I brought you as much news as possible on the Hatsune Miku PSP game Project Diva. While the game certainly pre...
More about Mass Effect 2's brazen Subject Zero Well well, Subject Zero. Certainly designed to catch our attention, this new addition to the Mass Effect 2 universe has had people chatting since the weekend. She's the type of badass bitch I use... |
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