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You're browsing in compact mode. Expand all stories Think L4D2 is an expansion? You're a f*cking idiot 196 Left 4 Dead 2 released this past week and while most people are having fun with it, there is a dedicated clan of people who are determined to convince the world that Left 4 Dead 2 is not a real g... The Videogame Show What I've Done: Assassin's Creed 2 36 The first thing you'll notice about this video is how I sound like my voice is about to turn into a frog. That's because I was sick as Hell when I recorded it. Still, I bravely soldiered on to p... Modern Warfare 2 becomes huge PC success 65 Despite all the complaints, controversies and nerd rage surrounding PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward has officially declared that it sold more than the original game, i... Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff 27 Following on from our discovery of a Midnight Riders teaser site, we've just been tipped offLeft 4 Dead 2's resident rock band now has a blog, as well as a Youtube channel. Check it out because i... British intelligence group advertising on Xbox Live 19 You know that old trope about kids who play videogames that are actually secret government evaluation programs designed to draft quick-witted children into secret adventures? British intelligence... Sony: PS3 will hit 13 million sales next year 42 Sony bossface Kaz Hirai has stated that the PlayStation 3 will top 13 million sales in 2010, helped along by a bevy of new features. He believes that the target will be met before the financial y... Black Friday: GameStop deals leaked for your pleasure 50 Black Friday and all its horror will soon be upon us, and the Internet has gotten its talons on GameStop's list of ludicrous offers. The list is absolutely huge, some great bundles such as a PS3 ... Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft 67 Erik Estavillo, the agoraphobic Resistance player who keeps attempting to sue Sony for banning his trolling arse, has now decided to try and get some money from Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Hi... Watch some BioShock 2 deathmatch action 23   Want some straight up, no-bullsh*t, BioShock 2 deathmatch footage? We've got you covered. This new video dresses nothing up, it simply gives you a minute of BioShock 2 multiplayer action. ... Sonic Classic Collection coming to DS because we need it 29 Jesus C*nting Christ! Despite there being roughly ten billion Sonic the Hedgehog compilations, it seems that Sega feels we can always have more, and has recently submitted Sonic Classic Collectio... Aliens vs. Predator WILL have dedicated servers 23 Rejoice! Despite doubt having been cast over the presence of dedicated servers in Aliens vs. Predator, developer Rebellion has today announced that the cross-species slaughterfest will support th... Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2 announced 9 Koei Tecmo has today announced Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2. The original PSP version is currently in the works for PS3 and Xbox 360, but that hasn't stopped the almighty sequel masters from de... 3D Dot Game gets Western launch trailer, pants get wet 35 Squee! 3D Dot Game Heroes is totally happening in the West thanks to Atlus, and there are a great many of us at Destructoid who couldn't be happier. A brand new launch trailer for the Western re... Kid reports parents to cops after they take his Xbox 36 Yet more evidence that children are stupid and should be mass-executed has arrived today, with word of a young boy in Illinois who called the cops after his parents took his Xbox (we assume a 360... Ninja Theory: PS3 exclusivity 'draining' and 'unfair' 54 Ninja Theory is best known this generation for Heavenly Sword, a PS3-exclusive game that looked gorgeous, even if it didn't play quite so brilliantly. As with all PS3 exclusives, it was subject t... Joe Madureira draws a horse in new Darksiders video 7 Part two of THQ's video interview with Darksiders creative director Joe Madureira is here, and this time the comic book artist discusses the creation of a number of key characters and his inspir... This what No More Heroes looks like on Xbox 360 68 Xbox Japan has updated to reveal the first hot screens of No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise. These spicy-hot images reveal the graphical improvements that Travis Touchdown and his psychopathic frie... Halfbrick: Sony's impressing everyone with PS3 and PSP 11 Halbrick isn't just working on Raskulls for Xbox Live Arcade. The Australian developer has also set its sights on the PSP and its new PSP Minis initiative. Despite what you and I may think of the... Sony wants 3D gaming on PS3 by 2010 45 It was a big fad in the nineties, but the rise of high definition has seen a return to that most gimmicky of gimmicks, 3D. With a number of movies getting in on the fun, Sony has pledged to suppo... Final Fantasy XIII Cactuar GET! 22 Shonen Jump has another Final Fantasy XIII treat for us, and this time it involves everybody's favorite perennial mascot, the Cactuar. Final Fantasy XIII's take on the noble Cactuar is far less r... PSN plans premium subscriptions, online play remains free 67 Earlier today, we reported on news that Sony was planning to generate revenue from a new subscription model on the PlayStation Network. The bad news is, it looks like the PSN is indeed going the ... Saboteur 'sent out to die,' Pandemic closure was 'right' 29 It was incredibly surprising to hear that Pandemic -- a studio hard at work on the The Saboteur -- had been eradicated by Electronic Arts during a wave of layoffs. Despite the surprising turn of ... No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise gets site, erotic teaser 34 No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 and we're pretty damn pleased about that. To herald the arrival of Suda 51's barmy action game on HD consoles, a new teaser site has ... Paid subscription coming to PlayStation Network [Update] 95 According to Sony, the PS3 will soon generate review from "paid subscriptions" on the PlayStation Network. This news comes courtesy of a recent Media/Investor conference, where a subscription se... PSP Comics detailed and dated ... for Japan 9 At least three PSP fans have been impatiently tapping their feet, waiting for news on the PSP Comics service that Sony boasted about ten thousand years ago. Today, we're one step closer to the se... Sega 'considering' a fix for Bayonetta PS3 load times 37 PS3 fans are getting the short end of the stick with their version of Bayonetta. It's a publisher port of a game developed entirely for the Xbox 360, and it shows. One of the major issues players... Sony reveals another bizarre PSP game 7 Sony can't get enough of those weird PSP games. Following in the footsteps of such titles as LocoRoco, Patapon and Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!, we have a brand new bit of portable weirdness... Halfbrick: Getting attention for a new IP is 'balls hard' 10 It's no secret that new IP can sometimes struggle to get the spotlight it needs. In fact, I've ranted about the situation many times. Raskulls is one such game that seems to not get given much at... Rumor: New studio working on Call of Duty, also MMO 47 The Call of Duty franchise is already split between two studios, Infinity Ward and Treyarch, but an LA Times report seems to hint the series may soon be taken roughly by a third. The report also ... Halfbrick talks to us about Raskulls and why it rocks 6 Raskulls is a game we've been keeping a very close eye on at Destructoid. Halfbrick Studios' upcoming XBLA game is cute, funny, and looking to be a delightful mix of platforming, racing, and Mr. ... Lag 4 Dead 2? 121 Left 4 Dead 2 released yesterday and, while its Versus Mode is terrific fun, you'd be hard pressed to find many people able to enjoy it. The game has been hit with massive lag on Xbox Live, despi... Rumor: Scribblenauts 2 and F.E.A.R 3 coming next year 40 If the latest gossip is to be believed, Scribblenauts is going to become a franchise, and it will do so as early as next year! Warner Bros. accidentally let slip its list of 2010 games, with Scri... Midnight Riders teaser site found: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC? 59 Those who have played Left 4 Dead 2's "Dark Carnival" campaign will likely know of The Midnight Riders. They are a fictional rock band that Ellis seems to be rather fond of, and the campaign's fi... BioShock 2 has 'intense violence' and 'f*cking sodomites' 29 That's what we like to hear! The ESRB has rated BioShock 2, and like so many other ESRB ratings, it has made the game sound positively splendid. Summarizing the game's "intense acts of violence,"... Rumor: IWNet giving Modern Warfare 2 players viruses 89 The ghost of dedicated servers continues to haunt Modern Warfare 2, as the flawless IWNet has been apparently struck down with a Trojan virus. Infinity Ward's replacement for dedicated servers ha... Spike's Video Game Award nominations are here! 87 The VGAs may be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there's no denying that it's about as mainstream an award show as we're going to get. With that... Lara Croft stripping in Silent Hill!? 70 Oh advertisers, you so crazy! A new commercial for Pringles has appeared that is both awesome and ludicrous at the very same time. It seems to be a rather impressive homage to survival horror ga... Sony man promises PS3 cross-game chat 31 The ancient saga of PS3 cross-game chat has a new chapter today, with a man from Sony almost confirming it, before being shut down. The bean-spiller is PSN product manager James Thorpe, respondin... Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days confirmed 42 Square Enix Europe (formerly Eidos) has today confirmed that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is coming to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC next year. The follow-up to 2007's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, the... Xbox 360 failure rate in UK? 60%, says CNET 110 It's the story that never dies, which is ironic because that's exactly what Xbox 360s keep doing. The old "Red Ring of Death" thing has all but disappeared from the news, but CNET has followed up... New EA store sells EA Sports Active, and nothing else 19 Apparently EA Sports Active is so important that it deserves its own store. Throughout the run-up to Christmas, Electronic Arts will be operating two stores in San Fransisco and Boston, and EA Sp... Twisted Metal and Heavenly Sword toys arrive just in time 23 Never has there been a more relevant time to talk about Twisted Metal and Heavenly Sword, two games that currently enjoy the height of publicity. A pair of toys based on Twisted Metal's Sweet Too... Rumor: inFAMOUS 2 will have online multiplayer 39 Cheeky job listings are a good way to find out about sequels and multiplayer, apparently. Hot off the heels of Dead Space 2's multiplayer mode being (allegedly) revealed, yet another job listing ... Check out the new Kingdom Hearts PSP 40 Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is the latest pretentious-named Kingdom Hearts game to be hitting handheld systems, and Square Enix has revealed a swanky new PSP to commemorate the occasion. Cover... Atlus publishing 3D Dot Game Heroes on May 11, 2010! 46 Rejoice! After many long weeks of waiting, Atlus has finally revealed itself to be the publisher of 3D Dot Game Heroes in North America. What's more, we also have a release date! 3D Dot Game Hero... Review: Left 4 Dead 2 140 New friends, more zombies, better apocalypse. That's what Valve has promised, and that's what fans will come to expect when they finally pick up the sequel to one of the best zombie games ever m... Square Enix: Final Fantasy shall not be exhausted 37 Many would think that having ten thousand Final Fantasy games in development at any given time might be spreading the property a little thin. Not Square Enix. Company head Yoichi Wada has assured... Two Worlds II pushed back to Spring 2010 24 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The latest victim of the big 2009-to-2010 exodus is highly-anticipated RPG sequel Two Worlds II. Greatly hyped for its innovation... Aussie game banner: Real-life issues more important 52 Evil Attorney General Michael Atkinson is the man solely responsible for Australia having to pay more for less content. He is the man standing in the way of his country joining the real world and... PS3s being used to nab pedophiles 45 I guess the PS3 really does do everything. Not content to be a game device, a Blu-ray player, and everything else Sony markets it as, the PlayStation 3 is also a handy tool used by police to crac... Valve reflects on the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott 34 With Left 4 Dead 2 out this week (review coming soon!), the notorious boycott of Valve's zombie apocalypse sequel is all but forgotten. Even so, Valve has been reflecting on the incident with Vid... Activision unaware of Modern Warfare 2 glitch (and jokes) 45 Evil publisher Activision may know how to make vast sums of money, but it doesn't seem to know when someone's yanking its chain. Edgy Gamer wrote a rather amusing email to Activision, talking abo... Mario voiceover wanted to give Link a speaking role 45 Charles Martinet is known and beloved to gamers as the vaguely creepy old man who can make himself sound like a high-pitched Italian plumber, but if he'd have had his way, the voiceover artist wo... New Final Fantasy XIII screens are spicy hot-hot 33 Here are some brand new Final Fantasy XIII screens to shove down your gullet, courtesy of Japanese magazine/advertiser Famitsu. Check them out, because they look absolutely stunning, as Final Fan... UK Charts: Modern Warfare 2 ... 'nuff said 34 This week's UK Chart listing should shock absolutely nobpdy. The winner of the crown, and the winner of the crown for the next few months, is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Evil publisher Activi... Pitchford: id and Crytek are 'risking failure' 45 Randy "Savage" Pitchford is at it again. The outspoken Gearbox Software president has moved on from criticizing Valve and is now focusing on id Software and Crytek, two of the biggest PC develope... Russia bans Modern Warfare 2, recalls all copies of game 157 As everybody knows by now, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 includes an incredibly controversial level set in a Russian airport that has generated much discussion. The level has proven to be so inf... A spotter's guide to videogame bosses 79 I have defeated countless bosses in my time as a gamer. Big ones, small ones, ones with no eyes and giant tongues that they use as weapons. There are some truly unique and surprising bosses out t... Rumor: Dead Space 2 to have multiplayer 51 We here at Destructoid have been hearing all sorts of rumors relating to Dead Space 2 and a multiplayer mode. From what we know, it's definitely happening, but it's nothing we can declare as fact... MODERN WARFARE 2 SUCKS!!!!!! 250 Oh ... my ... God ... Please forgive me for taking the Lord's name in vain, but if you're yet to see this, you will most likely blaspheme along with me. 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