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BioShock 2 crap available for your Avatars If you're not yet sick of spending pretend Microsoft money on present toys for your pretend people, then BioShock 2 has you covered. A range of items based on the 2K Games sequel has hit Xbox Liv...
Sam & Max season three outed as The Devil's Playhouse It would appear that Telltale Games is preparing a brand new adventure for Sam & Max with a third season of mindbending puzzles and faintly embarrassing witticisms. It's called Sam &...
Nintendo blames piracy for late Aussie release dates We all know by now that Australia gets the short end of the stick when it comes to Nintendo releases. The country can wait up to a year after the North American release before getting a sniff of ...
Rumor: Dead Space Extraction coming to XBLA/PSN According to a recent consumer survey, Electronic Arts is considering bringing Dead Space Extraction from the Wii to the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network platforms. According to the surve...
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 already exists on SNES You've no doubt already seen the video of an "officially" released Sonic 4 that's been floating around, but if you haven't, check it out. It seems Sega was a little too late to the part when it ...
Wada's FF XIII statements confuses his own developers A few weeks ago, we told you about how Square Enix president Yoichi Wada claimed that Final Fantasy XIII may be the "last of this type of game." We weren't entirely sure what we meant by that, an...
Ubisoft announces Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Ubisoft teased that some "big" news was coming this week, and that news has finally hit. Announced via Xbox Live, a brand new Ghost Recon has been confirmed, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Bo...
Here is some Rocket Knight artwork for you With all the talk about Sonic 4, it's easy to forget that Konami is gearing its own downloadable retro reboot with Rocket Knight. Of course, that's also partially thanks to the fact that Konami's...
Rebellion tells you how to play Aliens vs. Predator This latest trailer explains the close combat in Aliens vs. Predator. Ironically, the video only tells you the Xbox 360 controls, which already has a control layout in the demo. The demo that re...
Aliens vs. Predator demo downloaded 14,000 times on XBL Some may claim that the Aliens and Predator franchises are dead, but the apparent success of the Aliens vs. Predator demo seems to indicate that there are a lot of fans left in the world. Accordi...
Meet a zombie T-Rex in Age of Zombies Halfbrick, the studio responsible for putting Mr. Destructoid in Raskulls, has announced a brand new shooter for the PSP Minis service. Age of Zombies is a time-traveling undead genocidal romp i...
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing demo out now If you're needing a new kart racer and love some cheap nostalgia whoring, then you might want fire up your Xbox 360 and download the Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing demo. It's up on Xbox Live r...
Review: BioShock 2 When BioShock launched in 2007, it felt like a breath of fresh air to many gamers. A brand-new IP with a fantastic story and an interesting sandbox-style approach to combat within a linear format...
BioShock and motion control? Only if it's 'subtle' enough We've been chatting with 2K Marin creative director Jordan Thomas ahead of our upcoming BioShock 2 review, as you may have guessed from the truckload of stories we've posted. We had to ask the qu...
BioShock 2 director talks about moral choice in games BioShock is a game about moral choices. Well, it actually isn't, and that's the problem. BioShock's moral choice system was, to put it bluntly, about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the bollocks. ...
Dante's Inferno not coming to Middle East (legally) Surprise surprise! Dante's Inferno, a game about a mental Christian who carves a cross into his chest and visits a Hell full of big-breasted demons, is not going to be released in the Middle East...
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars announced Did you think that Traveler's Tales had done all it could do with the LEGO Star Wars franchise? If so, you have no idea how the videogame industry works, my friend. LEGO Star Wars III has just be...
Shocker: Miyamoto making a MotionPlus games In amazingly shocking news, it's been discovered that a game designer is designing games! Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo genius who's gone off the rails a bit, is making a new MotionPlus game. Of...
Games of the week for 02/07/10: Super Bowl edition You are all watching the Super Bowl so I literally have no reason to put any effort into this. Hit the jump whenever you see this. Like, in the morning or whatever.
Indie games don't have to act like indie games I try and be an open minded person. I work hard at improving my world view, I attempt to put aside all prejudice, and I always aim to accept different points of view. However, I have learned that...
Darksiders vs. Zelda: A compelling argument Like other Destructoid editors, I get a lot of messages from readers. Some of them agree with my gaming opinions, some of them disagree. Some of them are so world-changing that they totally tear...
2K Marin: The console wars are 'a bit silly' During our interview with 2K Marin concerning BioShock 2, we couldn't resist asking about fanboyism and the console wars. BioShock was, itself, at the center of a battle between Xbox 360 loyalist...
BioShock 2 devs under pressure to make a compelling story We've been chatting with 2K Marin creative director Jordan Thomas ahead of BioShock 2's release, finding out what's left to find out about the game before it releases this Tuesday. We asked Thoma...
Rumor: Sonic the Hedgehog playable in Mario Galaxy 2 In what will probably be the strangest rumor this weekend, a new slice of gossip is claiming that Sonic the Hedgehog will be a playable character in Mario Galaxy 2. In a way, that's very plausibl...
The Videogame Show What I've Done: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announced that we have a VSWID exclusive this week. Not only does this episode have a special guest narrator, but it also will unveil, for the first time, a b...
2K tells us why BioShock 2's multiplayer exists Way back in 2007, 2K's Elizabeth Tobey stated that multiplayer in BioShock would compromise the story. We never forgot that statement, so it was strange to see BioShock 2 proudly pimping multipla...
BioShock 2 devs prepared for fan backlash We've been chatting with 2K Marin ahead of BioShock 2's imminent release. With some big shoes to fill and a number of fans convinced that BioShock 2 should not have been made, we asked creative d...
Rebellion apologizes for Aliens vs. Predator demo fiasco The arrival of the Aliens vs. Predator demo this week did not bring much conversation concerning the game's quality. Unfortunately, rather than talk about the game itself, most people were talkin...
Preview: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising If there's one thing Chaos loves to do, it's to rise. Chaos is a bugger for a good rise. Fortunately for us, the Blood Ravens are around to put a stop to such silly shenanigans, so when the Black...
Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising trailer is pretty chaotic We have a preview of Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising coming today. To get yourself ready, why not check out this brand new trailer for the upcoming expansion pack? Chaos Rising brings a new campaig...
Monster Hunter Frontier could leave Japan Monster Hunter Frontier has been confirmed for the Xbox 360, and you know what that means -- it might be due a Western release. Monster Hunter games have never been huge sellers outside of Japan,...
Sonic 4 scheduled for July, planned for iPhone While the Internet is still buzzing with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 gossip, now would be a good time to mention that the "Summer 2010" release window for Sega's big blue reboot has been narrowed down t...
Bayonetta breaks one million sales Ladies and gentlemen, the incomprehensible has happened -- Platinum Games has released a ... a ... a popular game! Bayonetta has sold over one million copies. 1,100,000, to be exact, o...
Final Fantasy VII would be 'difficult' to remake Square Enix isn't working on an HD remake of Final Fantasy VII. At least, that's what the publisher keeps telling everybody, but nobody seems willing to believe it. Game producers Yoshinori ...
Wah wah wah Sonic the Hedgehog 4! So, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was announced at midnight. After much teasing, it was revealed that Project Needlemouse would become the official sequel to Sonic 3, continuing where the 16-bit game left...
Sony Europe announces EyePet 2 EyePet isn't even out in North America yet, but that hasn't stopped Sony from announcing a sequel to its flawed-but-adorable virtual pet. A second installment of the PlayStation Eye game was reve...
Dark Void DLC is coming ... because you needed more of it Dark Void, the jetpack-flavored action game that I kicked the sh*t out of during our review, is priming for some downloadable content. You know, just in case there wasn't enough fantastic gamepla...
NECA reveals its amazing BioShock Big Daddy dolls! You know that Big Daddy doll that was first seen in the original BioShock 2 teaser? Did you ever want one? Whether you did or not doesn't matter, because NECA has you covered and if you didn't de...
Preview: Metro 2033 Post-apocalyptic shooters don't come along very often. That was a lie, but post-apocalyptic shooters that look more interesting than other post-apocalyptic shooters are quite rare indeed. Metro 2...
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce demo is on Xbox Live Today has been officially declared St. Sterling's day. An Aliens vs. Predator demo, the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and now Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce? It's everything the makes me h...
Warhammer 40,000 MMO shown at E3, built to last THQ is doing really quite well of late, especially with its collection of original and promising games. It's doubtless been helped along by the Warhammer 40,000 license, with Dawn of War being a ...
Rumor: F.E.A.R 3 plot details spilled According to those good ol' boys as the Anonymous Sources Department, a casting call for a F.E.A.R 3 Web promo has spilled light onto the first plot details for Monolith's big shooter sequel. The...
Aliens vs. Predator does not suck The demo is out and the verdict is in! Having stayed up way later than I should, I downloaded and played the Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer demo that snuck onto Steam in late evening. Having sp...
Medabots DS is still happening, here's some concept art We haven't heard about Medabots DS since last September, but a small update has recently surfaced in the form of some funky new concept art. The doodles show off the character Kabuto, and feature...
Square Enix has five unannounced games in the works For the love of God ... Square "eyes bigger than its belly" Enix has revealed in the latest Famitsu that it currently has five unannounced games in development. Considering it has about ten billi...
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 confirmed ... and it's episodic! The time has finally arrived! After months of teasing, Sega has officially revealed the truth behind Project Needlemouse, the long-awaited reboot for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. That t...
Splinter Cell: Conviction release date: 4/13/10 Ubisoft's long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction finally has a release date, and it's been literally set in stone. The European publisher has carved the release date on an actual stone and sent i...
ESRB apologizes for calling Dead or Alive Paradise creepy This morning, we brought you word that the ESRB had rated Dead or Alive Paradise on the PSP and admonished it for being "creepy voyeurism." Since that story broke, the North American game ra...
Aliens vs. Predator demo on Steam right now! Ladies and gentlemen, get those clicking fingers revved up! Aliens vs. Predator is now available to sample on Steam, having gone live only moments ago. Right now, the lobbies are empty, so they n...
BioShock 2 gets mandatory 5GB PS3 install In what has become an all-too common story for PS3 games, BioShock 2 will require a mandatory installation on Sony's Black Box o' Blu-ray. Just be warned that you'll be hanging around for a while...
Sony 'actively thinking' about PSN charges It's time for the old "PSN charges" debate to rear its ugly head. The last time we left off, it became pretty clear that Sony was strongly considering a premium service on the PlayStation Network...
High Voltage reveals Tournament of Legends for Wii High Voltage, those guys who made The Conduit, has announced another Wii game. This time it's Tournament of Legends. A 3D fighting game centered around gladiatorial combat, Tournament of Legends ...
NIER gets North American release date, exclusive spelling In Japan it's called NieR. In North America, it's called NIER. Don't ask me why, it just is. Everything about this game is weird. Like the fact that we get one version of the game, but Japan gets...
Aliens vs. Predator demo tomorrow, have some shots An Aliens vs. Predator multiplayer demo is hitting the Internet tomorrow, and here are three screenshots to herald its arrival. After months of waiting, I finally get to see if this game is any g...
Shove this BioShock 2 launch trailer into your brain BioShock 2 releases next week, so treat yourself to this rather swanky launch trailer. It gives you pretty much everything you need to prepare yourself for the rapturous sequel. It's got Big Dad...
Sadness is bullsh*t: Nibris' official site closes As if we needed any further proof that Sadness is complete and utter horsecrap, it has been discovered that the official site for the game has disappeared. The domain has collapsed and is now fre...
The bullsh*t begins: Fable 3 to re-invent game mechanics We haven't even see the first screenshot yet, and Peter Molyneux is starting to crank out the crap concerning Fable III. GDC is almost upon us, and it has provided the game designer with a platfo...
New Wii Zelda will be a Motion Plus exclusive Have you bought the little Motion Plus doingle for your Wii remote yet? If you want to play the new Zelda, then you're going to have to. The next time we travel to Hyrule on the Wii, we will only...
Visceral wants to make a Macbeth game If you're one of the book owls who hate Visceral for "ruining" Dante's Inferno, then you might want to find a bit to chomp down on with this new bit of nerd-angering news. Visceral Games has been...
Darksiders might not be selling so f*ck you in advance An analyst has recently revealed that evidence from THQ's Q3 earnings report may suggest that Darksiders sold well under the publisher's expectations. Signal Hill Capital's Todd Greenwald believe... |
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