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Beast And Location EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Polar Panic skips the 80s, gets announced for XBLA, PSN 8 Valcon Games has a new downloadable title called Polar Panic that's due out later next month on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade, it unveiled to us today. It's sort of reminiscent of Bom... Tekken 6 online patch incoming (once it passes cert) 16 Oh, Tekken 6. Like all other online-compatible fighting games, there's always going to be the obligatory outrage against less-than-stellar netcode. Thankfully, Namco Bandai is already on the case... Red Dead Redemption screens are cooler than Westworld 19 If there's one thing for me to take away from my time spent on Fallout 3, it's that exploration is one of my favorite things to do in games now that technology is catching up with our imagination... Next Blizzard MMO may not compete with World of Warcraft 14 It’s no secret that Blizzard Entertainment is crafting another MMO. The studio isn’t commenting on what it is or when it’s hitting of course, but the fact that they are treading... Price drop part duex: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled now $10 51 What's up with the Xbox LIVE Arcade price changes lately? First it was Madballs, and now TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled has been dropped from $15 down to a fair $10 ... and it hasn't even been ... E3 09: Scribblenauts solves the most important questions 28 Those questions include: Who would win a fight between a Kraken and a stegosaurus? Who would win in a fight between a Kraken, God, and Albert Einstein?The answer, according to 5th Cell's Scribble... What do Gillette and competitive gaming have in common? Sponsor desperation 21 This was bound to get awkward.The Destructoid Bordello recently received footage of Derek Jeter, John Cena, Tiger Woods and Reggie Bush at the Gillette Champions of Gaming Event last Tuesday wher... Black Friday at SplitReason - 20% off all Destructoid swag, today only 23 Buy our crap!  I'm happy to announce that our T-shirt supplier SplitReason is having a 20% off sale today on all Destructoid merch. including our new Kamikaze shirt (pictured) and the Retrof... Feast your arse on the new trailer for Golden Axe: Beast Rider 29 I am still torn on this one. While my love for generic action games is well known (I don't care for faux-innovation, just give me a sword and some monsters), there's something about the brawler s... Sega Gamer's Day '08: Golden Axe: Beast Rider screens 31 All went a bit quiet on the Golden Axe front, but we now have a selection of new screens from its current-gen revitalization, Golden Axe: Beast Rider. The concept is simple -- take the monster sp... The Witcher: Enhanced Edition gets pushed back 36 As with most delays, it makes us sad that we don't get to play the game sooner, but it's almost always worth the wait to play a more polished and complete version of the title in question. With T... This week's VC releases: Animal pornography edition 22 While Chester sits in his hot tub of money and Wii points, he's left the task of this week's Virtual Console updates to me. And what a week it is to be covering this set of releases. Nintendo's b... Warning: playing the Wii may end up in bestial rape 119 It's very easy to get excited playing the Wii. With everything going on, you sometimes feel like you're in the action -- I know I feel that way when I'm playing Red Steel. Well, sometimes people... New Golden Axe = Lair? Lack of playable dwarf = FAIL, at any rate 20 As far as I'm concerned, it's hard to go wrong with a Golden Axe remake. Just give me a dwarf and a shedload of skeletons to fight and I'm happy. Of course, this is the games industry, and nobody... Destructoid Reviews: The Official Guide 91 There's been a general consensus among Destructoid staff and readership alike that clarification of our reviews process and metrics has been sorely needed for some time, and it's something that I... Hot alien lesbian sex in Mass Effect? Set your pocket rockets for Planet Titty 51 Mass Effect has been passed by the British Board of Film Classification and given a 12-rating. Among the usual talk of mild violence and light cursing, one interesting entry in the board's classi... New dirt on Silent Hill 5 29 Thanks to links from Gay Gamer and SilentHill5.net, I was able to track down the scrumptiousness that is new details on the latest installment in the epic survival horror series. According to the... New Folklore trailer captures my soul and holds it tightly, yet gently 36 Dick McVengeance has been clamoring for a fleshed-out trailer for the upcoming, PS3-exclusive Folklore, and I hope that his hunger has been satiated. In the above trailer, we get a look at Ellen ... Beowulf screenshots make my inner bookworm squirm with delight 19 In the days before videogame journalism owned my soul, I could often be found in used bookstores perusing shelf after shelf of aging tomes, looking for that lit nerd's holy grail so often hidden ... Podtoid Special Edition: Our E3 Wrap-Up Show 64 Podtoid returns for a special appearance fresh from Santa Monica with tales of E3, starstruck encounters with colleagues and industry professionals, and unwanted sexual advances. For this E3 wrap... Would you play a horror MMO? 50 My Fourth of July was spent taking it easy (this is a chic phrase for slacking). I've been on a horror kick lately, and I haven't seen a Nightmare on Elm Street film for at least 5 years,... Japan still finds the PSP useful -- improved GPS functionality 5 Digital World Tokyo brings word about some updated PSP software called Everybody's Map 2. The software works with a GPS dongle that's available for somewhere around 5,000 yen ($41 US... Loki: Diablo for the graphics whore? 18 A mighty Norse warrior, a fierce Greek fighter, a powerful Egyptian sorcerer and a skilled Aztec shaman --what do they all have in common, exactly? Well, besides being a wicked crew of asskickers... PlayStation 3 Intercooler: Second time's a charm? 19 Nyko, the been there done that before company, has proudly released the PlayStation 3's version of the ever so popular Intercooler. While recently garnering a decent review over at IGN, it... Happy Tree Friends to make you vaguely uncomfortable on XBLA 11 Since today's gamers can't handle cute without a fair dose of abject horror and violence in their games ("Yes! Blood! I am manly and awash in gore!" is a mantra I've uttered... Podtoid Volume 2: Toid Harder! 45 After a long hiatus, the Podtoid is back.The original Podtoid was shot down over Germany two months ago, and while the Germans deny involvement (and that the War has been over for sixty years), ... FFVII + Second Life = eLARPing; meta is not a strong enough word 17 Ladies and gentlemen, you are staring directly into the rabbit's hole, only this particular hole is filled with people dressed as rabbits dressed as Cloud and Sephiroth (and they are quite po... NBA Live 2008 looks sweatiliciously real 22 It's hard to believe that these NBA Live 2008 images are actual production screenshots. Unlike the somewhat creepy humans in Virtua Tennis 3, the texture and modelling work in next-gen EA sp... Colony Studios won't be playing it safe (we hope) 10 Colony Studios announced their opening today, boasting one of the most well rounded teams in recent memory. Their staff has worked on every major MMO title from Everquest to World of Warcraft (n... Super Bargain Bin Laden Gaiden Turbo EX: The Red Star 29 Good evening and happy Friday, friends, and welcome to a special edition of Bargain Bin Laden. As those of you familiar with how we work it up here in Bargainville (located in northern Dealvania)... New Beautiful Katamari screens, featuring the 7555km Katamari! 19 By way of Famitsu comes a slew of new screens of Beautiful Katamari, due out sometime this year (God, please, let it be sometime this year) on the Xbox360 and PS3. Bandai-Namco keeps upping the a... It's a Wii with better games! Oh...wait. 19 I can't read Engadget Japan, and I don't care. This page could say this mod was made from my mother's intestines and I'd likely still be over here making my stupid American noises... Apocalyptic Gaming: what games will you never, ever give up? 119 Destructoid operates within an industry that prescribes scores, usually a one-through-ten kind of affair, to the games we play. But as folks who live and breathe the stuff, it's safe to say t... Cute doggies to go multi-platform 14 Get your petitions ready, kids. We've recieved word today that adorable puppies will no longer be exclusive to any one major console; news that is sure to hit many a loyal fanboy like a 12-t... Fanboys tell it like it is: The PlayStation 3 is not the best thing since air 33 Mother nature is a tough one to trump, after all. If you could bare to stomach more painful fanboy videos after ChadWarden's epic PSTriple fanboy performance, these two new videos should put ... Gallery: gaming industry goes gangsta' 27 This unsettling photoshop contest gallery is a result of what happed when we tasked hardcore gamers to turn gaming industry executives and franchise characters into hardcore rappers. The result? ... Earth Eternal provides beast and location 20 Kotaku somehow beat me to this gallery, for which I would declare jihad on them if I was of the proper ethno-religious background. Luckily for them, the worst my people can do is under-salt their...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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