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E3 EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Mr. Destructoid sneaks onto an album cover, win a copy now 28 If I were intelligent, I'd be able to write something clever and entertaining here. Sadly, I do not resemble anything remotely close to that, so please bare with me.  As you know, I'm Dtoid'... Button punching could be coming to FNR 4 as DLC 27 Buttons are so yesterday. One thing that appeared in Fight Night Round 3 but didn’t carry over to Fight Night Round 4 is the ability to punch with buttons. The move, of course, was the subj... Twitter and Last.fm the biggest E3 announcements for Pachter 37 While most gamers were blowing their loads over Metroid: Other M, debating the merits of the PSPgo or getting creeped out by Milo, industry analyst and crazy soothsayer Michael Pachter has held u... Preview: Backbreaker 19 Hey, remember Backbreaker? You know, that other football game that was announced forever ago -- the one that runs on the Euphoria engine, the one we’ve seen neither hide nor hair of in more... Destructoid Exclusive: A Boy & His Blob Forest walkthrough 68 I was looking forward to WayForward's remake of A Boy And His Blob the moment I heard it announced, but I had no idea what I was really going to see until I actually witnessed the game in action.... Heavy Rain: Hands-on interview gets us wet 24 Heavy Rain wasn't on the E3 show floor proper, but we did have access to the game in the closed-off "upstairs" area of the Sony booth. This area was guarded by men in sunglasses and dar... E3 09: Bit.Trip interview with Gaijin Games part 3 11 Here it is, my last E3 09 video, and there's no game I'd rather go out with than Bit.Trip Core. In this, the final part of a three part series, we hear about the chances of the Bit.Trip series to... Video interview/scoop: Tony Hawk Ride features a giant robot 7 Having seen it behind-closed-doors a few months prior to E3, I was really looking forward to getting my feet on Robomodo's Tony Hawk Ride when I hit the Los Angeles Convention Center a few weeks ... E3 09: Bit.Trip interview with Gaijin games part two 9 In this, the second of a three part series, we delve deep into what it takes to program the Bit.Trip games, the research behind the design of Commander Video (the series' main character) and how ... E3 09: Bit.Trip interview with Gaijin Games part one 10 Gaijin Games (of Bit.Trip Beat and the upcoming Bit.Trip Core) is the videogame developer you want to work for. In talking to the guys at this year's E3, I really got the sense that they were all... EA's fake protest creates some real protest 48 I'd just like to announce that I knew it was a fake from the start (or really quickly) and have documented proof of this fact. That being said, EA's PR stunt at E3 in which they got a group of pe... Gran Turismo has let us down, but Forza 3 is here to help 30 Lips flap a lot at E3. After all everyone is there to make a splash. Remember when Dan Greenawalt, Forza 3's creative director, mentioned once or twice that Forza 3 was going to be the definitive... Track top trending games on Tweet My Gaming 21 Twitter, the nascent microblogging service that’s the new hotness for social networking (MySpace is so 2006), has had numerous ancillary sites spring up around it. This ranges from the stat... Destructoid's post-E3 editors' interview, part two 15 We're back with our second part of the Destructoid editors' post-E3 interview. Yesterday we talked to the staff about how they thought they fared at E3 this year, as well as how successful they t... E3 09: Gaming orgy of the damned caught on camera 19 Something amazing happened at E3 this year. Through a combination of deceit, determination, and pure luck, I managed to capture on video an amazing series of events; a daisy chain of game develop... E3 09: High Voltage interview part two: Gladiator A.D. 11 Where The Conduit is exciting because it promises to be the first fully featured online FPS on the Wii, and The Grinder looks promising for it's co-op and horror/comedy combo, Gladiator A.D.'s cl... Sony's Tretton doesn't like leaks 14 Sony's E3 press conference had the wind taken out of its sails somewhat, thanks to the PSPgo announcement leaking itself onto the Internet several days ahead of the official revelation. Sony boss... Storm's Adventures! Dick'n Around At E3 20  On our flight to Los Angeles, we heard a thumping noise coming from the bottom of our plane, Little did we know that it would be our beloved Storm Dain, clinging onto the landing gear and w... E3 09: Tatsunoko Vs Capcom video interview 46 Got a butt-kicking interview here with Capcom's Seth Killian on the development and localization of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, and a little bonus stuff with Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder at the end. I'... Destructoid's post-E3 editor's interview, part one 18 As one of the largest and most important gaming industry events of the year, E3 is also a really big deal here at Destructoid HQ. This year we sent a massive team to the event, which included sev... Going back to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories interview 14 Ah, Silent Hill. We've joked about it, gotten hands on time with it, and speculated about what we think a "reimagining" of one of the most classic survival horror games of all time coul... Madden NFL 10 Lead Designer, Ian Cummings, talks co-op 13 One of the major new features in EA Sports’ Madden NFL 10 is online cooperative play -- in fact, it’s new to the Madden franchise as a whole. It’s a pretty big deal; until now, ... E3 09: High Voltage interview part one: The Grinder 21 Jesus Christ, The Grinder looks awesome.I'm not a big fan of the FPS genre, but when a game brings this much to the table, it doesn't matter what genre it's in. The Grinder combines the knowingly... Interview/Hands-on: We summon Atlus PR on Persona PSP 20 We managed to visit a hidden Velvet Room last week at E3 and craft a press relations persona that we named Nich Maragos. He came with the spells Bufu, Dia, and Explain. We cast Explain on Persona... Muramasa: The Demon Blade interview/hands-on time 28 I've shed no small amount of drool over Muramasa: The Demon Blade, and it was one of the games I most wanted to see at E3 this week. Anthony and Ashley spent some hands on time with the game in t... Preview: Fairytale Fights 6 I’ll be real, when I first heard about Fairytale Fights a few weeks back, I thought it was some Xbox LIVE Arcade game appealing to people who think Celebrity Deathmatch is funny. I mean, co... Preview: Borderlands 33 Borderlands has been hot on our radar for a while now, even before the dramatic change in art style that recently saw the game gain huge publicity. We've been itching to see the game in action fo... E3 09: PS3/360 video recap part two- The final countdown 33 Here's a look at few more of the PS3/360 games of E3 09. Highlights include some time with God of War III, Left 4 Dead 2, and Project Cube; a really kick-ass looking Geometry Wars rip-off from Sq... That incredible Forza 3 trailer took how long to make!? 13 Look, E3 was an absolute overload of info, so I don't blame you if you missed out on seeing Forza Motorsport 3's brand new video editor being demo'd. The crew at Turn 10 showed off what could be ... Preview: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 13 It's only recently that I've even begun to play the Ratchet & Clank series of games, having started with the last full-retail release, Tools of Destruction. Why it took so long for me to get ... E3 09: PS3/360 video recap part one (with PSP bonus levels) 16 I have the feeling that I missed a lot of best PS3/360 games at this year's E3. Shadow Complex and PixelJunk Shooter were supposedly on the show floor, but I never saw them, despite looking high ... Hands on: Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny 18 The PSP has many fine portable brawlers, but the Soulcalibur series has not made the transition...until now. I had a chance to spend some quality time with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny on the PSP ... E309: Behind the scenes with The Beatles: Rock Band 26 Apparently -- and this is news to me, really -- The Beatles are kind of a big deal. Something about shaping rock n' roll history, according to reliable Internet sources like Wikipedia. I suppose ... E3 09: Bona fide booth babes touching my face video recap 50 I went to E3 to learn about videogames, and I did, but by the end of the show, I had also learned a whole hell of a lot about women. While hoofing it around the show floor, it seemed to me like t... E3 09 a success, E3 10 dated 11 Good news everyone! E3 2009 was a success! Over 41,000 attendees from 78 countries came to the Los Angeles convention center to check out new games and tech from 216 exhibitors.If you remember fr... Watch Huxley's opening now so you won't have to later 13 Since we, as far as I know, did not get around to seeing Huxley: The Dystopia at E3, I figured what the heck, I'll post about the new screenshots and opening cinematic for the MMOFPS. I have been... The Gametrak Freedom and Squeeballs impressions 13 A little while ago, we brought you an image of PDP’s motion controller for the Xbox 360. Dubbed the Gametrak Freedom, the peripheral is everything that an avid Wii player loves and enjoys: ... God of War III demo won't be the same as seen at E3 10 If you’re a PlayStation 3 owner, you’re no doubt dying to get your hands on God of War III as soon as possible. According to the game’s producer Stig Asmussen, there are already... Wu-Tang's Raekwon 'doing a situation' with Capcom 14 Last week's big E3 "return to form" saw more than a few celebrities poking their heads around the Los Angeles Convention Center. I ran into Eliza Dushku while checking out a demo of Bet... E3 09: Wii-cavalcade video recap 34 I'll just come out and say it; I think that the Wii won this year's E3, with emphasis on the word "this". While the other guys unquestionably showed more exciting st... E3 09: Napoleon Dynamite and the Stay Puft taint video recap 40 Everyone's been saying that E3 09 has marked the return of the "real" E3. What does that mean? I'm not rightly sure, but I think it has something to do with all the batsh*t insane, bare... Nathan Fouts' Grapple Buggy impressions 6 While at Electronic Entertainment Expo, I hooked up with Nathan Fouts. He’s the developer of the award winning Xbox LIVE Community Game Weapons of Choice and probably soon-to-be-award-winni... Interview with Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers on Tetris 33 By far, the most exciting event for E3 wasn't seeing New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It wasn't checking out Left for Dead 2. Facebook and Twitter for Xbox Live, hands-on with the new PSP Go, rocking &... Podtoid 101 is about E3, records tonight 82 E3 is over, but you haven't heard the Podtoid crew's take on the whole event yet. Tonight, we plan to remedy that.Topher, Aaron, Samit, Jim and myself, with the help of the always lovely Adam Dor... How did our E3 09 real life psychic predictions turn out? 51 A few days before E3, I posted a feature in which I visited a real-life psychic named Madame Christine of the Ether here in Los Angeles and asked her to make some real life psychic predictions ab... Spyborgs has that old school beat-em up feelin’ 16 Spyborgs reminded me a lot of classic SNES brawlers such as Battletoads and Double Dragon when I tried the game out at Capcom’s E3 booth. Everything is in 3D but you’ll always be movi... That's right, I am a Def Jam Rapstar 7 A few years back, Eidos and A2M released a title for the PlayStation 2 called Get on Da Mic. The heart of the game was in the right place, a Karaoke Revolution for those who would rather be David... Will NHL 10 be the most emotional sports game ever? 19 Speaking during an E3 demo of EA Sports’ NHL 10, producer David Littman told us of the one thing sports games were lacking the most -- emotion. "Hockey is one of the sports that has th... Good times at the Destructoid KarE3oke party 22 The Destructoid KarE3oke party sponsored by Hammersuit, GoNintendo, IndustryGamers, and GamersGate was a huge success (PC and Mac World even talked about our party!) The party held at the Caffe B... Quick and dirty hands on with Cursed Mountain 13 It's a good time to be a survival horror-obsessed gamer right now. With games like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Ju-On: The Grudge coming down the pipeline, we hopefully have a lot of good ... Fanboy Friday E3 Extravaganza: Sony Press Conference 52 Alright, we're finally almost there. Having covered Microsoft's conference on Friday and Nintendo's conference on Saturday, it's time to wrap it up by looking at what Sony announced.After the dis... E3 09: Dynasty Warriors Chibis acquired! 21 Just before E3, I threw a temper tantrum concerning the lack of Dynasty Warriors Chibis in my life, and threatened to punch someone at the Koei booth and then take everything. Since my punching t... E3 09: An illustrated summary of E3 2009, by Burch n' Davis 55 E3 is come and gone -- but for some, the emotions still remain.Elation at new announcements and technology. Anticipation for upcoming games. Nostalgia for friends made, and breakfast burritos eat... E3 09: Will Modern Warfare 2 have less grenade spam? 35 When I sat down in a room full of proper games journalists like Brian Crecente, Adam Sessler and Nick Chester to watch some Modern Warfare 2 gameplay, I was quite excited. Not just because I was ... E3 09: How E3 was like High School 41 The last thing I'd ever want to do is go back to High School again, but it seems like I just came away from a week-long session of classes. Bear with me here.I thought we were done with the cliqu... E3 09: Pluff 14 The general attitude shown by all of the big three companies this year at E3 seems to be a push towards realism by taking the emphasis off of button presses. The Wii MotionPlus, Sony's motion con... Fanboy Friday E3 Extravaganza: Nintendo Press Conference 33 Aaaaaaaannnnnddd WELCOME! (Sorry Dyson.)Here comes part 2 of our 3 part Fanboy Friday series! Yesterday, we took a look at random internet commenters' reactions to the Microsoft Press Conference ... E3 09: New screenshots for Wallace and Gromit 2 I didn't have a lot of time to talk to the people at Telltale games about the next episode of Wallace and Gromit -- there was Monkey Island to discuss, after all -- but they did supply with me wi... E3 09: Burch n' Davis play Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing 23 Bayonetta. Aliens vs. Predator.Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. It didn't take a genius to see that something was amiss at Sega's E3 booth. Veritable mountains of blood and boobs were countered... E3 09: Brutal Legend rocked my face off 14 It’s about f*ckin’ time!That’s the first thing that the Guardian of Metal -- voiced by one John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne -- says to roadie Eddie Riggs (Jack Black) wh... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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