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My exclusives, let me show you them EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag 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... Exclusive: Full Achievements/Trophies for Darksiders 19 We're really looking forward to Darksiders at Destructoid, and THQ apparently likes that we're looking forward to it. Both of these elements have collided to allow us to be the first ones to show... Epic Mickey is definitely a Wii exclusive 90 Game Informer caused a bit of a stir recently when it removed the "Wii exclusive" label from its Epic Mickey teaser, leading many of us to wonder if there were plans for cross-platform ... Deck 13: Demand is there for console RPGs 20 Games like Venetica don't come to consoles very often. The dungeon-crawling, loot-laden, "Western" style RPG is something usually reserved for PC, with only Ascaron's Sacred 2 really gi... Venetica promises varied, interwoven quests, deep combat 13 You know the drill when it comes to dungeon crawling RPGs. Endless hack n' slash action punctuated by fetch/carry quests and trips to the cellar in order to kill 50 giant rats. Don't get me wrong... Deck 13 tells us how awesome Venetica's Scarlett is 25 Venetica is looking like a pretty rad RPG experience, and I'm really looking forward to giving it a go. It's a unique game set in Venice and starring a woman called Scarlett, who finds out she is... Venetica dev: Support for new IP much harder than it was 28 I've been chatting with Jan Klose, creative directer on the upcoming RPG Venetica. If you don't know about Venetica, I'm not quite surprised. Despite looking really promising, the game has been m... Rebellion: An Alien couldn't germinate in a Terminator 33 We're coming to the end of our Aliens vs. Predator discussion highlights with Rebellion's Tim Jones, but before we wrap up the coverage, I really must share one last, important, point. With Rebel... Rebellion: Multiple Alien games in development 'terrific' 17 It is certainly odd that, after years without a new Aliens game, at least three have come along at once. Aliens vs. Predator, Aliens: Colonial Marines and the Aliens DS game are all on the cards,... Aliens vs. Predator will have slit throats, gouged heads 21 We've all seen the execution animations for the Predator in AvP. Decapitations and Xenomorph-tongue ripping are the order of the day and it all looks rather fabulous. While chatting with Rebellio... Rebellion explains why Aliens games work so well 19 A while back, I wrote an article detailing why I thought Aliens games worked out so well. While chatting with Rebellion about the upcoming Aliens vs. Predator, I asked project lead Tim Jones why ... Dog Aliens in my Aliens vs. Predator? Rebellion teases us 17 We've been chatting with Tim Jones, Head of Art and Design at Rebellion and project lead on Sega's Aliens vs. Predator. While chewing the fat over the game's design, I got to ask how gamers can p... Europe's first ever DSi exclusive game is ... HAIR SALON! 55 HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!AHA!AHA!HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA! [Via Siliconera] Crackdown 2 first details: Zombie mutants confirmed 41 The latest Game Informer is stuffed with information about the Xbox 360's upcoming superpowered crime fighter Crackdown 2, and the first details have spilled onto the Internet like so much baked ... Monster Finder to be the DSi's first exclusive game? 9 Rumor has it that the DSi will be getting its first exclusive games this fall, but Japanese studio Alpha Unit is apparently laying claim to the title of the very first. Monster Finder looks like ... Rumortoid: DSi-exclusive retail games coming this fall 16 A new rumor is floating around the Internet that promises we'll be seeing the first hints of DSi-exclusive retail games very soon. According to a report from Kotaku, these games will only work on... LittleBigPlanet gets a 'Game of the Year' edition 26 LittleBigPlanet is probably already owned by everybody who wanted it, but if you really, reeeeally loved the level-building PS3 exclusive, then you might want to spend some extra cash on the rece... Free Radical blames PS3 for Haze issues 77 Haze, by all accounts, was not a successful game. The PS3 exclusive didn't sell well, and it was critically mauled with reviewers citing poorly executed combat, weak technical achievements, bad w... Fat Princess is FINALLY out this week! 52 The wait has been long for PlayStation Network exclusive Fat Princess, and it seems that the patience of the masses has finally been rewarded. The cute and silly action strategy game is out this ... Team 17 calls Microsoft bribe accusations 'bollocks' 31 Worms enjoyed an exclusive period of time on Xbox Live Arcade before gracing other digital platforms with its presence, and Team 17's other big revival, Alien Breed: Evolution, appears to be doin... Miyamoto says 'wait, please' for Kid Icarus 29 You have to love the dedication of old school Nintendo fans. They'll patiently wait years and years for Nintendo to finally throw them a bone, and have been diligently keeping a candle aflame in ... Are PS3 exclusives failing to perform? 94 A bit of recent number crunching suggests that Sony's first party exclusives are coming up short in the sales department, despite receiving critical acclaim. When compared to the AAA titles of ot... Sony: 15 first party exclusives are coming 35 Microsoft may believe it's leveled the playing field as far as exclusives go, but Sony is not yet out for the count. Sony boss (and erotic fiend) Jack Tretton has revealed that fifteen first part... MGS: Rising 'levels the playing field' for exclusivity 71 Microsoft's Shane Kim has a lot to be happy about, following a relatively successful E3 showing. One of the biggest Xbox-flavored shockers this year was arguably the appearance of Hideo Kojima, w... Pre-E3 09: White Knight Chronicles sneaks out a trailer 13 Now this is a game that's been waiting in the wings for quite some time. Level-5's PS3-exclusive RPG, White Knight Chronicles, has been patiently tapping its feet for ages, waiting to tell the wo... PS3 games are the best, as stated by RESEARCH! 62 Analysts care not whether they fan the flames of fanboy rage, so it is that EEDAR has published research -- seemingly for no other reason than to start sh*t -- showing that PlayStation 3 games ge... New RPG, Trinity Zill O'll Zero, coming to PlayStation 3 14 Obscure PSX RPG Zill O'll is getting a sequel, and it's coming exclusively to the PS3. Published by Koei, Trinity Zill O'll Zero is sounding interesting if only for the fact that it pledges to be... Ghostbusters becomes PS3 exclusive [Update] 127 Sony has today pulled a shocking coup, using its clout as the owner of the original Ghostbusters movie license to negotiate a cheeky last minute deal with Atari and turn the Ghostbusters game int... PS3 owners want Final Fantasy XIII more than 360 owners 37 Gamasutra is reporting that Final Fantasy XIII is the most anticipated PS3 game of all upcoming titles, topping a chart of games that PS3 owners want the most. Despite its multiplatform status, i... Capcom 'thinking about' Lost Planet 2 on PS3 20 Capcom loves tugging at the heart strings of PS3 fanboys, and is obstinately refusing to provide a solid announcement concerning Lost Planet 2 on the Black Box o' Blu-ray. As with most publishers... Massive Action Game's official site is not very massive 12 The official Web site for soon-to-be-hyped PlayStation 3 exclusive Massive Action Game launched today, courtesy of Sony, and I have to say that I am quite annoyed. After almost a year of nothing,... PS3 full of 'relentless AAA quality,' claims Sony (obviously) 39 Sony kept its mouth shut about games last year, but now that it has some, the platform holder can't stop showing off. Sony is even going so far as to claim it has an "Embarrassment of riches... inFamous is scared. Of your mum 14 The PlayStation 3 is starting to get some serious momentum in terms of hot exclusives, and while inFamous has always looked a bit too generic for its own good, this new "I Am Scared" tr... Lost Planet 2 being 'developed for the Xbox 360' 27 Despite the fact that Lost Planet 2 was revealed via Xbox Live, I had personally assumed that Capcom's sequel would be seeing a simultaneous release on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Howeve... Sony's Yoshida bigs up a year of PS3 exclusives 21 While Microsoft continues to play its cards close to its chest (if indeed it has any cards), Sony has been nothing but forthcoming about 2009's big PS3 hitters. Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei... Under Siege coming exclusively to the PS3 17 What's that, the PlayStation 3 has another exclusive? Ring-a-ding-ding! This one is from Seed Studios, and it was supposed to be unveiled at this year's Leipzig convention. Better late than never... Square Enix: The one-console market is over 27 Square Enix set message boards on fire at this year's E3 by announcing that Final Fantasy XIII would be heading to the Xbox 360. Despite upsetting whiny teenage fanboys committed PlayStation 3 ow... Microsoft: Exclusives are 'a little less important' 8 Germany's Xbox 360 product manager Boris Schneider-Johne has downplayed console exclusives and commented on their waning importance this generation. Stating that the influence of exclusives on co... Microsoft wants more exclusives and wider audience 19 When Sony lost exclusivity with Final Fantasy XIII, its biggest (and perhaps only) criticism of Microsoft was that its own exclusives were lacking and that the Xbox 360 relied on third party mult... Rumortoid: Tekken 6 on your Xbox 360? 25 I don't know if this should be a Rumortoid as much as a Captain Obvious post, since it's barely surprising when a third party exclusive goes multiplatform these days (unless it's Metal Gear Solid... Exclusive: Sam & Max Season Two wallpaper 15 Do you like Sam & Max? Do you like wallpapers? Do you like Destructoid exclusives? If you answer those three probing questions with a resounding "yes," then you're a very lucky gobl... Ubisoft: 'Play Haze for yourself' 58 Time was, when a game got a bad review, the publisher would keep its head down and wait a year or two before releasing a sequel. These days, however, with those in the games industry becoming mor... A Day In Den Den Town: Osaka's videogame spirit 11 [Editor’s note: this is part of a network-wide series of articles that will go up over the next couple of days. Be sure to check at the end of each post for links to the previous stories, i... Haze is never coming to Xbox 360: PS3 fanboys rejoice! 97 According to Ubisoft, the nectar-sucking first person shooter Haze is going to remain a PS3 exclusive for all time. It was expected to be a timed exclusive, but Ubisoft reps are now saying it wil... Rumortoid: Rockstar to go PS3 exclusive after GTAIV? 78 There's not much meat on the bones of this story yet, but a murmur has surfaced hinting that Rockstar will soon be going PS3 exclusive once the multi-platform Grand Theft Auto IV is released. The... Eternal Sonata PS3 exclusive character screens 25 During my entire time spent playing Eternal Sonata on the Xbox 360, all I wanted to do was play as Prince Crescendo, not least because he's voiced by Cam Clarke who I kind of love. It makes me bu... BioWare: Eh, we could make Mass Effect for PS3 if we WANTED to 52 What is it about popular exclusive titles and rumors that they'll soon be appearing on other systems? Besides the usual "BioShock on PS3" chatter and the "MGS on Xbox 360" war... Capcom believes in third party exclusivity: Also accepts candy from strangers 29 In a generation that seems to be sounding the death-knell for third party exclusives, developer Capcom is still flying their flag proudly, claiming that there is "still room" for such t... MGS4 needs to sell OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND! 77 An article on Reuters suggest that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be the "last of the great exclusives" and talks about the death of third party exclusivity as well the high costs that factor ... Destructoid Interview: Ben 'Zombie Massacre FTW' Krotin 15 Since it was revealed, the crazy new Wii concept of Zombie Massacre has continued to draw bemused glances from gamers. At first, we were floored by the insanely ridiculous idea concerning nuclear... Fake game Friday: Giant Robots Blow Sh*t Up 27 Today's fake game comes to you courtesy of forumite BigPopaGamer, and, as always, has been conceptualized in a Photoshop by our own Topher Cantler. It's called Giant Robots Blow Sh*t Up -- and gu... Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 exclusive to Nintendo 16 This isn't the world's biggest shocker admittedly, since the original Rayman Raving Rabbids is thought of very much as a Wii title, with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 versions mere after...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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