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PR Nightmare! EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag And now a severed hand: Dante's Inferno PR gets scary 57 As you may remember, Electronic Arts sent us a $200 check to test our "greed" as a promotion for Visceral Games' Dante's Inferno. And this is what happens when you cash it: EA then send... SDCC: EA to prostitute its booth babes for you, the customer 36 Oooh Lord. Where to even start with this one? Let's get right to it: Electronic Arts and Visceral Games have cooked up another awful PR campaign for Dante's Inferno called "Sin to Win."... Once again Germany needs the worlds help 31 If you've been following my intrepid coverage of the situation in Germany (I've appointed myself Destructoid's German correspondent on weekends) then you know that the German government is attemp... Do you guys remember that time Peter Moore said 'f*ck you' to Yuji Naka? 38 If there hasn't been a book written about the sordid relationship between EA and Sega, there ought to be. The latest curious tidbit comes courtesy of an Esquire interview, in which current EA Spo... Force Unleashed dev explains why Star Wars games are less than stellar 27 I don't think I'll ever fully understand the arcane geometry of public relations. I will never truly grasp the Orwellian mechanics of crafting the elegant, eloquent bullsh*t that comes out of som... Game PR: If you need to sh*t on a game, do it after we've sold some copies 52 MTV Multiplayer is in the midst of "reviews week," discussing a subject very close to my heart. Yesterday I provided the indie take on Multiplayer's "Bill of Rights" for game ... 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... SNK Playmore story turns crazy: Destructoid finds the sanity 33 Yesterday I wrote an article about how SNK Playmore was closing its US doors while Ignition US would handle distribution of the company's game. It looked like people would lose jobs, not least Be... Super Smash Bros. Brawl Errors: More than meets the eye (Update) 146 [Editor's note: Before panties are bunched, please read the official update/clarification to the following story.] It has been a long and rough journey for those of you waiting to get your h... Be very afraid: Saw game announced 29 Back in June, we told you about Brash Entertainment's plans to take on the niche market of movie-based games, and how they had secured the necessary licensing needed to bring favorites such as Sa... Sony PR boss Dave Karraker's exit interview 13 We just told you about Sony's PR head Dave Karraker leaving the games industry to get back to the booze business (who wouldn't want to do that?), and now that today is his last day, Next-Gen.biz ... Marks and Spencer to the Xbox 360: Do not want! 30 To be honest, Marks & Spencer is known more for giving upper class wannabes a place to shop than providing gaming hardware, but its recent decision to decline sale of the Xbox 360 can be noth... Xbox 360 sales drop 60% as Kaz Hirai's pants dampen 80% 79 It's been a grim few weeks for the Xbox 360. Despite extending the warranty by three years on all red ringed consoles, Microsoft still can't shake the persisting issues with its faulty Xb... This Christmas is not the most critical for the PS3, says Sony Europe boss 22 President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe David Reeves has been talking again, this time re-iterating Sony's mantra of "a marathon, not a sprint" by stating that it's act... Sony finished crucifying our souls, now hangs our viscera on barbed wire 104 Oh, Sony, why must you toy with us?Let's have a recap of today's rollercoaster, shall we? First David Reeves of Sony Europe let slip that our somewhat-relieving price drop on the 60 GB PS... SCEA denies phase-out, wants to punch Sony Europe 30 Apparently, Sony Computer Entertainment of America has reacted with a bemused "WTF?" to David Reeves of Sony Europe's assertion that the 60GB PS3 is being liquidated, chalking it up... Creating fear: the art of Manhunt 2 13 With the release of Manunt 2 for the PlayStation 2 and the Wii right around the corner, we're only weeks away from a full-on media blast against the videogame industry. With its violent conte... Sony drops bombs (and employees) like Galvatron 61 Kotaku has word that between 80 and 100 employees at Sony Computer Entertainment of America's Foster City headquarters were given pink slips earlier today.The layoffs came as a surprise to e... Will MGS4 for the PS3 be delayed? 44 Look I drink...But I am smart enough to know what the difference between the Easter bunny and Metal Gear Solid 4 on the Playstation 3 is; the Easter bunny actually came this year. The buzz going ... ZOMG!!! M.U.G.E.N. 33 Look I drink ...... and from time to time this makes me a little late on trends in the world. M.U.G.E.N. is something that I have totally missed the bus on ... by eight full years. No, I am not t... PS3 launches in India; Now largest mass of people in existence feel our pain 27 As the fine folks at Kotaku have pointed out, today is a big day in India. No, we’re not talking about the news of the monumental importance type, such as an end to famine or the rise ... ZOMG!!! Xbox 360 Elite sneak peek 104  Look I drink...and from time to time the makes me slow to get out breaking news. You may have seen Kotaku and AOL Joystiq's coverage of the Elite along with everybody else that got one ... ZOMG!!! Robert Summa to be on Epileptic Gaming tonight! 33 Look, I drink ...Because of this fact, I've been invited, yet again, to be on the-always-worthy Epileptic Gaming tonight. What are we doing, you ask? Well my little darling, we will be givin... The Destructoid battle card game 45 Our forums are full of all kinds of little hidden treasures and the latest to pop up is an idea by our favorite British chick, Atheistium. In the thread, Ms. Atheistium proposes that Destructoid... PS3 so hot they're practically giving them away in the UK 20 OK, well maybe hot is stretching it. How does desperate sound? According to MCV, a few UK retail outlets have slashed their PlayStation 3 prices in order to get rid of that big black meanie box.... Podtoid 2?: The three-headed monster 50 Tonight, the big three come together to record a very special Podtoid. That's right my chilluns, Summa, Niero, and Ron "PR Nightmare" Martini will come together to destroy what ever... ZOMG!!! Workman makes a post! 46 Look. I drink. Sometimes I take pictures that we can't always use on Destructoid. Most of those pictures help me to re-create what happened the night before. If you are not supposed to pee in... More haterade: Finland PS3 porn launch? 30 And the hits just keep on coming! I passed on a story yesterday about the dismal PS3 launch in South Africa where the retail staff apparently outnumbered the consumers in line for a console. It ... SCE France pres. talks release, FFXIII 21 Apparently, even Europeans aren't exempt from Sony's hubris. I thought that the French, who seem so reasonable, would be a little more in touch with the real world. However, as Georges Fo... Pirates of the Carribean 3: tentacle fun 9 That's all. One lousy screenshoot of a giant sea-world tentacle forcefully entering the anus of a very uncomfortable looking digitized Johnny Depp. The game will also feature gameplay with th... New PS3 WarHawk videos, jibber jabber 15 Critics of the less than orgasm-enducing WarHawk put their fists down last week when as learned that it would ultimately end up as a second-class PS3 network download. All of the value being pack... SXSW 07: A night out with Kevin Rose, Morgan Spurlock, Patrick Norton and G4 29 Last night Workman and Summa were in top form, hitting the bars and mingling with the classy types all around Austin, Texas. We hit up just about every cool party imaginable and ended up hangi... Dtoid blooper: I nearly killed Naked BoB 23 PR nightmare strikes again! Gamehelper's head cheese was among the fortunate to have prime seating at the Sony keynote one row ahead of us, and the unfortunate recipient of a crushing blow t...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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