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Press release EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Ubisoft announces E3 details, hosted by Talk Soup star 18 God knows I've sat through many an award show hosted by a celeb delivering poorly scripted jokes to have developed some sort of resistance to that sort of thing, but I have to say I never expecte... XSEED announces Drill Sergeant Mindstrong for WiiWare 11 This is a weird one, but it's coming from XSEED so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a title coming to WiiWare next month. With a militaristic theme, players have to ... YUKE'S announces new downloadable games division called Akinai Games 1 YUKE’S Company of America has a new division that's going all download now. Called Akinai Games, they will be creating games for WiiWare, Xbox Live, and Sony's PlayStation Network. They're ... Atlus lays a subtle smackdown on ESRB leaks 18 I've said it before, but I'll say it again: God bless the gang at Atlus. While some companies would get all up in arms about the ESRB leaking unreleased information on their website, effectively ... You already knew this, but The King of Fighters XII is coming to NA and EU '09 9 Okay, maybe you didn't know. Now you do. Ignition Entertainment sends us a press release today to say that The King of Fighters XII is coming to North America and Europe some time in 2009. The 3... Sega announces official E3 2008 lineup 20 E3 08 is so close, yet so far away. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am having an incredibly tough time sitting still from all the excitement and anticipation, and I'm not even at E3.To ... THIS! IS! SPARTA! I MEAN VEGAS ... This is Vegas, actually 16 "Open World, Lifestyle Action Experience Allows Players to Fight, Gamble, Drive and Party in the World's Most Decadent City," is how Midway chooses to introduce the world to a new game ... Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney to hit North American shelves on February 12 38 If you are a huge Phoenix Wright fanboy like me, you will be very excited to hear that Capcom has just announced the first game in its spin-off series, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, is ... From the Dept. of Vagueness: LucasArts and BioWare announce they're doing stuff 14 It's early in the morning, so maybe LucasArts and BioWare thought they'd be able to send out a press release that says next to nothing, but we're not having it. The two have announced a partnersh... Halo 3 promotion lets you experience the game on an IMAX screen 28 Unless by some cruel misfortune, you are not only blind, but deaf too, you already know that the Halo 3 marketing blitz is in full effect. You’ve seen the commercials, tried the game’... Select Live Arcade titles get a limited time price drop 31 The Xbox Live Arcade news just keeps on coming, doesn't it? This Labor Day weekend, 4 XBLA games will receive a 50% off price drop. However, this offer will only be available from 12:00 a.m. GMT ... Guitar Hero III demo details emerge, two ways to get in on the action 58 Activision has announced today that anyone who buys the Xbox 360 version of Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground (available October 9th) will be able to play a demo for Guitar Hero III: Legends of ... New talent agency for freelance game industry professionals 6 ITM Creatives is the artistic branch International Talent Management, and they work to connect freelance professionals with the video game, film, and television industries and their new Web site ... Surprise! 80gb PS3 is available. Bigger suprise: 60gb sales up 113% 29 You're not suprised, are you. No, we knew this was coming since last month, but now it's official: the new 80gb model of the PS3, packed with the off-road racing game MotorStorm, is now available... Guitar Hero III rocks 11 new tracks 61 Activision has just released a list of 11 new tracks to the set list of the upcoming Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (which you'll remember we rocked at E3), featuring works from artists like Ir... Valve and Nexon to bring Counter-Strike to Asia 12 Valve's Doug Lombardi has dropped us a line announcing plans to bring Counter-Strike to Asian markets, effectively positioning the world's #1 most played online first-person shooter in the most i... Rockstar's Table Tennis coming to Wii, everyone acts suprised as instructed 22 Rockstar brings us the greatest 'why didn't I think of that' announcement yet: Table Tennis is coming to the Nintendo Wii. The head-slapping, 'duh' announcement of a wiggle wa... Confirmed: Peter Moore leaving Microsoft, replaced by Don Mattrick 42 You've doubtless all heard the rumors by now, but we at Destructoid like to wait until we have something tangible before we mash our hands on the keyboards in an attempt to be first with news... E3 2007: Liveblogging the Midway Press Conference 6 4:30 PM - We're sitting in a ballroom watching a Chow Yun Fat trailer that rivals any movie in the theater right now. Stranglehold is introduced as Midway's best action game ever made wit... E3 2007: 2K Games and 2K Sports reveal E3 line-up, no surprises 2 As I sit here in the limbo that is known as Denver International Airport, waiting for a plane that will shuttle me off to E3, I'm finding it hard to keep up with all of the stuff that is floo... Oct 1 release for Phantom Hourglass; limited edition stylus with registration 16 Nintendo is all about filling my mail box with press releases this morning, one of which confirms an October 1, 2007 release date for the highly anticipated Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for... The Sims are totally fierce in The Sims 2 H&M Fashion Stuff; Will Wright cries 11 I remember this one time (last week) that I went into an H&M in my local mall. A piercingly intolerable drum and bass remix of Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" blared out of ... Nintendo to bring Zelda II to VC this Monday; brags about how awesome they are 37 Just in case you didn't know, Nintendo is totally awesome. They have the fastest selling hand held in the history of portable platforms, their innovative home console is pushing more numbers ... Best Buy to rely on common sense to educate consumers 8 It looks like the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer thinks that what its customers need more than lower prices is a little bit of common sense on their side. Best Buy recently an... Rockstar is going to re-define a bunch of stuff with Midnight Club: Los Angeles 15 No doubt inspired by Summa's recent relocation, Rockstar games has announced Midnight Club: Los Angeles for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There's not much information on the game, as th... Condemned 2: Bloodshot announced 28 Not to be outdone by legions of angry, bloodthirsty critters, Sega also announced Condemned 2: Bloodshot as its follow-up to Criminal Origins, the junkie-slaying Xbox 360 launch title that had ea... Criterion officially reveals Burnout Paradise 31 I'm a big fan of all things Burnout, but it's even hard for me to swallow the name of the next-gen iteration. Officially called Burnout Paradise, a title that brings to mind palm trees an... Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy's EndWar 12 The mystery project coming out of the Ubisoft/Tom Clancy camp has been revealed as Tom Clancy's EndWar. The surprise -- it's a strategy game! While not much is known about the game, all ... Sony announces Hot Shot Tennis for North American release 7 This morning, Sony announced that it will be bringing Hot Shots Tennis to the PlayStation 2. Developed by Clap Hanz (the same folks responsible for the once king, now on life support Hot Shots Go... Art of Fighting Anthology announced for PS2 14 SNK fighting fans, take note: your favorite company has a whole heap of compilations to offer you this summer. Today, SNK Playmore announced their intentions to publish Art of Fighting Anthology,... E for All Expo: Get in the VIP Areaaaa 8 Got plans for October? Besides scaring little boys and girls in a robot helmet, Destructoid will be hanging out at E for All in LA for the four days of the show ... plus an extra 7 hours of ear... Guitar Hero coming to your phone ... wait, huh? 18 Hands-On Mobile announced today an agreement with Activision to bring Guitar Hero to mobile devices. Like, y'know, cellular phones.I'll give you a minute to take that in.The obvious quest... LOTR Online open beta: 1,000,000 strong on April 6th 10 Midway Games and Turbine, creators of the swiftly-approaching Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, announced a huge pre-release push to get you all hooked on the latest cash-draining, tim... Homebrew sheep-herding game hits DS 7 If Bomberman knocked up Harvest Moon and had babies, the illegitimate Dreamcast homebrew game Cool Herders would probably be the result. If you loved it on the DC, then you'll be glad to know... Microsoft releases stats for the Xbox Live Video Marketplace 21 I'm sure there are quite a few people who have never downloaded any video content from the Xbox Live Marketplace yet. Some were permanently turned off when they tried to rent a movie the day ... New Ready 2 Rumble confirmed 18 Please, someone wake me up from this nightmare. It seems a third installment in the "arcade style satirical boxing" series, Ready 2 Rumble, will be released on various, unnamed, video ... THQ announces MotoGP '07 for Xbox 360 18 There was a point last year, amidst a dearth of Xbox 360 releases, that I would download every single demo that hit the Xbox Live Marketplace. Among those games, was the demo for THQ's MotoG... Konami relaunches Guitar Freaks/Drum Mania. Will Guitar Heroes care? 25 Masterpiece Gold sounds like a new flavor of Kenny Roger's, but it is actually a repacked (or rehashed, in some circles) version of two decade-old Bemani games by Konami: Guitar Freaks and Dr... Electronic Arts to co-publish Mercenaries 2, maintains PS3 only status 9 Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios have announced a worldwide co-publishing deal for the upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. For about a year now, Pandemic had been qu... Square-Enix licenses Unreal Engine 3 10 If you wish Bahamut looked as shiny and rain-slick as the dinosaurs in the new Turok, I've got good news for you. Square-Enix announced today that they've licensed Epic Games' Unreal ... Today's word of the day is Crossplayer 15   What it is: Valve's new marketing buzzword for a new gamed called The Crossing that meshes simultaneous multiplayer action with a single player story campaign. Unlike most multipl... Ubisoft officially announces TMNT game, forgets people like games that look good 32 It's been on the radar for ages, but Ubisoft has finally announced that they will be releasing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the 360, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA, Windows, and the Wii. The game wil... Shocking news: Nintendo Wii sells out during launch 49 Are you sitting down? This may come as quite a shock to you, but it appears Nintendo has sold more than 600,000 Wiis since they launched the little white machine. In fact, the company saw it nece...		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