On November 10, metalcore band Unearth will release a special edition set of its 2008 record, The March. Distributed by Metal Blade, the set comes with bonus tracks as well as a DVD of music videos, tour footage, making-of footage, live clips, and more. 

Okay, so what does this have to do with videogames, you ask? Up there is the world exclusive premiere of Unearth's music video for their track "Grave of Opportunity." The theme -- a kegger/party featuring videogames, more specifically, Guitar Hero.

"With our video for 'Grave of Oppounity,' we wanted to give the vibe of a party meeting music," says Unearth vocalist Trevor Phipps. 

Looks a lot like a few parties we've been to except we've never actually been in the videogame. But we're working on it, trust us. In the meantime, we'll just have to live vicariously through Unearth. (Editor's note: Hey, I totally had that Faith No More shirt!)

If you're looking to be brutalized live, Unearth kick off its tour with Hatebreed, Cannibal Corpse, Born Of Osiris, and Hate Eternal next week.

I thought it was a mercy killing when it was announced that yet another sequel to the Turok franchise had received the axe. Little did I realize what might have been, the hope and promise of a generation dashed once again by the swipe of some money-grubbing fool's pen. Now that I learned that dinosaurs might have been playable in this now cancelled game, I feel an emptiness in my soul that may never be soothed.

The folks at Voodoo Extreme discovered some interesting tidbits about the title, culled from the portfolio of Propaghanda Games former Lead UI Artist, Garrett Knight. Most notably is an interface video showing an option to configure controls for Turok and "Dinosaur." Knight has since taken his entire portfolio off the web, citing "unforseen circumstances." You would think that info leaks of this nature would no longer qualify as "unforseen" by this point.

I'm really bummed about this because the last time I had the opportunity to play as a dinosaur in a game which even remotely appealed to me was on the Sega Genesis, with the "Rampage Edition" of Jurassic Park. Velociraptors were all the rage back then, but I wonder now. What type of dino would you have wanted to eat Turok as?

Remember a while back we were talking about the new Turok game's list of Xbox 360 achievements? Remember that one of them, "Grab Bag," essentially rewarded you for griefing? If you can't recall, or are too lazy to click on links, the "Grab Bag" achievement rewards you ten points if you kill an enemy, a team-mate and yourself in a public online multiplayer match. Yes ... it's a chaotic disaster waiting to happen, really.

The developers have finally wised up to the reality that gamerscore whores and achievement completists would have no qualms about detonating themselves in front of a team-mate's face for those ten glorious points and have promised to patch the offending feature if it becomes an issue upon release. The achievement was called "the worst ever" online as gamers lashed back at what they saw as an encouragement of douchebag behavior. Developer Propaganda VP Josh Holmes, however, claims that the genesis of the achievement was quite innocent:

"What we found was that players playing their first match in Turok - almost every player - was (accidentally) killing himself, a team mate and an enemy with a grenade or a Stick Bomb gun and so we thought 'hey, we should give them an achievement for that', as kind of a joke."

There is a philosophical lesson to be had here, people. These harmless developers, in their cherub-like way, innocently sought to provide a fun and amusing achievement for us all to unlock, but it was our own cynicism and mistrust in man's intentions that truly was unlocked in the end. In truth, Propaganda encouraged no such griefing, but that was the first thing we ourselves thought of because we hold such darkness in our hearts. For shame, gentle gamers. For shame.

As promised, here's my hands-on impression of Turok's single player demo. The demo is extremely short, but it is fun. I suggest anyone interested in playing the game to pre-order it so you can get the demo. And once you're done, go cancel your pre-order and make a GameSpot's managers life hell.

Hit the jump to read about the stab-orific game. 

Have you ever wanted to cap a dinosaur in the ass? It's an urge that can only be satisfied by playing videogames, unless you want to go the hardcore route. Of course, that involves slapping a dino costume onto one of your "buddies" and inflicting violence upon him. Alternatively, you could just get a Turok demo disc by pre-ordering the game.

The demo disc will be available at Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, and Game Crazy. Sorry PlayStation 3 owners, this offer is only valid for the Xbox 360 version of Turok. Although, if you do place a pre-order at GameStop for either version, they'll throw in a free t-shirt too.

Turok is set to be released on February 5 for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. It'll also be available on PC at some point during Spring 2008. The game's official Web site has also undergone major reconstructive surgery, so you might want to check it out.

Last week, I got some hands-on time with Turok's multiplayer at an event in San Francisco. The event was held in a ballroom, but you never would have guessed it, as they went all out on the set up. They had tents, dozens of plants, and camouflage netting to give the feel of it being an actual jungle ... a jungle with an open bar and big screen TVs.

I got to mess around with some of the weapons, played on a few of the multiplayer levels, and stabbed a bunch of people. Read all about it after the jump.

[Editor's note: I'll have a hands-on on the single player demo they gave me later on in the week.]

[Editor's note: A New Challenger wraps up Community Blog Promotion week. Stay tuned for a special message from yours truely. Until then, Turok was an amazing game. Well, amazing until GoldenEye came out that is. Also, you haven't lived until you've seen a Velociraptor get jiggy with it. -- CTZ] 

Hello world! When Hamza announced he was doling out some front page lovin' to regular features from the Community Blogs, I said "How high?" because I'm terrible with figures of speech. I had just written a nice little entry about one of my favorite games as part of this ongoing series and I was excited that it would be getting more exposure. Just the thought of the "Popular Story From Our Community Blogs" banner adorning my article, resplendent in magnificence upon the front page where the huddled masses would bask in its glory, filled my cold and empty existence with a brilliant, shining glee.

Nay, nay, corrected Hamza in a timely electronic missive, a simple repackaging of previously published materials was not his intent at all. I was to compose an entirely new article in this series, one that would have its premiere to the public at large not in the squalid hovel I call my Community Blog, but, untainted, on the hallowed Destructoid home page itself.

"Make it epic", he was sure to add. You can imagine my reaction at such news.

"Great, more work. For free, at that. Just fabulous."
-What I pretend, for comedic effect, I wanted to say

"Oh, mighty robot gods, I am your humble supplicant, and I am eternally grateful for this magnanimous opportunity bestowed upon one unworthy as I. I shall commence posthaste!"
-What I said (more or less)

As it turned out, I had a topic in mind that fit the criterion of epicness.

To make an incredibly long story short, instead of learning about an awesome secret from Link's Awakening, you get to read about an Acclaim game. L-l-lucky! 

After the jump you'll find the just-released list of Achievements for the Xbox 360 version of the upcoming blood, guts n' dinos FPS Turok. Normally this wouldn't even blip on our radar of actual, useful news but something about this list sticks out like a bloody limb that once belonged to your best friend. Have a look:

	Grab Bag	10
	Kill at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 teammate, and yourself in the same round of a public match

We ask that those of you literate enough to read the above text help those who aren't as educated, but for those of you who are both stupid and lonely, I'll put this as simply as possible: Turok rewards players for murdering their own team members!

This is the point at which I realize even with bold-face font, illiterate readers of this site still probably couldn't read that text, nor could they read these words I'm typing currently ... or any of this site for that matter. If you're illiterate, what the hell are you doing on the Internet? We don't even have any pictures of cooters or adorable kittens on this page.

Idiot.

The dinosaur animation and AI in these videos is excellent, but above all, I'm really digging the blood-filled quick time events. I've always wondered how truly badass it would be to slit a Velociraptor's throat, and thanks to Turok, I now know.

I'd also like to point out that the sky is actually blue in this game. Who would've thought that an M-rated first-person shooter in this day and age could be made without having a crap-colored sky?

There's plenty more bloodshed to be had after the break, with 3 more videos including a T-Rex battle (don't miss the ending), burning giant scorpions until they explode, and other acts of violence towards dinosaurs.

On my nightly Googletrek for the string "dinosaurs, machine guns", I came across this Firing Squad article which included the above trailer for the upcoming presumably direct-to-DVD, animated Turok film.

Normally we'd be excited to see a film based on a game that seems to follow its source material so closely, but that clip just leaves us scratching our collective metal heads. Since when was Turok successful enough to warrant an American animated film? Sure, an anime maybe -- the Japanese animate everything, from grocery lists, to every issue of Sports Illustrated to reruns of The Golden Girls -- but to get the green light for a real American animated film, you'd need a series that was either tremendously successful or lends itself extremely well to the realm of the cartoon. Admittedly, "dinosaurs + guns = awesome" is a fantastic premise, but it's been done before, as my childhood proves.

As a person of Cherokee descent I truly hope this film is taken seriously by its creators if only to bring honor to my people, but as a person who just lied to you about being a person of Cherokee descent, I couldn't care less how this thing turns out.

Now if you'll excuse me, it's been a while since I've watched Heavy Metal, and my spirit animal recently informed me that Turok won't have nearly as much nudity as that classic of the American cinema.