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Xbox 360 EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag 'The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned' gets its own site 10 November 24? Why, that's next week! In the rush of recent releases, I had almost forgotten about my beloved Borderlands and its premier downloadable content pack, "The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned." ... Mass: We Pray is really a Dante's Inferno viral 24 Earlier this week, we got an e-mail about Mass: We Pray, a Wii-like game where you Church at home. The Web site and video for the "game" was pretty outrageous, and pretty much bordered on heresy... First Darksiders 'Hellbook' reveals powers, weapons 6 Along with the first in its series of "Hellbook" videos, THQ sent us a mess of information about the weapons and powers that will appear in the upcoming Darksiders.  From what we're told, W... SSFIV update: New character to be revealed next week? 66 This week's update comes courtesy of Nakky's blog over at the official Super Street Fighter IV website, and teases some big news on the way. Nakky has a screencap of Chun-Li being treated unkindl... Fail: Ubisoft passes on No More Heroes for PS3, 360 81 I can't hear you guys over all of the shouting about the reveal of No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This updated version of the once-Wii-exclusive was announced... What the foxtrot? Jurassic: The Hunted gets an XBL demo 9 I'm starting to feel legitimately bad for giving Jurassic: The Hunted so much positive attention. Some people seem to be mistaking our affection for the game as completely sincere, thinking it's... Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff 27 Following on from our discovery of a Midnight Riders teaser site, we've just been tipped offLeft 4 Dead 2's resident rock band now has a blog, as well as a Youtube channel. Check it out because i... Games on Demand: Saints Row 2, LEGO Indiana Jones 14 Drat your headline character limit, Elephant! I was one letter away from squeezing "next week" in there. You haven't seen the last of me; I know where you live. On Tuesday, November 24, Games on ... British intelligence group advertising on Xbox Live 19 You know that old trope about kids who play videogames that are actually secret government evaluation programs designed to draft quick-witted children into secret adventures? British intelligence... Worms 2: Armageddon gets a big ol' update 7 There's a problem with a lot of Xbox LIVE Arcade Games -- their online communities tend to die off before too long. Even the good ones can suffer from this, simply because there's so many competi... Black Friday: GameStop deals leaked for your pleasure 50 Black Friday and all its horror will soon be upon us, and the Internet has gotten its talons on GameStop's list of ludicrous offers. The list is absolutely huge, some great bundles such as a PS3 ... Watch some BioShock 2 deathmatch action 23   Want some straight up, no-bullsh*t, BioShock 2 deathmatch footage? We've got you covered. This new video dresses nothing up, it simply gives you a minute of BioShock 2 multiplayer action. ... Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty, Kelly freakin' Clarkson 30 I think what most pleases me about the release of the "family friendly" LEGO Rock Band, it's that it opens up the platform to all kinds of pop nonsense we might not have ordinarily seen. By "nons... Zombies were discussed for Modern Warfare 2 23 Looking to go unconventional with the narrative, the team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s innards tossed around several fantastic ideas before settling on the series’ familiar... X-play gives us a peek at SSFIV's new India stage 39 G4's Adam Sessler recently sat down for a chat with Seth Killian of Capcom about Super Street Fighter IV. During their interview, they've given us a look at one of the game's new stages, India. Y... PSA: Gamefly has a ton of Wii and 360 games for under $10 21 You wouldn't know it by looking at my credit card bills, but I have never been a member of GameFly. I have, however, racked up a bunch of meager transactions over the years whenever they try to p... Peggle, Sonic 2, and more getting XBLA discounts 9 In the past, a good percentage of Xbox LIVE's so-called deals have been pretty crummy. But for the rest of this month, the Deal of the Week promos are surprisingly good. Don't believe it? Keep on... You can do 'the Carlton' in 1 vs. 100 Season 2 17 Season 2 of 1 vs. 100 begins tonight, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Why? Besides it being a genuinely fun trivia game, we have just been given word that "the Carlton" and "the Elaine" will be... Kid reports parents to cops after they take his Xbox 36 Yet more evidence that children are stupid and should be mass-executed has arrived today, with word of a young boy in Illinois who called the cops after his parents took his Xbox (we assume a 360... Dragon Age expansion 'Return to Ostagar' announced 26 The Dragon Age: Origins Twitter account doesn’t spread lies like your standard, filthy Elf commoner. Something “cool” was announced this afternoon relating to Bioware’s la... Joe Madureira draws a horse in new Darksiders video 7 Part two of THQ's video interview with Darksiders creative director Joe Madureira is here, and this time the comic book artist discusses the creation of a number of key characters and his inspir... This what No More Heroes looks like on Xbox 360 67 Xbox Japan has updated to reveal the first hot screens of No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise. These spicy-hot images reveal the graphical improvements that Travis Touchdown and his psychopathic frie... Final Fantasy XIII Cactuar GET! 22 Shonen Jump has another Final Fantasy XIII treat for us, and this time it involves everybody's favorite perennial mascot, the Cactuar. Final Fantasy XIII's take on the noble Cactuar is far less r... Saboteur 'sent out to die,' Pandemic closure was 'right' 29 It was incredibly surprising to hear that Pandemic -- a studio hard at work on the The Saboteur -- had been eradicated by Electronic Arts during a wave of layoffs. Despite the surprising turn of ... No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise gets site, erotic teaser 34 No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 and we're pretty damn pleased about that. To herald the arrival of Suda 51's barmy action game on HD consoles, a new teaser site has ... Pre-order Aliens vs. Predator, get cool multiplayer skins 20 What's this? A generally worthwhile, rather neat pre-order bonus from GameStop? Praise the heavens! As you can see from the picture above, three multiplayer skins for Aliens vs. Predator can be y... Dog gets and plays Tony Hawk: Ride before we do 30 If you're waiting for our Tony Hawk: Ride review, sit tight -- we don't even have the game in our hands yet, despite the fact that it's on store shelves.  But you know that famous skat... Dragon Age: Origins-related announcement coming soon? 24 Something Dragon Age: Origins-related is going down soon.One of the most recent tweets from the official Origins Twitter account is teasing that something “cool” is happening on the m... Svensson: SSFIV's character roster has long been decided 42 The good folks over at EventHubs have a post up discussing SSFIV's character roster, and according to Capcom's Christian Svensson, the lineup was already decided upon some time ago. When asked on... Halfbrick: Getting attention for a new IP is 'balls hard' 10 It's no secret that new IP can sometimes struggle to get the spotlight it needs. In fact, I've ranted about the situation many times. Raskulls is one such game that seems to not get given much at... Story: Dante's Inferno has one 17 If I was a bad dude, the last damsel I would choose to distress is one who pals around with a large guy named Dante, who just happens to carry around a scythe composed of bone and sinew all hour... Halfbrick talks to us about Raskulls and why it rocks 6 Raskulls is a game we've been keeping a very close eye on at Destructoid. Halfbrick Studios' upcoming XBLA game is cute, funny, and looking to be a delightful mix of platforming, racing, and Mr. ... Lag 4 Dead 2? 119 Left 4 Dead 2 released yesterday and, while its Versus Mode is terrific fun, you'd be hard pressed to find many people able to enjoy it. The game has been hit with massive lag on Xbox Live, despi... Rumor: Scribblenauts 2 and F.E.A.R 3 coming next year 40 If the latest gossip is to be believed, Scribblenauts is going to become a franchise, and it will do so as early as next year! Warner Bros. accidentally let slip its list of 2010 games, with Scri... Midnight Riders teaser site found: Left 4 Dead 2 DLC? 58 Those who have played Left 4 Dead 2's "Dark Carnival" campaign will likely know of The Midnight Riders. They are a fictional rock band that Ellis seems to be rather fond of, and the campaign's fi... BioShock 2 has 'intense violence' and 'f*cking sodomites' 29 That's what we like to hear! The ESRB has rated BioShock 2, and like so many other ESRB ratings, it has made the game sound positively splendid. Summarizing the game's "intense acts of violence,"... Halo: Reach to be shown off at the Spike VGAs 40 Still fired up from those leaked Halo: Reach images? Then sit down, and prepare to immediately stand up in just a second. Probably. Along with the list of nominees for the Spike Video Game Awards... Spike's Video Game Award nominations are here! 87 The VGAs may be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there's no denying that it's about as mainstream an award show as we're going to get. With that... Modern Warfare 2 pulls in $550 million in five days 28 I'm sure we all knew Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would sell well, but not like this. Activision has revealed that the title has grossed an estimated $550 million worldwide in just the first fi... Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days confirmed 42 Square Enix Europe (formerly Eidos) has today confirmed that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is coming to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC next year. The follow-up to 2007's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, the... Xbox 360 failure rate in UK? 60%, says CNET 110 It's the story that never dies, which is ironic because that's exactly what Xbox 360s keep doing. The old "Red Ring of Death" thing has all but disappeared from the news, but CNET has followed up... No More Heroes coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 145 We've heard rumblings for some time now that No More Heroes could be making the Hi-Def jump. The latest issue of Famitsu has finally confirmed what we all have been hopping for! The original No M... Polar Panic skips the 80s, gets announced for XBLA, PSN 8 Valcon Games has a new downloadable title called Polar Panic that's due out later next month on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade, it unveiled to us today. It's sort of reminiscent of Bom... Tony Hawk: RIDE is out, #tonyhawktuesday 12 If I was a game I wouldn’t dream of debuting on the same morning two mass marketed follow-ups to unique and successful IPs did. But I’m pretty sure if I was game, I wouldn’t ha... Check out these Dtoid themed Forza 3 cars 15 It's no secret that Destructoid seems to attract talented artists from all walks of life. Still, it's always exciting seeing the art you guys and gals put out over on the Community blogs and Foru... Assassin's Creed 2 launch trailer confirms AC2 launch 20 Word on the street is that a little game called Assassin’s Creed 2 snuck onto retail shelves this morning alongside Left 4 Dead 2. A quick look at the launch teaser for the successor to th... New Mass Effect 2 cover art is not the best we've seen 83 Take a gander at the worst cover art this side of the galaxy.Just kidding. I’ve long believed that excellence in cover art wretchedness belongs to whoever was doing the stuff for fantasy au... Pre-order Lost Planet 2, get Resident Evil's Wesker 27 This is the sort of mash-up you dream about but never get to see actually happen. On second thought, Capcom totally did this with the last Lost Planet. Remember Frank West? He was playable in it.... Former Dead Space devs reveal Sledgehammer Games 17 What are Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, former Visceral/Electronic Arts devs who worked on Dead Space, doing for Activision? Well, they're starting their own game studio, of course. We alrea... The BioShock 2 cover art holds a secret (Update) 72 Yep, the box art for BioShock 2 sure does look similar in style and substance to the first ga--whoa. Now wait just a minute! What ... what is that? Look to the left of the Little Sister's head! W... Forza 3 gets new DLC packs: Free and not so free 13 Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack. This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of... Mad Catz: Microsoft won't block our Wireless N adapter 18 While Mad Catz' wireless N adapter may not be as sleek as the official Microsoft device, it has a few good things going for it. Namely, its price -- $79.99 compared to Microsoft's $100 asking pri... Free (temporary) Xbox LIVE Gold for all! 32 Since I haven't booted my Xbox 360 up yet today, I haven't seen the glory that is the new dashboard update. From what I hear, it's decent. Not super useful, and not really good or bad, just "dece... Peggle Nights add-on hitting LIVE on November 18 12 Two days from now, PS3 owners are getting their chance to sniff the Peggle-powder with the planned release of Peggle and the paid add-on Peggle Nights over PSN. The simultaneous release of Peggle... Super Street Fighter IV's new Replay Mode detailed 13 Imagine SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono in a bathrobe, drink in hand, watching SSFIV replays. That somewhat ridiculous image is apparently the inspiration behind Super Street Fighter IV's new Replay ... PSA: Twitter, Facebook, etc. now on Xbox 360 39 It's entirely possible you've already received this update -- Assassin's Creed 2 and/or Left 4 Dead 2 midnight launches and all -- but the Xbox LIVE Update is now... well, live.  The update... Review: Left 4 Dead 2 138 New friends, more zombies, better apocalypse. That's what Valve has promised, and that's what fans will come to expect when they finally pick up the sequel to one of the best zombie games ever m... It lives! RC car racer Things on Wheels gets a trailer 6 Load Inc. knows a thing or two about creating racing games that star RC cars. Mad Tracks, the studio's 2007 release, was enjoyable at the time. It's been about that long since I last played the ... SSFIV: Watch Juri rock T-Hawk and Deejay and latest vids 31 I’ll admit that I was turned off by the announcement of Super Street Fighter IV. I suppose I’ve become a bit update-expectant in this age of downloads. But after reading a few previe... What Sgt. 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