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ZOMGBURRITO!! EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Mortal Kombat fighters like you've never seen them before 34 Commence hyperventilating. Back when Vincent Proce was working over at Midway, he submitted a pitch for a new Mortal Kombat. The game in question was to be a total overhaul of the series' "origin... 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... American McGee's Alice trailer was a cheeky fake 23 How's this for a kick in the nuts? That really good looking trailer for Return of Alice that we ran earlier in the week is apparently a fan-made fake and not an official video. Despite looking ve... Ikaruga drops to half price as XBL Deal of the Week 40 Originally 800 Microsoft points, some obscure game called Ikaruga has been declared Xbox Live's Deal of the Week from now until Monday, July 20th; available to XBL Gold members for a mere 400 poi... ZeniMax trademarks 'Brink' 7 ZeniMax Media Inc. -- the parent company of Bethesda Softworks -- recently filed a UPSTO trademark for the videogame title “Brink.” Cue the spooky music.As is usual, there isn’t... Pics surface from Level-5 for The Another World (Ninokuni) 14 If you are as big of a fan of Hayao Miyazaki's work as I am, chances are you had a smiliar reaction to mine when you saw Level-5's announcement of an upcoming DS game with Studio Ghibli: heart ra... RetroforceGO! recording episode 47 tonight: Treasure 99 Finally, dear listeners, it's the episode that Chad and I you've all been waiting for! Tonight we take a look at one of our very favorite devlopers, Treasure, and all of the wonderful games they'... Ikaruga finally hits XBLA on April 9th 74 Finally being the operative word there. According to our friend Postman over at Shoot The Core, Ikaruga is finally ready to make its way to Xbox Live Arcade on April 9th, 2008. Turns out the Apri... Finally: Trigger Heart Exelica hits XBLA next week 28 I was awakened this morning by the sound of my phone ringing, and was surprised to learn who was calling:Secretary: "Hello, Mr. Cantler?"Me: "Yes?"Secretary: "Good mornin... RetroforceGO! recording episode 35 tonight: Anything but the Super Bowl 108 Sports are so totally boring. I realize some of you might like sports, but us? Not so much. Actually, there are two squirrels fighting over an acorn outise my window right now, and it's a much mo... Rez HD and Chessmaster Live on XBLA this Wednesday 43 Tetsuya Mizuguchi fans, your week has come: Rez HD (800 Microsoft Points) is finally upon us. It seems like it's been an eternity since the game was announced for Live Arcade, but our patience ul... RetroforceGO! recording episode #30 tonight: 2007 Top tens and the year in retro 47 The year's just about over (thank God) and your friends here at RetroforceGO! are ready to close it out in the coolest way possible: with lists. You guys like lists, right? C'mon, everybody loves... Ben Eberle plays Guitar Hero on expert, shames us all again 64 I had to watch this video several times before posting it -- not because my jaw was on the floor, but trying to figure out whether it was real or not, or the results of some insane video splicer ... The Behemoth store now open: Get your Castle Crashers figures while you can 46 No, seriously. Go buy some and then come back here. The Behemoth has opened its online store today, and the Castle Crashers figures we featured a few months ago are available to anyone who might ... Rumortoid: Dreamcast 2 on the way? 172 SEGA has officially filed for trademark of the name Dreamcast once again, sending salivary glands and reproductive organs into a frenzy across the internet. Although the original filing for the D... Furu Furu Park brings Afro Love to the Wii: It's about damn time 22 The above video displays footage from what will soon be the latest reason for me to turn on my Wii, as it combines two of my very favorite things: cute Japanese characters, and utter batsh*t mad... One of a kind AT-AT GameCube mod up for sale 38 A long time ago, in an Internet post back, back in the day, a man made an awesome GameCube mod. Now, the creator of this mod needs some cash and has put his AT-AT GameCube up for sale on eBay. Th... Omega Five: Sensei gameplay video is full of yapping 6 Continuing with our groundbreaking coverage of flying old guys and their pets, here's a trailer showing off some gameplay footage of Omega Five's unlockable character Sensei that we told you abou... Omega Five Unlockable character revealed, new screens have a doggie in them 14 You kids today with your hi-tech weaponry. Take a look at this hidden unlockable character from Omega Five. They call him Sensei, and he's the oldest and wisest of the game's band of good guys. B... New trailer for The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, new hope for the future of XBLA 29    Open wide thine eyes, dear readers, and gaze upon the brilliantly crafted chaos that serves as the perfect example of what an XNA game can be. What you're seeing is the latest t... Rez and Ikaruga coming to XBLA, Topher tries to contain himself 83 This is best week ever material if ever there was any. As you may have read earlier tonight in our community blogs, it was announced at this year's pre-Tokyo Game Show press event that Rez is hea... My Destructoid friends, let me show you them 33 At this point I think it can be unanimously decided that what you need to know about The Behemoth's upcoming game Castle Crashers is simply the following: awesome game is awesome. End of story. B... PAX 07: Hands on with Castle Crashers 50 Hands all over is more like it, actually. Alien Hominid fans (of which I am certainly one of the biggest) have been clawing away at the intertubes for months in search of any snippet of info they... PAX 2007: Sam and Max Season Two impressions 17 Admittedly, I've never been part of the PC adventure game crowd. Now before you browse through your inventory for a torch and lighter, or enter things like "/pitchfork", let me explain ... RetroforceGO!: Episode 13: PAX 2007: Unpleasant Burrito Experiences 30 Aaaaaaaaaaaand welcome, to another hastily written post. The reason for my lack of time, this time, is the fact that last weekend was PAX. Not one to be outdone by silly things like work or pover... Destructoid interview: Piano Squall 20 Of all the events at this year's Otakon, the American debut of Eminence was undoubtedly the highlight. (We had the whole thing on video, but apparently magnets and DVC tapes don't play well toget... Otakon 2007: An import gamer's treasure trove 47 Gaming isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the term "Anime convention." Put those two words together and they'll likely conjure images of smel... RetroforceGO! Episode 7: Special E3 2007 edition[Update] 8 Expanding Destructoid's coverage of this year's E3, team Retroforce took some time out Wednesday night to record our latest episode, all about the (insert Chad voice) amaaazing stuff on d... E3 2007: Beautiful Katamari trailer makes us stand up and do embarassing dances 42 This is easily the most trouble I've ever had sitting still to write a post. Allow us to present the new trailer for Beautiful Katamari, coming this fall to Xbox 360. The difference made by... RetroforceGO! Back in action, recording E3 2007 special episode tonight! 5 Last week we took some time off for the holiday, and also because 3/4 of us were gearing up for this year's E3 Media & Business summit. That's 3/4 as in everyone but myself, mostly du... Circuit City advertises $100 PS3 price cut to hit July 15 36 Could it be? An impending $100 price cut for Sony's PlayStation 3? If Circuit City are to be believed, it looks like it's happening right after next week's E3 events.According to Spee... New Destructoid wallpapers are hotter than your best friend's mom 23 Time to take down that pic of Ron Workman in the cat mask you've been using as a desktop background. Destructoid Contributing Artist Virtualgirl has taken some time off from making awesome b... Eternal Sonata Xbox 360 faceplates are made of candy; epic winsauce 21 I'm usually not one to endorse pre-ordering anything, ever, but the bonus you get for laying a few bucks down on Eternal Sonata looks too good to pass up. This upcoming Namco Bandai release, ... Project Gotham Racing 4 is a winter wonderland; Nex and Haley squeal with glee 17  If the new PGR4 trailer is any accurate representation of the final game, I just might join those two in harmony with a little squealing of my own. Titled "The snow in Nürburgrin... New Phantom Hourglass gameplay videos show you how to crash Link into a tree 14   Fronsh gaming site Jeux-France is waving around some new videos featuring more gameplay footage from The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the Nintendo DS game whose empty case has... B*tchin' Chrono Trigger Forza 2 car reps old-school; eases your mid-life crisis 24 Since the release of Forza Motorsport 2, the Destructoid staff has been seeing its share of awesome paint jobs crafted with the game's extensive paint scheme editor. The above submission, ho... Brothers in Arms DS trailer, or, Holy God, that's running on a handheld? 55 You guys remember when the ill-fated Resident Evil Game Boy Color port was announced, and the trailers and screenshots made us all crap our pants? I'm getting a similar pants-crappin' fee... When did I turn into a Halo person? 26 Look I drink ... and so does our friend Kevin Kelly over at Joystiq. It seems that he has also been in search of the Halo's just as your (not "you're) loveable and cuddly Greybush ha... Let me show you my Pokemons: Limited edition Nintendo DS Lite Pikachu Edition 9 This seems cruel and unusual to unleash on an unsuspecting public. As if anything new with the words DS and Pokemon don't already fly off the shelf, the powers that be have fused both these c... No Starcraft II in 2007; Zerg cosplay will have to wait 30 In a recent interview with MSNBC, Blizzard's vice president of game design, Rob Pardo, reveals that there's no way in hell Starcraft II will be released in 2007. All five people who were ... Anyone up for stuff you haven't seen in Halo 3 yet? 66 Look I drink...and now that things are back to normal, I want to win the Halo's. This group of gamers have figured out for sure how to win the Halo's. The dedication it must take is somet... McGee to bring Grimm to Gametap in two dozen pieces; Humpy Dumpty weeps 16 A few days ago, game designer American James McGee starting yapping on American McGee's personal blog about American McGee's secret project, a Gametap exclusive title, American McGee'... Ubisoft's Ubidays '07 recap: Where you at? edition 11 In our recap yesterday, we covered just about everything Ubisoft had to offer at this week's Ubidays event. Still, there were quite a few titles that appeared to be missing from the show. Whe... Greybushtainment! It's Butternut Jellytime! 39 Look I drink...And I find things from time to time that don't have much to do with gaming, but you might like them anyways. Today, I have been bombarded with awesomeness from all directions.... Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition version to be announced today 19 Something tells me I should have used the Captain Obvious graphic for this, but whatevs. Surprising no one, IGN reports that Ubisoft plans to announce a "limited edition" version of A... Another one bites the dust: Nintendo Power ready to die? 39 Word on the street is, there have been quite a few layoffs at the offices of everyone's favorite '80s mag, Nintendo Power. Employees there are being told to "look for new work by Sep... Hot chick blows into a NES cartridge ... Yeah, that's pretty much it 26 I love women. I love games. So whenever the two come together like this video, I go crazy.     Really, there isn't much to say about the video. A hot half naked chick seductive... Microsoft releases Forza 2 fan site kit; Ron Workman fan site kit TBA 24 Available today on Forzamotorsport.net is a downloadable kit that supplies gearheads out there with all the tools necessary to build their very own Forza 2 fan site. I'm guessing that means w... Full Metal Jacket coming to the Wii 27 Look I drink...and that brings out some emotions in me from time to time. It looks like the good folks at Nintendo have finally made a game just for my pent up rage. Full Metal Jacket will b... DLC done right: Crackdown's upcoming update 29 Hey gang, remember that Crackdown downloadable content pack we referred to all mysterious-like not long ago? Turns out that Realtime Worlds' update for their infamous sandbox crime-stomper is... Call in sick, make muffins: Spring Update hits Xbox 360 today 25 Ah, the sweet sounds of spring. Birds are chirping happily in their trees, lawnmowers in the distance are taking their first laps around the yard, and if you listen closely, you can hear a chorus... Squeeze her boobies to go pew! 62  File this under the "why in the hell did I not think of this?!" category. Intimate Control was created by Jennifer Chowdhury for her class thesis project. The aim of the game is ... Rockstar admits to GTA IV development challenges with Xbox 360, PS3 49 In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine, Rockstar's Creative VP, Dan Houser, was asked if the lack of an included hard drive in Xbox 360 Core systems and the 360's use of the... 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... Exclusive preview of Beautiful Katamari in next issue of Official Xbox Magazine 17 Time to get your balls out, Katamari fans. No, the ones you make stars out of. In the game. Shame on you. The June issue of Official Xbox Magazine hits newsstands May 8th with an exclusive look a...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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