Friday Night Fights: Nintendo rumors edition

4:20 PM on 04.15.2011   |   Jesse Cortez

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Well, the Nintendogs + cats are out of the bag, thanks to rumors reported to you courtesy of Game Informer and other sources. According to the rumor mill, a new system from Nintendo that boasts being competitive in power to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, along with other nifty stuff, will be unveiled at E3. There was actually some controversy over whether this information should have been released without proper confirmation from Nintendo, but nevertheless, it's cause for excitement and speculation. Unless, of course, you are a Nintendo hater. If that's the case, let the flame wars begin!

When you get tired of reading all of the bickering over the internet, I suggest relaxing in a friendly bout of Friday Night Fights! Every week, the Destructoid community organizes games to play against each other Friday nights. This long standing Dtoid tradition is a great way to get to know your fellow community members better and have some fun along the way. The PS3 group will be adding Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes to the usual list, while the 360 crew will be playing a wide variety of games throughout the evening.

So come join in the fun! Take it from SteezyXL, FNF's are awesome! To see a list of Dtoid community hosts and the games they will be playing tonight, check out the list below!

New to FNF? Read this: Each week, a bunch of Destructoid readers and usually an editor or two get together to play some videogames online. Basically, this is what Friday Night Fights are all about.

The planning for FNF takes place in the forums, where community members volunteer to host by posting their information (gamertag, time to meet up, game, etc.) in the forum post corresponding to the system they're interested in playing on.

Then, every Friday, reminder posts for those who don't read the forums regularly go up in the community blogs section all thanks to a dedicated group of cool individuals. And for everyone who wants their info all in one place, they have got my weekly recap posts to look forward to between 4:30 - 5:30 PM EST.

Now that you're here, just scan the list below and find a game you want to play. All that's left to do after that is to join the match by contacting the host below using any means necessary. For Wii, you might have to be a little creative, but for 360/PS3 a simple "invite me" message will be fine.

The names on the left are our Destructoid handles, while the ones on the right are our online handles (PSN IDs, for example). Don't see a game you want to play? Feel free to post a comment offering to take up hosting duties yourself.

Tonight's Hosts (more info from Tarvu):

• Platform: PC/Mac, Steam
  Game: Whatever you can get people to play. Steamtoid is a fun hangout
  People: Join the Steam group to find us!
  Time: Anytime. All of the time.

• Platform: PC/Mac, Steam
  Game: Killing Floor
  People: Subenu (Steam name: Subenu)
  Time: 21.00 CEST | 20.00 GMT | 15.00 EST

• Platform: Xbox 360
  Game: Halo: Reach, probably followed by GTA4 or Halo Wars
  People: Tarvu (The Kinky Ninja), The Guy with the Hat (GT: Mighty Hatman), etc.
  Time: 21.00 CEST | 20.00 GMT | 15.00 EST

Tonight's Hosts (more info from SephirothX):

• Game: Left 4 Dead 2
  Host: Blasto (GT: Blastopotamus)
  Time: 8:00PM EDT

• Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops
  Host: GaminginPublic (GT: GoodPostureClub)
  Time: 9:00PM EDT

• Game: Battlefield: 1943/FortressCraft Episode 1/ Monday Night Combat
  Host: Epic-KxDtoid (GT: Epic KxLIVE)
  Time: 9:45PM EDT

• Game: Netflix
  Host: Shadow2398 (GT: LubricatedFists)
  Time: 10:00PM EDT

• Game: 'Splosion Man
  Host:  Epic-KxDtoid (GT: Epic KxLIVE)
  Time: 10:00PM EDT

• Game: Halo: Reach
  Host: Qalamari (GT: Qalamari)
  Time: 10:00PM EDT

• Game: Gears of War 2
  Host: Arch649 (GT: Archers Voice)
  Time: 10:00PM EDT

Tonight's Hosts (more info from Trev):

• Game: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
  Host: Clockwork-Zombie (PSN: Clockwork-Zombie)
  Time: 7:00PM EST

• Game: Killzone 3
  Host: Trev (PSN: ElZilcho)
  Time: 8:30PM EDT

• Game: Homefront
  Host: Elsa (PSN: Elsa)
  Time: 9:00PM EDT

• Game: MAG
  Host: Elsa (PSN: Elsa)/ Byronic Man (PSN: Tsukanda)
  Time: 10:00PM EDT

• Game: Demon's Souls
  Host: Trev (PSN: ElZilcho) - See my PSN comment for character levels and use this to see if we can join up 
  Time: Whenever EST

       
If you want to find people to play with, check out the Steam chat below:

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