August is going to be one of the most jam packed months ever for gaming conventions. The crazy month starts off with the annual QuakeCon, taking place August 2 to August 5 in Dallas, Texas. id Software's John Carmack will be kicking the sho...

A couple weekends ago, there was quite a bit of controversy. Besides the stir at PAX East, something went down at the IGN sponsored Starcraft II IPL 4 tournament in Las Vegas on the weekend of April 7-9. MarineKing won the Global StarCraft ...

With the PC version of Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward earned itself no fans with a number of unpopular moves, most notably the lack of dedicated servers. It seems not even the makers of the most successful shooter in the world can so bulli...

DreamHack, the Swedish über-LAN party, is livestreaming a StarCraft 2 championship right now. Go check it out in the Justin.tv stream above, or here for the Swedish video as a backup! This is not the actual LAN party, but a "DreamHack...

If there's one thing that can convince me to never participate in a LAN again, it's packing up my computer and carrying it somewhere else. I have an ITX machine that wouldn't be a problem to move, but then there's all the other stuff you ne...

[video]97278:100[/video]If you've been reading my work on Destructoid for a while, you already know I love horror, whether it be in game, film or haunted house form. Aside from survival horror titles like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame, it doe...

This weekend in Louisville Kentucky, Lanwar is having its 10 year anniversary and its 40th event. The event itself is already sold out to game, but it is in fact open and free to the public to attend.Your very own Orcist "Grim&quo...

Melting your Xbox 360 on a stove top is one of the situations where you have to share your mistake with the world, fully knowing that you'll never live it down. Engadget reader Ty could tell you about this unfortunate privilege first hand.&...

One of the big draws for PAX is the ability for people all over the world to meet in a centralized location with a couple hundred like-minded geeks for an orgy of blood and erratic jumping courtesy of the magic of an ethernet cable. For the...

Four extremely low quality Halo 3 videos were leaked on the interweb tubes last night and, of course, were swiftly removed. The only thing we are left with is Thundercunt and his fate with another man's balls. One more awful video after...

Destructoid loves having gaming contests, but we can't be responsible for all of the kickass gaming giveaways on the Internet. This contest is sponsored by NBC Universal and ties into the new movie Smokin' Aces. Together with Machi...