The Daily Hotness: Next-gen cometh

It seems as if Sony and Microsoft are finally ramping up for another console war. While I’m not looking forward to having to shell out another few hundred bucks just to play the latest games, I will admit I always love the crazy fan-made mock-ups of the new consoles. They almost never resemble anything close to the final product, but most of them look pretty rad.

Back in the present, we have several new reviews, and Sterling the Hutt is surprised that there are civil people in the world. Though, thinking about the petty squabbles that people will surely have over the new consoles makes me think that his general air of cynicism is probably the right way to go.

Destructoid Original:
It Came from Japan! Clock Tower
Epic and overlooked – Avadon: The Black Fortress
Help us design our upcoming Katamari Dtoid shirt!
Insomniac responds to 4/10 All 4 One review with dignity
Behold this massive home console evolution infographic!

Community:
Community blogs of 10/20
Forum thread of the day: Here come the Zombies, WHAT IS YOUR EQUIPMENT?

Contests:
GUNNAR Optiks’ Contest: Win unreleased gaming eyewear

Reviews:
Review: Crazy Machines Elements
Review: Kinectimals: Now With Bears
Review: Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Review: Mahjong Cub3d

Previews:
Taking to the sky in Choplifter HD
Hands-on: Rayman Origins
Hands-on: Kid Icarus Uprising

Events:
Lots of NVIDIA toys to play with at BlizzCon

News:
Piranha Games’ MechWarrior isn’t quite dead yet
Check out this Europe-only Rayman Origins limited edition
GameStop: Trade in Battlefield 3 for Modern Warfare 3
Club Nintendo Platinum’s Dot Mario Cushion and more
Gears of War 3 ‘Raam’s Shadow’ DLC coming December 13
Sega’s PSN sale includes Valkyria Chronicles 2 w/ DLC
L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition arrives November 15
Atlus earnings: Catherine sells nearly 500,000 worldwide
Japan gets mobile game Persona 4 Social
Liara T’soni boob-shrunk toy looks nice, up for preorder
PlayStation 4 projects already underway at Sony HQ
Rumor: Next-gen Xbox destined for Christmas 2013 launch
Sonic Generations 3DS dated, arriving November 22
Touch My Katamari will be a day-one PlayStation Vita game
Nintendo DLC: Double Dragon, DreamWorks shorts, and more
Razer peripherals to get cloud support with Synapse 2.0
Commandos, SOTS & GTA collections are dirt cheap on Steam

Offbeat:
Forever alone with Bit Museum and the TV Jack 5000
The quick-time event to end all others

Media:
Bioshock’s Ken Levine digs into some creative influences
Modern Warfare 3 trailer reveals the ‘Strike Package’
Go to the carnival with House of the Dead: Overkill
Tactical RPG ‘Confrontation’ announced for early 2012
Moxie Girlz for DS is a thing that’s out next week
Uncharted 3 multiplayer Plays, Creates and Shares
Exclusive: War of the Worlds trailer gives me the chills
Second Blacklight: Retribution dev diary talks tech
The Hidden: Use your 3DS to bust ghosts