Where to even begin!? BioShock Infinite was revealed and Samit brought us a ton of details on it. Our newest writer, Tara Long, came out of the gate hard with her preview of Nail’d. Jon Carmack revealed a 60 frames-per-second FPS for the iPhone. Call of Duty: Black Ops is getting a freaking RC car in the special edition!
Today was a good day.
Destructoid Originals:
Irrational on Infinite: ‘We feel this is a new IP’
Irrational Games explains the ‘essences’ of BioShock
Previews:
Hands-on: Getting Nail’d never hurt so good
Diving deeper into Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Watch me become a Hollywood movie star in Yoostar 2
Explore a decaying beacon of America in BioShock Infinite
Hands-on: Shaun White Skateboarding
First look: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Contests:
Contest: Win some awesome Scott Pilgrim swag!
Win a PAX 3-Day pass by dressing up for Kung-Fu Live!
Gamescom 10:
Namco Bandai’s Gamescom offerings
News:
id Software not planning new IP for about ten years
Test Drive Unlimited 2 slams brakes, pushed to 2011
Dynasty Warriors Online coming to North America, Europe!
id promising something ‘neat,’ ‘unannounced’ at QuakeCon
Rumor: PlayStation Phone out by October
Sony: Move feels better than a mouse & keyboard
Silent Hill 2 film ‘stalled,’ screenplay not finished
Rump Shaker! ESRB reveals Dance Central songs via lyrics
Zelda: Skyward Sword producer doesn’t want Link to talk
Free App of the Day: Sliding Heroes
iPhone: Ghosts’N Goblins: Gold Knights II on App Store
Suite life! Zack and Cody make a Pokemon commercial
Free Super Scribblenauts wallpaper for Gamescom
Arx Fatalis dev acquired by Zenimax Media
DanceDanceRevolution to make PlayStation 3 debut
Mafia II is all up in your Facebook, Pandora playlist
Free dual-sided Explorer’s poster in Etrian Odyssey III
Offbeat:
Time Crisis in real life is pretty amazing
Awesome father steals son’s games, sells them
Official American McGee’s Alice costume now available
Nicest mod ever: One-handed Gamecube controller
Media:
LOTR: War in the North trailer brings out the troll
Call of Duty: Black Ops CE comes with real RC car
Watch this FEAR 3 trailer in the dark
Irrational Games doing BioShock Infinite, CG trailer here
Analyst says gaming phones up as console shipments slow
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West looks gorgeous in new vid
Uncharted 2 DLC coming August 17th
id’s Rage headed to iPhone at 60 frames per second
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit images look shiny, fast
Chiptune documentary ‘Reformat the Planet’ coming to DVD
Shaun White Skateboarding is magically delicious