The Daily Hotness: Sons of a Gear

The first season of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin ended today with a big bang. There was plenty of action in the season finale and even a very special guest.

The GamesCom 09 flurry of news is dwindling down, Ben PerLee talked to Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, we reviewed the second chapter to Tales of Monkey Island, Plants vs Zombies coming to XBLA and iPhone and more action packed goodness struck Destructoid on 08/20/09.

GamesCom 09 News:
Namco raises Clash of the Titans from its grave
FF XIII due out in North America in Spring 2010
Raskulls developer bringing four games to PSP Minis

GamesCom 09 Media:
Rabbids are sick little masochists
Guild Wars 2 trailer turns our brains to mush
Modern Warfare: Mobilized looks surprisingly good
Folklore dev announces Majin: The Fallen Realm

Destructoid Originals:
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: The Sons of Big Boss
RetroforceGO! records episode 100 tonight: Retroforce
Rev Rant: Anti-heroism
Interview: Picking the brain of Double Fine’s Tim Schafer
The Memory Card .64: Death and The Sorrow

Community:
I suck at games: Oh the horror
Community blogs of 08/20/09
Forum of the day: The great game race thread

Reviews:
Tales of Monkey Island, Chapter 2

Events:
Halo 3: ODST going on tour, coming to a GameStop near you

News:
Japanese Home gets free Gundam clothing
Fairytale Fights has a ‘Kill 1,000 Children’ Achievement
Rage Xbox 360 may have multiplayer on separate disc
The final word on Modern Warfare 2’s beta (or lack thereof)
William Shatner goes after Shatter devs over a joke
In-Home launching coming to Home update 1.3
World of Warcraft: The Magazine is happening
Sony: Backwards compatibility will NOT be returning
Finally: Plants vs. Zombies announced for iPhone and XBLA
Final Fantasy XIII Xbox 360 could ship on three discs
Bethesda to announce a 2010 title in ‘the next month or so’
Aliens vs Predator multiplayer details: It has a horde mode!
Sony thinks you’ll go for the PSPgo’s price
Bobby Kotick: People prefer sequels
Electronic Arts likes the PS3 price cut
ESRB leaks details on Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery
Valve: We didn’t message correctly about Left 4 Dead 1 DLC
Vietnamese legislator: Moral and mental erosion in games
Sengoku Basara 3 is also a PS3 game
Eidos: Used games have no benefit to publishers
Huh, so that’s what LEGO Universe looks like!
New Tetris games come to Wii and DS next year
First look at ‘Splosion Man’s Avatar Awards
GameStop is super excited to sell the PSPgo
Bayonetta delay due to translation, timing
Rolling Stones live, first post Guitar Hero 5 DLC
3D Dot Game Heroes mixes sprites with high res
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Mix Tape now available free on PSN

Media:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen getting some DLC
Is Sony plagiarizing for its PS3 Slim ‘Play Face’ campaign?
Yes, LEGO Rock Band DS features Ray Parker’s ‘Ghostbusters’
Learn the dark history of Arkham Asylum
Pictures and video from Persona 3 PSP emerge
Muramasa trailer shows off beautiful locales
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories box art is awesomely creepy