The Daily Hotness: The edge

So what do you make of the new Spider-Man game? It has some promise, but it’s also looking like more of the same. Not a bad thing, but I know a ton of you want a return to the open-world nature of past Spidey games.

We have a new Monthly Musing, Jim reviewed Tomb Raider Trilogy, Minitroid looks awesome, there’s a new game that has a lot of pews in the title and more happened on 4/4/11.

Destructoid Originals:
Monthly Musing: Aaamaazing!
New releases: Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, Dino D-Day, more
Live show: Mash Tactics plays Crysis 2, win a 3DS contest
Monday Mind Teasers: Z-Type, Word Shoot, Ys Typing Tutor
Live Show: Tormenting a poor, dumb Majin on Backlog

Contests:
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Reviews:
Review: Tomb Raider Trilogy
Review: Ridge Racer 3D

Previews:
Preview: Sega’s Captain America… in 3D!
Preview: Spider-Man: Edge of Time

News:
Sword of the Stars II is looking mighty promising
Hot Air Balloons, a game from Freezepop
Capcom Arcade gets Final Fight and 1943, all games $0.99
DETOUR looks like the best construction wargame to date
Borderlands ‘Game of the Year’ edition for $20 on Amazon
EDGE covers Max Payne 3 details, let’s not call it MP3
There’s this game called PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew
Madden NFL co-creator suing EA for royalties
Nintendo DLC: Super Bonk!
Here’s a list of reasons why you need Star Command
There’s some Goo on your iPhone: World of Goo coming
THQ and Random House are likely to bring you books
DICE: Most sandbox games are hardcore, boring, unpopular
Epic hopes for 1 million Gears of War 3 beta players
Ex-Infinity Ward bosses accuse Activision of fraud
PlanetSide Next is secure, but has been delayed
Samurai Warriors Chronicles get first DLC
Streets of Rage fan remake released after 8 years
Anonymous targets Sony over Geohot suit
Battlefield Play4Free now open to all
Banned Xbox Live user hacks Microsoft exec’s account
Amazon also has Mafia II and BioShock 2 discounted
Fresh screenshots for Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing
Anno 2070 is lucky it wasn’t announced last Friday
A look at EDF: Insect Armageddon’s creepy crawlers
Visceral auctioning off Dead Space gear for charity
Bulletstorm PC demo live on Steam, GFWL
More details on Max Payne 3 seep from the EDGE
PSN, Sony sites go down following Anonymous’ war cry

Offbeat:
You need to play the Minitroid tech demo

Media:
Dishwasher: Vampire Smile launch trailer
Spider-Man: Edge of Time reveals itself in new trailer
Defenders of Ardania beta sign-ups open today
D&D: Daggerdale’s Fighter really hates skeletons
Shattered Horizon receives a free singleplayer bot update
Here’s a fresh batch of video game wallpapers
The basics of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD
Monkey Labour, a new LCD game for iOS devices
Rhythm fans, check out this trailer for Shield the Beat
Stone Cold lays down the bottom line for WWE All-Stars