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Oct
27
Dead Space trailer: Its got dead things in space!
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Here’s our very first look at EA’s upcoming survival horror game, Dead Space. The trailer shows the main character as the last man left on a destroyed space ship. Of course, you’re not alone on the ship. Some kind of monsters (just because it’s in space doesn’t mean they’re aliens!) are on the ship with […]
Oct
27
Nintendo ups Wii output for Europe, Asian countries
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Nintendo is obviously pleased to be able to brag about the doubling of profits, but to keep that up, they’re going to have to sell more wares. From what Bloomberg says, it looks like they’re already on it.
Nintendo bumped up Wii production by 80 percent during the fiscal second quarter in an effort to get […]
Oct
27
EA wants you to keep your money, offering no DLC for Skate
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We know that sometimes that Electronic Arts gets a bad rap, and some people steadfastly refuse to look twice at their games without a nasty sneer. We here at Destructoid just like to play good games, not blinded by such elitist notions of EA being an evil corporate empire. And EA Black Box’s Skate is […]
Oct
27
I’m sorry. While I love my PS3 (go ahead, bring it), and I think the upcoming title Haze looks to be good, I’m not feeling this commercial at all. It’s not nearly as bad as the Bug Too! promotional video we found awhile back, but it still had me cringing.
Haze’s Nectar is a liquid that […]
Oct
27
Rock Band demos hit Best Buy, seriously invade Guitar Hero’s space
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Kotaku is reporting that some Best Buy stores have already received their Rock Band demo kits.
Great timing, as Guitar Hero III is street dated for tomorrow. Sure, it’s great news that you can run to your local store and play now, but that’s not the best part. It seems that Best Buys’ internal marketing team […]
Oct
27
Destructoid gatecrashes EA’s Be the One event in Trafalgar Square
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From Wednesday the 24th to Friday the 26th of October, Electronic Arts took over London’s Trafalgar Square as part of the London Games Festival. Essentially one gigantic, rain-soaked videogames commercial, EA’s Be the One event featured celebrity hosts, a plethora of playable games, and a free bags of M&Ms for all.
With the promise of such […]
Oct
27
Random: Mr. Rogers plays Donkey Kong, the Arbiter comes to collect coins
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Quick! Someone call VH1 celebreality mastermind’s Chris Abrego and Mark Cronin! This has to be the most accidentally random mash-up of pop-culture elements ever in the history of television.
In the above clip (taken from a classic episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood) Mr. Rogers approaches a random child in an arcade, and gently speaks with him […]
Oct
27
Ceramic white SingStar PlayStation 2 bundle available at select retailers now
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Bored this weekend? Do you need a white PlayStation 2, and are just dying to get involved in some competitive karaoke action? Sony’s got what you need, as they’ve announced that the limited-edition SingStar PlayStation 2 Pack will be available at select retailers starting today.
The $149.99 bundle includes the limited-edition Ceramic White PlayStation 2 (as […]
Oct
27
COLUMN: ‘The Aberrant Gamer’: Dracula’s Girls
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[The Aberrant Gamer is a weekly, somewhat NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats– those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media.]
There are some twenty games in the Castlevania family released in the U.S., and the series is relatively simple thematically […]
Oct
27
It was just recently that legendary BAFTA winner Will Wright was declaring the Wii a superior platform for development, and it looks like he’s a man of his word as it’s been announced that Spore is coming to that very platform.
For those living under a rock, Spore is an upcoming PC game in which you […]