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[In this new opinion piece, Justin Marks, the film and game writer who penned the currently filming Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li movie, as well as drafts of Voltron and He-Man films, steps up to discuss the relationship between games and movies - referencing films from his own to Halo.]
I remember when the new […]
Apr
3
Stop the presses: Announcement of a new Nintendo DS game with dogs in it
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It’s now official. As the Atari 2600 was defined by its games featuring food and mazes, and the NES was defined by its 2D platformers, the Nintendo DS will forever be remembered as the system that had "all those f*cking games about dogs". Sometimes it’s dogs made out of tea leaves. Other times it’s dogs […]
Apr
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Is Sony’s customer service being affected by phasing out the 60Gb PS3?
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It’s not clear at the moment if this is one of those isolated cases of a momentary lapse of stock on Sony’s part, or if this is the beginnings of a greater pattern to come, but at least one person — a European NeoGAF poster — is claiming to be caught in console limbo while […]
Apr
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Look, I drink…
… and from time to time I watch Star Wars like it is was the cure for my disease. So to say this translates over to my gaming habits is almost a no-brainer. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a game that some of us Star Wars nerds here at Destructoid have been […]
Apr
3
Sony to open up PlayStation Home beta to the public ‘very soon’
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In the wake of the European PlayStation Forums’ announcement that they’ll be offline next week for a PSN authentication update, we also have a related story that will surely be very exciting for many PS3 owners. According to a thread on the official PlayStation.com Forums, there’s finally a light at the end of the long, […]
Apr
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Destructoid Grand Theft Auto IV & Playstation 3 winner announced!
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Congratulations to MeepJeep! You’ve won the envy of gamers everywhere, a Playstation 3 and a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, courtesy of Destructoid and our wives at Federated Media. We’ll be in touch with the email address you left on file shortly to arrange smuggling details. Thanks to everyone who participated in our user […]
Apr
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Wii owners, start your decathlon training: Deca Sports is now gold
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We recently put up a trailer for Hudson Entertainment’s Deca Sports, a collection of ten sports games in one package for the Wii. The response from you guys was mostly negative, with responses like, “The old folks homes will be bursting with excitement when this comes out,” and “DO NOT WANT”. Perhaps the following news […]
Apr
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Interview: Certain Affinity’s Hoberman Talks Plunder, Cross-Platform Politics
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[This Brandon Sheffield-penned interview originally ran on Gamasutra the other day, but it’s totally GSW-worthy thanks to its digital download chatter, and it features a geek-out over the possibilities of ‘octagonal technology’ superseding hex-based gaming, heehee. So here it is!]
Texas-based indie game developer Certain Affinity has an interesting split of projects, having been formed by […]
Apr
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Rumblings of HOME? European PS forums in preparation for PSN Authentication
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The Community Team Coordinator for Sony’s European side of the PlayStation forums dropped the news today about a PSN authentication update and some forum downtime that’s going to happen as a result of this. Read on:
"From Monday 14 April onwards, you will need to log in to the Forums with your PSN Sign-In ID (email […]
Apr
3
Sega confirms Sonic Unleashed: I’m trying really hard not to use a pun here
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Well, it’s about damn time. After all that (rather baseless) legal posturing, it’s official: Sega’s Sonic Team is hard at work — and has been for around three years — on a brand-new adventure featuring their most iconic character. In a press release sent out this morning (after the jump), Sega gave us an overview […]