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May
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Opinion: Aggregation Vs Portals: Where Microsoft Is Going Wrong With Xbox Live
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[In this impassioned opinion piece, Lionhead and Climax veteran Tadhg Kelly examines the recent Xbox 360 Live game de-listing changes, suggesting three major problems and six notable solutions that would silence the ‘death knell’ for Microsoft’s digital download service.]
In perhaps the most interesting news of recent weeks, Microsoft have announced that they are going to […]
May
30
Now that the Street Fighter: The Later Years series is over, College Humor is taking on another popular videogame series. In Halo 3 Homicide Detective, some detectives who kind of act like Live idiots, investigate how a Halo 3 player died in a match. There are no bullet wounds on the body and no indication […]
May
30
Order of Ecclesia trailer may be the best Castlevania trailer ever made
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
Ignore the first minute. Although cool, the first section of this trailer for upcoming Nintendo DS game Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is just random, anime images flashing over a dramatic score. After about a minute the actual gameplay kicks in … and, man, does it look good.
While I go through this same emotional cycle with […]
May
30
Contest: MOAR chances to win Battlefield: Bad Company demos
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The kind souls at EA have given Destructoid 50 more demo tokens to give away. We have 25 codes for Xbox 360 and 25 for PlayStation 3 to giveaway. Just like yesterday, you’re going to have to put some effort into snagging these codes.
Lately, I’ve had a love for pictures containing awesome things […]
May
30
Sorry for the delay everyone. I’ve been really busy this past week, but hey, at least I didn’t skip it completely! Anyway, some really good YTMNDs this week. My favorite is the critique of all the Sonic games. The Mario Kart ones are pretty good as well.
Thanks to Qalamari for some of these! What were […]
May
30
Death By Cartoon: Captain N, episode 107 - Three Men and a Dragon
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
[Conrad Zimmerman’s note: Death By Cartoon follows my exploits as I attempt to watch and provide analysis on every episode of Captain N. It’s a dangerous road, with thoughts of the sweet escape of suicide around every corner. Check back every Wednesday for a new episode or check out the archive to see previous editions.]
Uber-Short […]
May
30
Far Cry 2 creative guy: No doubt that Rockstar borrowed our buddy system for GTA
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What do booty calls in GTA and blowing up jeeps full of drug dealers in the middle of Africa have in common? They’re the same thing! In a CVG interview with Ubisoft creative director Clint Hocking defends the upcoming game’s phone-based Buddy System as an original creation, turning the tables on anyone that would dare […]
May
30
Far Cry 2 is uglier than Crysis but has better replay value, ai, other stuff
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Update: I’m a total idiot and misread a comparison between GTA’s Buddy System, which referenced a prior game and not GTA IV, as pointed out by our community in the comments below. My sincere apologies to Ubi and our readers. However, I remain amused by my story photo which will remain for posterity.
The interview with […]
May
30
Why I’m Finally Playing Grand Theft Auto IV
Category: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS3, Reviews, GTA IV, Grand Theft Auto IV, opinion | Leave a Comment
Yep, I’m a hypocrite. After writing the article a few weeks ago giving five reasons why I’m not playing Grand Theft Auto IV, I’m addicted to it now. The reason why I am playing the game so soon after writing the article came about from a perfect storm of getting a PS3 as a wedding […]