Here’s a quick Christmas message from the hideous-yet-adorable Raving Rabbids, subtley masking the fact thatRaving Rabbids TV Partyis out and ready to buy for your child and/or the mentally ill manbaby over which you have wardship. Anybody reading this, feel free to confirm for me whether or not Rabbid porn exists. I want to see if evenRaymancan conform to Rule 34.
Electronic Arts Sims Studio today has announced thatThe Sims 3for PC and Mac is finished and done; it’s gone gold and been sent to manufacturing for its June 2 street date. And that’s worldwide, too — we’re talking 60 countries worth of people ignoring real-life tasks to take care of their virtual person. The game will be available in a few flavors, includingThe Sims Collector’s edition which will retail for $69....
As seen on Weekend D: It’s the oldDonkey Kong Countrypromo. I truly miss videogame marketing like this. It’s just too serious today. Granted, it’s our jobs to try and make videogame news entertaining now. We talked to 2K aboutBioShock,the new Monthly Musing topic is up, Holmes looked at the bosses ofNo More Heroes 2, you can win a bunch ofDante’s Infernoswag, Sonic might be playable inMario Galaxy 2and more happened over the weekend....
Activision and Treyarch have announced today that a thirdCall of Duty: World at Warmap pack, “Locked and Loaded,” is due for release in August. “Locked and Loaded” will feature three new multiplayer maps — “Battery,” “Revolution,” and “Breach” — along with one new Zombie Mode map, “Der Riese.” As expected, these will be available for download on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360; no word on pricing. It’s a bit surprising to see content forWorld at Warstill continues to get released, especially as we get closer to the release ofModern Warfare 2....
I’m sorryTwo Worlds, I don’t want to make the usualOblivioncomparisons because you’ve had me pretty damn intrigued since I first heard about you. Yes, this game does look likeBethesda‘s classic, but if you’re going to look like something else, there are far worse titles you could stand to resemble than that one. Touting itself as “the most epic RPG of all time,”Two Worldshas a lot to live up to, and a lot to accomplish if it wishes to knock theElder Scrollssequel from its pedestal....
Slowly but surely, the wheels of dissent are beginning to turn in the UK. Earlier in the week, ELSPA’s former leader let ripa volley of disapprovalat the BBFC for its unfair and potentially industry-damaging treatment ofManhunt 2. Now the good citizens of the misty island of castles and unicorns are following suit, witha petitionset up on the Prime Minister’s official site calling for a revocation of the ban and the implementation of an 18 rating instead....
In the UK we run a show calledMary Queen of Shops. It follows Mary Portas, a retail communications expert who is currently tackling large retail shops and their customer services. Mary has recently taken toTwitterto complain about Game, one of the largest videogame retailers in the UK following an incident with them. Her 17-year-old son was suggested videogames rated 15+ by members of staff, but once at the counter he was unable to provide the correct ID to prove he was over 15 years of age....
You already know about the appearance of amysterious teaser site, but now Rare has confirmed thatBanjo-Kazooie 3(oh,pleasecall itBanjo-Threeie) will be released for the Xbox 360 in time for the upcoming 2008 holiday season. It seems that a lot of people are ashamed to admit that they are ridiculously excited for this game. I don’t understand that. I am not ashamed at all. I amridiculouslyexcited for this game. There, I said it....
Fred Upton, a Republican out of the great state of Michigan, wants to clean up Vice City. Not only that, but he doesn’t want to see the Mushroom Kingdom, Azeroth, or the Willamette Mall filled with obscenities the likes of which devious programmers have been sneaking past stalwart parents for the last few decades in an effort to corrupt their children (probably into the service of Satan). With that (and other totally insane ideas) in mind, he hasintroduced the Video Game Decency Act before Congress....
To promote the worldwide release ofViva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise, Rare is doing a few things for the community this week which should interest all those obsessed with brightly colored, candy-filled sentient horses. Firstly, the officialcommunity Web siteis going to launch at midnight tonight, and people will be able to use it to upload and shareViva PiñataVision Cards along with photos of their Piñata gardens. Xbox Live’s European community spokesman, Graeme “AceyBongos” Boyd will be helping promote the game by holding aVPtreasure hunt onXbox....
CyberneticTigerZ is away this weekend partying it up with the girls of Nerdcore. Lucky bugger. So while TigerZ is away, Faith gets to bring you the best videos this week from the intertubes. First I bring you proof that Sony has always lacked the tact required to make good commercials that don’t insult someone at some point. Check out the top video to see how Sony used to insult the masses back in the early days....
Square Enix has today announced that the Western version ofFinal Fantasy XIIIhas finally been completed. The latest epic RPG from the venerable publisher is ready for both North America and Europe, with plenty of time to spare before its release date. “FINAL FANTASY XIIIoverseas version is finally completed,” writes Motomu Toriyama on the official site. “I am sorry for the long wait. At present, members of the development team in Japan are on a New Year holiday while awaiting an approval for the master disc....
The Penny Arcade Expo was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the guys behindPenny ArcadeandChild’s Play, back in 2004. They started up this expo so gamers of all kinds — console, computer and tabletop gaming — could all get together in one place and enjoy gaming with one another. Destructoid has gone to PAX since 2007, and the number of people from this Community that have made the pilgrimage to Seattle with us has doubled in size each year....
