Nick, Dale, Jim, and possibly even more staff members that I don’t know about have started playingFrontierVillein the name of science, journalism, and best of all, whacking. You can “look forward” to hearing more about that next week. Sonic got fat, we found out that a newOddworldgame is in the works,Dragon Quest IXgot itself reviewed, Chad spent a ridiculously long time looking at the faces of game protagonists for an article, and other weird stuff happened on 7/15/10....

The PAX panel schedule is up, Samit chatted with Irrational Games onBioShock Infinite, Jim brought us some more onSpace Marine, Tara checked outBattle vs Chess,Castle Crashersfor PSN priced,Rageout September 2011 and more happened on 08/13/10. Destructoid Originals:Space Marine title is ‘a bit tongue in cheek’Real Space Marines don’t use cover systemsCarnage vs. Friday the 13th vs. Dead ConsolesInterview: Irrational’s Tim Gerritsen on BioShock InfiniteThe Jimquisition: BioShock InfiniteHow Space Marine went from leaked vid to official productHey Ash, Whatcha Playin’: Mass Effect 2Community:Teh Bias: The Simpler ThingsEuroNARP3 vs The World event details!...

Jim, CTZ and the RetroforeGO! crew are traveling through the Destructoid City subway system, which is now overrun with zombie trolls. There they find Necros, who leads them to a safe room/broom closet to meet other survivors. The Destructor-toid is still roaming the city skyline ploughing through buildings in an almost child-like fashion. Along with it, the streets are filled with seemingly sentient Xbox 360s, attacking anyone that they come across....

Today at 4pm PST, The Destructoid Show will be going LIVE on ourYouTube channelwith five codes for theAssassin’s Creed: Revelationsmultiplayer beta. In addition to that, the@dtoidshowTwitter account will also be tweeting out another five codes throughout the course of Labor Day weekend. Don’t say we never did anything for you! As is typical of our Friday live shows, we’ll also be covering the latest topics in video games with a few badly written and poorly rehearsed jokes thrown in for good measure....

Well, its been a long run for us, kids but we’re finally at the end. I wanna thank the fans for sticking with me through parts one through five and I hope it was worth the journey for us all. For the newbs that are just getting here, I expect you to go back to part one and work your way through to part five of the list. You need to experience all the manly men of Final Fantasy for yourself before you’re able to appreciate what the rest of us have been through....

A member of the retro-gamingsite Racket Boydid some research to find that fifteen years ago, a 76-year-old woman was clamoring for the release ofDragon Quest VIin the states. Edith Jeter’s wrote a letter to Nintendo Power stating- “I’m now 76 years old. I may not live long enough to seeDragon Quest VIunless someone takes action soon.” This was right when Enix was closing its doors, before the merger with Square Enix, so most of the company’s games were unable to be localized at the time....

A week before E3, I posted apredictions postthat featured the adorable (and adoptable!) animals of the Burbank Animal Shelter making predictions about what they thought would happen at this year’smammoth industry event. (You can read the full articleright hereto see the “scientific” techniques I used to make these predictions.) The entire process was highly emotional, unbelievably satisfying, and one of the greatest experiences of my entire life. In fact, every time I go back and read theoriginal predictions articleI still get a little teary-eyed....

THQ has sunk a lot of time and money intoHomefront, therecently released “alternate history” shooter. Unfortunately, it seems that the effort may blow up in THQ’s face, with investors allegedly “spooked” by the game’s tepid reviews. In the wake of the critical reception, THQ stock has fallen by almost 26%. Early reviews forHomefrontwere positive, but those writers who chose to stick to an embargo tended to paint a less enthusiastic picture....

Nintendo can’t stop. Seriously, It’s beginning to get worrying. We’ve always known that they’re the inventive, experimental ones, of course. They’ve beenatitfor years. And since they’ve finallygainedvindicationfor their tinkerings via the DS and Wii, everyone else has been at it too. Sony with their highly original tilt controls. Microsoft with theirgiant magic table. Everyone’s been rushing to get naked at the big innovation love-in. Nintendo however, still seems to want to go one further, and to that end they’ve unveiled a DS game with a whole new control mechanism....

Level-5 filed a trademark forNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witchin here in the US, which sounds a lot like the Japanese name for thebeautiful PS3 game. We’ve heard that there’s amatching European trademark, too. That’s far from confirmation of a US release, but I feel good about it. It’s too good of a thing to pass on in any territory. Speaking of passing on games,Siliconerasays that the trademark applies to the PS3 game, and not the DS title we’ve all been wanting....

If you may’t get enough of one of the most ingeniusly obvious slices of pure, undistilled marketing that has ever been created, you might like to know thatLego Star Wars: The Complete Sagais on the way, due to arrive for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS. Of course, you’ll be wanting a trailer, but fear not, you’re covered. Click above for glorious game advertisment in all its many wonders....

It was impossible to miss the giganticOptimusPrime statue that markedActivision’sbooth at E3 2006. I stomped through a sea of sweaty nerds, pushing conservatively dressed booth babes to the ground, just so I could snap a crappy cell phone picture ofOptimus. But unfortunately, until now, little information had been revealed about the game, based on the upcoming Michael Bay film. IGNhasrevealedthe first information onTransformers: The Game.Developed by Traveler’s Tales (best known for their work on theLego Star Warsseries), the game will hit the PC and all major consoles this Summer....

Some things are happening on Steam right now, and they might be relevant to your interests. First up, we’ve got a double shot of “free weekend” promos.Shattered HorizonandLead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild Westare both free to try out from now until 1:00 PM PDT on Sunday. They’re also on sale, too: $9.99 and $7.49, respectively. What’s more, a lovely selection of olderGrand Theft Autotitles have been marked down. I’m not even going to break out the individual prices; just know thatthey’re dirt cheap....