Gather ’round, my PC brethren! We’ve got a few discounts you’ll want to take advantage of. Games for Windows continues it’s daily $0.99 deal withMax Payne 2, which normally goes for $9.99 on the service. Worth picking up, especially if your only exposure to Remedy Entertainment has beenAlan Wake. On the Steam front, there are two discounts worth highlighting:EetsandEvil Genius. You can grab both titles for $2.50 a piece. I had forgotten that Klei Entertainment, the guys who more recently madeShank, were also behindEets....

When Stardock announced that it would be selling the PC version ofBraidonline for $19.99, the Internet wentcuh-ray-zee. I mean, the game only cost 1200 MS Points ($14.99) on the Xbox LIVE Arcade, so what the hell, right? Everyone relax — the game’s price has been dropped to $14.99. Stardock’s Director of Publishing, Brian Clair, says that even if you pre-ordered the game at $19.99, you’re still only going to be charged the updated pricing....

The hot-assSpace Invaders Extremethat was released on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable last year is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade. That’s good news, so if you have any of those party horns lying around, now’s the time to blow on ’em. Better news is that the XBLA version is going to feature a slew of multiplayer modes new for this new digital download version. Cooperative mode has up to four players working together on the same screen, sharing both score and lives....

Because no one would buyPokémon HeartGoldVersionofPokémon SoulSilver Versionwithout them, Nintendo has announced pre-order incentives for the titles today. Beginning on February 1, you’ll be able to pre-order the titles and receive a special “Legendary Pokémon” figure crafted by Kaiyodo. Pre-orderHeartGold, you’ll receive a figure of Ho-Oh. Pre-orderSoulSilver, you’ll get a figure of Lugia. The choice is yours. Or pre-order both, because you gotta catch ’em all. (That’s what they say, right?...

Since the end of last week, we’ve been receiving tips from several people/sites making mention of a new Nintendo Wii SKU, although most of them were dirty piles of speculation that have rolled down the hill, resulting in a pile of brown sludge that we didn’t want to have anything to do with. The only bit of information we’ve seen that is even remotely solid comes fromCodename Revolution, who learned from their distributor contact that a Wii SKU (UPC#045496880088) is headed towards retailers, and it’sbeing called the “New Pack....

At a recent event in Los Angeles, developer Treyarch showed off for the first time the multiplayer aspects of the upcomingCall of Duty: Black Ops. It was a massive, all-out affair, and this was simply for the multiplayer part of the game, which speaks volumes to the focus Treyarch is putting into this aspect of the game. I was at the event and got to see all the new multiplayer features on a big IMAX screen....

Pit Crew Panic! is weird. Like, really weird. The game centers on you controlling an all female pit crew team as you have to repair the most random sh*t ever. Cars with cakes as engines, the Golden Gate Bridge, giant toilets, potted plants, and the list goes on. I feel if I were to describe this game to some random non-gamer on the street, I would be immediately beaten up and then sent to a mental hospital....

You are all generous, kind-hearted, amazing people. Oh, wait, did I mention handsome? You are all generous, kind-hearted, amazing,handsomepeople. But the donation period is not over yet! The actualcharity auction(of which all proceeds will go toChild’s Play) will start up soon and contributions are still being accepted to the below address until the end of this week (January 29th to be exact). If you still want to help sick children by giving away your retro videogame treasures you only have a few days left!...

These last few weeks in Xbox Live Arcade have been nothing short of fantastic, with great release after great release.Topher informed usa few days ago that one of his most beloved shmups was going to be released on the 27th in Japan, but there wasn’t any word on whether or not it would be making its way to other regions as well. Thankfully, we can now say with certainty that the trend of awesomeness is still going strong —Triggerheart Excelicawill be out on XBLA this week for 800 Microsoft Points....

Resistance: Retributionis an impressive-looking PlayStation Portable game, to be sure. In these new videos just released by Sony, you’re able to see that the developer, Sony Bend, has stuffed quite a bit of theResistanceuniverse into the little handheld.The series is going into third-person for the first time, and despite the lack of a second analog stick, aiming and movement work really well. Playing it at Tokyo Game Show ast year, I never felt that the “auto-lock-on” aiming feature was too intrusive, and it never felt like it was holding my hand....

The bad news for PC gamers just keeps on rolling in, with yet another death knell ringing loud and clear. This time, the knife wound comes courtesy of magazine publisher Imagine Publishing, who has seen a sharp decline in PC mag sales and believes that retailers have given up on the market completely. “I’m looking atTotal PC Gamingat the moment, because although it’s a profitable magazine for Imagine, it’s future potential is limited because retailers and magazine stockists have lost faith with the PC games sector entirely,” says managing director Damian Butt....

If retailer listings have it right, we could be eviscerating mutant skulls in New Vegas as early as this June. The officialGameStopWeb site andPlay-Asiahave Obsidian’s take on Bethesda’sFalloutuniverse listed as a summer release. June, to be specific. Early listingsare early, so take this with a grain of salt. We’re not too convinced that this is more than guesswork on both company’s parts — two companies who are no doubt eager to store pre-order dollars in a big ass bank account to collect interest from potential purchasers....

You should know by now, dear listeners, that today isChad Concelmo’s birthday. As such, there’s a pretty good chance he won’t be on the show tonight, as he is obligated to make his annual return to the undersea dolphin kingdom he once called home. You see, before he became an Associate Editor here at Destructoid, the greatestpodcast co-hostever was the ruler of a vast and secret land, hidden far beneath the briny depths where no mortal dare venture....