A few years ago, Electronic Arts was at the center of a controversy when the wives of employees formed a coalition to highlight the poor working conditions and unethical treatment of staff at the company. Now it seems that history has repeated itself, only this time with Rockstar. Wives of Rockstar San Diego employees have banded together to inform the world of strenuous work hours and mistreatment of workers, which has allegedly affected the quality of life and even health of employees....

It’s a trend I personally despise, since it screws the end user out of content, but major publishers offer retailer-specific pre-order bonuses for almost every big game nowadays. Today, Rockstarrevealedthe various in-game (and out-of-game) goodies you’ll get if you put your money down ahead of time for its upcoming 1940s open-world crime thriller,L.A. Noire, at particular retailers. As usual, GameStop seems like your best bet: if you pre-order there (PS3/360), you’ll get an extra detective case from the LAPD Vice Desk, “The Naked City,” as well as the Badge Pursuit Challenge, which, once completed, will provide you with an extra-ammo outfit for protagonist Cole Phelps....

[Update: Thanks to readerTouyafor pointing out that the Akuma in question is actually “Shin Akuma,” not “Oni Akuma” as originally reported.] We heard a while back that the 3DS version ofSuper Street Fighter 4would be getting all the content from the PS3/360 original, but what exactly “all” means in a situation like this is open to interpretation. It could mean “all of the content immediately available on the game disc”, or it could also include the stuff made available later on via in-game unlocking and DLC purchase....

IESBis reporting that Steven Spielberg is in negotiations to develop aHalomovie. Spielberg was “blown away” by Stuart Beattie’s script for theHalomovie, which is based on the first novel in theHalobook series. Hard to say if this is good news or not. I would have loved whatever Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp would have put out (have you seenthe trailersforDistrict 9?!) but not sure with Steven. LikeJoystiq, Spielberg left a really bad taste in my mouth with the lastIndiana Jonesmovie....

We were thinking: we need a logo or an image that defines “scraps.” After some brainstorming and a few 40-ounce bottles of King Cobra, it hit us — leftovers! So we put our resident artistic design monkey, Topher Cantler, to work and — bam! Check out the new hotness. You’ll know when you see the above image that you’re in the right place to feast on all of the little scraps of videogame news that we have left over from the day....

Microsoft Game Studios’ Shane Kim — the guy that said aMicrosoft handheld was a matter of “when” and not “if”— believesProject Natalcan earn the hardware manufacturer a blue ribbon this console generation by smashing “barriers” that frustrate the casual audience. In an interview withOXM UK, Kim said Microsoft isn’t the winner of this generation, but Project Natal could put them over the edge. His vision is clear: Natal isn’t about responding to what Nintendo is doing; rather, it is about opening magical pathways so console-dumb Granny and company will feel the need to buy an Xbox 360....

Like you, we’re all excited to hunker down in front of your televisions with some snacks and dive headfirst into story ofKillzone 2. Like you, we plan on doing it alone; we really have no other choice. You see,Killzone 2‘s story is mode is a single-player experience, and despite rumors to the contrary. Sony has no plans to change that. Speaking tovideogaming247, a representative said “there are no plans for co-op inKillzone 2....

It’s no secret that the PSPgo was a bloody awful thing. Though the intent was admirable, the delivery was a failure, with expensive hardware, expensive games, and simply less support than previous PSP models. Apparently, the thing has had the final nail shoved into its coffin, with reports that all production has ceased. Thegossip was startedby a Sony Shop employee, who allegedly stated that his store would not be getting any more shipments, a suggestion backed up by the removal of a link to the PSPgo on theSony Store gaming page....

A demo Activision’s upcoming wallet-liner,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, has hit Xbox Live today. Coming in at 431.29 MB, the demo puts Spider-Man alongside either the Green Goblin or Venom, as they battle it out on the roof tops of Tokyo. My wife and I fired up the demo this morning to give some of the co-op action a try, and what we found was an average looking and fairly straight forward beat ’em up....

Yoichi Wada, Square-Enix CEO, dealt Sony a bit of a punch to the stomach today in aCNet Japan interview(lovingly translated byKotaku) where he calls Microsoft the only platform holder that has remained dedicated to the games market. Direct translations go a little bit like this: “The Wii is the antithesis of the Xbox 360. The 360 is strictly for hardcore gamers. The attachment rate for the Xbox 360 is much higher than for the Wii....

I guess the theme of this video is “I don’t like old stuff.” And as a Destructoid viewer, I hope you can understand that none of my anger is directed towards you. On top of the list today isHalo: Reach. I believe I’ve covered the other Halo FPS in a condensed fashion. To get a preview of the running jokes and spelling errors,click here. When the news ofHalo: Reachreached my ears, nothing but toothbrush commercials and cheap jokes entered my mind....

Here you have it, kids; the officialSuper Paper Mariotelevision ad. Once again, it features the door-to-door video game dispensing Japanese gentlemen of previous ads, only this time, they seem a bit more melancholy than before. Whereasthis Wii commercialshows these two gentlemen (unnamed, but known as Lenny and Squiggy to those of us with pictures of them taped up in our lockers) enjoying an afternoon of fun with a number of multi-generational families much to the delight of everyone involved, this latest commercial has them appearing at the doorstep of two twenty-somethings, who do their best to utterly ignore our two heroes....

Last week,Zenimax announcedthat it had acquired Tango Gameworks, the new studio ofResident Evilcreator, Shinji Mikami. Little details on the studios first project were revealed, but the very idea of a new game from the man who arguably birthed the survival horror genre is certainly thrilling. This week, the studio has postedmysterious images on its blog, and well… it’s making me a bit uneasy. The illustrations depict, um… you know, I don’t know what the hell this is....