Some of you may recall back when I did my review ofThe Dark Spire, a little dungeon crawler for the DS that dealt out dungeon crawling and punishingly hard difficulty in equal doses. Of course, some of the inspiration for this game (and for more dungeon crawlers than I can count) was Sir Tech’s original Apple II gameWizardry. There’s a new title in the series coming for the Nintendo DS, and Famitsu recently published new screens for it (which you can check outhere)....

Eidos has released the second free costume pack for the Xbox 360 version ofTomb Raider Underworldtoday, and we’re all absolutely thrilled about it here at Destructoid. The pack contains two free costumes for out little tomb-raiding Lara Croft — a red wet suit and a blue wet suit. Once your 61.79 MB download is complete, the new costumes will be wearable in the game’s “Treasure Hunt” mode, of you can just select the new outfits when you start a level....

TheNielsen datafor June shows that gamers’ play sessions on their PS3 last longer than any other console, with an average of 83 minutes a session. Next in line is a tie between the Xbox 360 and PS2, both with 62 minutes a session. The Nintendo Wii ranks even lower than “other”, pulling in 57 minutes of usage. The same data shows that the PS2 still reigns as the dominant console for usage, with its game play accounting for 42% of all video game console usage during June....

With the announcement of theextra 3DS nub add-on, Nintendo has worked out a way topatch consoles. We thought you could only do that with software, but once again, the game industry’s disruptive force has shown us something we never thought possible. Just when you thought the patch culture that’s grown up around this generation’s games couldn’t get sillier, it’s now happening with hardware, and gamers get to pay for the privilege!...

World of Warcraft refuses to stop wowing me. In September of last year an overlooked piece of code spread anonline plague across its serversthat countless people enjoyed spreading much to the chagrin of Blizzard. Recently humanity has shown its true colors yet again in the realm of WOW, when a funeral was held in the game in honor of a popular player’s death in real life. Players thought it would be nice to have a memorial for him by logging into his account, taking his character to a lake, and setting it up for everyone to come and pay their respects....

Nintendo nerds: You’ll go ‘green’ for this customized Yoshi-themed Nintendo Wii, complete with Yoshi’s Eggs on the base. A new eBay auction features a Wii with a custom paint job by an “industrial engineer with plenty of modeling experience”. We don’t care about all of that – it has Yoshi on it! The auction includes the Wii and all of the originally included accessories,Mario Party 8, andWii Play(with extra Wii Remote)....

Don’t expect too much raw Theremin or Eigenharp action inMass Effect 2. Jack Wall is returning to his role as composer for the series’ follow-up game. BioWare and EA made it official earlier last afternoon, announcing that Wall will resume his musical work where the last game left off. The official word is that the soundtrack will feature almost three hours of music, the kind in which should excite those familiar with the first game’s soundtrack....

I’m not much of a fashion guy. I think the most fashion forward thing that I own is a brown sweatshirt. But these models clearly have their fingers on the planet’s collective style pulse. As you can see, these lovely ladies have forgone crazy hairdos and feathery hats for a more extravagant headpiece, one which requires the eyes of a quarter-chugging 80’s joystick gentleman to notice. Do you see what I see?...

Gamers, put on your smoking jackets and prepare to stare longingly at frame works of art — Paris art gallery Arludik will have a month longAssassin’s Creedart exhibit this October. Called “Assassin’s Creed: The Explosion,” the exhibit will feature 35 works never-before-seen by the public, including art from the originalAssassin’s Creedand its sequel, along with the upcomingAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. The pieces have been appraised by a fine art expert, and will be on sale for prices ranging from 600 to 2,000 euros....

Pokémon HeartGoldandSoulSilverreleased only two weeks ago in Japan but has already managed to accruetwo million sales. These latest games are remakes ofGoldandSilver, generally considered by fans to be the bestPokémongames of the whole series. So yeah, no surprise they’re selling like crazy. The remakes have updated graphics and touch-screen controls. They also come bundled with a pedometer that wirelessly functions with the game itself to transform real-world steps into in-game rewards....

So its not the best article title, but its straight to the point, okay?Black Shark created a really cool video called the1K Project IIusing thousands of replays from the game,Trackmania. Each replay was added together in one giant replay that featured all the cars racing together. I know this is old but I just had to post it for the Dtoid readers.This video is so cool, because all the old gameplay footage of the old NES games brings back so many memories....

The creators of thePostalseries have always been fans of pushing the envelope of good taste. Describing them as a less satiric version of Matt Stone and Trey Parker would be pretty accurate, although there are a number of fourteen year olds whocouldconfuse using a cat’s anus as a silencer for a rifle assome kindof satire. Then again, fourteen year olds, by default, have a horrible grasp on satire, irony, and almost everything Dennis Miller has ever said....

If the default theme on your PlayStation 3 is getting a bit stale and you don’t mind a paying for a crisp, professional theme, then Sony has your back. Starting tomorrow Sony will begin offering premium themes for purchase in the PlayStation Store. Essentially these themes are like the free ones, except better with the integration of XMB icons. The new themes are the result of a partnership between Sony, Smobile, and Disruptive Media Publishers....