Persona 3 Portablewas released this week and Atlus was offering Junpei’s hat as a bonus item for those that pre-ordered the game. The bonus item is gone now that the game is out, but Atlus did hook us up with ten of the hats togiveaway to you, dear readers. All you needed to do was take a picture of our beloved Dale North and give him some kind of a hat....

The newBrutal LegendDLC, “Tears of the Hextadon”, is out this week and is bringing two new maps to multiplayer. To prepare players for the new content, Double Fine’s Tim Schafer hosted a multiplayer match on the Death’s Fjord map which you may check out above. The DLC is out today for the Xbox 360 for 400 MS Points. The DLC will hit the PlayStation 3 on Thursday and will be free until November 19....

Things will never be the same after Great East Japan Earthquake. Everything has changed — even Tokyo Game Show. The organizers of Japan’s largest event sent out emails to attendees (me!) that noted their plan to reduce power consumption at this year’s show In consideration of the power shortage expected this summer, we have decided to reduce the total electricity consumption during the show by 25% compared with last year, including power used for site management and the removal of equipment....

I’m a hoarder. I don’t trade-in, I keep forever. No matter how bad the game or how much I will never play it again, I keep it. However, the used game market is massive, so I’m pretty sure that I am the minority. If I did trade my games in, I would assume that I would want the most bang for my buck. Before a few days ago GameStop was basically the only nationwide place to do this sort of thing, but as of Sept....

Tepid adventure-em-upFable IIIhas debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, as the Brits support a homegrown developer (or were just suckered in by the amazingly dishonest TV commercial).Fallout: New Vegashas been shunted from first to third place, asFIFA 11takes the second spot. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed IIdebuts at number five andÂSmackdown vs. Raw 2011at seven. Those are some of the EXCITING things that happened! The full chart’s below: Tepid adventure-em-upFable IIIhas debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, as the Brits support a homegrown developer (or were just suckered in by the amazingly dishonest TV commercial)....

Wanna know what immediately comes to mind when I think of extremely easy videogames? It sure as hell isn’tGhosts ‘n Goblins,Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, or anything in between. Sorry, Arthur, but your games are tough. As spotted byTouch Arcade, Capcom gave a demonstration of a new iPhone-boundGhouls ‘n Ghostsat TGS that looks eerily similar to the visual style ofUltimate Ghosts ‘n Goblinson PSP. I’m still trying to comprehend how beating the game will be feasible when it’s hard enough to do so with physical controller buttons....

If there’s one thing that PC versions of (non-Infinity Ward) games have over console versions, it’s the excellent modding community. PC gamers have been able to extend the longevity of their favorite games almost infinitely by designing their own variations, be they serious or funny. It’s something that would be awesome to have on the Xbox 360 version ofLeft 4 Dead 2, but Valvehas explainedwhy something like that could never happen....

TheGears of War 3multiplayerbeta is comingout this April, and the content will include three brand new maps. Two maps are confirmed — Thrashball and Checkout. Thrashball is a sport stadium and is based on the sport Cole played before the Locust invasion. Checkout is a supermarket-based environment, and is a super close quarters map. The third map that will be in theGears of War 3multiplayer beta is up to you to decide over ontheGears of WarFacebook fan page....

The first video is called theWiiSex 2: The Half-Assedsequel. Yes, it’s a sequel to the firstWiisex video I showedyou all a couple of weeks ago. This time, a DS Lite gets molested. SW33T! Kevin Rose and AlexAlbrecht spoofing a video of a couple of kids playingDoom 3who are getting scared shitless while playing the game. HOLY SNAP!Icowas originally going to be a PS1 game?! Wow, doesn’t look that bad either....

This lovely young lady is known as Flute Link and she performed at the Masquerade at Otakon 2008. She does an extremely amazing job playing the flute set toThe Legend of Zeldamusic. Spotted onVG Cats.Have you noticed yet? Weekend Destructainment has been becoming more and more musically themed. After the jump, the Destructainment continues on with an interview with the new Lara Croft model. Next up, check out a couple of clips fromCode Monkey’sfeaturing Roman fromGTA IV....

He’s suing everybody else, including, but not limited to: Take Two, the Entertainment Software Association, the ESRB, Doug Lowenstein, Penny Arcade (that’ll teach them to donate to charity), the Entertainment Consumer Association, Gamepolitics,SPOnG,Joystiq, Kotaku,Gamespot,IGN,Game Informer,and Electronic Gaming Weekly. WHAT?!No love/hate forDestructoid? That seems more than a little unfair. We’ve been just as hateful toward him as the other gaming blogs — what gives? Maybe it’s because when Niero met him in Miami, he was unusually kind and professional to him....

[Update: The “Beta Code Giver-outer Random Choose-O-Matic” has spoken! The winners are: Raffy Taruc, JBThayer, n45800, akinney77,Luke Fraser, Raien Swiftwood, tahmidk, Jesse Proffitt, CabooseMiller, Mose Avinash Parasram. Congrats, and be sure to check your private messages for your codes. Have fun!] The tireless Insomniac Games isn’t content with releasing one game this fall. The studio recently dropped its well-received first-person shooter,Resistance 3. (Our review is coming soon, seriously!) Next up: the four-player cooperative action ofRatchet and Clank: All 4 One....

With longtime Midway designer Sal Divita on board producing THQ’sWWE All-Stars, you know the game’s going to have that classic arcade flair. But remember, Divita also played a role in bringingMortal Kombatto life (the guy played Nightwolf, among others). SoWWE All-Starsis as much an over-the-top fighting game as it is a homage to the legendary brawlers of sports entertainment past and present. In this latest, THQ focuses on that fighting, and what sets the game’s competitors and their character classes apart....