Hey, dickheads! Left 4 Dead is NOT Halo

Like many members of the Destructoid staff, I am finding constant enjoyment fromLeft 4 Dead. While it’s not a game of the year contender for me, I certainly can’t deny that it’s a lot of fun, and one of the best co-op experiences I’ve ever played. Unfortunately, I don’t PC game. I’ve just never been comfortable with a mouse and keyboard setup when I game, even when it comes to first person shooters....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 948 words · Ann Herman

i Love Katamari hits the App store

Yesterday, Namco officially announced the worldwide launch ofi Love Katamarifor Apple’s revolutionary handheld devices, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The game can be downloaded on iTunes right now for $7.99. This mobile edition ofKatamariisn’t extraordinarily unlike theKatamariwe’ve grown to love on consoles. Instead of using analogue sticks to control the katamari, players will have to tilt their phones. Thankfully, Namco apparently targeted precision as one of their priorities – an icon on-screen assists turns that require more than just tilting....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Jacqueline Bates

Iron Man 2’s voice actors talk about voice acting

Here’s a vignette released to promote the upcoming videogame adaptation ofIron Man 2. It contains footage and interviews with Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson centered around their voice acting work inIron Man 2. That’s the game, not the film, although Cheadle does get into some of the differences between voice acting and film acting. The thing I love about this video is that it shows Samuel L. Jackson’s commitment to the Nick Fury character....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Juan Walker

Jack in to these new Mindjack screens

The fact that Square’sMindjackis coming out next week blows my mind, especially since I keep forgetting that it exists. That’s not to say that it might not be a great game; hell, I’m willing to give anything a chance. It’s unfortunate that the game has an incredibly generic vibe, from its name to its look, and these new screens aren’t doing it any justice. Robots, some guns, I think I see a laser in there somewhere…...

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Melissa Wilson

Japanese Phoenix Wright musical gets a poster, cross-dressing women are awesome

And now for your ogling pleasure: the poster for the Takarazuka musical version of Phoenix Wright,Gyakuten Saiban: Resurrected Truth.As you can see, our favorite characters above are most certainly played by ladies, as I reportedback in September. The poster’s tagline reads “Can you believe the person you love… Can you keep on believing…”. That hardly seems to have anything to do with the Phoenix Wright that I know, but watching a cast of women play out a love story as they pretend to be men has got to be interesting....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Barry Cooper

Joy Ride to ‘debut’ free-to-play model on Xbox LIVE

In the latest Microsoft press release, the platform publisher talks big about the success of Xbox LIVE Arcade this summer. Peopledownloaded the1 vs. 100clients like crazyand, overall, the publisher saw a 200 percent monthly revenue growth from last year’s Summer of Arcade program. Tucked away at the bottom of the release is a mention of the XBLA titleJoy Ride, an Avatar-infused kart racing title with a twist — a light free-to-play MMO twist, we should add....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Alexis Simmons

K-Mart teases PS3 Slim and lower price (Update)

Last time we walked into a K-mart we didn’t notice a special rumor — “this could totally be here, we swear” — section. Instead, we found aisles and aisles of shelves bursting with Martha Stewart branded stuff. But a corporation has to do what it has to do to fend off the Wal-Mart empire. Earlier this morning, K-mart revealed a stunning newad on its Web site, essentially confirming a new PS3 SKU and a lower price....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Allison Smith

Killzone 2 sells 500K, has big DLC news tonight

The hype continues to pay off for Guerrilla’s PlayStation 3 exclusive,Killzone 2. The gritty FPS has seta new sales record, clearing 500,000 sales quicker than any first-party PS3 game to date. It’s not like it’s had ahugeamount of competition so far, but that’s still great news for a superb game. Scott Steinberg, VP of Product Marketing at SCEA, has added that the title is the fastest-selling Sony game within thirty days of launch, and unsurprisingly stated that he was “extremely happy with the results....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Katherine Terry

Lego Half-Life

Some of you reading that title got really excited about the idea ofLego Half-Lifewhile the rest of you probably rolled your eyes. Of course its also possible that most of you looked at the image below it and realized that we were not talking about a LegoHalf-Lifegame, but an actual Gordon Freeman Lego guy thing.Toycutterfound the homemade Lego Freeman atORRANGE’s Flickrand brought the glory to our attention. Everyone’s favorite crowbar wielding scientist isn’t the only character Mr....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Melissa Harrison

Live Show: Backlog begins Parasite Eve II!

[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman’s collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live onDestructoid’s Justin.tv channelevery weeknight at 8pm Pacific] Technically voted in as the winner for our previous series ofBacklog, I wound up skipping overParasite Eve IIdue to some hardware issues that I didn’t fully understand with the promise that we would play it just as soon as possible....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Christopher Woodard

Live Show: Backlog playing more Spy Fiction right now

Last night on Backlog, we started up Swery’s stealth espionage game,Spy Fictionand I’m impressed with it. Even though I made practically no progress, a good time is still being had. I’m playing as Shella, the female agent who can disguise herself as absolutely anyone in the game. That sounds really impressive, but it seems that it might lead to a little bit of gender confusion as seen in the above video (lovingly highlighted by Testycanoe)....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Patrick Cooper

Live Show: Watch that dopey Majin on Backlog now

Time once again for Backlog, the epic tale of a mustachioed man with more games than sense. I’ve been playing Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom for about four hours now. More than one of those has been spent running back and forth across already completed sections of the game because I didn’t know what to do next. That’s… probably not the best endorsement of the show, now that I think about it....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Megan Keller

Lollercoaster: Six Flags theme park videogame announced

A couple of months ago,Nick came across a hintthat said a Six Flags theme park game might be in the works. Now confirmation has come by way of a new announcement from Brash. Yay. Brash Entertainment has announced a partnership with Six Flags to releaseSix Flags Fun Park, a video game based on the theme park chain, to PlayStation 2, Wii, and Nintendo DS this fall in North America, according toGamasutra....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Randy Ramos