Mass Effect 2is almost a month from retail release. If I put on my space visor and squeeze my eyes shut real tight, then I can totally see the box in my hands. As a bonus I suppose, I can also see vibrant stars and neon-blue space rocks whizzing past the void I’ve created. Momma said doing this was bad — I could pop my eyehole or something to that effect....
Porn starlet Mia Rose happens to have become popular based more on the fact that she roleplaysWorld of Warcraftin the guise of pornographythan her various other sundry talents such as penetration, double penetration, metaphysical penetration andgiga penetration. Of course, a woman whose career is built on the idea that nerds have no concept of reality — especially when it comes to women — would almosthaveto exhibit the sort of ego one garners from a childhood full of almost guaranteed sexual abuse and an adult life filled with deriving nutrients from the reproductive fluids of guys with names like ‘Cap’n Stabbin’ (formerly Ensign Stabbin), ‘Perv Griffin’ and ‘Sylvester Stallone’....
Earlier today,MTV Multiplayer’sPatrick Klepek dug up someinteresting Microsoft Game Studios job listingsfor a Creative Director, Producer, and Game Engineers to “help develop a new experience in the Halo universe.” Additionally, the listing for Creative Director specifically mentioned partnering with key Hollywood talent. It’s easy to connect the dots — surely, the project in question must be the previously announcedHalo: Chroniclesbeing developed alongside film director Peter Jackson. But what about Bungie? Won’t they have some involvement in this project?...
Microsoft hastaken a swipeat Sony’s PSP, giving the platform a dressing down for having plenty of the right tools, but using none of them well. “The PSP is a reasonably successful product at the profit-and-loss level. But as a product concept, there are cautionary tales to learn from it,” stated MS’ hardware chief, Robbie Bach. “While it is good at producing audio, it’s not a good music player because it doesn’t have local storage (except for flash memory slots)....
With the PC version ofModern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward earned itself no fans with a number of unpopular moves, most notably the lack ofdedicated servers. It seems not even the makers of the most successful shooter in the world can so bullishly ignore PC gamers — dedicated serversare backinMW3, and the new bit of news is that LAN support is thrown in, too! “Yes,MW3has LAN along with detailed class restriction control and default class creation option,” said community manager Robert Bowling....
We’ve seen a couple of interesting My Little Pony mods around here, fromterrifying muscle-exposed ponyto aStormtrooper version, but this one goes right for my personal weak spot: Silent Hill. What’s not to love about seeing two adorable, pastel horses transformed into the vision of living nightmares? Ah, the delicious irony! eBay user ClickClackCat listed both aMovie ver. Pyramid Headand aNursecustom, and they’re both currently open for bids (the Nurse is at $52 and the Pyramid Head is at $102....
Well I can’t lie, I am currently sat at the dock outside my villa while my butler calls me a boat to take me to the conference centre ready for Namco Bandai’s Level Up event — and no, I’m neither lying nor exaggerating. Dubai is rather wonderful. Namco Bandai is promising lots of new and exciting news to come from this event so don’t forget to keep checking Destructoid for the latest news, follow me ontwitterfor latest up to the minute gossip — in 140 characters or less and we have plenty of videos thanks to cameraman Daniel Carneiro also coming your way....
Video may have killed the radio star in America, but we all know that it was the home console that led to the inevitable downfall of the hangout we affectionately referred to as the arcade. According to recent reports, that trend is showing signs as being active again, and this time it has taken aim at Namco Bandai. Speaking toReuters, a company spokesman told the press that the struggling arcade operator would, in addition to downgrading its net-profit outlook by 38%, soon be closing a fifth of its businesses due to a couple of factors — including the popularity of the Wii:...
Maybe my memory is a bit fuzzy. It has been a decade this week. I seem to remember Dreamcast games looking a bit better than the soon-to-be-releasedRush Rush Rally Racing. To be fair, the game makers say that they’re focused on retro game play rather than high-resolution realistic graphics. That’s okay — I lovedR.C. Pro-Amon the NES! The folks at Senile games noticed that it was Dreamcast week here on Destructoid, so they sent along details onRush Rush Rally Racing....
It’s the week of E3 and there aren’t too many games coming out this week. But what games are coming out are pretty good!Red Faction: GuerrillaandFuelare both a blast to play. There’s a ton of stuff to blow up inGuerrillaand full has so much open terrain that it’s ridiculous. What’s looking sw33t to you all this week, Dtoiders? Hit the break to check out the full releases and trailers for most of the games....
Less than a month after release and Amazon has already madeNiera Deal of the Day. It’s a title that probably needs a discount to move copies,as Jim would no doubt attest. To that end, the RPG with the funny little name has been marked down by 25% for today only. That would put it at $44.99. And the price applies to both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 versions. I’m always heartened whenever Amazon does this with such a recently released title....
In a recent statement, Nintendo spoke about their sales for the beginning of 2009, saying“Nintendo kicked off 2009 the same way it finished 2008: with a bang … While the video game industry grew by $150 million (12 percent) year-on-year, Nintendo’s total sales grew by $300 million in January, offsetting declines on other platforms.” That’s not all, though. As you can imagine, fan favorite and marketing VP Cammie Dunanway had something to contribute as well:...
Years later, Valve has put out a publicTeam Fortress 2beta. To quote Nick Chester, “What’s next, Atari announces aPongbeta?” While generally the idea is to release this sort of thing before a game comes out, in the case ofTF2, it makes perfect sense. I’m a little surprised they didn’t do this earlier. Anyone who’s been following the game knows that it’s an ever-changing landscape. What this beta will do is allow Valve to push out changes faster, and possibly even get crazier with experimentation....
