There’s a secret society ofMinecraftplayers at Destructoid, and you might not even know about it! Actually,it’s not a secret. We’d love you, your elderly relatives, and possibly even your housebroken pet of choice to join us. Griefers need not apply. Follow that link, request to be put on the server whitelist, and you’ll be building insane projects with us before you know it. The photo above is a small snapshot of the Minecraftian world your Dtoid brethren inhabit....

Ten years ago, when designer Toby Ragaini createdAsheron’s Callwith a team of inexperienced developers, no one could have expected the game would be as successful as it would become. Except, of course, a young and confident Ragaini. “Well, we were all college age,” he explains, “and naturally had great expectations. But if we had known the odds against us, I don’t think we would have been so optimistic. None of us had any development experience, so it was certainly a case of ‘ignorance is bliss....

At New York Comic Con, heads were turning at Sega’s booth space. Illinois-based developer High Voltage had brought along their upcoming Wii-exclusive first-person shooter,The Conduit. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii hardware,The Conduitcould be what “core gamers” have been waiting for. And according to High Voltage’s Chief Creative Officer, Eric Nofsinger, they hope to pick up some new gamers along the way. We caught up with Nofsinger and High Voltage founder Kerry Gonofsky to talk about designing an original first-person shooter for the Wii, using (or not using) Wii MotionPlus, and more....

I wish there was a strong way to associate Robocop and TikGames’ recent Xbox Live Arcade release,Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos. The simple route would consist of me telling you thatInterpolhas detectives. Then I would draw a rough comparison between the gumshoe gameplay and how Robocop doesn’t need “clues” to catch the bad guy. Somehow, he always knew which cocaine factory door to kick in. I can’t fully draw this comparison....

With yet another E3 now behind us, I think it’s prudent to take a moment to reflect on the life of Johannes Kepler. Why? I have no idea. According to Wikipedia: Johannes Kepler(June 07, 2025 – July 16, 2025) was a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers based on his worksAstronomia nova,Harmonices Mundi, andEpitome of Copernican Astronomy....

FOXTOID returns with yet anothershockingly sexyvideogame revelation! Our expert scientific researchers have usedscienceto prove an unequivocal link between former pornographic sex starlet Annabel Chong and ultra violent videogame seriesDynasty Warriors. Hey, maybe the game should be calledDie Nasty Whore Areolasfrom now on, right? As we all know, Chong shot to fame for engaging in251 sexual actswith 70 men in a single glorious session of unChristiandepravitythat we at FOXTOIDcondemnin front of our mothers....

Oh, boy. EA has finally come out and announced a European release date forRock Band, a game that has been out in America since last November. Sadly, that’s about as good as the news is going to get for European gamers; as I like to say when theAmerican Idolchampion is crowned, “It’s all downhill from here.” So here we go:Eurogamer has confirmedthatRock Bandwill be out in Europe on the 23rd of May....

A new Japanese trailer has arrived forDynasty Warriors 7(hitting NA on March 25), and it has plenty of shouting in it. That’s really all you could ask for in your Japanese trailers, right? The footage shows Sima Zhao surfing on the back of a downed enemy, a whole mass of Jin characters doing some talking, and the weapon-switching system that will feature heavily in the combat. My one fear with this game is that it will end up likeDynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, which was excellent except for the fact that everybody being able to share weapons took the uniqueness out of the characters....

Looking for some more excitement in yourWipeout Fury HD? Well, Sonyhas just announcedthe details of its expansion pack, which will include another 8 tracks, doubling what the game has already, plus another 13 ships. That’s more ships than was originally in the game.The game will also have three new modes: Eliminator, a free-for-all melee; Zone Battle, a breakneck race to capture Zones before your opponent; and Dentonator, where you’ll be dodging and blasting away mines strewn throughout the field....

The reveal images for Nintendo’s 3DS games continues with none other thanAnimal Crossing. Yep, that’s what the company is calling it for now — just “Animal Crossing.” No “3DS” in the name, but I’d be surprised if that doesn’t eventually become the case. The game clearly makes good use of the handheld’s processing power and graphical capabilities, as you can see in the attached screenshots. What else do we know? Very little at this time, sadly....

It’s not just Microsoft paying for exclusive content for games. Sony has joined the party as well.Mafia IIwill feature exclusive content for the PS3 at launch. We’re talking maps and weapons and stuff. I wish I could tell you more, but they were totally vague on that. You get more stuff on the PS3 is basically the story here. Rejoice.

Sucker Punch might be hard at work onInfamous 2but it’s not the only one of their franchises that we’ll be seeing something out of at E3. A sign spotted by 1UP at E3 has confirmed the existence ofSly Cooper Collection. And what’s that in the corner? 3D? Well, that would lead me to suspect that some part ofSly Cooper Collectionwill be utilizing that new-fangled technology where stuff jumps out of the screen at you....

In an interview withGamesindustry.biz, EA Senior VP and Chief Visual Officer Glenn Entis has confessed that new IPs and fresh perspectives are the way of the publishing giant’s future. So sayseth the man: “What people are seeing as a change from EA is not a completely new direction. We’re taking something we’ve always done, which is to create new titles, but we’re saying we really want to pick up the pace now, we want to be more energetic at that – and we’re willing to take more creative risks to do that....