Among theBrain TrainingandImaginegames,Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Warsjust doesn’t seem to fit. Titles about drug-dealing Chinese murderers don’t seemquiteat home on a system endorsed by that sparrow-faced woman fromFriends, but it’s not like Rockstar has ever been afraid of courting controversy. Court controversy this game shall.Chinatown Warsis full of foul language, violence, and an integral minigame that sees you trafficking illicit substances around town. Another day in the office forGrand Theft Auto....

Ah, the season finale: a time when plot threads are tied up, true motives are revealed, and evil enemies come to light. Season finales are about climax, conclusion, satisfaction. While we’re pretty sure our characters will be back for another round come next year, we still want to see the season’s main story arcs come to a close. AsSam and Max‘s second season finally comes to its fifth and final episode, one can’t help but have some questions: will it be sufficiently climactic?...

Final Fantasy XIIImasterminds Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama have stated that they’d be very interested in doing a direct sequel toFinal Fantasy XIII, though they’re waiting to see how well the current game does in the West before dreaming up aXIII-2. “In the past three years we worked both on the world and on the various systems,” says Kitase. “Creating these systems isn’t very glamorous and can frankly be a bit boring....

Eurogameris never short of controvery when it comes to its reviews, and the European gaming site has caused yet another stir recently when it changed the score ofGrand Slam Tennisfrom 5/10 to 8/10 (owing to them reviewing it originally on a two-year-old kit). Double Helix employee and former Activision man Guy Selga saw this, and decided to brand Eurogamer, along withKotaku,JoystiqandGamespot, as “f*gs” that are “all the same.” “Eurogamer magically changes review score....

Like a fine wine,Dragon Age: Originsmay get better with age. Curious to what the future ofOrigins’ content holds, I asked the game’s online producer Fernando Melo what he expects to see fromOriginsa year from now. And then two. And then three. He thinks that a year out, the gamewill “begin to come of age,” as the team steadily reveals more and more pieces of the narrative’s tapestry. “Honestly,” he told me via e-mail, “looking atDragon Ageas a franchise, that kind of timeframe (a year plus) is really whenDAwill begin to come of age (if you pardon the pun)....

We know the drill by now, don’t we? Revise classic gaming tunes with heavy metal guitars, win over the hearts and minds of gamers everywhere. But there’s a growing force of musical masterminds sprouting up that are taking our beloved bleeps and bloops in another direction: creating original music with the classic NES sound. disasterPEACE, the brainchild of one Rich Vreeland, is one such artist. When Nierooriginally introduced it to Dtoid readersearlier this month, we managed to drive Vreeland’s bandwidth into oblivion with the deluge of tune-hungry punks we sent his way....

One of the biggest surprises of E forAllwas not only discovering the wonders of the expo’s “Grilled Cheese Taco” stand, but finding out thatAdvance Wars: Days of Ruin(the next Nintendo DS iteration of the classic strategy series) was actual playable on the show floor. Looking back to last week, I think I actually clicked my heels and did a little jig when I saw the game staring at me with its seductive dual screens from one of Nintendo’s glowing kiosks....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] By rights,The Adventures of Mega and Masterhad everything going for it. There was a young, new development duo involved, two iconic looking characters to be exposed to the world and an “indie” shoestring budget that balked at what is considered low by today’s standards....

On yesterday’s Activision pre-E3 conference call, Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime made his token appearance as the guy from the company who makes all of the money. During the call he revealed that plans were on-track forStarcraft IIto be released in 2009. He then went on to comment that this is still subject to change, which could be taken to mean thatStarcraft IImight be delayed until 2010. Jesus, why bother? Either announce that you’re working on the game and it’ll be done when it’s done (which is what Blizzard always really means anyway) or just give us a realistic date....

So, remember how Brad Nicholson just posted a story about how themysteriousHalo: Reachnow has its own achievement page on Xbox.com? Well, apparently it is not that just game. There are a ton of brand new achievement listings on the Web site that, unfortunately for Microsoft (but fortunately for bloggers), pretty much ruin, what I am sure will be, the big game reveals at Microsoft’s press conference in a couple hours....

A little slow with the delivery, but we’ll take it: Activision has put out its official list of E3 2011 games. As an added bonus, the company gave the first details on an invite-only beta forCall of Duty: Elite. Those details are that it’ll start on July 14, and will work alongsideBlack Ops. That’s about it, really. Not as many games as I would expect Activision to rep. I know y’all are dying to hear Dog, but what else — if anything at all — sounds good to you?...

Nintendo has made available some more specific information on the Wii U hardware, along with a few images of the console and tablet that demonstrate the ways in which you can use the devices. (You can view them in the gallery below.) With this new console, Nintendo is finally making the jump to the HD generation. The console’s AV Multi-Out port can output a 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, or 1080p feed via composite video, S-video, component video, or HDMI, along with six-channel linear PCM audio over HDMI....

You can attempt to imagine Schappert’s motivations. Electronic Arts’ chief operating officer quit the company yesterday, and according toReuters‘ source he is making the move to the social gaming world. And probably to lots and lots of money. Schappert was at Microsoft for a bit, but came to EA in 2009 like a boss. As a boss. When he started he looked back fondly at his old days at EA where he worked as a software engineer on EA Sporst titles back in 1991, saysGI....