As evidenced by the all-too-confusingRock Band/Guitar Heroperipheral compatibility debacle, gamersloathebeing forced to own multiple sets of plastic instruments when they shouldn’t need to. Speaking withLipscreator Keiichi Yano,MTV Multiplayerfound out that the karaoke game’s mic will not be compatible withGuitar HeroorRock Band, at least initially. Why, you ask? TheLipsmicrophone is wireless and contains an accelerometer, which is apparently reason enough for it to not function with those other titles out of the box....

I got a little package this past weekend from someone named Mark Meltzer. There were a couple of pictures, a URL address and a letter which had this to say: “I assume Jeremiah Lynch gave you my contact information to help me with my research. Enclosed are two of the items I found in the lunchbox that SHE left. Please let me know if you can make anything of them. Any information you might have could be integral to find my daughter....

Nothing says “Happy Birthday” like a drunken Luigi on a cake. Elhaym Solarisis a quite the pro when it comes to getting Luigi baked … and by that I mean on a cake. This icing masterpiece was created for Elhaym’s friend who loves to play Luigi inSuper Smash Bros. Melee, and loves to drink himself silly. Good combination. Notice how Daisy’s dress is there, but Daisy is nowhere to be seen?...

If you ask me,Magickahas enough “PVP” as it is in its default co-op mode. There’s so much friendly fire going around that most people in a full party accidentally kill each other as often as the monsters. But no one asked me, which is a good thing, because then we’d have none of this hilarious new stuff to celebrate the game’s new, free PVP add-on. Besides three new modes dedicated to having wizards grief each other, the free add-on comes with the new “Reservoir Robes” costume....

Ever sinceMajin and the Forsaken Kingdomwas first revealed, a contingent of gamers have been writing it off as a “clone” of The Last Guardian, even though nobody’s seen more than ten minutes of Team ICO’s game. I asked producer Daisuke Uchiyama what he made of these accusations of plagiarism. “A main theme for developingMajinwas a storybook world with an innovative visual design and we wanted players to feel like they could live in it,” he explains....

While I am probably on my forth or fifth mini-meltdown this week it appears that nearly all my pre-gamescom prep work is completed and the team is eager to be let loose at one of biggest gaming events in the world. Much like last year the team is made up of Destructoid staff and community members who I plan to work into the ground to bring you guys the best content possible....

Microsoft’s official Mouth of Sauron, Aaron Greenberg, has once again demonstrated just how confident his company is in Kinect, by claiming that its launch will “definitely” outperform the Wii’s debut. “We haven’t given any projections beyond this holiday, but this will be the largest launch we’ve ever had as a business,†says Greenberg. “We’ll definitely sell more sensors than the Wii sold when it launched or the Xbox 360 sold when it launched....

Nintendo has released fiveStar Foxgames since the series was introduced in 1993, along with Super Nintendo “Super FX” chip like it was the second coming. Problem is, it just hasn’t been successful as Nintendo’s other franchise, particularly in Japan. Shigeru Miyamoto isn’t going to stop trying. He loves Star Fox, he toldMTV Multiplayer. “Every time we make aStar Foxgame, I’m hoping people will enjoy it as much as I do,” he says....

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised video game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week’s puzzles are mildly difficult and the theme probably won’t be easy either. Don’t be afraid to shout out ideas and work together as a team to solve them all. Good luck!...

Haha, electrifying, get it!? Well, unless you watch the video, you won’t. The latest slice ofBioShock 2gameplay has emerged from the depths of the ocean, revealing the Electro Bolt Plasmid. Yes, it looks and actsexactlythe same as it did in the last game — ASTONISHMENT PREVAILS! If you would like to see forty-two seconds of genetic freaks getting fried by hand-lightning, then do make sure to check the video out. In the meantime, I’m going to continue patiently tapping my foot in anticipation for this game....

This weekend, we wereshownby silhouette the images of the three new starters for the upcoming Pokemon Black and White. Much speculation was made over what these characters could be, ranging from pigs to lizard-things to beavers that look like the derp-tastic Bidoof. Derp Derp! Thankfully, the speculation has been short-lived, as scans of Coro Coro magazine leaked courtesy ofSerebii.net. Not far from fan speculation, it looks like we have a fire pig named Pokabu, a water otter called Mijumaru, and a leafy bedroom-eyed lizard-thing known as Tsutaja....

God, I want to be excited for thePrince of Persiamovie. The series has been one of my favorites from its earliest roots on ancient computers to the divisive newest game. I want it to be good so incredibly badly. And thus, every time a new trailer lands like the one above I look for more and more hints that this won’t just be a big budget catastrophe. My fears have been slightly assuaged, but are far from gone....

The May 2011 issue of Official Xbox Magazine will feature a new Resident Evil game as its cover story, titledResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, according toStickskills. Supposedly, this is the long-rumored game by ex-SOCOMdeveloper Slant Six. RE:ORCwill be set in 1998, taking you back to the original outbreak that defined the events inResident Evil 2andResident Evil 3: Nemesis.You’ll be playing as four members of the Umbrella Security Services squad (inspired byRE2hidden character Hunk) who are destroying all evidence of this outbreak in a team-based shooter....