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It looks like an update for Sony’s PlayStation 3 racer,MotroStorm Pacific Riftis on its way. Actually, scratch that. When I think “update,” I think significant game additions — new tracks, new cars … something. Perhaps Criterion’s ruined me forever with theirBurnout Paradise updates. This “update” is really more of what we’d call a patch, in that it fixes what amounts to a bunch of “broken” crap inPacific Rift. Like the way the game handles data has been changed, so that it will prevent “Saved Data corruption....

NeoGAF spotted this Wii game that a French developer is working on. After seeing little ofSadnessover the past year, I wouldn’t bet that this game gets released any time soon, if ever, but these screenshots have me hoping. The best way I can sum up this game’s visuals is Guillermo del Toro pouring bleach onIco‘s Yorda, and throwing her in an all new maze of despair. Which sounds way more fun than half the Wii games that have been released so far....

Tonight at 4:50 p.m. ESTSpace Shuttle Discoverywill launch into space. This is the first time you’ll be able to participate in a sort of social launch using your PS3. The launch will go social in PlayStation Home. Users will be able to chat via Bluetooth headsets with others watching the launch, all from inside the PlayStation Home. On a yacht. That costs $5. That’s a small price to pay for this cool bit of sharing of a historic moment, though....

Phew, sorry I had to break out the overused meme, guys. I’m just exhausted after a long day of live streaming the Destructoid show. It trulywas a festival of horrors! In case you missed it, we discussed howGoogle Gamesis a thing that is most likely happening, Activision is resurrecting theGuitar Herofranchise, Freddy Krueger is making hisdebutinMortal Kombat‘s August 9th DLC, and Bethesda’sPete Hinesthinks that forced multiplayer options in games with little to show for themselves are a complete waste of time....

[New releases is your weekly look at all the hot new titles coming out this week.] The big release of this week easily goes toAliens vs. Predatorfor the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is a lot of fun, that is if you’re playing as a Predator online. Otherwise, the game isn’t all that much fun. Predators > Aliens always! Other big releases this week includeKORG DS-10 PLUSandThe Misadventures of P....

Super Mario Galaxyis one of the most beloved Mario games of all time — it came in at number 9 on ourTop 50 Videogames of the Decadelist — but don’t tell that toNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. According to NPD sales numbers,Galaxyhas sold 4.1 million units in the two-plus years since its launch in November 2007. But by the end of 2009,NSMB Wii— which had been out for all of 45 days at that point — had already sold 4....

The latest trailer forLEGO Batmanintroduces us toNightwing, the character who actually has his roots in Superman mythos, but is recognized by most people as one of the Dark Knight’s sidekicks.Just like Batman, he is exceedingly intelligent, a skilled fighter, and judging by his acrobatic romp across Gotham in the above video — more fun to take control of in the game than Batman himself. Got to love those blue blurs of pain!...

You got a bunch of Nintendo Points cards for the holiday, right? Let’s get to spending! Virtual Console Nintendo DSiWare For my money, outside of the Neo Geo classics, chick chick BOOM looks to be the most interesting of the bunch. It’s got a great art style, and looks to feature some interesting puzzle-style gameplay. See anything you like?

If puzzles are your game, and you’re looking for some new DSi software, thenMighty Flip Champs! (1 Player, 800 DSi Points)might be up your alley. The game is a maze runner, but in order to solve any of them, you have to flip back and forth between the two mazes on your DS screen. Dale has a preview of the game coming up later today, in which he says the game is, “original and highly addictive puzzle title that oozes style and retro appeal” — something to be expected from developer WayForward....

Starting on November 22 and lasting until December 19, Nintendo will be bringingMario,Donkey Kongand other games to various malls around the country. The Nintendo “Holiday Mall Experience” will let consumers play various Wii and DSi titles, otherwise known as that place parents can drop their kids off and force the Nintendo employees to babysit. Stupid lazy parents. The games on offer will includeWii Party, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Dragon Quest IX, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Metroid: Other M, NBA JAM, uDraw, Disney Epic Mickey, Golden Sun: Dark Dawnand a handful of older Wii and DS titles....

Peter Molyneux has confirmed that his definitely-not-on-rails gameFable: The Journeywill not feature melee combat, focusing instead on projectile-based magic attacks. Not that this is going to be an on-rails shooter or anything, because it isn’t. Except when it is. Or not. Perhaps. “We could have done melee weapons, but the one thing I hate about melee weapons, and guns as well, is that the human brain is encoded to expect recoil from those things,” said Molyneux, making excuses with trademark convolution....

It seems that placeholder dates for the Wii are coming out of the wall lately. Are these leaks or placeholders? Its becoming increasingly harder to take stores seriously, and the wobbly trend does not appear to be slowing down. Earlier today, I was looking at the web site of the French video game storeScore Gamewhen I saw something rather interesting:Let’s take a closer look:According this latest supposed leak spotting, it appears that Wii orders will begin shipping on the 25th of November....

For many,GoldenEyewas the turning point for first-person shooters on consoles, and in many ways defined the Nintendo 64-era of gaming. Since then, publishers and developers haven’t been able to capture the same magic of Rare’s original. So what do you do? You remake it, apparently. According to a leaked survey, Activision will be releasing a new version ofGoldenEyefor the Wii, “developed from the ground up” to take “advantage of the latest technology to deliver the same intense experience with today’s graphics and physics....