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Oh lawd, it’s another Podtoid. Somebody callthe po-lice. Tonight, Jim, Aaron, Topher and myself will discuss Sega’s decision to stop producing hardware, how fans “should” react to preview info about games they’re really looking forward to, and Jim’s recentTen Golden Rulesarticle. As you might have guessed, we’ll need listener questions after we’re done with all that. The best one will net the person who asked it a Dtoid swag bag, which you could hypothetically show off to your friends....

I would expect that the process of hiring a celebrity to be in your videogame has the potential to be very frustrating indeed. Take Sordahon fromTwo Worlds IIas an example. Here, the people at Southpeak are doing everything they can to make the game awesome for Sordahon but it’s just not good enough. And then he demands to have his girlfriend put in the game. The ego is unbelievable. I do really dig this series of videos Southpeak has been producing forTwo Worlds II....

Ubisoft sent us some images today, and we can assume it’s for a game, but we don’t really know. Why? They’re not telling. The three images — knock-offs of movie posters forJaws,Friday the 13th, andPulp Fiction— came in an email that had little to no context. The subject text leads itself into the body of the email text, which when completed reads “You may not know it… but everyone can make it in Hollywood… with a glimpse of cruelty....

Here’s something you don’t see every day, early news about a UK videogame release! Visitors to UK siteGameplay.co.ukwill be able to place their orders for the limited editionBioshockbox set for £49.99 and receive it on August 24th. The set is not yet seen on Amazon or Play, so Brits can smile that for once, they get just a little love. Just a little, mind. Were my funds not tied up elsewhere until October, I’d be sorely tempted to plonk down my own pre-order for what might be the most important game of the year outsideHalo 3‘s hypesphere of grandeur....

Several universities have teamed up in the UK to create the Game Republic Academy, and they say that this program is their solution to the UK talent drought. Wait, there’s a drought? Yorkshire’s Bradford, Hull, and Sheffield Hallam universities are teaming for this, and local games trade association Game Republic and screen agency Screen Yorkshire have committed £120,000 towards the program, fueling it for two years. The program is looking for game companies to provide even more funds in the future....

WhenValkyria Chronicles 2was announced, its cult following was pleased. WhenValkyria Chronicles 2was revealed to be a PSP game, its cult following was less pleased. Many hold out for another PS3 game, but the game’s producerhas explainedthat if this game were on the black box o’ Blu-ray, you wouldn’t see it for years. Shuntaro Tanaka estimates that a console-based sequel would take three years to complete. The PSP release is simply a matter of time — it’s quicker to make a smaller game, so that’s why the series has gone portable....

Valve has announced a brand new downloadable chapter for bothLeft 4 DeadandLeft 4 Dead 2, The Sacrifice. Set before the events of The Passing, it will details exactly how one of the original four survivors met their grisly end. The Sacrifice will star Francis, Zoey, Bill and Louis, even if you play it viaLeft 4 Dead 2. Valve is not only givingL4D2players a chance to play as the originals survivors without loading the original, it’s also throwing the entire No Mercy campaign into the DLC, just for good measure....

Whenever the name of Level 5 is invoked, one question invariably crops up: “When are we getting anotherDark Cloud?” The series is overdue a revival, but it never seems to happen, despite the clamoring of the gamer community. Still, while no plans are currently in motion, Level 5’s Yoshiaki Kusuda toldKotakuthat the team would consider it, if asked enough times. “At this moment we don’t have a specific plan for a sequel in theDarkCloudseries,” he explains....

Watch live video from publicaccessdestructoid on Justin.tv [Update]Missed the show? Watch the archived clip! Tomorrow we’ll be playing something weird again! A lot of things happen on Tuesdays … to be honest, I cant think of anything that really happens on Tuesdays. However, here at Public Access Destructoid Tuesday is no regular day — its “Trademark Tuesday”, where we will be playing all the big new releases (that we can find)....

G4’s Adam Sessler recently sat downfor a chatwith Seth Killian of Capcom about SuperStreet Fighter IV. During their interview, they’ve given us a look at one of the game’s new stages, India. you may check out the full video after the jump to see for yourself. Not a hell of a lot in the way of new information, really, but it’s cool to see the new stage. It looks vibrant and well animated, with elephants doing their elephanty thing in the background like in Dhalsim’s oldSFIIstage....

[Editor’s note: this is part of a network-wide series of articles that will go up over the next couple of days. Be sure to check at the end of each post for links to the previous stories, in order to get the full picture of things! – DMV] My time in the “motherland,” as some would call it, brings me into constant temptation. I’m beleaguered by anime, manga, games, doujinshi, and all other sorts of machinations meant to drain my wallet, my bank account, and leave me in a state of pure and utter ecstasy, at the same time robbing me of my train fare home....

Once again, it’s Thursday, meaning the time has come to roll out this week’s chapter of the Guide. Follow me through the jump, where you’ll find another gamer archetype analyzed, scrutinized, dissected*, and moderately lampooned for your persual and delight. This week’s chapter is coming a little later in the day than originally planned due to malevolent ninja intervention**, but being the hardy, manly sort that I am, I’ve fought through those difficulties for the good of you, our readers, meaning that gamer number 10 is but a click away....

Wepreviously told youthat aKane & Lynchcomic book was on the way. All well and good, especially considering the flawed-but-interesting nature ofK&L, but now we have something even better: a couple of pages from the debut issue, in addition to some gorgeous cover art. This series is being written by Ian Edginton, with Chris Mitten handling the art. The covers are coming to us from Ben Templesmith, who continues to impress as always....