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Eidos Montreal has been at work onDeus Ex: Human Revolutionfor the last four years. A long time coming, the game is finally set to come out this April and it looks Eidos is happy with the state of the game, as members of the gaming press finally got their first real hands-on time with it last week. Eidos let us loose on the first couple hours of the game, and for now, I can only tell you about my first fifteen minutes or so, where you start off as just a regular human with no special abilities....

“You got a Secret Bonus Point!“ I doubt there was much of any demand for an fan arrangement album covering relatively obscure Genesis gameDynamite Headdy, but I’m not complaining! Certainly, this is one of the most surprising bits of news I’ve heard all week. The 26-track album, appropriately entitledSecret Bonus Point, covers a wide range of styles, from sweeping orchestral andshamisento chiptune and metalcore. Plus, it’s free, so there’s no risk in giving it a download and sampling it for yourself....

Move over,FarmVille— Zynga has another game with which to annoy the piss out of decent human beings. It’s calledFrontierVille, and it’s quite popular, according to the metrics. It’s also Destructoid’s most popular searched word, even though none of us play it! Far be it from us to not give our readers what they apparently want, so here’s some recent metric data to give you an idea of just how popular Zynga’s latest behemoth has become....

It’s no surprise that the Nintendo DSi was going to be amazingly popular at retail when it launched. But just how popular is it? According to Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata, 600,000 unites were sold across Europe and the United States in the handheld’s launch weekend. Iwata even says the consoles sold evenly in both territories, with 300,000 units sold both here in the U.S. and across the pond. Again, the numbers aren’t surprising, and I’m positive by E3 Nintendo will have generated enough sales to cover six or seven slides worth of bragging at their press conference....

Destructoid is all about the arts. In this particular instance, chalk. Dtoid superfanboy and multi-Academy Award nomineeJustin “Raspberry Jowls” Dopiriakis looking for a little help from the internets. As you’re able to see above, “Raspberry Jowls” loves the classics. About a week ago, my friend and I more or less vandalized school property at The College of New Jersey under the protection of a vaguely defined art project. The police showed up, but they just assumed we had permission and they left....

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary ofAmerican McGee’s Alice, Epic Weapons is announcing that it will be releasing a life-sized replica of the game’s key weapon, the Vorpal Blade. I’m not going to describe the 18 5/8″ blade, because… just look at this thing. It’s going to be available for pre-order purchase at Comic Con next week, with the first 25 blades going up for live auction from July 22 through July 22....

Despite the Australian dollar steadily maintaining parity with the US dollar for quite some time now, most videogame prices still remain painfully high. In what comes as welcome news,Macquarie Bank consumer analyst Rob Blythepredicts people in Australia will not have to fork over mountains of cash for their videogames for much longer. On the back of a consumer report into online spending in Australia, Blythe believes that the disconnection between the dollar’s parity and high game prices will soon be something of the past:...

An angry Xbox Live user who had been banned from the service over thirty-five times has retaliated against executive Stephen Toulouse, hacking his Xbox Live account and gaining control of his personal blog. The attack didn’t last long, which is hardly surprising considering the fact that Toulouse is the Director of Policy and Enforcement for Xbox LIVE and likely has account recovery powers beyond that of mortal men. The hacker, calling himself “Predator”, didn’t seem to do much with the account, other than boast on Youtube and getdisturbinglyemotional about his success while breathing heavily into the microphone....

You remember the big stink the SIXAXIS control scheme of PS3’sLaircaused, don’t you? Gamers and reviewers were frusturated with the motion-only control, as analog control was not provided as an option. When the title was rated by the gaming press, it recieved mostly negative marks because of this lack of control options. Now it seems that analog control is coming in an update.IGNsays that Sony Japan provided first details today on a free update forLair, and analog control is listed among the update items....

Ben Judd probably looks just like that right now. He’s updated theBionic Commando: Rearmedblogwith some numbers relating to the success of the game and it’s pretty staggering. 130,000 copies sold in the first seven days, no doubt vindicating his mad quest to go back to the series’ 2D roots in the eyes of many a Capcom executive. In addition to the sales numbers, Judd also throws down the average review scores of the game as listed by gamerankings....

Raucous rock music does more than annoy parents inBrutal Legend. Harnessing the power of metal is as vital to the game’s lifeblood as an oxygen tank is to a scuba diver’s lungs. That is to say, without rock n’ roll there is noBrutal Legend. The multiplayer component of the game is an RTS kind of thing — thinkOverlordwith a touch ofKingdom Under Fire. In the component, players will control an avatar from one of three factions in an attempt to destroy eachother’s stages in epic Stage Battles....

Up in the posh Capcom suite at Planet Hollywood, we were handed a Wii remote and placed in front of a new preview build ofDead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. Now, it is no secret that those of us at Destructoid who have had the opportunity to play various demos of the Wii port up to this point have had less than favorable impressions of it. Never one to outright dismiss a game, particularly one with zombies, I was willing to giveChop Till You Dropa fair shake....

At its CES keynote speech moments ago, Microsoft announced a new addition to the Community Games Channel, called simply Kodu. A game designed to “turn Xbox 360 players into creators,” Kodu is a new piece of software hoping to hop aboard the “user generated content” train that is proving so quasi-popular lately. Giving a demonstration “with an actual 12-year-old girl,” Microsoft’s President of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Robbie Bach, demonstrated the service, which actually looks like it might have potential....