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Are you all excited for ourQuake Livetournament, but you can’t figure out how to actually get a match going? Don’t worry, it’s actually really easy once you figure out what you’re doing! If you’ve been having trouble getting everything started, hit the jump for our simple guide on signing up, finding an opponent, and setting up a match. Step #1: This should be fairly obvious, but the very first thing you need to do is make sure you’re signed up for aQuake Liveaccount....

TodayHydrophobiadeveloper Dark Energy Digital is teasing an upcoming announcement, which we can expect this Monday. What could it be? We’ll have to wait, but it seems to be a response to criticism of the XBLA title, with some speculating it could be a “revamp” or an update. Now look,our reviewer wasn’t a fan of the title, and that’s well-documented. It seems like the developer was listening, though. “We’d like to thank everybody who has taken the time to produce feedback on our game,” writes Dark Energy creative director Pete Jones....

First off, let me apologise for the length of this video; it is an epic twenty minutes long and at no point during recording did I want to cut it short. Anyone who has seen my videos with Alex from MadCatz will know how awesome he is to interview and how much I love interviewing him; he is pure showmanship. Aside from the length of this interview, Alex and myself take a look at the new Tritton Headsets — due out autumn 2011 — which are the very first wireless headset for the Xbox 360 to have the proprietary technology that until this point Microsoft held exclusively....

Sony has sprung aKillzone 3media leak after sending preview code to the wrong people. The most important aspect of this info flood is the revelation that Guerrilla’s red-eyed shooter series is introducing split-screen co-op to the mix. As well as this slice of news, an enterprising young snitch has uploaded ten minutes of preview footage and revealed an off-screen battle with a gigantic mech that bears more than a passing resemblance to theChaos Space Marine Defiler....

If you want to take a break from jumping up and down in front of your television and just connect (get it!?) with someone else, you’ll be glad to know that Kinect works with Windows Live Messenger on PCs. Marc Whitten, Xbox Live’s general manager, confirmed that you may use your Kinect camera to video chat with all the Windows Live Messenger users of the world, and that this functionality will be available at launch....

Rockstar Games is serious about releasingLA Noireon May 17, and to prove it, it’s sent out the final box art for the game today. In Rockstar’s own words, the “artwork features Detective Cole Phelps agains the backdrop of a crime-plagued 1947 Los Angeles.” Curiously, no mention of that girl’s huge, blue face. What a mystery. Rockstar also says it will be revealing “exclusive content” and pre-order bonuses for the game tomorrow....

As much as PC-owners may want to venture to Albion for a second time, it doesn’t appear as if Lionhead are immediately committed to bringing it to the platform. A developer recently told community members via theLionhead’s official message boardthat the studio is not “working on a PC version of Fable II…” He then added, “If this changes we’ll make sure you know about it on our websites(s).” The statement has a hole big enough to drive a truck through, but it does disprove Molyneux’s sillyOctober statementthat there wasn’t an “announcement either positive or negative on a PC version of Fable 2…”...

Over the last few days, the guys over at Media Molecule have been working hard to fix some of the minor issues inLittleBigPlanet. The most notable of the fixes came in patch 1.06, which significantly improved moderation of levels. Basically, Media Molecule will now tell users that their penis levels have penises via an in-game message. Also, players can now remove offensive stuff from their levels and upload them again....

[Backlogis the ongoing quest to ridConrad Zimmerman’scollection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channelevery weeknight at 8pm Pacific] Last night onBacklog, we ran out of time with just the teensiest bit left to go inAmerican McGee’s Alice. There are good odds that we’ll have that wrapped up in half an hour, which leaves us a lot of show to go....

Time again for Backlog, the continuing effort to clear the unfinished games from my collection. We’re playingBully, getting ready to deal with the preppy clique in a series of zany misadventures. Perhaps there will be comical pranks in store. Or maybe I just beat the crap out of them in boxing and possibly bike racing. It’s been a while since the last I tried to play this. Come and join me and the goons in the chat as we play and converse....

Moon Diver, what an awesome name! Today onMash Tacticswe will be jumping and slicing our way into this title that is available onXbox LiveandPlayStation Network. you’re able to check us out every weekday at 4PM PST onJustin Tv. We will be playing this game for the first time so get there early to see our initial impressions. [Join us for Mash Tactics every weekday at 4PM PST onJustin.Tv/Destructoidto watch live streams of new game releases and crazy antics with industry guests....

Runneris a game by Anthony Burch, Ashley Davis and myself — all members of the gaming press. It’s a strange game, caught in a strange situation. Who’s going to review it? Other members of the gaming press? Not likely; gaming enthusiast sites don’t tend to review free games (especially ones made by their competitors). Cutting out every other gaming site only leaves Destructoid as a potential source for reviewers. Quite a few of our c-bloggers actually didtake a shotatreviewingRunner, withsomereallyinterestingandthought-provokingresults....

Days after Mad Catz announced their new wireless peripheral license agreement with Microsoft, the manufacturer and distributor announced a wide range of products sure to clutter store shelves in June and August. The majority of the peripherals are Rock Band related (for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, of course), however, a few of them may be relevant to your Wii interests — if you’re short a controller or two....