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AHAHAHAHAHAHApauses, clutches sides, catches breathAHAHAHAHA … MercyfulFate.LedZeppelin.Def Leppard. MötleyCrüe. It’stotally metalto purposely misspell your band’s name, right? So in a way, we can’treallyfault Activision for misspelling Lynyrd Skynyrd on the box art forGuitar Hero: Metallica(as you can see in the image above, they omitted the second “y” in “Skynyrd”). Amazingly, no Dtoiders — usually an eagle-eyed bunch — picked up on that when weposted the cover artworklast week! Lynyrd Skynyrd is just one ofover 20 artiststhat aren’t Metallica to have their music in the game....

Hey everyone! It’s wild speculation time, sponsored by Nintendo. So, the Big N sent out this vague tease which reads in its entirety, “The legacy began … more than ten years ago.” I don’t know what the hell that’s supposed to mean, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t flail madly about screaming about how awesome it would be for Nintendo to develop another neglected IP back to life. But it begs a question: What game could they possibly be getting us excited about....

It was once viewed as the holy grail for players obsessed with masteringGuitar Hero, but now “Through the Fire and Flames” is available for download inRock Band 3. If you’re anything like me, you won’t have more than a passing curiosity in how insane the note tracks are on the higher difficulty settings. Oh look! The internet provides once again. Christ. Why would you want to do this to yourself? Unless you’re Dragonforce and making money for performing this song, I can’t see any logical reason to self-inflict this kind of punishment....

Welcome to part four of ten in our “How to not look like an idiot inTeam Fortress 2” series, which started this Monday and will end on October 10th with the release ofThe Orange Box. The Sniper is perhaps the most demonstrative ofTeam Fortress 2‘s gameplay philosophy. As a character class, he’s got one foot planted firmly in the realm of typical multiplayer warfare (he can pull off headshots, kill baddies in one shot, etcetera), but also has some unique, gleefully unrealistic drawbacks so as to balance his abilities against those of the other classes....

One of the best parts about Xbox Live Arcade is the potential for independent game developers to create cheap and innovative games for the service. When Nintendo announced the inclusion of the Virtual Console for the Wii, many thought it would provide an even greater outlet for independent creativity. Well, thanks to Nintendo’s apparent sluggishness on providing the tools, the whole process is under one big delay. Here’sthe latest: Ian Bogost of Persuasive Games claims that Nintendo is having so much trouble meeting the demand of publishers that it can’t supply consoles to indie teams....

Many of us really aren’t sold on this whole stereoscopic 3D thing — whether it be for movies, sports, or even gaming — like, at all. But hey, that’s not going to stop companies like Sony from pushing forward with the trend while it’s still all up in our faces. The new line of 3D-capableBravia HDTVswill soon be appearing in stores, now that they are up for presale. Wait, isn’t this a gaming blog?...

Not too long ago we told you that DS RPG gameKnights in the Nightmarewas coming to the PSP. Along with the bump up in screen size, we heard that a few new features, like a character database and an opening movie, have been added. Now we get to see a bit of what this port will look like. The images in our gallery below are mostly hand-drawn story shots. They look great....

Hold on. Hold on. I know you’re already foaming at the mouth. You saw Bobby Kotick’s name,Call of Duty, my Satan image, and something involving paying more money and you assumed that you’d be really angry with whatever was down here. But take a second and read his quote when he was asked by the Wall Street Journal, “If you could snap your fingers, and instantly make one change in your company, what would it be, and why?...

Sure, we give you guys things, but it’s only once in a while we get to give you BIG things. Exciting things, like new computers. However, thanks to the courtesy ofAeria Games, today we have one, and for the next month you have a chance to win it! This contest is centered around the free-to-play MMOShaiya, which you may downloadhereif you ‘d like to enter the drawing. Once you do, make am Aeria account that starts with Dtoid (example: “DtoidColette”) and get your character up tolevel 5....

In case you were wondering, Frozenbyte has still been working away post-release support for its action/puzzle platformerTrine; a dedicated bunch if I’ve ever seen one. Patch 1.06 went out a few days ago for owners of the Steam version, and the studio just gave us the heads up that the retail counterpart isnow availableas well. What’s most interesting is that retail copies ofTrine— with the help of this new patch — no longer use copy protection....

Next time we’re out for dinner,LittleBigPlanet‘s Sackboy is paying, because it looks like the little dude is getting a lot of work lately. According to Australia’s classification board, a title calledSackboy’s Prehistoric Movesis in the works.Siliconerafirst spotted the listing, which hasLittleBigPlanetdeveloper Media Molecule and Supermassive as the folks behind the title. Supermassive’s most recent games were PlayStation Move joints, includingStart the Partyand my personal favorite,Tumble. In addition to next yearsLittleBigPlanet 2release, could we be seeing Sackboy getting his own title?...

Did you like Sony’s weird-ass rolling blob gameLocoRoco? The first-party PSP game was really a hit-or-miss type of affair, and while some really dug the colors and world-tilting gameplay, others gave it a “what the hell?” and moved on. If you are in the ‘for’ camp, then you’ll be pleased to know that a sequel is coming to the PS3. The new title is being calledBuu Buu Cocoreccho!, which probably translates to look at this crazy made-in-Japan sh*t....

In what isn’t too much of a surprise, LucasArts revealed its upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade titleLucidityon GameTrailers TV last night. The game follows the adventures of a little girl named Sophie, who the player guides through a dream-like world by placing objects in the environment to guide her way. LikeLemmings, you don’t control Sophie directly — she moves independently, and it’s your job to keep her safe. The game will feature 30 levels, along with 15 unlockable bonus stages....