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Here is the trailer forTekken: Blood Vengeance, announced tonight as part of the Namco Bandai Level Up press event. The film is a fully computer-generated 3D feature with a 90-minute running time and tells a story set between the fifth and sixth installments of the series. The film’s screenplay was written by Dai Sato (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,Cowboy Bebop) and it’s being directed by Youichi Mouri, who has previously directed the opening movies forTekken 5andTekken 6....

Rumor has it that EA Sports has picked up the NBA Jam license. If true, then awesome! It’s been far too long since I’ve had fun with a basketball game. The new Monthly Musing topic is up, Dale checked outShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Dark Voiddemo will be out later this week, George Costanza’sFroggerscore has been beaten and more happened on 01/05/10. Destructoid Originals:Monthly Musings: The FutureHAWPcast: a Dr Who sandwich on Half-Life breadPodtoid 132 doesn’t have all that much to talk aboutInterview: Max & the Magic Marker’s Mikkel ThorstedGame Debate to the Death!...

Hello my pretties. Today’s Destructoid Show mixes things up a bit. First, we’ve got some quick news hits onStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition,which is now available on XBLA and PSN.Holmes gave it a 9/10 in his review, and it’s also this first game in thePSN Play event, which is worth keeping an eye on. Meanwhile, we’ve finally got a juicy, dripping trailer forAliens: Colonial Marines.Gamestop, in their ongoing effort tostop games, hasordered the removalof OnLive coupons from PC copies ofDeus Ex: Human Revolution....

I’m not much of a prolific thinker when it comes to figuring out how to jazz up my plastic instruments, but I thought I would share my latest creation. I recently gotGuitar Hero: Aerosmith, and I thought the original Aerosmith artwork really blew. What better way to celebrate yet another instrument to the collection than with Mr. Destructoid? Since I’m not much of an artist myself, I decided to use two of the awesome wallpapers that readers havesent in to us....

[Every Friday, Destructoid will pose topical a question to the community. Answer it if you want!] Electronic Arts has been attacking Activision andCall of Dutyto an extreme degree as we grow closer to November. While Activision has been doing its best to ignore any mudslinging, EA has been having a rather one-sided argument, trash talking its more stoic rival in a shameless manner. Some of us think the verbal onslaught is a bad idea, something that detracts attention away fromBattlefield 3‘s merits as a videogame....

If you’re into story-based RPGs, listen well:The Spirit Engine 2, formerly $10 (and before that, formerly $18) is now free. Even as someone who doesn’t really dig dialogue-heavy RPGs, there’s some interesting stuff here. Your party, for instance. You can select three of nine characters at the beginning of the game and no matter what combination of characters you choose, they will all engage in unique, character-specific conversations with one another....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] It’s really easy to be a complete bastard in games that you have no deep connection to....

Looking at the header image, you might think this shirt has something to do with a certain extremely popular Valve game. Let’s be clear — the girl in this ad is obviously not Zoey, and this medkit does not resemble any medkits from any popular zombie-killing video games. I promise. Any similarities are entirely coincidental. This shirt was probably created for paramedics or something. If you want this obviously not-inspired-by-Left 4 Deadshirt, if you REALLY like first aid, or if you’re a paramedic, you can pick it up atThinkGeekfor $16....

Codemasterspromised better“water and other surfaces as well as crowd animations” for the delayed PC version ofDiRT 2, and they weren’t kidding. While console gamers have had the opportunity to play and love the off-road racer for a while now, PC players have something to look forward to: DirectX 11.At the Windows 7launch partyMicrosoft held in New York, this new and improved version was finally shown off in all its highly-technical glory....

I’m a total dork when it comes to the Halloween rituals — I love hanging the stupid skeleton on the door, going to pick out a pumpkin to carve, queuing up the scary movies. I’m not so sure how I feel about carving a pumpkin virtually, but if you feel good about it, now you can do it.Siliconeraspotted indie gamePumpkin Carveron the Xbox Live store, which, as you can guess, is a pumpkin carving sim....

You might remember us telling you last week that Pentavision’s newest rhythm game,DJMax Technika, was beingTested in SoCal arcades, and it seems that’s only the beginning of the Korean developer’s push to bring this popular franchise to American shores. After a chat with PM Studios producer, Michael Yum,The Escapistreports that a DS version is already in development, and that an iPhone port is in the pre-production/research phase as we speak. We’re not actually speaking, but play along....

Two new demos were released on Xbox Live today, but they are only available to those with Xbox Live Gold accounts. The first demo is forCollege Hoops 2K7and the other is a single player demo forSplinter Cell Double Agent. If you have a Silver account,you won’tbe able to get these demos for another week. While this does kind of suck, Live is actually worth the $50 per year, so you really shouldn’t be complaining too much....

We received this massive collection of screenshots for the latest PSP offering from NIS America,Z.H.P Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman. There’s a ton of stuff here. you may see what the dungeons will look like, along with special attacks. The real reason for posting these is the collection of story-related images that outline the plot of the game. You are, apparently, a young kid in Japan who accidentally runs over an undefeated superhero and must take up his mantle to defeat a great evil....