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In what could be a ballsy move, ZEN Studios has announced that it will be releasing a playable demo forPunisher: No Mercyon PlayStation Network tomorrow. Ballsy because a few people had made up their minds that at $9.99, the gory multiplayer shooter seemed like a sure bet. While we’d like to hope the game holds up, I suppose we’ll find out tomorrow – the demo will feature two of the game’s eight levels from the full game, which also hits PSN tomorrow....

Ever finish with a rousing game ofMario Brotherson the Virtual Console and think, “Man, I really wish I had a controller that looked like a PSP.” Apparently the boys at Blazepro have thought about it at least once. The above image is a functional Wii Remote attachment that is said to work just like the classic controller. Since I can’t sum all the great features of this controller alone, I’ll allow the seller atsuperufodo it for me:...

Even though Japan isn’t exactly home to a lot of the 360’s success, it seems that some Japanese developers still prefer to work with Microsoft’s console in mind. One such studio is Arc System Works, currently hammering away onGuilty Gear 2: Overture. Guilty Gearcreator Daisuke Ishiwatariexplained the reasonwhy 360 development is still popular: It was easier for a small-and-mid-sized developer like us to develop a game for Xbox 360 than PS3....

[Update 2: OK, everything seems to be in order. It must have been an isolated issue this morning, but as of right now, the game works fine online — though to be honest it is laggy and sluggish at points. Move along, nothing to see here.] The biggest appeal toCrackdownwas not only the promise ofHalo 3, but also the kick-ass co-op that was included. For a few weeks, some of us have had the game and have been playing online — enjoying the hell out of it too....

OnSeptember 1st, 3DS owners who are part of Nintendo’s Ambassador program will be able to download the first batch of ten games. In theoriginal announcement, we learned of five NES games that would be made available:Super Mario Bros.,Donkey Kong Jr.,Balloon Fight,Ice Climber,andThe Legend of Zelda. According to thistweetby Nintendo of America, we can addMetroid,NES Open Tournament Golf,Wrecking Crew,Yoshi, andZelda II: The Adventure of Linkto that list. Yup, sounds about right....

Courtesy of EGMi, we haveour first lookat the character you’ll be playing as inBioShock Infinite, Booker DeWitt. He certainly looks like the protagonist type, doesn’t he? I would have never figured it out myself, but the cover is actually a throwback to issue 141 ofThe Uncanny X-Men. Except, instead of rugged old Wolverine, we have this dashing DeWitt fellow. Seems fitting, given what we’ve seenthrough his eyesso far. BioShock Infinite Hero Revealed In Image Inspired By An X-Men Cover[G4]...

Ikaruga My sister, as you might have gathered from my random comments about her on RetroForceGO!, is the bane of my existence. She is a kind, generous, completely decent human being, and for thatshe must be destroyed. She also plays videogames from time to time, and so I thought I’d document our experiences playing them together. This first episode, centered aroundIkaruga, marks the premiere installment of a not-that-many-part series known as “Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing,” or “HAWP” for short....

You know how annoying it is when Xbox Live goes down? Well, imagine if the downtime lasted six years. In fact, imagine never getting Xbox Live at all. To some of you, that sounds like a blessing, but angry Xbox 360 owners in Poland aren’t thankful for it. In fact, they’re sick to death of Microsoft stringing them along with promises, and they want Live NAOW! “Polish gamers have been hearing about the introduction of Xbox Live to our country for 6 years,” writes Polish groupWeWantLive, “ever since Peter Moore said the hope-inspiring ‘Xbox Live will eventually be available in Poland....

We heard a couple months back that Kojima and Square Enix were working onsome thingstogether relating toMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Specifically, the RPG mammoth is producing toys based on the characters and mechs in the game while Kojima is reciprocating by tossing in items fromFront MissionintoPeace Walker. Fair trade, I’d say. The pairing may not be quite finished yet. Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto tweeted today, saying, “A new promotion with Hideo Kojima is set....

Konami took over Hudson recently, and with that came a canceling of titles. Sad, I know. The latest issue of Famitsu updates us on what exactly was canceled. We don’t know why they were canceled, but we do know thatOmega Five, BonkandBombermanfor the 3DS are dead as of now. FreakingBomberman, man. I would have loved a newBombermanfor the 3DS. That’s really disappointing. Damn you, Konami. Also on the canceled list wasDeca Sports 4, for the Wii....

[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 onour community blogs.] There is a large contingent of gamers who will forever discount the viability of motion controls in traditional play because the values championed by them, like encouraging active movement, lie opposed to the long-standing values that these gamers hold dear....

First thing this morning, we received word that GameFly was claiming the PlayStation 3 version of Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming cross-platform MMOThe Agencywas canceled. It was a pretty straightforward email, with the listing for the game being shown as “The Agency (cancelled) [sic] for PlayStation 3.” So we asked SOE — what’s up? “The Agencyis still in development for release on both the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms,” they told us....

It takes some serious balls to call your gameJumpman.Such a title mentally conjures a significant amount of videogame history, beginning withDonkey Kongand ending with this pretentiously-titled little indie title. It compares itself to every platformer ever made, and claims to somehow exhibit a purer form of platforming than most games do today. It’s comforting, then, thatJumpmanis really quite good. Combining simple graphics and initially accessible gameplay with trippy, imaginative scenarios,Jumpmantakes the simple joy of difficult (but not punishing) platforming and mixes it with some really damned clever levels....