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Chatting with Gamesindustry.biz, Greg LoPiccolo, VP of Product Development for Harmonix, offered insight as to whyGuitar HeroandRock Bandbecame so widely popular, while the company’s earlier rhythm games such asFrequencyorAmplitudewere unable to garner that same level of public interest. “I remain really proud of them [FrequencyandAmplitude] – I think they’re great games – but the thing we learned from those games is that an abstract concept is very hard for people to get their heads around....

But is it intriguing enough to convince everyone to give another videogame-based movie a chance? Uh … I’ll let you be the judge of that. My general viewpoint tends to be that of expecting the absolute worse and then likely getting something that’s not great, but it’s not the horrible mess you thought it would be. TheIMDB pageof the Sam Raimi-directed flick recently got a facelift — originally justWorld of Warcraft, the film is now referred to asWarcraft: The Rise of the Lich King....

We all like pretty pictures, so why not check these ones out? This is the latest batch of screens and artwork for the promising Wii RPGXenoblade. As always, the art is pretty fantastic but still doesn’t tell us very much about how the damn thing plays, or even looks in-game. Xenobladeis one of three JRPGs (The Last StoryandArc Rise Fantasiabeing the others) I’m looking forward to on the Wii, although some more details and in-game samples would be wonderful....

Here’s a thing that’s now on my radar,thanks to Twitter—Haymaker Games‘Ghost Chef. Scheduled as an Xbox LIVE Arcade release, the game puts spectres in the kitchen, in what the indie developer calls a “revolution in interactive spectral cooking.”Ghost Chefwill feature solo, cooperative, and campaign modes, with players using their spirits to stir, cook, and otherwise tend kitchen. That will involve fighting off a giant squid, and avoiding the hazards of slipping on syrup....

I realize that it is quite possible that literally no one cares about the fact that you can change your visor color inHalo: Reach. In fact, I am having trouble caring. But for some reason this little bit of minutia has caught my eye and thanks to America and its celebration of awesome it’s a slow news weekend so I don’t feel too bad posting about thevisor changing optionnow found inHalo: Reach....

You might have heard that theBioShock 2ending is up on YouTube. No, I’m not going to link to it. That’s a dick thing to do, and is almost as bad as putting it up in the first place. I did, however, point it out to 2K. Of course, they already knew about it, and as you’d expect, were not impressed in the slightest. “We know that we can only control that so much....

This is a review forSuper PSTWover on Newgrounds. The game is actually funny and I totally forgot to inform you all about it last week. Well here you go, with bonus video of an idiot raging because videogames are serious business. Angry, badly written game review reinterpreted with animation and dramatic reading[Boing-Boing]

[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 with 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.] There’s this kid I used to know. Pretty decent guy all around, to be honest with you....

The Independent Games Festival’s Main Competitionreceived 306 gameentries, if you can believe that. I took it upon myself to scan themulti-page listfor a few projects I could highlight, and whenever something popped out at me, I opened the game’s landing page in a new tab. Needless to say, by the end of the list Firefox was chugging. Quite a few of the indie games had been discussed here before by either Anthony, Joseph, or in some rare cases me — those are the ones I won’t be giving love to today....

Judson ‘Cicada‘ Cowan is an odd duck in the world of music. He’s a gifted composer, there’s no denying that (unless you like being wrong), but he’s always shared his music freely with the online community and asks only that you listen. He’s also a man of heady concepts, having just completed his latest album,Technology Crisis II, a soundtrack for a videogame that doesn’t exist. Yes, he’s an odd one, but an amazingly talented one at that....

It’s the season of spending (and possibly helping charity in the process so you don’t feel like such a consumer whore). With that in mind, here’s yet another holiday sale. Six excellent independent titles —Canabalt,Solipskier,Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor,Osmos,Eliss, andDrop7— are not only marked down to $0.99 each, but a third of all sales minus Apple’s cut will go directly to the charity Child’s Play. This promotion lasts until December 31, and you can read more about the gamesby clicking here....

Ignition Entertainment has just recently released a bunch of brand new screenshots forArc Rise Fantasia, the upcoming Wii RPG that I am rather looking forward to. They show off some cutscenes, dialog sections, and in-game towns. Everything you need. Apart from the battle scenes, and who really wantsthose? Arc Rise Fantasiais putting a heavy emphasis on story, which is one of the reasons I’m anticipating it so highly. Too many RPGs focus on graphics over narrative these days, and I’m glad thatArc Riseis putting writing first....

Did you miss theArmy Corps of Helltrailer from TGS? If you have, no worries, as Square Enix has just let out the “uncensored” version of this trailer. If this video doesn’t get you pumped up for this upcoming PS Vita game, I don’t know what will. I laughed about eight times when watching the above video. The screaming in the background when the text “Die or Die!” pops up did it for me....