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LocoRocooozed personality. Its vibrant visuals and original gameplay elements made up for the game’s shallow feature set and uncomplicated level design.LocoRoco 2is capitalizing on the former title’s visual flair and adding a few new mechanics aimed specifically to diversify play. And it’s approaching quickly – the game is set to be on shelves by February 10th. To celebrate the impending release, Sony plans to toss out free goodies for the game over PlayStation Network....

Who likes theStar Wars Jedi Knightgames? A lot of people, apparently. I’d be willing to bet if you started upJedi Academyright this second, you’d be able to find a match online. Then again, the same could be said of quite a fewStar Warstitles that have an ongoing following so many years after launch. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Steam has added theJedi Knightseriesto its massive collection of downloadable games....

According toa polldone by the association BITCOM in Germany, gamers seem to be pretty sensible about the amount of time they spend with their favorite hobby. While 62% of those asked play videogames on a daily base, most of them don’t play more thantwo hours per day. Only about 4% play around three to four hours and 3% more than four hours per day. The study goes a step further and compares these numbers with the average TV-consumption: The national average for Germany lies around 3....

[We’ve been getting a ton of great entries for theMonthly Musingso far — enough that I can promote a blog every single day this week! Today’s blog is brought to you by Stevil, who discusses the decline and evolution of the difficult and unforgiving tactical shooter genre. There is also a jazzy chart. If you haven’t written a blog on the topic yet, I still need promotions for the rest of the month!...

Hiya Billy! I’ve got some balloons for ya, all the colors of the rainbow. Oh they float … and when you’re down here, YOU’LL FLOAT TOO! That will mean nothing to you if you’ve not watchedStephen King’s IT, but it doesn’t matter. Whatdoesmatter is that someHeavy Rainscreens have hit and they are jam-packed with terrifying clown action. These new images are a bit of a departure from the usual assets we get for Quantic Dream’s new game, given that they’re quite bright and colorful and happy....

Every day this week, we here at Destructoid are revealing one of the five nominees for Game of the Year 2009, with the winner being announced next Monday (12/21). What game will take the crown this year? This morningLeft 4 Dead 2was unveiled as the first nominee forDestructoid Game of the Year 2009. Today it’s time to reveal the second! Since Rey put together a kickass video for each of these nominees — and there is a description of each choice after the jump — I am left with the tough job of making these introductory paragraphs interesting enough to keep people reading, but cryptic enough to not reveal too much....

Here are some pictures you’re able to look at if you want. This month’s episodeof The Journalism Show was based onHalf-Life 2: Episode 2, and is the first one presented in the show’s intended format. As I said in the post, I wanted to use the first couple of episodes to introduce the characters and build a foundation for what they’re all about. Now that you have an idea of who they are, this episode more or less represents what the series is largely going to be like from now on....

We revealed our Game of the Year on Destructoid. Just what was it, you ask? Well you’re going to have to read the post to find out, duh! Otherwise, we did a quick run of a brand new shirt, we’re doing a Charity Water event on Sunday, Chad checked outUncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, yourGears of War 3beta will come with the “Epic Edition” ofBulletstormand more happened on 12/17/10. Destructoid Originals:The winner of Destructoid Game of the Year 2010The Chill Bros shirt (SOLD OUT)Dtoid (the show): Uncharted 3, Mass Effect 2, and Dr....

So how does the Sky-Hook actually work? Yeah, I’ve seenBioShock Infinitein action, but I’m still confused. Is the main character’s arms resting right on top of the rail the whole time? Or is he putting his arm up just in time to connect with the railway? Destructoid Original:Come get some anyhow: Bad reviews won’t affect Duke salesInterview with Mike Ross and GootecksTara Long and Conrad give E3 impressions on JTVPoor Raz: Alice: Madness Returns references PsychonautsAre publishers doing E3 badly on purpose?...

Good evening, Destuctikids! As it’s a Friday, we shot today’s Destructoid Show in front of a LIVE internet audience. In case you missed it, here it is. Today, in addition to giving away someAssassin’s Creed Revelationsbeta codes, we also covered some hard-hitting news. By “hard-hitting,” I of course mean “video game related.” First, theDead Islandcomic book that was given away at Comic-Con isnow available online. It looks like Team Bondi, the Australian studio behindL....

Are you going to New York Comic-Con? We are. It’s just far enough away that we can have the Con SARS wear off from the San Diego Comic-Con. My things are being sterilized as we speak. It’s 58 days away, folks: October 8-10 at the Jacob K Javits Center.Tickets are on sale. There’s amassive list of exhibitorsfor the show(s) (New York Anime Fest takes place at the same time) spanning all ranks of nerddom, from comics to anime to…ours, games....

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this wholePlayStation Network downtime, it’s that console fanboys, stupid as they are, can always getmorestupid. This has been proven on thePlayStation Network Facebook Page, which has been a terrific source of free entertainment since the PSN went offline. Actually, scratch that. It’s notfree, per se. It comes at the cost of your sanity and faith in humankind. However, that may be a negligible price to pay if you’re a big fan of watching idiots embarrass themselves online....

After an unnecessarily long wait, Capcom’sResident Evil 5 demohit the Xbox Live service in late January. A PlayStation 3 demo follows it with a release on the PlayStation Network this week. Other than differences in controller mapping, many gamers are saying that these demos are exact mirror images of each other. Our keen eyes saw differently.In the above video, you’ll see that we’ve created a side-by-side comparison of the two demos....