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The Destructoid tips line was given aneat little storyconcerning two bloggers who are currently documenting their adventures in India. The post of interest contains pictures of “street gaming” in Jodhpur, where children pay to playGrand Theft AutoandTekkenin the street. It’s quite a cool sight. According to the story, kids put down two-rupees for a chance to play at this store, something which is obviously popular with this engrossed little crowd. It’s not exactly the arcade, but it does the trick, yes?...

You may remember thatHalo 3sold$170 million in the first 24 hoursof release just in the United States. Well, a week has passed now and the numbers are in. Thissleeper hithas made $300 million worldwide. Not only that, but Xbox 360 console sales have almost doubled and nearly three million people have played on LIVE: Within the first day of its launch, “Halo 3” players worldwide racked up more than 3.6 million hours of online gameplay, which increased more than elevenfold to 40 million hours by the end of the first week, representing more than 4,500 years of continuousgameplay....

According toOfficial PlayStation Magazine, Phil Harrison’s got his hype guns out and he’s firing at will. InreferencetoKillzone(you know that movie that Sony showed a while back that got people’s expectations of the PS3 all out of wack), Harrison says that the game is even better than what we all saw. With Killzone, the expectation internally and externally is very high – and I won’t show it until it’s going to exceed people’s expectations....

Can’t wait to playGoldenEye 007on your shiny white Wii? Well tough, because you’re going to have to. In the meantime, however, we have some screens and a video for you to gawp at like a brainless guppy, so why not do that to pass the time? So, who’s excited for this? After all the rumors about this game, I have to say I’ve the felt fan reaction so far to be respectively tepid....

Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong is a company division that actually exists, and it couldn’t be happier because it finally has something important to do! That thing is theworldwide launch partyfor the PS3 Slim which is making its debut in Hong Kong due to time differences between it and Japan. Score one for the country that ten minutes ofRush Hourwas set in! On September 1, the day of launch, SCEHK will be holding a party at Causeway Bay, one of Hong Kong’s busiest consumer districts....

[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.] As I write this, I’m running on roughly four hours of sleep. Not because I was partying last night, and certainly not because I was gaming....

Not yet, at least. We hear so much about how the Nintendo Wii’s wand wiggling could benefit a player’s physical fitness, but a new study says that it may not benefit us as much as we originally thought. Dalhousie Universitystudent Justin White decided to test the Wii’s fitness ability against otheractivities, and he found that it might not be the best choice forcardiovascular exercise. Thirty minutes ofWii Sports‘ boxing was compared to 30 minutes of walking and a 30-minute session of aboxercise video....

This post is aboutEvery Day the Same Dream, an indie game about the monotony of cubicle life and one man’s attempt to escape it. Or not escape it. Or something. Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, great — another pretentious artgame. Well, you’re kind of right. But it’s a somewhat enjoyable pretentious artgame, nonetheless. If you really wanna know whether or not it’s worth your time, I’ve made the following handy pro/con list:...

Introversion Software’s fantastic strategy gamesDarwiniaandMultiwiniaare almost ready to hit Xbox LIVE Arcade together under theDarwinia+moniker. Last we heard, it should be finalized “in the coming months.” Originally, the indie developer wanted to get this port out in six months. They are now on year two of the process. What went wrong? Speaking to CVG, Introversion’sMark Morris went into more depth than Microsoft would probably like. I love it when they do that....

Tripwire Interactive continues down its path of generosity with even more free content forKilling Floor. This time, the promotion is called theSummer Sideshow, and it lasts from June 30 to July 22. What is it? Simple! The Abusement Park map, further achievements, and theme-appropriate characters to prolong the life of this rather fun co-op survival game. I personally got the game from the Indie Potato bundle and have been looking for an excuse to get back intoKilling Floor....

Granddaddies of the genre itself, Konami is set to bring a new and original rhythm game to the DS, titledUtacchi. The name is a mashup of the Japanese word for song, “uta,” and the distinctly less Japanese word for touch, “touch.” Despite having its ownproduct page, very little is known about the game thus far, as few details are given in its description beyond noting that it’s played by touching things in synch with music....

To promote the release of its digital-download-only PlayStation Portable brawler,Unbound Saga, Vogser Entertainment sent out some incredibly detailed and awesome limited edition statues. What do we think of them? We think they’re incredibly detail and awesome, of course. We just said that. Pay attention. Sculpted by Rafael Grassetti and produced byOwnage.com, the 10″ tall cold-cast statues embody the likenesses ofUnbound Saga‘s street-fighting duo, Rick Ajax and Lori Machete. Each figure is amazingly detailed, and fully painted from head to toe....

Game Arts’Lunargames still stand in my top ten list of favorite games of all time. I adore bothLunarandLunar 2, and play them whenever I get the downtime to enjoy them. Both Sega CD and PlayStation versions. I like to mix it up. And now I’ll be able to mix it up even more with a new version of the first game, coming soon to the PSP. LUNAR: Harmony of Silver Star is a Game Arts developed full remake of the 1992 title, complete with reworked graphics and game play interface....