We’re coming into the home stretch forMafia IIas the game lands this week, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have anything new to show off to you. The video above should wet your whistle for the next few days before you pick the game up. It’s a nice little peak at how to earn money around town. You know, the usual stuff like beating a guy into a bloody pulp or something....
Sometimes a facepalm doesn’t quite do the trick. A manhas been convictedon charges of beating his 17 month old daughter to death because she accidentally knocked his Xbox 360 over during a game. Tyrone Spellman is said to have cracked his baby’s head open “like a walnut” for disrupting his game session. Due to the fact that it was an act of anger and death wasn’t intended, Spellman has been convicted of third degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child (I’d call cracking a skull open more than endangering)....
Some people can love a littletoomuch, and the heady world of body modification is often proof of just that. Take, for example, a man known only as Metal_Games, who has sliced an NES controllerinto the fleshon his arm. Yes, that’s seriously what you’re looking at in the above image. Disturbingly, this isn’t the first time our self-harming hero has done something like this. He spent an hour having an “expert” carve the Konami Code into his leg....
MoreMarvel vs. Capcom 3character announcements. They keep coming. This time it’s Storm and C. Viper added to the already fat roster. We’re up to 32 now. Storm, who has been a bitch sinceX-Men vs Street Fighter, is back to main it rain. MAKE IT RAIN. She will likely be less cheesy in this version. C. Viper doesn’t have as much history, as she came to the series only atStreet Fighter IV, but she’s also a bitch....
Good news for select members of the press — on Monday, July 20th a preview of the forthcoming Xbox 360 NXE update is being pushed to their consoles. Don’t get that jealous, because you might have a chance to check it out, too. On Wednesday, Major Nelson will be hosting a public preview with “select Xbox LIVE community members,” details of which are forthcoming. So what does the update include? Just about everything Microsoft promised from the huge update at E3, including enhanced Netflix capabilities and the Avatar marketplace....
OurMonster Hunter TriPajama Jammy Jam is live! Join us via webcam RIGHT NOW as we stream live from Destructoid HQ in San Francisco for a sleepover partynow hosted on Justin.TV.We’ll be giving away copies ofMonster Hunter Trifor the Wii,Monster Hunterrelated goodies and chatting live with special Capcom guests! Expect partial nudity, pancakes, and aMonster Huntercake! We’ll be joined by the Capcom Unity crew and familiar faces from the Dtoid San Francisco group for ten hours of debauchery....
[For hisMonthly Musing, tomothy25 talks about the integral role music plays inBrütal Legend, and why he likes it so much.Want to write your own Musing?Click hereand start writing! — JRo] Headbanger #1: Oh…Wha…What is that sound?Headbanger #2: It’s a devil screaming!Headbanger #3: It’s an angel singing!Headbanger #2: It’s the pounding of creation’s hammer upon the anvil of time!Headbanger #1: It’s f****** awesome!Eddie Riggs: It’s called…Heavy Metal. Heavy metal is without a doubt my favourite genre of music....
Glitching inModern Warfare 2? verify you do it on the PS3, because Sony isn’t really concerned. Do it on the Xbox 360, however, and Microsoft will slap your account with a temporary ban. The “javelin glitch” is a new exploit discovered inModern Warfare 2that allows players to essentially become a human bomb by using a piece of equipment in a way it is not meant to be used. Xbox Live’s Stephen Toulousetold everyoneto “play fair” and warned that violators will be suspended....
If you believe that you’re going to be merrily prancing through aBournetrilogy wonder world when Kinect launches, then prepare to be disappointed. Of course,anybodybuying Kinect should prepare for disappointment, but fans of voice control are in for a worse sting. Word is that the much-lauded voice control will not be part of the Kinect experience when it launches in November. There is no news on a launch date for the advertised feature, with a Microsoft rep simply saying that the publisher “will be announcing when voice control will be turned on in due course....
If you’re in the business of cluttering your desk with scary, geeky crap, keep your eyes on NECA’s REsident Evil: Archives Series 2 figures. Hitting shelves at the end of May, there will be three figures in the series — Jill Valentine, the Hunter, and the Labcoat Zombie. I’m partial to the zombie — the crow pecking at the severed hand is a nice touch. You know, for the kids....
Electronic Arts and developer Criterion Games have revealed that a demo for its upcoming racer,Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, will be available on October 26. The info comes by way of a new heart-pounding trailer for the game, which shows of a variety of high-speed chases and diverse environments. You’ll be able to race and chase across more than 100 in-game miles of drivable road, and then compare (and talk trash over) all kinds of stats with the game’s “Autolog” hub....
Congratulations on bearing witness to the 73rd episode of the Destructoid show. On yesterday’s episode, we had special guest Jose Sanchez from Electric playground in the studio with us to discussWonderCon. By which I mean, he discussed comic books with Max while I sat awkwardly in silence. Before that, however, I divulge some new details onMax Payne 3and the newStreets of Ragefan remake. Meanwhile, Max broadcasts from inside a child’s bedroom to bring you the latestElder Scrolls V: Skyrimnews and something aboutNinja Gaiden III....
We haven’t heard a whole lot about the upcoming release ofPunch-Outfor the Wii, other than it’sgoing to release in Mayand havea rating of “E 10+.”Why Nintendo has kept so quiet about a game that has the potential to satisfy a lot of the detractors amongst the hardcore Nintendo fans who miss their old games is baffling, but they’ve finally conceded to offer up a little more info by way of a fact sheet thatGoNintendo has posted....
