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[Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that they may not jibe 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 our community blogs.] Yesterday, Samit told you that Sony’s “Next Generation Portable,” or PSP2, or whatever they end up calling it in the future,would fail, due to the hardware giant’s betting once more on the failed strategy of using powerful technology to ineptly ape the home console experience....

Call of Duty: Black Opsfeatures an attempted assassination of Fidel Castro. Of course, since that man is apparently invincible, the mission goes spectacularly wrong, but that hasn’t stopped Cuba from getting its panties in a bunch over the game. Getting upset over videogames is the new Communism! “What the United States couldn’t accomplish in more than 50 years, they are now trying to do virtually,” says an article on the State-run Cubadebate....

Some newFallout 3 Avatar itemsare making their way to Xbox Live Marketplace this coming Thursday. You’ll be able to pick up your own Vault 101 jumpsuit, an array of other t-shirts and the incomparably creepy “Vault Boy” head and matching cartoonish suit. I don’t hate Avatars but I’ve yet to find any real benefit to them other than another excuse for microtransactions. Yet, I always knew in my heart that these items would come down the pipe eventually and that would cave and buy a vault suit....

Listen,MadWorld. I know I’ve only seen you from afar and we haven’t actually met yet (although there was that time last year at E3 when we were in the same room and I swear you looked RIGHT AT ME), and I know it’s completely inappropriate to just come out and say it like this, but I want you. I want you in a way that makes me feel less like a human and more like some sort of animal in the peak of heat....

Since the release ofWorld of Warcraftexpansion “Wrath of the Lich King,” disgruntled fans have criticized the Death Knight class. Some say its abilities are too powerful and others believe its name is too cool. Blizzard believes the former assessment. The studio is actively working on Patch 3.2. One of the things the patch will address is the Death Knight’s power. Blizzard plans to bring it down a notch by sapping some of its strength and upping its cooldown period....

I wasn’t the only one taken by surprise over Arkane Studios and Bethesda’s reveal forDishonored, looking at your reactions. TheGame Informercover was mysterious enough, and then we found out about some of the big industry names attached to the project. We’re hooked. Now, Game Informer is back with more details as well as the first screenshot, shown above. As a wrongfully accused bodyguard with supernatural powers and odd gadgets at his disposal, you’ll be assassinating in style....

Secret Exit’sSPiNthrives on the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. The game’s core gameplay mechanic — spinning and rotating — would never carry the weight that it does on another platform like Xbox Live Arcade or Nokia’s N-Gage. That doesn’t mean thatSPiNdoesn’t have faults. It certainly does. I think developers tend to overreach. They make games better suited for other platforms that have a better, more diverse control method.SPiN’s design has the iPhone in mind all the way through....

Just your friendly neighborhood Max Scoville here with another steaming pile ofThe Destructoid Showfor you kids to jam on. Today, we discuss hard-hitting issues like Twisted Pixel’s new Kinect project,The Gunstringer,and the possibility ofHaloalso coming to Kinect. Then there’s a bit about what Sony just showed off forInFamous 2,and the hard drive issues with the PS3’s lastfirmware update. Then — Boom! Outta nowhere, we’ve got moreThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimnews, which is followed up by one ofthe craziest statementsever made by a Nintendo rep....

Only moments after writingthis love poem to new wave proto-goth, we received word fromSiliconerathatDevil May Cry 4is set to be released in February of next year. Capcom’s action title will see a release on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms simultaneously. Since the entirety ofmy last poston the subject devolved into people quoting Depeche Mode songs, I’m instead going to request that this time, people quote Echo and the Bunnymen....

Ever had trouble keeping your faithful pup Dogmeat alive inFallout 3? Well, an intrepid mod designer may havethe solutionfor you. Introducing dog armor, which is likehorse armor, except free and functional. In addition to protecting Dogmeat from damage, it can be outfitted with packs to give him a tradeable inventory and the mod also allows you to give him a new home to be sent to when you’re tired of him or it gets too dangerous....

Retailer GameStop has revealed the contents of the upcomingDragon Age Collector’s Editionfor both Xbox 360 and PC, and it’s absolutely stuffed with content. Here’s what you get: Yeah, you read that last one right — an unlockable item foranotherBioWare game, which will be useful assuming you plan to also pick Mass Effect 2 up. ThisDragon Age/Mass Effect 2tie-in should look familiar — asurvey we reportedon awhile back hinted at something similar....

WhenFinal Fantasy VIIwas announced for release on the Japanese PSN store, I actually went and logged in to the store to have a look. I was reduced to a blubbering pile of mush to find the main page of the shop redone with the legendary image of Cloud standing in front of a towering Midgar. I considered downloading it despite the fact my Japanese reading skills aren’t up to par just yet — I wanted it so bad!...

It’s not like I swore to never touch anotherScribblenautsgame again or anything, but I did leave the first one with a bad taste in my mouth. As predicted, 5th Cell is already reeling me in on the idea that “Hey, you should buy our new product. It’s better this time around!” And you know what? It’s actually working. Throwing out bullet points like “refined controls” is enough to grab my attention....