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Nowthisis the kind of pre-order incentive I can truly get behind. Should you opt to pre-purchaseEmpire: Total Warfrom Steam, you’ll get a free copy ofRome: Total War Gold, which will hopefully last you untilEmpire‘s February 3 release date (Feb. 6 for Europe). Perhaps more interesting is the fact that both the retail and digital versions of the game will utilize Steamworks for multiplayer. This means game updates, DLC, friend-list support, and of course, achievements....

The above is footage of a Japanese fangame calledPokémon Type: Wild. It’s a four-button fighter with assists and specials and everything. If you want to give it a spin, it can be downloaded fromhere.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remixisfinally here! It’s going to hit Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday as usual and will cost (you guessed it) 800 Microsoft Points. •Classic arcade play:The game features all the classic elements from the original arcade game, including traditional X Mode. Think fast on your feet as gems fall into your character’s playfield. Don’t let the stack get too high.•New X’ Mode:The new X’ Mode has been rebalanced with adjusted drop patterns and damage to level the playing field....

Whether you like to collect them (or buy them), Xbox 360 achievements have been the new e-peen for everyone to flash. It’s almost like you aren’t a real man unless you have an uber achievement score. Well, as most of you who own a 360 already know, some achievements are cooler than others. Some make you feel really special, while others seem to just happen as you do the most mundane things....

DrinkBox Studios is bringing its follow-up toAbout a Blobto PAX Prime. Instead of hitting PlayStation Network again, this time the developer is putting its new sidescrolling platformerTales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attackout on PlayStation Vita. “The control systems available on the PlayStation Vita have allowed us to experiment with all kinds of new gameplay possibilities,” says designer Chris McQuinn. “We’re finding that touch controls in particular can be used to complement traditional thumb-stick puzzle-platforming very well....

Saints Row 2is better thanGrand Theft Auto IV. This is actually an undeniablefactbecause a writer on the Internet has said it is so, thus it cannot ever be refuted. Don’t get me wrong —GTA IVis a great game and one that deserves many of the accolades that it has received, but it’s noSaints Row 2. Of course, it would be wrong to make such a bold claim without venturing to justify it, even if those who would disagree should be strung up for going against the absolute truth....

Here at the Tokyo Game Show, the Museum of Game Science isn’t really much of a museum. It’s more of a booth, filled with nerdy exhibits relating to videogames. Every once in awhile, you’ll run into someone here that asks if you’ve seenthe booth with all of the broken stuff. This is that booth. We took pictures so you could see it, too. The biggest exihibit is a display of several game consoles disassembled and labeled....

In the middle of the insane lines at the Sony booth at Tokyo Game Show they set up stations along the way to let us play with the Vita’s hardware introduction software, calledWelcome Park. This series of mini games teaches first-timers how to use the Vita’s touchscreen, back touch panel, tilt sensors and more. We’ll run down the challenges so you know what to expect your first time. Welcome Park is a slick hardware tutorial....

After the success ofStar Fox 64, the Star Fox gang just wasn’t the same. The next entries in the series didn’t sell as well and the team went bankrupt. Star Fox had to sell his ship and resorted to being in a reality show with his shipmates. Now Slippy is a drunk and there’s constant in-fighting. It’s too bad this train wreck was canceled after only one episode. Jim and the Destructoid Show reviewedDead Island, a slew of info was released forDragon Quest X, a trailer forSonic CDwas released and a ton of more things happened on 9/5/11....

This screen grab from our interview with The Behemoth shows off Dale perfectly. He’s so busy being important on his phone. Most likelyTwitteringabout how much he hates something at the moment. That’s our Dale North! Destructoid has invaded San Diego Comic-Con, Papa Burch is like a Big Boss, Holmes reviewedLittle King’s Story, aHaloanime is on the way and plenty more happened on 07/23/09. San Diego Comic-Con Originals:This crowd already sucksA closer look at the BioShock 2 roomPreview of Spore HeroWe chat with The Behemoth on ‘Game 3’Dead Space: Extraction new stage, Life and Death...

As a nice supplement to thefew in-game screenshotsofCivilization VFiraxis has shown so far, here is the obligatory pre-rendered teaser. Honestly, most of us don’t need a reason to be excited for the latest in a long line of time-eating games; 2K’s marketing program couldliterally be thisand it’d work. The fact that it isn’t, however, is terribly nice of them. Everyone always says reviewers shouldn’t play overwhelmingly large games likeWorld of Warcraft, because it’s too hard to commit that kind of time when your queue of games is constantly changing....

What would have happened to the gaming industry if JohnCarmackandShigeruMiyamotowere born as conjoined twins? The video above, is what would have happened.This video is epic on so many levels. First off, you got Mario running around shotgunningYoshis, Lakitus, Shy Guys, Boos,Bowserand some bears in a tutu square in the face. There’s a rocket launcher that uses Bullet Bills as ammo. Mario yelling his trademark “yahoo” every time he picks up a weapon along with all thetraditional Mario sound effects....

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