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A poor fellow at the officialBungie.net forumsis claiming that he had an Xbox Live account hacked for hisHalo 3Recon Armor, which was gifted to the victim by Bungie itself. What’s worse, Microsoft is currently refusing to do anything about it, and the unfortunate known asSkyllus (creator oftheHalo 3suicide video) apparently even had Xbox Live’s customer support hang up on him. Despite Microsoft’s claims of a hack-free Live, Skyllus alledges that this has happened three times in but two months, and this latest has even had the hijackerbragging up his sad workonline....

Xbox LIVE Gold members can thank Walt Disney Pictures for this week’s Xbox LIVE deals. Prompted apparently by the theater release of the studios’Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, we’ve getting 50% off deals on movie-related content on the Marketplace. Prince of Persia Classicis now 400 MS Points;Watchmen: The End is Nighis 800 MS Points, and you can grab thisTransformers 2Character and Map Pack Plus for 400 MS Points. My suggestion, grabPrince of Persia Classicand pass on the rest....

In a world whereJeopardyis king, the vast majority of people haven’t had the awesome experience of playing Jellyvision’s comedy and trivia mixture,You Don’t Know Jack. The game has been floating around in various forms for over a decade, but most recently has only been playable on the Internet. According to a post onYDKJ’sofficial website, this may all change very soon: … hopefully, in the upcoming weeks, you’ll hear some real big news about a real big deal we’ve made with some real bigshots who can help get YOU DON’T KNOW JACK back to where it belongs – in the home of every living man, woman, and child, and most elves …....

I’m not entirely sure why someone would purposely hold off on a game likeBatman: Arkham Asylumfor this long seeing as howtoday’s Amazon saleisn’t the first discount the game’s received — far from it, actually — but these things happen. In the event that you don’t ownArkham Asylumfor Xbox 360, scrounging up $26.99 can remedy the situation. The PC version isn’t part of this daily deal; however, it is down to $32....

We’re out of adjectives to positively describeABAHB. WayForward is not making our jobs easy. Every time we get a newbit of information, anexclusive, some screens or anew videoonA Boy and His Blobwe have to come up with new ways to basically say “this made us drool.” Once again they have done it to us by delivering a video of one of the game’s bosses. If you weren’t sure of the game’s gameplay before, this intriguing boss might seal the deal or at least reaffirm that this is one of the best looking platformers we’ve ever seen....

In a recent interview withMTV Multiplayer, Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley revealed that all future SOE MMOs would be making their way to consoles and that some sort ofEverquesttitle is in the works. The progression from PC to console is the result of clever coding that can be applied to both mediums with little trouble and apparently little cost. From the interview: …we developed our codebase such that the engine will run on across both [platforms]....

Rememberthose rumorsabout aTeam ICO Collection? Yeah, apparently Amazon France seems to think it’s a sure thing, since the compilationhas been listedfor a June 2011 release. FeaturingICOandShadow of the Colossuswith spangly new HD visuals, the collection is priced at €69.95. This listing follows the recent speculation thatThe Sly Collectionis set to herald an “HD Classics” series, and there is little doubt that Team ICO’s games would be perfect for such an endeavor....

Bringing you the very best in music for gamers, Destructoid presents another music day!Weird Al’s newest single, “White and Nerdy” hit the Internet recently and it just seemed perfect as a gamer song as it features aPacmansymbol done in candles, plus a whole bunch of references toD&D,Minesweeper, and MySpace.MadTVrecently ripped off this song with their “I Want You To Watch Me PlayMadden” sketch, but Tripod, a comedy group from Australia was the first to come up with a video game love song and it’s much better....

Uh oh. Avalanche Studios (Just Cause,Just Cause 2) is letting roughly 20 more employees go in the face of the global economic crisis, bringing the macabre tally to a staggering 97 for the studio since October. “It is a difficult business climate, but this is not nearly on the scale of the redundancies last year,” Avalanche CEO Christofer Sundberg toldGI.biz. The eventual loss of these 20 employees — they’ve been handed three-month notices — won’t affectJust Cause 2,The Hunter,or a mysterious unannounced third project at the studio....

If you’ve been playingMass Effect 2while connected to the Internet, then beware, for you are being watched. BioWare has revealed that its sci-fi RPG sequel was loaded with little events that allowed it to mine data from players, working out how they played the game to makeMass Effect 3a better game. “More people played the soldier class than all of the other classes combined,” says executive producer Casey Hudson. “If you know that, then you can start thinking about future games....

Gaijin Games sure does know a thing or two about creating titles in which you have to “enter the zone,” so to speak, in order to be truly successful. The pattern continues withBit.Trip FLUX, which got a happenin’ new trailer today. Jonathan Holmes hasposted his thoughtsonFLUXalready, so those looking for in-depth commentary need look no further. The big takeaway from this video is the music, which is not surprisingly stellar as usual....

Usually I don’t like to do news posts on box art, as it seems fairly redundant. However, it’s not often that you get box art as brilliant as this. This is the cover for Gearbox Software’s excitingly gorgeous FPSBorderlands,and I think you’ll agree that it perfectly encapsulates the sense of style and downright coolness that the roleplaying shooter seems to exude. Check out the gallery for the full image, and remember that two Texas-based Destructoid readers get to play the game on Friday....

Destructoid cordially invites all readers to our second Twitter Party Extravaganza, and you don’t even have to bring beer. At 3pm Central (RIGHT NOW) to 5pm Central, Twitter will be set aflame by talk of THE METAL and all things concerning Double Fine’s hotly anticipated action game,Brütal Legend. It’s ridiculously easy to take part. Simply head on over to Twitter and take part in discussions with@BrutalLegend,@Dtoid,@Jim_Sterlingand@Dinomaswhile using the hashtag#brutallegend. Those taking part will have a chance to win some amazing prizes, such aEddie Riggs limited edition statues(five to give away),prize packs including stickers and patches(twenty-five to give away) and our top gift,a PS3 Slim!...