If you play Blizzard videogames, you know they don’t mess around when it comes to the musical score of their titles. This games company is consistently known for releasing titles with fantastic music, and we figure it was about time they released a collection for fans. The only way you could make a collection of their music better is to have it all performed by theEminence Symphony Orchestra. Amazingly, this is exactly what took place....

Only a few of the games atEIEIOwere playable, and luckily for me,Dementium: The Wardwas one of them. I was looking forward to this game for awhile now every sinceNick broke the newsabout it. So how is an M-Rated FPS game on theDS? Can I use any more acronyms in this post? Hit the jump to find out. Jools and Gregg fromRenegade Kidwere showing off the first level fromDementium: The Ward....

SinceGears of War 2launched, it has earned massive complaints over problems with the multiplayer lobby, specifically with the length of time it takes to get a match started. While the launch weekend was generally okay, it has been pretty bad since then, and matchmaking can take a very long time indeed. Epic hasaddressed this issueand apologized, calling the situation “unacceptable.” Senior producer Rod Fergusson has stated that no one problem can be singled out as the cause, implicating “a number of factors” for the multiplayer frustrations....

[Today’s promoted blog is a special continuation of the discussion that Elsa’s Tuesday post kicked off, written by MLG’s Post Production Supervisor Adam Contini. — JRo] Hey, Destructoid Folks. I work for MLG, mentioned inElsa’s recent blog about eSports, and thought I’d offer another viewpoint on the ongoing discussion of competitive gaming and its place in gaming as a whole. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m going to repeat that in bold, with caps:...

Perhaps you can tell by now, but my favorite stories lately are the ESRB ratings. Once again we have another golden rating summary, as Square Enix action gameNieRhas come under the watchful eye of North America’s classification system. As always, the ESRB has madeNieRsoundbrilliant. We now know that it contains the word “sh*t hogs” and features “dense fountain-like cascades of blood.” In cutscenes, humans and creatures get “stabbed, impaled, crushed, or destroyed....

As you may, or may have not of heard, June 26th was the day that Square Enix released the 20th anniversary edition ofFinal Fantasy Ifor the PSP. To commemorate the occasion, the fine folks at the PlayStation store, located insunnySan Francisco, hosted an event for the fans of the long running series. The first one hundred people in line to buy the game were guaranteed an extra piece of swag along with their purchase, not to mention being part of the gazillion people to buyFinal FantasyI– again....

Final Fantasy: Dissidiais one of only a handful of PSP games I’m truly looking forward to this year. Myplaythrough in Tokyolast year seemed to indicate that Square Enix was expanding upon the combat inCrisis Core, and the sheer amount of fan service contained within the fighting game is too much to ignore. We have ten screens for you to look at with your eyes, as well as a press release that confirms the game will have an Autumn release window in the PAL territories....

It’s notJust Cause 3, but if you’re looking for total chaos, Avalanche Studio’sRenegade Opswill do the trick. Published by Sega, the game makes its public debut in this short teaser trailer that packs in more explosions and mayhem than most games can muster up from start to finish. The top-down vehicular shooter is slated to be a downloadable title for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC some time this year....

You need to get your ass to Mars and buy a copy ofJamestownon Steam. It’s down to $4.99 today, which is half off the normal going rate. For that money, you’re getting a remarkably well-made indie shmup about 17th-century British Colonial Mars. You can’t ask for much more, honestly. In addition toJamestownbeing one of my personal highlights for this year, it features my favorite game soundtrack of 2011. It’s particularly worth grabbing if you can get a friend (or three) to play through the story and bonus missions in co-op mode....

A superb App is what we have for you today.Spiritsis a beautiful game that brings back memories ofLemmings, while adding some endearing little characters and lovely music. Very much like the titularLemmings, the game’s mushroom-esqueSpiritswill walk mindlessly along a path, requiring guidance to overcome obstacles and avoid death. you may commandSpiritsto sacrifice themselves for the good of the party, such as transforming into vines to create ramps, or turning into a spinny ball and drilling a tunnel....

Jim:ITALICS ITALICS ITALICS PLEEEEEEASE! (exceptNickhegetsafreepass) Hamza:I played someHalo 3like every week and went out to San Francisco a couple of times to playSmash Court Tennis 3, Deer Hunter Tournament, N+andLegendaryfor the third time. Savant:This past week has been nothing but training for theSUPER SUMMER SMASH-OFF. Unsure what that is? Yeah, well, it’s just a small 2v2Smash Brawltournament my buddies are throwing. Things have gotten pretty heated, and some serious sh!...

We’re having a hard time following this because the primary source materialinexplicablydisappeared, but apparently Insomniacgave GameSpotthe lowdown on some hot downloadable content forResistance 2recently at GDC. According toJoystiq, the content, coming March 26, will take the form of a patch and a purchasable map pack and character skins. The patch, version 1.50 if you’re counting, will add a new, harder cooperative difficulty and the multiplayer mode ‘Meltdown.’ It will also add the ability for a second player to use their PSN ID and partake inR2’sonline multiplayer....

Rememberwhen we told youthatBattlefield 1943would only have three playable maps? Well, DICE has turned us into liars. Believe it or not, there is a fourth map called “Coral Sea,” but you’re going to have to work your ass off to unlock it. A community challenge was issued earlier today, and it’s a biggie. Coral Sea will not unlock until theBattlefield 1943community achieves 43 million kills on Xbox LIVE for 360 players and the same amount on PSN for PS3 players....