NCsoft, Korea’s largest game developer, and makers ofCity of Heroes/Villains,Guild Warsand theLineageseries has more money than you do. Strangely though, you have never had the source code from an upcoming hit game stolen from you, while NCsoft, a company who you would imagine could hire guards or dogs or even really mean, tiny bats, recently lost a good deal of the source code for the upcomingLineage IIIdue to theft by a former employee....

Mezco Toyz(the z’s are very important) has apparently partnered up with Sony to create a line ofLittleBigPlanettoys. According to collectible website,Toycyte, a leak on the Toy Fairwebsiterevealed that the company would be showing off the toys for the event. Since we received this link, it appears as though the “leak” has been plugged. Fair enough, Mezco. Mezco is known for its ability to create toys for licensed products. Over atTomopopyou can view aHellboy 2figurinethat the company debuted a few months ago....

Time once more to fire up the Backlog.The votinghas come to an end and the Destructoid viewers, in their infinite wisdom, have selectedMajin and the Forsaken Kingdomas the next game I play live for your enjoyment. Interestingly, this round of voting has the distinction of having a gamenobodywanted to see inFable III.Crazy. I’m all fired up to giveMajina second chance, though I’ll admit that of the games there were to choose from, it’s the one I least cared about playing....

If there was one thing in this world begging to be made into a plushie its the LocoRoco fromLocoRoco. They’re round, they already look like they’re soft and cuddly (or squishy) and they’re officially the cutest things on the PSP. However, Sony hasn’t made any. This ledKotakureader Michael Wootton to make his own collection of LocoRoco plushies with his girlfriend. While the article about them only has one sentence, I’m going to guess that they aren’t putting any up for sale and are instead constructing enough to make a giant LocoRoco pile that they will put in their backyard and then jump off the roof into....

Expect more Xbox 360 accessories with COG logos and smatterings of blood this fall. Mad Catz has announced its entered into a deal with Epic Games to produceGears of Warperipherals to coincide with the release of the third game in the series, expected to release this September. We’re looking at the usual stuff here, folks: controllers, headphones… more controllers. Maybe some faceplates, or even “Console Crates” and console skins. That’s what Mad Catz released with the previousGearsproducts, like the one pictured above....

Finally — theMadden NFL 10Online Franchise Companion Appis available via the iTunes App Store. Created with the freak in mind, the Online Franchise-specific App allows players to fiddle with depth charts, propose trades, and even read the Franchises’ news while on toilet or on the road to Nashville. Think anywhere with Wi-Fi or AT&T connectivity, people! As with most Apps, the Online Franchise Companion App requires OS 3.0 or later. It also requires at least 1....

User-generated content is all the rage these days, helped in no small way byLittleBigPlanettaking player power to the masses with its high profile PlayStation 3 release. Microsoft seems to have taken note, and has chosen now to remind us all ofBoku, a game that, likeLBP, is all about making your own game content. No, I don’t recall it being announced last year either. Straight plagiarism this most certainly isn’t, although the comparisonshave already started....

I love Xbox Live and have happily used the service since it first went into beta. It has only become better over the years, with features big and small creating what feels like a “service” in the truest sense of the word, one that combines many elements to provide a cohesive online experience. It’s difficult to imagine gaming without it, and the innovations it has made have had an undeniable impact on the way all of us play games....

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto would definitely know what Nintendo’s next big thing looks like, so we’ll take his musings on what the next Nintendo console would look and be like to heart. He tellsGamasutrathat Nintendo hasn’t figured it all out yet (we don’t believe that), but he sounds like he wants the next console to be somewhat Wii-ish in interface. Why? They know that they hit it big with the waggle: “What we’ve been able to do is introduce an interface that is both I think appealing and at the right price for a broad audience....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive 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 ourcommunity blogs.] Not only isModern Warfarethe best game ever made on any system, it also teaches you several very important videogame life lessons....

Last week we played through a game where your future self torments you. This week we just plain old fashion torment ourselves. “Karoshi” is a Japanese word for “death by overwork” and with our hard working staff home fromTGS 2009, I figured takinganother lookat this series was appropriate. The goal in this series is simple: beat every level by finding a way to kill yourself. Jump into spikes, let boxes fall on your head, shoot bullets at bouncing surfaces, and the list goes on and on....

Want that sexy black Wii Classic Controller Pro pictured up there? Hope you like Monster Hunter! Capcom and Nintendo have announced that this April a specialMonster Hunter Tribundle will be released, packaged with the above controller. The Classic Controller Pro isn’t just a fancy, darker color — it features a second row of shoulder buttons, as well as grips so your sweaty paws don’t slide off the peripheral when hunting monsters....

This pieceat IGN has an intriguing look at the world of Achievements from a sales perspective. It seems that games emphasizing various levels of accomplishment (and containing a higher number of varied accomplishments) tend to sell better at retail, are better reviewed by whoever it is that does that sort of thing, and generally are better liked by peers, classmates and that cute blonde girl who lives down the block. To hear the article tell it:...