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I guess Microsoft thinks if they keep dumping Xbox 360 bundles onto Japanese consumers, sooner or later one is going to take, right? Well, I’d say that theStar Ocean 4bundle — which hits stores on February 19 — has a pretty decent chance of turning some heads. The bundle comes with an Xbox 360 Arcade unit, aStar Ocean 4soundtrack and a faceplate, all for ¥24,800 ($265 US). Yup, no hard drive or memory unit; Japanese gamers play 40-plus-hour RPGs straight through, anyhow....

PAX Prime is just over two months away now and the Dtoid Community is slowly building plans for the Mecca of nerdom. The three-day long event will have a ton of stuff to do and we can expect games from over 70 companies such as EA, Microsoft, Disney, 2K Games, Ubisoft, Warner Bros to appear at the show. Capcom will even be making a return to the show after a few years of absence....

[Editor’s note: I would like you all to meet Patrick Hancock. Patrick is one of the members of our fancy new MMO team! In addition to giving everyone free cookies and puppies, this newly formed team will be bringing a variety of exciting MMO coverage to the site. Let’s give Patrick a wet Destructoid welcome! -Chad] StarCraft IIhas something for just about everyone. Even if the traditional resource-gathering, base-building gameplay isn’t your style, there are tons of custom games that play completely differently....

One of the things that’s mystified me about the whole Kinect-craze is that for the most part, the Kinect games on the market right now aren’t doing anything that can’t already be done on the Wii Balance Board. Only through thework of hackershaveI seenthe really interesting things that Kinect can do. Most of the retail games for the thing so far don’t do anything different than mini-games inWii Fit Plus, except with better depth perception, but worse lag....

Yes, honest-to-goodness Marioscreensaversare among theline-up of new rewardsfor Club Nintendo. By registering your Nintendo goods, you could earn sweet merchandise that can’t be found anywhere else. (Well, except for maybe eBay.) Besides the aforementioned weirdness, there are also commemorative pins and tote/messenger bags up for the taking. I dearly hope you read “commemorative” in the voice of the old man who does those infomercials for patriotic legal tender. I certainly wrote this with him in mind....

If you’ve felt that your Nintendo DS was lacking a camera and a built-in music player,word of a huge Nintendo DS redesignmight have tickled your rear. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, Nintendo’s remaining tight lipped on the matter. “Nintendo has made no such announcement and will not comment on rumor and speculation,” Nintendo UK toldCVGon the matter. So, case closed? Japanese newspaper Nikkei seemed pretty confident in delivering the information of the newly designed DS, complete with info on its larger screen sizes, improved Wi-Fi capabilities, camera, and MP3 player....

Check outGamasutra’s worldwide top five sales(from Amazon in each territory) lists and you’ll see that Marvelous’No More Heroes: Eiyuutachi no RakuenorNo More Heroes HDdid pretty well in Japan. For the Xbox 360, NHM HD is actually the best-selling game, beating outCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2! Well, I guess that’s notthatsurprising for Japan. And on the PS3, it still placed in the top five at #4, right below Koei’sHokuto Musou(of course),God of War IIIand the deliciousRyu ga Gotoku 4....

Several months ago, we showed you avery impressive concept videoof what next-gen Star Wars games could look like. Today, two new videos have been released showing off howStar Wars: The Force Unleashedhas shaped up. Saying these videos are impressive is an understatement.The first video shows Storm Troopers as they are being thrown around trying to grab a wooden beam. All the while the narrator explains to us how the Euphoria Engine will work with the A....

Maybe you’ve heard, but Activision has made a few Spider-Man games. So it’s no surprise that another is on its way, this time calledSpider-Man: Web of Shadows. Officially revealed at New York Comic Con last week, the title is slated to hit consoles and handhelds later this year. It would be easy for me to rewrite or copy and paste Activision’s press release, but instead I decided to go straight to the source to get more information on the forthcoming title....

At first glance, Raven Software’sWolfensteinis entirely too typical. A first-person World War II shooter that has you mowing down Nazis with authentic 1940s weaponry. Then there’s the HUD that’s moreCall of Duty 2thanWolfenstein 3D. In short, a quick glance and first impressions might lead you to believe that the game is treading on familiar grounds, destined to be another derivative shooter in an already flooded market. Confession — that’s what we thought, too....

Capcom has today announced the North American launch day for its DS-bound sequel to the critically acclaimedOkami. Adorable wolf-em-upOkamidenis due to release on June 03, 2025 (Euro date is March 18, as the comments pointed out!). There will also be a preorder bonus available through GameStop, with a limited number of paintbrush-shaped touchscreen instrument and a custom screen cleaner featuring artwork of Chibiterasu and Kuni. 20,000 of these preorder packages are being made....

I don’t know how old this is and frankly I don’t care. ThisPac-Txt, an idea so stupid it is actually genius. Described asPac-ManmeetsZork,Pac-Txtis, quite simply, an old school text-based adventure that manages to retain all the gameplay of classicPac-Man. Now you can enjoy the nostalgic fun of moving and eat dots, but in text form! Check it out, get typing and enjoy the three minutes it will take for the joke to wear thin....

Kick and punch may be all in the mind, butParappa the Rappercreator Masaya Matsuura doesn’t want so much of it in videogames. Speaking withJoystiq, the man responsible forMajor Minor’s Majestic Marchviews videogame violence as a problem that needs to be stamped out. “Reducing the volume of games that involve hurting people with knives and guns,” said Matsuura, when asked if there was one videogame problem he could instantly solve. “The recent success of music games and also family games for the Wii springs to mind....