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Raven Software’sSingularity, the game that wasscared in to 2010byCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, will be getting its own comic book. Set to be revealed at San Diego Comic-Con this week, the graphic novel is being created in collaboration with Twistory Studios and Image Publishing, with David Athchison (Occult Times Taskforce), Davide Fabbri (Heavy Metal,Star Warsfor Dark Horse), Christopher “Mink” Morrison (Dust,13 Chambers), and Tom Mandrake (Batman,The Punisher) bringing it to life....

It’s not just third party publishers that have breathed a sigh of relief over Sony’slong-awaited PS3 price cut. Even those within Sony itself are wiping their foreheads. Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshidahas saidthat the price cut represents the removal of a barrier that was holding the PS3 back, and expressed relief now that it had arrived. “We’re so excited about the products we’re working on for release this year, but if there was one thing that could have prevented the success of our titles we felt that would be the price point — so we’re relieved to see it finally happen,” he confesses....

Cory Davis, lead designer onSpec Ops: The Line, didn’t waste any time in our preview session — he began by stating thatThe Linewill be “the most provocative shooter you [will] ever play.” That’s a pretty bold claim, but that type of big talk is needed when the market is saturated with military shooters. After getting a taste of whatSpec Opsis aiming to do, it was easy to see why Cory was so confident when boasting about the title....

Not enoughFinal Fantasygames on the Horizon for you? This ought to pitch a tent in your pants. Square Enix has announced an event called “Square Party 2007” on May 12th and 13th at Makuhari Messe, near Tokyo. Here’s the full translation: Square Enix released, in daily Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, a publicity page to announce their special event “Square Enix Party 2007” which will take place the 12th and 13th of next May at Makuhari Messe, a few kilometers east of Tokyo, Japan....

There’s been a lot of talk recently about UC Berkeley’s class onStarcraft. Seems many people are blown away that a school as well-known as Cal would be giving units for playing a ten-year-old computer game. I mean, seems pretty insane. What has American academia come to? Teaching people how to playStarcraft?? So I got a little curious about this whole endeavor. I mean, as a Cal student myself, what does a class on Starcraft mean for the students taking it?...

Super Punch, finder of all things awesome, has stumbled across some thought-provoking concept art forBioShock 2from Dermot Power. Hovering Big Daddies? Oh yes. The nearly twenty pieces of art can befound over here, complete with annotations. Like essentially all videogame concept art, it’s hard to look at this and not be disappointed at what could have been. Darn you real world, with your deadlines and budgets and what have you....

[For his Monthly Musing, Nathsies takes a different approach when he talks about difficulty — how hard it was to actually sit down and playHalf Life 2to completion. If you want to participate inthis month’s topicand potentially see your work on the front page, head over to ourCommunity Blogsand get your post done before the month is over. — JRo] It started over … seven years ago. I was perhaps talking about my first encounter with playingHalf-Life 2in my little piece, but I was well aware even back in my childhood....

Okay, if you say you saw this coming, you are a liar. The firstNo More Heroeswas a bizarre,post-modern,blood-bath of aGTAparody. It sold pretty poorly in Japan, and adequately in the United States and Europe, but far below the sales of original IPs on the 360 likeAssassin’s CreedandDead Rising. Few expected the game to get a sequel; even less thought it would be on the Wii — but here it is, the teaser trailer forNo More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, thus far a Wii exclusive....

There’s something oddly beautiful about watching the Joker in action inMortal Kombat Vs. DC Universeafter checking outThe Dark Knight. The classic Batman villain has been everywhere recently, includingHAWP. One of the questions I have always had aboutMK Vs. DCis how exactly the developers are going to navigate the new Teen rating while still having the visceral charm ofMortal Kombat. My question has been answered in the form of the Joker’s Fatality....

At first glance, the Mario games exist in such a pleasant, colorful universe.Smiling cloudswatch over the land with nothing but love in their soft, fluffy hearts; stars withbushy gray moustachesfly through space, laughing and playing while they make wishes come true. Even the “villains” of the world don’t ever do anythinghorrible. Sure, kidnapping a princess is nothing to take lightly, but Bowser and his adorable minions are no more harmful than a rotten school teacher who randomly slaps your knuckles with a ruler from time to time....

I hate that fairyso much. I’d pull its wings off and throw it to the spiders, that’s what I’d do. Hello and welcome, of course, to the Non-Newsround, your weekly round up of the news tips that Destructoid’s body of editors just didn’t think were worth your time. You know the drill by now. After the jump, I’ll take you on a cruise through the past week’s less than stellar industry news, because everyone’s special, even the unremarkable....

Here’s a not-so-new but interesting bit of information you might not have known — actress Cameron Diaz was originally cast in a role for 1995’sMortal Kombatfilm. Diaz, who had her “big break” withThe Maskin 1994, was originally tapped for the role of Sonya Blade. The actress had gone as far as to begin training, but a hand broken during karate lessons found her pulling out of the project. The role was filled by Bridgette Wilson, who went on tonotbe Cameron Diaz....

In a few weeks it will be the end of the first decade of the 21st century. To celebrate this milestone, we here at Destructoid picked the best fifty games of the last ten years (the best of the ‘00s!). The only rule of this week-long series — other than making sure each game was released between 2000 and today — is that only one game from each series could make the final cut....