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Marvel vs. Capcom 3is officially out today. Andwe love it. So much, in fact, that we here at Destructoid are already fantasizing about what other characters could be featured in a (hopefully inevitable) sequel or some (hopefully consistent) DLC. But this being Destructoid, we didn’t want to limit ourselves to fantasizing about just Marvel or Capcom characters. We wanted to imagine a fighting game that could staranycharacter fromanyvideogame. Basically,the most incredible fighting game ever created....

With all the E3 hullabaloo last week, I totally missed that theMega Man Legends 3devs had settled on a final design for our boy in blue! It’s good to know that even though the game’s future is still a mystery (What? No playablePrototype Versionon the show floor?), development is still barreling along. Reminds me of howMega Man 2was but a pet project following the lukewarm response to the original, barely allowed by the Capcom heads....

Ubisoft’s “always online” DRM for PC games has bred a considerable amount of ill will from consumers, and has gained plenty of negative publicity due to its heavy-handed implementation. However, piracy is apparently down, so Ubisoft’s pleased. An Ubisoft representative told PC Gamer that the company saw “a clear reduction in piracy of our titles which required a persistent online connection, and from that point of view the requirement is a success....

Got any ideas for what theDead Space 2Collector’s Edition should entail? Visceral Games is listening. The studio sent out a call for suggestions on thegame’s Facebook pageof all places. Executive producer Steve Papoutsis will be on hand to comment on the proposals next week, so you best get to it. A lot of people don’t seem to realize there was a high-end edition of the originalDead Space. Of course, it was $150 and only 1000 of the things were even made, so I don’t blame you guys....

Sorry, I can’t help myself when it comes to alliteration. Anyways, here’s a quick trailer for theWatchmen: The End is Nighgame, showing off a bit of action and attacking for your nitpicking pleasure. You can argue over how the game is going to be story-wise and whether you can even put the characters in this type of situation, but I’ll gladly accept them attempting to tell theWatchmenstory in a medium like this....

[Update] BUMP! You’re going to have to join ourMinecraftGoogle Group first before you can join the server.Join here NOW! No, you didn’t hear wrong — Destructoid now officially has aMinecraftserver. Rejoice! We’ve been getting Tweets like crazy over the past few months asking whether or not Destructoid has a server. It broke my tiny iron heart to have to say no. So Dtoid Engineering pulled together their resources and just did the damn thing....

TakeGrand Theft Auto IV,create Mario-like characters and give it a gritty Mafia story and you have The Brothers Mario. An awesome mod that I want to actually play. Weekend D has been sporadic at best as of late, but things will be stable once again. You don’t know what I’m talking about! After the break, it’s a nice historical song on videogames. Then it’s some funny fails fromHalo: Reach. Next, it’s aWorld of Warcraft Cataclysmsong....

Oh, videogames, how we love your stories that lift up our spirit and at the same time let us beam it down to the ground by means of an ion cannon. One could say the Writers Guild of America acknowledges this with its announcement for the 2011 WGA Awards nominees for videogame writing, a category that first appeared in 2008. Then again, this year’s nominees are:Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood,Fallout: New Vegas,God of War III,Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands,SingularityandStar Wars: The Force Unleashed II....

Let’s see… can I get away withonemoreSonicpost today? Have you ever been watching Sega music composer Jun Senoue absolutelytearin’ it upon stage and thought, “Man, I wish I could be asrighteousandtubularas him!” Well, now you’re able to (no, you can’t) by grabbing a replica of Senoue’s customSonic guitar! Produced by ESP Guitars, the instrument features Sonic’s uni-eye on the body and trademark sneaker on the headstock. It can be pre-ordered on ESP’s Japan page through December, and it will be available in either right- or left-handed configurations....

Yep, that’s right folks; we haveeven moregaming stuff to give away. Who knew that summer was the season of contests here at Destructoid? This latest contest is brought to us by the folks over at THQ and New Media Strategies who are celebrating the PC role-playing gameLegend: Hand of God‘s imminent stateside release. The prizes up for grabs are as follows. “But Justin, how do I become one of these lucky or not-quite-as-lucky winners?...

Dark Soulsis one of the rare games we cover that continuously garners positive responses in the comments, and lots of ’em. If there’s a post aboutDark Souls, no matter how seemingly insignificant, you can be sure bodily references aren’t far off. I love this new trailer. You just know it’s about to get real when that music starts up, and indeed, unpleasantness ensues. Perhaps I am easily impressed when it comes to these things, but the sense of scale that many videogames this console generation have been pushing never ceases to “wow” me....

GameDaily hasa tasty little quotehere from Peter Dille, Sony’s VP of Marketing that has had some of the Destructoid staffers atwitter over this. Well, we’re all laughing and wondering just what the hell people could be doing in Home for nearly an hour. So, before we get into it, here’s Mr. Dille’s words: We’ve got 4 million users in PlayStation Home worldwide, and the average session in Home is about 55 minutes....

Back in June, we told you about two gamers whofiled a class-action lawsuitagainst EA, alleging that the corporation’sexclusivity agreementwith the National Football League was a monopoly. Their main argument centered around the issue of price: EA was charging the then-standard price of $49.99 forMadden NFL 2005until Take-Two releasedESPN NFL 2K5, which was set at the bargain-of-a-lifetime price of $19.99. EA later lowered the price ofMadden 2005, but once the NFL offered up exclusive videogame rights, EA made sure they were the highest bidder, permanently taking Take-Two out of the football picture....