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Seriously.Saints Row: The Thirdneeds to be inside me. Now. Dale North is bringing us all sorts of San Diego Comic-Con coverage, Google+ is getting games,Bulletstormdidn’t sell all that well,Catherineis coming to Europe and more happened on 7/22/11. Destructoid Original:REPORT: You’re not owed any UMvC3 character!How to take The Legend of Zelda and make it your ownThe Question: You buying Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3?Nintendo Video for 3DS launched today, here’s a lookFriday Night Fights: San Diego Comic-Con editionDestructoid LIVE giving out 10 Limbo codes RIGHT NOW!...

Rock Band 3isn’t even on shelves yet, but Harmonix and MTV Games have confirmed that a slew of tracks from music legends The Doors will be the first downloadable songs for the game on launch day, October 26. “At the outset of theRock Band 3project, we identified The Doors, with their powerful songs driven by intricately woven keyboard, guitar and drum parts, as an ideal partner for the game,” MTV Games’ Paul DeGooyer said, stating the obvious....

Ninja Theory, the developer behind one of the PS3’s biggest showcase titles, was not always known by that name. Several years ago they were actually Just Add Monsters, but with only one Xbox title,Kung Fu Chaos, under their belt, their parent company Argonaut Games went belly up due to financial difficulties.Gamespotreports this little tidbit back in 2004:Heavenly Sword, the title that proved to be the glue that kept the team together through these tough times, is currently in development for next-generation consoles....

WithBlizzCongoing down this weekend in Anaheim, we’re sure to hear lots of news pertaining to all the Blizzard franchises we love. I selfishly was looking forward toDiablo IIInews most of all, and that’s just what I got:Diablofansreported a new class was announced for the game today, The Monk! Check out video of it after the jump. Checking out the Korean section of theofficial character pagereveals a closer look at the character, who is the third new addition to the game (the only returning character fromDiablo IIIso far is the Barbarian)....

Mistwalker’s exciting upcoming RPG,The Last Story, has finally been given a release date in Japan. The title will launch in its homeland on January 27. Still no solid word on whether or not it’s getting localized for we round eyed folk, but I’ll be surprised if it isn’t. As well as the date, there are some new screens for us all to gawk at, so let’s do that. This is pretty much up there in my most anticipated Wii games list....

Gearbox could have taken the easy way out. It could have released some DLC packs forBorderlandswhere you get a new story that lasts a couple of hours at best, and some new items. Instead, Gearbox pushed itself to come up with expansions that fans would love and really enjoy. Not only are they doing these expansions for the fans, but they’re also doing it for themselves. Steve Gibson, V.P. of Marketing at Gearbox Software, tells us that “every DLC is an improvement of [the Gearbox] team....

Behold! I have been given another excuse to talk about how much fun I’ve had playingBlur! The above video, one of the game’s tutorials, details what will transpire when you play in the arcade racer’s Career mode. Like everything else about the game, it’s really straightforward. You drive races, get awards and accrue fans, and then face off against special racers in their unique cars. Beat them and you get to add their car to your garage for later use....

On this here Christmas Eve, there’s nothing more that I want than to kick back with some warm egg nog and kick some Kremling ass. Or play ice hockey. Or put on a tie and shoot cyborgs in the face. Nintendo understands. Today, theDonkey Kong Countrytrilogy is complete, asDonkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble(Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) barrels its way onto the Wii Shop Channel today....

There’s beena bit of controversy in Floridaafter nasty pranksters spammed Xbox Live and offered a two-year-old girl for sale. The worst part of the prank? The girl was real, and the unwitting mother’s genuine phone number was posted along with the ad. Christa Manos of Punta Gorda had to spend her Saturday night fielding angry phone calls from idiots who believed this was a real advert and decided to voice their disgusted opinions at a woman they believed to be selling a kid....

[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] In the race to create things that are new and interesting, many companies that lead the games industry have endeavored to provide experiences that blend genres in order to capture the interest of a wider audience. As a result of this desire, we are experiencing sudden influxes of games which attempt to blend or mix and match what were originally different genres....

I was kind of bummed to hear thatVanquishwasn’t doing it for some of my peers at the last few press events I attended. I’m all about it, despite sucking at it. Yeah, it’s a third-person shooter that my remind you of something else at first glance, but it’s fast and crazy and quite the spectacle, and the Japanese twists on the formula have me interested in a genre that I don’t typically love....

The Guitar Zeros. A band transformsGuitar Herocontrollers into actual instruments. They’re not that bad actually. Here’s theirMySpace. [Spotted onKotaku] An awesome segment from the Daily Show about Iraq,Pac-Manand kitties wearing glasses. Big thanks toDan Zuccarelli from The BBPSfor helping me hunt down this clip.The originalConker’s Bad Fur Dayad was very mature. Needless to say, not safe for work.An 8-year-old rips it up inGuitar Hero 2for the 360.The Legend of Zelda: Lost....

The Weekly Geek has one of the best gaming podcasts out there, and I’m not just saying that because they had me on as a guest this week. Always thoughtful, funny and direct, founderChris Furnisshas been geeking on radio since 2002. I didn’t flinch when they asked me to pose in suggestive positions with the blow up goat, as I trust them enough to know they would never use those pictures for blackmail....