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A few minutes ago, the bright red Destructophone started ringing off it’s hook with a hot tip from a reader of ours named Anders. It seems that Anders has gone the way oftelevisions,laptopsand most recentlyspouses, in that he has become the victim of Wii violence. Hit the jump for a quote from the victim and whatever stupid commentary I had about this thing. [UPDATE: I started writing about this tip at 5:30am my time after staying up all night and I was bleary eyed and sick and had been drinking for 3 hours, so you can imagine how this being a Photoshop job slipped by me....

Sega has just announced that it is continuing to make use of theAlienslicense by publishing a brand newAliens vs. Predatortitle due for release next year. The game is currently going under the simple title ofAliens vs. Predator, and there are no gameplay details or system announcements yet, but thereisone rather brilliant bit of news attached to this game’s reveal. This brand newAvPis going to be developed by Rebellion, the same team responsible for 1999’s incredibly well regarded FPS of the same name that became a LAN party staple at the turn of the century....

Blood and big monsters are two very important components ofDragon Age: Origins. The demonstration for the game at E3 2009 showcased both. We watched a group of muscle-bound protagonists slay a wicked huge dragon. Every time a melee weapon connected with its hide, a copious spray of blood jetted from the wound, covering the attacker and the victim. Pretty hip stuff. We believe you’ll get a pretty good idea of what we’re talking about here if you venture into the gallery and beyond the fold....

The headline says it all. And that is the best thing I’ve heard all week. The latest issue of V-Jump has images and details on Sazh Katzroy, a two-gun wielding softie that carries a baby chocobo in his afro. No, really. Apparently he’s a major character in the game, and a key player from the first stage. And not a pimp. Images from this scan show Sazh fighting alongside main character Lightning, and the caption says that his long-range combat is a nice complement to Lightning’s short- ranged attacks....

It is a universal fact that ninjas should not be cute. It really kills the credibility of being a ruthless killing machine if women are cooing over you. However, figure in a DS title populated byShawnimals, and somehow the whole concept becomes somehow much more acceptable. For those of you not familar with them, Shawnimals is a line of toys that appeals to thedesigner toy setthat collect goodies such as Kubricks and Qee bears....

Nabi Studios “as violent as you want it to be” fighter,Toribashfinally hits WiiWare today in North American. The game has players manipulating 20 points of articulation on fighters to create moves, the game’s use of rag doll physics seemingly doing the rest. The result, from what I can tell, is a lot of blood and heads getting ripped off in real-time. WiiWare DSiWare For those of you who pay attention to these weekly WiiWare/DSiWare updates, keep reading!...

Nintendo is awesome at two things: Cranking out the same franchises you’ve been playing for 20 years and collecting on that hard work by the millions. In fact, Nintendo has done so well recently because of the incredible success of the DS and the so far, so good record of the Wii, that they’ve raised their money-making predictions. From Reuters viaGameSpot: “Merchandise does not move in the January-March quarter–that is the norm in this industry,” Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa was quoted in a Reuters report....

Thiswas a givenconsidering RZA has a Twitter account and likes to talk, but today it’s been confirmed that the producer-rapper will appear as an in-game character in the upcomingDJ Hero 2. He’s the final character announced for the music game, which also features Deadmau5, David Guetta, DJ Qbert, and Tiesto. The Wu-Tang founder mixed and produced two exclusive tracks for the title: LL Cool J’s “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” mixed with Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “The Message,” and Damian Marley’s “Welcome To Jamrock” mixed with Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven....

Whoa, what’s going on?! The Olivia Munn doesPlayboy article from way back in 2007is the top third story on Destructoid right now! Gasp! Could this mean … Yes! Yes it’s true! Olivia Munn is doing Playboy again! Oh joyous day! Hallelujah! Oh wait … She’s not getting naked. Again. Damn. Still, Olivia will benearlynaked and that’s like beingfullynaked.Almost!The Attack of the Show co-host showed off a video from her Playboy shoot last night where she gets really wet....

[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] ThePokemongames were among the first that I ever played. Back then, I didn’t keep up with very many videogames since it was before the Internet and my parents weren’t willing to pay for a subscription of Nintendo Power. But good Lord, they marketed thehellout of that game....

Armed with thenew NPD data, our favorite games industry analyst, Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter, has announced some eye-popping predictions for September. First off are the predictions that we didn’t need an analyst for:Halo 3will sell well. Pachter did drop some figures to think about: he predicts thatHalo 3will move 3 million units in the first 12 days. He also expects Xbox 360s to fly off the shelves, saying sales could exceed 400,000 units in September....

People often hate their bosses. That’s why I’m not particularly surprised to hear that the team at Rockstar San Diego (responsible forMidnight Club: Los Angeles) had a rough time under the rule of Rockstar NYC (Headquarters for Rockstar Games). Some staff from the studio are saying that “Anyone from the New York office is feared, because people in the San Diego office know that they are unstable and needy … in other words, if a comment comes from a person from New York, it’s a mandate that needs to be immediately addressed regardless of previous priorities....

Professional badger shagging group (and animal rights advocate) PETA has been showing Sega some love, praising the publisher after it pulled a commercial featuring a live chimpanzee. The ad was to promote Sega’s recent Wii title,Samba de Amigo. “PETA contacted SEGA once we discovered they were using a real chimpanzee in a commercial promoting the newSamba De Amigogame,” PETA proudly tells Destructoid’s tip line. “Once we informed SEGA of the horrible things chimpanzee ‘actors’ go through (such as being ripped from their mothers when just days old, being forced to perform demeaning tricks, shocked with electric collars, beaten, and deprived of food), they immediately made the kind decision to pull the video from their site and promised to keep all great apes out of future ads....