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Settle down, children, and let ol’ BBL tell you a tale; a tale of mystery, intrigue, and ultimate suffering. It is a story of Japanese shooters and their horrible and inappropriately localized US counterparts, of witchcraft, and sailboats. It’s the story ofMobile Light Force 2. I was lying about the sailboats. The witchcraft, on the other hand — you’ll have to read to find out. Seriously, you would’ve figured that we’ve come far enough along that publishers wouldn’t screw with original content in such a way, but XS Games done and gone proved me wrong....

TheBatman: Arkham CityOST has been announced and will feature scores from artists including Panic! At the Disco, Daughtry, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Coheed and Cambria to name just a few. The soundtrack will be out October 4th, two weeks before the game. If you are getting the collectors edition ofArkham City, a download code for the soundtrack will automatically be included. I’m not really into music, I don’t own that many soundtracks, but if I enjoy the music from a game, movie or show enough I have no problem paying money for some sweet tunes....

Remember that trailera few monts back forthat fan-madeHalf-Lifemovie calledBeyond Black Mesa? The full short is now out and here it is for your viewing pleasure. Personally, I didn’t think too much of it. I like the production quality and all, but nothing about it is memorable like say theModern War Gear Solidseries. Maybe I’m just taking my frustration out on this because of the lack ofHalf-Life 3news. Who knows. Whatever, it’s 3AM right now....

Some of you might be wondering what Cal Ripken, Jr. is doing with his life. Well, after retiring in 2001 and becoming a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee last January, the charismatic class act has taken the next logical step for a famous athlete: he’s lent his name to a baseball videogame. ButCal Ripken’s Real Baseball— or, as I like to call it, “bland, generic videogame title #143” — is not your typical annual-installment sports title....

You see that headline? Sadly, that’s all of the real information we have. But allow me to restate it using more words — Activision has announced plans to released downloadable multiplayer maps forCall of Duty 4. The maps will be available for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, and will “thrust gamers into a hot zone of added combat across a variety of intense multiplayer locales.” Well, I’d certainly hope so....

Remember way back when wescratched our headsover the mysteriousgknova6.comwebsite? We were originally pointed to it by a mysterious USB stick that arrived at our offices, with all signs leading back to Activision. Well, the website has been updated and here’s the deal — it’s forCall of Duty: Black Ops, and it once again confirms that zombies will make an appearance in Treyarch’s upcoming game. That’s all, really. You can check out the site, which features a number of flickering television screens depicting video of zombies in military garb....

Apparently Destructoid aren’t the only ones sucking off the developers ofCastle Crashers, as some of our more eloquent commenters sometimes like to say. The game has spawned a ton of fan-made art, sighted onThe Behemoth’s official blog. While the papercraft are probably my favorite as I have a soft spot for them, I’m also loving that crazy drawing from a Trader Joe’s sign (the artist there is toting some serious talent)....

TheCastlevania: Lords of Shadow“Reverie” add-on that was supposed to be out this week for the Xbox 360 isn’t. Sorry. “There is a last minute issue with the 360 version which we are working with Microsoft to fix,” tweeted Konami’s David Cox. “Hopefully [it] will be quick.” When pressed over Twitter about the problem, Cox repeatedly just called it a “last minute issue,” and again said they’re working with Microsoft to fix it....

Cave has announced its next Xbox Live Arcade game, and it’s not a re-release of a classic shoot-’em-up. Heck, it’s not even a new shmup. Instead, the company is putting out a platformer by the name ofNin2-Jump. Rolls off the tongue there, huh? Most notably, the game captures the essence of shadow puppetry. In terms of mechanics,Nin2-Jumpseems fairly straightforward — which, to me, works fine in conjunction with the unusual premise....

By all accounts, it appears that Electronic Artshadintended to bring theRoad Rashfranchise back from the dead. Whether or not that’s still in the cards is unclear, the only true evidence we’ve seen so far aproof of concept videothat leaked to YouTube. Freelance illustrator Ross Dearsley hasnow revealed(viasuperannuation) a slew of character concepts for this next-genRoad Rashsequel. It doesn’t show much outside of the style EA was potentially aiming for, which apparently included samurai swords....

Did you know that the Xbox 360 is gonna be totally awesome next year? Why? Because it’s going to have so many good games, your ass is gonna be stuck praying to a Bill Gates altar in 2007. One of the many anticipated titles isCrackdown. I know, you’re gonna say, “Oh, but Robert, it’s aGTAclone. Wahhhh, I lack originality.” Wrong my little one. It’s not just anotherGTAclone.CrackdowntakesGTA, chews it up, then spits it out and defecates on it....

The guys over at Gamedaily.biz were lucky enough tointerviewDaniel Suarez from Activision recently, concerning the soon to be releasedTransformers: The Game, which is due to be upon is in less than a month. Not only did he bring with him the good news that the voice actors for both Optimus Prime and Megatron from themoviewill be on hand for the game, but also that fans can expect to find unlockable characters from Generationone(the only one that counts for most of us) in the finished product....

Today marks the launch ofDemon’s Souls, the PS3-exclusive action RPG with an unnecessary apostrophe that isbusting people’s balls. This game is the kind of game that needs a wiki, soAtlus has started one upand is looking for your additions to it. “Demon’s Soulsis a game of shared learning, a game that engenders community and cooperation,” stated Robyn Mukai, Marketing Manager for Atlus. “What better way to meet those ends than to host a community-driven information resource on the game’s official website?...