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A few months back, I had the opportunity to sit down with Insomniac’s James Stevenson who gave me my first demo ofRatchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. As a huge fan of the series dating back to 2002, I was pleased with what I saw — a polished, action adventure title that was looking even better than the previous PlayStation 3Ratchettitles. As expected, the game looks wonderful, Insomniac “tightening up the graphics” and improving on the Insomniac Engine it had used for previous PS3 Ratchet adventures, as well as the twoResistancetitles....

Oh Atlus, how we love thee. I know Atlus has put out bad games, but even their bad games are so geared towards niche audiences that you have to love them.Crimson Gem Sagadoes not look to be a bad game, it looks to be an RPG-tastic game, and also another reason to actually covet the PSP. Atlus has shot over the launch trailer for the game and its all Japanese and RPG and wonderful....

When a franchise likeCrysis— a seriesdesignedto harness the power of the PC — is spurning computers in favor of consoles, you know that fans of such things are getting a bum deal. This shouldn’t even be news, but it’s been confirmed that a PC demo ofCrysis 2will be coming. The originalCrysiswas a PC exclusive, mostly because it was designed to rape anything that wasn’t the most high end of devices. The fact that we’re now in a position to even doubt the appearance of a demo on the platform just seems to show how much things have shifted toward consoles....

The man that we sometimes call Sonic’s Daddy doesn’t do many interviews. Yuji Naka was a guy that stayed mostly behind the scenes during his time at Sega as the head of the famed Sonic Team, but now that he has moved onto Prope he seems a bit more talkative. That’s good. Who wouldn’t want to talk to the original programmer ofSonic the Hedgehog? Who wouldn’t want to chat with the guy who producedNights into Dreams?...

Something magical happened this week in the Community Blogs. For whatever reason, Dtoider Snaileb made a post announcing his love for Destructoid, the writers and a bunch of readers. Not only that, but several other people also followed his lead and made some lovey dovey C-blog posts too. I can never say this enough, but Destructoid has one of the best communities ever. In other news, the Forums are now going to be featured....

Maintaining a garden is not my idea of a fun time when it comes to video games. Normally, this is a side task in Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon that I give some lip service to in order to focus on the important tasks at hand: catching bees or trying to bang the milkmaid.Chibi Robo: Park Patrolmakes this the centerpoint of the game, woefully leaving me without any milkmaids that can relieve my robot urges....

Do you have fond memories of the first time you helped Dirk the Daring rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon all those years ago? Well, lucky you — I think they stopped making the arcade cabinets a good eleven years before I had ever heard ofDragon’s Lair. In celebration of the classic franchise’s 25 years of existence, Digital Leisure is giving those of us late to the party a chance to experience the original game in super-shiny HD at a slightly reduced price....

Dissidiais shaping up to be a joyful jizzfest for Final Fantasy fanboys (and girls!), and this video showing off the EX Mode in the game is sure to only heighten the excitement. How lame is it to admit that when I saw the first few seconds of this video, I was so happy to see Squall again that I kind of … squeaked? I know, really,infinitelylame.I’m not even a fan of fighting games generally, but I have to admit those aerial attacks looks pretty fun to execute....

One of the many PlayStation Network trailers shown at Sony’s press conference was thatgamecompany’sFlower.Flowerlooks to be the same curious, but beautiful experience that the developer’s previous title,FlOw, is. Details are a bit sparse at this point in the day, but what we do know is awesome. Flowerwill be an abstract experience that puts players in the saddle of a flower petal. As evidenced by the trailer, a big wind comes and blows a pretty little petal off of a flower....

Gears of War 2,Lips,Fable 2,Final Fantasy XIII, andFallout 3all graced the stage this year atMicrosoft’s press conference. Although all of the above will probably be excellent additions to anyone’s library, it’s important to remember the little guys. As in, the downloadable little guys. Microsoft also announced six XBLA titles available for consumption this year, with the most notorious title beingPortal: Still Alive. Portal: Still Aliveis set to hit XBLA this fall....

It’s about f*ckin’ time! That’s the first thing that the Guardian of Metal —voiced byone John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne —saysto roadie Eddie Riggs (Jack Black) when Riggs shows up in the Guardian’s lair, the Motorforge. The cave just happens to be the place in the heavy metal world ofBrütal Legendwhere you go to upgrade or buy weapons, abilities, and your trustysteedtransportation, The Deuce (or “Druid Plow”). The game was playable on the E3 show floor, and I checked out the rather long demo so I could bring you good folks my impressions....

Darksidersis that game that is sitting on my must-play list, but just keeps on getting bumped down one more notch every month as more games come out. I will get to it, and the confirmation of a sequel already being well into production has given me that extra push I need. The game and its status were revealed during a THQ analyst meeting Saturday night where Core Games VP Danny Bilson said, “Darksiders 2is coming....

We’ve known thatGran Turismo 5would feature robust online functionality for some time now. There will be race support for up to 16 players publicly, but we haven’t heard much about how your online experience will be facilitated. We know a bit more now that Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi took the time out to explain how some of this will work at E3 this week. The My Home concept has always been in game since the very first title....