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You know, when you tool around toy websites all day looking for the latest and greatest, I hate to say it, but you get accustomed to looking at toys and reacting a little bit less … intensely? I love my collection, but I buy a lot less than I used to. Something really has to jam my buttons for me to really flip out when I see it. That being said, when I went over toFigma blogthis morning, I choked on my tea and nearly spit it all over the computer monitor....

I hate the cost of DLC these days. For the most part it’s too high for what you’re actually getting. But you can’t beat the price on Nippon Ichi’s latest DLC upgrade, released in Japan today. Up on the JP PlayStation store is“Makai Daikon, Rensha Yousei-san Tsuki,” a possessed radish that auto-fires inPrinny 2for the PSP. Prinny gets to rock this power-up through the end of the stage. It’s not a lot, but it’s surely worth 10 yen, or almost $0....

Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has weighed in on thePrototypeversusinFAMOUSdebatewith numbers. According to EEDAR estimates,Prototypeis set to outsellinFAMOUSby a dazzling 90 percent when combining the sales of the multiplatform releases ofPrototype. However,inFAMOUSis expected to sell between at least 35 to 50 percent more on the PlayStation 3 than Activision’s title. As noted in the blurb we received about the sales estimates, these numbers carry some meaning with publishers. Nobody was hurt by the exclusive release ofinFAMOUS, but the potential of making more money by spreading the console love is obviously present....

Academy of Champions: Socceris an upcoming over-the-top arcade style soccer game by way of Ubisoft. It’s set to offer a ton of features and also stars legendary soccer star Pele along with Mia Hamm. Academy of Champions: Socceris out on November 3 and to promote the game, Ubisoft sent us fourAcademy of Championsthemed soccer balls signed by Mia Hamm herself. In order to win one of the four soccer balls, you’ll need to write a haiku in the comments below that’s related to soccer and videogames....

Capcom has announced that the long-awaited 3DS titleResident Evil: Revelationsis due to release early next year — February 7, to be exact. Pre-ordering the gamefrom GameStopalso nets you the pictured 3DS case, which you may use to terrify Aunt Babbage and make ol’ Grandpa Jasper laugh until his false teeth fall out in a truly spectacular family moment. At least until Dad gets home, drunk off his tits again and brandishing that car aerial … oh it doesn’t leave a bruise, does it?...

Happy Friday, listeners! And happy birthday to Phist, who probably doesn’t listen to the show anymore, but I’ll say it anyway. This week’s show is about the Nintendo Entertainment System, and it’s about time. Highlights include:

I remember a game calledAPBback in the nineties. It was on the PC and was a top-down cop car game. I only remember thevaguestof vague details about it, but I do recall one thing with clarity — I had more fun with that than I did with this. This isAPB, the luxurious opus that Realtime Worlds has been squirreling away on for years. A blend ofGrand Theft AutoandWorld of Warcraft, this crime-flavored MMO has so much promise and so much potential, that I’m scarcely even surprised it’s failed....

I love to get down with great music and videogames, so when Sony offered me (andthree Dtoiders) the opportunity to head down to Columbia, MD, and play some PS3 games while taking in some live music at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, I couldn’t say “yes” quickly enough. As it turned out, I had an awesome time at the festival itself, even though getting there and back was, well, less fun. Still, I shouldn’t complain — I saw fantastic live bands like The Hold Steady and Weezer (and other not-so-fantastic live bands like Taking Back Sunday and Blink-182) without paying for anything but beer....

Your fellow Rock’em Sock’em Robots knew we had done our job proper when we were invited to EA Headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA for a one hour hands-on bands-on experience with the much anticipated gameRock Band. Maybe the encore was expected due toNick “Voice of a Rock God” Chester’sperformance at E3. Or perhaps it was because of Destructoid’s general consensus ofRock Band‘s pure superiority that we’re already looking for ways togive it awayto aspiring artists....

I guess it’s just me, but I always expect that the big speakers at the Game Developers Conference are going to announce something. It keeps happening. And seeing as how next month isHideo Kojima’s debut at GDC, I kind of expect him to have something up his sleeves. The folks atVG247say that they have heard from Konami that Kojima is set to revealsomethingat the event. “With regard to Mr Kojima, we have to keep things tight-lipped for now,” said a rep when quizzed on the speech’s content....

We all know thatLIPSwas a huge runaway success that brought the casual crowd to Microsoft, draining the Wii of its fanbase and driving Nintendo into bankruptcy. Based upon that interstellar smash hit, it’s hardly surprising that Microsoft wants to recapture the magic with a sequel, and somefresh intelmay hint at it coming soon. The Royalty Network is a site that catalogs licensing and royalty deals in the music industry, and it has recently mentioned a videogame calledLips Uno....

Here’sa swanky rumorconcerning a new chipset for the Xbox 360 codenamed “Jasper.” The new CPU and GPU chips has seen some subtle-yet-noticeable improvements to the 360 … in theory. With both chips sporting a feature size of 65 nanometers (compared to the 90nm of the original “Falcon” chipset) the “Jasper” 360 is supposed to run faster and more quietly. In addition, extra heatsinks are in place to combat the famous “three red lights” problem....

Fans of theRune Factoryseries have been waiting some time to hear if the latest release in the series,Rune Factory: Oceanswould see release outside of Japan. Finally, some good news on that front. In a statement to Siliconera, Natsume President and CEO Hiro Maekawa has confirmed that the title is being localized and will be released later this year asRune Factory: Tides of Destiny. Best of all, both the PS3 and Wii versions will see store shelves....