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We’re a little over a week away from Namco Bandai’s reveal of the‘next evolution’ of Pac-Man. Will it be “Pac-Chain”? Don’t know, but Namco Bandai just trademarked “Pac-Chain” in Europe for use with videogames and coin-operated machines. As Spencer with Siliconera points out, the mention of coin-op machines specifically is interesting; previousPac-Mantrademarks — like the ones forPac-Man Kart Rally, for instance — made no mention of such machines. To me,Pac-Chainsounds like some totally awesome jewelry or a puzzle game....

Trineis that so-beautiful-its-ridiculous side scrolling game that I played at this year’s E3 and wiped my saliva all over. Even our notoriously hard to please Features Editor Anthony Burch gave it a 7.5, which nearly constitutes praise coming from him. The game also had a very pretty soundtrack, if I recall correctly, and now you can own it if you so desire. Available for download atAritunes, it features 20 tracks and features two exclusive bonus tracks....

Great news for El Presidentes on the couch! While all the news released aboutTropico 4has centered on the PC version so far, Kalypso today announced thatTropico 4is also coming to the Xbox 360 in Q2 2011. The main difference between the PC and Xbox 360 versions will be social media integration. In the PC version, you can post tweets and Facebook posts from inside the game. You can also save screenshots of your island on Facebook and compare your Dictator Rankings against others....

You know, for everyamazinglytotallysuperblyfantasticallyawesomepiece of gaming clothing we post about here at Destructoid there are probably about a million crappy gaming t-shirts we don’t post about. I’m changing that here and now with thisSpace Invadert-shirts from artist Jimiyo and Tee Fury. These are butt ugly. Not only is the “in real life” space invader not that cool or original looking, but the size and placement of everything is far to large....

Horrified at the idea of Gore Verbinski taking on theBioShockmovie? I may have good news for you: according toVariety, the pre-production on the film has come to a screeching halt. Even some of the production staff have been let go, as it appears that budget concerns are an issue, as it was estimated that the film would cost $160 million to shoot within the US. Verbinski elaborated on the topic:...

“Creating a World of Horror in Games,” Visceral Games’Dead Space 2panel for PAX East, is going down on Saturday from 1:00 – 2:00 PM at the Naga Theatre. For anyone going to the convention, you have no excuse to miss it. If, like me, you aren’t heading out to Boston, you still have no excuse. The panel will be streamed live for us unfortunate souls who get to miss out on the drinking and general camaraderie that’s often associated — rightfully so, I might add — with PAX....

CTZ is a totaloxymoron. This weekend’s Destructainment is being manned by yours truly, the ever-lovable Sheir. While CTZ is off doing some weird crap and being some kind of ninja manwhore, he politely asked me to cover for him, and so here I am. If you’ve seen the above video, you may notice something very, very odd. It has nothing to do with video games. I apologize for this, it’s simply too awesome a video not to post....

[Weekend Destructainment is a collection of funny videos brought together from all across the Internet to bring you entertainment on these slow and boring weekends.] The mayor ofSim Cityis kind of a dick. More videos follow below starting with a weird promo forWii Party. Then it’s some funny moments fromSkate. Next, never ever turn your back on a Hunter inHalo: Reach. Then it’sDJ Herokitty. Next, Mega64’s Rocco Botte interviews Ashly Burch....

Publishers and developers havelost a lot of moneydue to the PSN outage, suffering far more than the righteously furious consumers that everyone’s been focusing on. Until now, we had no idea what Sony was telling publishers, and that’s because, according to one source, Sony wasn’t telling themanything. A leaked letter from Sony to its publishing partners was recently leaked toIndustry Gamers, and the leak is only recent because the letter was sent yesterday, over three weeks after the PSN went down....

Now here’s something that is perfect for the Wii: A game designed for everyone of all ages that utitlizes the Wiimote and peripherals just as they were intended. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the upcoming Electronic Arts games that will look to eliminate fat kids,Boogie. Haven’t heard of it before? Me either. Here are the details:Dance, Sing, Create! Play to an all-new beat in this singing and dancing game where you create and customize your very own Boog, and then take the stage to become a star....

If you’ve got a Wii running System Menu 4.3 that you’d like to hack, LetterBomb should do the trick. It uses a SD card and a Wii MAC address to get all up in the Wii’s Message Board system’s exploitable holes to hack. It sounds really easy. You visit a webpage, put in some information and then you’ll get a .zip file with all the goodies you’ll need for the hack....

[Editor’s note: We have given away the 100 codes — thanks for participating!] Here we go with the free stuff again! Today what I have for you is a virtual f*ckton of closed beta codes for the new MMOLeague of Legends. These are for North American users only, but they’re one hundred percent free, so please don’t be mad at me if you live outside the U.S. and you want one!...

It’s funny how collectively, we always rush to see familiar recreations of beloved properties (Level 1-1, Green Hill Zone, etc.) in user-created content rather than inventive, new ideas. Why play as some no-name character inModNation Racerswhen you may be Optimus PrimeridingOptimus Prime? I suppose there’s nothing wrong with that when you think about how much creativity must have gone into creating something along the lines of this “Sackenstein 3D” level forLittleBigPlanet 2....