There’s a sale on the PC version of puzzle gameDroplitzon Steam. They’ve marked the title down, taking 80 percent off the price for a short time. How short? Well, the deal expires tomorrow at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Right now the game download is only $2.00. That’s just a droplitz in the bucket! We really likedDroplitz, as you can see from ourreview. Even if you don’t fully trust us, what else are you going to spend $2 on?...
At Sony’s press conference, we finally got arelease dateforGran Turismo 5: June 07, 2025, in North America and Latin America. Now we’ve got the announcement of a Collector’s Edition for the game, and it’s looking pretty sweet. The whole package, which will retail for $99.99, includes the following: Yep, they’ll all include a numbered certificate, because quantities of this Collector’s Edition will actually be limited. You’ll be able to pre-order it soon at a variety of retailers; pre-ordering (the Collector’s Edition or the game itself) will net you one of a number of exclusive in-game cars, such as the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and McLaren F1....
Hey! You know Kinect for the Xbox 360? That body-waggle thing? It’ll launch with something on the order of a bajillion exercise games, and THQ’sThe Biggest Loser Ultimate Workoutis one of them. According to the marketing copy, the game will “allow players to experience ‘The Biggest Loser’ world like never before and will take the game to the online space for the first time with new features such as video diaries and an online workout friend....
[Editor’s note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that they may not jibe with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response?Publish it now on our community blogs.] There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Wii U’stablet controllerfollowing itsrevealat Nintendo’s E3 press conference yesterday....
Reggie Fils Aime, the head of Nintendo of America, has just announced Mario 3D for the 3DS, claiming that it is the first 3D Mario game created from scratch for portable systems. This is part of a big push to re-introduce many of their classic titles in 3D. Footage from the game showed off many classic Mario features, including stomping on goombas, shooting fireballs, Tanuki suits (!), coin collecting, and invincibility stars, among many others....
It seems like there have beenrumorssurrounding afuture titlein theSyndicateseries forever. EA has thrown a fresh log into the fire of anticipation now by filing for three trademark registrations with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The trademarks are typical in their inclusiveness. We have one for “video game software,” another for “entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line computer game,” and the final filing mentions “board games” (be still my heart!) but is probably intended more towards, “hand held units for playing electronic games other than those adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor....
Say what you will about Electronic Arts and their penchant for bending gamers over with theirmicrotransactions, one thing is for sure: they are working the hell out of theXboxLive Marketplace. A few days ago, Godfree over atGamertagRadiosent word that anNBA StreetHomecourtdemo would be hitting the marketplace as early as this week. The demo will contain one court, and the game’s basic 3 on 3 mode. Now today,Gamespotisreportingthat aDef Jam Iconsdemo (featuring your favorite emcees, BigBoiand T....
The gaming biz moves one step closer to becoming an episode ofDays of Our Liveswiththe recent newsthat EA — specifically a group of writers onThe Simpsons Game— has fired back with a salvo of verbalhot firein response toRockstar’s panty-bunchingover the use of aGTAparody within the upcoming game. From the mouths of babes: The game begins with Bart wanting to play a game calledGrand Theft Scratchy. Of course this is a parody ofGrand Theft Auto....
While not into MMOs myself, I am curious to see how the genre can perform on consoles. In the case ofDC Universe Online, we’ll have to wait until “early 2011,” the game’s new release period. “As the game heads into external beta testing, this extra time will allow us to address community feedback in a meaningful way,” says Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley. “When we get deeper into external beta, we’ll be able to share more information regarding the new launch date....
EB Games of Australia wants to fight the good fight! The company is supporting the campaign for introducing an R18+ classification for videogames in Australia. All 364 EB Games stores in the country are throwing up signs like the one above to make their customers aware of the issue and sign in store petitions like the one in our gallery or online atEB Game’s Web site. EB polled their customers and of the 50,000 people that responded, 84% of them were in favor of the new rating system....
It looks like one of the first titles that will (presumably) making money out of the newly announced Xbox LIVE Community Games initiative will beColosseum, developed by Sweden-based Shortfuse Entertainment. A multiplayer arena fighting game,Colosseumhas you choosing from 12 different armor and weapon sets to defend an arena. Fighting well will earn your praise in the form of cheers, performing cowardly will result in booing from the crowd. As you play through the game, you’ll complete challenges that will earn you new armor, weapons, and powers....
In the fact sheet Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment sent our way, the first bullet point listed under “Attributes” for Two-Face is “Homicidal maniac.” With that said, it’s a pleasure to welcome him to theLEGO Batman:The Videogameuniverse; truly, there aren’t enough homicidal maniac LEGOs. Former district attorney Harvey Dent will be joining a slew of LEGO-ized Batman characters when the game ships this fall — Mr. Freeze, Joker, The Penguin, Robin, Catwoman … you get the picture....
Thanks to Buster, we got an eyeful ofthis Japanese web pagea few moments ago. While the Japanese language may as well be written in Arimeic for how well I can read it, Google Translate reveals some interesting tidbits hidden inside that mass of characters. According to the page — and assuming I’m reading this translation correctly — a new version of Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s puzzle shooterEvery Extend Extrais coming to the Xbox Live Arcade on October 17th....
