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Platinum Games’ freshly-announcedVanquishhas not yet been officially announced for any system, nor has a publisher been revealed. However, anybody with a brain could work out that there will be a PS3 version, and Platinum will continue its relationship with Sega. Do you remember thatleaked Sega document from last year? The one that promised Dreamcast games on the PS3 and various other sordid details.Vanquishwas mentioned on it, long before we knew what the game even was....

SEGA marketing mushroom (he is made out of mushroom bits) Alan Pritchard has dug upMadWorld— otherwise known asThe Corpse That Never Dies— claiming, like so many before him, that perhaps the Wii was not the right place for a violent, black-and-white beat ’em up. “Going back 12 to 18 months when we released those titles, it was a risk,” he tellsGame Informer. “Nintendo was supportive of the strategy. There was an intent to take the Wii console a little older, and make a more core machine....

Instead of just sitting around grumbling about not being able to afford all the great releases coming out in the next few months, GameDaily called up some gamers to listen tothemgrumble about not being able to afford all the great releases coming out in the next few months. Specifically,they asked console ownershow they felt about Xbox 360 and PS3 game prices being set at a default of $60, compared to last generation’s $50....

This week we’re getting two new Live Arcade games:Shrek-N-Roll(800 Microsoft Points) andScrewjumper!(800 Microsoft Points). Shrek-N-Rollwill have you tilting and rolling to your heart’s content with single-player, versus, and local co-op modes. If any of you are seriously looking forward to this game and you aren’t a small child (with a horrible taste in games), I can’t help but wonder why. Topheralready told usabout Xbox Live’s 100th game,Screwjumper!, last week, so here’s a quick recap: in order to stop aliens from hurting you and performing other types of alien-related trickery, you have to destroy their mining equipment by free-falling onto various objects … alrighty then!...

In their coverage of AOU2007, Game Watch shows off Konami’s newest arcade game,Silent Hill: The Arcade. This is a two player light gun game set in the creepySilent Hilluniverse, and is set to giveSilent Hillfans repeated, rapid fire pants explosions. Fan favorites like “Pyramid Head” and the freaky puppet nurses are set to make wonderful gun targets as players traverse the foggy, rust colored world. The arcade cabinet in its deluxe form has a 5....

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiellomade news this morningwhen he let slip the name “Gem” while talking about Sony’s PS3 motion controller. Sonyhas respondedto the speculation that this is the Wiimote’s official name, denying that the ludicrous moniker is anything more than a standby. Sony states that Gem was an “early code name for the product” and that nothing has officially been announced yet. Perhaps Sony saw that the early reaction to the name was laughter and/or horror, so decided that maybe Gem was a bit too stupid a name for it....

Sega hired this Asian hottie to put on a Ulala costume and dance for the amusement of the people attending this Sega event. This game maybe old, but Ulala seems to be still hot and kicking. It’s neat how they even have her synced up to the dance from the video game,Space Channel 5which is being played on the overhead screen.

Square has a thing for companies with names that start with the letter E. As you know,Square Enix has been preparing to buy up publisher Eidos, makers ofTomb Raiderand several other games that aren’t nearly as popular asTomb Raider. That deal is now done, and it seems like Eidos will continue on as they have been, with very little in the way of operating changes. GamesIndustry.biz says that Eidos will keep the same CEO and staff, and that there are no plans to remove or add franchises at this point....

Assuming you have at least some self-esteem, if you were asked about yourself online, wouldn’t you present yourself in the best possible light? I bet you would. I would. That’s probably why a recent study and poll says that online gamers are attractive individuals with healthy and active social lives. In other words, no one out there is going to say that they’re an ugly loser dork. Bigpoint’s survey polled 6,663 online gamers and found that the majority were attractive, well-rounded and healthy....

Despite the fact that it hit XBLA first, and launched with an enormous sale, it looks likeSuper Meat Boystill sold better on Steam. I’m waiting on exact numbers on sales for both platforms, but according toTeam Meat’s Twitter, “Steam out sold xbla, we have sold about 400k copies to date” and “it also out grossed. before the xmas sale we had made as much in those 2 weeks as we did on xbla”....

[Update– Header image changed to this pic found onSuper Meat Boy’s Twitter. What could it mean?] Well, it’s not really a wrap. The hard working men of Team Meat still have to plenty of testing to do, then there are the PC and WiiWare versions of Super Meat Boy to worry about. Still, it’s exciting to know that there is a fully playable version ofSuper Meat Boyout there in the world....

Yeah, so a lot of stuff happened today. Microsoft rocked their conference, Ubisoft bombed theirs,MGSis coming to Xbox 360 and a lot of other stuff happened. I just got back from our KarE3oke party and I’m really gone. The fact that I can even type correctly is amazing right now. Here’s everything that happened on Monday. E3 Live blogs:E3 09: Microsoft press conference live blogE3 09: EA press conference live blogE3 09: Ubisoft press conference live blogm...

This image is insane! Insanely awesome. We reviewedThe Conduit, we’re always giving you guys chances to win awesome things, San Diego Comic-Con is going to be really bumping with videogame stuff, user generated content coming toRock Band,Bayonettais coming out next year in America, screens forValkyria Chronicles 2pop up and plenty more happened on 07/17/09. Destructoid Originals:READY TO FRIDAYLimited Edition Unbound Saga statues are pretty much awesomeFriday Night Fights: Awesome.jpg editionArt Attack Friday: MarkovahFanboy Friday: I heared the game is not that goodCommunity:I, the Author: How I stole the Declaration of IndependenceCommunity blogs of 07/17/09Forum of the day:Hobbies you just don’t get?...