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If mypreview ofModNation Racerswasn’t enough for you, or if you were all “tl;dr,” then this post is for you. Sony and United Front Games dumped a bunch of straight up game footage videos on us, in addition to the packaged trailer I posted along with my hands-on preview and details. The first one, seen above, gives you a better idea of how the game’s track designer works. It’s overwhelming, easy to use, and completely awesome all at the same time....

Well, since thePS3 contest clueshave been giving you a total headache, you cango over to Japanatorand check out our new contest, which is for the Ultimate Edition box set ofFooly Cooly, one of the most inventive OVAs I’ve ever partially watched (fell asleep after episode 4, due to massive damage beforehand). The contest is much simpler, and is only running for this month. All you have to do is guess the amount of money I’ll be spending in the month of December....

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2launches exclusively on the PS3 on September 29, and to celebrate, Tecmo has sent us more pictures than you could ever really need. If themotion-controlled boobsaren’t going to convince you to buy the game, I doubt these images will. I’m quite looking forward toSigma 2, since it seems Tecmo is really giving its all on this one. If it’s a success, it will be a strong statement about former Team Ninja chief Tomonobu Itagaki and whether or not he was truly essential to the franchise’s quality....

WhenMs. Splosion Manlaunched last week, Twisted Pixel emailed press and was like “We updated the official website, and it’s all new.” But at the time, it was a lie: nothing was updated when we had received that email. Well, it’s updated now, I guess. Best part: free stuff, including the game’s soundtrack. Such hits as that one about the hips and the other one where the chicks are all like “Nah nah… nananana… naaah!...

Namco has announced what may be the most brilliantly named iPhone and iPad game EVER:Toss the Ball. Releasing today, the goal of the game is to slide balls into holes to propel a racing character forward. If you’ve ever been to a carnival you’ve probably seen games exactly like this, but Namco is adding videogame logic to the twist by including power-ups and special balls with unique abilities. Toss the Ballwill be available for free, though you’ll need to pay ....

There are a lot of free-to-play, microtransaction-based videogames, which rocks. The vast majority of these aren’t terribly enticing, to put it nicely, which indeed does not rock. It looks as if EA Black Box might be on to something special withNeed for Speed World, so perhaps there is hope yet. As of this morning, the game went into open beta. So long as you’re willing to create an EA account, downloadingNFS Worldis a few clicks away — assuming the servers have sorted themselves out....

The latest and last ofDarksiders‘ “Hell Books” has been unleashed, ending the series of videos on War’s faithful steed, Ruin. An angry, fiery horse that comes out of the ground, War can swing his sword or shoot his bolter (it’s blatantly a bolter) from atop Ruin at anything foolish enough to stand in his way. Looks pretty badical. Darksidersis one of the games I’m most looking forward to. It’s slowly gone from a reasonably cool looking action title to an incredibly promising and badass game....

Hey guys, for today’s episode ofThe Destructoid Show,we decided that news is stupid and that would should instead twiddle our thumbs and idly speculate about what E3 has in store for us this year. I’m really looking forward to news onXCOM,Aliens: Colonial Marines,Metal Gear Rising, andBurgertime World Tour(Calling it right now: Game of the Year). Tara wants to watch people playBattlefield 3, but doesn’t want to play it because she’s a sissy....

Ladies and gentlemen… GDC is coming to an end. I’m exhausted, braindead, and still making Charlie Sheen jokes in spite of the fact that I’m completely sick of them. That being said, today’s stories are as follows: Ubisoft blames theWe Darecontroversy on someEuropean lady named Peggy, but that’s okay because they’re also having anINSANE saleon Steam this weekend. No, seriously. Four big games for thirteen bucks, go buy ’em, dummy....

If you are like the majority of gamers who shun anything resembling a spoiler, then you are going to want to skip this video — however overpowering the impulse to watch it may be.Those of you willing to throw caution to the wind will find some pretty interesting plot points to the game, including some background information on Vader’s apprentice that is pretty much guaranteed to take you by surprise. Is it any wonder that I chose this asthe most anticipated gamefor 2008?...

In its earnings report today, Activision has revealed that it will fill the shelves with its “usual suspect” IPs, with little surprises. On the Blizzard Entertainment side, bothStarCraft IIand theWorld of Warcraft“Cataclysm” expansion will ship this year. Also hitting this year will be a newSpider-Mantitle (the first in years), yet anotherTony Hawkgame, as well as the expected follow ups toCall of DutyandGuitar Hero.True Crime, which was revealed at the Spike VGAs late last year, will also see release in calendar year 2010....

Things that don’t and will never exist are so much fun to talk about. For instance, duringan interview with CNBCNintendo President Saturo Iwata admitted that the company had scrapped a new handheld that they had not just been working on, but had actually completed. It appears that this handheld was going in a different direction than the DSLite and DSi as Iwata said that “when we are launching new hardware, the most important thing is to sustain the momentum....

Nintendo has made a formal announcement regarding the previously confirmed 3DS press conference outed by Bloomberg Japan last week. As waspreviously reported, the conference will take place on September 13th — a scant two days before the madness of Tokyo Game Show begins — and will be limited to press, analysts and investors. But Nintendo isn’t going to leave the fans out in the cold, as their communication released today informs that the event will be streamed on the internet so that everybody can enjoy the big reveals together....