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Did you watch the 2009Spike Video Game Awardsfor the actual awards themselves, the slew of announcements, or not at all? Based on some viewership data provided by The Cut Scene, that last choice applies to an increasingly large number of TV-watching individuals. While it seemed to be an improvement over the previous VGA ceremonies, I still found myself only wanting to hear aboutArkham Asylum 2rather than the award winners — Best Performance by a Human Female winner Megan Fox says “hello” — for obvious reasons....

Eidos Montreal isn’t working onDeus Ex 3alone. In a recent conversation withEdge, studio GM Stephane D’Astous revealed that Square Enix Tokyo is planning to handle the CGI cinematics for the upcoming follow-up to a bad game. Neat. “Deus Ex 3is going to be the first project which will be a concrete product of joint effort between Square Enix and Eidos,” said D’Astous. “The cinematics — by which I mean any CGI pre-rendered cinematics — are going to be done in Tokyo by Square Enix, and that’s going to be amazing....

It looks like there is yetanothercase of a developer not showing the Xbox 360 the sort of love that it so craves as a lonely American console in a Japanese game world. The latest rumblings come from a Square Enix executive who is quoted as telling Japan’s Nikkei BP that they have no intentions of blessing the Microsoft console with any newFinal Fantasygames. WhenShinji Hashimotowas asked by Nikkei BP if the Xbox 360 would be getting any new FF games, the answer was clear:...

I’ll be damned. So everyone doesn’t stay up into the wee hours of the morning playing games? It’s just gamers? And that makes them tired? Not to poo poo on anyone’s research or anything, but I could have told you that. But this data, which is to be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, gives us some hard numbers and facts. It turns out that those that game over seven hours a week and those who call their habit a gaming addiction sleep less during the week than other gamers, about an hour less....

See what I did there? It was a sex joke. I hope it wasn’ttoo immature for you. For those of you able to stand my sophomoric humor I have good news. Telltale is working on putting out a new game based on a franchise “that’ll blow everybody’s mind.” That’s a direct quote from and interviewShacknewsdid with Telltale’s Dan Connors. When questioned about what was up next for Telltale afterWallace and GromitandMonkey Islandare done Connors responded that, “We’ve got product in production right now that we’ve been talking about but we haven’t really set a release date to....

Allow me to present some real life, over-the-shoulder, excruciatingly imported and edited on an entirely underpowered machine, demo footage ofDuel Lovefor the Nintendo DS. At the Tecmo party, Flynn DeMarco ofGayGamerandKotakutook me by the elbow and led me conspiratorially aside. “Look,” he said, his be-chained wrists arcing gracefully, “I know you’re a complete and total fruit bat. Florian told me; right after he asked me about myrumpus. It’s okay. As long as you stay away from our REAL twinks, we really don’t mind....

After almost a year of panic, fans can finally rest easy with confirmation that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be making its way to the Nintendo DS. Hopefully, this means the game will actuallysella few copies. The DS version will once again be developed by n-space, that as made a DS version of every COD game since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Social media manager Dan Amrich has assured the world that the portable version is in “expert hands....

Here they are boys and girls, just like I promised. All three games are represented here in video form and I must say, after spending roughly 10 minutes total with each so far, thatBig Bumpin’is my favorite of the bunch. But, even though I had the most fun withBig Bumpin’, the intro forSneak Kingis by far the best thing I’ve seen in ages. Have a look at these pretty sweet $3....

I was honestly surprised by Conrad’s feature today as it ripped a partGalactrix. I just got the game myself and can’t say I’ve been having the same issues as Conrad. Not yet, anyway. So far, everything has been pretty enjoyable … except for the game crashing on me randomly. Free Destructoid shirts for ladies, Jim reviewedX-Blades, some awesome games are coming to Xbox Live, first gameplay video ofA Boy and His Blobwas released, Destructoid goes HD and plenty more happened on 03/05/09....

Rejoice! The rumors of an impending PlayStation 3 firmware update are true. Sony has decided to skip 1.91 and go directly to 1.92 with this latest release, which is now available for download. While no official lists of improvements have been announced, various Internet Matlocks have noticed a few changes. The ability to add Flash wallpapers, minor web browser improvements, and some backwards compatibility updates have all been reported (but not confirmed)....

The Brainy Gamer(via Electro Lemon) has a very interesting article up discussing the heady ideals ofBlacksite: Area 51, Midway’s latest attempt to bring theArea 51label a decent game. By all accounts, the title is but a shallow one about shooting aliens and provides little of thoughtful substance, but according to lead designer Harvey Smith, its intentions are/were so much loftier, aiming to provide commentary on the state of the Iraq war:...

The three new multiplayer maps forHalo 3have arrived. Standoff, Rat’s Nests, and Foundry are all available for 800 Points. Aaron did a greathands-on of the gamewhen he visited Bungie worth checking out if you’re curious about the new maps. Also, check out this new Red Vs Blue video (above) showing off the new levels too. These maps will become free in Spring of 08 prior to the new next map pack if you’re willing to wait....

Lugaru, the greatest rabbit-themed martial arts game ever made, is getting a sequel calledOvergrowth. The guys at Wolfire Games have done some of the coolest viral marketing I’ve ever seen from the indie crowd. They’ve given constant game updates on their blog, filmed remarkably insightfuldesign toursof other indie games, and their main marketing dude at industry events wears a kilt and a lumberjack beard. Perhaps their most interesting attempt at promotingOvergrowth, however, comes in the form of their newly-releasedOvergrowthwebcomic....