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Since last checking in, Steam has added a few more deals. Every time any of us have ever mentioned PC games getting discounted, inevitably someone mentions how they wantAmnesia: The Dark Descentto not cost twenty bones in the comments. Well, today’s your lucky day: Gotta love how they hit both ends of the spectrum by featuringThe UnderGarden(soothing, lighthearted) andAmnesia(scariest game in years). And don’t forget, Steam is still doing its treasure hunt thing....

Releasing developer diaries is apparently the cool thing to do nowadays, but who’s complaining? I’m certainly not. It’s always nice to hear devs justify the product they put so much time and effort into, so long as you aren’t afraid to question some of the more serious claims being tossed around. For instance, in video above, we are told that “Stokedis the first snowboarding videogame to feature a real weather system....

It’s great to see prominently featured Xbox Live Arcade titles get separate versions so soon after release. This is happening with Supergiant Games’ action-RPGBastion, out tomorrowon Steamand on other unnamed digital distribution services “in the following weeks.” What’s the deal with this version, anyway? The developershave a postanswering this very question. Basically, it runs natively in 1080p, and has multiple control styles. One has you using WASD for movement, another uses the mouse, and then there’s gamepad support....

MAGFest is on the way! Do you know what your fellow Destructoid peeps are going to be up to at the event? We have a handy guide that will fill you in on all the details. Our CES coverage continues as Dale checked out Game Church, leaked hardware specs for the new PlayStation Phone appeared, Microsoft (sort of) addressed the clear desire for Kinect PC applications and a bunch more happened on 05-06-2025....

Ever since that moment of sinous thrill when I thought thatGamecock was bringing a Blackula gameto gamers worldwide, I find I react more strongly than before when a game even mentions vampires. What can I say, I really wanted that game. Camp factor would have made it an instant classic, in my not-so-humble opinion. Anyway, casual companyeGameshas announced a new title calledThe Dracula Files, which is coming out for PC, Wii and DS later this summer....

I don’t think it’s a shocker to hear that people are discussing this year’s E3 with some degree of skepticism. After all, the event once known for its primo selection of scantily clad women and free swag has transformed considerably, and while it may be more professional, you have to admit that people tend to value fun more highly. Can’t we have both, somehow? According toThe Street.com, the reaction to this year’s Expo could affect the future of the event....

Hey, Scrooge — if you were disappointed to hear that next week’sRock BandDLC would be a three-song holiday-themed back, stop pouting. Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that a three-song Foo Fighters pack will be available as well. The track pack includes “DOA,” from the Foo’s fifth album,In Your Honor, along with “Times Like These” from 2002’sOne By One, and “This is a Call” from their 1995 self-titled debut. The three-pack will run you $5....

If you’re not a PC gamer, then you’ll probably have missed out onThe Witcher, a Polish RPG powered by BioWare’s Aurora engine and famous mostly for having prostitutes in it. The critical reception was more or less favorable, although a couple of reviews were pretty brutal. Good or bad, the world at large will soon be able to sample the fruit of CD Projekt’s laborwhen it is releasedon the PS3 and Xbox 360 asThe Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf....

Casual gaming. It’s an industry populated by games that wouldn’t even register to the averageHalofan, and yetthesegames are the ones that have been embraced by the mainstream. As hard as Spike TV, Microsoft and Kevin Pereira try to make you believe that FPS games and the latest iteration ofMaddenhave really taken hold with the general public, they certainly don’t have the same kind of recognition that a simple game likeMinesweeperorSolitairedoes....

President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe David Reeves has beentalking again, this time re-iterating Sony’s mantra of“a marathon, not a sprint”by stating that it’s actually going to be Christmas2008that the company aims to nail as a big pay-day rather than the one coming up. Talking to the semi-officialThree Speechblog, Reeves fielded questions about the lack of a European price-cut, the potential for a price drop before Christmas, and what SCEE is planning to do to improve the PS3’s games line-up over the next 18 months....

2K Sports included a time-sensitive Achievement/Trophy inMajor League Baseball 2K10, and the time to get it is now. Entitled “Mid-Summer Classic,” the task — good for 40 Gamerscore on Xbox Live, and a silver Trophy on the PlayStation Network — entails playing the All-Star Game in MLB Today, which provides a videogame version of each day’s slate of baseball games. The real Mid-Summer Classic will be played tonight (July 13) at the ballpark of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Angel Stadium, and if you turn on your PS3 or 360 right now, you can play as the National League or the American League to earn your ultimately meaningless virtual reward....

THQ has upset a number of San Francisco residents this week with a publicity stunt that went a little bit wrong. to promoteHomefront, the publisherheld a rallyagainst fictional Korean invaders, and unleashed dozens of balloons at the end. Those balloons seem to have mostly found their way to San Francisco Bay, where they littered the water and infuriated the locals. GameStop caught most of the rage, held responsible as a partner of THQ’s....

Up until now, details on Ubisoft’s videogame based onLosthave been even sketchier than the mysterious twists of the show it’s based on. Today it was announced that they will finally be publicly revealing the game in trailer form at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, during aLostSeason 4 panel which will take place this afternoon. While there is still very little information about the game to go on, Ubisoft has revealed that the game will have players taking on the role of a passenger of “doomed” Oceanic Flight 815....