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Dinosaurs as your favorite Marvel superheroes. So rad. Spotted oni09. Matt reviewedBlood Stone, we checked outMindjack,Mortal Kombat’sspecial edition is looking pretty rad, 22 millionCityvilleusers in just eleven days and more happened on 12/13/10. Destructoid Originals:Destructoid Live: Hard Party with Lilt Line and Bit.TripDtoid (the show): VGAs recap, indie game decap, and cake Community:Community blogs of 12/08Forum of the day:2010 Destructoid Secret Santa Contests:Last call: Win a Blue DSi XL and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn!...

It’s very possible thatThe Great Gatsbyis my favorite novel of all-time. Certainly, the book is in my top five. Rich in metaphor and characterization, it is also exactly the right length for a lazy Sunday afternoon and I find myself reading the book once or twice a year just because it’s so comfortable. That’s not going to change as a result of a new hidden-object game based on the story. I suppose that’s all well and good but, if I were going to make a game based onGatsby, it would be a dating sim....

In a blow to quality in just about everything, the Burger King games (as a whole) have officially gonedouble platinum— meaning they’ve sold over 2 million copies combined. Released just a month ago, these promotional titles have sparked some kind of phenomenon … maybe. Russ Klein, president of global marketing at Burger King, said in a statement, “Most video games are considered a blockbuster when they reach the 1 million mark in sales, and this collection has achieved twice that, thanks in part to the great value for the money and convenient holiday stocking stuffer appeal....

If someone told me years ago that one of my favorite videogame moments in recent memory would happen in a Rockstar game, I would probably have laughed. And maybe pushed them into a mud puddle. I love Rockstar and think they make really amazing games, but I think of their games as ambitious, technically impressive experiences, not as games containing a large amount of emotionally powerful moments — moments that deeply affect me and change the way I look at videogames....

Like many of my comrades in the gaming army, I was psyched to pick up the Wii edition ofResident Evil 4this weekend. Then, I remembered I suck at that game. Hardcore. So Leigh, let’s take a game you were — let’s call it “special” — at before, and add motion control. Pan with the left, aim with the right, squeeze B, tap A, hold Z to run… how’s that workin’ out for you, superstar?...

You are not ready for this video. Seriously. You’ll notice the general theme of this week’s episode is a reworking ofan article I wroteseveral months ago, but the message has never been more apt than recently, given what certain videogame “experts” havebeen up toin the mainstream media. This week’s episode simplyhadto be made. Even so, you are not ready for it. Not ready at all.

We here at Destructoid really care. Since we knew our announcement of Game of the Year for 2008 was going to be so important, we decided to make sureeveryonein the world could fully enjoy the excitement. Therefore, for the blind people, we created the above video full of delicious audio for your extra sensitive ears. And for our deaf friends, you can hit thejumpfor the big reveal and treat your super-powered eyes to a glorious dance of text....

Publisher Capcom has two fresh games available on the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch:Dark Void ZeroandHatchlings. In a recent press release, Capcom celebrated the fact that both titles are using Aurora Feint’s OpenFeint tech, which in a nutshell, allows for leaderboards and an Xbox LIVE-like Achievement system. Dark Void Zerois an Other Ocean Interactive-developed title that started out as an April Fool’s joke. It then became an NES-style 8-bit platformer that was well received by critics when it launched on DSI Ware and PC....

When it was announced at E3 earlier this year, I had a chance to play a small bit of Chair Entertainment’s and Epic Games’ upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade title,Shadow Complex. Only a small demo, it wasn’t enough; I wanted more. After seeingDale’s interview with Chair’s Donald Mustard, I knew I couldn’t wait much longer. So after some pestering and a bit of begging, Chair Entertainment passed along to me some preview code ofShadow Complex....

Having only played through some of the demo forHaze, I’m not even going to comment on the quality of Free Radical’s PlayStation 3 first-person shooter. I will say that the four-player cooperative drop-in/drop-out sounds really promising. But here’s the problem — that feature doesn’t work. According to a recent thread at the officialUbisoft forums, when you attempt to invite a friend to your game, the game prompts you to download and install a patch....

Apparently playing too muchShinobiaround the office, Sega has decided to sneak up on the Internet withbeta sign-upsfor their upcoming RTS,Universe at War: Earth Assault. For the lucky who will be chosen, the beta begins on August 15, a few months before the game ships. The game will also be released on the Xbox 360 early next year (including cross-platform play), but this beta is PC only … suckers! I had a chance to sit down and watch a demo of thisUniverse at Warat E3, and its shaping up nicely....

Game Informerhas a video(right click, save link as) showing the song “Reptilia” being played in bothRock BandandGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. This comparison offers a quick look at how the two games look head to head. Other than the obvious fact that the notes are shaped differently, the first thing you’ll probably notice is that the note charts (for this song anyway) are fairly similar. While I haven’t had the opportunity to play either game yet, it sounds likeGuitar Hero IIIwill be the more challenging of the two as far as guitar play is concerned....

Last week, Crytekfiled a trademark registrationfor “Warface.” They also filedthis imageof an eye. While the connection of an eye to a face is clear, I’m unsure how “war” fits into the trademark puzzle. I have two ideas: (1) All the soldiers inWarfaceare cyclopean thugs. Or (2) the game revolves around a futuristic gypsy army with advanced knowledge of battle conditions made possible through psychic powers. It’ll be forever before we know for sure, but there’s a chance thatWarfaceis Cytek’s console title....