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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smilefeatures a new playable character named Yuki. She may be missing an arm, but that doesn’t stop her from being a total badass as she can equip various weapons onto her stub. Yuki also makes use of a giant sword that has a pretty powerful charge attack, shown off in the above video. Once the contest closes onJune 6 at 11:59PM CDT, Ska Studios will look through all of the entries and pick out the best name for Yuki’s charge attack....

Scott Johnson over atMy Extra Life.comreported today that Leo Laporte ofTechTVfame has joined hisWorld of Warcraftguild. Now I know you’re thinking who the heck cares about Leo and hisWoWguild but this could be a huge problem for the people atG4TechTVinCanada. Think about it. Leo has started playingWorld of Warcraftwhich we all know is an addicting game. He could become ensnared in the evil clutches of theWoWand refuse to work on his show, instead spending hours in his basement leveling up....

After anot entirely successful (but noble) attemptto invade the videogame market, Linkin Park is focusing on what it’s (arguably) better at: music. Activision has revealed that the band’s music will be available as downloadable content for bothGuitar Hero: Warriors of Rockand the upcomingDJ Hero 2. Additionally, folks who purchaseWarriors of RockorÂDJ Hero 2from Amazon between 12:01am PST on October 17 and 11:59pm PST on October 23 will receive a copy of the band’s new album,A Thousand Suns....

After waiting several hours for a massive 2.7 GB patch to download, I was finally able to prowl around the Macintosh open beta forCity of Heroes, a PC MMO developed in 2004 by Cryptic. During my wait, I couldn’t help but to wonder if this would be the MMO that would finally hook me. After a brief play through, I can’t decide. The system requirements for the game aren’t exactly steep (listed after the break), but if you’re running an older machine the game will certainly chug....

Back in February, Mad Catz’ global PR and communications manager Alex Verrey assured us that stock of the company’sStreet Fighter IVFightSticks would be“replenished” through March, April and May. It’s May and many of us are still merely salivating at the thought of purchasing a super sleekTournament Edition FightStickat anon-bloated, retail price. We recently caught up with Verrey and received an update on Mad Catz’ quest to put a joystick in the hand of every gamer who wants one....

When you’re done being a fake rock star for a fake rock band (yeah, I said it), use those very same fake drums you’ve been playing with to make real music. This video fromCreativity to Spareshows us how to connectRock Band’sXbox 360 drums to consumer-level music making programGarageBandto make some real drum noises. Sure, they’re noRoland V-Drums, but they’re one-tenth the price. And when you realize that you really suck at drums, you’ll be glad that you’re not out any money....

Okay, this is getting just a little bit ridiculous. FirstBioShock, thenHalo 3, andnow possiblyMass Effectas well? Just how many high profile Xbox 360 titles are going to slip out early? Reports are coming in ofMass Effect‘s street date being broken ten whole days before its release in K-Mart after one lucky gamerposted his discoveryonline. Following that, the ever informative NeoGAF forumhas sightingsof other fortunate members who got their clammy hands on BioWare’s highly anticipated shooter/RPG....

Hudson is really mining the hell out of its TurboGrafx-16 library these days, and I for one couldn’t be happier about it. Before the SNES was released, the TG-16 was my 16-bit system of choice, despite the fact that it was really only as powerful as two NESs duct-taped together. That’s why I’m ready to smash-my-head-into-the-faces-of-strangers-then-eat-the-meat-that-pops-out-of-them with delight over the announcement ofBonk:Brink of Extinction. This is the first all new Bonk game to be released in the US sinceSuper Bonkcame out in 1994, and for that reason alone, I want to eat dino-chops....

Hey, look at that, it’s a newMetal Slug. Who knew? I didn’t, because if I had, I would have pre-ordered it in Japan, where doing so apparently nets you the sweet pre-order bonus of a pair of underwear. This new PSP title features seven stages of militar … wait,underwear? What? Apparently so. SNK says quantities are limited as well, so if you plan to import this, you may want to specify that you’re looking for a copy that comes with a free set of drawls....

While this might just be one of those things that is getting blown out of proportion thanks to the fact that the previous model of the Xbox 360 crashed more often than a Kennedy on a bender, it has been reported that the new Xbox 360 “Slims” are getting a “Dot of Death” from overheating much as their predecessors did. The new 360s cannot get a RRoD, of course, because theyhave no red lightsand they have that handyshutdown feature, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping them from crashing....

Does Kinect mean the end for controller-based gaming on the Xbox 360? It’s a silly question, but it seems a lot of folks are threatened by the new technology, wondering if more traditional experiences will fade into obscurity as Microsoft focuses on controller-free gaming. There’s been very little to indicate that would be the case, so everyone should probably settle down. More interesting, though, would be the marriage between the Kinect technology and standard controller gaming....

WhileGod Handremains a cult classic, fondly remembered by everybody except IGN, the game’s creator, Shinji Mikami, believes he screwed up. The father ofResident Evilhas declared that the game should not have been so obscure, and it was all because he’d been given too much creative freedom. “I’ve released a lot of titles before and I feel that, perhaps specifically with regard to God Hand I was given too much freedom to make that game just as I liked,” explains the Platinum Games boss....

I heard you like Twitter parties? Of course you do, and this Friday we have yet another one for you. As usual, Destructoid will be teaming up with Rocket XL in order to provide an afternoon of prizes via the latest and greatest social networking fad. This time we’ve got copies ofNeed for Speed: Shiftto give away, along with yet another PS3 Slim! If you don’t know how this works, let me inform you....