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Following the fantastic news of theDays of Arcadeannouncement from yesterday, Capcom has gone into overtime mode to get everybody pumped for its upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC downloadable puzzle title,Flock!. Phew, try saying that twenty times while walking on your hands real fast. Flock!won’t be releasing until somewhere between March 25 – April 22, based on the fact that the XBLA promotion is six weeks in length, but we’ve got a new trailer for your viewing pleasure in the meantime....

Jools Watsham of Renegade Kid has released some off-screen footage of theMutant MuddsE3 build. The 3DS eShop game is a straight-up, no-frills sidescroller in the vein of classics likeCommander Keen. The hook is that you can jump into the fore-, mid-, and background planes, a twist inspired directly byWario Landon the Virtual Boy, perhaps theonlygood game on that ol’ red tumor. As you may see, it’s a pure experience with extremely Game Boy-ish music....

Originally due out for release this month,Two Worlds IIhas been delayed yet again by publisher Southpeak. The promisingly not-totally-shit sequel to the totally-very-shitTwo Worldshas now been shunted into 2011 with a vague January release. “… Although we feel that the game is truly at ‘AAA’ level, that reason is that we wantTwo Worlds IIto be absolutely flawless when it launches in the North American market,” says Southpeak. “Although we could bring the game to market earlier to take advantage of the holiday buying season, we felt that we would do a better service to you by making sure that the game you want is absolutely as it should be....

You know what words are magical to me? “Puzzle RPG”.Puzzle Questhas forever left me wanting another game that successfully blends the puzzle and RPG elements to make a deliciously addictive hybrid, and I wonder if this just might be that game. CalledMight & Magic Clash of Heroes, it’s the latest entry in the good oldMight & Magic seriesand will be released for the Nintendo DS in August of this year....

There’s no shortage of RPGs on the market these days (certainly different from when I was growing up!), bu tthat doesn’t mean fans of the genre aren’t always on the lookout for good new ones. Surely the ears of those fans will perk up when they hear that Ubisoft is working on a new fantasy-themed RPG. Inside Mac Gamesspotted a listing onGamasutrafrom Ubisoft Entertainment Shanghai seeking a Lead Game Designer on what they describe as “brand new fantasy RPG title for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac”....

It seems like every time we post aboutTeam Fortress 2here, there are always a few mandatory “where’s the 360 love?” comments. As it turns out, Valve has finally got an answer for those questions: it’s coming later this year. Valve’s Doug Lombardi revealed that the company’s plan is to hold off on getting the currentTF2updates onto the Xbox 360 until they can give console players more bang for their buck....

Citing resources and the fact that they’re “not PS3 developers,” Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirmed that there are currently no plans to bring the first-person zombie shooter,Left 4 Dead, to the PlayStation 3. According to Lombardi, whorecently spoke with CVG,Left 4 Dead‘s new IP status means the game “doesn’t have that guaranteed appeal yet.” Provided the game does well (and by all accounts there’s no reason it shouldn’t), it’s possible we may see a PS3 version somewhere down the line....

The one thing I was most afraid would happen toDead Space 2is totally happening: less horror, more action. Sure, we already have an abundance of action-centric videogames, and what small amount of horror games we do get mostly end up being mediocre at best, but what’s the harm of one more? In an interview with IndustryGamers, Visceral Games senior VP Nick Earl revealed as much. “We’ve got two main teams; we’ve got some supporting content forDante’s Infernocoming out, but we’ll mostly shift our attention toDead Space 2....

We’re just about finished up withSilent Hill 3onBacklogand it’s time once again for you to determine the course of fate as we gear up to begin our twenty-fourth game.Silent Hill 3deals with themes of youth and stolen innocence as Heather learns the secrets of her past. So, why not take a look at some of the things which influenced my own childhood? All of the games in this series are based around characters I became familiar with in my childhood....

About two weeks ago, I went into my local Wal-Mart to grab some low fat sour cream. (I have a baked potato fetish. It’s how I get my carbs.) On my way to the refrigerated foods, I stumbled upon a Wii kiosk. Instead of being somewhere sensible, like the electronics section of the store, my Wal-Mart jammed a Wii at the end of an impromptu aisle of off brand soda....

D3Publisher has announced that it will be bringing the videogame adaptation ofCoralineto the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 2. Based on a Neil Gaiman novel of the same name,Coralinefinds a little girl stumbling upon the Other World, a strange, alternate version of her life. The animated film is being directed by Harry Selick, best known for his directorial work on Tim Burton’sThe Nightmare Before Christmas. Characters will be voiced by Dakota Fanning, Terri Hatcher, and Keith David, among others; no word on whether or not their voices will appear in the D3 titles....

The Internet has spawned many musicians and weirdos who like to cover the legendary originalMario Brostheme song. While most are good, I’m surprised that its taken this long for someone to finally fuse them all together like this. I loved how the Mario Twins were thrown in at the end. [Spotted onkwaselow’sCBlog.]Big thanks toMr. Monoclefor taking care of Weekend Destructainment duties last week. Did you all miss me and my amazing ability to find the strangest collection of videos on the Internets?...

So, yeah. This box arrived today from Nintendo. What’s inside? It’s mystery, but I’m pretty sure it’s a game!