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You can watch it in pieces for free online, but this fall you’ll be able to buy the entire web seriesMortal Kombat: Legacyon Blu-ray. Set for a November 8 release, the disc will feature all nine episodes of the Kevin Tancharoen-directed series. Bonuses include a handful of short documentaries including: “Fights,” a look at the series’ Fatalities and how they play in the narrative; “Fan Made,” which looks at Tacharoen’s passion for the fighter; a multi-chapter look at theMortal Kombatuniverse called “Expanding the Netherrealm”; “Mysticism,” which explores the powers of the series’ characters; and “Gear,” an excuse to talk about weapons....

An 18-year-old Brazilian gamer had to be rushed to the hospital after being shocked by lightning while holding two Super Nintendo controllers (one in his mouth) while playing the classic fighting gameMortal Kombat. It is unclear whether God of Lightning Raiden had anything to do with the incident. Being a good mentoring gamer, Aguinaldo César Alves had temporarily put his own controller into his mouth while attempting to show his 8-year-old cousin Junior a move with the other controller....

I just killed an Impala (no not the car) and strung up its corpse on a tree some where on the African plain. I then covered my scent, used a lion call in an attempt to attract some bigger game and then took cover by a nearby tree in a shadowy area waiting for a lion to approach. Unfortunately for me, my hiding spot just so happened to be in the same path as the lion was taking to investigate the lion call....

Prepare yourselves, for the popular showNCISis coming to current generation consoles. Stern looking characters will investigate bodies with the utmost sternness, and other such things. If you can’t tell I know next to nothing aboutNCIS, but the game’s 4 cases will be written by the original writers, so at leastsomebodywill know what’s what. Fans of the show will get to play as the main cast, investigate crime scenes, and enjoy banter from all the show’s characters....

If I had cable television (and any desire at all to see the industry which produces my preferred form of entertainment dance like monkeys to appeal to the lowest common denominator), I would totally be watching Neil Patrick Harris host the Spike Video Game Awards Show tonight. Here is the man promoting the event with all the style and class we’ve come to associate with him. Baller. Like I said, I won’t be watching the show, but Destructoid will be on the scene in Los Angeles for it so you can likely expect there to be some shenanigans which transpire as a result of that....

After more than twelve years and endless jokes about its vaporware status,Duke Nukem Foreverhas gone gold today. That means development is over. It’s finished. Duke Nukem Forever is ready to launch on June 13, 2025. Drink it in. Members of the “First Access Club” will get their grubby mitts on a pre-release demo on June 3. You can join the club by pre-ordering the game or buying theBorderlands: Game of the Year Edition....

Obscure PSX RPGZill O’llisgetting a sequel, and it’s coming exclusively to the PS3. Published by Koei,Trinity Zill O’ll Zerois sounding interesting if only for the fact that it pledges to be a mature RPG with some pretty dark themes, marking it out as a more engaging experience than the typical “boy hero saves the world and comes of age” story that has been turning JRPGs into drivel for the past ten years....

Today, Activision released a developer diary forX-Men Origins: Wolverine. You can view the video after the break. I suggest you do, simply because the texture work on the mutant protagonist’s sideburns is superb. Finally, a developer has created a game that takes facial hair seriously. I suppose I’m selling the developers a bit short.X-Men Origins: Wolverineappears fun and every bit as violent as Nickindicated at New York ComicCon. I’m especially digging the amount of blood in the game....

Ninjas are many things, but one thing they arenotis cheap. Well, maybe they are, but you wouldn’t want to say it to their faces. Still, who doesn’t like a deal? This week’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace “Deal of the Week” is on theNinja Gaiden II“Mission Mode” add on. Normally 800 Microsoft Points, you can pick this sucker up for 560 MS Points this week. That’s a savings of 33%, 240 MS Points, or $3....

Well, the didn’t say that specifically, but you know someone in their office has said that at some time or another. These poor guys and their waggle keep getting sued by other companies that think they thought of the idea first. And just like that curly-haired blonde kid that never got anywhere with these games, companies like Guardian Media Technologies are getting nowhere with saying that they came up with Waggle Tech first....

If you can’t read the text inMass Effect 2, buy a new TV. In arecent message board postabout the problematic tiny text issue affecting SDTV owners, BioWare revealed that it can’t patch the problem. “We understand that on some (SDTVs) the smallest text inMass Effect 2can be difficult to read,” project manager Michael Gamble told readers. “While this was not an intentional result, it was a byproduct of the enhancements to the user interface....

Epic and Microsoft Game Studios are throwing a contest in honor ofGears of War 2during the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. The Mayhem Festival is a traveling music event that will feature the only band on the planet with sixteen drummers, Slipknot. The contest will only be offered on the radio in select tour cities for the show, with prizes including: Forty exceptionally lucky winners will get the opportunity to not only playGears of War 2in a special viewing room, but will also have the chance to chainsaw and shoot bullets with some of the members of Slipknot....

I’ll admit it — seeing something about Kinect in my inbox that wasn’t a user-made project or hack for once grabbed my attention. That something isPowerUp Heroesby Longtail Studios and Ubisoft. In what will surely be a turnoff for many of you — but a blessing for overall sales — the game centers around Xbox Avatars. Described as a “full-body fighting game,” you’ll duke it out as either a superhero or a supervillain in one-on-one fights....