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Bethesda’s Pete Hines snapped a few mobile shots of theFallout 3booth at the Penny Arcade Expo and posted them on his Facebook this afternoon. When I saw them, I thought two things. First, holy crap — they really went all out with the booth. Then I remembered —Fallout 3is totally playable at the show starting tomorrow! Yup, PAX will mark the first public hands-on of the saliva-inducing title, and Bethesda will have six kiosks set up in their booth....

Microsoft had plans in motion to allow widespread crossplatform play between PC and Xbox 360 games, but those plans aren’t in motion anymore. Why is, that? Pretty simple, really — the console players just couldn’t hang. Voodoo PC found Rahul Sood revealed that the prospect was discussed “many many months ago” but that Microsoft killed off the idea due to tests that revealed PC gamers “destroyed” console gamers every single time....

With downloadable content being the money maker it is these days, it’s no wonder Valve has jumped on board and decided to offer paid DLC on its digital distribution platform, Steam. While in-game content post launch for PC games has historically been free, it was only a matter of time. Money talks, y’know? The first title to support premium DLC on Steam is none other than indie favoriteThe Maw. Two levels,Brute ForceandRiver Redirect, can be downloaded at $1....

I certainly don’t envy the folks at Bethesda Softworks. For sure, their award-winning RPG,Oblivion, is going to go down in history books as one of the first truly great titles of this high-definition generation; I wouldn’t mind having a stake in that. And yeah, everyone who works there drives cars that are not only way nicer than mine, but get far better gas mileage. But taking on the pressure of crafting a next-generationFallout?...

Rockstar Games and GameStop are allowing you, yesyou, to decide which pre-order bonus forRed Dead Redemptionwill be offered at the retailer. Oh no, they aren’t asking for creative input or anything too meaningful; just a simple click on yourfavorite of the threeunlockable outfits. This “Red Dead Referendum” ends on February 15. Until then, you’re able to vote once every 24 hours on The Deadly Assassin outfit, which is obviously the way to go....

This episode is about two things: penises and toucans. Though not necessarily in that order. Gohereto listen to the new Podtoid. Jim, Topher, Samit, and myself are in it. And Adam Dork talks, like, twice. Highlights include: – We spoil Destructoid Discusses for this week – Linde isn’t there – Linde is there – Fighting game schools of thought: manual dexterity vs intuitive strategy – A short post-show conversation...

Now that ourPortal 2review is up, I feel it’s safe to put upPortal 2’send credit song, “Want You Gone.” Obvious spoilers for you fickle readers out there. While I like this song a lot better than “Still Alive,” I enjoyed the song that plays right before this with the turrets. Check it out below and tell us which song you enjoyed more.

On December 3, Ubisoft will be “re-launching” thePrince of Persiafranchise with a new title (simply calledPrince of Persia) for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC. The Nintendo DS will be getting its own little adventure as well, in the form of Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. So what about a Wii version? “The Wii version is non-existent,”Prince of Persiaproducer Ben Mattes told us at an event in San Francisco. “It’s just not a platform that we developed this game for....

Some dude from some site I’ve never heard oftold Next-Gen(an actual honest-to-goodness gaming biz site) that they are seeing PlayStation 3 bundles popping up and camping out on the Internet, ready for you to buy. And he spoke: Drake says PS3 is more readily available than Xbox 360 was this time last year. “Last year we tracked several one thousand dollar Xbox 360 bundles which would sell out in less than two minutes after becoming available....

Sony is celebrating a great 2009 by starting off 2010 right: as a “thank you” to all the folks who bought PS3s and PSPs for the holiday season, they’ve slashed the prices of1012 PlayStation Network gamesin half! Now, I suppose you could chide them for not knowing how to count, but why complain when you’ve got an extra two games to choose from? Here’s the full list: PS3 Games: Gravity Crash(now $4....

In an interview in theBoston Globe, Dr. Gerald Block talked about internet addiction. He is a psychiatrist that specializes in the treatment of gamers that can’t pull themselves away from the computer, and he says that these people are more ashamed of theirWorld of Warcraftaddiction than they would be of a porn addiction. “The computer gamers tend to be harder to treat. People feel a lot of shame around computer games....

I like Qore. It’s a neat way to get an inside look at some Sony-made games and products. I like how it’s all interactive and in high-definition, and I love how it’s hosted by the adorable geek princess Veronica Belmont. I actually only have three complaints about Qore: Well, we can knock one of those complaints out this week, as episode 7 of Qore is free for the taking on the PlayStation Store....

After today’s overflow ofModern Warfare 3information, I’m starting to wish I were still into the series’ competitive scene. Apologies for dropping so many separate posts on you simultaneously, but that’s the wacky world of game blogging for you. (Plus, you guys totally wouldn’t have read one really long post. We’re on to you.) Here’s a wrap-up of what went down at Call of Duty XP: Here’s the live stream for Call of Duty XPQuick hands-on with Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayerAll the weapons, perks and more in Modern Warfare 3Modern Warfare 3 introduces a whole new Killstreak systemNew mode and custom game types come to Modern Warfare 3Elite brings Facebook, clan support to Modern Warfare 3Limited Edition Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 announcedCall of Duty Elite ‘Premium’ gets priced at $49....