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On the off chance you don’t have barrels of money and a swimming pool filled with gold, you might not want to pick up theTournament Edition FightStickfrom Mad Catz. Because it’s expensive. Very expensive. How about something for half, or less than half the price? Then you’ll want to look at the standard FightStick, also from Mad Catz, for the consumer who thinks that having running water and air conditioning (or heating) is more important than the best gaming experience possible....

People may say to him “Hi Wii, going home to play with yourself?” but 26-year old Wii Yatani certainly has a better life now that his name is more commonly associated with Nintendo’s hardware than a juvenile term for hardware of a different variety. With a name like Wii, the son of Japanese parents had an understandably tough childhood in upstate New York. “When I was growing up, I had a pretty difficult time,” he toldMTV....

The law of videogame physics states that a game based on the movie will suck. When the movie is based on a comic book, the game will suck even harder. It’ll suck the weeping, milky vagina of Satan’s most brazen cattle, in fact.X-Men Origins: Wolverinebucked this trend, and according to Marvel, it’s a trendthat will continue. “We are not doing movie-based games anymore,” says Marvel Executive Vice President of Global Digital Media Group Ira Rubenstein....

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, 2K’s Gorey-inspired, pie-thieving platforming puzzle game has done pretty well for itself, I’d say. It’s one of the best downloadable titles I’ve played so far this year and more gamers should be exposed to it if at all possible. It is possible, and 2K is making it happen with the announcement thatWinterbottomwill be appearing on Steam April 20th. That’s just two weeks until PC users who haven’t had the opportunity to be enchanted by the greedy gentleman’s quest for the most powerful pie in creation can revel in it’s delights....

SEE Virtual Worlds has announced a partnership with Universal Partnerships and Licensing to publish a massively multiplayer online game based on the classic Universal Monsters. SEE Virtual Worlds has announced a partnership with Universal Partnerships and Licensing to publish a massively multiplayer online game based on the classic Universal Monsters. {{page_break}} “The massively multiplayer online game will allow players to emulate the infamous monster hunter Van Helsing as they track down monsters in celebrated scenes based on the series of horror films distributed by Universal pictures,” says a press release sent out this morning....

When I heard that Amon Tobin was going to be scoringSpinter Cell: Chaos Theory, I squealed with delight, like a baby kitten lapping up its first sips of mother’s milk. The Brazillian DJ/producer has created some of the most intelligent, creative electronic/drum and bass music in the field, and knowing that he was creating new music withSplinter Cellin mind was mind-numbing. Today, Ubisoft has announced thatGroove Addicts, a music production house based out of California, will be creating music for their upcomingSplinter Cell: Conviction… and I’ve got nothing....

[Editor’s note: Dtoider mistic heads up the biggest No Apparent Reason Party group in Europe and holds an annual NARP to coincide with PAX each year. Here’s a recap from the latest DtoidEurope get together. — CTZ] Well its about that time again. The EuroNARP ended more then a week ago, but it took some time to get everything sorted. I’ve got a sh*tload of pictures (most of which can’t really be shown on Dtoid, so we won’t but the ones that can be shown can be found in this post)...

Hey gang, we’ve got another episode ofThe Destructoid Showdedicated to all the hard-hitting post-E3 news from the past couple days. That was a joke. There’s a demo out forDuke Nukem Foreverwhich hopefully has poop and tits in it. You guys should download it and give us some feedback.Call of Duty: Black Opsis still available for purchase or something, the newFallout: New VegasDLC“Old World Blues”is about invisible typewriters and rotating your head like an owl....

The furor over Electronic Arts’ decision to put SecuROM in its products has resulted intwo new class-action suits. They were both filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Interestingly, the allegations include EA deceptively spiking its free download, theSpore Creature Creator, with SecuROM. Richard Eldridge, who has filed this particular complaint, states that the act “constitutes a major violation of computer owners’ absolute right to control what does and what does not get loaded onto their computers, and how their computers shall be used....

Fists out, blades in with Bandai-Namco’s latest in their block-rockin’, sword-fighting sagaSoul Calibur. While there’s been plenty of Ivy’s dirty pillows spread throughout the Nine Interwebs like locusts, these are most certainly the latest examples we’ve got of what to expect from the new game, showcasing the game’s breathtaking environments and revamped character designs. Siegfried, for example, looks like he got double-teamed by a disco ball and a railroad spike, and looks pretty damn cool besides....

AnyFull Metal Alchemistfans? Yah, I know, what a stupid question.Full Metal Alchemistis one of the first few series people suggest to any anime newcomers, so its DS game should be just as popular. Check out theFull Metal Alchemist: Dual Sympathymini games you may join Ed and Alphonse in: Whack-A-Homunculus looks fun, and the Transmutation mini games sound like someOkamistyled fun to me. The game is scheduled for release on December 12, so keep your Edward and Elric obsessed eyes on the watch for it next week....

Best looking game of the bunch this week has to beThe Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglassfor the DS. Linde just gave us his review of the game yesterday and it doesn’t sound like it was that bad.Other than that, nothing else really holds my interest this week. Good thingI haveHalo 3and thenew map pack forBomberman Liveto keep me companyon Live. What’s looking sw33t to you this week?X360:NBA 2K8,NBA Live 08,Project Gotham Racing 4,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Crash of the Titans,FlatOut: Ultimate CarnagePS3:NBA 2K8,NBA Live 08Wii:NBA Live 08,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Crash of the TitansPC:Enemy Territory: Quake Wars,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Hour of VictoryPS2:NBA 2K8,NBA Live 08,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Crash of the TitansPSP:NBA Live 08,Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Syphon Filter: Logan’s ShadowDS:Spider-Man: Friend or Foe,Crash of the TitansEnemy Territory: Quake Wars(PC)NBA 2K8(PS3, X360, PS2)NBA Live 08(X360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP)Project Gotham Racing 4(X360)Spider-Man: Friend or Foe(X360, PC, PS2, WII, PSP, DS)Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow(PSP — who keeps buying this piece of shit series?...

Hey, it’s me again: your resident SRPG/JRPG whore. I’m also a bit of an Atlus whore, and that’s why I’m sharing with you the newSpectral Force 3screenshots they just sent us. Spectral Force 3sounded super sexy when we first heard about it late last year. At the time, many of you fellow whores joined me in welcoming Atlus as an official 3rd party publisher for the Xbox 360, but we haven’t heard much about the game since then....