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Would you pay a subscription fee to have freshGuitar Herocontent delivered to your console? Activision is assuming you would, as it is taking DLC subscriptionsinto considerationfor the future. Publishing CEO Mike Griffith explained the plan during Activision Blizzard’s Analyst Day: It looks like Activision has seen the future, and that future is making a shedload of cash off the back of each new release with DLC. ActiBlizz should give Namco a call, they’re all over that sh*t....

“Why did someone at Sega send over a press release with a headline full of nonsensical words?” That was my initial reaction to the announcement that Sega was bringingGunblade NYandLA Machineguns, two light gun arcade games, exclusively to the Wii. Hours later, I got this funny tingling sensation and decided to watch the video for this thing. My God. It then dawned on me that not only did I know these two games, I had played both of them before extensively; for whatever reason, the names didn’t “click” right away....

Evo, the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, got a whole lot bigger this year. Seasoned champions lost, winners became the most popular trending topics on Twitter and an eight-year-old kicked some serious ass atMarvel vs Capcom 3. Here are the results, Dtoid event coverage and highlights (along with video) of Evo 2k11. SSF4AE:Fuudo (1), Latif (2), Poongko (3) Daigo Umehara ‘Exposed’ panel Street Fighter 4’s twins are about to get nerfed...

Here we have a trailer forBattlefield: Bad Company 2that aims to convince you that you need the VIP content pack like you need air to breathe or Lindsay Lohan needs cocaine to breathe. It’s not really working on me, but I have enough first-person shooters sitting around to last me a lifetime already. That isn’t a statement on the level of quality I assume the game to have, so much as one on how much time I have to devote to the genre....

Hudson Entertainment has announced today thatStar Soldier Rwill be making its way to WiiWare when the service launches later this year. Already available for download on Japanese Wii consoles,Star Soldier Ris a top-down vertically scrolling shooter that challenges player to nail high scores across three modes. In two-minute mode, players will have enough time to battle through one stage and face one boss. The five-minute mode introduces a second level, with its own unique boss battle....

Kinect Joy Ridehas a weird history. Initially introduced as a free Xbox Live title, the game has gone on to become a flagship Kinect launch title. Kart racers are a dime a dozen, and while many have stepped up to the plate, only theMario Kartfranchise has shown itself as being a capable, long lasting franchise. The Xbox 360 has not seen many kart racers, soKinect Joy Ridehas at least some standards to aim for: competition with a very established franchise, proving racing on Kinect, and making sure it’s a game worth playing....

It’s not just the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with the occasional system errors, no, it seems that Nintendo’s beloved Wii is also prone to problems. Mine, for example, will freeze about 50% of the time when I switch games or applications. I’ve had minor Wiimote issues now and again, but nothing major. After looking at the list below compiled atNeoGAF, does anyone here at Destructoid want to add a problem log to the flame?...

…but no one is scared of you,Tetris. I mean,you’re Tetris. Everyone loves you — including artists. This work, this group of huge Tetris blocks wedged (improperly!) in a narrow alleyway is calledOne More Go One More Go,and is actually part of an outdoor exhibition calledLive Lanes – By George!You’ll find these huge falling blocks on Abercrombie Lane in Sydney, Australia. Or… Justin S’sFlickr pagehas several photos of the pieces. From a sign at the installation: There are grand impications of error here that lead to questions, such as who exactly has been playing Giant Tetris?...

“Dual” is a man. A man with a vision for the future. A future in which Capcom is made to pay for its evil corporate shenanigans. A future in which pointing out that a Capcom representative is Hispanic will aid one’s fight for justice. A future where $2 DLC is made freely available so that men might feed their families and children no longer have to become prostitutes just for one night indoors from the cold....

When I’d first heard ofAlpha Protocol, it was just a name to me. I figured it was some generic shooting game and left it alone. Then Ihad to see itas part of a Sega showing at E3, along withAliens vs. PredatorandBayonetta. No prizes for guessing which of those three games I was least excited for. However, when I finally sat down and watched the game in action, I was legitimately surprised by an ambitious, amusing and very promising RPG....

Hi kids! Gather around my hairy arms as Uncle Hamza has some terrific news for you! The Destructoid Show debuts this Monday afternoon onRevision 3! Look for us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday doing marginally relevant things about videogames, hosted by Jonathan Holmes, Tara Long, and some surprise faces from the Dtoid Community who applied for that video thing (look for an email from Niero soon). you may expect to see many Destructoid staff cameos, trained animals, musical guests, biceps, and all sorts of videogame industry personalities....

The worst part about this video is that it’s more or less indistinguishable from a real Wii rip-off product advertisment.Vii, Wii, Pii, they all sound kind of like something you might see peddled at that shady random electronics store wedged between girly fashion hangouts in your local mall. Who actually buys stuff from those guys, anyway? At any rate, I’d guess the Pii is not real, considering there are people cracking up laughing in the background at the majority of this video....

If you ever want to find me at a trade show, your best bet to set up camp near the SEGA booth, as there’s always a good chance I’ll be swinging by. Like clockwork, my presence was felt at PAX this year, where I got further hands-on time with some of the company’s promising offerings. Sonic Generationswas my first port of call, and after playing both acts of City Escape, I am utterly convinced that the game is some sort of cruel trick....