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We’ve been chatting with 2K Marin creative director Jordan Thomas ahead ofBioShock 2‘s release, finding out what’s left to find out about the game before it releases this Tuesday. We asked Thomas about the balance between gameplay and story, and what element the studio focused its efforts on. “We had a very solid mechanical bedrock in the form of the first game,” he tells us. “The heavier pressure that I felt we were under was to deliver a compelling new story, so I exhibited a very strong narrative bias as a rookie creative director, sometimes in a way that was frustrating to my colleagues....

Pretty much everyone saw this coming, but former Oklahoma Sooners power forward Blake Griffin has been named by EA Sports as the coverboy forNCAA Basketball 10. Griffin left Oklahoma after his sophomore season this past year and declared for the NBA Draft, which will be held tomorrow, June 25th. In his short two-year college career, he racked up a litany of honors and records, including the Big 12, Associated Press, Naismith, Sporting News, and John Wooden player of the year awards....

Double Fine is ready to rock during E3, with plenty planned for their big unveiling for their upcoming titleBrutal Legend. They’ve got a scheduled live Twitter…thing, a newBrutal Legendtrailer, and a new installment ofBrutal Thoughtswith Jack Black. Best of all, they’ll be giving away a real guitar, inspired by Tenacious D. If you want to get down with the live Twitter action with Double Fine’s own Tim Schafer, be ready to tweet at 6p....

Staring up at flat panel screen playing an announcement trailer forBionic Commando‘s multiplayer mode, the game’s producer Ben Judd sarcastically told me he didn’t know what I was talking about when I mentioned it. In fact, that’s the same thing he told me months ago when we first saw the game at GDC.So it was no surprise, but pleasant nonetheless, when the next day it was revealed thatBionic Commandowould contain a multiplayer mode when it hits Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC later this year....

The latest offering from Mega64 actually has one of the most straightforward set-ups. There are no props. No cameos. No other starring members except Rocco. It turns out that the subject matter ofCatherineis weird enough on its own to produce an incredibly awkward series of encounters with Rocco playing a disturbingly forlorn nerd

Bored this weekend? Do you need a white PlayStation 2, and are just dying to get involved in some competitive karaoke action? Sony’s got what you need, as they’ve announced that the limited-edition SingStar PlayStation 2 Pack will be available at select retailers starting today. The $149.99 bundle includes the limited-edition Ceramic White PlayStation 2 (as shown above), and a copy ofSingStar Pop, which also ships with two microphones. The best part about this?...

While ChAIR Entertainment is currently grinding away atInfinity Bladefor iDevices, I get the feeling many of us are secretly — or not so secretly, since this is the Internet — wishing that the studio would give us a sequel toShadow Complex. “We loveShadow Complexand we have lots of ideas for the future ofShadow Complex, but that’s all we can say right now,” explains ChAIR co-founder Donald Mustard. “We’d love to make another one....

Now that you know you’ve seen what CDV Software is bringing out on the consoles withLawn GamesandSacred 2,it’s time to take a look at one of their upcoming DS titles. City Life, to put it basically, is like aSim Citygame. You put up buildings, set up roads, utilities, transportation and all the other usually city building tools are at your disposal. What really separatesCity Lifefrom other city buildings games, though, is that the game goes beyond just the city building aspect....

There are subscription advantages to pre-orderingChampions Online. According to aEurogamerreport, Cryptic Studios is offering a gargantuan deal (and a tiny deal) for those with some clink in their pocket and a belief in Cryptic’s ability to deliver in the MMO space. Until the end of August, pre-orderers have the ability to opt-in to a lifetime membership with tangible benefits. Priced at 200 bucks, the lifetime membership includes freedom from monthly subscription charges, uniqueChampions Onlinearmor, a beta key forStar Trek Online, and a figurine, nine character slots, and bonusStar Trek Onlinearmor....

In a 14 minutes long video Art Director Michael Khaimzon demonstrates several different gameplay elements and the impressive physics from the freakin awesome looking game Crysis.There seem to be a few bugs, but i think they’ve got enough time to correct them so “let’s go and kick some ass! Yeah!”

David Perry, the man behind such gaming classics asEarthworm JimandMDK,is an astounding guy. Once, in a bar, he boasted of his ability to wrestle live dinosaurs, only to spend a month cloning an adult tyrannosaurus from DNA found inside of a stone, then pinning it for a three-count in front of thirty thousand people at Madison Square Garden. Of course, all of that was a lie, but his newest project is only a hair less ambitious than that....

I recently got the chance to catch up with Edmund McMillian and Tommy Refenes, two out of the three men on the development team working on the upcoming WiiWare titleSuperMeat Boy.This isn’tthe first timethat Destructoid has gotten to talk with Edmund, but it is the first time that we’ve talked to him since he got totally rich and famous. Thanks for remembering us little guys Edmund, and please, next time you see Reggie, kiss him “hello” for me....

Opoona (Wii)Developed by Arte PiazzaPublished by KoeiReleased on March 25th, 2008