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Holy crap. That… was… AWESOME! Listen,Star Warshas fallen a bit in my eyes over the last decade and theForce Unleashedwasn’t all that it could be, but man if I don’t just pop a nerd boner every time someone slashes up some Stormtroopers with a light saber. While we’re on the subject, how frickin’ awesome are lightsabers!? Really frickin’ awesome is the answer. I realize that this video is nothing but FMV, and that most of the problems with the last game involved gameplay, but, damn it, I’m weak and he crushed that walker-thing like it was nothing....

Hear that CTZ? December 3rd will be the day that you and every otherSmash Bros.fan in North America, can finally get their hands onSuperSmash Bros. Brawl. Hooray! Now CTZ can kick my ass in yet another version of Nintendo’s best selling fighting title. While I’m not really looking forward to the ass kicking he’ll dish out, I’m definitely looking forward to the next installment of one of my favorite series....

This is theTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldiertrailer that Ubisoft showed in theirE3 press conference. Shoot enemies through certain materials, scout using the portable drone, use timed explosives, kill using melee attacks, and coordinate all of that with your team-members. Although this is all CG, the gameplay that was shown at the press conference looked about what you’d expect from a “future” update to theGRAWseries. It wasn’t really mindblowing, but it looked like a fun game to play with a couple of tactical-minded shooter friends....

Destructoid’s Mash Tactics crew is live at CraveOnline’s non-stop NOS-chugging gaming booth located across from the West Hall. We’re interviewing the team that are attempting to beat the 31 hour Guinness World Record in the fighting game category. Cristopher Bryant, one of the brave men attempting this sleepless task, thinks they’re going to blow it out of the water with a 48+ hour milestone. You’ll also see a few guests stop by from the pro-gaming and Dtoid community members alike....

Eliza Dushku sat down withMTV Newsto discuss important celebrity things and got to talking about her recent role as Rubi in A2M’sWET. The actress teases about a potential “live-action Dushku vehicle” where we could see Eliza play Rubi on the big screen. This interview also revealed that Eliza likes to talk about herself in the third-person. Would any of you be interested in seeing a live-action adaptation of WET? Movies based on videogames tend to be garbage, butWETseems like it would lend itself nicely to the big screen....

Today Valve Studios announced thatEVE Online, arguably the most popular space based MMO’s, is coming to Steam. The addition ofEVE Onlineto the Steam library marks the first MMO to be added to the Steam repertoire. To celebrateEVE’sarrival a free 21-day trial of the ubiquitous space opera MMO will be made available to all Steam members in addition to a $5 discount for the first full month ofEVEgoodness. If you’ve played the game or listened the obssessive ranting of one of its players you knowEVE Onlineis already a fantastic game, I can’t wait to see what happens to it in the capable hands of Valve Studios....

Bethesda’s brave take on theFalloutseries,Fallout 3, could have between nine and twelve different endings, depending on your actions, it hasrecently been declared. I think Bethesda is a fan of replay value, no? Developer Pete Hines claimed that the title would not be as open-ended asOblivion, and is looking to have a wide choice of ways one can complete quests, instead of a wide choice of quests themselves. “There will be somewhere between nine to 12 different endings to the game based on what you’ve done in the game,” Hines told CVG....

Big-time Japanese gaming magazineFamitsuhas handed intheir reviewsof the Xbox 360’s greatest Eastern hope,Blue Dragon, and the results are rather positive — in fact, in Japanese terms they are super duper sunshine happy day great! Yes Peter Moore, you are allowed to take a breath now. Here’s what the editors there had to say: 4 editors reviewed Blue Dragon on a 1-10 scale and in total the score was 37/40 Grade: 9From the meticulously-woven story to the easy-to-comprehend battles and gentle (game) balance, the title allows even the most basic of beginners to jump right in....

DespiteGermany’s perceptionof gamers we do indeed like to help people. Why just yesterday, after I was done being violent because I play videogames, I helped get a kitten down from a tree. I figure it balanced out. I wasn’t the only gamer in the world helping people out yesterday either.The Speed Gamerskicked off theirFinal Fantasymarathon on that day too, and are requesting donations to help support Autism Care and Treatment Today (ACT Today)....

The latest Amazon Deal of the Day just popped up and, while not quite of mythic proportions, it is a pretty good bargain. I wanted to make some joke about it being cut in price and compare that to how Kratos dismembers people. Or maybe make a chart which would allow you to visualize the savings by seeing how much 28% of a minotaur is. It’s been a really long weekend, though, so I’ll cut to the chase....

One of the greatest game concepts ever is getting themovie treatment. This could possibly become the best videogame based movie ever made, which may or may not be saying much. Regardless, how can a movie about zombies and hot half naked Japanese women not be oh so full of win? Like Dale North, I to will belooking forwardto theOneechanbaramovie. It looks to keep the over the top moves and powers from the game and the cheesy factor is through the roof....

Don’t everybody go crazy. This is still in fetal rumor form at the moment, but aposton the Shoryuken.com forums has pointed out that Capcom’s Japanesecharacter siteforTatsunoko Vs Capcommay have the game’s entire roster listed in its source code. We checked, and at the time this post was written, it’s there. The page shows only a few character images, but a Javascript function in the HTML code lists button images for the rest of the confirmed cast, as well as a few extras....

[Keep writing yourDigital Distribution blogsfor this week’s Bloggers Wanted topic — you can still write them all the way up until the new topic is posted next Monday. Today’s promotion from last week’s topic on freedom is from nekobun, who brings us a unique perspective on the idea of freedom and talks about the downsides and constraints of overly-busy heads up displays. Want to see your own blog on the front page?...