Tonight at a surreal event at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled the final design of the product-formerly-known-as-Project-Natal, Kinect. What Microsoft ended up with is not all that different than what we had been seeing since its reveal at last year’s E3, a long, shiny black bar that sits on an adjustable base. In its press materials, Microsoft may have also revealed piece of an ad campaign that we’ll no doubt hear repeated dozens of times prior to its holiday launch:...

Ubisoft has announced a new title in theirRaymanspin-off series,Raving Rabbids.A Kinect-exclusive title,Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kickingwill return to the early days of the manic creatures as party games. In an on-stage demonstration, two of the mini-games in the product were shown. First was a version of whack-a-mole using augmented reality that put the Rabbids on the floor in front of the players to be stomped upon. The second game, “Fill the Shape,” has players trying to fill in the shapes which appear on the screen using bodies....

While we make a big stink aboutThe Last Storyon Destructoid, there’s another, lesser known Wii game that we’re also hoping gets a Western release —Earth Seeker. This is a wonderful looking little action RPG that’s certainly caught me eye, and here’s a new trailer for it. This game looks like it has what I want from my Wii games — an endearing design that makes up for the less impressive graphics, a quirky world, and gameplay that isn’t just waggling....

Halo 3fever is sweeping the nation — wait, no … the freakin’ Earth, and Mimoco have revealed some sweet little Spartan flavored flash drives. These officially licensed flash drives will be available in three limited-edition colors — Master Chief Green (5,000 available), Red Spartan and Blue Spartan (3,000 each). The little guys can now be pre-orderedonline, and will be released at E For All in Los Angeles on October 18....

If you’re not familiar with Edmund McMillen’s work, playGishandMeat Boy. Once you’re finished with those (in, let’s say, a week) you may findTime Fcuk, McMillen’s most recent game, worth your time. It’s the story of a man whose future self implores him to climb into a cardboard box, whereupon he can travel between two temporal dimensions and has to deal with a sentient boil growing on his back. You know, the usual....

According to Electronic Arts, North America thought that everything inArmy of Twowas fine and dandy, while Europeans found the experience ridiculous and tasteless. While EA’s Mark Reid says that you’re able to’t please everyone, he’s certainly hoping thatArmy of Two‘s upcoming sequel will bridge the cultural gap a little more. “We had this whole market in the US that thought the tone was cool, but in Europe everyone thought it was ridiculous and tasteless and a bunch of frat guys running around,”said the EA Montreal EP....

We here at Destructoid are well aware that many of you have been following EA’sFaceBreaker, a game that looks like a fighting game under the guise of the sport of boxing. Some may have found the demo a bit underwhelming, and a few people have criticized the arguably questionablecelebrityadditionsto the game, which, at the very least, caused me to scratch my head, bemused. Regardless, I’m sure that a good amount of people still are interested in how the finished product turns out....

Another week, another game review. As I’m sure you all know,Battlefield 1943recently came out for both PSN and XBLA. As is IGN’s policy, the two versions of the game get a copy/pasted identical review, presumably to prevent fanboy wars from breaking out. And, as is what always happens, everyone still fights and screams at each other. Additionally, GameTrailers also reviewed the game, and we got some hilarious comments about the score....

Fans of Destructoid will know that we’ve always been big supporters of Halfbrick, so it’s an easy Free App of the Day pick today. The increasingly popularFruit Ninjahas become free for Android users, and it’s not one of those piddly glorified demos. Fruit Ninja Freewill provide the full game, including all unlockables, Openfeint support and Facebook/Twitter integration. Wereviewed the iOS versiona while ago, and rated it highly, because it’s a great little game....

Summer has officially started! For many gamers that means a break from school and time to concentrate on your favorite game. Although I’m done with school, I still get excited for these upcoming months. Not only is it gorgeous outside, summer means thatEvoandPAXare just around the corner! Time to get serious about myMarvel vs Capcom 3skills! Speaking of fighting games, our Robot jefe Niero sat down with the guys ofThe Gamer Studioto talk about or newly launchedFight....

While I don’t watch professional wrestling anymore, there was once a time when WWE was the pinnacle of my televisual week. One of my favorite wrestlers of all time was Christian, now known as Christian Cage in TNA, and I’ve just been given a reason to love him all over again —he’s become a fellow games writer. The TNA star will be gracing GameTap withPeep This, his monthly column in which he will review whatever game has captured his interest for the past few weeks....

Poor, poor Bill Murray. It was so hard on him in the early days. I can totally relate. I am far, far more funny in real life than I am on this blog. Yes, sir, I’m a veritable fount of comedy gold in person but I just can’t seem to be funny on the site. Bill’s suggestion would be an adequate solution, if you’re so inclined. The Destructoid staff did what it does passably this week: We played videogames and lots of them....

The premier of the new GameTrailers TV will be airing tonight at 1AM onSpikeTV. GameTrailers TV is replacing GameHead but will still have the lovable Geoff Keighley as host as well as thegorgeous Amanda MacKayon board too. For the first episode of GT TV, they will be showing off the first ever gameplay footage from EA’sTiberiumand they will be going over other aspects of the game such as multiplayer. Tonight’s episode will also contain new footage fromDark Sector, a preview ofPataponfor the PSP and they will have reviews forBurnout: ParadiseandNo More Heroes....