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Halostudio Bungie has been keeping the blog fires stoked lately with the return of its “Superintendent” viral marketing campaign. Over on theofficial site, a counter has been ticking away to 10am EST today. That was ages ago and I’ve been sat here looking at a page that says “rebooting” for ages. However, after wasting more time than I’m at liberty to spend, the veil has finally been lifted and unveiled … a teaser trailer for someHaloexpansion....

Modern Warfare 2pissed off a lot of PC people when it was revealed that Infinity Ward’s blockbuster wouldscrap dedicated serversin favor of a service that doesn’t properly work. Many PC users boycotted the game, only togo crawling backonce the title actually launched, but despite the fact that gamers are weak and incapable of making a stand, Treyarch has nonetheless decided to score some brownie points. Yes,Call of Duty: Black Opsis getting the dedicated server treatment....

We’ve seen stage monitor speakers forRock BandandGuitar Herobefore, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one made by a company with the pedigree that Polk Audio has. Until today, that is. Unveiled at CES this week is the HitMaster Gaming Stage Monitor, yet another way that music gamers can spend lots of money on additional accessories. The HitMaster seems pretty cool. Built into the same kind of enclosure used in normal stage monitor speakers, it looks the part and should be pretty damn durable....

[Update:L’fakery. I am a bad journalist, etcetera. Sorry guys, my mistake. Please proceed to tell me how you could do my job better.] There’s no gameplay on offer in this shortCounter-Strike: Global Offensivetrailer but really, do you need any? It’sCounter-Strike, after all, so I think we all know what to expect. For those not in the know,Global Offensiveis a newCounter-Strikeexperience that will come to XBLA and PSN as well as Steam....

You’re watchingTrue Blood, right? Everyone is doing it. The HBO show has amassed a solid following, and it seems like someone thinks that same crowd would be the type that would want a Nintendo Wii. And EA’sDead Space: Extraction. Check out the clip (below) from one of the latest episodes. A crazed, horny lady needs to play Wii to “focus,” says one terrible actor. Watch on as the wacky broad flails her Wiimote while screaming at the yet-to-be-releasedDead Space: Extraction....

Never did I imagine that I would fall for a game that involved your character throwing up into other creatures mouths. Everything aboutCritter Crunchjust looks so delightful! The character animation is wonderful, I love that you’re killing other little creatures and I giggle every time the critter vomits up rainbow juices. So cute! The new screenshots show off some never-before-seen stuff. There’s versus power-ups like the Anvil and “poison” mushroom, the co-op mode, co-op power-ups, cutscenes, the world map, new critters and more....

E3 is underway and already we have heard about the latest from Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Sony conferences. Destructoid has been bringing you all the latest news and impressions throughout the day. However, the Destructoid community has also been hard at work sharing their thoughts. We’ve compiled a list of what you guys have blogged and shared on the forums below. Keep checking Destructoid for all of your E3 information, and let us know what you think my making a C-blog or by writing about it in the forums!...

Bit by bit, more details on the Wii gameDead Space Extractionseem to come to light.Glen Schofield, general manger at EA Redwood Shores, has dropped a few details on the game’s setting, saysCVG. The game takes place three weeks before Isaac hops on the delightful Ishimura, the ship that the firstDead Spacegame takes place in. You’ll start off on a planetinhabited by people…and then things’ll get freaky. It seems that you will play as a couple of people in the game, and you’ll work to protect and save a heroine....

As you’ve probablyall heard by now,Heroesby Suda 51 for the Wii has been re-titledNo More Heroes. The game puts you in the role of Travis Touchdown, an ordinary guy who wins a “Beam Katana” (Suda’s words, not mine) in an online auction, and goes on to be ranked #11 by an organization called the UAA, which governs mercenaries. The game will apparently be open-ended to some extent, giving you the option of roaming about in a city known as Santa Destroy, as you try to hunt down the top ten UAA assassins and get to the #1 position....

For those keeping score at home, I kinda, sorta, somehow missed last week’s session of “what have the editors been jamming into their consoles?”, and for that I’m very, very sorry. I’ve been beating myself up about it all week, and at one point I took to downing handfuls of Percocet washed down with rum in a vain effort to end my bleak, meaningless existence. As it turns out, sadly, I’m an immortal....

The game industry is stupid. We all basicallyconfirmed aDragon Age IIdemo yesterday, but BioWare and Electronic Arts simply pretended it wasn’t a thing. Then, along comes today, and itisa thing. A demo for the upcoming RPG sequel is out on February 22. “In the demo, players will venture through the game’s prologue, choosing from three different character classes,” says the PR blurb. “They’ll also learn more about Hawke and hone their skills and abilities that will make them the ultimate hero....

Safeco Field — home of the partially-Nintendo-owned Seattle Mariners — isset to becomethe testing ground for a new interactive baseball experience courtesy of the Big N. The games company, most famous for its mascot-based EVERYTHING and having fans whose zealotry borders on Islamic fanaticism, has begun pitching an idea that would turn the DS into a sort of touch screen interface for things such as game footage, food services and (we hope) inspiring quotes from Bob Uecker....

I’ve already seenArmy of Two: The 40th Day. A few months back, I got ahands-off demoof the game, and came away pretty impressed. Too bad EA is pulling a fast one, and the only thing we got to see ofArmy of Two: The 40th Daywas…a hands-off demo. Thanks EA. Thankfully for the Positive Polly’s out there, EA did actually show off some new stuff, and the general game is looking much more chaotic, which is a great thing....