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Friday Night Fights is a weekly gathering of Dtoiders to just play games with one another. No holidays, no vacations, just a bunch of dudes playing videogames over the Internet. Feels good to be back in the swing of things, doesn’t it? Assuming that the recently releasedBattlefield 1943wants to cooperate with those of us on an Xbox 360, I will be playing plenty of that this evening. My gamertag is warchiefgrim, so if the thought of seeing me crash planes intoeverythingexcites you, attempt to jump in my game....

Last week’s PS2 platformer debate brought out various different opinions from readers, with a healthy amount of fan support from all sides. While there was one clear winner, there was a vicious fight for second place, with a single deciding vote preventing it from finishing as a tie. Here are the close results: This week, not only do I feel like starting some retro debates, but I’d also like to rekindle an element of these debates we haven’t visited in a while....

The Internet flipped its lid this past July when concept art from what’s said to be Warren Spector’supcoming title was leaked. The game, likely calledEpic Mickey, pictured a dark, steampunk vision of the Disney universe; it was like nothing we’d ever seen. According toa teaser in the latestGame Informer, the title might be revealed as early as next month. The latest issue of the mega-popular magazine is pretty straight forward in its hints, if you know what to look for....

During Microsoft’s keynote at GDC 2008, Tomonobu Itagaki took the stage to show off the newest level fromNinja Gaiden 2. Itagaki acknowledges that Japan’s videogames have lost a bit of the impact that they once had, but he assured us that Team Ninja and Tecmo have been working on something special, and he flew in from Tokyo to show it off. We witnessed real-time gameplay a special GDC version of a new level called The Temple of Sacrifice....

…”But were afraid to ask,” is the end of that headline. Ron Carmel, 1/2 of the 2DBoy development team that createdWorld of Goo, kicked off this year’s Independent Games Summit at GDC by outlining the development history of the greatest goo-based construction game ever created. As a surprisingly practical guide to the hazards and benefits of going indie, I left the talk remarkably confident: though Carmel was pragmatic in discussing the exact costs and profits (in actual numbers, which practically nobody does) of going indie, he also expressed a lot of confidence and given 2DBoy’s success, it became pretty contagious the more he talked....

Today, Ubisoft is announced two newGhost Recontitles – Tom Clancy’sGhost Recon Predatorfor the PlayStation Portable and Tom Clancy’sGhost Reconfor Wii. They’ll both be out this November, far in advance of Ghost Recon Future Soldier which was revealed earlier this year. Predatorfinds the Ghosts in Sri Lanka, with players using high-tech equipment to infiltrate enemy lines while gaining experience to upgrade and customize your squad. The game will fear an ad-ho cooperative mode for up to three players, in case you don’t want to go into this one alone....

If you attended PAX East this year (I didn’t, darnit!), you might have noticed some adorableOkamidenswag for sale. Well, Capcom has taken the remaining items from that first-run batch and made them available through their online store! You’ve got your basic Chibiterasu plush doll as well as a Chibiterasupillow pet. Oh-so cuddly and in oh-so short supply! Only about a hundred of these puppies remain. Once they’re gone, they’re gone…...

Valve has released anew trailerfor their game’s expansion. This is the first of a series of stand alone episodes and it takes place right after the events of Half-Life 2’s ending. Along with Alyx and Dog you flee from City 17 fighting creatures who were previously blocked from entering the city. Expect a deeper plot and even more action to emerge during the escape.

Konami’s latest offering in theDance Dance Revolutionseries,Dance Dance Revolution II, is fast approaching its release date of October 11 on the Wii and I bet you just can’t wait to know which songs you’ll be burning your fat off to. Today sees that happening in a way. Konami has decided to throw out a partial song list for fans to dance to. Actually you can’t dance to them just yet; you can pretend to though, I won’t tell anyone....

Ask yourself the following question: Do I love Master Chief? Have an answer yet? Good. Now, if you answered yes, I want you to think really hard about exactly how much you love Master Chief. Is it enough to wear a ring bearing his likeness? Do you need yourHalobling? Weta in New Zealand has you covered if you do. The above ring is made of 100% sterling silver. Before you run over tothe website, credit card in hand, I should warn you that it’s almost two hundred (American) smackers....

What I wonder is if you could be accused ofredlininga neighborhood if you told a buyer that a neighborhood was undesirable due to a high zombie population.

We partnered up with GameStop this past monthto give away an Xbox 360 Slimwith a 250GB HDD and a copy ofMadden NFL 11. All you needed to do to enter was perform some kind of a football related move in a public setting. You also needed to mention Destructoid orMaddensomewhere in the video as well. Congratulations to Capm Trevo for his entry above! We got some awesome entries but Capm Trevo had us entertained the most overall....

Computerandvideogames.comspoke to Valve’s Doug Lombardiearlier today, and the news was grim. The second episodic expansion for multiple Game Of The Year award winnerHalf-Life 2has been delayed yet again. Originally scheduled to appear on PC’s all over the world for the 2006 holiday season, it was bumped back to early 2007 only a short time ago. As of the announcement today, it is now scheduled for a vague “Summer 2007” release....