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The Achievements forSonic 4have been revealed, and they point to yet more old-school shenanigans. We have learned that Super Sonic will return in Sega’s big series reboot, along with the classic Chaos Emeralds. It’s also worth pointing out thatSonic 4‘s Achievements indicate quite a robust and lengthy experience, despite the episodic nature of the game. All seven Chaos Emeralds will be collectible inSonic 4, and there’s an Achievement for beating 1,000 enemies and gaining 99 lives....

A survey carried out by media consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates has revealed that, in a poll of 800 gamers, only a 15% have actually purchased downloadable content. Just under half of the respondents revealed that they didn’t even know DLC was available. 41% of the gamers stated that they were aware of DLC, but had simply chosen not to buy any at the time of the survey, while 43% claimed total ignorance of extra online content....

Richard Garriott leaving NCSoftlate last year came as a bit of a surprise to some, but surely not to others. He certainly didn’t sound pissed about it all after coming back from his trip into space, but he’s clearly pissed about it now, because he’s decided to sue NCSoft for 24 million dollars. According toGamesIndustry.Biz, the case was filed in Texas and is classified as “Torts – Property – Other Fraud”....

Just yesterday,we discoveredthat NIS’ great looking PSP titlePrinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?was coming to America in February, and now we have even more Prinny-flavored glory for you to enjoy. Here is a retardedly cute teaser trailer for this new sidescrolling game, and it looks like it shall not be shedding the quirky humor of theDisgaeaseries. Great news for longtime fans, and hopefully newcomers will appreciate the more accessible gameplay....

Chances are we’ll see aTecmo Bowlgame on the Xbox 360 or the PS3 at some point in the future. TheESRBhas listed “Tecmo Bowl Throwback,” a game with mild suggestive themes and familiar zany, old-school football action that we enjoyed on the NES or whatever. Note that this isn’t a confirmed title: Tecmo hasn’t announced it yet, despite the rumor-mongering within the last month. But Tecmo is a business that, presumably, enjoys making money....

level 9999 The JRPG is a venerable and well respected genre, having survived almost unchanged for decades and supported by a community of hardcore obsessives that drool over every statistic and sweeping, globe trotting storyline that comes their way. Japanese Role Playing Games were made famous by Square-Enix’s legendaryFinal Fantasyseries, which made turn-based combat, leveling up and epic adventuring a backbone of gaming tradition. A few weeks ago we gave you theten golden rules of online gamingwhere you learned some of the most crucial aspects of broadband multiplayer....

I’m aTaiko Drum Master/Taiko no Tatsujinfantatic, so I just had to get my hands on the latest version, coming soon to the Nintendo Wii in Japan. As for the US release, I’m not sure. We saw the PS2 release awhile back, but it didn’t sell that well. I don’t care about all of that, though; I just wanted to play it. I was a bit surprised to find out that the Wii version ofTaikodoes not use a couple of Wii Remotes in place of drum sticks....

As you may or may not have already heard — hopefully the former, since you areall aboutsupporting the indie scene … right? Right!? — the finalists for the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival have been unveiled. For those of you whodoactually follow the latest indie happenings, you will surely recognize names likeSuper Meat Boy!,Joe Danger,Owlboy,Shank,Shatter,AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!(who could forget?), and even some of the art games such asEnviro-Bear 2000andToday I Die. Pocketwatch Games’Monacois one of the few finalists I didn’t recognize, and as expected, it looks really promising....

If you are one of the three Podcastle fans reading this, then rejoice! Podcastle listener and king of our official forum Shakey1245 has compiled the ultimate collection of Destructoid’s Britpop podcast. Episodes 1 – 33, complete with extra content, show notes and more, is available for torrent, and can be obtainedright here. As well as containing every episode of The Podcastle, including those impossible-to-find early shows, Shakey has thrown in an image file of every single frontpage post concerning the show and the three Podcastle games developed by Dead Movie Star....

The Legend of Neilseries has a lot of potential to it. The Old Man easily steals the spotlight every time he comes on screen. Hopefully future episodes can maintain this great comedy streak. Lot of stories went up on Thursday. Here’s that list. Now go read them all and comment on them. ThursdayRegulars:Podtoid 63: BonerQuestRetroforceGO! recording episode 55 tonight:Chrono TriggerPlayStation Store Update: Eden without Eve, helmets, pigskin, and YompScraps: Radically short scrappings (7/31/08)...

Three weeks ago,I previewedBatman: Arkham Asylum. I came away very impressed, even though my session was only eyes-on (“no touching!”). But at GDC yesterday, Anthony and Nick — the bastards — got some hands-on time with the game’s challenge rooms. They seem like they’re going to introduce an element of unpredictability into a game that we’re already hearing has relatively repetitive, simple combat, so I’m definitely glad to see them....

Ice broing has taken over Dtoid gatherings. If you don’t know what this is all about, then good for you. Seriously. Andrew took a look at storytelling in games, Matt reviewedJoe Danger,MGS Risingcould spawn a new series, Facebook comes to the PS3 and more happened on 06/28/10. Destructoid Originals:Death, storytelling, and the manipulation of progressNew releases: Naughty Bear, Sin and Punishment & moreCommunity:The Great Escape: Dealing with bulliesCommunity blogs of 06/28/10Forum of the day:Metal Gear Solid: RisingReviews:Joe Danger...

A new TV spot for Mistwalker’sThe Last Storyhas been unleashed, and if you pay careful attention, you’ll see a chap who looks almost exactly like Ganondorf in it. It wouldn’t be quite so remarkable if he wasn’t also emulating the Gerudo’s rather famous brooding pose fromThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. That little observation aside, this is thirty seconds of cutscene stuff that does little to dampen my excitement for the game thatmay or may not ever make it Westward....