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Hearty October greetings to you and yours and welcome to another scintillating collection of massively multiplayer news & views. Let’s reach deep down into our weekly Bag-of-Holding and pull out some especially sharp bits! “Liberate your wallet”NCsoft’s seven-year-old superhero MMOCity ofHeroesis now free-to-play. The re-brandedCity of Heroes Freedomallows players to create two heroes from eight character archetypes, adventure up to level 50, access 45 zones, and run over 1,000 missions — all without cost....

This is kind of a handy peripheral for those of you who can’t stand clutter. The AirG simply slips over your Wiimote and allows you to play the hell out of some air guitar right in the privacy of your own living room. Two of them come with the Wii version ofPopStar Guitar, which runs $60 and will be available this November. Of course, you may think you look kind of stupid strumming a Wiimote, and if so this is not the peripheral for you....

This is my lastpost aboutthe “Cops and Robbers Pack” forBurnout Paradise, I swear! The downloadable content has been priced recently (and dated a while back, actually), which is kind of important. Look, I’m no angel, but doing a bunch of news posts about something only to cease talking about it at the very end would be a total dick move, and that’s not how we roll … usually. The “Cops and Robbers” DLC will be up on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network starting on April 30, andit’s going to costyou 800 MS Points/$9....

The Cursed Crusadejust got a huge info dump today. Atlus tells us that the game will be released on October 11th for PS3, Xbox 360 and PS3. The best news is the price point: $39.99. I’ll happily add this beast of a hack-and-slash to my library for that price. Also revealed today: The cover art forThe Cursed Crusade. Denz looks like a total badass in the artwork. Atlus says that this art is meant to highlight the main characters’ transformation over the course of the game....

The latest HAWP is easily my new favorite of the series. Also, I so had to reuse the image above. Conrad Zimmerman helps you prepare for the zombie apocalypse, Samit previewsMirror’s Edge, Mega64 has an awesome new skit, Capcom likes money, and plenty more happened on Thursday. Thursday Regulars:Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin:Team Fortress 2RetroforceGO! records episode 59 tonight: Disney-Capcom (or, Chad sings a lot) Originals:The Podcastle episode 18: The Ancestral Fail10 games to prepare for the zombie apocalypse...

Because I’m such a narcissistic a$$hole, here’s my bloggin’ ain’t easy video again. Watch it, and feel my pain. Here’s everything that happened today. If you’re going to PAX, please make sure your name is on theDtoid PAX list. Justin Villasenor will be taking over the Daily Hotness while I’m out this week. PAX, here I come! Tuesday Regular:Games time forgot:The PunisherRetRose Tinted:Beavis and Butt-headGame Debate to the Death!PaperboyVSBubble Bobble...

EA and DICE sure are milking theBattlefield 3stuff. Still, looking forward to the game. It’s going to be a beast. We brought you more ofDance Central’screation, Jordan reviewedSwarm, we checked outSkulls of the Shogun, our first look atOperation Raccoon Cityhas arrived, Rare isn’t using Kinect’s total power and more happened on 3/30/11. Destructoid Originals:Dance Central character sketchbook: A robot, a ninjaBritToid Ep 8: Keep calm & cry sexually frustrated tearsLive Show: Backlog and the Forsaken Kingdom continuesNew Destructoid Episode: Mass Fez and God of Beetlenaut...

Venture Bros.Season 4.5 starts up early next month. You’re doing a horrible injustice to yourself if you’ve never seen this awesome cartoon series. Check out the details for EuroNARP3,Tekkenboss thinks theTekkenmovie sucked, Double Fine’s newest game has been revealed, check out the awesomeShankconcept art pieces and more happened on 08/10/10. Destructoid Originals:Round 1 of Modern Method’s movie site hiring completeCommunity:EuroNARP3 vs The World event details!Community blogs of 08/10/10 Events:First ever DanceDanceRevolution community eventNews:Saints Row 3 ditching some of its urban flavaWayne Newton to appear in Fallout: New VegasA Kinect beta may be coming soonOMGSOEXCITE!...

Ben Heckendornis at it again, with his latest creation, the single-handed 360 controller. You may remember him as the guy that turned just about every console into a portable device. For this project, he was actually able to come up with a way to include all of the 360’s buttons, as well as rumble functionality. Take that Sixaxis! Not only does this controller help disabled people play 360, it also helps those gamers who like to … multi-task....

[Destructoid reader and community memberJoey Bucketsattended the Best Buy Resident Evil 5 midnight launch in Stroudsburg, PA last night. No mere launch event, the spectacle featured the US Army, zombies, and a haunted house. Oh, also sexy zombies, apparently. Outside of formatting and a few style changes, Joey’s full account — seen below — has been unchanged. Enjoy!] Let me preface this by saying that I love the zombie genre (one that I’m not sureResident Evilbelongs to anymore)....

According to amanin aplace, the world as we know it is going to end today. Good little Christian boys like me are waiting to go to Heaven, while you rotten sinners are going to stay behind and get roasted over a hot fire by Jeffery Dahmer and Ike Turner. You’ll need something to read while the Four Horsemen cut your families to ribbons, corruption spreads throughout the realm of man, and all those cute little animals starve to death for the crime of being designed to not have a soul....

Really loving Rooster Teeth’s “Fail’s of the Weak” feature. Good stuff. Jim jerked it toEarth Defense Forcebugs, Tony reviewedFluidity, theJust Causemovie is an origin story and some amount of stuff happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:New study: game violence doesn’t predict violent behaviorSwagtacular: Earth Defense Force and sexy calenders!Weekend Destructainment: The Brothers MarioDtoid Live! Live Stream insanity for charity water Community:Community blogs of 12/18 & 12/19Forum of the day:Dtoid World of Warcraft Guild...

Several questions have been swirling about the latestMonster Huntergames for 3DS and their potential requirement ofrolls eyesthe newslide pad attachment. SinceMonster Hunteris literally the biggest thing in Japanese gaming right now, there is no shortage of media covering the various ins and outs of the upcomingMonster Hunter Tri G. I have gathered a collection of hands-on gameplay videos, and three things are immediately noticeable: That’s right. All the demo stations for the game did not use the new slide pad, and somehow the game did not play like garbage....