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Consider this your official reminder to download the first of two add-ons forAlan Wake, “The Signal.” For those who bought the game new, a redeemable code was packed in the box, rendering this a free download. Otherwise, it’ll cost you $7 — a fair price, based on what I’ve played so far. Remedy does a good job of fleshing out some of the mechanics that weren’t fully realized in the on-disc story, and since this new chapter takes place in the dream-like “dark place,” there’s plenty of opportunities for unexplainable (and cool) stuff to happen....

If you’re reading Destructoid, chances are you’re a huge video game nerd (or are five or six forum posts away from becoming one). You know your stuff and you’re informed of industry news daily by awesome video game sites like Destructoid. You’re also probably “cultured” (or opinionated) enough to know a good game from a steaming pile, based on anything from the publisher, a screenshot, and even the box art. As video game consumers, we’ve become empowered by the media, as well as by one another within our communities....

Today, 1up releaseda new articlein their series of “If we don’t make a new article vaguely related to gaming, we’re going to lose our freakin’ jobs!” articles. This one focuses on the truly abhorrent video game ads that have been spewed forth from such visionaries as John “Better Hair Than Nex” Romero, Pre-HaloBungie and a ton of peripheral manufacturers. Compared to these ads,the recentPS3 adsare truly works of art. Perhaps notgoodart, but at least they’re better than these wretched things …...

I’m becoming increasingly impressed with the French indie scene, and not only because my last name is Leray. Joining Meckensleep (Soul Bubbles) and Golgoth Studios (awesome-lookingTokiandJoe & Macremakes) as purveyors of gorgeously-animated 2D games are Press-Start Studios, whoseTwin Bladeswill hit the Xbox Live Indie channel this Christmas. InTwin Blades(the name is the worst thing about the game), you play as a B. B. Hood-inspired nun tasked with protecting her village from a zombie invasion....

3D Dot Game Heroesis one of the best looking PS3 games I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t have the dirty realism ofKillzone 2or the inspiring scenery ofUncharted, but it does have bold and bright colors, great art direction and a clean simplicity that is missing from so many other games. It looks gorgeous, andthese new screensshow it. I really hope that From Software’s big, cute, amusing RPG parody is coming to the US....

I know! What the f*ck is NetFront. Opera was the back end of the Wii and DS browser, but Japanese company Access will be supplying the innards of the 3DS browser, which is expected to hit Japanese 3DS systems in May. Tomihisa Kamada, CEO of Access, said his company is honored to be in the browser business for Nintendo. Psssht! Who wouldn’t be? Siliconeralinks us tothis pagethat details the features of the mobile NetFront browser....

Web show Underbelly has managed to tap Stuart Zagnit, the man who voiced Professor Oak during the first nine seasons of thePokémonTV series, to act out Oak’s monologue in the opening moments of the classic game. It’s played fairly straight, but it’s always cool when icons from a beloved property and the fans collaborate on little projects such as this. If you want to see an even more elaborate video, check outthisfrom earlier in the year....

It is time to revel ina most minuscule victoryfor AmericanChrono Triggerfans, as news arrives that The States will be gettingChrono TriggerDS a whole TWO DAYS before Japan! Never mind the fact that Japanese pre-orders also come with a two-track orchestral theme music disc …TWO DAYS! America’s release date is October 25 while Japan has to wait until October 27. Just think, you could have leveled up over ten times before those Japanese gamers get their hands on the game....

We’ve beenkeeping our eye onthe Squeenix DS action here at Destructoid.Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DShas already made the leap to the gaming grocery list that we all keep in our head (for most of us), but now it looks like there’s something else shiny to add to that. Famitsu has a picture of theFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Gemini editionDS Lite, as well as the actual game packaging. We knew it was coming, as every Square-Enix game on the DS has received a limited edition DS Lite....

Despite the fact thatResident Evil 5is very clearly not racist, the “zomgResident Evil 5is racist and nobody black worked on this game” crowd still try to find racism where racism does not exist. In an attempt to settle the debate once and for all,Videogamerreached out to an anthropologist, who is probably more qualified to talk about racism than any of us, for comment. Glenn Bowman’s official opinion? It’s “silly” to call the game racist....

A few evenings ago,David Houghtonand myself, representing Destructoid andGamers For Gaming, sat down with Mike Jaret ofRunning With Scissors, a man currently working as product manager for the upcomingPostal 3. The guys behind the notoriousPostalseries are no strangers to controversy, with their series the subject of lawsuits and bans across the world. Jaret had some things to say about the recent controversies and gaming’s place in the modern world of media, and we were here to gladly listen....

Aside from looking and playing great,BioShockis a great sounding game. Looking over the list of the nominees for the 6th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards, it seems that the game has made it into most of the categories, including Music of the Year, Audio of the Year, Sound Design, Best Score, Best Cutscene, Best Dialogue , and more. G.A.N.G is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of game audio, and they’ve just announced the finalists for the6th Annual G....

In a recent interview with Variety’sCut-Scene blog, Bungie CEO Harold Ryan revealed that Bungie had several different non-Halo games in pre-production while under Microsoft Games Studios. These games were then ”set aside,” as the monolith publisher demanded moreHaloresources from Bungie. We were always in pre-production and concepting future titles while developing current ones. With a small break, the studio was always moving onto one or two new games when shipping another....