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If you have a moderately high IQ, there’s a good chance that you’ve tried PlayStation Home, deduced that it’s a vapid waste of space, and promptly deleted it from your PS3 hard drive. Sony, however, hasn’t given up on the poor man’s Second Life, and has asked everybody to give it a second chance. “I hear all the time, ‘I logged on when it first launched but there was nothing there’ – but I urge people to go back on there,” said Home director Peter Edward....

There have been fears that the PS3 Slim will be hard to find this holiday season, but Sony remains confident that the black box o’ bitesized Blu-ray will be available for all, and nobody will be left wanting. Don’t they usually pretend therewillbe shortages? “There are trucks and trailers leaving right now — it’s on the road,”boasts SCEE bossAndrew House. “I will make a prediction there — I don’t think we will be having too many of those [shortage] discussions with retail....

If you’ve been getting trounced in Namco Bandai’sSoulcalibur IVregularly, it may not be because you’re bad at the game. Why not blame it on balancing issues? You don’t suck, people are being cheap! A new patch is available for (at least) the Xbox 360 version ofSoulcalibur IVthat addreses some of these issues. It’s an impressive list of changes, but perhaps only the most hardcore players will really notice.8WayRunhas put together a frightening list of tweaks, including details like “damage scaled down to 70 (before was 90)....

Any Square fan (and some people who aren’t fans) have had plenty to say lately about their new strategy of flooding the market with spinoffs and new concepts alike, feeling as if the company is taking a dramatically different turn from the calm focus they seemed to possess before merging with Enix. Sqaure president Yoichi Wada commented to Reuters recently that the company needed “to go beyond traditional Square-Enix”, and recent numbers have shed some light on the reason why....

Eskil Steenberg’sLove, the “not-so-MMO” first-person adventure videogame is no longer in Alpha testing. In a recent official Web site update, I’m left to assume that the game has entered some sort of closed beta phase that will open rather soon — as in, January 7th soon. “The Alpha has closed down and the Beta will open the 7th of January,” the small update reads. “Until then only existing registered Alpha players will be able to play the Beta....

The most tragic casualty of the SCARY SWINE FLU PANDEMIC will most certainly be myself who, no longer able to take people freaking out over the stupid disease any longer, will commit suicide in the most loud and messy fashion possible. That said, let me add to the Swine Flu nonsense (which, like everything else, has now becomefashionable) by pointing out that the terrifying disease has been in Azeroth for quite some time....

We don’t know too much about how the upcoming PlayStation Portable titleUndead Knightswill play, but Tecmo’s told us all we need to know to grab our attention. The game will allow you to create and control an undead army in what Tecmo are calling “a new-style invasion action game.” While we have no idea what the actually means, we’re never ones to scoff at playing upper-management to zombie hordes. As the game’s “evil” main character, you’ll defeat enemies and then subsequently use your unique abilities to bring their bodies to life to do your bidding....

People are so quick to write off role-playing games these days. I still like them, but it seems like the general gaming public is done with anything that looks formulaic. I had high hopes forResonance of Fate(calledEnd of Eternityhere in Japan), and after the demo I played today at Tokyo Game Show, my hopes have been set even higher. Resonance of Fateis a tag team effort between tri-Ace and Sega. It’s clear that the team wanted to do something different, but again, gamers were quick to write off early screens and footage, calling this game a “RPG with guns....

It’s not quiteQuantum Theory— andjudging by your reactions, that may be a good thing — but yesterday Koei Tecmo showed us the latest build of their upcoming PS3 beat-em-up,Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll, and while we didn’t really have time for a hands-on demo, we were given a fair glimpse of what to expect when it hits our shores later next year. Needless to say, I think some of you may be pleasantly surprised....

It wasPac-Man’s30th anniversary today. As the staff saw by the millions of e-mails we got about it, Google changed their banner into an interactive game. Neato. Dale sucks atSuper Mario Galaxy 2, Holmes reviewedBit.Trip RUNNERI checked outMafia II,Killzone 3was revealed and more happened on 05/21/10. Destructoid Originals:Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’: The Ballad of Bullet BillFriday Night Fights: Burros are the worst everBit Transmission recording episode 8 this weekendSuper Mario Galaxy 2 bug found?...

Ashley showed off all the art she used for the pilot episode of Once Upon a Pixel. It’s so cute! And violent! Dale not-reviewedDemon’s Soul, Jim reviewedUndead Knights,Call of Dutyis getting a movie, the FTC needs to back off our Kool-Aid, Lara Croft looks hot in herBorderlandsmakeover and more happened on 10/05/09. Destructoid Originals:New releases: Critter Crunch, Star Wars, Saw and moreHey Ash, Whatcha Podcastin’: a few decent storiesNon-review: Why I couldn’t finish Demon’s SoulsThe art of Once Upon a Pixel: BioShockHow f’ing metal is Dragon Age: Origins?...

Magic spells. Talking animals. Escapades through frozen wastelands. Got a chubby yet? You can have all this and more in the upcoming gameThe Golden Compass,based on the first book in the award winning His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman. Pullman’s fantasy series definately will make Harry Potter fans wet their pants, and surely the game and upcoming film adaption will be no exception. The game is slated for a Fall 2007 release date and will be avaliable for PS3, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, DS, PSP and personal holographic eyeball projector....

Finally, afterconcept trailersandconcept art, we finally get a look at whatMushroom Menfor the Wii and DS will look like. Well, maybe. The beginning of the video warns us that what we are watching may not be the end result, but at least it’s something.The first part of the video shows off the Wii version and gives us some of the basic plot line. You play as one of the Edible Mushrooms during a civil war taking place between the Edible Mushrooms and Poisonous Mushroom....