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Honestly, we should have posted aboutthisalmost a week ago, but since it’s such a unique interview, different from everything else I saw people ask id during the recent QuakeCon, it still deserves your attention. Gameriot— a gaming site catering directly to the esports (“electronic” sports) set — conducted an interview with Marty Stratton, Executive Producer at id Software, at the recent QuakeCon, and managed to touch base on a lot of topics that everyone else seem to have missed....

Bethesda is finally ready to release the “Lonesome Road” downloadable content forFallout: New Vegasnext month. The expansion will hit all platforms — PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360 — on September 20. It’ll cost you $9.99, or the MicrosoftPlanet equivalent, 800 MS Points. Also announced are two additional DLC packs, “Courier’s Stash” and “Gun Runners’ Aresenal.” Both will be available on September 27. “Courier’s Stash” gives players immediate access to the previously pre-order only packs (Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack, and Tribal Pack) that offer up new weapons, apparel and more....

I’m a die-hard Yankee fan, yeah — but first and foremost, I’m abaseballfan, so I have no problem admitting that Dustin Pedroia is highly deserving of the cover of Sony’sMLB 09 The Show. The Red Sox second baseman has already racked up numerous honors and awards in his short two-year career. For example, he’s one of only three players in baseball history to win the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in consecutive seasons (the others are Cal Ripken Jr....

[As posted onJapanator] And by “real girlfriend” I meanReal Kanojo, an upcoming title from Illusion Soft, better known to most English-speakers as “TheRapeLayguys.” It seems they’ve held off from causing immediate controversy and settled for trying – and failing – to claw their way out of the Uncanny Valley, this time with this freakish CGI woman. I must say though that at least from the specs,Real Kanojois an impressive technical achievement....

Do you have a PlayStation 3? Do you want to ownCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfarefor use on the aforementioned console and have not purchased it yet? Is your name Steve? If you answered, “Yes,” to all of these questions, I am speaking directly to you right now. Steve, I just wanted to let you know thatCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfareison sale at Amazon.comfor today only. It’s priced at $28....

Blip Festival 2011 is happening this May 19-21 at theEyebeam in Manhattan, New York. Three-day passesare now on saleand we have a small idea at who will be preforming at the chiptune celebration. Anamanaguchi, Bit Shifter, Nullsleep and our very own Zen Albatross are among the dozen plus artists listed on Blipfestival’s website. And that’s not all either as more will be announced as the show draws nearer. Who’s planning on going?...

Creat Studios is bringing highly-adorable mushroom conflict to the PlayStation Network this week withMushroom Wars, a new down-and-dirty real-time strategy game designed to be easy to get into and downright quick to play.While some of my enthusiasm for the game likely stems from my unholy desire for there to be aPikmin 3, or even a miniaturePikmingame in this same visual style, the trailer forMushroom Warslooks pretty nice.At $9.99, I guess you can only expect so much....

It seems that 2K is going all-out to make sure thatBioShockarrives on the PlayStation 3 in stellar fashion, and among the new additions that will greeting Blu-ray fans when they finally enter the depths of Rapture is abrand new difficulty mode— Survivor Mode. In Survivor Mode, enemies will be a lot tougher to take down, while Vita Chambers will replenish less EVE than before. The new mode is designed to restrict supplies and force players to become far more resourceful, hopefully employing far greater creativity in order to progress....

Developer Zombie Studios is just packing content into its upcoming digital download-only first-person shooter,BlackLight: Tango Down. Today, the game’s publisher Ignition Entertainment has revealed the game’s weapon customization system. The publisher calls it “truly groundbreaking,” allowing for “trillions of weapon combinations.” Far from the fictional insanity of Borderland’s weapon cache,BlackLight‘s customization is said to be “firmly ground in reality,” based on weapons soldiers have been using since the 60s. The system is based around five core weapon types, like an SMG or a shotgun....

WhenBlazBluewas first announced,Guilty Gearfans rejoiced. They rightfully guessed that the new series was the new iteration ofGuilty Gear, but with all new characters and a tweaked engine. Still, some ofGuilty Gear’shardcore fans have been holding out for another entry in the series. It doesn’t look like that’s ever going to happen, and the reason why might surprise you. According to Toshimichi Hori of Arc Systems Works, “The generation of Guilty Gear players has become a certain age – maybe a little bit too old for playing games....

People frommy neck of the woodssnicker or giggle when we hear the nameIkki Tousen. See, we all kind of look down on it like we haven’t watched it or don’t enjoy it. Don’t believe that crap for a second. In the world ofIkki Tousen, a popular anime and manga, everyone fights everyone else. And clothing? Well, it doesn’t stay on very well in this world. Here, fighting has just as much to do with the ripping off of clothing as it does punching and kicking....

BBC’sWatchdogprogramhas recently featuredDr. Kawashima’s Brain Trainingfor DS, as it has come under fire from certain English Northerners as “discriminating.” The game’s voice recognition apparently can’t understand what Northern people are saying, probably because of all the Lancashire hotpot and traditional ale they’ve stuffed in their mouths beforehand. Manchester radio presenterMichelle Livesey was on the show to complain about the game, which she got for Christmas.“Basically you have to say the different colors that flash up on the screen as quickly as possible,” she explained....

The above clip is a stint of gameplay from the upcoming PSP remake of the classicCastlevania Dracula X. Obviously, certain visual enhancements have been made, and one could easily say they look amazing. One could also say that they are enough to cure the blind and sear the flesh from all of the PSPs detractors, but, of course, that would sound insane, and superlatives aren’t something we throw around lightly here at Destructoid....