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Aaron Greenburg, Xbox director of product management, can hear the cry ofHalofans. Centuries ago, we reported on Bungie’s announcement that thenextHalogame was canned by Microsoftshortly before E3. The staff at Bungie and most commentators found the news to be quite unfortunate, but promised that the announcement was still coming. In a recent conversation with Greenburg,MTVMultiplayergot a suitable response about the timing of the announcement. Hopefully soon. We haven’t said anything exactly yet, but I know the ‘Halo’ nation and Xbox fans out there are waiting and there’s been a lot of rumors....

Ah, PS2. We go way back, don’t we? I don’t even remember when I got you, though. My Dreamcast? Yes, fondly. Sega Saturn? Never forget. But you? I seriously can’t remember. But I do know that your DVD-playin’, blue-disc clickin’, sometimes overheating Japanese brethren first hit the market on March 4th, 2000, 9 years ago yesterday. Look at you: you’re dusty, rough around the edges, and your front tray cover is falling off[cough]....

The kind folks at Capcom have put together an idiot-proof guide to the newBionic Commandogame for those of you who need pretty pictures to explain everything. We have explained the controls forBionic Commandoa few times through our previews and there’s even videos showing the gameplay that anyone with half a brain could figure out. Still, Capcom understands that people on the Internet tend to be on the slow side so they’ve taken an extra step to ensure that everyone understand howBionic Commandoworks....

This setup belongs toKoobertwho gave me the idea to start requesting all of the communities setups. Charlie Suh and Ceark, however, have beaten me to that idea but more on that this weekend. Two weeks ago, the Destructoid Network was revamped into the ModernMethod Network. With that change, I took out the community spotlights. The amount of win spewing from the community has increased more and more to the point where we believe a recap just for the community aspect of Dtoid was needed....

As has already been pointed out, this week’s Virtual Console offering isn’t quite as brilliant as in recent months, but that makes things a little simpler for me song-wise. The worse a game is, the easier it is for me to write a song about it. I take things in a very strange direction withWorld Class Baseball, where the overhead view of the out fielding reminded me ofGauntlet. I mean, just look at it!...

Everything aboutHydorahscreams “awesome.” Yeah, the game itself rocks, and I’m not just saying that because A) it’s an indie and B) for some insane reason, it’s free. Locomalito pumped three years into this bad boy, and it shows. What’s more, high-res posters, box art, and even an instruction manual were created forHydorah; this is how you win my heart. To paint you a picture of what we’re dealing with here, the developer compares the game to “Gradius,Castlevania,orR-Type” and “other classics treated worse by the time:Turrican,Enforcer,Space Manbow,Hellfire,Guardian,Hydefos, andArmalyte....

Forget aboutJust Cause 2? This trailer might open your eyes to it again. Avalanche has been releasing DLC packs for the game that add in a variety of insane gadgets and vehicles, all of which are shown in context in the above. The big focus is the recently releasedBlack Market Aerial pack($1.99), but it also teases the next batch of goodies sealed within the May 26th-bound Black Market Boom Pack....

Killzone 2developer Guerrilla Games has shown a strong commitment to regularly updating the high profile PS3 exclusive with improvements, something that managing director Herman Hulst claimsis a “strong” partof the Triple A game process. “Well, we’ve done patches also forKillzone 1, right? Though the systems then were less meant to do these patches, but still, we were able to do that,” explains Hulst. “I was talking to some other guys out of Bungie at GDC on the idea that games don’t ever finish anymore, right?...

Almost worth it.Almost. Konami Style’s resin Pyramid Head fromSilent Hill Homecomingis priced at 31,500 yen, or about $382 USD. I loveSilent Hill, adore Pyramid Head, and really enjoyedSilent Hill Homecoming, but that is alotof money. I feel like I could put that kind of money toward arealPyramid Head. I’d take him to the grocery store to sword bash anyone that got in the 20 Items or Less line with more than 20 items....

We’ve just received this trailer forKung-Fu Live, the game that has you moving your body much like you would in a Microsoft Natal game, but without the Natal tech. This is a PlayStation Network release for PS3, actually.From when we first heard about the gamewe’ve been wondering how it would work. Now, thanks to this trailer, we have a pretty good idea. You actually step inside the game, where you’ll punch, kick and jump, making your way through enemies waves....

The new screenshots forSSXshow Psymon’s updated look for 2012. This larger-than-life character has been toned down a bit, but to me, his absurdity always truly stemmed from the random things he spouted off. I greatly look forward to the day when we can post aboutSSXbeyond a few images here and there. It’s doubtful Electronic Arts will shift to raw footage on a meaningful level anytime soon, what with all of these character reveals left to go....

A multiplayer zombie apocalypse game would need to have God himself working against its success to not be a hit, so it comes as no surprise that Valve’sLeft 4 Deadhas sold1.8 million copies. The sales figures were revealed by Electronic Arts in a conference call today, along with thenews posted earlierregardingDead Spacegetting a Wii port. The figures are for retail copies of the Xbox 360 and PC versions. Since Valve publishes the game on Steam, those figures were not included....

The Nintendo 3DS eShop has been, for the most part,disappointing. It’s also lacking third-party support. Luckily,Gameloftis here to save the day with their announcement thatLet’s Golf 3Dis coming August 11th. It appears to be the same game that’s oniPhone,DSiWareand every single other mobile platform. Nevertheless, if you own a 3DS and have never played aLet’s Golfgame, there’s a cinematic trailer and a few screenshots you can look over to see if you want to pick this up when it comes to the eShop August 11th....