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Destructoid’s sports writer, Samit Sarkar, is actually checking out a bunch of EA Sports games today in New York City. Because of this, he’s not around to tell you about sports stuff, like Electronic Arts revealing the cover athletes for their upcoming college football title,NCAA Football 10.But I am. Before I go any further, I should let you know that I hired Samit as our sports writer because I need someone to show me the difference between a football and a soccer ball....

If you know your Linde, you know that I’m biologically inclined to shun console first-person shooters; s’just my nature, baby. A fair portion of this aversion can be chalked up to the glut of WWII games that have plagued the industry sinceMedal of Honorhit it big years back — sure, one can never slaughter too many Nazis, but there comes a point where gettin’ it done behind the eyes of Brave and Highly Decorated Soldier #81 doesn’t raise my flag at Iwo Jima, if you get my drift....

Nintendo has released a new trailer giving a more detailed look atWario Land: Shake It!The video goes through the basics of the game and shows just how much the Wiimote’s motion sensing will play a factor in the game. I absolutely love what they’re doing with the graphics and level design withShake It!One thing that I noticed in this trailer that I didn’tin the debut videowas just how cartoony the graphics look....

If I weren’t already planning on getting the new game, this ad would have pushed me over the edge. The newGrand Theft Auto IVad for the UK shows Niko walking throughout Liberty City with various activities taking place behind him. He goes through a bowling alley, park, prison, and the streets as we see people living out their lives and chaos in the streets.Everything about this ad is truly the Cougar’s Taint....

The world is starved for news on the Nintendo Revolution and every time someone sneezes over seas we report it. Polish game developing teamNibrishas announced that they are making a game for the Nintendo Revolution, called Sadness, which will depressingly be played entirely in black and white. They said that they want to create a unique environment that takes place in pre World War, but that’s all we know for now....

We learned a few days ago that Hyde park Entertainment’s upcomingStreet Fighterfilmwill be titledStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, and the main focus of its story will be on … well, guess who. Casting has begun on the new movie, and now it’s been revealed thatKristin Kreukwill be playing the lead role. I’m not going to pretend that I watch television and have any idea who that is, because I don’t, but the internets tell me that she’s from the showSmallville....

Looks like ngmoco is capitalizing on thesevere lackof tower iPhone tower defense games. Yesterday afternoon, the publisher/developer sent us a teaser trailer (available post-break) forStar Defense. It’s probably unrepresentative of the visuals we’ll see from the title, but it does serve its purpose. We know now thatStar Defenseis exactly what its name suggests — a tower defense game in space. ngmoco also put up a newWeb sitespecifically for the game. No release details, but it does say that the game will be 3D and possesses seven different worlds to defend … with towers....

In a press release issued today, Nintendo has confirmed that it will be holding a press conference at this year’s E3. The event — which takes place at Los Angeles’ Club Nokia on Tuesday, June 2 — will focus on “information about upcoming products.” The release also mentions growth of the Wii and record-breaking DS sales, which means that 30 minutes of the media briefing will likely be Nintendo patting itself on the back; we are bracing ourselves for this....

One of the major complaints I have with this generation of videogames on a visual level is that of hair. More specifically, longer hair that behaves unrealistically and usually just, well, sits there. I thought we’d be done thinking about this annoyance in the year 2010, but it still happens frequently. Enter NVIDIA and its real-time hair-rendering tech demonstration from GDC last week. It’s hair that reacts to light, wind, you name it....

Earlier this morning,MCVreported that MMOAll Points Bulletinwas slated to hit store shelves in March. Interestingly, the report stated the game was to be distributed through EA Partners for both the PC and the Xbox 360. The latter platform we hadn’t the slightest clue about. And it looks like there’s a reason. Speaking with me via e-mail, Realtime Worlds community manager Chris Collins didn’t confirm the reported date. Instead, I received the boilerplate response EA sent out to outlets that inquired about the rumored release date....

We’re just over a month away from PAX East andthe event schedule is finallyup! There are a bunch of things going on throughout the weekend and here are some things I’ll be trying to hit up: Big emphasis on “trying” as I know I’ll be out pretty late with the lot of you Dtoiders attending the show. And don’t you hate it when talks you really want to go to are scheduled back-to-back?...

Petroglyph is entering into the multiplayer online battle arena game market (for realsies) with its free-to-playRise of Immortals, now scheduled for a full launch on September 12. I find it fascinating that the industry can support so many microtransaction-funded games.

Upcoming DS gameGhost Trickhas a demo on the Capcom Japan website. It’s in Japanese, of course, but it’s still totally playable if you can’t read the text. Just know that you’ll have to rely on trial and error, and that’s going to be a bit less fun. I played a similar demo earlier this year. If you’re not down with the reading, know ghat clicking and dragging your the glowing spirit will let you possess other items....