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In this age of everyone being able to upload any video at any time, there’s a commentary or reaction track or video to everything in life. Tub Girl, Gwen Steffani songs, capturing of terrorist leaders — you name it, and there’s someone talking over it. I like commentary when it’s coming from someone involved, and not just a kid on YouTube.Bayonettadirector Hideki Kamiya thought he’d do his own commentary forBayonetta, just like the kiddies on the internet do....

Most critics agree:Duke Nukem Foreversucks. After more than 10 years of waiting, it ain’t all that. Jim Sterlingreviewed it for Destructoidand called it a “miserable, lifeless, grotesque little game.” But who listens to critics? They obviously don’t know what they’re talking about. I mean, they only play and see hundreds of videogames a year, so what do they know? Also, they’re all biased and some are evenfat. You know what they say: opinions are like assholes and reviews are like… descriptions of assholes?...

Despite previous reports that have fluttered across this here Internets, the PlayStation 3 version ofAlone in the Darkis not “delayed.” According to Atari, the title will ship simultaneously with the Xbox 360 and PC versions. The confusion originally arose when the title didn’t appear on Atari’s most recent release list. Yesterday, an Atari spokesperson had confirmed with Eurogamer that the 360 and PC versions would ship first. Well, either they were misinformed or just kidding, as Atari are now explaining that it was all a big misunderstanding — the game should have been on that release schedule all along....

Just likelast year, EA Sports went all-out forMadden, unveiling the game’s cover athlete on a large billboard in New York City’s Times Square. And once again, Destructoid was there to bring you on-the-scene coverage. This year, for the first time in the history of the franchise, EA Sports teamed up with Doritos tolet the fans choose the cover athlete, and they picked New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees over Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne and Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen....

Last year, some bloggers got it into their heads that the Wii was “failing” because — shock — afive-year-oldconsole wasn’t selling quite so many millions of units as once did. Icalled them silly peoplefor this, and apparently I have the numbers to back me up, as Nintendo boasts that it set new sales records in 2010, doing better than evenIgave it credit for. The DS still managed to outpace its bigger cousin, having reached 47 million sales since its November 2004 launch and becoming the best selling videogame system of all time....

It seems like this is going to be a long, drawn out process of finding out about game features between now and the November 2nd release date forGran Turismo 5. Polyphony Digital’sKazunori Yamauchi was kind enough to show us a few new tracks, but even he admitted that more will come later. Thankfully, it seems like we’re rounding the final bend, as Yamauchi tells us that code we’ll see at Gamescom will likely be final....

Our initial reaction to thePlayStation Movehas been all over the map, just like all the gamer reactions out there: will Sony’s answer to the Wiimote actually be any fun? We got a better look today during Sony’s E3 press conference, and you can see some screens fromSorcery, the first game shown today using the move technology, in the gallery. So, what were my first impressions? Well, it looks okay. Imagine ifFableandLairwere screwing, but thenFablecheated on lair withFolkloreandLairtotally made out with the Wiimote, you’d pretty much haveSorcery....

We all just got out of the Nintendo press conference with some decidedly mixed reviews. Personally, I loved it. Granted, appealing to my grandmother doesn’t really benefit me in the long run, but I am a huge fan of what Nintendo is doing. Mixing up this crazy industry of ours is exciting and refreshing, to say the least.Feelings aside, though, I think most everyone can agree that the new footage ofSuper Mario Galaxyshown at the show was pretty unbelievable....

If you thought that Batarang-style controllers died with Sony’s PlayStation 3 concepts, boy are you wrong. Accessory makers POWER A will be showing off anactualBatarang controller at E3 next week. The peripheral will come in both PS3 and Xbox 360 styles, the PS3 using a USB RF receiver and the 360 version being wired (gross). The controller will be released at “key retailers” alongside the October 18 release ofBatman: Arkham City....

Spare Partsis a game that snuck its announcement into Electronic Arts’ E3 lineup, so you can be forgiven for missing it. It’s a downloadable game for XBLA and PSN, in which players take on the role of two little robots called Chip and Mar-T in a co-op adventure. How many videogame robots have been called Chip now? The very first screens have been revealed, so ensure to check those out if you want to look at some robots....

PlayStation 3 owners in the UK have been enjoying the demo since before the new year, but today Sega has announced that a demo for Bizarre Creations’The Clubwill make its way to the Xbox 360 tomorrow. The catch? It’s only been announced for download in Europe and Australia. Everyone else can eat it. The special “Renwick” version of the demo will feature one playable character named (surprise!) Renwick, a “tough, no nonsense, NYPD Detective whose investigations brought him too close to The Club....

Jennifer Hale is her name, and Max was able to pull her aside at PAX and talk to her a bit. First thing he got out of the way was asking Jennifer what her thoughts were on theFemShephair color vote. You heard it here first: the voice actress herself loves the ginger look! As the interview rolls along Max gets yelled at for not playing as FemShep, they talk about the romance in theMass Effectgames,The Old Republic,BulletStorm, Jennifer’s various other projects and even more topics....

Now I know a lot of you guys shut down when we talk about wrestling videogames. I’ve heard it all before, including the revelation that wrestling isn’t “real” and that it used to be cooler back in the day when you used to walk uphill to school, barefoot in the snow. Well, this might be of some interesting to you — THQ has revealed the cover for their upcoming wrestling titleWWE Legends of WrestleMania, and you may see some faces you’ll recognize....