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The House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cutwill be presenting two all-new levels when it arrives exclusively on PS3. The first of those levels, Naked Terror, hasbeen revealed todayfor your viewing pleasure. This level takes place across a strip club, city streets, and finally a bar. New zombies include mutant strippers and bikers, and you will actually step into the shoes of two fresh playable characters — former NPC Varla and her strippin’ friend Candy....

In honor of QuakeCon 2011, id Software is dropping the prices of all of its mobile games for Apple’s iThings. That’s good news, considering saving money is rad, as are most (if not all) of the id Mobile titles available. Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum, the mobile remake of the game that started it all, is now $.99 (regularly $1.99). Feeling nostalgic? Then you can also pick upDOOM Classicfor $1.99 (regularly $6....

Diablo III’sdirector Jay Wilson recently told an audience at BlizzCon that Blizzard and Activision are looking to make some money with the Battle.Net service. How Blizzard will be seeking to “monetize” is unknown, but Wilson said it was necessary to keep the financially crippled Blizzard alive and kicking. From the panel discussion: We are looking to monetize Battle.Net so that we get to keep making these games and updating features. We kind of have to....

Obviously, we gamers need more quality games for the Wii and more fixes for some universal problems (the Wiimote and WiiConnect24, for instance), but is Nintendo currently in a position where theyhaveto address any of these problems? If the rest of the Wii’s lifespan continued to be mediocre and bug-ridden, would it make any difference for Nintendo? Consider what happened with the Gamecube: a few gems, a sea of crap. Same thing with the Nintendo 64....

While it’s not normal to update the front page of Destructoid.com with personal purchase intent, I feel like you’ll get what you need to know out of it. Here it is: I’m going to buy one of these adorable Servbot Bobble Buddies at Comic-Con next week. Capcom has picked the San Diego event as the debut for the first of their Bobble Buddies. There’s only going to be 1,000 of these Servbots, so I expect to come back with some kind of battle wound....

Japan gets all thecool limited edition PlayStation 3 bundles. This bundle celebratesResident Evil 5in a subtle way. Instead of plastering a red-eyed zombie or a chainsaw-equipped madman on the top of the machine, Capcom opted for a simplistic Tri-Cell glyph. I find it to be quite effective. It tickles the memory of whatREis all about. The bundle is due out March 5, the same day that the accompanying gameRE: 5ships in Japan....

This past weekend, the very kind people of Destructoid LA hosted Ronathon, a fundraising event to help Dtoid community memberlv99ronraise money to pay a ludicrous medical bill. Event organizerAlex Barbatsishonored me by asking for a video contribution to the event. So here we are, this was my contribution to the day’s various entertainments. I decided to show off my musical skills and play Rush’s 2112 in its entirety via the medium ofGuitar Hero: Warriors of Rock....

Another round ofKillzone 2DLC, another round of Jimpressions. This is the third (and perhaps final, for a while) map pack forKillzone 2, Napalm & Cordite. Featuring two new maps and two new guns to pick up and dispense death with, this new map promises to be more action packed than the last two. So, how do these new maps fare? How have the new weapons affected play? Why are spawn grenades so effing worthless now?...

Because it’s cute, colorful, and quirky, aKatamari Damacygame would be perfect for the Wii. That’s what everyone seems to think, at least, but not the game’s publisher. Not only has Namco Bandai never officially announced aKatamarigame for Nintendo’s console, but now the damned thing is canceled.TripleTags, who pre-ordered the non-existent game with Wal-Mart, is reporting that they received the game’s obituary in an email from the retailer. Bad news for the King of All Cosmos, who probably would have been a huge hit with senior citizens and stay-at-home moms across the United States....

I’m going to give it to you straight folks, I suspect shenanigans. It seems a little convenient to me that just before word ofPuzzle Quest 2being confirmed arrives, a bigcontroversyis kicked up, distracting every forward thinking, morally just parent from the real menace. Think graphic alien orgies (with a little bit of game play somewhere, though I couldn’t find it) are bad? Just you wait until the youth of the world are all hopelessly addicted, drooling fiends, their poor little fingers fused to their respective controllers....

It’s been nearly a year since Microsoft released the Kinect hardware and now we’re finally starting to see more titles which use the motion control system drip into the marketplace.Leedmees, an Xbox Live Arcade game in which you use your body to create surfaces for adorable little critters to crawl across, has now received a release date of September 7. Even though it isn’t practical for me to use Kinect in my household, I still have all kinds of fantasies about how the tech can be applied to make interesting and unique gaming experiences....

Time again for another series of Backlog! Tonight we’re starting in on last year’s reboot of the sick and gorySplatterhouseseries. I love the original games, particularly the brilliant and tense third installment, but they have never been the best in terms of gameplay. It’s really more about the flash and gore here and there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of that from time to time. So come revel with me in a fountain of ichor as we dive headfirst intoSplatterhouse....

If you’re a fan of LucasArts’ classic PC adventure games, you’ve probably already rapid-fire F5’d your way into the light on this one, but if not, here’s what all the fuss was aboutyesterday. LucasArts has announced viatheir Twitterthat they’ve partnered with Steam to bring the company’s back catalog of adventure games to the digital service for your point-and-click pleasure. Among the titles already slated for arrival areLoom,The Dig,Battlefront 2, and the Special EditionMonkey Islandthat’s also coming to XBLA....