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In a recentinterview with MSNBC, Blizzard’s vice president of game design, Rob Pardo, reveals that there’s no way in hellStarcraft IIwill be released in 2007. All five people who were optimistic (and stupid) enough to believe that we’d actually see the sequel this year are off crying into their custom-made Terran helmets. Despite the fact that the game was just revealed publicly a week ago, many might be surprised to hear that the team at Blizzard have been working on the game since wrapping up withWarcraft III....

Monster Hunter is never going away. It’s only going to get bigger and bigger. I bet one day there will be aMonster Hunterconsole. It will only Monster Hunter games. It’ll be shaped like a Felyne’s face and you’ll put the game disc inside the mouth hole. That imaginary future sounds silly, but we’re well on our way with these one-week sales results for the launch ofMonster Hunter Freedom 3for the PSP in Japan....

As you are no doubt aware, some videogame music can be incredible. Combine that with an equally amazing stage to perform it on and you’ve got something really unique. That’s exactly what’s happening on August 20at the Sydney Opera House, when legendary game designer and composer Masaya Matsuura will perform live. The creator of seminal rhythm gamePaRappa The Rapperwill be showcasing some of his past and present work from his games and studio, NanaOn-Sha....

Today marks the last day you’ll need to resort to witchcraft in order to get a few more frames per second inCrysis, because the game’s first patch isfinally here! Among the many items it addresses, here are the most noteworthy: But that’s only the tip of the iceberg — all of the specific fixes and tweaks can be seen after the break. Seriously, there’s a lot of ’em. Let’s hope y’all will see superior results withCrysisafter applying the update, but if not, there’s always the gameplay to fall back on, right?...

This week’s Podtoid is later than usual because the original recording … never recorded. No idea why, but sadly a rather excellent episode got lost. We didn’t want the listeners to go without, however, so I was able to get Jonathan Holmes and myself together for a re-recording. Although we don’t have Max and Tara this week, there was still over an hour of drivel and exaggerated videogame passion to go around....

Valve promised Portal 2 downloadable content this Summer, but has just missed the sunny months, revealing instead that the digital goods will drop in September. It’s free though, so quit yer bitching! No details have been forthcoming about what the DLC might include, with Valve’s Doug Lombardi only defending the launch window by claiming, “It’s still technically summer.” I’m going to guess that the content will include a variety of puzzles that use portals....

TheNeed For Speed: Shiftseries has been about capturing the adrenaline pumping speed and finesse of hardcore style racing. Now, theShiftseries is making a return to the iOS with a port ofShift 2: Unleashed. Need For Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed(iOS)Developer: Electronic ArtsPublisher: Electronic ArtsTo be released: August, 2011 After playing a few races on the iPad version of the game, I noticed how sharp the game looks overall. The frame rate is rock solid and the detail of the city streets and race tracks are impressive....

This weekend was the one and only WonderCon, the San Francisco-based little sisterto San Diego’s insane Comic-Con International. One of the great things about WonderCon is its timing. It takes place during the first week of April, which is the perfect time for all the hype and hubbub for the big upcoming summer blockbusters. One of the biggest movies coming out this year isPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time.Yep, it’s another movie based off of a videogame — but with the backing of Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer, the acting chops of Jake Gyllenhaal, the writing of series creator Jordan Merchner, and the directing skills of Mike Newell, there is more than a fair share of excitement for the title....

Halfbrick hasfinallyannounced the release date for its multiplayer brick-breaking platforming racing gameRaskulls. The game, which features none other than Mr. Destructoid as a playable character, will be arriving on Xbox Live Arcade on December 29. Raskullswill cost 800 Microsoft Points when it releases, and will be part of the “Games for the Holidays” promotion running on Xbox Live. The promotion includesWorld of KeflingsandIlomilo, and if you purchase all three games, you unlock cross-promotional characters within them....

Did you ever playYs III: Wanderers from Ysback in the day? It was a title from the 16-bit era that may have found itself in your Genesis or Super Nintendo cartridge slot. If you’re not familiar, know that this gamereallygot around. It was originally released in Japan in the late 1980s, came back as a 16-bit title on various platforms internationally, and then was cleaned up for a PS2 and even a PC version later....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] As the notion of ludo-narrative dissonance—that a game’s “play” elements pull against its narrative ones—becomes the dominant shibboleth of an increasingly large tribe of games critics, the Japanese-style role playing game seems to have been pigeonholed as stagnant and archaic....

There have been rumors about this show for a while, but now it’s official! On October 15, VH1 Classic will premiere a new reality show calledRock Band 2: The Stars. It will feature Alice Cooper (of “Schools Out” fame) and Sebastian Bach (ofGilmore Girlsfame) as they play hosts to 12 wannabefifteen minutes of fame whoresrockers as they live in a mansion and compete in differentRock Band 2competitions. Nope, I’m not kidding....

It’s been a while since we ran anything on this matter, butnews has now surfacedthat Rockstar Games made an official plea with the Video Appeals Committee, hoping to overturn the BBFC’s banning ofManhunt 2in Britain. As you all know by now,Manhunt 2went unrated in the UK, singled out for its violent overtones. Many agreed it was unfair and now Rockstar wishes to confirm it by seeing the title hit British shelves in spite of the BBFC’s wishes....