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2010 is almost over, and that means we can start looking forward to another twelve months of videogame delays! Yesterday we told you about all theXbox 360 games we’re excited for, and now it’s time to take a look at what the PS3 has got cooking for us! So join Samit Sarkar and myself as we discuss the hottest upcoming games on PlayStation 3. Be sure to check back with Destructoid through the rest of the week as we look at the PC, Wii, 3DS, DS and PSP!...

Long time community member, Matthew ‘Cowzilla’ Razak, has joined Destructoid as the weekend editor. As you’re able to see, he helped the front page stay fresh these past two days. Horay Cowzilla! Jim gave us ten obnoxious ways of extending a game’s length, Brad N. reviewedWheelman, Reggie is hyped about E3, theMortal Kombatteam is trying to leave Midway, Muppet Babies, we make our dreams come true. Muppet Babies, we’ll do the same for you....

Geralt of Rivia doesn’t strike us as the kind of person who likes to celebrate events outside of his own murderous victories against various beasts. But there he is above, carrying a powdered evergreen while a troop of menacing dwarves surround him. We’re not sure what exactly is happening here, but the message is quite clear: Merry Christmas from the team that built the fabulous PC RPGThe Witcher.

WhileCapcom’s figureshave been sugar and spice and all thingsMonster Hunter, the same cannot be said for THQ, asits losses now standat $27 million. To its credit,WALL-Ehelped THQ receive $137.6 million in net earnings, $33.1 million more than last year, but mounting costs undermine the company’s success. Blaming the losses on the price of “important improvements in our creative development organization,” THQ revealed that the substantial deficit is almost triple that of last year....

The daily sales that come and go on Xbox Live can be hit or miss, but today’s are just insane. All of them are 50% off, down from 1200 Microsoft points: You can’t really go wrong with any of these, and one might say they represent some of the best of what’s on Xbox Live Arcade. Remember: these deals are fortoday, Friday, only!

A new study of Metacritic data suggests that Ubisoft, aka the Activision of Europe, isthe least consistent publisherwhen it comes to game quality, coming bottom of the pile, while Rockstar triumphed as the best. The study assigned points values to different Metacritic scoring brackets. Those games avering 90-100 review scores received 2 points, while games with a Metacritic score of 80-89 got 1 point. 70-79 received no points, 60-69 got -1 point and anything under that got -2 points....

Valve is currently beta testing a new addition to Steam, the creatively titled Steam Wallet. With Steam Wallet, customers can pop up to a $100 into their accounts for use at a later date. It works pretty much like the PlayStation Network and, to a lesser extent, Microsoft Points (lesser because it doesn’t involve pretend toy monetary systems). You simply get an option stock up the cash and wait for a game you want, then pay for it with the Wallet instead of direct from a credit card....

Some would say that the games industry would be better for everybody if publishers weren’t around. Similar to how record labels helped kill music and become an unnecessary middle-man between musicians and music fans, so too can publishers feel like they get in the way. Valve’s Gabe Newell, may havefound a wayaround it, but you’ll need to dig deep into your own pocket if you agree. “One of the areas that I am super interested in right now is how we can do financing from the community,”explains Gabe Newell....

Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice is coming, and Eid recently passed. Do you send out holiday cards to your friends and family? If not, you’re a terrible person. Don’t worry though, Valve has you covered! Just announced, you may pick up a set ofLeft 4 Dead,Left 4 Dead 2, orTeam Fortress 2holiday greeting cards. And trust me, they’re amazing. You can get a 10 pack of cards of the game of your choice for $15....

Back in the day I wrote for one of those ‘girl gaming’ websites (yes, I know) and one game announcement that really caught my attention wasVeneticaby German developers Deck13. The game all but fell off the radar for me until I got invited to their booth at Gamescon, only to find all their consoles had died and I couldn’t see it. The game is already out in mainland Europe but until being picked up by independent publisher Mastertronic who claim “Veneticais a European breath of fresh air in a genre dominated by the Americans and Japanese,” no UK release date had been given for this game....

The Something Awful forums are a lot like the French Salons of the 19th century. They are a place where the erudite and cultural elite can amass to share philosophies, questions and ideals. Of course, they are also home to some of the most idiotic things on the Internet, and as of January 12th, they became home to pictures of a fat stabbing victim andhis pathetically hilarious story. SA Goon, TaintSupportSc0tt, is by no means a small man, as you can see in the above picture, but he still did not deserve the vicious attack by his adulterous wife....

Remember a few days ago when we spotted a figure of the lovely Rise Kujakawa fromPersona 4at a hobby event in Japan? A few of you seemed pretty interested in owning her, which I can’t say I particularly blame you for as I’m having that same feeling myself. This morning preorders opened for the figure, which is made by toy company Wave and will be released in late October of this year....

Whenwe recommended last weekthat “you have a fair amount of space on your hard drive, say, 629 megs,” for this week’s Xbox LIVE Arcade title,Portal: Still Alive, we weren’t kidding. Surprise! Portal: Still Alive in available on Xbox LIVE today and it weights in at — you guessed it — 629 megs. If your hard drive is full or you don’t have one at all, don’t say we didn’t warn you; this officially makes Portal Still Alive the biggest Xbox LIVE Arcade game to date, breaking the current XBLA size-cap of 350 MB....