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There may be very few Xbox Live Indie Games worth actively anticipating, but when one does come along, it’s on us to beat you over the head until you either get it on your radar or, understandably, run away. My current focus is on Tribute Games’Wizorb, which releases September 29. Inspired byDevil’s Crushand otherdelightful titles,Wizorbis a block-breaker game with a fantasy theme. Fun as no-frillsBreakoutgameplay can be, it’s not always enough, which is why the melding of genres is appreciated....

As youmay have read from our preview, I had the opportunity to check outX-Men Origins: Wolverinelast week, and also got chatting to Raven Software project lead Dan Vondrak. We had an interesting chat about how the game got started (Raven were already working on aWolverinegame before tying it into the movie) and how they wanted to make the most true-to-character title possible. Our most interesting discussion topic, however, was the game’s undeniable brutality....

Ever since a pack of crazed dogs killed me and proceeded to dry hump my corpse inCall of Duty: World at War, I knew that the possibilities for modding the game would be potentially hilarious. If you’ve got a knack for creating mods and already have a few ideas floating around in that skull of yours, the 1.1 GB file needed to bring your mod to fruition can befound right here....

The Writer’s Guild of America has put out their list of nominees for the 2007 Videogame Writing Award. They had announced their plans to do the awardsback in October, leaving it open to any game done between June 29, 2025 and July 16, 2025. After that, those who wish to submit to the awards will have to join the WGA, stating: For this first year, work that was not produced under WGA jurisdiction may have been submitted, but must contain separate writing credit(s)....

FromMicrosoft’s X10 event todaywe learned thatDead Rising 2is coming on August 31st. Nice. If you’ve ever done time at an anime convention, you know aboutsqueeing.It’s like a high-pitched squeal of delight that you’d typically release when you see something that excites you. It’s girly, but I did that when I first sawDead Rising 2, and I’m doing it again with this new information and screenshots. There’s some interesting backdrops in the new screen set....

First the good news: OMGEvil Dead RPG! Now the bad: It’s not a real thing. The above screens are the work of London-based pixel artist Gary J Lucken, who goes by the name Army of Trolls. Lucken posted the mock-upscreens on his portfolio Web site, which got me thinking that this is a thing that needs to happen. Now. There’s been a handful ofEvil Deadgames sent to market, including a Commodore 64 title released in the 80s....

Before I start promoting blogs forthis month’s Monthly Musing topic, I wanted to recap the blogs that were promoted last month for the “If you love it, change it” topic. I pretty much forgot to do a recap post for the previous Monthly Musings, but thanks to a gentle nudge by Niero (he beat me with a gym sock filled with door knobs), here’s all of May’s promoted blogs: Not as many stories were promoted in May as were in previous months....

IO Interactive visited the Destructoid HQ recently wherewe got a second lookatKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. We were shown the same level we got to see earlier this year, but this time we were able to get some proper hands-on time with the game. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Daysis about the two anti-heroes, Kane and Lynch, going after the only thing that really matters in life: money. The sequel takes the duo to Shanghai where they’re looking to score the biggest payoff ever, but sh*t hits the fan and the two protagonists find themselves trying to survive the ensuing chaos....

So, SEGA has been pretty damn quiet onAliens: Colonial Marinesfront, only occasionally referencing it to assure us that it’s not dead. Turns out that, while the publisher was publicly mute on the situation, the developer got very chatty behind closed doors — right under our very noses, in fact. Turns out that the Gearbox-developed take on theAliensfranchise was shown behind closed doors, with some sort of announcement, at this past PAX event....

Tom Rhodes’ blogPlan to Failhas been making the Internet rounds this past week. He’s taken various videogame characters and given them more of a realistic touch. For instance,here’s what abrilliant British female archeologist would look like in real life. Lara Croft isn’t so hot anymore now is she? My personal favorite is the header image above of Sonic and Knuckles. I was never sure what Knuckles was even based on until seeing this version of him....

There was one problem with the recentlyrevealedAssassin’s Creed 2GameStop exclusiveCollectors/Limited Edition thing: we couldn’t tell exactly what was packaged in it. Twitter is a great tool for letting your buds know what you ate for breakfast, but the strict character limit leaves much to be desired on the information front. Lucky for all of us, the officialGameStop Web sitedoesn’t have such limitations. The Limited Edition version of the game, dubbed the “Master Assassin’s Edition,” has six exclusive things: an 8....

Sometimes I privately consider Atlus the heroes determined to rescue the memories of my gaming youth. Let me explain: one of the reasons the Nintendo Entertainment System is my favorite console of all time was the inherent quirkiness of the titles I tended to find on it. Fast forward to 2008; Atlus announces a first-person perspective dungeon crawler calledThe Dark Spire, and I can’t believe I’m still allowed to enjoy anything so deliciously old school after all this time....

And I’m not talking about pocket pool, either. There are balls in this game, though. And cards. And cars, dice, food, guns and hundreds of other things to keep you busy playing with yourself. Atlus’ quick math breaks down the upcoming DS title101-in-1 Explosive Megamix, saying that the purchase would give us over one hundreds games at about $.20 a piece. That’s a $20 bill for 101 games — not bad....