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Capcom Vancouver did it, guys. They did the one thing that would get me interested enough to buyDead Rising 2: Off the Record— put in a mode free of time restraints. This is being called — wait for it — Sandbox Mode. In addition to being selectable from the start, Sandbox Mode supports single-player and co-op. Also included are challenges complete with online leaderboards. Some of the examples given were “Rumble in the Jungle,” “Chop Suey,” and “Silver Strip Smackdown....

Yesterday wasn’t any fun for my girlfriend. She had a terrible day at work and was unable to snap out of a somber mood. I told her to check out thatgamecompany’sFlowerand see if the downloadable title would make her feel any better. I explained to her that when I played the game, I felt more relaxed and less at odds with the world than I have in a long time....

Yes,NPPL Championship Paintball 2009came out in November, which, by my count, was about three and a half months ago. Ideally, I would’ve played it over Thanksgiving break, but the game didn’t hit my mailbox until almost December, by which time I was already off the radar, thanks to a rather long vacation to visit my Dad. So, I didn’t get to actually playNPPL 2009until January and, as life has a nasty habit of getting in the way of me playing videogames all day, I’m only just now feeling comfortable enough to review it....

The guys from Eidos Montreal have been discussing all kinds of details concerning the PC version ofDeus Ex: Human Revolutionthis past week. In the first video, displayed above, they talk about the PC interface and how the classicDeus Exbottom toolbar makes a glorious return. In the second video, displayed below, the devs talk about theAMD featureslike Eyefinity support and 3D, and you can see a very lucky person traversing ventilation shafts onthree monitors....

The Internet Matlocks are at it again, this time extracting a file from a recentRock BandDLC pack. While I’m not even sure what would possess you to do this (or better yet, how you would do this), the results appear to be an eye-opening look at some future downloadable content from Harmonix’s mega-game. Included in the list are a number of the previously announced (but not specified) Grateful Dead tracks, as well as the remainder of Nirvana’sNevermindalbum (which many have anxiously been awaiting)....

Two new Xbox Live Arcade games are coming this fall. I already have the titles:Avatar Crash CourseandHarm’s Way. These games are being built from concepts created byJill RobertsonofRaleigh, NCandJustin CarpenterofOgden, Utah for the Unlock Xbox Challenge. These two are finalists, chosen from 1,500 entries into the contest, submitted last year. PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay and Microsoft have set it up so that the two above listed finalists will collaborate with a “renowned development team” to flesh out their game concepts....

No Apparent Reason Parties, NARPs for short, are a long standing tradition here at Destructoid. NARPs are parties hosted by Dtoiders for Dtoiders and everyone is welcome to attend a party. It’s about playing games and interacting with other people all in the name of having a good time. It’s Summer time! If you are like me, you enjoy taking some time in the summer to relax and enjoy some videogames....

[E3 community blogging contest winner:For the final E3 C Blog, y0j1mb0 talks about Nintendo’s major focus on the casual market.] If you were to take a look around the World Wide Web, one of the most talked about highlights now isn’t the coup that Microsoft sucker punched Sony regardingFinal Fantasy XIII, instead it’s this topic: Nintendo and Miyamoto have left us hardcore gamers down. They only hadAnimal Crossingand some fruity music game that the Man-Child genius Miyamoto unleashed on a stunned lethargic video press....

Wouldn’t that be Epic? Right now, Warren Spector’s new baby,Epic Mickey, is a Wii-only title. It’s coming out on the Wii because the game requires motion-sensing tech for the controls. Or so says Spector. But now that the PS3 and Xbox 360 will have motion-sensing tech with the Move and Kinect additions, the game could come out for those consoles. Spector told AtomicGamer:“Before Move and Kinect I probably would have said no, because the game is built around gesturing....

What a surprise. You get a genuinely original and fun looking title on the Wii and itsells like sh*t. Destructoid opinion ofExcitebots: Trick Racinghas been overwhelmingly positive, so it should be no shocker that the poor game has only managed to scrape 13,000 sales across the US. For a game that hasSuper Sandwichesin it, that’s more than sad. That’s a God damned tragedy. Excitebotshad everything going for it. It followed on from the considerably popularExcite Truck, it had plenty of kid-friendly appeal,andyou could play as a robotic praying mantis....

Each week, Fanboy Friday takes a look at some of the most ridiculous, asinine, and unintentionally hilarious comments made by fanboys from a variety of gaming sites. With a couple weeks to process everything that happened with E3, the fanboys are finally back making videos on YouTube again. Fuled by Natal,God of War 3, and[PROTOTYPE]vs.inFAMOUS, there’s a whole lot of trash taking going down, and since it’s been a while since we’ve had a video post, you’re getting one today....

Borderlandsis out and available at most retail outlets and as a digital download via Valve’s platform Steam. Chances are you knew this — we’ve covered the game exhaustively on the news side, as wellas reviewed it. But we’re not ready to close the book quite yet. This afternoon 2K Games blasted out a final launch trailer that does a decent job introducing people to the odd characters, the loot-mongering, and the fact that Brick can punch a midget’s leg off....

Final Fantasy XIV director Nobuaki Komoto is at gamescom showing off his work this week. It was there thatNowgamercaught up with him to ask about how he thought his game would fare against Western RPG powers Bethesda and Bioware. I would have loved to have seen his face and reaction when asked this, but the words alone give a pretty clear picture of his attitude on this: “Although I do think both developers are creating great games, unfortunately, both are so far virtually unknown to the mass public in Japan and the sales are quite disastrous, too....