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It seems lately that every time Bobby “Possibly Had Sex With Hitler’s Ghost” Kotick opens his venomous mouth, he says something thoroughly disgusting. The evil CEO of Activision has laughed aboutcharging high pricesfor videogames, pushed for alack of fun in videogame development, and now hasdemonstrated the joysof squeezing $500 from a $50 game purchase. “In the last cycle of videogames you spent $50 on a game, played it and took it back to the shop for credit,”said the redheaded recidivist at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference....

Splash Damage doesn’t want any excuses from newbies whenBrinklaunches on May 10 (or May 13 in Europe). This is the first of its SMART tutorial videos, where interested players can learn the basics … and we do meanbasic. I’d venture to say this some of this video’s content is almostpatronizingto veterans of first-person-shooters. Considering that’s the market that’ll buy this game, I’m not sure who the video is talking to. Nevertheless, I’ll take any footage ofBrink, no matter how it’s presented — game looks boiler, son!...

Every time I hear any sound effect from the Counterstrike universe I begin twitching and girating. It is so bad that I resemble Sgt. Wes Luger and his flashback sequences inLoaded Weapon.

Earlier today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced the nextLEGO Harry Pottergame,Years 5-7. It’s coming to almost all of the platforms imaginable — except for Project Cafe — this holiday season: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, DS, 3DS, PSP, and NGP. Yeah, even NGP! I was positively certain they were going to leave the series atLEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4and be done with it forever. You know, as a goof? No such luck....

This is going to pleasethose who lovedOblivion, but hated the fact that a cast of hundreds was voiced by about five people repeating themselves —Fable 2‘s vocal recordings have wrapped up after a massive undertaking that saw nearly 38 hours of dialog recorded by a large and varied cast that collectively produced 370,000 words for the game. Wow. Over 45 actors aged 8 to 80 provided the voices of over 200 speaking characters in London....

Remember, our Nintendo 3DS contest is still going on! Follow our channel for a chance to win. Yo, what up chill bros? Today we are gonna get crunk and rap it up like we don’t want another baby. On this special edition of Destructoid Chill Bros, we are playingDef Jam Rapstar. You know we get ’bout it ’bout it on the stream; now let’s give it to you raw in lyrical form....

Mafia IIwas all set to have several ways the story could conclude. In an interview with IncGamers, Senior Producer Denby Grace has confirmed that the game will now have just one ending. Grace explained that the reason for the decision came out of focus testing: “We worked on these things and we have our players that focus test [the game] and we found that people were just replaying and ultimately only felt satisfied when they got to the one GREAT ending....

2K Games’ dropsMafia IIon August 24, and our friends over at Gamertag Radio are throwing parties in New York City and Miami to help celebrate. On August 22, the part kicks off at the Grand Central in Miami, with DJ Sharpsound, Garcia, and and ¡MAYDAY! performing. For those just looking to get their game on, you’ll have an early chance to check outMafia II, as they game will be set up and playable on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3....

Anyone following the pre-releaseSuper Street Fighter 4beat knew thatStreet Fighter 3: 3rd Strikefan-favorites Ibuki, Makoto, and Dudley were going to be included in theSSF4‘s roster. But now it’suber-confirmed courtesy of the latest issue ofFamitsu, which features the three characters in its pages. In the latest magazine scans, courtesy ofI Play Winner, we see Makoto and Dudley in several smaller panels. The sultry Ibuki gets the star treatment with larger shots. We can’t read the pages, but we can at least observe one thing: these formerly 2D fighters are looking good....

With the allowance of mods really helping out the PlayStation 3 version ofUnreal Tournament III, it seems practically myopic of Microsoft to stomp its foot and ban them from the Xbox 360. Complaining of mythical, hypothetical troubles that would arise, it seems MS hasn’t noticed that the PS3 really isn’t suffering as a result of mods. Nevertheless, it still fears user-created content, probably because complete and utter, jugular-grasping control is taken from the hands of The ‘Soft itself (that and it can’t charge for extra maps so easily)....

Mass Effect 2‘sFacebook pagehas an announcement stating a new release date for the game: “in the first three months of 2012.” “The development team is laser focused on making sureMass Effect 3is the biggest, boldest and best game in the series, ensuring that it exceeds everyone’s expectations,” says executive producer Casey Hudson. Worse news for us than the Genophage was for the Krogan, to be sure. What are we going to play now?...

Much has been made of the upcomingMedal of Honorand its controversial decision to let players fight for the Taliban in its multiplayer mode. Despite the fact that we all saw the outrage coming from a mile away, developer Danger Close has admitted that it hurt nonetheless. “I don’t understand why it came when it did but it came and it hurt. It was a morale hit and everything,” says executive producer Greg Goodrich....

Today’s the day we meetup for the regular group photo! We’ll be meeting up at 425 Summer St, on the steps just outside of O’Conners Bar (where we had the Thursday night party with Machinima) at 4:00PM! We’ll then be heading to the otherside of the convention center for a special group photo. Make sure you get to the meetup spot by 4PM and to wear a Destructoid shirt if you own one!...