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Sonic the Hedgehog. It’s a franchise that’s been mercilessly battered to death over the years, and the hedgehog’s deformed and rotting carcass has been hooked to strings and forced to shamelessly dance for the sickened masses who are forced to witness this grotesque necropantomime. Sega knows damn well that this hasn’t pleased fans, and Sega of America marketing boss Sean Ratcliffeadmits it. “Some of that criticism is probably warranted,” Sean stated, before adding that Sega is planning to remedy the situation by taking the “first steps in making sure the quality is right”...

Bethesda has announced release dates for its entire 2011 lineup, and it looks like there is a lot for us to look forward to.Hunted: The Demon’s Forge,Brink,RAGEandThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimhave all been granted 2011 release dates. Here’s the full lineup, most of which is slated for the back end of the year: All four of those games look pretty damn hot to me, and I can’t wait to check ’em out....

Sonic Colorshas been a surprise, to say the least. BeforeSonic the Hedgehog 4has even released, this game popped up out of nowhere and is actually stealing a considerable slice of spotlight for being a 3D Sonic game that actually looks kind of good. Havingplayed it at E3, I can confirm it certainly looks hopeful. Of course, all Sonic games look hopeful after one or two levels, so we’ll have to play the full game to see....

Due to the fact that gamers are lazy scum who procrastinate and then get upset when they miss a deadline, Sony has decided to extend its “Welcome Back” PlayStation Network offer for a day. Yesterday wasmeant to be your last chanceto download some free PS3 and PSP games, but you now have until 9am Pacific on July 5. If you missed it yesterday due to holiday weekend shenanigans, make sure you nab yourself a freebie today....

Microsoft’s Kinect has inspired many schools and individuals to try out their own creative ideas with its full-body motion sensor tech. Sony wants everyone to realize that they also have a cool technology to play with, and now they’ve opened it up for academics, researchers, students, and hobbyists to experiment with in their newMove.Meprogram. Move.Meis a software application that utilizes Sony’s PlayStation Move tech to let researchers and academic groups create new software of their own....

I was less than ecstatic to see that the first manga offering for the Wii would bePrincess Ai Monogotari, a series co-created by Courtney Love, as that type of thing just isn’t my cup of tea. Leiji Matsumoto is more my thing, thanks to a little show calledSpace Battleship Yamatothat made a big impact on me way back in the early eighties, and his new manga is on the way to the Wii on both Japanese AND English!...

One of the industry’sworst kept secretshas finally been confirmed. Today, LucasArts and BioWare announced the rumoredKnights of the Old RepublicMMO, and named itStar Wars: The Old Republic. The game will take place three hundred years after the originalKOTOR, but still thousands of years before the events of the popular movies. As a result of the timeline, players will be able to take part in a significant struggle between the Sith and the Jedi....

The evil white space strikes again! Click below to view it orwatch it here. AnotherStreet Fighter: The later yearsvideo is out! Can I get a hell yes? Not only is this one longer than the previous videos, it’s funnier too. I think we all owe the guys atCollege Humora big thank you for this crack in media form.

Want to a free copy ofBorderlands? Can’t help you there — sorry! Want to play Borderlands with folks from Gearbox? That you can manage, provided you pre-order the game and prove it to the game’s Creative Director, Mike Neumann. Yesterday, Neumann — the man who writes the dialogue for everyone’s favorite robotic pal,Claptrap— threw out a challenge on Twitter. “Today is official Borderlands Pre Order day,”he wrote, “Twitter me a screen of you buying the game and I’ll play Borderlands with you and give you some loot....

There’s the old saying that goes something down the lines of good things come to those who wait, but Richard Garriott and NCsoft seem to have a better idea in mind. Well aware that there’s not exactly a shortage of great games on the market for us to enjoy right now, they’ve decided to share a little early holiday cheer of their own with the announcement ofTabula Rasa’sreferral program. The concept behind it is simple: As an account holder, you may send your friends a free three-day trial of the game....

[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.] Two dimensional fighting games are a very interesting genre to me. It’s my personal belief that games should be as simple as possible in order to allow everyone who has a natural interest to be able to enjoy them....

If you have fond memories of playingTecmo Super Bowlback in the early ’90s, then this might be relevant to your interests. Tecmo is updating the game and putting it out on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and from what I can tell by looking at the screenshots and launch trailer in this post, they’re going about it the right way: doing their best to satisfy old gamers and new gamers alike....

Microsoft’s new dashboard update, dubbed the “New Xbox Experience,” will do more than just allow users to create Avatars. It will force them too. In a meeting with journalists at TGS, Microsoft product manager Aaron Greenberg made it very clear that there will be no exceptions to the Avatar rule by saying, “We’re forcing you to have a visual representation of yourself.” While the majority of us won’t have a problem with that, how about those who don’t have a hard drive or memory card?...