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Have you recently found yourself thinking “You know, I sure wish I had a shirt withAge of Conan’s logo plastered on the front” while playing Funcom’s latest MMO? If so, then designer Inno-Wear has you covered. That is, they will have you (literally) covered when their new clothing line releases later this summer. While there aren’t any specifics about the upcoming outfits, a quick look at Inno-Wear’sWeb siteshows that their products range from regular graphic t-shirts to “high quality urban streetwear....

Alan Wakedeveloper Remedy has stated that it is in no hurry for a new generation of consoles. Considering the studio was in no hurry to make a game forthisgeneration, we really shouldn’t be surprised. FACE! “I think all the developers out there — or most of us at least — we’re absolutely in no hurry to move onto a new console cycle,” divulges creative director Matias Myllyrine. “There are still things that we can do with the current generation of hardware for the 360 and PlayStation 3....

It’s time for our usual check-in with Gearbox and the status ofAliens: Colonial Marines. The title was nowhere to be seen at E3, but Gearbox’s Randy Pitchfordhas confirmedthat the game is still not dead, despite publisher Sega putting all its weight behindAliens vs. Predatorand Gearbox hard at work onBorderlands. In addition, therumoredAliensDS gamehas been confirmed, although Gearbox won’t be working on it. Despite original rumors suggesting the game was canceled, a portable version should be coming from Wayforward in 2010, around the same time as the console version....

EA Phenomic’s card-based real-time strategy gameBattleForgecan now bedownloaded for free, no strings attached! The game is still being offered at retail, with the incentive to pay being extra cards and lots ofBattleForgePoints. Ioften wonder howwell in-game microtransactions perform, and in the case ofBattleForge, it looks they bring in enough money to justify getting the game out to as many people as possible, no matter the cost. First it wasBattlefield Heroes, and now this....

Rest easy folks, Sega has confirmed thatBinary Domainwill, in fact, contain pistols, shotguns, and assault rifles. Despite the robo-revolution, the core weapons remain intact and you must oh-so-carefully choose from amongst them to save humanity from imminent doom. All kidding aside, there’s somereal potentialinBinary Domain. With some of Sega’s best minds on the job, hopes are fairly high (but not too high).

I’m struggling to imagine the target consumer for this Swarovski encrusted homage toSuper Mario Bros. Too expensive for kids (that’ll be $600 bones, please, and no, I am not joking), too flashy for teenagers, too cutesy for thugged out gang members and too geeky for their girlfriends. That leaves only…..the Japanese. Since the average Harajuku wanderer likely doesn’t have the cash to spare, I can only assume they will obtain the greens for one throughsweet, juicy underage prostitution....

Sharma Howard, features writer for theNorwich Bulletin,has saidthat videogames can’t match the fun of board games such asMonopoly. Before we laugh her out of the building like elitist douchebags, let’s hear her argument: See, that’s the great thing about board games, isn’t it? you may vent your competition, frustration, at your siblings, your spouse, in a healthy way that hopefully ends up in laughter, as long as you don’t take it too seriously....

While future episodes of GameTrailer’s Bonus Round may not be as hip as the last few that featuredour very own Ron Workman, they still continue to take an interesting look at the people behind the industry, and this week they talk to two industry analysts. Industry analysts are those heavily quoted guys that are always saying crazy things that leave us scratching our heads. Often they are saying something we already knew, though many other times they’re telling us something that – as gamers – wejust know is wrong....

British satirist and columnist Charlie Brooker has writtena typically eloquent and reasonable pieceabout videogames forThe Guardian, where he discusses the popularity of gaming when compared to television and movies, and claims that interactive entertainment needs to “exploit our humblest fantasies” if it wants to capture the imagination of the averageHeatreader. “The resulting lack of mainstream coverage means that, despite being about 10,000 times more successful than the British film and TV industries combined, the British videogames industry continually balances a pathological inferiority complex with a wounded sense of pride,” explains Brooker....

[Update: Added a trailer for the game which features no gameplay and answers absolutely no questions. The game’sESRB ratingoffered up more info a few months back. Did you know giant lobsters will be in this game? Sold!] Electronic Arts has announcedBurnout Crash!today at its summer showcase event, and it’s not entirely what you’d hoped. Yes, it’s a game based entirely around the series’ popular Crash mode, but not quite the way you’d imagined it…...

This is the first video that shows some real gameplay footage. While the video quality is crap, you can see how dynamic the movements of the weapons are and I can predict that this game will be hella fun. But oh boy, the absent multiplayer mode is a biiiiig mistake, Activision.

Are you an indie developer who’s spent countless hours creating a game only to discover that it’s virtually impossible to get your game’s name out there? Then look no further than the Destructoid show. Starting next week, we’ll be debuting a new weekly segment on the show, aptly titled Show and Tell, where we highlight some of the amazing accomplishments of you, our viewers and readers. I’m constantly impressed by the talent our fans display, and I can think of no better way to honor their achievements than by pimping them out on our show like two cent hookers....

Almost certainly in response to the deaths caused in recent years due to Chinese gamers spending far more time than is healthy playing video games in public internet cafes, the Beebreportsthat China has banned the creation of any new ones, at least this year. Considering that China already has around 113,000 cafes and bars specifically designed to appeal to the average Chinese person’s desire to escape, however momentarily, the oppressive, communist regime they exist within, the problem of Internet addiction won’t exactly be extinguished, but Chinese authorities hope they can stem the rising tide of what they see as an epidemic before it kills more of their countrymen than Genghis Khan and man-eating panda bears combined....