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D3 Publisher dropped off another video promotingEarth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon.This one puts our steely gaze on the destructible elements of the environment. Which looks like pretty much everything, as it should be. One of my favorite things to do inEarth Defense Force: 2017is just obliterate the cities with a rocket launcher. I love how they all fall as if they were controlled demolitions after a rocket hits glass. Amazing. I’m pretty stoked for this to release next week....

Sony has officially announcedinFAMOUS 2, the sequel to last year’sPS3-exclusive lightning-chucker, by way of a hot newGame Informercover. It looks like they’re going for quite a few stylistic changes as well. As well as new powers and an all-new enemy, it seems that Cole MacGrath has had a makeover since last we saw him. Sporting a douchebag beard and a fresh sense of fashion, our electrified superhero has made quite a few updates to his appearance over the past year....

Infinity Blade, the wonderful iOS game from ChAIR, is getting another major update this week.Infinity Blade: Arenagoes live on May 19, bringing multiplayer and a new Survivor Mode. The multiplayer pits Titans and Knights against each other, allowing Game Center friends to duel with what seems to be pre-set characters. Survivor Mode is a single-player Arena mode in which players see how far they can last against a legion of Titans....

Beatles: Rock Bandis hitting retail on September 9, and everyone is excited. That even includes Wii owners who should be getting the game day-and-date with the release on other competing consoles, unlikeRock Band 1andRock Band 2. OK, so what’s the catch? In yesterday’s announcement, MTV Games stated that the standalone version of theBeatles: Rock Banddisc would cost $59.99. Even though most Wii games are priced at $49.99 or lower on Nintendo’s popular console,1UP has confirmed with MTV Gamesthat the $59....

Good villains never really die, and Jack Thompson is showing respect for that tradition in his latest attempts to bring gaming down to its figurative knees.GamePoliticswas lucky enough to get a press release from Thompson recently, which states: “Thompson will be in Utah this coming week to work with Utah state officials to pass a new state law that will stop, dead in its tracks, the continuing marketing and sale of “Mature” video games to kids....

You wouldn’t really expect it, but Rockstar’sGrand Theft Auto IVhassauntered aheadof the PS3 exclusiveLittleBigPlanetin the Japanese software chart, seizing the number one slot. Don’t think it’s thanks just to the game’s multiplatform status, either — that’s just the PlayStation 3 version. Rockstar’s return to Liberty City sold133,000 copies on the PS3 compared toLittleBigPlanet‘s52,000. EvenValkyrie Profile: The Accused Onefor DS — the type of portable RPG fodder that Japanese gamers lap up — failed to take downGrand Theft Autowith 80,000 sales....

Followingthis morning‘sbone-splinteringhard newsreports, (brought to you first by FOXTOID,) Joseph Leray’s new overlord, Dan Paladin, has been cuffed and brought to our news bunker for interrogation via satellite. Paladin willfully admitted to the corruption of Mr. Leray, as shown in this direct transcript from an interview conducted by FOXTOID senior analyst, Geraldo Beedog: FOXTOID:Mr. Paladin, how do you respond to these allegations of witchcraft and the twisting of Joseph Leray’s moral integrity?...

Guerrilla is a studio after my own fatty, dead-before-I’m-30 heart. My family is not an observer of Valentine’s Day, but anybody who brings chocolate is welcome in our home. This Valentine’s Day poster, complete withKillzone-stamped chocolate bars, will do the trick. In addition, we also received a bag of officialKillzonearmy men. Those went to our Baltimore office and not the “Jim’s House” office, so my jealousy is palpable. Video of Nick having too much fun with himself can be found below....

Take a break from pushing through crowds of people with your friends at PAX by … waiting in a long line to shoot the crap out of your friends! Sony has revealed that it will be giving PAX attendees the first-ever public opportunity to go hands on with the multiplayer mode of Guerilla’s upcomingKillzone 3. On hand will be 16 multiplayer pods, with eight-on-eight matches up and running for folks to play....

Before heading into E3, everyone knew that Microsoft’s Kinect reveal — formerly known as “Project Natal” — would have everyone talking, for better or for worse. Sunday night’s ostentatious reveal (a costly, uncomfortable event featuring Cirque du Soleil), no one really knew what to think. But only days later, after many folks had reluctantly stepped in front of Kinect and Harmonix’s and MTV Game’s upcomingDance Central, it was the talk of the show....

Electronic Arts has released some previously-print-onlyMedal of Honorscreens to us Internet folk, and something’s missing. Where’s the facial hair? The box art for this re-booted, modernMedal of Honorbrought promise of great facial hair, featuring a soldier sporting a killer beard anyone would be proud of. These screens do feature a man with facial hair, but nottheman and notthefacial hair. I apologize on behalf of EA, and as a token of good faith, am posting the video of “Epic Beard Guy” after the jump....

Hooray for Taito. After screenshots surfaced hinting at an HD remake ofRaystormon XBLA, a recently leaked Famitsu scan tells us the company is set to revive another of its classic shooter franchises withDarius Burstfor PSP. Soon you can partake in the joy of shooting giant robotic fish wherever you may go. Burstwill reportedly feature more than 11 stages, and continue the series tradition of branching storylines and alternate paths. If you’ve played any of the earlierDariusgames, you know how awesome and/or funny that can be, and what it can do for replay value....

Have you ever played a game that can boast over one million levels? You can if you’ve playedLittleBigPlanet! Media Molecule has today celebrated this very fact, with users creating over a million levels for the cute PS3 exclusive. According to the studio, this means that a newLittleBigPlanetlevel has been born roughly every 21 seconds since the game launched last year. “In case you were wondering, those million levels have been played a total of 244 million times,” states Media Molecule on thePS Blog....