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I’ve always made it a point to go to Comic-Con’s press/professionals-only Preview Night. I don’t know why, though. It wasn’t until today that I finally realized that Preview Night is so unnecessary. It’s really crowded, not everyone is set up, and no one’s heart is in it. And when you really think about it, all of this sh*t is still going to be here tomorrow anyway. Still, I showed up. I came across some really strange stuff tonight, and I put it all together in video form for you....

Sega and Valve, sitting in a tree, S-T-E-A-M … eh, yeah … Today, the two publishers announced an agreement to deliverSega titles to customers worldwide via Steam. Additionally, the two have announced a bevy of new Sega titles that will be coming to the service this December. Included among the new titles isUniverse at War: Earth Assault,The Golden Compass,Sega Rally Revo,Sega Revo, and European favoritesWorldwide Soccer Manager, andFutbol Manager. Additionally, games that were previously available to North Americans via Steam, such asMedieval II: Total WarandRome: Total War, are now available in Europe and “most of the world....

Chances are the majority of you, the Destructoid readers, are fast asleep or drunk and dressed like a vampire right now. It’s OK, we understand — the Halloween season is happening right now. But if you find yourself not in the mood, check out the aboveMass Effect 2image because it might just tickle you in the right ways. This festive image jogged my memory. Before E3 happened, an issue ofOfficial Xbox Magazineteased advancedME2information....

Microsoft’s game development group general manager Chris Satchell has stated that he finds Nintendo’s WiiWare service “confusing,” and has criticized it for not enabling the game developing community enough. “I’ve been a little confused by WiiWare,” Satchell confessed toSpong. “The more I look at it, the more I’m confused, because it sort of doesn’t really look like something for independents. At best it’s what we would call a registered developer program....

Rameo Mazzei’s short film, “Game Over,” is not only entertaining, but also takes the prize for portraying the angriest Pac-Man ever. He’s angrier than Ms. Pac-Man is adirty slut. The film follows the adventures of a man who gets trapped inside of a video game and must fight his way out. With homages toPac-Man,Street Fighter, andSuper Mario Bros., it’s as if Mazzei has tapped into my psyche and ripped my childhood nightmares straight from my head....

The nextSilent Hillmovie,Silent Hill: Revelationhas been announced, and is being filmed in 3D. The film — directed by Michael J. Bassett — revolves around Heather Mason, who is on the run from “dark forces” along with her father. The first movie wasmore or less alright, despite gathering much hatred from other fans of the series. I can’t say I’m expecting much out of this one, but who knows? Maybe we’ll get a Pyramid Head rape scene that looks like it’s COMING RIGHT AT US WOOOOAAAAAH!...

Activision is aware that people don’t flock to fresh first-person shooter intellectual properties. An unfortunate truth and a problem forSingularity, a new IP (from Raven Software) set to debut in the fall. Activision has a plan, a pre-emptive attack. In an interview withDevelop, the producer for the game said that a demo was a necessity. The idea being that a good demo would win fans in a saturated market. “The shooter market is saturated, it’s tough to break in right now when there’s a lot of great, well-established franchises,” producer Kekoa Lee-Creel said....

Remember a while back when Sony revealed theFolding@Homeoption within its PlayStation 3 consoles and everyone got warm fuzzies in their tummies and Phil Harrison visited all of our homes on a unicorn to give us each a puppy? As it turns out, that entire thing was some kind of elaborate Trojan Horse, designed to suck money from companies willing to exploit the spare cycles inherent in the always-on PS3. According tothis pieceat MCV, Sony is in talks with companies interested in handing them fat bags o’ cash in exchange for time with their distributed console network....

I know you’re probably staring at that header picture in confusion, trying to figure out what Final Fantasy and Bon Jovi have in common. The answer is nothing, so don’t struggle to figure it out. Well, nothing before the news report onAndria Sangthis morning that Bon Jovi has been asked by Square Enix to provide the music for an upcoming commercial forFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. I’m going to give you a minute to think about that and try to wrap your head around it....

Square Enix has the potential to be a show stealer at this year’s E3, packing as it is an astounding wall of top-notch titles. As well as the obligatoryFinal Fantasygames, Japan’s dominant publisher hasDeus Ex: Human Revolution,Dungeon Siege 3,The 3rd BirthdayandLara Croftto its name, as well as plenty more. Here’s the full and sexy lineup: I think that’s probably the biggest and most consistently exciting lineup I’ve seen so far this year....

Capcom’sSteel Battallion: Heavy Armorwill require the use of Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360, sure. But you’ll also have to use your standard Xbox 360 controller, the publisher has confirmed. A fact sheet for the game explains that many of the title’s basic mech movements are done with physical buttons; VT movement, aiming, and firing of main guns are all done with a traditional controller. Other functions are done with “upper body gestures,” including starting the engine, operating scopes, and even manning mounted machine guns....

I love playing me someMortal Kombat, but I’ll admit I’m not steeped in its lore. I just kind of want to rip people’s spines out and punch them into pits. I’m fine with that. But let me get something straight: Scorpion is mad at Sub-Zero because Sub-Zero killed him and his clan, right? But this new Sub-Zero, who is actually the brother of the old Sub-Zero (who killed Scorpion and his clan), is upset with Scorpion because he… killed the old Sub-Zero?...

In its second quarter fiscal 2009 results conference call this afternoon, Take-Two 2K Games have revealed that 2K Marin’sBioShock 2is slated for a November 3 release date in North America. And… that’s about it. Not much else to say on that, really. I could b.s. about something, but what’s the point? You already have this marked on your calendar, right? For more information onBioShock 2, Idirect you to our preview....