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The time is nigh, fellow PS3 owners: Sony has, at last,officially confirmedthat two long-awaited (andlong-rumored) PS3/PSN features — in-game friends list and messaging access, and “trophies” — will be coming in a future system software update! It won’t be the very next one; that update, v2.36, will be another one of those vague “improves system stability when playing ___” patches. But the update that’s ‘on double deck’, to use an esoteric baseball analogy, isthe big one: v2....

You guys are not gonna likethis. That’s ok though, because I like it a lot, and since I write for Destructoid I get to put things I like on the front page for thousands of people to see. Ha! So the story here is: Brian Lam at Gizmodo got an insaneHalo 3swag bagfrom Microsoft which he unpacked on film for site readers to see. Apparently his method of unpacking the bag frazzledHalofans so badly that one of them actually made adeath threatto Brian in the comments....

Do you have 22 minutes to spare? In that case, may I recommend viewing this fine gameplay video forBrütalLegend? Like the video fromlast week, it features commentary from Tim Schafer. And, deciding that he alone is insufficiently awesome (not true), he’s invited a couple of his buddies at Double Fine. This video has a few notable elements to it. First, you’ll be shown howEddie Riggscan acquire a squad and then give them instructions....

If I was a bad dude, the last damsel I would choose to distress is one who pals around with a large guy named Dante, who just happens to carry around a scythe composed of bone and sinew all hours of the afternoon. But bad guys rarely make reasonable decisions, it seems, and that holds true inDante’s Inferno. After watching the above, it’s plain to me now that I’m now made of the same stuff that a villain is, but that lesson wasn’t really the point....

Remember that first-person shooter,S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl? There’s a good chance that it slipped off of your radar — the game was supposed to come out three years ago. Many people (including myself) thoughtS.T.A.L.K.E.R.was completely doomed. Luckily, we were all wrong. It turns out thatS.T.A.L.K.E.R.is set for a March 2007 release date and won’t become the nextDuke Nukem Foreverafter all. So, you may’t seem to remember a damn thing aboutS....

It’s been a long time since we heard anything of Fuzzyeyes’Edge of Twilight, the steampunk action-adventure which is full of conceptual promise. In fact, I believe the last time this game was mentioned, it wasright here on Destructoidwhen we interviewed Fuzzyeyes CEO Wei-Yao Lu. Despite its silence of late, Fuzzyeyes has been hard at work and had a demo walkthrough to show at the Tokyo Game Show. Having only swung by the booth to say hello to Lu, I was instead very kindly taken into a nice comfy room for a private demonstration ofEdge of Twilight‘s combat system....

I couldn’t make this sh*t up if I tried. Really. Browsing through the Square Enix merchandise booth, I discovered this in a lone case: Cloud Strife Eau de Toilette. Yes, now you can not only emulate Cloud, cosplay him poorly and continue to obsess overFinal Fantasy VII, but you can also SMELL like him. Best idea ever, right? If you look at the pics in the gallery, you’ll notice I took a close up shot of the little card next to the cologne....

According to a report in theNY Times, by the end of the decade, over 1,500 schools across the United States will offerDance Dance Revolutionas part of an athletic curriculum. The West Virginia public school system is already on board, and committed to putting the game in 765 schools by next year. This move towards alternative physical education comes in response to many students who feel that team sports (such as basketball, kickball, and leaving your basement) were becoming too competitive....

Destructoid is hosting another epic GameNARP in Miami this May. We’re going to have a ton of games and everyone is invited to come by! Art Attack Friday featured the Giant Robot collection, Anthony took an extensive look atFar Cry 2, Jack Thompson to appear at the ScrewAttack Convention, Nick previewedBrutal Legendand plenty more happened on 04/03/09. Destructoid Originals:RetroforceGO! Episode 85: Listener questionsKonami may kill Ben and me next week at their Gamer’s NightFriday Night Fights: Alpha vs....

We may never getDuke Nukem Forever, but we at least have this fan-film to make up for the void that was left behind. Anthony will sue you, Conrad looks at some games that would benefit the nextGrand Theft Auto, Brad checked outMax & the Magic Marker, the 2010 IGF finalists have been announced, Tony Hawk just wants some friends and more happened on 12/04/09. Destructoid Originals:FACT: I’m going to sue the sh*t out of the Bit....

The latest episode HAWP was the one filmed during the HAWP panel at PAX. This episode is extra special as it features a lot of cameos by Dtoiders that were at the panel. See if you can spot them all! Jim has dibs on Coach, I brought a preview ofBad Company 2, Ben checked outSkate 3, Sears has some good Black Friday deals, take a look at the new modes coming toSuper Street Fighter IVand more happened on 11/6/09....

I’m taking The Daily Hotness in a whole new direction starting NOW. Enjoy pure Internet randomness from here on out. I love you too. Podtoid talked aboutHeavy Rain, Jim lays out how Activision can become popular again, Nick checked outRock of the Dead, new Lara Croft game was announced, EA is bringing usShankand more happened on 03/04/10. Destructoid Originals:Podtoid 140.5: Heavy Rain spoilertoidHow Activision can become popularReview Recap: February 2010Community:Something about sex: Holding HandsCommunity blogs of 03/04/10Forum of the day:Games that have left you empty...

(If you haven’t caught on, every Friday, The Destructoid Show is recorded LIVE, which means we say extra-stupid things and talk to people in the chat. It’s super fun, and we give away prizes. You know, because that’s the root of journalisms. The prizes.) Today, we covered recent news about the Playstation Vita, including itsrelevance, how muchgizmo-power it has, and also how you can use it totell friends you’re at a pizza restaurant....