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Tennis star's girlfriend dumps him over Modern Warfare 2
It seems that videogames aren't just a relationship strainer for we common mortal mole rats. Even athletes can find themselves so obsessed with gaming that their partners can't stand it anymore. Take professional tennis player Andy Murray, for example. He spent so much time ...
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Flickr: The Adventures of Mario and Luigi
No breaking news here. You try writing about games in early December! No, instead, we have a really great Flickr gallery from revengingangel. It's called The Adventures of Mario and Luigi , and details the day-to-day life of the famous brothers. It's not what you think, though. ...
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Monthly Musing: Love/Hate
Every month, the Destructoid Monthly Musing topic gives community members the ability to have their work posted on the Dtoid front page. Far Cry 2 . Assassin's Creed . Mirror's Edge . Depending on your tolerance for self-important cut scenes, Metal Gear Solid 4 . These are ...
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New DSi LL great for demonstrating boob jiggle
[As originally posted on Japanator] We all already knew that the DSi's photo manipulation abilities can be abused by perverts, but with Nintendo's newest portable, everything's bigger and better. Even the boobs are bigger and better. The DSi LL is just a bigger, brighter DSi, ...
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505 Games picks up NaturalMotion's Backbreaker
505 Games has revealed itself as the publisher of NaturalMotion's alternative-to- Madden football title, Backbreaker , for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The title was originally revealed as an Atari-published product a bazillion years ago, with an iPhone version of the game ...
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ESRB launches an iPhone app, fully searchable database
You and I don't think much about ESRB ratings before we buy games, but moms and dads do. And kids do, as the rating may be a barrier for purchase. If you need to know, wow there's a way to quickly find out a game's rating using your iPhone with the ESRB's new iPhone app. Mom ...
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Here are the two lucky Blipfest 09 contest winners!
Blip Festival 2009 is almost upon us! The three-day concert takes place later this month on December 17 and is a celebration of the chiptune scene. Numerous chiptune performers will be at the show blipping and blooping the night away. Find out more about the concert over on the official ...
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Forums, we have them: December edition
Welcome to the December edition of Forums, we have them. Otherwise known as "There are far too many games out now" edition. It's now officially the holidays but that hasn't stopped us over in Forum land. I've got all sorts of things in store for December, some of which I will ...
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Assassin's Creed II DLC announced for for PS3, 360
A few weeks after its successful launch, Ubisoft has announced two bits of downloadable content coming to Assassin's Creed II in early 2010.  The first is "Battle of Forli," which will be available in January. It will be followed by "Bonfire of the Vanities," which ...
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Red Dead Redemption: Meet John Marston
His name is John Marston, and he's looking to capture or kill Bill Williams.  Rockstar has released the latest trailer for Red Dead Redemption , entitled "My name is John Marston," and it looks unsurprisingly excellent. Spoiler alert: I have my suspicions are that ...
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Kittens cry as Splash Damage's Brink is delayed
I've seen Brink in action two times -- first at E3 earlier this year, later at Penny Arcade Expo. Both times I came away impressed by the game's big action, gorgeous graphics, and innovative gameplay mechanics for a first-person shooter.  While I was looking forward to ...
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Dante's Inferno demo to hit PlayStation Network first
As promised, Electronic Arts will be delivering a Dante's Inferno demo this month . Small caveat -- PlayStation 3 owners will be getting a two-week head start.  The publisher has confirmed that the demo will hit PlayStation Network on December 10, with the demo being ...
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ESRB: Super Street Fighter IV has 'flexed gluteus'
Time for yet another hilarious ESRB rating . This time, Super Street Fighter IV has been submitted for approval, and North America's ratings board has yet again written a brilliant summary of the game, focusing needlessly on perceived sexual content with amusing consequences.  ...
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'GunHead' and 'Dark Space' could be new EA game titles
Keep in mind that the source for these names isn't as concrete as we'd like. One has some backup data while the other sounds like a typo. I hope it's a typo. A designer lists both games in his impressive recount of previous work. It seems that GunHead is something that's ...
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So, this is what happened to Owl Boy
In case you've forgotten (it's been a while), Owl Boy is a terrific looking indie platformer from D-Pad Studio, dripping in retro flavor and set in a unique and interesting world. We had an exclusive trailer a few months back, but that was the last thing anybody ever saw of ...
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Aaaaand here's your Final Fantasy XIII box art
I'm not normally one to post mere box art, but I've heard that this Final Fantasy XIII thing is kind of a big deal. With that in mind, here is what Final Fantasy XIII PAL will look like on store shelves when you buy/steal it from your local game store. Good job we have these ...
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New releases: Avatar, Rogue Warrior and more
Maybe I'm the only one here, but Rogue Warrior seems to have come out of nowhere. There's been barely any buzz on this game for months now. Bad sign? What has been getting a lot of attention, however, is James Cameron's Avatar: The Game . But that's mostly due to James ...
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More Star Wars: Battlefront III images appear
Feeling blue because a fresh Star Wars game hasn’t hit the market within the last 12 or so hours? Feel free to cheer up with the above, but restrain the excitement: that image is from Free Radical’s canned Star Wars: Battlefront III project -- a thing that has ...
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First look at Warhammer 40,000 MMO get!
Vigil is currently hard at work on Darksiders , but the team has another futuristic game starring musclebound freaks in the works, a game it's been working on for years and years. That game is an MMO set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. This explains why Darksiders ' main ...
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Preview: N.O.V.A.
Perhaps you've heard about this one. N.O.V.A ., they call it. Recently, at Apple's WWDC 2009, a big deal was made over the new iPhone first-person shooter. It's a sci-fi FPS, and some compare it to Halo . Pretty big shoes to fill, wouldn't you say? Get this: You play as a ...
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