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The First Templar is a cooperative action adventure title being developed by Haemimont Games, the same studio that brought us Tropico 3 and Absolute Power. Set in the late 13th century, the game follows a French Templar and his companion, a female noble who has been declared a heretic by the church.

The player is tasked with uncovering the mysteries behind the Templar Order, all the while getting wrapped up in a grand conspiracy surrounding the secret of the Holy Grail. Although no one ever expects the Inquisition, they (along with …

Looks like the handful of folks with early Kinect games who’re locked out of Xbox Live won’t have too much longer to wait — Microsoft emailed fall Dashboard preview users last night with the announcement that the forthcoming Xbox Live update will go public on November 1. “On November 1, 2010, there will be a mandatory service update to Xbox Live. This update will both add new features to your service and also enhance the interface, navigation, and responsiveness of Xbox Live,” the email reads.
Beyond Kinect functionality, the fall Dashboard …

Dashboard, that is. You’ve already seen the new Xbox 360 dashboard update right here and thousands of you have tried its flatter, faster interface for yourselves, but if you’ve missed out, it’s looking like your Halloween candy bag may include a full-scale rollout. Xbox Live subscribers are getting the above message in their inboxes right now, indicating that November 1st will bring a service update of some sort, after which point “You will notice a change to the layout of the Xbox LIVE Dashboard, a new color scheme, and new …

I've watched enough horror films to know that I keep coming back to them because of the adrenaline rush from having my morbid curiosities appeased. I want to see grisly ghouls and buckets of blood, and because I'm anticipating that stuff, I'm not shocked when they eventually appear. Aside from the odd jump scare, I don't think I've ever been truly frightened by a horror film.

Know what does scare me? That scene in Pinocchio when Lampwick transforms into a donkey, or the soul-piercing gaze of the Catbus from My Neighbor …

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Justin and Chris are split on Fable 3, which, while bad for their relationship, is good for you, the listener who gets to hear them hash it out. Want something a bit more one-sided? There’s a Super Meat Boy love fest and some PlayStation Phone speculation.
Thanks to Alan Black for the genuinely upsetting photoshop.

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Seriously. Best Halloween costume ever!

The second episode of the Best.Podcast.EVER! is now up, the new episode of the Destructoid show is the funniest (and creepiest!) yet, we reviewed Bit.Trip FATE, win an Xbox 360 with Black Ops and more happened on 10/29/10.

Destructoid Originals:

Best.Podcast.EVER! Ep. #2 – The Halloween Episode!

The Jimquisition: The fallen kings of horror games

New Destructoid: What's Goin' On!?

Destructoid (the show): Happy Hallowiener, DUDES!

Reviews:

Review: Bit.Trip FATE

Review: Costume Quest

Contests:

Win an Xbox 360 and Call of Duty: Black Ops!

Events:

London MCM Expo this weekend

News:

Capcom bringing The Smurfs to iPhone

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Here’s the latest installment in a tale as old as time — according to German games site PCGames.de, the region will receive a censored version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. This time around, though, there’s a new twist for people who were hoping to download and play a different country’s version of the game on PC — both downloaded and retail versions of the game have to be run through Steam for authorization before playing, and in Germany, Steam will only verify local versions of the title.
Seems like Germany’s …

Doesn’t get much more “late October” than this, does it? Sony Ericsson has announced that it’ll begin delivering Android 2.1 upgrades to its X10 line of phones at long last this coming Sunday, October 31st — but odds are pretty good you won’t be in the first batch. In fact, only unbranded X10s, X10 Minis, and X10 Mini Pros in Nordic countries will be getting boosted at first, followed by “more kits” on Monday and throughout November. As a refresher, these updates will bring 720p video capture on the X10 …