See, it looks great. I’m not talking visuals, though they are better than I would have expected. No, I’m talking about the gameplay shown in the trailer. A multi-player hunting game is a good idea but I am far more interested in the bit about making your own TV show. That looks like it would be fun as hell with a second person. It would be like a cooperative Pokémon Snap with headshots.
But everything I’ve read about the game suggests that the TV show bits are single-player. What a tragic missed …

The Zombie Apocalypse is the new World War II, and has been for a while now when it comes to games. But most, if not all zombie games to date have mostly focused on just killing them in droves. Few have actually thought about surviving in a world full of shambling undead. Until Dead State, that is.
Developed by DoubleBear, among whose members were once of Obsidian Entertainment and Troika Games (the Arcanum people), Dead State takes survival beyond just getting to the chopper/boat/car and concentrates on the big picture. Set …

[Update- Header image changed to this pic found on Super Meat Boy's Twitter. What could it mean?]
Well, it’s not really a wrap. The hard working men of Team Meat still have to plenty of testing to do, then there are the PC and WiiWare versions of Super Meat Boy to worry about. Still, it’s exciting to know that there is a fully playable version of Super Meat Boy out there in the world. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
To go along with the announcement, Team Meat has …

Castle Crashers is coming to the PlayStation Network on August 31, so we’re celebrating the upcoming release by giving away sweet prizes! We’ve teamed up with the awesome folks over at The Behemoth to giveaway awesome items based on how many entries this contest gets!
First, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment below telling us which Castle Crashers character (be it a playable hero, boss or enemy) or Animal Orb is your favorite. You will also have to change your Destructoid user avatar to your favorite …

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It’s the calm before the autumnal storm, and we’re marking the peace with some new releases like Mafia 2 and Shank. And, of course, Chris is playing a game from 1974, but you can just skip over that part.
Big thanks to Jesse Walsh for his couch co-op photoshop.
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