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608 pages of non-stop Fighting Game Science Fighting games are about more than competition. At their best, they are about taking the most simple of design concepts (be better at hitting someone than they are at hitting you) and using game theory magic to somehow evoke years of replayability and depth. For decades, fighting game strategy guides didn’t even come close to doing justice to the games they covered. No matter how insightful and knowledgeable the writers of those guides were, the limits of print excluded them from doing too much more than giving out some basic strategy, combos, and overview of how the game’s system works....

Unloading inventory yet again No need to wait for the holidays for a PlayStation 4 deal. If you’re eyeing a machine for some big upcoming titles, there are two decentPS4 bundle offerson eBay this week. Your choice in deal-grabbing involves a $50 discount, or a $60 bonus. Two retailers, NewEgg and Techoutlet, are unloading PS4 bundles on their respective eBay storefronts with holiday-like values. Techoutlet has the $50 discount, slashing theUnchartedcollection bundle to a mere $299 (Black Friday-level pricing)....

And so am I! You know we’re getting close toRain World‘s launch when Videocult is trading in gifs for a trailer. Sure enough, the ecosystem-survival platformer is headed to PC and PlayStation 4 on March 28. We’ll soon be sneaking and leaping for dear life as a very killable slugcat stuck in a very hostile food chain. We’ve trackedRain Worldsince its Kickstarter in 2014 and boy is it nice to see this one near completion....

FF XIII’s heroine in FF XIV Lightning gets around. She seems to be getting aroundFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornjust fine in this new video from Square Enix. TheFF XIIIstar will appear in one of A Realm Reborn’s events, and getting through that event will earn you an item fromLightning Returns. The cross promotion goes the other way withXIVitems to be found in upcoming gameLightning Returns. Costumes and weapons can be found by taking on quests....

Jolly cooperation I lovedJourney, and the time has finally come for me to see if I’ll love thatgamecompany’s follow-up adventure too. Apple’s recently-added support for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers on iOS was precisely the push I needed to giveSky: Children of the Lighta proper chance. So far, so good. Skyalways looked beautiful to me, but hearing complaints about touch controls and knowing the studio is planning PC and console ports was enough to keep me on the sidelines....

Adventure to Pandora For the first reveal of this year’s VGX, a Telltale logo showed up on a vending machine, with very Telltale-esque cel-shading. Not so Telltale was the music, which was clearly aBorderlandsguitar riff. Yep, Telltale is making an adventure game set in theBorderlandsuniverse. Considering the great work that Telltale has done recently withThe Walking DeadandA Wolf Among Us, this could turn out to be a pretty fitting collaboration. The goofy, brutal world of Pandora could be a great fit for an adventure game....

It feels like wefinished a Steam salejust for another one to begin. Ah, the year-end sales, where bulky wallets go to die. The2024 Steam Winter Sale is live, bringing tons of discounts to some of the greatest games you can find on the storefront. The Winter Sale has rolled in like a chilly blizzard, bringing discounts on countless games. Some of the year’s best titles are on sale, so be sure to check your wishlist....

Hey Internet, go votethis up and turn itinto a real shirt. Do it. It’s a cool design. (ViaSuper Punch) Tara checks outNail’d, we reviewedCall of Duty: Black Ops, there’s a newBloodraynemovie on the way and more happened on 11/10/10. Destructoid Originals:Jonathan Ross best watch his toneMobility is life in Tron: EvolutionPopCap offers up Zuma Blitz tips that I desperately needDestructoid (the show): Does COD: Black Ops suck?!Nail’d is probably the best racer you’ll play this yearPublic Access Destructoid: Dead Ops Arcade...

Issues SNK has released another character trailer focusing on one of the stoic warriors returning to the ring in their upcomingSamurai Shodown.This week, it is the turn of scarred samurai Genjuro Kibagami, a man with quite a tale. Debuting in the excellentSamurai Shodown II, Genjuro is an incredibly dangerous – even psychopathic – mercenary who kills for the pleasure of killing. After murdering his prostitute mother after he was scarred for life while defending her honour, Genjuro now serves as a wandering assassin-for-hire, and longtime rival of series protagonist Haohmaru....

The unholy trinity With esports seemingly on the rise andNFL ratings nearly decimated, the Father (Disney/ESPN), the Son (NFL), and the Unholy Ghost (EA) have penned a deal to bring a multi-year broadcasting plan ofMadden NFL Footballto ESPN and its family of channels. Slated to start this weekend at the NFL Pro Bowl, the Madden NFL 18 Club Championship will be broadcast on ESPN News and consists of 32 players, each controlling a team in the National Football League, vying for the league championship....

With lights and sounds [Update:check out our own picture from the showfloor in the gallery below!] ThinkGeek is realeasing a full replica of Mega Man’s Mega Buster cannon for $79.99. It’s billed as an “officially licensed Capcom product,” and comes with full-on lights and sounds. It’s built as a “two-trigger” system, so you can shoot a regular or a charged shot at will. It’s set to ship on December 15th....

Question: What new weapon would you expect to see for the guns-blazing, bullet-time-poweredTrepang2? That’s right, a sword! Well, believe it or not, it is what the communityhas been asking for. And it will get swords in the appropriately namedBladekisserDLC coming to Trepang2 in July. Trepang2 – Bladekisseris the game’s second DLCand it launches on July 25. As mentioned, the DLC is bringing a katana to the fray, along with a couple of other not-swords, which my editor assures me are called guns....

Ladies and gentlemen, stop the presses! Someonemay have found a use forPlayStation Home! I know it sounds crazy, we just assumed it was a pointless, depressing billboard, but one group of UK business eggheads are looking at the “service” as analternative business environment. How progressive! CEOs from leading international companies are set to help explore the PS3’s virtual arena of bleakness, looking at the possibilities it has as a space where businessmen can collaborate and and discuss a variety of projects....