New trailer for PSP horror game Corpse Party

31 minutes ago - 7:00 PM on 10.09.2011   |   Harry Monogenis

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Remember that strange, completely random trailer for Corpse Party showing a bunch of school students being killed? Yeah, well XSEED has decided to explain exactly what the game's about in their recent PlayStation Blog post.

Corpse Party is an upcoming horror adventure game coming exclusively to the PSP (only available as a download on the PlayStation Store) with an anime art style. The game has you play as a multitude of characters as they attempt to escape the haunted Heavenly Host Elementary. 

One mistake is all it takes to "either immediately or eventually lead you down a path toward one of the game's vast multitudes of 'Wrong Ends,' or bad endings -- generally long, drawn-out and meticulously detailed death scenes." This, along with "squishy sound effects" basically means that this game contains some bloody gruesome stuff.

No release date other than fall of this year has been given.

Just What Kind of a Party is Corpse Party? [PlayStation Blog]

Pokemon are oriental demons, Minecraft stops bible study

5 hours ago - 2:00 PM on 10.09.2011   |   Jonathan Holmes

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Just like videogames, religon can bring people together, inspire them to be the best person that they can be, and even help pull them out of depression, addiction, and other harmful frames of mind. Also like videogames, religion can also cause people to feel entitled, inspired, or otherwise compelled to commit acts of discrimination, violence, and other forms of destruction. 

Maybe that's why some faith-based folks feel so competitive with videogames, as to some, they are capable of offering worlds that are even more compelling than what religious texts have to offer. This isn't the first time we've seen a holy man try to knock Pokemon down a peg, but... Minecraft? That's a new one. This gentleman hates a game that provides children with a place to learn patience, resource management, and the feeling of pride that comes from being constructive and imaginative, and it doesn't even have any magic wands! But don't tell him that sometimes Minecraft sometime has Pokemon in it. That would probably scare the sh*t out of him.

Can someone build a few churches and/or crucifixes in Minecraft and send them to this guy? But no dead ravens please! Dead ravens are like kryptonite to this person. 

Pokemon are 'oriental demons' and 'demonic' [GoNintendo]

Comments of the week: Hugh Jackman vs child

7 hours ago - 12:00 PM on 10.09.2011   |   Sean Daisy

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I'd watch that for a dollar. 

Comments of the Week is a feature where we scour the front page, community blogs, forums, social media and the back of shampoo bottles picking out comments. The ones that make you think, the ones that make you laugh and the ones that make you cry (but also laugh), and consolidate them into an entertaining package for the viewing pleasure of you, the Destructoid community. 

Comments will fall into three categories: 

TRUTH: Batman 

LOL: Deadpool 

WUT? Man-Bat 

Super Mario 3D Land booms all up on your rang

8 hours ago - 11:00 AM on 10.09.2011   |   Jonathan Holmes

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Like diehard football fans who love watching the draft just as much as as the Superbowl, I love watching the release of high profile videogames to see how well they sell. Case in point: Super Mario 3D Land. Of course, it's unlikely that it will totally bomb, but the fact that it's a Mario game isn't a guarantee that it's going to be a huge hit either. The loyalty of Mario fans is a fickle thing. Just look at the disparity in sales between Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros. Wii (as of 2010).

Of course, Super Mario 3D Land is on a portable, which is arguably a very different market. It's a place where modern Mario games are even more potentially profitable -- New Super Mario Bros on the DS went on to be the second best-selling game in the series. However, that was a very different time, on a very different console. Will Super Mario 3D Land suffer due to the 3DS's relatively small install base, or will the game go on to be a stratospheric hit and a monumental system seller? I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT!

As for me, I'll be buying the game no matter what. I really enjoyed what I played of it at E3, and as a huge fan of suit-focused Mario titles, there's no way I could pass this one up. The revelation of the Boomerang Bros. suit's return only works to further cement my desire for the game. Then again, I'm far from the typical Mario fan, so my intent to buy this sucker on launch day doesn't mean that the masses will go for it, right? I guess we'll see when the game drops next month.

Boomerang Bros. suit in Super Mario 3D Land [GoNintendo]

Bit.Trip Runner is getting a strange-looking HD sequel

12 hours ago - 7:00 AM on 10.09.2011   |   Tony Ponce

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The Bit.Trip series proper may be over, but there is more in store for CommanderVideo. Taking a page out of the Square Enix playbook, Gaijin Games is prepping a direct sequel to the fourth installment, Runner, and it will be available on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network some time in early 2012.

Entitled Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2, Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Wow! What a name!), the game promises a slew of new abilities, achievements, and... actually, there's not that much info yet. All we have right now are the above teaser video and a redesigned look for the Commander, which you can see in the gallery below. For better or worse, we're not in 8-bit Land anymore.

Also, what's with the "presents" in Bit.Trip Presents? Is this an indication that Runner 2 will be so removed from its predecessor that it will effectively be a standalone experience? Will this be like a Pac-Man 2 type of reconfiguration? All we can do is follow the game's dev blog and watch the mystery unfold.

Arkham City gets yet another skin: Sinestro Corps

16 hours ago - 3:00 AM on 10.09.2011   |   Liam Fisher

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As if Batman: Arkham City wasn't already stuffed to the brim with more skins than we can handle, it seems The Bat will also be donning his Sinestro Corps attire thanks to a Green Lantern Blu-ray combo pack. 

According to an unnamed and supposedly handsome Joystiq tipster, a limited run of these Green Lantern Blu-rays will contain a PSN voucher for the Sinestro Corps duds. Of all the costumes revealed so far, this is easily the most exciting considering Batman's previous run-in with Sinestro. It seems this one is exclusive to Best Buy, but developer Rocksteady has already confirmed that all of the game's myriad preorder skins will be available "more broadly" after launch so here's hoping that applies to Sinestro Corps' as well. Green Lantern is due out this coming Friday, the 14th. 

Green Lantern Extended Cut Blu-Ray combo pack to include Batman: Arkham City Sinestro Corps skin [Joystiq]

DICE: There's a market for Mirror's Edge 2

7:00 PM on 10.08.2011   |   Fraser Brown

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Parkour platformer, Mirror's Edge, might have a shot at getting a sequel. DICE producer Patrick Liu believes that people are ready for a second game. The original was a critical success, but unfortunately not a commercial one. However, Liu seems confident that a sequel is viable.

We see that there's a huge fan following, it's almost like a cult! And we know what strengths we had, and what weaknesses we had in that game. If we were to release a new game, we'd know what to improve and how to reach a broader audience. So I definitely think there's a market there.