Hide and Secret: The Lost World

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Hide & Secret: The Lost World is another great Hide and Secret series point and click adventure type downloadable hidden object games from Download Games 24. Travel deep into the mysterious jungle of the Lost World! The nefarious treasure thief Jacques has kidnapped another damsel, and it?s up to you to stop his evil plans before she is sacrificed at the spooky full moon ritual. Journey through

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The DTOID Show: Flaming 3DSes, Ass Creed Beta,
and Elves

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[The Destructoid Show gives a rundown of all the top news from Destructoid.com every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Subscribe to us on YouTube, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook.]

Howdy, pardners. It's that thing again, that thing with the robot. And the redhead. And the guy in the little vest.

Big news today, you might have a shot at having your cake and eating it too. Wal-Mart and Target are selling the 3DS for the discounted price early, giving you access to all those free games. Of course, if you wanna wait around and buy a red one, that's cool too. The multiplayer beta of Assassin's Creed: Revelations is a PS3 exclusive, starting in September. Capcom says Mega Man is not dead, but that's really all they're saying. We got a picture of a Dark Elf from Skyrim, and I don't care, because elves are stupid. Bungie is copyrighting random words left and right, and the demo for Driver: San Francisco is now available for downloading on PS3 and 360. But not PC.

If you haven't already, check out Podtoid, the podcast Tara and I do with Jim Sterling and Jonathan Holmes, in which we talk about having sex with dogs and pterodactyls and stuff.

Also, The Destructoid Show will be LIVE again this Friday at 3:30 PM PST, 6:30 PM EST, and 11:30 PM GMT. Tune in for contests and swearing.

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You Can Thank This Man for the Look of Gears of
War [Fine Art]

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You Can Thank This Man for the Look of Gears of War [Fine Art] – http://pulse.me/s/15XZ9

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Control the seasons in Storm

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Storm, a physics puzzler developed by EKO Software is due out later this year, and the last installment of their seasons trailers has just been released. The final video focuses on Winter, where the player will use cold themed forces of nature to complete objectives.

The short and long of it is that this game looks like fun; physics puzzles are grand and this game looks like it will deliver. The best part about Storm is that it will release across all three major platforms. PSN and PC versions will cost $9.99 while the XBLA variety will be 800 MS Points.

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Resistance 3 Alice Springs Multiplayer Map
Unveiled

post from MonsterVine on 10 August 2011 09:42:06 PM. © MonsterVine

The 4th map of the overall “16 multiplayer maps” included in Insomniac Games Resistance 3 is revealed, bring the combat to the dusty dunes of Alice Springs, Australia. Crikey! Australia is now a “giant refugee camp” and a “safe haven” but now the Chimera have overrun the small town and close quarters combat is highly [...]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Jedi Consular Trailer

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Bioware and LucasArts released a class trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, taking a look at the wise Jedi Consular class. Electronic Arts is hesistant to publish a release date for the highly anticipated MMORPG but we take a bet it’ll release sometime this year. Jedi Consular is adept in the ways of the [...]

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Dead Island Goes Gold, Celebrates with Co-op
Trailer

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With the announcement of Techland’s Dead Island having completed production, it is only fitting that publisher Deep Silver released a new co-op trailer illustrating how the game’s storyline campaign is played with up to four of your friends. Dead Island is set for release September 9 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

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eSports: Someone you know is hype

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_{[Today's promoted blog on last week's eSports topic is from StriderHoang, who talks about the mass popularity of this year's EVO. If you want to see your own blog on the front page, make sure you write a CBlog on our current topic, East vs. West. -- JRo]}

During EVO, I had the unfortunate luck to be busy uploading videos to my YouTube account. With my infuriatingly average bandwidth being provided by Verizon, I couldn't watch the stream.

But that didn't mean I didn't know what was happening right that second, though.

Nearly every minute, sometimes every second, someone I knew had posted something hype-worthy on my Facebook news feed: there's an eight-year-old in the top 32 of Marvel vs. Capcom 3; PR Balrog landed the most incredible level 3 grab with Tron; the cutest trans model ever is competing in Tekken 6; Poongko perfected Daigo; Latif eliminated both Tokido and Daigo.

I got all this information second hand from my social networks.

This year, fighting games with EVO have gone from an underground culture to a full blown eSport that nobody can fully ignore and shut out of their life. And it's truly an amazing thing.

I can remember a time when tournaments on Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Marvel vs Capcom 2 were something only the most dedicated fan would know about. EVO might've been big back then, but to my knowledge it stayed mostly within its own sphere of influence.

This year though, everyone was talking about EVO, and I mean everyone. Video recordings and streams were coming out the wazoo from more mainstream video game sites like IGN, G4tv, and Machinima. At one point I think I saw the official EVO stream hit 8.8 million viewers. When Latif eliminated Tokido, he was swarmed with cameras on stage.

Accepting the reality of eSports as kind of a big deal is no longer relevant. It's now an inevitability that you know someone who will drag you into the world because you happen to be in the mood to listen to them. Ever since Street Fighter IV released, the fighting game scene wasn't just revived, it damn near exploded and spilled over into mainstream culture. And from that big bang, millions of people were hooked on the substance known as hype.

Of my entire extended network of friends, I'd venture a guess that at least a third of them are gamers who play regularly, and not just at some social gatherings or parties. And of that group, nearly all of them were into EVO in some way, shape, or form. Some were like me, hearing the news second hand, and some were actually watching and chatting in the stream, sending their actual, excited remarks straight to Facebook. One even went to EVO and made a very strong showing in more then one game.

And pretty much all of the ones who regularly sign onto Facebook to post something all know the community's in-jokes.

And now I finally have an excuse to post this.

Heck, even friends who aren't truly attached to the fighting game community are surprising me. One friend asked me what it meant to be salty in the context that EVO had just ended. Another chimed in that he probably knows the man who fought in the Mortal Kombat 9 ladder cosplaying as Kitana after I shared a video.

Knowing I have something along the lines of "Six Degrees to Cookie" was pretty much the highlight of my day. Seriously, watch his match and tell me there isn't something silently awesome about Cookie when he gets up and shows his defeated opponent what is probably the firmest ass he'll ever see.

Pretty much what I'm trying to say is that EVO was a reaffirmation that the fighting game community, entailing all the sub-cultures of Street Fighter, Marvel, Tekken, Blazblue, and more. It is a giant phenomena that exemplifies not just the excitement of eSports but gaming in general. The people competing at EVO deserved to be there and the elite, select few created moments that will forever enshrine them and the games they competed in.

Welcome to the new era of fighters. In a word, get hype.

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Madden NFL 12 keeping up with free-agency roster
changes

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The end of the NFL lockout in late July kicked off the league's usual flurry of offseason personnel moves (trades, signings, etc.), except this time, the lockout caused the free-agency period to be compressed into the space of a few weeks. Come September, many familiar faces will be suiting up in new places, including cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (formerly of the Oakland Raiders, now of the Philadelphia Eagles).

The Madden NFL 12 demo came out on Monday, so by this point, EA Tiburon has almost certainly finalized the on-disc rosters. I spoke with Madden ratings czar Donny Moore at a recent press event in New York City, and asked him what the development team is doing about the numerous roster moves so close to the game's release.

Moore told me that Tiburon is tracking every roster change, and will issue a day-one roster update to bring the game current. The cut-off for changes will be pretty damn close to launch day, too -- according to Moore, the team needs only a few days to ensure that there aren't any kinks with the update. (Of course, Tiburon will also provide regular post-release roster updates.)

Madden NFL 12 is launching in just under three weeks, on August 30th, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, 3DS and PlayStation 2.

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Live show: Community picks on Mash Tactics

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_{_[}_{_{Mash Tactics}}_{_{airs Monday through Friday from 4-8pm Pacific. Join Jon Carnage and Pico Mause as they host a wacky and interactive show on TwitchTV.com. Join us for your chance to win prizes, talk to industry guests, and experience jaw-dropping stunts.]}}

Today on Mash Tactics, we will be showing you live gameplay footage from whatever game you want to see. Are you on the edge of deciding whether or not to pick up a game? Stop by TwitchTV.com at 4-8pm Pacific to get a taste of new titles. Follow Mash Tactics on Facebook to vote for which games you would like to see on an upcoming show.

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Previously on Mash Tactics:

Monday, August 8, 2011

We started off the week with the game title, Red Faction Armageddon. As we shot up insect aliens and broke down walls, we set to break the channel record for most new followers in one show. Carnage offered his body not once, but twice to obtain this goal. Over one-hundred new friends witnessed him shake his tummy during a truffle shuffle with citrus in his mouth.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Carnage and Pico were feeling extra silly this Tuesday while jumping into the turn-based JRPG, Record of Agarest War Zero. While showing you just how close siblings could be, Carnage bench pressed Pico as part of his new workout routine. Also during this episode, DJ Pico shows off her magical, mystery mixing skills.

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