Ever wonder how a fight to the death between an otter and a walrus would go down? Me neither. The otter’s cuteness was super effective, though.
Rather productive day, I’d say. We found out about L.A. Noire thanks to Jim’s review, a crazy new game set in the Batman universe was announced, Sony divulged what games it’ll be offering as compensation for the PlayStation Network woes, Hilary P. Helghast had a date with a beanbag, and more on 5/16/11.
Destructoid Originals:
Dtoid Shirts Reprinted: Squidbear’s Revenge!
Xbox Indies: Blowing, drilling and sliming all over
This thing that I do: Interview with Insert Coin Clothing
Podtoid 151 records tomorrow!
Fez dev: ‘The polygon is the new pixel’
Interview with Hisaharu Tago on SoulCalibur V
The Jimquisition: The Weird Is Not Enough
Interview with Joonas Laakso for Ridge Racer Unbounded
BEHOLD! The Sumo Titan beanbag couch!
Live show: Mash Tactics plays Virtua Tennis 4
New Destructoid Episode: Aliens, LA Noire, MW3, and PSN
Live Show: Splatterhouse continues on Backlog
Community:
P2 Press Start: Teenage Kicks
Forum thread of the day: DTOID MIDWEST NARP 2011 JUNE 11, 2011, TOLEDO, OHIO
Contests:
Win Insert Coin clothing gift card!
Reviews:
Review: L.A. Noire
News:
Japanese government blocks Sony from activating PSN
UK Charts: Brink smashes into number one
New Halo 10th anniversary art book is on the way!
Gears of War 3 Limited and Epic Edition revealed
Creative to make something ‘special’ with Alien game
UK pre-order bonuses for Ocarina of Time 3D fall short
Nicholson Electroplating Arson Case DLC for L.A. Noire
New Batman game announced, Gotham City Imposters
Mass Effect 3 allows for expanded same-sex romance
New releases: L.A. Noire, Fantastic Four Pinball and more
Plants vs. Zombies, Chuzzle Android launches detailed
69% of Brink sales are on Xbox 360
Nintendo DLC: Chrono Trigger, fishing, dancing, and more
Free App of the Day: iRunner (Android)
That was quick! Terraria is now up on Steam
Have a PS3 Brink patch to go with your PSN restoration
More details on weird-sounding Gotham City Impostors
Sony details ‘Welcome Back’ package (FREE GAMES)
The end is nigh: Steam introduces daily deals
Limited-release Duke Nukem Forever demo landing on June 3
PlayStation Store to be updated ‘multiple times a week’
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition PC looking at July
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny coming to US on PS3, Wii
Media:
Dragon’s Dogma cares not for mythological animal rights
Trailer delves into Red Faction: Armageddon’s story
Catherine asks if you’re committed in a new trailer
Destructoid Exclusive: Achron launch trailer
Senran Kagura boobs blah blah blah one-eyed school girl
WEEKEND HOTNESS:
PSN struggling to deal with huge mass of password resets
Here’s another Senran Kagura girl silhouette
Super Meat Boy hand-made toys are good enough for retail
Cave Story 3D features 2D sprites, NIS surprise
Weekend Mobile roundup: AFK edition
Get into a fight at Destructoid, win a Razer fight pad
Hands-on: Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Win the Collector’s Edition of Rift!
Mash Tactics + 321 GoCast + Also Talks, 6 hour special
Swagtacular: L.A. Noire
Namco Bandai’s Level Up event over, here’s what to expect
Review: Firmware Update 3.61
Milla Jovovich tweets about the new Resident Evil movie
Japanese chatter and footage of Mega Man Legends 3
Filling in the blanks: Inferred narrative in small games
Phased restoration of PlayStation Network has started
Heroes of Newerth turns one, now win a free account!
PSN still down, but you can update your passwords now
Weekend Destructainment: Nostalgia
God of War Portable Collection enhanced for PS3 coming?
Meet the monsters of The Witcher 2
Check out some gorgeous new El Shaddai screens
Spoiler-y Portal 2 prop made for sake of science
Meet the four kings in the world of The Witcher 2
Live Show: See how Saturday Morning Hangover stacks up
inFAMOUS 2 trailer gives you a quick plot refresher
Amazon cloud servers possibly used in PSN hack attack
Brink dev: 1% of games shouldn’t make 99% of the profit
New Destructoid Episode: Wizard hackers Play in GagaVille
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer official reveal
Cladun X2 out this Summer in the US and Europe
Last call! Win Sword & Sworcery and the soundtrack!
Atelier Totori coming this Fall to the US and Europe
Published: May 16, 2011 11:59 pm