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Disney Interactive Studios released another behind-the-scenes video for Epic Mickey. This one is pretty interesting, as Warren Spector talks about lesser-known characters from the Disney universe that he's bringing back for the game.

That said, there are a couple of really bold suggestions in this. Such as Spector thinking that this game might put Mickey Mouse on par with characters like Mario and Sonic. As mascot characters go, there's few more popular globally than Mickey but those are huge names to try and take on at this point. Best of luck, Warren.

While fans of old-school RPGs rejoiced when Atlus' enhanced port of the original Persona game hit the PlayStation Portable, a few of the more crotchety devotees complained about director/composer Shoji Meguro's rearranged musical score. It was a minor complaint to be sure, but it seems Atlus has taken it to heart for their work on the upcoming port of Persona 2: Innocent Sin, especially since they've declared that the port was being done for older fans of the series.

To that end, Persona 2: Innocent Sin PSP will have both the original and rearranged music available in-game, and players will be able to switch between soundtracks on the fly. Talk about bending over backwards to satisfy some folks, right?

Of course the biggest game of the year is going to have a shed-load of midnight launch events! 4,408 GameStop stores across the nation will be holding festivities for Call of Duty: Black Ops starting at 9:30PM the night before launch. Fans can enter the "going camo" face painting trivia contests and pre-ordering the game 48-hours in advance of the release will get you 250 PowerUp Reward bonus points.

Best Buys, Toys R Us, WalMarts and more will also be selling the game at midnight on November 9 and it looks like WalMart will have the best exclusive. 2,700 WalMart stores will be giving away the above Black Ops bandannas to the first 50 people waiting in line. Neat!

Check out the Call of Duty website for an easy guide to all the stores holding midnight launch events near your location.

Yup, it's that time again! Black Friday is coming up soon and the ads are already leaking! We can't say for sure that this Sears ad is legit until Sears makes the Black Friday sites take the images down, so we're putting this under rumor for the time being. If these ads turn out to be legit, then damn does Sears have some good deals.

Most notable here is the reveal of a green DSi. Red and green colored DSis? HEY THAT'S CHRISTMAS COLORS! Other notable deals include the slightly discounted Wii and the Xbox 360 that comes with a free copy of Halo: Reach which you ironically won't be able to play properly because this is a 4GB model of the Xbox 360. You need a harddrive in order to do co-op.

Sears also plans to sell bundles of the PS3 and PSP, both of which will include the worst romantic comedy movie of the year, The Karate Kid.

Sears Black Friday Ad 2010 [Black Friday Info]

Our beloved Chad Concelmo was a guest on GameTrailersTV last night! The dolphin lover talked about what he's looking forward to the most this holiday season and shares his thoughts on Kinect. Check it out!

Ben lets us know about THQ's Banny Bilson, we previewed Homefront, deadmau5 shares a track he's making for Minecraft, the new Call of Duty: Black Ops is amazing and more happened on 11/04 and 11/05.

Destructoid Originals:

• Five things you didn't know about THQ's Danny Bilson
• Friday Night Fights: Broadcasting Live
• Kinect gets a dedicated demo location in Montreal
• Dtoid (the show): Kinected Dead Space Vs. Rising Epic Trejo
• Public Access Destructoid: A kitten on a turtle
• Microsoft invades Times Square for Kinect launch

Previews:

• Hands-on: Homefront single player

Contests:

• Win Fist of the North Star game, art book and talking clock!
• Contest: Win a Super Scribblenauts vinyl doll! 

News:

• Microsoft: Kinect and controller hybrid games coming
• DLC already moving into Dance Central
• ChAIR would 'love' to make Shadow Complex 2
• PSA: RockBand.com account linking now active
• Capcom looking for fan created Marvel vs Capcom 3 art!
• Two free Steam weekends, cheap GTA, and more
• It's Bon Jovi madness on the Rock Band Store next week
• Here's what Speilberg's LMNO might have looked like
• Team Ninja talks two game cancellations, Ninja Gaiden 3
• Amazon deals: Medal of Honor, PS3 Move bundle, more
• Someone has already broken their TV due to Kinect
• Bodycount delayed as developer leaves Codemasters
• Do not play Dance Central naked
• deadmau5 relea5e5 a 5ample Minecraft 5ong
• Clay Fighter for DSiWare is an update of Clay Fighter 63 1/3
• Microsoft not happy over the $2,000 Kinect hacking reward
• Saints Row 3DS/XBLA won't play like Saints Row
• Kick Ass PSN game getting 'new and improved' update
• Silent Hill: Revelation announced as 3D movie
• Hulu Plus available to all PS3 owners next week
• World at War composer back for Black Ops soundtrack
• MS: Everybody knows Xbox 360 is best for Black Ops

Offbeat:

• Impressive trailer for Half-Life fan film debuts

Media:

• The sights and sounds of Seacrest County in NFS: Hot Pursuit
• GameTrailers TV is about to get a WHOLE lot manlier!
• The augmented reality game you never knew you wanted
• Battlefield Play4Free announced, mostly free
• It's flamethrower time in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
• Everyone is a soldier in Call of Duty: Black Ops
• Atlus action-adventuring it up with The Cursed Crusade
• Dead Rising Sun won't stay dead, to reanimate on DVD 
• Storybook-esque platformer Marvin's Mittens looks charming
• 1 vs. 100-style poker coming to Xbox Live
• This Dead Space 2 trailer wants to play a little game
• A2M's Rango: The Video Game coming in 2011
• God of War III deleted scenes revealed
• Dance Central intro will have you shaking your ass
• Poker Night at the Inventory entices players with TF2 items

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RWFPksfF0Y

[WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS IMAGES THAT MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME VIEWERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.]

Last week, I got the chance to catch up with Edmund McMillen, co-creator of Super Meat Boy. I asked him how he felt about the critical reception that the game has received so far, about our chances for a Super Meat Boy 2, and what he's working on right now. I also confront him about my one complaint about Super Meat Boy. It got tense.

His responses may shock you. There is also some potentially disturbing images of animals being slaughtered here, so watch out for that too. All around, this video isn't for the faint of heart. I hope that those of you with a strong stomach enjoy it. The rest of you, please don't watch it.

Not kidding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RWFPksfF0Y

[WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS IMAGES THAT MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME VIEWERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.]

Last week, I got the chance to catch up with Edmund McMillen, co-creator of Super Meat Boy. I asked him how he felt about the critical reception that the game has received so far, about our chances for a Super Meat Boy 2, and what he's working on right now. I also confront him about my one complaint about Super Meat Boy. It got tense.

His responses may shock you. There is also some potentially disturbing images of animals being slaughtered here, so watch out for that too. All around, this video isn't for the faint of heart. I hope that those of you with a strong stomach enjoy it. The rest of you, please don't watch it.

Not kidding.

Everyone seems to be obsessing over the possibility of Activision adopting Battle.net for its games. It's an interesting notion, but Blizzard hasn't really spoken one way or the other on the topic. Perhaps this Gamasutra interview with Battle.net project director Greg Canessa will give us something to go on.

"Bobby Kotick and all the folks at Activision are very, very supportive of Battle.net and what we're doing," he explains. "Having said that, as you know, Blizzard and Activision are really two separate entities, and we really do our own thing."

"There are huge opportunities in front of us with new games, with licensing opportunities, with movies, and other things we have going on, and the risk is that we get distracted off of what we're really good at, which is making kick-ass entertainment experience. So, for today, it's Blizzard games."

"Some day," Canessa continues, "maybe we add other titles in there. Who knows? When we really feel like we've really delivered that kick-ass set of experiences for Blizzard games, and we feel like we've grown the team — and you've heard some of my challenges growing the team and finding the talent — when I've got that sustainability, when we really feel like we've got that dialed in and nailed down, you know, who knows what the future holds."

TL;DR: Activision games may one day support Battle.net, but not anytime soon. The more you know!

Building Battle.net [Gamasutra]

Everyone seems to be obsessing over the possibility of Activision adopting Battle.net for its games. It's an interesting notion, but Blizzard hasn't really spoken one way or the other on the topic. Perhaps this Gamasutra interview with Battle.net project director Greg Canessa will give us something to go on.

"Bobby Kotick and all the folks at Activision are very, very supportive of Battle.net and what we're doing," he explains. "Having said that, as you know, Blizzard and Activision are really two separate entities, and we really do our own thing."

"There are huge opportunities in front of us with new games, with licensing opportunities, with movies, and other things we have going on, and the risk is that we get distracted off of what we're really good at, which is making kick-ass entertainment experience. So, for today, it's Blizzard games."

"Some day," Canessa continues, "maybe we add other titles in there. Who knows? When we really feel like we've really delivered that kick-ass set of experiences for Blizzard games, and we feel like we've grown the team — and you've heard some of my challenges growing the team and finding the talent — when I've got that sustainability, when we really feel like we've got that dialed in and nailed down, you know, who knows what the future holds."

TL;DR: Activision games may one day support Battle.net, but not anytime soon. The more you know!

Building Battle.net [Gamasutra]