Valve brought a new trailer for Portal 2 to the Spike Video Game Awards tonight, and in the process confirmed that they make awesome trailers.
Really, that’s about it. No new game information here, unless you can spot a Half Life 2: Episode 3 teaser in there somewhere. (Hint: You won’t be able to.) In any case, watching it will be a test: if you don’t enjoy it, you’re broken inside. Go on — find out.
Insomniac promised us actual in-game footage for Resistance 3 and here it is. Of course, you’ll have to sit through some live-action footage first, but it’s there… and it looks damned pretty.
We also get a release date for the PlayStation 3-exclusive — September 6, 2011.
Spike’s Video Game Awards will air tonight, starting at 8:00 PM Eastern. You can watch it on Spike TV, or you can just follow along with our live blog. Hey, why not do both?
Right now, Spike is currently streaming a pre-show online, and have already given out two awards at the time of writing. The award for “Best Original Score” has gone to Red Dead Redemption (Bill Elm and Woody Jackson) and “Best Team Sports Game” has gone to 2K Games’ NBA 2K11.
Live blog is below, and right below it you can check the nominees — we’ll be updating with the winners as they roll in.
Spike VGA live blog and fun times
Nominees (Winners will be in bold as they are revealed)
Game of the Year
Studio of the Year
Best Xbox 360 Game
Best PS3 Game
Best Wii Game
Best PC Game
Best Handheld Game
Best Shooter
Best Action Adventure Game
Best RPG
Best Multi-player
Best Individual Sports Game
Best Team Sports Game
Best Driving Game
Best Music Game
Best Soundtrack
Best Song in a Game
Best Original Score
Best Graphics
Best Adapted Video Game
Best Performance By A Human Male
Best Performance by a Human Female
Best Downloadable Game
Best DLC
Best Independent Game
Most Anticipated Game
I hope everyone reading this bathes on a regular basis because if not you’re really gross. Maybe you want your baths to be a bit more fun, though. What if every bath ended in you getting a new Dragon Quest toy? That’s what the Dragon Quest Bath Balls will do for you.
While bathing you can place one of these Slime shaped bath fizzers into your bath water and it’ll fizzle away until it reveals one of nine little Dragon Quest toys. The fizzes were released last month and have been delighting bathing folks since then, but a few import sites have boxes left. They do come in sets of 12 so if you want all nine you’ll most likely need to get more than one box since I’m guessing you’ll get some dupes in a single box.
You can pick them up at AmiAmi for 3,350 yen ($40) or Hobby Search for 3,876 yen (~$46). Just don’t send in photos of you using them. Slimes fizzing away while you bathe is one of those things that no one else needs to see.
Get Some Dragon Quest Toys by Bathing With a Slime [Game Swag]
Ready for this? We’re about to jump back 2 million internet years (about three normal years) to January of 2008 when we got our first look at Eidos’s in development game based on the Highlander franchise. *wavey fingers* And we’re here.
OK, now come back to now. The game, which was headed for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, has been canceled by the folks at Square Enix who now own Eidos. I’m sure we’re all reeling right not from this news so I’m just going to let it sink in. Are we better? Tears cleaned up?
No one actually remembered this game existed, did they? Who knows what prompted IGN to ask about it, but other than the fact that WideScreen Games is no longer working on the title and that it has officially been canceled Square Enix isn’t giving any details. Probably because they know no one actually cares at this point.
Highlander: The Game Canceled [IGN, via BigDownload]
Feeling a little bit under the weather this morning? Come and join Jordan Devore, the always lovely ImpossiblePlant and myself for Saturday Morning Hangover, a new weekly livestream on Destructoid’s Justin.tv channel. Yay!
From 10-12pm CouchToid will be playing the week’s Xbox Live Indie Games for as long as we can stomach them. And then it’s entirely likely that we’ll be getting some time in on Earth Defense Force 2017, which is always good for a laugh. So come hang out with us in the chat and give us hell over the video being choppy (something I’ve worked for five hours to fix and is as good as it’s going to get today, thank you very much).
Afterwards join Dtoid HQ for Splatterhouse hosted by Jon Carnage, Jonathan Holmes, Pico, and Venom. We’ll also be giving away some prizes and educating you on the world of wrestling. Come hang out with us!
Check out this custom statue of Kerrigan Zerg Queen of Blades from StarCraft 2. It took blogger Sabretooth two months to put it all together and it came out incredibly well. It’s 18″ tall and you can get your hands on it by buying it on eBay. You can also check out the artist’s blog and maybe try your hand at making it yourself.
Tell us how that works out for you. I’m picturing a Destructoid reader covered in resin with a statue arm stuck in his ear.
I will not be buying this. For one, I’m not that big a StarCraft fan and two it would scare the piss out of me. What if you woke up in the middle of the night and forgot you had it and then rolled over and saw it. There go the sheets and whatever pajamas you’re wearing. I only have one pair of fluffy pajamas with the footies on them. I can’t ruin them with fear pee.
Starcraft II fans, eat your hearts out! Check out this custom Zerg Queen statue [Tomopop]
Gaming related clothes; they can go terribly wrong. But sometimes they go terribly right. The clothing over at Level Up Studios does the latter most of the time and one of their newest shirts is most definitely terribly right. It’s a mash-up of The Legend of Zelda and Back to the Future: A Link to the Future. Get it?!
The art was done by Caldwell Tanner after a joke started over at Haloz.com. It is now in shirt form for $18.99 in mens and $19.99 in womens.
But wait, there’s more. I’d just urge you to head over to Level Up’s page because they’ve got some awesome new stuff (and some great old stuff if you’ve never been there). I’ve put money down on both the Mega Man and Mario word shirts. They’re so cool that people who aren’t even into gaming will now be getting them as Christmas presents.
[Thanks, Sean H.]
The Rock Band keyboard is pretty great and all (Pro mode or bust), but unless you’re skilled, chances are you have been playing the same five or so songs. Granted, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. However, it’ll be nice to finally have some Billy Joel tracks. You know, more than a month after release. Thanks.
In today’s fast-flying world of videogame news, Quake Arena randomly got dated for XBLA, EA listed Mass Effect 3 as a thing that is happening, one of the many annoying Call of Duty players got himself in jail, and we now know how Catherine will play. Maybe.
Destructoid Originals:
This thing that I do: Faith Harrison of the Frag DollsPac-Man Championship Edition DX Giveaway: Live on JTV!
Reviews:Review: Michael Jackson: The Experience (DS)
Events:Neil Patrick Harris teases game reveals at Spike VGAs
News:Gameplay details for Catherine finally revealedSquare Enix promises to fix FFXIV, delays PS3 versionCBS’ Survivor coming to the Wii, uses Balance BoardSpector pleased with negative reviewsRumor: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker at VGA showPremium NFS: Hot Pursuit ‘Super Sports’ DLC announcedMass Effect 2 PS3 datedRock Band DLC: Billy Joel… The Hits!X-Men Arcade actually welcomes PSN to die before XBLASony hypes Move success, still won’t give out sales dataPachter now thinks the PSP2 could succeedGran Turismo 5 ships 5.5 million, 60 million for seriesGameStop lists Metal Gear Solid RISING release dateQuake Arena hits Xbox Live Arcade next weekFree App of the Day: Rogue RunnerAlan Wake’s scary audio recording sessionsEA Store outs Mass Effect 3Fallout: New Vegas PS3 patch live, next week for PC/360November NPD: Xbox 360 at 1.37 million, Wii at 1.27mDeals: Target has a big game saleTop iTunes content for 2010: Angry Birds rules allKinect tech team releases open-source driversSOE president ‘hints’ at a new PlanetSideAaAaAA! maker Dejobaan announces 1… 2… 3… Kick It!A Space Shooter For Two Bucks! is what you’d expectMegadeth’s Guitar Hero tracks nominated for GrammyForza 3 ‘Community Choice Classics Car Pack’ detailedPC deals: Broken Sword trilogy, Mafia II, and more
Offbeat:Due to demand, Aya Brea will shower in The 3rd BirthdayCall of Duty DDoS attack lands idiot teen in jailBritish comic talks videogames, is utterly fantastic
Media:Check this epic trailer for BitejackerGamevil releases Illusia, you must watch this trailerFlower dev reveals first footage of JourneyDragon Age 2 dev diary addresses fan complaints (kinda)Silicon Knights’ X-Men: Destiny teasedFight Night producer is ‘jazzed’ about Legacy modeEl Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron gets me sexyThis BFBC2 Vietnam footage is a pyromaniac’s dreamHere, have some new Prinny 2 footage
Hard to imagine they not only made the original Prinny offshoot game, but that NIS is moving full steam ahead with the sequel Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! for PlayStation Portable. I still prefer the Japanese subtitle — Dawn of the Great Pantsu Wars — but I’m more than grateful for what we’re getting.
Easily the best part of this new in-game footage is that the person playing totally dies. It’s not embarrassing so much as it is an accurate depiction of what Prinny 2 will involve. Find the second half of this demonstration below.