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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is looking pretty slick in the above video. If this video is displaying the truth than we'll all be pulling off some awesome combos while kicking each others ass. What I mean by that is that you'll be pulling off awesome combos and I'll be mashing button frantically until something happens.

As for the character confirmations we've got Paul, Law, King, and Armor King all in action for the first time in this video taken from MLG Dallas.

Game looking good to everyone?

Tekken Tag 2 Sneak Peek [Original Gamer]

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Headline says it all for this one. The footage comes from the Igromir Game Expo, which takes place in Moscow every November. I've never heard of it, but evidently its the biggest game expo in Eastern Europe.

I've only played an hours worth of Dragon Age so I'm leaving it up to you guys to discuss the changes you see. The full five minutes have plenty of action in them so I'm sure there's plenty in there to pick apart and judge.

Judging: it's what the internet is good for.

Dragon Age II video shows 5 minutes of gameplay [VG247]

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Headline says it all for this one. The footage comes from the Igromir Game Expo, which takes place in Moscow every November. I've never heard of it, but evidently its the biggest game expo in Eastern Europe.

I've only played an hours worth of Dragon Age so I'm leaving it up to you guys to discuss the changes you see. The full five minutes have plenty of action in them so I'm sure there's plenty in there to pick apart and judge.

Judging: it's what the internet is good for.

Dragon Age II video shows 5 minutes of gameplay [VG247]

Here you will find a video detailing the lost Atlantis level from God of War II. This is simultaneously the most awesome and most depressing thing ever. It's awesome because it looks really cool, and it's depressing because we'll never get to play it.

Senior Level Designer on God of War II Jonathan Hawkins was told to develop a level for the game based on Atlantis. From the video above it appears he poured a good chunk of his time and effort into it, and then it was cut. That has got to hurt.

Thankfully, a lot of Hawkins's designs went into the final game and there is an Atlantis level in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, but it still doesn't make you any happier that we missed out on this.

God of War Collection: Lost Atlantis Level Revealed [PlayStation Blog]

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Infinity Blade (formerly Project Sword) is the iOS RPG from Chair and Epic Games and right above we have a new trailer for it. It gives us our first look at the touchscreen friendly RPG. As you can see you'll be slicking and dicing with a swipe of your finger. Also as you can see it looks damn gorgeous.

Along with the video came a few more details on the game. We now know that there will be further support for the game with DLC. The DLC will include a multiplayer mode, new weapons, environments and bosses. It's clear from the release that the bosses in the game are going to be a big focus, which sounds awesome for a portable game. Nothing like taking on an epic boss in the middle of your metro ride.

ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda Games, is becoming quite the little powerhouse of game developers. Not only do they own a few prominent developers, but the also recently acquired Shinji Mikami's studio Tango Gameworks a few months ago. Now add to that list one more developer, Machinegames, which is run by veterans from The Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze Studios.

The deal doesn't seem to have been officially officially confirmed, but a previous tweet hinted at it and now Swedish business records are showing that Machinegames has officially filed to change its name to ZeniMax Sweden AB. Furthermore ZeniMax got an infusion of $150 million a month ago for increased growth and acquisitions. I would say buying a game developer falls into that category, wouldn't you?

Now, what do you think we'll get out of ZeniMax Sweden?

Bethesda parent acquires Riddick developer [CVG]

http://publishers.springboard.gorillanation.com/admin/videos/new_edit/357/215537

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.

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

I spotted the green, yellow and purple Kinect rings from a distance while walking around in Montreal's Complexe Les Ailes today. At first I thought I came across one of those mall-type Microsoft stores, like the ones they have in Arizona and California. When I got closer (and through a large crowd of onlookers) I found that what at first looked like a mall boutique was actually an installation solely dedicated to showing off Kinect to the public. 

Inside they had several televisions in dedicated spaces, each with an Xbox 360 and a Kinect attached. They had many of all of the launch games there, and people were lining up to play. The walls were decorated with avatars and each station was manned by a staffer in a Kinect shirt. Strangely, it was mostly middle-aged men that seemed most interested in the new motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360. A few younger girls were playing Dance Central, but the rest of the stations were manned by guys that didn't really look the type. 

The installation didn't seem to be selling Kinects or systems, but they did have plenty of literature on hand.