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Kinect launched thispast week and like any new tech product, people want to hack the thing. Specifically,Adafruit Industriesis looking for people to create an open source driver for Kinect and is offering a $2,000 reward to the first developer that does it. To the surprise of no one, Microsoft isn’t all too happy over these shenanigans and stated that they have “built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering....

Miyamoto says they aren’t just following tech trends The next Nintendo gaming platform, theNX, is supposed to release in March 2017. It’s almost July, now, with E3 behind us. When are we going to hear anything substantive about the new system? Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, speaking to theAssociated Pressthrough a translator, didn’t give a timeline for the reveal — but he did provide a reason for the company’s ongoing secrecy. “In terms of NX, there’s an idea that we’re working on,” he said....

Sony is looking to make a big splash at E3 this year with help fromQuantic DreamfounderDavid Cage. The studio will reveal their next major title during Sony’s press conference on Monday June 4th. So far, Cage has only revealed that their next game will be running on technology that powered theGDC 2012 “Kara” short. No word yet if Cage or Quantic Dream plan on revealing anything about the two yet unnamed projects that their Paris studio is working on....

Featuring special community guest MeanderBot! Radio Destructoid is our official community-focused podcast! JoinAaron “Mxy” Yost(Forums Admin),ConorElsea.com(US Community Manager),Beccy Caine(EU Community Manager),Kyle MacGregor(Contributor), andMr Andy Dixonas they talk about their favorite Dtoid community happenings! In this sultry episode, I continue to sing the praises ofQuake, Aaron succumbs toAnimal Crossing, Conor becomes an actual videogame developer, Kyle gobbles some mysterious white chowder, and community guest Meanderbot dreams of a bionic camera eye. We also discuss erotic Sonic fan fiction and erotic Wario fan art, and if you listenveryclosely, you can hear me unzip my pants at exactly the five-hour mark....

I don’t know about your interest level for the Xperia Play, but it was fairly low for me at first. Atfirst. But seeing it in action is kind of exciting, especially when paired with a great looking game like Halfbrick’sAge of Zombies. As you’ll see in the above video, Halfbrick says that those little dual analog pads are very responsive, like they’re tailor made for their game. It certainly looks to be running well....

As revealed inGame Informer, Bungie at least toyed with the idea of expandingHalo: Reach‘s space mission into a full-blown multiplayer mode. “We joked about it from time to time and even had a rough version of it working very early on in development,” says creative directorMarcus Lehto. “But the mechanics of it were pretty silly and we very quickly realized that the resulting gameplay experience wouldn’t hit the bar we were aiming for, nor justify the amount of work required....

My desires are…unconventional King of Fighters XIVgets a bad rap. It’s yet another great entry in the franchise even if the new art style makes it seem more stiff than previous entries. I’ll admit it was tough for me to get used to at first, but after putting some time in, my girl Athena and I are wrecking the place like before. Maybe new DLC characters, like the just announced Whip, will help bring old/new fans into the game?...

If loving surrealism is wrong, I don’t want to be right When it comes to crafting videogames out of the norm, there’s one question developers should ask themselves: What are we afraid of? Games are the perfect medium for exploration of bizarre, unnatural worlds, and yet it seems few developers are interested in traveling to those places. What makes us afraid to innovate beyond the comfort of realism? While mainstream games rarely stray from convention, many indie developers are plumbing the darker corners of the human mind, creating strange worlds that both thrill and unsettle us....

Two weeks for the general public Gearbox and 2K are ramping up the downloadable stuff forBattleborn. It was more than two months between the first DLC characterAlaniand the second onePendles. The wait won’t be so long forErnest, who is showing up less than a month after my favorite snake assassin. The demolition bird will be available for season pass holders on August 25, while the general population will have to wait until September 1 to unlock him....

Here it is, the world premier trailer forCall of Duty: Black Ops II. It’s the year 2025, and as it turns out, Frank Woods didn’t die inBlack Ops. The now retired Sergeant narrates the current state of affairs, where the near future military is completely reliant on technology. One of the first things I noticed from this trailer was just how much the graphics have seemed to improve. Just seeing Frank’s facial expression change as he talks is a giant leap from pastCall of Dutygames....

What if Tetris got sloppy and wild? Cryptic Sea (best known forGishandHockey?) just released a new set of games for Mac, Windows and Linux fora paltry $3. I haven’t gotten that deep into the collection yet, but by far the most striking entry inCryptic Sea EPisVolta —a new take on the falling block puzzle genre. Most puzzle games appeal to the part of the brain that functions like a calculator, which is nice if you want to feel like the concepts of logic and order aren’t just illusions....

With the launch of the system Although us Americans have been enjoyingthe PlayStation 4 Appfor a little while now, our European brethren will have towait until next week. The delay is reportedly due to “some final tweaks” to ensure the smoothness of the app. Coincidentally the app will launch alongside of the European PS4 release date on the 29th, so it’s not that big of a deal. But still, there’s no better feeling than messing around with a piece of technology, waiting for an imminent release — or maybe I’m just a giant nerd....

Planned for PS3 and PS4 Surely you remember PS2 beat-matching gamesFrequencyandAmplitude. Classics, right? Harmonix told us that they’ve been waiting to create a new title in the series, and they’re announcing a Kickstarter today to do just that. They’re hoping to fund a new version ofAmplitudefor PS3 and PS4. In the decade or so since these games, Harmonix has become a bit of a big deal withRock Band, Dance Central, and others....