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At the end of last month, I downloaded theFIFA 10“Ultimate Team” DLC with the intention of reviewing it for you, the loyal and lovely readers. The reason this is an editorial instead of a review is between me and my landlord — when she starts providing me with Wi-Fi strong enough to playFIFA 10lag-free, I’ll start writingFIFAreviews. “Ultimate Team” requires you to be online at all times (presumably so it can phone home to Electronic Arts’ servers) — strike one....

All due to wireless protocol Those who plan to playRock Band 4on Xbox One with their instruments from Xbox 360 will have to pay a bit for the privilege. As it turns out, the standaloneRock Band 4disc will cost $80 instead of $60. That price hike is thanks to a wireless adapter. Mad Catz, who is publishing the game as well as manufacturing peripherals, opened uppre-orderson its site today. The Xbox One version comes bundles with the Legacy Game Controller Adapter....

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Last time we saw footage ofThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, it was presented as a trailer that turned outnotto be a trailer, though it managed to even fool folks from Activision. The early footage made the game look awful, but that’s okay, because now we have anofficialtrailer toofficiallyshow us what we’re waiting for. So, how’s the game looking? Remember, it’s slated for March 26 in North America, so Activision must be able to show us lots of neat stuff, right?...

You know, it’s great that Harmonix and MTV Games were able to snatch up AC/DC forRock Band 2. And “Let There Be Rock”? It’s not bad. But it’s no “Thunderstruck.” And it’s certainly no “Back in Black.” Good thing those tracks and more are on AC/DC’s upcoming Blu-ray re-release of their classic live show,Live at Donington. And according to a memo sent out to Wal-Mart employees today, it looks likeLive at Doningtonis coming toRock Bandthis October....

Rodeo Games is bringing Warhammer to the mobile market withWarhammer Quest, a treasure-hunting dungeon crawler in which players control a party of four. It’s currently set for a Spring 2013 release, a far cry from most iOS games, which are usually out a week after they’re announced. If you’re into it, you’re able to check out the teaser trailer. It’s kind of boring, and the man talking sounds tired. It also sounds like he’s recording from inside a tin of sardines....

I like to shred ‘crete on the reg Max and I continue to fumble around inCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare, as our minds wander to some predictably stupid places. We talk about meeting an imaginary teen named Stephan at the skate park, how to find “The Boob,” and aggravatingly stupid YouTube comments.

It also might come west Right now you can mosey on over to the Japanese PSN with an applicable account, and downloadCyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trialwith a Plus subscription. If you can manage to swing it with a Hong Kong account, it’ll come complete with English voiceovers, naturally raising the question of whether or not it will come west. According to Spike Chunsoft they are “working on it,” though, so expect a smooth transition at some point now that the PlayStation VR was released this week....

Difficult dev tools, Frankenstein story Remember when we learned comedian and writer David Cross and Brian Posehn worked on Bungie’sDestiny, and then the company “did not use a single, solitary thing [they] wrote.” That’s not the half of it. A lengthyKotakureport talking with over half a dozen former and current Bungie employees has revealed the slapdash wayDestinygot completely reworked in about a year. The short of it: long-time Bungie andHaloscribe Joe Staten and his team put together a two hour supercut video ofDestiny’s cinematic and story beats and showed it to their supervisors in July of 2013....

From the No Show 2013 at MIT It gets a little easier everyday for people to make videogames. Computers are getting cheaper, development tools are more accessible, and more and more rags to riches game development stories are making the headlines. All that has resulted in the collective feeling that we finally live in a world where playing and developing videogames is, finally, really, honestly, and truly foreveryone. That feeling that everyone has a chance and that everyone is included is a wonderful and very lucrative illusion, not unique to gaming....

Oh, so that’s what they’re calling it… If you see “Battlefield 4” or “DICE,” it’s likely the word “patch” is about to follow. I don’t see that changinganytime soon, unfortunately. The latest patch for the PC version of the game, out now, addresses an issue with timing that could result in two players killing each other simultaneously. The full patch notes can be found at the bottom of this post, or at the link below....

[This is the fifth in a series of exclusive guest blogs from the development team at Yakuza Studio onBinary Domain. Lead Game Designer Hiroyuki Sakamoto discusses the game’s multiplayer content.Binary Domainwill be out on February 28 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Stay tuned to Destructoid for more guest blogs up to the release!] Hiroyuki Sakamoto – Lead Game Designer For this entry, we’d like to talk aboutBinary Domain’s multiplayer....

Coming to Steam on April 14 Code of Princess, one of the first standout Nintendo 3DS exclusives, is now coming to Windows PC, Tokyo-based publisher and e-commerce company Degica announced today. The title will be available onSteamstarting April 14 for $15. Code of Princesswas created by Studio Saizensen, the same team behind theUmihara Kawasetrilogy, and was originally published by thenow-defunctAgatsuma Entertainment in 2012. Back then, it was oft compared to Treasure and Sega’s beloved 1996 beat-’em-upGuardian Heroes— and with good reason!...

Giant smashing Buddha! As a quick follow-upto yesterday’s story on Tecmo Koei’s latest coming to Japan, we now know that Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is confirmed for North America and Europe, too. I mean, we had no doubts it was coming. It’s just nice to know, you know? Expect to see it this fall as both a retail release and a digital download. Expect all the new modes fromDead or Alive 5 Plus, plus new stages and fighters....