It has been quite a week full of news, trailers, and previews out of gamescom. After reading Hamza’s preview, I’m stoked forRayman Legendsas a reason to buy a WiiU past the fact that I need a new machine to play my Wii games on.

Otherwise, Jim told us why Xbox Live is blatantly better than PlayStation Network, Hamza posted our nominations for the best games of gamescom, and Steven wrote up a few previews for some Ubisoft games.

A battle scene in Battlefield 6 Open Beta

Destructoid Original:Friday Night Fights: It’s poker time!How Xbox Live is blatantly better than PSNThis weekend on Dtoid TV: Logitech givaway & RaiderZDestructoid’s best of gamescom 2012 nominationsPodtoid 214: Spider Sex ChamberThe DTOID Show: Bear Cry 3, Bear Space 3, & Megabear

Community:Community blogs of8/17Forum thread of the day:The next Xbox

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Previews:Assassin’s Creed Liberation could quietly top AC IIIPreview: ZombiU is a welcome return to survival horrorPreview: Undressing Rabbids in Rabbids Land for Wii U

Events:Final Fantasy 25th anniversary: PAX event, new concert

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gamescom:gamescom: LEGO LotR has a nice Skyrim vibe goinggamescom: DmC: Devil May Cry keeps on getting bettergamescom: Rocking out with Barbara in Rayman Legendsgamescom: Dust 514 is looking a lot bettergamescom: Harada and I rocked out to ‘Give it Away’

News:PSA: Cave shooters on sale for iOS platforms this weekUbisoft takes a cue from Origin, launches Uplay PCAssassin’s Creed dev accuses game journalists of racismTeam Ninja: Ninja Gaiden 3 for the Wii U is ‘hardcore’Big Picture mode beta headed for Steam in SeptemberMissing features might be added to Darksiders II on PCWeekend PC download deals: Unreal, Cities XL, Alan WakeOnLive reportedly filing for bankruptcy (Update)Castlevania: LOS – Mirror of Fate coming early 2013

A snap of the upcoming MESA update in PEAK

Offbeat:These are the saddest photos you’ll see all weekFifty Shades of Grey got b*tch slapped by Hyrule Historia

Media:The Japanese will buy the crap out of this Pikachu 3DS XLFirst-person horror game Routine invites us to the moonQuick, look busy! Watch 343 Industries work on Halo 4Trine 2 looks better than ever in Goblin Menace expansionLet’s take a closer look at Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Naked Snake sneaking around in MGS Delta.

Battlefield 6 aiming RPG at a helicopter

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Milla Jovovich portraying Alice in Resident Evil 2002, wearing a red dress and holding a gun in her hand.

Characters combatting strange creatures in Light of Motiram.