Speaking withNewsweek‘s Ashley Harris, a Rhino Records spokesperson confirmed that the self-titled debut The Cars album which was recently made available as downloadable content forRock Bandwill be exclusive for that title. “The deal we made forThe Carsis a full album game download andRock Bandis the only game title out there putting full albums up as downloadable content,” said spokesperson Jason Elzy. “Having said this, we would not license the full album out for a similar use....

Five runners-up will receive a Steam key [Winners are being drawn tomorrow, so get your entries in now!] As a big fan of monsters, spooky things, and pillow forts, I’m excited about this one: The fine folks over at We Are Fuzzy have given us one of their exclusive Monster Box editions of their upcoming gameSleep Tight! I thought about keeping it for myself, but I guess I have to give it to one of you guys, instead....

You and your homies might be lyin’ in chalk There’s going to be one helluva body count on Switch this holiday season, as Spike Chunsoft has announced that the much-requested compilationDanganronpa Decadencewill bring its trademark brand of chaos to the Nintendo platform December 3. As announcedduring last month’s E3 festivities, Danganronpa Decadence will bring together four stylish tales of friendship, betrayal, romance, and good old-fashioned ultraviolence, finally compiled for release on Nintendo Switch....

The glitch that wouldn’t die InDark Souls II, the speed with which weapons degrade is tied to the frame rate. That system wasn’t an issue for those of us who played the sequel on last-generation consoles, but it has been an annoyance for PC, PS4, and Xbox One players running the game at higher frame rates. Were we expecting From Software to ever fix it? I sure wasn’t. But I’m glad to be proven wrong....

He watches his language about as well as he watches the road Dead Rising 3‘s CG trailer is not necessarily stupid in a negative sense. Just in a stupid sense. The beginning was great, though. It says, “Hey, rememberDead Island?LOL ME TOO.” Then the lead starts swearing and I was reminded of EA’s decision to give Issac a personality inDead Space, and by personality I mean he swore a lot, needlessly, when its the player themselves who should be swearing in fear....

Learning the rules of how to playMagic: The Gatheringis all you need to do in order to have fun at most tables. But at some point in your journey as a Planeswalker, you may run into an opponent whose deck always has the upper hand against yours. This boils down to the balancing system within MTG, which, like many competitive games, is roughly based on a “Rock, Paper, Scissors” system. The concept is easy to follow, but it isn’t as simple as it sounds....

That Silly Walk emote just got a little less funny If you’re the type ofDestiny 2player who gets way into Trials of the Nine, it’s time for me to play my part as the bearer of bad news. The PvP event will be absent from the game this weekend and next, and the earliest we’ll be able to participate again is June 22, 2025,according to Bungie. This postponement is the direct result of anemote glitchthat has enabled players to reach otherwise-inaccessible areas....

The wholesale changes and reworks keep on coming inDestiny 2for itsEdge of Fateexpansion next month, including how melee attacks and their effects work. Starting inEdge of Fate, melee effects will be additive instead of multiplicative, meaning the effects will be added together instead of creating a multiplier. For example, two 50 percent damage increases now create a 2.25x multiplier, but inEdge of Fatethey will combine to make a 100 percent increase....

A while back, our friendMike Szegedyhooked us up with aDtoid Widgetso Mac users could sip our RSS kool-aid from the comfort of their dashboards. Now thanks to another loyal fan by the name ofEvilSmeevil, you Windows users who happen to be running Vista can enjoy the same sweetness with thisDestructoid Gadgetfor your Windows Sidebar or Windows Live homepage. That’s two operating systems down, now all we need is some kind of gizmo that will stream ourRSS feeddirectly into your brains while you sleep....

Criterion’s wide-aiming vehicle game is dead Two years ago at E3 Electronic Arts announceda new extreme driving gamefromBurnoutdeveloper Criterion — or what was left of it after theco-founders left EAto start the company that would go on to makeDangerous Golf. Whatever shell of Criterionhadbeen working on some kind of “open-world, racing playground” with helicopters and speedboats is no longer doing so. Instead, Criterion is helping on development of newStar Warsgames, EA toldGameSpottoday....

The Destructoid Show makes fun of a giant corporation Hey guys! Here’s today’s Destructoid Show. Big news, in terms of business stuff — EA’sJohn Riccitiellohas resigned from his role as CEO. EA is offering a generous choice ofone of eight free gamesfor customers angry aboutSimCity‘s rocky launch.The Elder Scrolls Onlineis a thing that we played!A first personthing, no less! Supergiant Games has revealed their next game,Transistor.Meanwhile,Fezis coming to steam,Hotline Miamiis coming to Mac, andBattleblock Theatreis actually coming out....

And it will support cross-buy across all platforms Entwinedwill soon be available for PlayStation 3 and Vita, Pixelopus creative director Dominic Robilliard revealed this week over at the PlayStation Blog. The studio is finalizing development of the ports this week, and plans to release them “in the very near future.” The gossamer PS4 title will feature cross-buy support with the new versions, meaning it will be available across all three platforms with a single purchase....

‘Shipments’ The revolution may have begun on loot boxes, or at least as far as EA is concerned. While there isn’t truly a victory in the case ofStar Wars Battlefront IIas the boxes are only “temporarily” on pause, the developers ofNeed For Speed Paybackhave revised the way they approach their take on it. You can view the entire changelog below, but the gist is that you now get more in-game XP for playing, which results in more rewards....