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Blizzard has declared that there will be no Blizzcon this year, meaning that World of Warcraft fans have lost the one thing in real life they were planning to do this year. Haha, insulting nerd humor!(Jim Sterling)

Having pitched the idea by way of LEGO CUUSOO, Mojang easily garnered over 10,000 supporters. Considering the overlap between people young and old alike who enjoy LEGO and Minecraft, it's no surprise. The project has officially passed internal review and will proceed. (Jordan Devore)

Rumor #1: MS Points to be phased out of xbox live. Rumor #2: Xbox 720 to be six times more powerful.

Zynga appears to have given up on copying its own games over and over, and has moved on to the straightforward plagiarizing of other peoples' work. Dream Heights is Tiny Tower to the core, the only difference being Zynga's inferior artistic direction. (Jim Sterling)

It seems like only a year ago we were stumbling over our words and wiping the sweat off our palms in preparation for our very first live Destructoid Show... and now, almost exactly a year later, we'll be hosting our first ever taping in front of a LIVE audience. Just typing that word brings a bead of sweat to my neck. (Tara Long)