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CES 2012 Preview! XCOM Enemy Unknown Revealed, Soul Calibur Boobs, and SW:TOR's Dancing!

Friday, January 6th, 2012 – running time 20:33

It's our first live show of 2012! We welcomed Anthony Carboni on the show to chat about next week's big Consumer Electronics Show, as well as talk about some details for the new turn-based XCOM: Enemy Unknown. We've also got news about Star Wars: The Old Republic's dancing exploit, Soul Calibur's tactless marketing, and Steam's amazing sales.

It's our first live show of 2012! We welcomed Anthony Carboni on the show to chat about next week's big Consumer Electronics Show, as well as talk about some details for the new turn-based XCOM: Enemy Unknown. We've also got news about Star Wars: The Old Republic's dancing exploit, Soul Calibur's tactless marketing, and Steam's amazing sales.

Turn-Based XCOM Title Revealed, Firaxis Developing

The cover story for Game Informer's February issue has finally revealed a turn-based strategy title called XCOM: Enemy Unknown (not X-COM). Firaxis Games, of Civilization and Sid Meier fame, will be developing this re-imagining of the classic strategy series. (Maurice Tan)

01:00 | Play

Steam Celebrates Seventh Year of 100 Percent Sales Growth

2011 wraps up another record year for Steam. This year Valve's service hit 40 million accounts and has about 1,800 game offerings. It just keeps on going: sales have increased by more than 100 percent for seven years straight. That is INSANE. (Dale North)

03:15 | Play

Ninja Theory Got Death Threats Over DMC

Just when you think gamer melodrama has peaked, something comes out of the woodwork to knock our community down another ten pegs. Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades has revealed that some gamers were so distraught over their development of DmC: Devil May Cry that they sent in death threats. How classy. (Jim Sterling)

08:45 | Play

Really, Namco Bandai?

Apparently Namco Bandai has taken some pages from the Dead or Alive school of marketing, as this Japanese print ad for SoulCalibur V seems to carry one message; the game is entirely, completely, utterly about breasts and nothing else. (Jim Sterling)

10:20 | Play

CES 2012 Preview

CES is next week, and so we had our pal, Anthony Carboni join us to tell us what to expect. Be sure to stay tuned to YouTube.com/Rev3Tech for constant updates all week long!

12:06 | Play

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Destructoid is the gaming show brought to you by gamers, for gamers. And also for anyone interested in robots, unicorns, and jet packs.
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