BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THQ Nordic has released another trailer for its upcoming remakeSpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated.The short preview sees SpongeBOOB and his pals go up against several of the classic platformer’s boss characters, including patchwork mechs of themselves! Developed by Purple Lamp Studios from the ground up,Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydratedwill feature all of the stages, characters, and content for the original PS2/Xbox title, along with a glut of new content that was unfortunately cut from the original release due to time and/or budgetary constraints....

Because why not? Star Trek Onlineis pretty cool if you’re a fan of deep cuts fromStar Treklore. Name an episode from any of the TV series over the last fifty years and there’s probably a reference to it tucked away in the game somewhere. The key driver for the latest set of updates to the game seems to be the “Temporal Cold War” storyline fromStar Trek: Enterprise,which featured (naturally), a whole buttload of time travel shenanigans, including aliens in Nazi Germany, as featured in the two-parter “Storm Front....

NIS America announced that they would be Europe’s savior today at their Tokyo Game Show press conference. They will be publishing PlayStation Vita RPGPersona 4 Goldenin Europe on behalf of Atlus and Atlus USA. The only downside is the wait, as the release is scheduled for February 2013. Still, this is great news for our European friends. Be honest. You’re just going to import it, right?

From former BioShock developers What a lovely combination. You knowThe Oregon Trail, but do you knowToobin‘? It’s a late-1980s arcade game about inner tubing down a river, and it was awesome (still is!). There’s also a hint ofBeasts of the Southern Wildhere, which delights me to no end. You’ll want to settle in and watch this pitch video, as it does a good job of conveying the mood ofThe Flame in the Flood....

It’s been a while since a British “newspaper” attempted to whip the public up into a hysterical game-flavored frenzy, but the latest mess fromThe Sunprovides a real winner. According to some remedial fantasist over there, budding terrorists are usingCall of Dutyto plan future attacks. This was all exposed in an “exclusive” article that seems completely made up, given the lack of any concrete proof. “Islamic extremists know cops monitor phone calls, emails and online messages....

Hot on the heels of other classic 8-bit action figures such aspurple Jasonandgrumpy Godzilla, NECA announced the upcoming release of more toys based on games we used to love (well maybe not love, enjoy? Tolerate?) as children. These figures based on the NES version ofContraare sure to conjure up all the beloved memories of savagely impossible boss fights and constant, unending death we worked so hard to drown and repress with booze and other vices these past 27 years....

1.1.3 Nintendo is in a bug-fixing mood withAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsthis week. After addressing several huge game-breaking glitcheswith version 1.1.2, 1.1.3 kind of came outta nowhere to immediately address something that had been dominating the conversation in pretty much everyAnimal Crossingcommunity: balloons. Players were surprised to find out that after popping 300 balloons, no more of them showed up on their island. This turned out to be a bug, not a feature, and after many folks wrote into Nintendo to get it fixed, a patch has been swiftly rolled out that solely takes care of the problem....

This week’s gaming setup belongs to Mr Gilder. He’s got a nice collection of consoles, plenty of games, awesome figures, and swords he uses to kill people that don’t put the games back in their right spot. Check out Mr Gilder’sC Blog for more picturesof his setup. Takeshi is in love, Conrad Zimmerman is looking for community guests on Destructoid Discusses, craineum uploaded every episode of RetroforceGO! onto bittorrent, Topher gave you a behind the scenes look at the Destructoid offices, there’s a PAX Google Group, and plenty more happened in the community this past week....

More for your backlog Today Green Man Gaming launched a new batch of PC game deals in its 2014 Revisitedsale. Among the deals is the lowest price ever onUltra Street Fighter IVwhich ties its all-time low last seen in December during winter sales. There’s also a “hidden sale” on a few 2K games. You won’t find them just by searching at GMG, and when you go to the deal itself you’ll notice it’s titled a “Mac” game, implying it won’t work for PC....

If you’re one of the book owls who hate Visceral for “ruining”Dante’s Inferno, then you might want to find a bit to chomp down on with this new bit of nerd-angering news. Visceral Games has been thinking about other books to wreck, andMacbethseems a very likely candidate. They’ve been wanting to do it for years, in fact. “Macbeththe game is something I’ve been thinking about for years,” says producer Jonathan Knight....

He’s hackin’ and wackin’ and smackin’ Warhammer 40,000: Darktideis a far-future follow-up toVermintide, and that’s pretty much all it needed toget a foot in the door– but gameplay footage, especially with so many CG-only reveals at The Game Awards, is appreciated. After last night’s showing, Fatshark released an extended trailer. This should be a damn good time in co-op. That’s it: that’s my takeaway. Let me at ’em. Darktideis going to throw four players (who’s calling dibs on the Ogryn?...

My tin foil hat told me it already does watch us Remember when everyone was mad at the idea of a game console that comes with an always on, always watching and listening camera? Well thanks to thisWatch Dogseaster egg, we have a nice visual representation of what the NSA has probably been watching since November. Discovered by Eurogamer, you’re able to find the Easter egg at any time after unlocking the bunker hideout inWatch Dogs....

Blaze Fruit inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoramight be one of the most frustrating resources to look for in an Ubisoft game. Here’s where to find it and how to grab one for your recipes. The Blaze Fruit location inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora To grab a Blaze Fruit, you’ll first need to unlock the ability to ride an ikron, a creature that the Na’vi use for flight. You’ll have to finish some main quests to glide in the air....