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According to Examiner, the latest issue of EGM features an interview with Cliff Blezinski who tells us to look toward GDC 2011 for an announcement of a new IP by Epic Games. Supposedly Eric Holmes, lead designer of Prototype, is working on the game and although Blezinski came up with the idea for it, it has since become more Holmes’s project.

Clifford went on to say: “Gamers votes with their dollars and they often like established IP, but those IPs came from somewhere, right? Call of Duty was crafted by the original Medal of Honor guys. Gears of War was crafted by the original Unreal Tournament guy. I look forward to creating what’s next.”

Call of Duty was a bit better than Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, yet kind of the same. Gears of War was completely different from Unreal Tournament, except for both games being a lot slower than Quake. So in theory, I guess you could look forward to a reveal about some game, around the start of March next year, that might be better than and different from Prototype, and potentially slower than Quake? I thought that game was already called inFamous 2.

Epic’s last couple of new IPs across different platforms have been good or something to look forward to, so we’ll see what they’ll announce when the time comes.

New Epic IP to be revealed at GDC [Examiner]

It’s never too early to want another gift, and thanks to Eitanya at deviantART you can start right now! Not only did she make an amazing undamaged armor Garrus plushie, but also one of Saren. Some people seem to think that Garrus is not very cute, but wouldn’t you say he is a lot more huggable than Saren?

The Garrus Vakarian plushie is 12″ tall standing, all fleece except for the visor, mainly machine sewn and 0% Turian meat. The Saren Arterius one is the same size, all fleece with some nylon cord and metal grommets, also mainly machine sewn and likely prone to be suicidal if you talk him into it.

Commissions for Eitanya’s work, which includes quite a lot of RPG character plushies, are closed at the moment. I have a feeling there will be a ton of requests in her mailbox over Christmas.

Plushie Garrus Is Surprisingly Cute [Game Informer]

Christmas time can be a busy time. It can make you forget things like, oh, picking up the Humble Indie Bundle #2. If you haven’t followed this at all, the Humble Bundle lets you decide to pay anything upwards of $1 for five indie games. If you pay more than an averaged $7.80 (at the time of writing), you get the Humble Bundle #1 for free as well.

Today is the last day for this deal though, so if you still want to pick it up you better go take a look right now. The countdown ends at midnight CET or 6PM Eastern Time.

Merry Christmas from Destructoid, fools! It is Christmas day, where we celebrate the date that Pope Julius I decided upon for the relocation of Jesus Christ’s birthday. 

Of course, Christmas is supposed to be about all that peace and love nonsense, but we all know that it’s really about the swag. So, once again we ask what kind of neat stuff you received! Share your latest haul with the Destructoid community, and read on below to see what the Destructoid editors received!

Also, HAPPY HOLIDAYS YOU SUGARY LITTLE PIGLETS!

Sterling: I already got an early gift, which is the rather nice coat that has popped up in Jimquisitions. I also got a very appreciated Father Ted boxset. Watched the Christmas special this morning and it is still hilarious stuff. Oh, and a Trinity Killer Bobblehead.

Aziz: I think I got trolled by King Friday as I know own a giant Jeff Gordon NASCAR number “24″ poster. So, uh, that’s the only Christmas thing I expect. Wait, I’ll count those cookies from 2K too.

Niero: GorillaNation sent me monkey slippers

Grim: This was the best Christmas in years because I built myself a shiny new PC with my own money. No need for a middleman. If I get anything worth mentioning, I’ll do another response.

Sarkar: My mom already told me she got me a sweater. If anything else comes along, I’ll let you folks know.

And MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y’ALL!

Bennett: I got an iPhone4 and another secret, really amazing present that I can’t tell you guys about. But it’s amazing.

Chester: I got some awesome stuff, but am under NDA until next Christmas.

Tolentino: Got four t-shirts and a luggage weighing scale (wut), but I GAVE my 11-year old nephew a copy of Demon’s Souls. Will he think it a gift or like a lump of coal?

Long: I got precisely what I needed most: a plane ticket home and clothes. Merry Christmas, everyone!

North: I got a ton of shit. I’m fuckin’ spoiled.

Holmes: I don’t know about you guys, but at this point in my life, the only stuff I get for Christmas is stuff that I didn’t want enough to buy myself, and stuff that I didn’t know existed. In the first colum, I got four games; Super Mario All-Stars Wii, Vanquish, Goldeneye, and Fling Smash. All great games, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tad partial towards Dick.

In the second column I got some Pac-Man pants. They are… Pac-Man pants. I will wear them. 

Finally, since I was back at my folks’ house, I went into my old room and found a bunch ot +10 year old stuff that I plan to use as set dressing for a new show I’m working on. I was particularly happy to find and old Servbot plushie, my import copy of Tobal 2, and… 

A Boglin. A one-handed Boglin. 

Pics to come.

Razak: Ok, not all my gifts since I was at my future in-laws house, but I got pleny of candy, a hilarious cow hat, two gorgeous ties, a pair of James Bond cufflinks, a book on Eiji Tsuburaya (the guy behind Godzilla and Ultraman), some kitchen stuff, and. Schott brothers pea coat (basically bthe nicest pea coat you can own, its amazing). More to come when I see my parents and other family tomorrow.

Mr Destructoid is in a bunch of awesome games; Bomberman,Raskulls, and a couple of others that I’m not allowed to talk about yet. As great as all those games are, I’m not sure that any of them are equal to Smash Bros. Brawl, one of my favorite games ever. That’s why I’m freaking out so hard over this hack. Using Shiek as a base, expert hacker Big Shark Z has made our trusty mascot a playable character in Brawl. His animations and fighting style are just perfect for what Mr Destructoid represents to me; a fast moving, slightly crazy, risk taking badass. I wonder if Kirby get the Dtoid helmet after eating him?

Also worth noting are the high quality Cloud, Zero, and Mew Two character models in this video. These are the best looking fan-made iterations of these characters that I’ve seen in Brawl yet. I’m currently on the hunt for the files so I can see how they play for myself.

Great job, Big Shark Z! I can wait to see what you come up with next.

Today’s Xbox LIVE “Countdown to 2011″ deal is Dance Central DLC “I Gotta Feeling” by the four guys from Black Eyed Peas. At 80 Microsoft points, down from 240, it’s pretty reasonable if you didn’t get sick of this song yet. In case you are too lazy to turn on the 360 or if the TV is in use, you can grab it from the Marketplace here.

The hint for tomorrow’s deal is “You’ll save on this Rare classic”. Perfect Dark?

Countdown to 2011: Deal Day 7 [Major Nelson]

What do you do with a professional wide receiver when he stops being a professional wide receiver? Make him play football with his dog, apparently, and soon you’ll be able to join him. Rice will be starring in Jerry Rice and Nitrus’ Dog Football, developed for the Nintendo Wii by newcomer JUDOBABY. The game is intended to be the first in a series of games creating a “Pet Sports League.”

Jerry Rice and Nitrus’ Dog Football will allow you to play as Rice or one of 11 other characters in a series of football-themed mini-games that incorporate Wii motion controls to direct seven different dogs. The game will be shown at CES this coming January.

To reiterate: There is a game coming for Wii called Jerry Rice and Nitrus’ Dog Football. Merry freaking Christmas, gamers!

As people all over America are waking up or playing with their tangible spirit of consumer goods already, Christmas comes with a special bonus for fans of Soulcalibur today. Daishi Odashima, current lead designer of the Soulcalibur series, announced on Twitter that “SC is back!”

No word on anything like a release date, platforms, or how much we’re going to pay for the DLC. But from the looks of the picture Odashima added, it does look like a giant sword will once again play a big role. And look how good that shirt goes with those pants! Also notice the big replica sword behind the chair and the Hori EX2 stick on the floor. I wonder how they’d react if Mad Catz sent them a Chun Li TE stick?

Looking and Waiting for Something Special? [8wayrun - Thanks everyone who sent this in!]

The green color of Mana in Magic: The Gathering is supposed to be representative of life and growth, which naturally means that it’s a creature-heavy color type to play. Hence these images sent to us featuring a manner of beasts which may be summoned and sent to fight.

When I played the card-based version of the game, Green was one of my favorite colors to play. The experience of building an army of worthless creatures which can then steamroll through gives this color some great rush opportunities.