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Voice actor Jon St. John set the universe straight during the Music and Video Game Festival by not commenting on his role as Duke Nukem in 3D Realms’ Duke Nukem Forever. The key here is what the blank space implies.

“I’m not allowed to speak on that subject, sir,” St. John replied when asked about DNF. He added, “Let me go ahead and tell you right now: I’m not allowed to speak about Duke Nukem Forever.” The crowd in the stuffy room booed. “No, no, don’t be disappointed. Read between the lines.

“Why am I not allowed to talk about it [DNF]?”

The need for silence on the subject might have more to do with the ongoing legal brouhaha surrounding the studio and the game rather than its ongoing development, but this world is a place of infinite and surprising possibilities. Example: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. No-one saw that coming.

Duke Nukem Himself All But Confirms Duke Nukem Forever [Pixel Enemy, via Screw Attack]

Vanillaware, best known for gorgeous 2D games such as Muramasa and Odin Sphere, has revealed an incredibly saucy piece of artwork studio founder and lead artist George Kamitani. The painting is called “The Three Graces” and can be found on Vanillaware’s splash page.

While not exactly nude (there are no visible nips or squirt-holes) we’ve covered things up a little anyway to stop people whining in the comments. If you’re not at work or your boss doesn’t care about you looking at smutty paintings of Roman and Greek Goddesses, then check out our gallery for the full whallop. 

Whether or not this hints at a new game remains to be seen. Could be that Kamitani just wanted to show off his new picture, and that’s not a bad thing at all. 

Could Vanillaware be teasing their next game? [GoNintendo]

At the Microsoft press conference, a tasty little tidbit was revealed concerning everyone’s favorite hyped-game-that-nobody’s-played, Alan Wake. Despite the game itself taking ten billion years to develop, Remedy is already looking at downloadable content for the game, with the story set to expand via DLC “episodes.”

The Xbox 360 exclusive will be “story-driven, like a TV series.” The game itself shall be broken into episodes when it launches, allowing an easy transition into extra, post-launch episodic chapters. It seems that Alan Wake will further its exposition in exactly the same was as the PS3’s Heavy Rain. 

Microsoft ED&D boss Robbie Bach calls Alan Wake “the TV show Lost, as written by Stephen King, and filmed by David Lynch.” Not that they’re overselling it or anything. 

Here’s a (pretty much) direct transcript of the final moments of my recent conversation with Capcom’s Seth Killian-

Me-”There are rumors going around that March’s Mega Man 10 will have a co-op mode, and that Bass will be the third playable character. Wouldn’t that be cool? Huh? Wouldn’t it?“

Seth-”Um, yes. Sounds fun to me. I have to go now.“

Me- “…and with Mega Man 10 coming out in less than 90 days, must you continue the madness surrounding the elusive Mega Man 9 secret. Can’t you give us a good hint for a change? Is it an item, an animation, a secret area, or just a background object? I mean come on! Throw us a bone here!“

Seth- “Did I already say I have to go? Because I do. Anyway I will probably go to internet hell when I die for acting like such a tease, but no dice. I was actually thinking of spilling the beans at the launch of Mega Man 10, just so we can all move on with our lives, but I was asked not to. That said, I will at least keep my promise to acknowledge that ‘yep, that was the secret’ should someone discover it on their own…“

Here’s the thing though, he totally didn’t have to go. He really didn’t. So why’d he leave? Part of me thinks that maybe my breath started to smell (hey, it happens), and another part  thinks that maybe I was onto something with those Mega Man 10 rumors, and that Seth wasn’t ready to spill the beans yet.

So what do you think, will Mega Man 10 have co-op and Bass, or does my breath smell, or both?

This morning’s Army of Two: the 40th Day trailer is a return to the ridiculous. It features the functionally retarded (and venerable) Salem and Rios during a release day event at a GameStop.  If you care to take a peek at the footage you’ll see one of the two (a) bashing a cash register (b) attacking a woman (c) playing Rock Band (d) and even signing autographs.

Speaking of GameStop, there’s a deal going on in regards to new Army of Two. If you trade in two games, you’ll get 40 dollars towards the shooter. Nice, right?

Army of Two: the 40th Day hits January 12th for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Until that magical day when BioWare announces Wrex Effect, it looks like we’ll have to get comfortable with controlling Mr. Blank Slate, Commander Shepard. But even though we can’t play as the rough and gruff space toad in Mass Effect 2, we can become him. Sort of.

Follow us, here. The Vanguard class in the Mass Effect universe is all about getting in enemies faces and then blasting off said faces with a combination of short-ranged weaponry and biotic powers. In Mass Effect 2 specifically, Vanguards will be able to use the “Charge” attack again, which makes Sheppard move around like The Flash after a cocaine binge. Nothing says proximity like a good old fashioned Krogan rush, right? Right?

Besides what little we have learned from the slew of recent Mass Effect 2 trailers, we really don’t know all that much about the new characters beyond their appearance and general traits/abilities.

Depending on if I end up hating or loving Thane and Grunt when this game finally hits, my answer could change, but as it stands I want this entire set of action figures minus Shepard. We know more about him than all these other characters, even Tali, but his facial region is giving off a weird vibe.

Considering how these things aren’t going to be ready until late August, I suppose I’ll have plenty of time to figure the logistics out. Hold on, I can just replace the Spectre with my Isaac Clarke figure! Feel free to release these toys right now, guys. Like, how does tomorrow sound?

Oh, and if you’re the super anxious type, you can pre-order the lot of ‘em at Entertainment Earth.

First Look At DC’s Mass Effect 2 Action Figures [Gamervision]

You know, I never realized how much of a jerk Mega Man really is. What a jerk face! Go check out the latest Once Upon a Pixel to find out just how jerky he is.

CES 2010 is in full swing, Microsoft reveals Xbox Game Room, Topher misses MAGfest 8, Brad reviewed Sky Crawlers, we’re getting a new Zelda this year, a new DS is in the works with motion controls and more happened on 01/06/10.

CES 2010:
Modern Warfare 2 DLC packs hitting 360 first
Natal coming out this Holiday season
Microsoft officially reveals Xbox Game Room
Microsoft CES press conference live blog
Your PSN ID to be useful with other Sony stuff
Over 3.8 million PS3s sold this holiday
Watch Sony’s CES keynote stream live
‘Xbox Game Room’ will probably be announced
Nyko unveils… cupcakes?

Destructoid Originals:
Podtoid 132: Something
Once Upon a Pixel: Mega Man
Rev Rant: crushing difficulty
Dark Void demo is live, watch us play it
What you missed at MAGfest 8

Community:
Community blogs of 01/06/10
Forum of the day: Favorite gaming moments of 2009

Reviews:
Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

Previews:
Quick Hit Football: A football strategy RPG

Contests:
Comment to win a code for Allods Online’s beta

News:
Atlus might stick a Norse spear in gamers’ ears
DS successor confirmed, will have motion control
Achievement whores giving NBA Live 07 a final shot
Amazon offering cheap(er) 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold cards
Retailers listing Fallout: New Vegas as a June release
Games may go Fable II episodic route in the future
Bayonetta was 2009’s most downloaded Xbox Live demo
Dissidia: Final Fantasy coming to PS3/Xbox 360?
Blu-ray discs are about to get even bigger
Capcom says hardcore gamers have disowned the Wii
Rumor: Call of Duty 7: Vietnam
Final Fantasy XIII might be last true Final Fantasy
God of War III ‘only possible on PS3′
Michael Jackson ‘This Is It’ PS3 bundle revealed
Capcom looks back on 2009, teases new stuff for 2010
New Zelda will be out this year
Jeff Minter pitches Video Game Hero
THQ wastes no time, starts pitching Darksiders movie
Naughty Dog not interested in Uncharted motion control
Race as Miis in Sonic & All-Star Racing
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney out next week on WiiWare
Jeff Minter pitches Video Game Hero
New features, y’all: Rock Band 2 PS3 patch incoming
Crazy-pretty: Sakura Wars getting hot preorder art books

Offbeat:
Teenage World of Warcraft fan sexes up married lunatic
Half-Life 2 PC upgraded to the Episode Two standard

Media:
First trailer, images of Dragon Age: Origins — Awakening
Fist of the North Star Musou JP release date and screens
Bioware puts the spotlight on Mass Effect 2’s Miranda
Super Street Fighter IV trailer details new features
Here’s Ninja Gaiden’s Ryu in DW: Strikeforce

Tomorrow marks the debut of a new patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2. Y’know, the one that Xbox 360 owners have had for some time now? Uh huh. Well, it doesn’t really matter now; the update is almost upon us, and it’s got enough tweaks and additions to help ease the pain.

New Rock Band 2 PS3 features to look forward to include: the ability to sort by stars in Quickplay mode, an improved HO/PO system a la The Beatles: Rock Band, velocity sensitivity for those mad-expensive Ion Drum Kits, support for the Rock Band Network Store (which isn’t live yet), and also support for the wireless SingStar mics that can be found in Europe.

Again, this is obviously a bit on the late side, but Rock Band 2 is still very much a platform, and these improvements from Harmonix won’t go unappreciated.

Rock Band 2 PS3 Software Update [PlayStation.Blog]