During a behind-closed-doors demo ofSporeat this year’s Leipzig Game Convention, Maxis’ Patrick Buechener has confirmed that console versions of Will Wright’s ambitious title are likely. This should surprise no one — seeing how Electronic Arts and Maxis have milked theSimsfranchise should have been enough to tip anyone off regarding the future ofSpore. While the console versions of the game will not ship alongside the PC and Nintendo DS versions, the game should evolve into a console game before too long....

If you love all things Metal Gear Solid like my good buddy Rey here at the office, I’m assuming you want to get your hands onPeace Walker.Kojima says it’ll make you buy a PSP, due to some surprise feature that’s yet to be revealed. And now Famitsu reports (ViaJoystiq) that the game will also feature a little something very popular in Japan: Yamaha’s Vocaloid software. Yep, the same one that made virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s (not to mention her PSP gameProject Diva)a runway success....

Metro 2033may be about post-apocalyptic Russia, but if you thought that would make it the nextFallout 3orS.T.A.L.K.E.R, you’d be dead wrong. Unlike those games,Metro 2033is not goingthe open-world route, giving us something a bit more linear in the name of cohesive storytelling. “It’s a story-driven, atmospheric, first-person shooter. It’s not an open world game,” THQ EP Dean Sharpe tellsInside Xbox. “The goal was to make a very believable, atmospheric, story-driven game, and I think that we did that....

Ubisoft has pushed the release ofMight & Magic Heroes VIfrom September back to October 13 for the usual reasons. “During the first phase of the Beta you were very active and provided us with very valuable feedback: your suggestions about general balance, factions balance and bug reports were very useful to us,” writes a company repin a forum post. The extra time is needed so the “dev team to take into account your comments and deliver the best quality game....

In this Making Of series video forForza Motorsport 4you’ll get a good look at the crazy amount of work that went into making the game’s Bernese Alps track. These lucky bastards at Turn 10 get to go on an epic, multi-city trip to collect source material to make these tracks. I kind of hate them for that. But I love them for putting so much love intoForza 4. They took in loads of data at the surrounding locations and then brought it back to the Turn 10 offices to process....

EA’sCommand & Conquer 4now offers just a tad more content. The crew behind the new-fangled RTS recently busted out Patch 1.03, adding three new 5v5-ready multiplayer maps on top of several bug fixes. Those curious about the maps need look no further than our gallery, which has pretty little top-down pictures of each of the three maps: Capital Coup, Disputed Depot, and Bridge to Nowhere. As to what was fixed? We haven’t the slightest idea....

It seems somewhat odd how EA doesn’t automatically put its wares up on Steam as soon as they become available by other means. For instance, six of the studio’s videogames became available on the digital distribution service today, and only one of them could be consider “new,” if that. I suppose itmighthave something to do with digital downloads being a thing EA offers, but even still, it seems strange. A seemingly random collection of games from EA’s back catalog … or is it?...

It’s that time of a Thursday that wealllook forward to, Nintendo’s downloads! In this week’s fun-stuffed offering, the 3DS getsLet’s Golf 3Don its eShop. This is a Gameloft title that has previously been available for Android and iOS, so you know it’s going to be hot. The 3DS also getsGO Series: Portable Shrine Wars,Oscar’s World TourandMy Australian Farm. No 3D Classics or Virtual Console games have been listed for the 3DS this week....

Nintendo of America has filed a trademark forThe Last Story, which just so happens to be the name of the Mistwalker RPG that it refuses to localize. The trademark was filed on June 29, 2025, but only issued a few days ago, hence why we’re now finding out about it. It’s worth noting that Nintendo of America, like any company, enjoys filing trademarks for anything regardless of its intent to use them....

Wait, what? It seems Nintendo is offering downloadable games via a new computer-accessed store front.ShopNintendois offering tickets for Virtual Console games so that people can download them to the Wii later. As if that wasn’t odd enough, here’s the real kicker — the store is only sellingtwogames. Right now, the only titles available arePokemon RumbleandSuper Mario Bros. 3. Yes, one random WiiWare game and one random Virtual Console game. I seriously have no frigging clue why they would do that....

I’ve seen Destructoid readers win crazy swag in the past, so you’d be surprised by what’s possible. I’m expectingBattlefield 3to have a full line around the clock at the normal booth, so this might be your ticket in if you’re dying to play the game for a few minutes.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3Dopened anofficial site recently, and while it doesn’t have much to say for itself, there is a really sweet piece of artwork that has been presented in full by the chaps atZelda Power. Check it out in the gallery, and make sure to play with the “3D” version on the teaser page. In addition, Nintendo recently released the box art for the game, and it looks pretty damn classy....

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