Take a good, long look at productivity. (He’s hovering over your shoulder, tickling your brain and urging you back to whatever pressing matters you have right now.) Wave goodbye. PopCap Games’ megahitPeggleis now available on the App Store. The revolutionary not-so-casual game is priced at $4.99 and offers a similar experience to the original game. In other words, it doesn’t have any additionalPegglecontent fromPeggle Nightsor other expansions. A special zoom option and “aiming wheel” have been added to make the finesse shots easier....

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publishopinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] I am a first-person shooter nut. I’ve played them all — fromGoldenEye 007to whatever the latest and greatest is....

Planning on purchasingCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfarefor Xbox 360 when it hits retail on November 6? If you answered yes to that question, are a U.S. resident, and have a subscription to Xbox Live, you could win some autographedCoD4swag and other Xbox-related goodies in the “Live Fire Weekend.” The 72-hour Play & Win Sweepstakes will start on Friday, Nov. 16 and continue through the 18th. If, like me, you have aspirations of dominating gamer girls inarmed combata first-person shooter that isn’tHaloor maybe even beating a few devs at their own game, then this is one occasion you won’t want to miss out on:...

When Naughty Dog said that the PS3 couldpull off the same magicas the Wii U, it might not have been too wrong. Sony’s PlayStation Vita can indeed be used as a PS3 controller, complete with its gyroscopic, touchamatic features. “PS3 can send data down to Vita and Vita can display it. You could use the unique features — gyroscope, touch front and back — as a control device for a PS3 game,” said Sony Europe’s Phil Rogers at a Develop conference talk....

Recording Podtoid has quickly become a highlight of my working week. How could itnot, with episodes like this? Amongst the many, increasingly bizarre things discussed, we talk about Max Scoville’s love of digital farts, Jim’s vision of Dr. Doom stroking a bunny rabbit, Tara Long’s mustache, and Jonathan Holmes’ suggestion thatGrand Theft Auto Vwill fail. Also, is it offensive to do impersonations ofCooking Mama? We find out!

Haven’t been in your local comic book shop in a while? Then you probably missed the news thatPrototypehas a comic book, and that the first in the six part mini-series is out for all to enjoy. The comic launched this past week and is full of illustrated panels and word bubbles — I assume. To tell the truth I’m not even sure where my nearest comic book store is or if news stands even carry them anymore....

Before that E3 Nintendo backlash for abandoning the “core” gamer reallystartedrolling,MTVMultiplayerhad a sit-down with NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime to talk aboutGrand Theft Autoon the DS platform. Towards the end of the interview, Reggie comments on the possibility of having aGTAon the Wii, and even seems open to the prospect. His candor is a bit surprising to behold. You know, aGTAon the Wii is all based on what Rockstsar and Take Two want to do....

Since theannouncementofStarCraft IIlast year, Blizzard has been carefully stringing us along withtrailers,concept art, and small snippets of information on their upcoming real-time strategy game. In true Blizzard fashion, though, they’ve remained tight-lipped about a possible release date, sticking to their mantra of “It’ll be done when it’s done.” Blizzard might not be talking, but it seems that retailers don’t have any trouble giving us a date to look forward to.Best Buy,Circuit City, andGameStophave all givenStarCraft IIa street date of December 3....

So,Patapon 2is Sony’s big UMD-less release. Since we got an early copy, I thought it would be cool to talk (briefly) about how you go about getting the game on your PlayStation Portable. It’s quite simple, really. It’s nice when these things work. As you can imagine, I’ve been playing the hell out of Sony’sPatapon 2. If you’re a fan of the series, you won’t be disappointed. If you’re not, then, well, you’ll just have to read the review....

For the life of me, I’ll never understand why Harmonix’sFrequencyandAmplitudeweren’t commercial hits. The titles featured a solid and fun beat-matching mechanic, and were both well-received by critics. Maybe it was mix of poor marketing, an unrecognizable IP, and the fact that one of the first songs you played in Amplitude was a remix of a track by P.O.D., a Christian alternative metal band. WithRock Band Unplugged, Harmonix has most of that stuff in the bag – killer marketing backed by a highly-successful IP, and 100% less P....

The Community Team Coordinator for Sony’s European side of thePlayStation forumsdropped the news today about a PSN authentication update and some forum downtime that’s going to happen as a result of this. Read on: “From Monday 14 April onwards, you will need to log in to the Forums with your PSN Sign-In ID (email address) and PSN password. Your Forum name (i.e. the name that will appear on your public profile and next to your forum posts) will be your PSN Online ID....

I do not understand this boarded skating that the children do, nor the videogames surrounding it, but what I do know is that arumorhas surfaced concerning Neversoft’s non-involvement in the nextTony Hawkgame. It’s not too hard a concept to believe, with Neversoft working onGuitar Hero IVwhich, let’s face it, is going to need a lot of work done on it to stop journalists calling itRock Bandagain. Robomodo is said to be the developer behind Neversoft’s skating franchise, a team that is already confirmed to be working on an Activision-published game....

This October, NECA’s dropping aSplinter Cell: Convictionfigure off at retail. Now, betweenFigures.comandKotaku, we have an idea of what to look for on store shelves. Unsurprisingly, NECA has decided to model the game’s lead, Sam Fisher. Yes, it looks just liked you’d expect if you’ve played the game, complete with some weapons, a removable flak jacket, and night-vision goggles. (What would a Sam Fisher be without them?) Figures.com has a two page thread about the figure’s articulation points, which apparently includes “insert molded ball-hinged elbows” and “the torso can hunch or go straight....