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The multi-taskingmayhemensues as Majesco brings a brand new game to the Nintendo DS! Yes, you’ve all heard the highly anticipated rumors and bated your breath with excitement for the announcement, but we can finally confirm thatBabysitting Maniais on the way! It’s babies! It’s sitting! It’s mania! As a sequel to the downloadableNanny Mania, this adrenaline-pumping DS game charges players with all thefun and excitementassociated with looking after children for money. Perform chores, manage unruly kids and dosome other things maybein this amazing game!...

Twisted Metalwon’t be coming to the Xbox 360. Obviously not, since Sony owns the game’s license. Still, even if creator David Jaffecouldput it on the 360, he apparently would not. According to the developer, giving the PS3 exclusives is more rewarding than expanding his potential audience. “No, we will not be making it for the 360,” Jaffe told a 360-owning fan. “The only thing we’d love more than getting the game out there to as many players as possible — via putting it on new systems — is to continue helping Sony differentiate their box from other boxes....

Zombies. Gamers love them. They infest almost every single genre of gaming and then some. There are zombie shooters, zombie survival-horror, zombie platformers, zombie tower defense games, zombie action games. In fact, it’s pretty safe to say that zombies have pretty much had a high caliber game in almost every genre out there — except one. The zombies in the world of MMOs are surprisingly lacking. Yes, there are a few low-budget, web-based zombie MMOs floating around out there....

Back when almost every Konami game was a blatant rip-off/tribute to Hollywood action and Sci-Fi movies, Hideo Kojima created a game calledSnatcher. It was basically the bestBlade Runnergame ever made, with a dash ofTerminatoron the side to attempt to throw people off the scent. Snatcherwas ahead of its time. The slow-paced, text based adventurehasn’t aged well, though the underlying ideas behind the concept ofSnatcherare as compelling as ever. For that reason,fans of the series, and Kojima in general, have been hoping for a newSnatcherfor years, but to no avail....

Kojima is a weary man. It seems that the poorMetal Gear Solidmastermind issick to deathof hearing aboutMGS4on the Xbox 360, and has stated that he wishes people cared more about the game itself than the hardware it’s released on: “I’ve been doing a lot of interviews and stage shows, and half the questions are like ‘WillMGS4be coming out on 360 or other formats?’, and in the near future I hope they’ll ask me aboutMetal Gear, about us, about our future projects, and will stop caring about the hardware …...

Make fun ofSecond Lifeif you must, but you’re able to’t laugh at how much money this virtual world generates in revenue a year. Well, maybe you still can, but that’s a hell of a lot of money. According to a new report,Second Liferevenues sit at around a cool $100 million a year.Launchsays that they’re actually pulling in $7 million a month! Still laughing? Parent company Linden Labs says that they’ve cleared $75 million each year for the last three years....

Bethesda Softworks is, like, totally, “I ain’t playin’ wit’ you Interplay.” The studio responsible for theElder Scrollsseries is now suing developer Interplay for multiple breeches of theFalloutIP agreement. A ton of legal stuff regarding the post-apocalyptic property is being requested and sought. According to Gamasutra (who obtained the official complaint filed on September 9th), Bethesda is seeking a “preliminary and permanent” injunction against Interplay’s sales of the olderFalloutgames. In addition to that, Bethesda wants the court to kill the licensing agreement between the two studios, thus preventing the release of the fabledFalloutMMO....

[Tune in toSaturday Morning Hangoverevery Saturday at 10am Pacific for the latest Xbox Live Indie Games, co-op play and assorted hijinks. Hosted byConrad Zimmerman,Jordan Devoreand the lovelyKatrina. We have a couch! Come join us live onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channel!] We’re up early so, damn it, you have to be to. It’s time again forSaturday Morning Hangover. There’s a decent crop of new Xbox Indies to check out, with even the bad games looking like they may have some merit....

Grab your robotic hawks and join us today onMash Tacticsfor a free lesson in falconry. If your bird is in the shop for repair, just fly in for an intense session ofWarhawkon the PlayStation 3. Still haven’t seen the show? Stop by and click the “follow” button to be entered to win awesome prizes. …Why are you still reading this? Go watch the show onJustin.Tv/Destructoid! 😀 [Join us for Mash Tactics every weekday at 4PM PST onJustin....

Ubisoft has revealed the details of the upcoming $99.99 collector’s edition package forAssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Make some room in your house — it’s packed with stuff. In addition to the game, you’ll get two exclusive in-game single player maps (the “Aqueduct” and “Trajan Market”), a physical copy of a map of the game’s Rome, along with the requisite art book. Additionally, you’ll get a bonus disc which details the making of the title, includes a sneak peek at the upcomingAssassin’s Creedcomic book, as well as the game’s soundtrack....

One of the greatest excuses to let the computer play against itself inMaddenis so that the game can predict the outcome of real life games. Every year around the game’s launch EAdoes exactly thatfor the entire season. Their predictions are often uncannily accurate aslast year’s Super Bowl predictionshowed by only missing the final score by one point on both sides of the ball. The game says that the Patriots will return to dominance (and let’s remember they were pretty dominate last season too) with a 14-2 record....

You’ve been asking for it, and here it is: Bethesda is releasing a patch forFallout 3today that will fix a number of bugs and quests, as well as a few of those XP exploits you might have been hearing about from your shadier friends. The patch will be going up today on Xbox LIVE, the PlayStation Network, and can either be downloaded through Games for Windows LIVE ordirectly from Bethesdafor those playing on a PC....

More andmorenews keeps coming from the Nintendo Conference (I guessNintendon’tneedTGSafter all). This video forMario Kart Wiireally doesn’t show off too much, unfortunately, but we are able to see a couple of new things for the series. First, thenew motorbikesare shown in action and from the looks of it, it’s just a cosmetic thing and won’t be better than a regular Kart. Oh, and you can pop a wheelie. The other, and interesting, new addition toMario Kartis the ability to do tricks with your Karts....