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NinjaBee’s charming city builderA Kingdom for Keflingshas finally transitioned from Xbox LIVE Arcade to PC as a digital download. To give a brief summary, you play as a giant who is intent on helping townsfolk expand their village. Weird concept, for sure. It works, though, largely thanks to a soothing soundtrack that gives the game a care-free vibe.A Kingdom for Keflingsis one of the most relaxing games to come out in recent years, and to me, is a great example of download-only titles done right....

Former Sonic Team head Yuji Naka has been fudging around with the Unreal Engine 3 for iOS and now wants to show off what he has created. Now heading up Prope, Naka has moved on to other types of games, and it looks like a new iPhone game could be in the cards. If you want a taste of where Naka and his team are headed with this, a new experiment is available on the App Store right now for you to try out....

Uh … okay. It’s hard to type when your face is planted squarely in your palm, but you are looking at the pixelated version of what must now beGears of War 2designer Cliff Bleszinski’s most prized possession — a Tubgirl-themed Xbox 360 faceplate. Apparently, the young Clifford once jokingly told faceplate creator SpaceGhost2K that he would like him to make a plate based on the famously disgusting Internet meme in which a young Japanese girl summons forth a veritable geyser of watery backdoor clay with which to douse herself....

When I sawthe debut teaserforMarvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Fusionduring E3, I got pretty excited. The teaser said that we’d be able to fuse Marvel’s greatest heroes powers together. As it turns out, Activision meant something completely different from what people were probably expecting.All of the attacks shown in the trailer have nothing to do with fusion. What’s really happening is “team attack”. THE HULK PICKING UP WOLVERINE, SPINNING HIM AROUND AND THEN THROWING HIM IS NOT FUSION....

Alternative title for this week: Super Nintenbone. Comments of the Week is a feature where we scour the front page, community blogs and forums picking out comments. The ones that make you think, the ones that make you laugh and the ones that make you cry (but also laugh), and consolidate them into an entertaining package for the viewing pleasure of you, the Destructoid community. FromPS Vita has cross-game chat, PS3 probably never will...

CrimeCraft, the game that isn’t an MMO but is rather a “Persistent World Next-gen Shooter” (PWNS), will be available for purchase exclusively from Best Buy at retail. Why? Honestly, I haven’t the slightest idea. Does this mean we’ll see Best Buy billboards in the game too? Who knows. As odd as this whole situation is, there are some benefits. For buyingCrimeCraftat your local Best Buy, you’ll get two free months of play time, two in-game t-shirts and a combat backpack, and finally, a virtual discount card which reduces the cost of purchasable game items....

Dell has a couple of deals for the savvy games shopper out there. One is theXbox 360 Elite Spring 2010 bundle, which includes an Elite Xbox 360,Halo 3:ODSTandForza 3. It’s about $30 off today, making the total price for the bundle an attractive $269. There’s also aSplinter Cell Conviction Edition Xbox 360 Elite bundle on sale. It comes with a 250GB harddrive on an Elite, two Xbox 360 controllers, the game, and even a Netflix trial....

Good news! Destructoid (the show) finally launched onRevision3.comtoday! For our inaugural episode, Tara Long and I cover tons of stories from NYCC, including the playable build ofRed Dead Redemption, the new characters fromMarvel Vs. Capcom 3,Mega Man Legends 3stuff, the real Chibiterasu caught on camera, and more. Wait, it gets better. Hard hitting journalist Jim Sterling has a special report from Iraq on the insane political battleground that is…NBA Jam.Â...

In the dead of night, Sony lifted the lid on the long-awaited PSP successor, a system codenamedNext Generation Portable. In addition to this, it also revealed a cross-platform mobile gaming service, the PlayStation Suite. Naturally, the Destructoid editors had a lot to say about it. We discuss the potential price, the worth of a touchpad on the back of the system, and whether this handheld behemoth can tackleNintendo’s 3DS. It’s a spirited discussion, so leave your flames at the door and come on in!...

Tuesday, Turbine’sMines of Moriaexpansion hit retail outlets. In addition to giving players access to the granddaddy of all dungeons, it also provides several key upgrades. On the visual side there’s a new dynamic lighting system, as well as “dual-height” mapping, which has been described to me as flipping mountains to create more dynamic ceilings in structures. There’s also a new way to view unique items. It’s called Legendary Items, and it will allow players to imbue, customize and even name their own weapons....

The start of the 2009 Major League Baseball season is less than two weeks away, and I couldn’t be more excited. The World Baseball Classic, which ended in a thrilling5-3 extra-inning victory for Japan over Korealast night, helped get me “back in the mood,” so to speak. But what really kick-started that progression away from football — which I spent the majority of February thinking about — and toward baseball was the release of Sony’sMLB 09 The Showin the first week of March....

Well, since a certain other site lost out on this, I just had to rework a couple details and blam, it’s on Destructoid. Here’s the new, and slightly improvedvideoreview of LEGO Star Wars II.As a warning, I should tell you that this isn’t your normal, every day review. I’m taking the approach with my video reviews of something you might get with commentary on a DVD. I want this to be fun, informal, and just give you a sense of what it is like to play....

This brief snippet comes from theBattlefield 3single-player’s Operation Guillotine. Look at those nighttime lighting effects! And, check out tha–oh, it’s already over. Such a tease. Lead writer/designer David Goldfarb haswritten out his thoughtsabout how DICE is approaching narrative this time around. Some lofty promises are made, but we haven’t seen enough of the game to make a reasonable claim one way or the other. (Like that’s going to stop anyone.)...