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It was a little surprising to hear that Good Old Games hadn’t offered any of theMystgames as a download prior to today, because it’s exactly the type of classic you think of when you hear someone describe what GOG.com is all about. As of now,Myst: Masterpiece Editioncan be had in exchange for $5.99. The follow-upRivenandThe Manhole: Masterpiece Editionwill be available in the coming weeks for the same affordable price. Seeing as how every post we do on GOG ends up getting comments about how people haven’t heard of the site before, let it be known: for all of your DRM-free gaming needs, look no further....

Our magical release date prediction ball broke last week during a furious session of ping-pong at the office, so we can’t spill the beans on whenGran Turismo 5will finally grace store shelves. However, thanks to SCEA’s director of hardware marketing, we’re pretty sure — without magic — that the upcoming iteration of the venerable racing franchise could be coming to non-Sony platforms. “[Polyphony Digital] report directly into our CEO, Kaz Hirai, so it’s a little bit of a ‘wait and see’,” Koller reiterated toVG247at GDC....

Headgate studios, based in Utah, have now officially joined up with Electronic Arts, following a six year partnership between the two companies. Headgate worked primarily on theTiger Woods PGA Tourfranchise, as well as PC versions ofMaddenandThe Godfather. Vance Cook, founder and CEO of Headgate, will continue to lead the team as Executive producer and will report to Nick Earl, the vice president and general manager of EA Redwood Shores/Maxis. The studio will be focusing on Wii games from now on....

I could explain in detail whyStar Commandhas jumped to my most anticipated mobile game of the year. Instead, here is a list of reasons from the game’swebsiteand theReddit threadwhere War Balloon Games answered Redditors. Star Commandis planned for a Summer 2011 release on Android and iOS devices. HNNNG!

The last game system launch I went to Toys “R” Us for was the Nintendo 64. They had that bad boy for sale one day early (I think they broke street date) and I came out looking like a rock star with myPilotwings 64and whatnot. I remember my friends and I being really excited. That excitement lasted until we first held that banana-cock Nintendo 64 controller. Toys “R” Us is stil doing game launches, they say....

Does the environment in the above video look at all familiar? It should, if you’ve been keeping up with footage from DICE’s extreme delivery simulatorMirror’s Edge. The video shows the rooftop level that was playable at E3 recreated inPortal’s game engine. The level was designed in Hammer by a modder that goes by the name EvilWeevil, who was in a creative rut until a chance encounter with aMirror’s Edgetrailer awoke his creative spark....

Hour of Power has been rather sporadic these days, and I must extend my humble apologies to our readers for our inconsistency. Unfortunately we had such setbacks asAaron Linde’sillustrious academic career andNick Brutal’smeglomanical computer which gobbled his Nintendo Power files. Left alone with all this responsibility, I have to admit to feeling overwhelmed — how could I possibly take it on alone? Nintendo Power is a much greater entity than myself....

If you’re around the same age as myself or any other gamer that’s been exposed to the industry since the 80s, then you’re well aware that video game television shows suck major balls. Sure, there are a few gems here and there, but for the most part they tend to insult us and aim for the lowest common denominator. Now, seeing as how the Destructoid community is one of the savviest groups around, I thought it’d be appropriate to ask you how you’d build the best video game television show....

Rooster Teeth’s new series takes stuff that happens in videogames and applies real world physics. The latest episode is about 2D side-scrollers, but before we focus on that, we need to talk about theirlast episode. You see, they made girls fight each other wearing skimpy outfits and we totally missed it when it originally went up. Please forgive us for almost totally missing this very important episode. As for the side-scrollers episode below, I actually really want to try this out myself....

The momentum ofGamecock’s bidto become the poultry-based publisher of choice for off-kilter, independent odd-mongers everywhere earns them their third Dtoid mention in a week, with today’s announcement of a new DS signing. You might rememberNick’s reportback in March on Renegade Kid’s in-development horror titleThe Ward, which while a bit rough around the edges in places, seemed to be coming along rather nicely despite its lack of publisher. Now however, it’s merely coming along rather nicely, asGamecockhas stepped in and given it a home....

With Treyarch’sCall of Duty: World at Warblowing up store shelves, and Activision already confirming the inevitable 2009 first-person follow up, this comes as no surprise — Infinity Ward isn’t working on any new content forCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Responding to users on theXbox.com forums, Community Manager Robert Bowling breaks it down, citing the main reason as simply not having the resources. “Every level designer/texture artist/environmental artist/etc. working on a new map for a previous game is one less working on a map for a future game,” he says....

Do you love the idea of the nextDragon Questbeing on the DS? Yeah, me too. Japanese gamers, however, don’t seem all that thrilled by this development.Famitsurecently conducted a survey to see if Japanese gamers welcomedDragon Quest IXon the the DS. Suprisingly, the response they received wasn’t exactly very positive: “Do you welcome Dragon Quest IX on Nintendo DS? Does it make you happy? Are you in love with the very idea of it?...

Keita Takahashi, the mad genius (he’s at least one of those things all the time) behindKatamari DamacyandNoby Noby Boyleft Namco Bandai some time ago, apparently bored with game development. Rumor was that he had left to design playgrounds for children, which is as noble a goal as you can have, really. A Blogger site for his newly created company has popped up. In keeping with his trend of being delightfully strange, the company is called “Uvula....