Witchin’ Hour Last week rolled by without mention of everybody’s favorite dominatwitch, Bayonetta. It’s now been three years since it was first announced thatBayonetta 3was in the works at PlatinumGames and fans continue to shift uncomfortably in their seats waiting for the angel-slayer to return, especially as she didn’t appear at E3 2021. But, according to Nintendo, the community will need to twiddle its thumbs just a little longer. Speakingin an interview with GameSpot’s Tamoor Hussain, Nintendo’s Senior Marketing Manager Bill Trinen and Localization Director Nate Bihldorff offered another obligatory update on the sequel’s progress....

Before we tell you what today’s contest is, we should probably announce the winner of yesterday’s’shoop-some-facial-hair-on-Madden contest. Drumroll, please: the funniest image came from…Ballistic! The winner might have been someone else if we were asking for thebest’shoop, but we literally lol’d when we saw Ballistic’sPai Mei-inspired picture. Great work! Send your information tosamit[at]destructoid[dot]com, and we’ll get you your copy ofMadden NFL 09very soon! Congrats! Now, as for today’s contest, we’re giving away a copy ofNBA Live 09on the Xbox 360....

Electronic Arts seems to have a habit of criticizing console prices, and has once again voiced concern that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are a bit too costly. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, chief financial officer Eric Brown said that prices were not in line with the last generation. “I think pricing has not come down as much as we would have expected at this point in the cycle compared to the last,” he explained....

Nursing school? Too expensive — who needs it? GAMEINVEST has announced that it will be bringing “nurse sim”Emergency Hospitalto Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC on November 26. Formerly known asSarah’s Emergency Room, the title will put players in control of the ambitious (and sexy — rowr!) young nurse Sarah who “accepts a mysterious management position at a small hospital in Arkansas.” We’re not sure what’s so mysterious about it, as we see no sign of Josef Mengele-like experiments appearing inEmergency Room....

Exciting ’90s shmup coming to consoles M2 continues on its quest to re-release a bevy of awesome Cave shmups on modern platforms. The publisher recently dropped a new trailer forits next planned released,ESP Ra.De. Psi, coming to PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan this holiday season. Originally released in arcades back in 1998,ESP Ra.De.(“esp raid”) sees three youngsters, each bestowed with amazing powers, take to the skies of 2018 Tokyo in an effort to save the city from psychic Miss Garra and her powerful battalion....

Like Allistair back at E3, Monolith Productions’sGuardians of Middle-earthhas gotten me interested in the MOBA scene finally. Personally, I’ve avoided games likeDOTA 2, andLeague of Legendsas what I usually see or hear of those games involves hardcore PC master race pro players in the tournament scene. AfterGuardiansthough, I actually want to start getting into MOBAs thanks largely to the easy to understand appeal of the newestLord of the Ringsbased game....

Many years have passed on the planet Mars since the events ofRed Faction: Guerilla, and things are not well for colonists of the red planet. Attempts to terraform the planet for human habitation have created an ecological disaster that has resulted in the habitants being driven underground for safety. To make matters worse, an ancient evil species of aliens has been awoken and is wiping out all who remain. In comes Darius Mason — a descendant ofRed Faction:Guerilla‘s protagonist, Alec Mason — who is out to fight off the intergalactic menace, and restore peace to the planet once again....

Heyyyyy WhenDestinymade the jump to “Year 2” withThe Taken King, a number of Exotics didn’t make it along for the ride. A huge one is the Gjallarhorn, a notoriously unbalanced rocket launcher that nearly every raid group “required” for public runs. But there’s a number of good Exotics that are far better than the ones included in Year 2. My personal favorite, the MIDA Multi-Tool, is confirmed to return in Year Two, pending the arrival of the December update....

The strategy of making strategy games There’s no getting around it: If you make a turn-based tactical strategy game, people are going to hold it up againstXCOM. What other game is so dominant that it acts as a gatekeeper for the entire genre? Honestly,XCOMmight stand alone in that regard. So, when meeting with CreativeForge, a developer who specializes in turn-based tactical strategy, the comparison comes up. It has to come up....

If you’ve got a player house inFinal Fantasy XIV, you’ll be pretty used to working with the interior that’s determined by the location of the house. However, as part of patch 7.1, players with estates can now choose to change the design of their interior, regardless of exterior location. Prior to this point, each location had a set interior that could not be changed. Houses in The Goblet had a more desert-like theme, Shirogane boasts a more traditional Japanese-inspired Aesthetic, and so on....

Making potions and delicious food inRuneScape Dragonwildsis surprisingly simple once you unlock a few ingredients and make yourself a brewing cauldron. One ingredient you’ll encounter early on is Bittercap Mushroom, which you can cook or brew to make helpful potions. Table of contents Bittercap Mushroom location in RuneScape Dragonwilds Bittercap Mushrooms are native toWhispering Swamp, a region directly north of Bramblemead Valley. As you advance through the main storyline, you’ll venture into this area and find small mushrooms along the ground....

Destiny 2‘s Tesselation Exotic fusion rifle has been prominently featured as part of Bungie’sThe Final Shapehype campaign, but how does one actually earn the weapon in-game? Specifically, this weapon is not locked behind an Exotic quest or anything like that, and players looking to snag it will, instead, need to open their wallets. Whilethe community is still torn onThe Final Shapeand what the DLC means for the game at large, Bungie’s always been quite good at generating hype....

I couldn’t not use that image On PC, new players can dive right intoDeus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cutwith a full $19.99 purchase, but there are other money-saving options for the rest of us who own the base game already and want that new content. Here’s the pricing breakdown: This only applies to the Steam version, it should be noted. But, really, where else would you have gottenHuman Revolution?Director’s Cutwill become available on PC (and Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U) on October 22 in North America and October 25 in Europe....