IN THE FACE Subscription services have been growing in customer reach and quality over the past five years, with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime bringing great content as well as HBO offering their programming as a standalone service. These shifting ways to be entertained has left a lot of the traditional sources scrambling to find their place in a changing world. After a commanding amount of wins for streaming and premium services during last night’s Emmy Awards Show, it doesn’t feel like these services are playing around anymore....

You can check out any time you like… Cheeky scamp Suda51, well known for his stylistic and esoteric video games, rang in the new year with a little tease for his somewhat improv-conceived horror titleHotel Barcelona. Literally brainstormedduring a livestream with IGN and fellow auteur Swery65, the developer duo put together a rough idea for a new horror title, one that is now, apparently, on the books and in development. According to Suda’s New Year tweet, it will launch in 2021, with Devolver Digital reportedly set to publish....

Down with the Kidz Atlus continues to drip-feed features for the upcoming RPG updatePersona 5 Royal. We have already seen some new stars – such as female leadKasumi Yoshizawaand the mysterious Morgana boy – as well as new locations,like a gaming bar located in the hip district of Kichijoji. All of this pales in comparison to a new reveal, that confirms Joker and crew can now invitePersona 5‘s best characters, jailers Justine & Caroline, out on the town for a evening of total mayhem… or at least some fries....

Check out everything Destructoid did today I don’t know about the rest of you, but today was my first day of class back at school. For all of you starting this week or sometime soon, good luck out there! Here’s to another year. In the rest of the world, the Vita is on sale everywhere,Street Fighter IIis coming to Wii U, Notch is going on another vacation, we reviewedPAYDAY 2, and so much more happened on 18-05-2025....

How do you like your rides? Nintendo of America hasannouncedthe details for the next Splatfest inSplatoon, and it’s much sooner than I thought it would be! The Splatfest starts the night of July 17, at 9:00 PM PT, and runs for 24 hours. As for the teams? Roller coasters against water slides. I’m a huge roller coaster fan, and actively avoid water slides and rides. If I wanted all the water to get up my nose and in my eyes, I’d audition forFlashdance....

PlayStation Plus Premium just confuses me now In case you missed it, Sony altered the deal of PlayStation Plus last yearand added a tiered system to the service. As a recap, you have PlayStation Plus Essential (the cheapest), Extra (mid-tier), and “Premium” (the most expensive tier), all of which have different bonuses and games. Let’s take a look at the April 2023 offerings today. Here are the Extra PlayStation Plus offerings for April 2023 Look, this lineup isn’t too bad, especially for a mid-tier operation like Extra....

Third-person shooter starring a fish It was such a shame to hear thatNeo Aquarium: King of Crustaceanswas not a good videogame. For years, I’ve longed to play a modern take onOdell Down Underthat didn’t take itself seriously — like, at all — andKing of Crustaceanscould have partially scratched that itch. It’s still nice to hear (viaRock, Paper, Shotgun) that a follow-up is happening inNeo Aquarium 2: Ace of Seafood. The sequel is a third-person shooter in which you control a laser-firing sardine that literally blows up upon being killed....

Another ‘black hole’ to shoot into for hours on end In its update forDestinythatput an endto the oh-so-effective Loot Cave, Bungie noted that “shooting at a black hole for hours on end isn’t our dream for howDestinyis played.” That well-known spot is now less desirable for farming as a result, but no matter — another has taken its place. This video from PS4Trophies shows where to find it in Rocketyard....

Tokyo Jungle, the demented “animal survival” game about a Tokyo chock-full of lions and bears, is destinedto hit North Americaon September 25. What’s more, the crazy game is going to be available for the rather pleasant price of $14.99. Just in case you don’t know what you’re in for,Tokyo Junglelets you take control of one of fifty different animals as you, “hunt your way to the top of Tokyo’s post-apocalyptic food chain....

Coming to PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One Valiant Hearts: The Great Waris looking just as sharp, serious, and moving as it did whenHamza previewed it last year. The puzzle adventure game set during World War I and starring a varied cast of characters (including a cute dog) is almost upon us. On June 25, it will launch on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One for $14....

Promises better discoverability and more customization As a platform, Steam hasn’t been able to keep up with the rate at which new games are coming out — there were more than 1,300 releases in the last nine months alone, says Valve — but today’s so-called Discovery update intends to address that while also making everything more blue. The home page now offers a feed of game recommendations (keep scrolling down, and down, and then down some more) and further customization....

If you log on toWarframeon a major update day, there’s a slight change you may have gotten that “Arsenal Tuning” message from the Community Team. What exactly is it and why are there so many resources given for free? We can break this down below. What is Arsenal Tuning inWarframe? Arsenal Tuning is essentially a way tosoften the blow when something popular in the meta gets nerfed. Since nerfs are hardly ever fun in a PvE game (unless something trivializes difficulty), Digital Extremes gives players a bundle of resources as compensation....

Pi Day Deals Totally, definitely, and for realz this time —Grand Theft Auto Vwill finally grace PC gamers on April 14. Given the frequent delays and push back (now coming up two years after the game was released on the 360 and PS3) — it’s no wonder hype has died down a bit for the game. For those with strong resolve to play the damn game in 4K glory details, GMG has includedGTA Valong with next week’sBattlefield: Hardlinein its VIP sale....