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I’ll chill to that Realistically, where canCities: Skylinesgo from here? We’ve seen expansions that deal with nightlife and natural disasters, sustainability and industry. There was even one themed around concerts. With the incomingCampusDLC on May 21, the next focal point for the long-lasting city-builder will be all things higher education. That’s right, we’re going back to school to prove to dad that I’m not a fool. After casually chatting about student loans this morning (for no particular reason–it just came up), the timing on this announcement is fortuitous....

It’s not every day you hear honesty like this —speaking with Wired, Midway designer Harvey Smith is candid about what went wrong with the recently released first-person shooter,Blacksite: Area 51. Smith says he wasn’t surprised by the mediocre reception to the game, saying “We got hammered so hard, and we deserved it.” “Everyone was forced to share tech,” he says of the development. “It took eight months to get one thing working....

[This is the fourth entry in a series of exclusive guest blogs from the development team at Yakuza Studio onBinary Domain. Lead Game Designer Hiroyuki Sakamoto describes the combat in the game.Binary Domainwill be out on February 28 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Stay tuned to Destructoid for more guest blogs up to the release!] Hiroyuki Sakamoto – Lead Game Designer Binary Domainis set in 2080 Japan, where the country has become very exclusive....

Thrown through a loop Forza Horizonis a series that has always been rooted in the vaguely possible.Forza Motorsportis the simulation-heavy style where cars do what cars would do.Horizonis where you suspend your disbelief just a little bit because maybe a vehicle could fly off this ramp, do a bunch of cool tumbles, and eventually land right-side up. For its final trick (presumably),Forza Horizon 3is throwing the vaguely possible out the window in favor of the surely ridiculous....

Coming to iOS in May 2013, hinted for 3DS Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya has new game coming out in a matter of months. That news alone is sure to give fans of the illustrious one-man development team a strong case of the vapors. His latest creation isGero Blaster,a run-and-gun action platformer created in the classic style. It even utilizes theold damsel in distress trope. The difference here is that the damsel inGero Blasteris a cat, and the her boyfriend is a gun-toting frog....

Happy Pancake Day! Today is the most important day. Christmas go screw itself and New Year can piss off becausetodayis the most wonderful time of the year: it’s Pancake Day. Whether you’re religious or not, today’s a day where you can gorge yourself on as many pancakes as you can get your syrup-covered hands on, before lying back in your armchair and letting out some big, battery belches. To celebrate this, our holiest of days, here’s YouTuberTigerTomatocombining the two most beautiful things on this earth: pancakes and video games....

BecauseAngry Birdshas to haveit’s handineverything, or maybe because everyone wants to be part of this ever-expanding franchise, Green Day is now teaming up with Rovio to add band themed levels to the hit game. These levels are to promote the band’s upcoming album ¡Uno! but will only be available on theFacebook versionof the game for now. I’m not really sure whether I should applaud Rovio’s marketing team for being so good at their jobs or make snide remarks about the whole thing....

Hello, $4.99 DLC Hello Kitty and Sanrio are still pretty big.Bigger than an in-housePersonacameoin many countries! And now the worldwide phenomenon is coming to the next iteration ofSuper Money Ball. WhenBanana Maniaarrives on October 5,so too will Hello Kitty. She’ll be a $4.99 DLC just like Morgana, but in this case the premium actually makes sense because it’s not a Sega crossover. Like the other playable characters, Hello Kitty will come with a signature “banana collectible;” an apple....

If you happen to be the type of person who prefers the used game market in lieu of paying full price for your next fix in what amounts to an already expensive hobby, then Free Radical’s David Braben has a few choice words for you. While you might be saving yourself some change, David wants you to know that developers are ending up on the short end of the stick when it comes to the second-hand gaming market....

Did you like it? For the third consecutive year, Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards will feature a segment dedicated to important “industry icons” who revolutionized gaming in one form or another. In 2014 the award went to Ken and Roberta Williams for their remarkable achievements in developing highly influential point-and-click adventure games such asKing’s QuestandSpace Quest. Last year, Brett Sperry and Louis Castle of Westwood Games (Command and Conquer)were honored for their role in developing the real-time strategy genre....

Bigpoint Gamesis celebrating the one-year anniversary of it’sBattlestar Galactica Online, and it wants to cap off the week long festivities by reaching 10 million registered users. “BSGOis a breakthrough title that has empowered us to change perceptions of the kind of gaming experience that can be delivered through a web browser. We’re excited to move forward with this momentum, celebrate our achievements, and reward all of our players in the community who helped us get to this point,” said CEO and Bigpoint Games Founder Heiko Hubertz....

Kill those rockspiders Housemarque is probably best known for its trippy 2D shootersSuper StardustorResogun, but the studio is going in a different direction for its latest gameMatterfall, announced today at Sony’s press conference during Paris Games Week. The trailer showed a guy in aCrysis-lookin’ suit, able to construct weapons on the fly. He fights against some antagonistic red crystals that appear to be taking over the environment and its inhabitants. Then they turned into rock-hard tentacles and attacked him!...

If you’re planning to level up your Alchemy inWoW: The War Within, then you’re going to need a whole bunch of Coreway Catalyst for experiments. If you’re new to the profession, then it’s not exactly clear how you get the reagent, so here’s everything you need to know. Where to get Coreway Catalyst inWoW: The War Within At the release ofWoW: The War Within, there are two ways to obtain Coreway Catalyst, though one is off-limits to you if you’re just starting out....