What is your favorite multiplayer map?

See what Destructoid has to say As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found myself drawn towards online multiplayer games. For me, it’s one of the only ways I can get together with friends and family who live hundreds of miles away. Most of the people in my life are into gaming, so it’s always easy for us to find an hour each week to sit down and have a go at it in the various amazing spectacular games we play....

July 5, 2025 · 14 min · 2815 words · Danielle Garcia

Whatever happened to Star Fox 2?

If you’ve just woken up from a coma, you may not have heard that theSNES Classic is coming this September. It’s loaded with 21 classic Super Nintendo titles, fromA Link to the PasttoYoshi’s Island. One game on that list is the biggest and most surprising news though: After over 20 years, the unreleased SNES titleStar Fox 2will finally make its debut on the SNES Classic. Whatever happened to that game though?...

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Lisa Peterson

Will NBA 2K25 have crossplay and cross-progression?

NBA 2K25goes live worldwide on September 6th, and there are some technical changes to expect this time. For starters, developers Visual Concepts are finally going to release the next-gen version on PC (a much-welcome change for PC players). This again raises the question about how crossplay and cross-progression will work in this year’s game. Will NBA 2K25 have crossplay? InNBA 2K24, crossplay was only available on Xbox Series XlS and the PS5 consoles....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Ryan Lewis

WWE 2K22 DLC includes Megan Fox’s bf and that influencer who boxes sometimes

Also some wres… Superstars Today sees theWWE 2Kfranchise make its grand return to the ring.WWE 2K22, the latest in the long-running wrasslin’ series, has returned from a year-long hiatus, self-imposed following thenotoriously poor launchofWWE 2K20.2K Games and developer Visual Concepts have taken the opportunity to tweak the visuals, controls, and overall gameplay of the stagnant series and will be looking to make an impact with today’s launch. One element thatnobodywas interested in tweaking forWWE 2K22was the series’ penchant for DLC....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Shawn Carr

Xenoblade Chronicles’ Definitive epilogue is set one year after the main story

Again, you can play it from the start Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Editionisn’t out until May 29, but that isn’t stopping anyone from speculating on the new epilogue chapter. Slowly but surely Nintendo is dropping kernels of info about it, aswe just recently learned that the epilogue can (thankfully) be played from the startwithout having to complete the original storyline. Now, thanks to a vague tweet from Nintendo of Europe, we have another tidbit....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Andrea Ramsey

You can swap between 8-bit and HD visuals at any time in Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap

Love this feature A handful of games have done the whole “swap aesthetics” thing over the past few years or so, and it’s a really great feature. Although I would have settled for an “either or” option that would entice me to beat the game twice, going above and beyond and allowing players to swap it at any time is a nice selling point and still achieves the same goal of cramming two different styles in one game....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Heather Jarvis

Zygarde’s final form in Pokemon Sun & Moon is a giant mech

OK, OK I feel this [Update:you’re able to check out two new Pokemon in the gallery below as well, as revealed by way of CoroCoro Magazine.] We’ve known thatPokemon X&Y‘s Zygarde had five forms for some time, including its final mecha form, but now we get to see it in action by way of official game footage. Yep, in addition to a cellular tadpole, a tiny snake thing, a dog, and the typical snake form, it’s also a super fighting robot....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Shari Ramirez

10 best Halo multiplayer maps of all time

TheHalofranchise has spawned some of the most iconic multiplayer maps ever made. Since it debuted in 2001, the series has seen players face off in Spartan on-Spartan action across legendary battlegrounds that have cemented themselves in gaming folklore. With so many to choose from, how do you find the 10 bestHalomaps ever? We’re going to try. 10. Valhalla Valhallafelt like a natural evolution of Blood Gulch. Two bases facing off, separated only by a river....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Robert Johnson

25 Days: Win ten PlayArts Kai videogame figures!

[Update:Contest over! Winner is Cataract!] We’re at the home stretch for our25 Days of Givingand this week is all about Square Enix! We’ll be giving away a bunch of game codes everyday but starting today it’s all about Square Enix’s PlayArts Kai videogame toy line! One lucky winner will be getting themselvesTENof the PlayArts figures which will consist ofDeus Ex: Human Revolution’sLawrence Barrett, Adam Jensen and Yelena Fedorova,Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’sSnake and Kazuhira Miller,Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition‘sChun-Li and Ryu andDissidia Final Fantasy’sCloud, Squall and Gabranth....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Angelica Taylor

After a decade of Warframe, humanity is still the key to its storytelling

This article contains spoilers for the recent Jade Shadows update for Warframe. If you have yet to play that, I would implore you to do so before reading this. Warframeis changing. As someone with thousands of hours in the game, that should be scary to me, but like much of the playerbase, I find myself incredibly excited by it. This is not a forced change. Nobody sat in a meeting room and thought, “Let’s do things differently....

July 4, 2025 · 10 min · 1980 words · Joseph Whitaker

Alan Wake PC recoups costs within 48 hours

Oh PC gaming, that hotbed of piracy where developers can never make any money. That’s where Remedy was able to make back all of its porting and marketing costs forAlan Wakewithin a 48-hour period. DAT PIRACY! The game became a number one bestseller on Steam and has done very well for a game that snubbed the PC for two years. So much for Microsoft’s assertion that the gamewouldn’t work on computers....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Melissa Lee

Alan Wake PC vs Xbox 360: Gah! So pretty on max settings

I spent some time withAlan Wakeon my beastly[brag]PC rig (featuring dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 cards) last night, running this already pretty game on max settings. As you’d imagine, it lookssooomuch better than the Xbox 360 original. We already knew that Remedy knows their PC sh*t, butAlan WakePC is a really pretty reminder. There’s so much detail on every surface that I feel like I missed a lot my first time around....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Danny Mendez

Amnesia: The Bunker shaken by delay

Who’s in the bunker, who’s in the bunker? We’re going to have to wait a bit longer to take shelter inAmnesia: The Bunker, as Frictional Games has announced that the title will be pushed back to June 29, 2025 from its March release date. In a statementposted to Twitter, they say that “Frictional has had a tough winter with a slew of illnesses that has affected the development. We are a small team and things like this heavily impacts production....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · David Walker