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Just stay clear of me Alistair Deals brought to you by the crew atDealzon. FYI: sales from certain retailers go toward supporting Destructoid. On Tuesday, November 18 BioWare’sDragon Age Inquisitionmakes its debut on all major videogame platforms for the usual $59.99. I’m optimistic and hopeful about the game in the face of recent decent reviews (as long as Alistair appearances are light in numbers – but that’s just me though)....

Not every game needs to be open world. Although open world projects have been around for a long while, in recent years we’ve seen publishers take things to the extreme (Ubisoft, most notably) — to the point where nearly every one of their games [as a service] needs to be open to some capacity. ButDragon Quest XIisn’t going that route; according to creator Yuji Horii in an interview with EDGE, it’s for a few separate reasons....

$60 otherwise if you want the expansion Chris likedDying Lightwell enough, and I did too, back at the lovelyRely on Horror. I haven’t played it since it released earlier this year, but the way Techland is handling the newEnhanced Editionis compelling me to jump back in. Anyone who currently owns the game will get access to a host of new changes that are coming. Here’s a list of some of the coming improvements:...

Peter Moore still fiercely proud of his company Feline Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore has spoken about that time EA got votedthe worst company in America. Vowing to “do better” in gaining positive sentiment, the grinning executive acknowledged there’s work to be done, but still feels his company gets a lot of undue hate. “This is the same poll that last year judged us as worse than companies responsible for the biggest oil spill in history, the mortgage crisis, and bank bailouts that cost millions of taxpayer dollars,”Moore proclaimed in a blog post....

Skyrim, Fallout, Quake, and so much more [Update: I somehow missed this earlier, but ALL the games on sale here can beyours for $89.99in the QuakeCon pack. That’s 44 games, folks!] QuakeCon is happening down in Texas this week! For those of you that can’t make it, well, you’re in for a treat as pretty much every single Bethesda and iD game available on Steam is all on sale right now....

On May 24th Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornis still operating on its major update schedule before a full expansion drops, and the most anticipated update currently is patch 2.3. It’s expected to bring about new dungeons (Hullbreaker Isle is mentioned, as are hard mode versions of Tam-Tara Deepcroft and Stone Vigil.), daily hunts, Item Desynthesis, a new boss fight with Ramuh, and additional Zodiac weapon quests (coming directly beforehand with patch 2....

I don’t really care if the character models are perfect Shenmue IIIwas announced all the way back in June of 2015, and it’s set for release sometime before the end of this year. There’s just one problem — we haven’t really…seen it yetat length, outside of still screens and some location-heavy clips. That changes this week. Shown off live at the Magic Monaco event at the Grimaldi Forum this past weekend with a big “do not record” notification, it seems like we have our first inkling of whatShenmue IIIlooks like in action....

Friday Night Fights is a weekly gathering of Dtoiders to just play games with one another. Who exactly is Sir Om-Nom-Nom, you ask? Why he’s thisportly fellow. If you haven’t download theLost Planet 2demo, or you do have it downloaded but it’s sitting on your hard drive unplayed, you need to drop everything and get on that immediately. While it’s just a single boss battle, the 4-player co-op combined with the game being incredibly damned fun makes it something special....

Don’t sleep on it Bethesda has revealed a brand new figurine that will “brighten” the bookshelves of any dedicatedFalloutfan. The figurine is a physical representation ofFallout‘s “Mr. Sandman” perk, and depicts Vault Boy cheerful sending a hapless enemy into a land of endless slumber. This full-color, SDCC-exclusive figurine is a variant of the previously released grayscale edition of the same model. Crafted by merch-maker Development Plus, the SDCC-exclusive Fallout Mr. Sandman Technicolor figurine is made of polyresin and stands just under four inches tall....

The holy grail Cupheadhas existed in a state of unreality to me since its E3 reveal. Despite seeing footage of the game, it remained in my mind a concept. One that I was in love with, mind. 1930s style animation. A character whose head is a cup. I love it. But because I’ve never played a game that was completely hand-drawn on a lightbox to look like a 1930s anime, there was always some weird disconnect between what I saw in the trailer, on-screen, and connecting it to inputting commands on a controller....

Announced today at BlizzConline Fresh off of several expansions (as is the custom forHearthstone), Blizzard is ditching the Year of the Phoenix rotation and heading into the Year of the Griffin. Ysera the Dreamer, Malygos the Spellweaver, and Deathwing the Destroyer are in, as is previously announced “Classic mode,” where you can play the game likeHearthstoneoriginally was. Also, the Year of the Griffin is kicking off with the “Forged in the Barrens” expansion, and a 30 Years of Blizzard card back....

It’s as easy as Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo [Update: Microsoft has removed the file needed to update Xbox One in this manner. According to director of product planningAlbert Penello, “…this file is not the day one update. It’s a recovery file. It’s much larger than the day one update, is more complicated to install, and you still have to connect to Xbox Live when you are done. It was never intended to replace the update....

It starts as Pawmi Every so often you run into a Pokemon where the evolution track just clicks. InPokemon ScarletandViolet, for every “you need unique X item in this specific location” catalyst for evolution; there’s a “just level them up” path. With Pawmi, it’s a tad more complicated than that, but mostly involves just straight up leveling. Step one: Find a Pawmi You can locate Pawmi, the first stage of the trio,in the locations above to the east or the south: next to the capital academy city....