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Collect-a-thoning your way throughPsychonauts 2just got a little easier Psychonauts 2has plenty of collectibles to collect, but it can get tricky finding them all and tracking your progress. Today, Double Fine announced the Quality of Life update forPsychonauts 2, which should hopefully make things a bit easier. At the outset of the video, Double Fine head Tim Schafer warns that the video for the Quality of Life update does contain somePsychonauts 2spoilers....

‘A personal and holistic look’ at indie developers After a successful round of funding from Kickstarter, Studio Bento has come out with a teaser trailer for its documentary about independent game developers,GameLoading: Rise of the Indies. To date, filming has covered the usual hotspots like PAX Prime, Fantastic Arcade, IndieCade, and GameCity, and interviews with the developers behindThomas Was Alone,Dwarf Fortress,Gone Home,The Stanley Parable,Ridiculous Fishing, and others. Filmmakers Lester Francois and Anna Bradyhave also set up a sitefor those wanting to support the documentary through post-Kickstarter crowdfunding....

Wren Weichman whipped up aSkyrimparody to demonstrate once again how hilariously awesome the game’s glitchescan be. It’s actually a live-action remake ofthis particular gameplay footagethat showcases your follower Lydia’s nigh invincibility. I think the scene is much funnier when the Dovahkiin is expressing actual emotion while Lydia is blonde robot lady with completely anachronistic clothing. If your AI partners are so beastly, why are you needed to save the world again?...

Hey, I know those fish If there’s one element of classicSonic the Hedgehoggames I tend to forget about until I go back to replay them, it’s thespecial stages. Favorite? Least favorite? I like them for different reasons. Sonic 1‘s bouncy mazes were mesmerizing to look at,Sonic 2‘s half-pipe was fun to launch yourself off, andSonic 3‘s blue-sphere-touching, red-sphere-avoiding special stages were satisfying to clear. ForSonic Mania‘s bonus levels, Sega is taking some cues fromSonic CD....

Every year, players get the chance to vote for their favorite PlayStation games in different categories. Several titles have won in various categories, withSpider-Man 2voted the PS5 Game of the Year. The win is not a surprise considering its stellar sales and the positive reception it has received from players and critics. The PS4 hasn’t been forgotten, andHogwarts Legacywon Game of the Year for the console.According to PlayStation, competition was tight, and it squeezed pastResident Evil 4 Remakeby a mere half a percent of votes....

Yes, I did just type that into the headline For those who have been waiting patiently for the 1970s B-movie live action and nonsensical spinning limo gameplay ofRoundabout, the wait is over. We knew it wasreleasing todayonSteamand theHumble Store, and now it is here, and all is well. The release trailer above hints at the plot forRoundabout, complete with a love interest, a dastardly villain, a skeleton, and Danny Baranowsky. Also, the limo can wear a hat that looks like a giant hamburger....

They’re almost playable! [Sr.Churros is a well-educated man who blogs and quickposts often on the community. So when he shared his personal portfolio of amateur games, I just felt like a bunch of games made by one of our own community members deserved to be seen! The community here is awesome with great blogs, music, art, and even games! ~Strider] So during this weekend I was updating my resume for a freelance job vacancy at an IT school here (Pokémon Moonwon’t buy itself, you know?...

Making the list Without any new releases or major events, the sales charts in Japan haven’t moved much the past two weeks. The one interesting note is thatPokémon Sun & Moonhave finally been dethroned in weekly sales by a game that isn’t new:Super Mario Maker for 3DS.Also interesting in thatGrand Theft Auto Vhas moved back up into the top 15 the past two weeks in the form of its “4990 yen version” which is roughly 42 USD....

[Editor’s Note:Ladies and gents, welcome Chris Carter to the front page and the Destructoid news staff. Regular readers will surely recognize his face and name from our community. As always, that’s where our best people come from. Don’t hold back on the hazing!] In caseyou haven’t heard, a multiplayer demo ofTwisted Metalis coming to a PlayStation 3 near you. Now, thanks to thePlayStation Blogcast, we know the date: January 31st, 2012....

That’s my best-case scenario Niohturned out better than I ever would’ve expected, and I love that we’re getting an imminent sequel, but what’s next for Team Ninja now that the PlayStation 4 is starting to wind down? In an interview withEurogamer Portugal, Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi said he expects the PlayStation 5 to “bring new opportunities.” As such, the studio hopes to create “a new game, a new intellectual property.” AssumingNioh 2performs well like its predecessor, I don’t see why that can’t happen....

Cave fans, give yourselves a round of applause. Wetold you a while backthat Makoto Asada had said the region code for the company’s upcomingMushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5for Xbox 360 had yet to be decided. Michael McWhertor over at Kotaku had a chance tospeak withAsada at TGS, and asked if the game would be region-free. His response? “We had a lot of good feedback from overseas users, so for this time, as a test, we’re going to make the game region free so that overseas users can play it....

State of the Game Ubisoft is getting serious withTom Clancy’s The Division. A few weeks back the company started banning cheaterson strike oneand now there’s a new patch planned that will bring, “significant weapon balancing” so that, “players will have the option of using the weapons they like and be more effective with them.” Pretty vague for a“State of the Game”post, which feels like it should carry more import, but, “[w]e’ll be releasing an article very soon to detail just what is happening with the weapons balancing....

In honor ofZeldaweek, I thought it would be fun to celebrate one of the major cornerstones of the entire series — themusic! We all know the melodies by heart, so instead of direct soundtrack rips, I want to showcase a small selection of fan-made musical tributes. Every day through Saturday, I will be sharing a batch of covers, arrangements, and other musical oddities inspired byThe Legend of Zelda. Kicking off the celebration is the infamousZeldarapfrom the NES original’s US commercial....