Sony is ‘bringing back’ some alternate DualShock 4 colors

Including Berry Blue This month, a selection of alternate DualShock 4 colors will “return” at participating retailers. Sony is also “bringing back some of the more recent stylish designs” on itsdirect-to-consumer store. The list includes Steel Black, Rose Gold, Red Camouflage, and the eye-popping Berry Blue In light of the recent confirmation that DualShock 4 controllers will work with PS4 games on PS5but not PS5 games– to say nothing of the $65 price – this will be a tough sell for many of us....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Scott Wilson

Sony’s rigid cross-play stance might prevent Elder Scrolls Legends from seeing a PS4 release

What a ‘feature!’ Bethesda, hilariously, has had a hell of a time dealing with Sony policies over the years. Sony infamously blocked Bethesda when it came to console mods, and now here the publisher is dealing with another issue in 2018. This time,speaking to Game Informer, Bethesda’s Pete Hines says that their vision ofThe Elder Scrolls Legendsinvolves cross-play all-around; and that platforms that don’t support that vision might be ignored entirely....

June 15, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Sarah Whitaker

The Dude abides! The Big Lebowski has a chiptune album

8-bit Lebowski by Chipocrite celebrates 15 years of White Russian cocktails You ought to know by now if you dig the Coen brothers’ classicThe Big Lebowski. If you haven’t seen it, you probably should. If you have and didn’t enjoy it, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. The Big Lebowskicelebrated its 15th anniversary yesterday, so in honor of its legacy, musician Chipocrite decided to release ashort chiptune albumthat covers six songs off the film’s soundtrack....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Joseph Campbell

The fated tower is back in Arcade Archives’ The Return of Ishtar

Too old for all these stairs… Retro publisher Hamster can’t get off of its Namco kick at the moment, bringing something particularly leftfield to the Arcade Archives this week. Now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, it’s dungeon-crawling classicThe Return of Ishtar. Released to arcades in 1986, before being ported to formative platforms such as the Sharp X68000 and the Fujitsu FM-7,The Return of Ishtaris a sequel to 1984’sThe Tower of Druaga, and is the second release in the cute ‘n’ compactBabylonian Castle Saga....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Christopher Dawson

The Future Games Show will air its summer showcase on June 11

June is starting to stack up Summer is just around the corner. Alongside the sunshine and blue skies, more games showcases are cropping up for the annual airing of game showcases, like the Future Games Show. GamesRadar+announced todaythat the Future Games Show will air on Saturday, June 11 at 3 p.m. ET / noon PT. The show will air onTwitch,YouTube, and several other major streaming locales. We’re back! Future Games Show Powered by Mana to broadcast on Saturday June 11https://t....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Holly Sanders

The studio behind Rust has a new turn-based tactics game called Clatter

Releasing real soon on Steam The good people of Facepunch Studios are about to let their cutesy robotic turn-based tactics gameClatterout into the world. Some robots breathe fire, others bombard from afar, and when all else fails, there’s nothing a well-timed rocket can’t fix. It’s all about putting together a cohesive squad. Clatterreminds me thatInto the Breachcame out this year and I never mopped up all of the individual squad challenges....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Anna Hubbard

Top 7 Fatalities in All of Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombatgameshave gone a long way from being okay fighters that made up for their shortcomings with huge amounts of brutality. The last few games in the series absolutely rock even from a serious competition standpoint, but I still love the series’ absolutely absurd displays of violence. Here are my favorite fatalities inMortal Kombathistory. 7. Smoke bomb Though easily the least graphic one of the bunch, Smoke’s explosive fatality is the most deadly inMKhistory....

June 15, 2025 · 5 min · 913 words · Joseph Williams

Twitch Prime just added a Borderlands 3 trinket (plus golden keys) and a ton of great Devolver games

Enter the Gungeon, for one Earlier this month Twitch Prime announceda ton of new December offerings(including a newMagic: Arenadeck), while teasing more goodies later in the month. That time has come, and it turns out that the freebies are a bunch of pretty good Devolver Digital indies. Available now on Twitch Prime are:Enter the Gungeon,Ape Out,Witcheye,Heave HoandGato Roboto. We reviewed all of them! Even though they’re free and you can just add them to your account now, you can discern which one is worth your time....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Karen Medina

Vampire Survivors gets Whiteout update just in time for the holidays

Ponclehas unveiledthe latest update for the seminal auto-aggro gameVampire Survivorsfor the holiday season. It’s the Whiteout update, also known as update 1.7.0, a festivelittle additionthat will get you into the holiday spirit if you haven’t accepted it into your heart already. The Whiteout update is absolutely free (Merry Crimbo) and available now. It comes with all the holiday fixings: Thanks, Santa! Meanwhile, there’s a tongue-in-cheek trailer to watch that will remind you that big department stores have been celebrating the Birth of Christ since July....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Nicole Taylor

Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate adds Achilles and Hades to the cast

The warrior of Troy Remember with Koei Tecmo made that really awfulWarriorsgame based on The Iliad? I don’t blame you if you don’t, because it’s probably one of the company’s worst games. Still, Achilles exists within theWarriorsmultiverse (or whatever you want to call it), so he’s now joining the cast ofWarriors Orochi 4 Ultimate. He was previously inWarriors Orochi 3, but this newest update/expansion isbringing guest characters backinto the fold....

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Yvette Powers

Watch the London Symphony Orchestra do Final Fantasy… in 3D!

Just imagine the Chocobo racing theme We here at Destructoid sometimes get a bit distracted by the crasser things in life. When we’re not making sweet love withfictional wrestlers,we’re wanking off cars, but we’ve got to have a bit moreclassandcultureevery once in a while. Appreciate the fine arts a bit more: Mozart, Monet, drinking Sauvignon Blanc and owning a bajillion horses. Embracing the growing class divide present in British society, clay pigeon shooting, water polo, banking, Oxford University....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Meredith Smith

Wowzers, Hearthstone pulls in $20 million per month

How much of that is you? Research firmSuperDatais reporting that Blizzard’s free-to-playHearthstone: Heroes of Warcraftis making $20 million a month; more than any other digital card game. When compared to other popular free-to-play games,Hearthstonecomes in aboveDota 2‘s $18 million a month and hugely trails what may very well be the most popular game in the world,League of Legends, which pulls in $123 million a month. That is a lot of cheddar....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Kimberly Perez

You can nab Yooka-Laylee and Void Bastards for free from the Epic Games Store if you need ’em

Two games today, and Automachef next week I like helping you all get as many free games as I can, and so here we are again, back for another Epic Games Store nudge.Yooka-LayleeandVoid Bastardsare up for grabs until August 26, at which point the next free title in the rotation,Automachef, will tag in. Look at that! I got you in and out in the first paragraph. But I can’t stop there....

June 15, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Aaron Pruitt