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And now so do I Omega Force has gotten its hands on properties likeGundam,One Piece, and nowThe Legend of ZeldaandDragon Quest— but, in an ideal world, the studio would be working on something bigger:Star Wars. Yes, aStar WarsMusou title. Can you even imagine? I’m sure you can. “It’s a personal opinion but I’d love to work withStar Warsone day, if I got the chance,” Omega Force’s Akihiro Suzuki toldEurogamer. Hyrule Warriorsproducer Hisashi Koinuma elaborated, saying: “It feels like something that has definitely been discussed amongst team members — even if it was just down the pub....

Welcome to the disorganized summer without E3 [Update: Sony’sPS5: The Future of Gamingevent is happening on June 4.] Without E3 to guide us and limit things to a three to five day announcement period: anything goes. Developers and publishers alike are scrambling to figure out how to fight for attention in a lawless summer, setting up individual showcases and streams with lo-fi Zoom talking head portions and trailer feeds. But amid all this chaos, one event stands above them all: the PlayStation 5 reveal....

Three new maps, new game modes During Respawn’s PAX East panel on the development ofTitanfallthe team announced its first new DLC,Expedition, which takes place after the story (it had one) ofTitanfall. Shown off in the above screen is Swampland, where there’s some archaic alien junk and a lot of trees. Yes, you can wall run on trees, Tarzan. It allows for more unpredictable paths while wall running rather than more linear buildings....

Earlier this week we reported thatAtari had acquired Cryptic Studiosfor a ton of money and the potential of sales bonuses if Crytpic’s future MMOs surpassed minimal expectations. Apparently, Atari wasn’t the only big publisher with its hand in the studio’s cookie jar. Ubisoft wanted the company as well, and wanted it bad enough to express anger that the deal went Atari’s way. Alain Martinez, Chief financial officer at Ubisoft recently spoke at a UBS conference (viaEurogamer) and said, “We [Ubisoft] lost one deal which we were a bit mad [about]....

Freebies and cheap Civilization On a tight budget and need to blow off some steam this weekend? Even if you’re on no budget at all, there are fivefree gamesavailable from various sites, but they’re all only $0.00 for a limited time. GOG is giving away copies ofMount & BladeandSang Froid – Tales of Werewolvesthrough the end of today. Origin’s free game of the week becameDeath in Bermuda, which normally runs $15 and is among the highest list price games for free this weekend....

Like a papercraft Rocko’s Modern Life Have you ever slapped someone with a sticky hand out of a coin-operated vending machine? Do you need a modern-day analog sans real-world repercussions? Well, small Swedish developer Zoink! seems to have you covered inStick it to the Man!, which is dropping this year on PlayStation 3 and Vita. This trailer is totally bizarre, featuring a really cool art style. It’s definitely got a 90’s cartoon feel....

It’s an opportunity Mass outbreaks have been around for many generations in thePokemonseries, but maybe this is your first time hearing about them. In that case, we got you covered! What is a mass outbreak, and where do they occur? Every day, mass outbreaks will happen throughout the map, consisting of either Pokemon you’ve seen before (with their icons), or ones you haven’t (with the question mark neon red symbol above)....

Pour one out (Update:Well, I guess that explains the fast turnaround I mentioned.Numerous tweetsallege that the “renewed season”is merely the second runof episodes held back from season one. This, according to animation industry fans and workers,is a common tacticused to avoid production and animation studio payments from rolling over — technically meaning that the distributor bags two “seasons” of a show for the production price of one. For further reading, see “New Deal 4 Animation”....

ZOIDS! [Update:Tomy has confirmed to Destructoid thatZoids Wild: Blast Unleashedis coming to Switch this October. It’ll feature 3D 1v1 combat with story and versus mode support. you may catch the new trailer above.] Zoidshas survived for nearly four decades now. Can you believe it? While so many other major toy-cross-media franchises have come and gone, or went on hiatuses then thrown as a bone to Michael Bay,Zoidshas remained an enduring series in Japan and in many parts of the world....

Look up! I found this new video on Konami Japan’s YouTube channel this morning. It’s not much at only 15 seconds long, but it’s good enough that I’ve watched it 3 times already. The video’s first sneak-behind stealth kill is one of the first things we saw when the game was announced. The ceiling-to-floor stealth attack is where the money’s at, and the subsequent slashing makes it even better. It’s dick move on top of dick move....

[Updated on July 21, 2025]Lego has apologized for not crediting community designer Jonas Kramm in its gift to developer Hideo Kojima. Kramm posted on social mediaa message he received from the Lego group.In short, someone at Lego did take inspiration from Kramm’s build. Lego apologized for not crediting the work, and will speak with Kojima about getting Kramm’s design credited. “You should never take credit for someone else’s design, but I’m glad that Lego has admitted their mistake and apologized....

What a time to be alive Two years later,Age of Empires II HDis still going strong. So strong that, according to producer Ryan Chaply, more people have spent 50+ hours with the game than there are actual humans living in Little Rock, Arkansas (~200k, says Wikipedia). Better give them something new. The community team behindThe Forgotten, an expansion forAge of Empires II HDreleased in 2013, is once again collaborating with Skybox....

What may have been a slip by gaming accessory company PDP at the GameStop conference in San Antonio, Texas has already been wiped over with another statement, but it’s really too late for that. Everybody knows. Nintendo hates you now, PDP. If apostfrom a NeoGAF member and show attendee can be believed, at this managers conference PDP showed off their fall accessory line-up, and wrapped up their presentation with an availability date for their goods....