Woooo! I thought by this weekend all the iPad stories would have shriveled up and died in a pile of exhausted Apple fanboyism and Apple hatred. Leave it to Sony to make a lowly weekend editors dreams come true. The companyhas commentedon the iPad’s gaming ability and what it means for Sony. “Apple’s entrance into the portable gaming space has been a net positive for Sony,” Sony’s John Koller, Director Hardware Marketing, told the Wall Street Journal....
Despite Japanese consumers giving it the cold shoulder for a long time, it would seem that the Xbox 360 is finally starting to gain some real ground in the territory. Square Enix has noticed this, and is more than ready to keep working on the system. “There is a growing interest in Xbox 360 among Japanese users, due to the release of familiar titles, the increasing appeal of overseas titles, and the excellent reputation of the Xbox 360’s network services,” states Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto....
Not-so-gently down the stream The first title is puzzle adventureGylt,one of the few games specifically designed as a Stadia exclusive. InGylt,players will guide a young girl, Sally, through a creepy, abstract world as she searches for her missing cousin Emily. Despite its quaint art style,Gyltactually looks like quite an unnerving adventure, very nightmarish in tone. Staying with the creepy factor, the second title is 4A Games’ first-person shooter/RPGMetro Exodus, which sees Artyom and his closest allies journey outside Moscow, where they will explore a series of open-world environments, completing missions, helping survivors, and battling hordes of horrific mutants....
Happy birthday, Lara We all love celebrating the anniversaries of our favorite classic games — why not support the next generation of game designers in the process? In honor ofTomb Raider‘s 25th anniversary, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have partnered with a number of renowned artists to create a limited edition set of reimagined box art prints from the series. In addition to creating beautiful art to help fans commemorate the special occasion, 100% of proceeds from sales of the prints will go toGirls Make Games, a fundraising organization that encourages young girls to pursue careers in the gaming industry....
Cubic Conundrum Hamster has returned to the back catalog ofveteran publisher Taitofor this week’s Arcade Archives entry — so get your brain in gear, as the classic cube-based puzzlerFlipullhas returned on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Released to arcades in 1989, before finding its way to a wide variety of home computers and consoles,Flipull,(or “Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game“), is a unique take on block-busting, tile-switching puzzlers of the time, and tasks the player with guiding a cute blob character up and down a ladder, throwing out symbol-covered cubes in order to clear out a horizontal playing field....
This cat made my night. Dead Islandis not offensive, Tony takes a look atRegular Show,The Blocks Comethis now out, I previewedJurassic Park: The Game,King’s Questis coming back, there’s some dirty stuff happening withTwo Worlds IIreviews and more happened on 2/18/11. Destructoid Originals:Operation Flashpoint: RR trailer and exclusive screensDead Island … offensive?Regular Show, representing the retro gamerFriday Night Fights: IT’S MAHVEL BABY!Destructoid: Phil Spector’s Jurassic Zombie DuckstormLive show: Mash Tactics plays community picksLive Show: Backlog ends Mushroom Men, offers prizes...
I pretty much decided against gettingGrand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damnedwhen the price for it was announced. After reading Nick’s preview from today though, I think I’m actually going to get it now. Ten hours of new content and fun looking multiplayer modes sounds like a good deal to me. Reddit and Destructoid have teamed up, Jim shows us naked pictures of the heroine fromX-Blades, D3Publisher sent me some weird stuff, Square-Enix wants Eidos, and plenty more happened on 02/12/09....
‘I guess it goes to show how many people want a new Flipnote’ Every so often my wife and I will look at each other and say, “I missFlipnote.” For those of you who never owned a 3DS (or DSi), Flipnote Studio was a rocking app that ran from 2008 to 2013 that allowed users to send cute notes to each other. Alas like most things on older Nintendo systems it was discontinued, and the hope of a resurrection died with it....
January 14 World of Warcraft Classicis clinging to the past (admirably, I should say), butBattle for Azerothis moving forward, for better or worse. But before Sylvanas becomes one of the most powerful characters in the currentWoWuniverse (incoming lore “actually” discussions when that next expansion launches), we have to wrap up the expansion that’s live now. That includes the upcoming Visions of N’Zoth update, which is out on January 14. That one will bring us back to old areas (Vale of Eternal Blossoms, Uldum) and new ones (Ny’Alotha, The Waking City) in a bid to squeeze all of the last story beats out ofBattle for Azeroth....
Watching old public announcements on YouTube is a brilliant way to waste some time. Hope everyone had a great weekend, and that everyone in the US had a good holiday. I spent my week chilling in the woods sweating excessively. This weekend we have a new Sup Holmes, some Teenage Pokemon, contest winners are announced, and we reported on all the hot news stories. Destructoid Originals:Sup Holmes demonizes shieks with Mike FrauenhoferTeenage Pokemon: Bronies, Therapy, and Evolution...
BoingBoingis one of the finest sites this side ofThe Piratebay. Not only are the editors the only people on the planet who I consider to be my intellectual equals (and your future overlords), but they constantly dig up all kinds of bizarre crap from every dusty corner of the Interweb. Today, they had a post about a game called theSeeburg Ray-O-Lite, a light gun game from 1936. You might be thinking “Nex, that’s not a video game!...
AsDestructoid’s Twitch TV channelcontinues to mutate and expand at a rate that would make Batman’s nemesis Bane blush, we have two new shows coming your way this weekend.Also, Talkshas officially been put on ice after a full year of amazing interviews and baffling shenanigans. In its place is a new gaming show starring Johnny Luchador calledSuper Fantastic Videogame Rad Show: Get There!, or justRad Showfor short, airing every Sunday at 4p....
Quite frankly, there are too many fantastic tracks for me to put on this list to elevate your reading experience. However, the following recommendations will likely become your go-to tracks for quite a while to come. So sit back, get comfy, and get swept away. I have gathered these tracks from my own extensive personal research, and from very popular recommendations from fellow fantasy readers, making this list rather comprehensive. Certain readers will want specific tracks to compliment the genre of fantasy they’re reading, so thankfully the following composers and OSTs will have something for everyone....
