Level-5 CEO: ‘In the future our main titles will all be released on Nintendo Switch’

Nice Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino is one of the most open studio leads out there, and recently he spoke to Nikkei Trendy to sort of lay out his company’s plans for the rest of the year and going forward. First off, Hino plainly states: “Basically, in the future our main titles will all be released on Nintendo Switch. The idea is that what we have created for 3DS will move over to Switch....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Katherine Thompson

Live show: Birds of Steel on Mash Tactics

It’s another “New Release Showcase” today onMash Tactics. With a fairly barren release week, King Foom is making it work with some interesting war games. First up is Konami’s new aerial combat gameBirds of Steel. After that is the bizarre alternate reality RTS game,Gettysburg: Armored Warfare. Tune in and see some skirmishes that may otherwise pass you buy. Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDestructoid’s Twitch TV channel. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Martin Cooper

Lorne Lanning’s plans for the Oddworld series include Foxxcon allegories

There’s a dark future beyond Oddworld: Soulstorm I was a few minutes late for my appointment withLorne Lanning, twisted father of theOddworldseries. My last appointment had run long, so I made my way to the same hotel where I sawStarr Mazer DSP, embarrassed that I had kept him waiting. When I finally approached him, glazed in the awkward sweat that comes with rushing somewhere, he greeted me with a sly grin and the words “Thank you for your Mudokon voices, Zack!...

May 21, 2025 · 4 min · 847 words · Manuel Saunders

Michelangelo or Donatello? Round two of Splatoon’s TMNT splatfest starts today

Party Dude or Does Machines? It’s time for the next round inSplatoon 2’s Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle-themed splatfest. After Cool-but-(C)rude Raphaeltook the victory overteam-leader Leonardo last weekend, this weekend will see Michelangelo take on Donatello. Pearl, showing a rare moment of bad takes, is backing the irresponsible Michelangelo, who’s more likely to be working on his radical ‘tude than covering your shell in battle. Marina has chosen the corner of mechanical whiz Donatello, who is known for his outstanding intellect and having the dullest weapon on the team....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Valerie Lawrence

Monopoly GO: All Shark Track rewards and milestones

The Shark Track tournament inMonopoly GOis making a reappearance for the third time during the next 24 hours. Like previous versions, you obtain a mix of dice, cash, and stickers during the tournament, allowing you to fill up your album sets, upgrade your landmarks, and progress through other events. Let’s check out Shark Track’s reward list. Monopoly GO Shark Track tournament rewards list Monopoly GO’sShark Track tournament has 25 rewards you may obtain during the next 24 hours, ending on June 27, 2025....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Sheri Parsons

My Nintendo gets some new rewards for June, hold your applause

Keep holding it My Nintendo is such a funny thing. Every time I look at it I just miss Club Nintendo, and pretty much everyone else in the comment section does too. You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone! There were so many issues with the service, especially in later years when they cut down on the cool Platinum rewards in favor of making them digital only (and underwhelming at that), but the idea of getting anything free is something I’d welcome back with open arms....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Gregory Rodriguez

New Valorant mobile leak shows features that are yet to arrive on PC

A newValorantmobile leak has surfaced online and shows certain features that are yet to arrive on the PC version of the game. This new leak shows some advanced training modes that include jump peeking and jiggle peeking. Jiggle and jump peeking are some gameplay mechanics that PC and console players implement during matches to gather info on opponent positions. These types of peekings expose a little part of the Agent’s character model for a brief period....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Colleen Lawson

News flash: Blood of Bahamut still awesome

Do you know what is going to be awesome?Blood of Bahamut, that’s what. Do you still need more convincing? Check out thenew Japanese trailerover at a Japanese website where you may’t read anything but you can still enjoy the wonderfully awesome-looking game. If you’re not excited for this sucker now, then you’re never going to be. There isn’t much new we can tell from the trailer, but just seeing more is pretty darn exciting....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Jason Sanders

Ninja Time Codes (August 2025) [Throwables]

Updated: June 04, 2025 We added new codes! Roam the Hidden Leaf Village, where the world’s greatest shinobis are born and raised.Ninja Timewill let you revisit iconic spots from theNarutoanime and meet some of your favorite familiar faces. Master memorable moves and train hard to make Kakashi proud. Becoming a Hokage isn’t easy, but everything is possible if you believe enough—and redeemNinja Timecodes, of course. With their help, you’ll unlock more spins to customize your clan and element....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Joshua Williams

Nioh has gone gold, more info coming this week

A January 20 livestream Nioh, my most anticipated game of 2017 currently (“currently,” because who knows, maybe From Software will announce anotherSoulsgame or we’ll get aDevil May Cry 5at E3!), has gone gold. That means that it’s done and dusted, and ready to ship — it’s just awaiting its February 7 release date. But before then the game’s director, Yosuke Hayashi, will be hosting a livestream on June 30, 2025, at 10:00PM JSTon YouTubeto share a few more zero hour details....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Michael Le

Now that Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 is over, which runs should we watch?

Speedrun marathon brought in $1.5 million for charity Awesome Games Done Quick ended this weekend, and what a show it was! The week-long live-streaming gaming marathonraisedmore than $1.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. We covered several breakouts from the event, including:TASbot shenanigans,a wildSuper Mario Bros. 3glitch,I Wanna Be The Boshy,Kaizo Mario World,and some incredibleTetrisskills. I’m still catching up — there’s so much footage to comb through even if you’re only looking at recommended speedruns!...

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Jeremy Mendoza

Overwatch is adding CTF and custom rulesets in the next patch

Server browser and more coming to PTR Overwatch‘s current seasonal event, Year of The Rooster, added a Capture the Flag mode that proved to be quite popular. So popular, in fact, that game director Jeff Kaplan went back onhis previous claimthat CTF would be limited to the run of the event. In today’s developer update, Kaplan said that CTF would be available as a custom game mode once the next patch rolls out, after testing on the Public Test Realm....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Paul Stevens

Remnant 2 weapon tier list: Fully up-to-date with all DLC weapons

When it comes to loot variety and uniqueness,Remnant 2is easily one of the best games in its niche. All the weapons, armor pieces, and other goodies are unique, but some of them are just better than others. That’s why a tier list ofRemnant 2weapons is necessary. Well, “necessary” is perhaps too strong of a word: the vast majority ofRemnant 2‘s weapons will function just fine in most of the game’s content....

May 21, 2025 · 5 min · 906 words · Dorothy Edwards