How to deal with Big Top in FNAF: Secret of the Mimic

Music Man makes a surprise appearance in FNAF:Secret of the Mimic, yet he isn’t exactly how we remember him. Taking the form of the carnival’s usher, called Big Top, this animatronic may be stationary, but there’s nothing stopping him from using your body like a ticket. Get your ticket ready and stay on high alert, for the Big Top’s less-than-friendly exterior will take an even darker turn as soon as the lights go out....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 805 words · Penny Armstrong

How to find and use balloons in PEAK

Balloons might be a child’s plaything in real life, but inPEAK, they can greatly raise your chance of survival. Any tool that can reduce your fall damage is incredibly useful as you scale the heights. That’s where the balloon comes in, and is of incredible help. Let’s quickly take a look at where you can find them and how to use them efficiently. Table of contents How to find balloons in PEAK Balloons are relatively easy to find, but they won’t be out in the open....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Daniel Perez

How to gameshare on PS5

Game sharing has been a common practice on PlayStation consoles, especially during the days when physical copies of games were more prevalent. PlayStation players could simply lend their game discs to a friend after completing it so that their friends could try the game out for themselves. The process to share digital games on the PS5 is obviously different, with no physical edition to simply hand over. To allow players to share games with each other, Sony had the gameshare feature on PlayStation 4, and it is also available on PlayStation 5....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Dennis Solomon

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure sells 425K, tops charts in Japan

Acclaimed fighter beats out the competition Namco Bandai has a hit on its hands withJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle. The fighting game based on the popular manga hit shelves in Japan last week and unquestionably topped the nation’s weekly software charts with 425,718 units sold. The PlayStation 3 version ofFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborncame in at number two during its debut, selling 184,018 copies along the way.Ragnarok Odyssey AceandLost Planet 3were other notable newcomers, which respectively moved 31,622 and 27,503 units at launch....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Jake Mitchell

Mega Man 10 has a challenge mode, also candy

One of my favorite things aboutMega Man 9was the game’sEndless Mode DLC. Combining the best aspects of roguelikes with traditional Mega Man gameplay just clicked. Tons of randomly ordered levels, plenty of exciting hardships, awesome music, survival-horror tension, and online leaderboards. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. Looks like theMega Man 10will have something similar.Mega Man 10‘s Challenge Mode forces the player to make it through new levels with certain predetermined restrictions; no jumping, no damage, no attacks, that sort of thing....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Lisa Blackwell

Metal Wolf Chaos XD delayed to mid-2019

A national crisis With patriotic tears being shed across the globe, Devolver Digital has announced thatMetal Wolf Chaos XDhas been delayed. The modernized version of From Software’s greatest work now has a release window of mid-2019 instead of the previously announced 2018. No specific details were given as to why the game has been delayed, but hopefully it results in a release date of July 4. Only a truly patriotic hero likeMetal Wolfdeserves to be released on the greatest day of the year....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Brooke Barrera

Monopoly GO: How to get Galactic Treasures dig event laser guns

Another event has arrived inMonopoly GO; this time, it’s a space-themed one known as Galactic Treasures. To obtain rewards, you collect laser guns, known as pickaxes in previous events, and unearth objects to complete prize milestones. Here’s how to get laser guns for theMonopoly GOGalactic Treasures event. How to get laser guns forMonopoly GOGalactic Treasures dig event Finding more Galactic Treasures laser guns inMonopoly GOrequires participating in tournaments and events, redeeming your free store gifts, and completing daily Quick Wins....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Brenda Knapp

Monster Hunter adds Neon Genesis Evangelion characters, armor

Evamon Monster Huntercontinues its quest to cross over with everything.Monster Hunter 4 Ultimatehas been gettingregular, free DLCincludingAnimal Crossing,Devil May Cry, andFinal Fantasynods. Japan’sMonster Hunter Frontier G, meanwhile, has a newNeon Genesis Evangeliontie-in timed with the release of the final “Rebuild” movie that consolidates the original series. (Destructoid commnity member Ramminchuck got meEvangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alonein a secret santa like 4 years ago and I still haven’t watched it, sorry!...

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 85 words · April Nelson

New Destructoid Episode: Gears Beta, UFC, and Rap Music

Cowabunga dudes. New Destructoid episode, since it’s Monday and everything. Last week, I had a dream that Nick Chester was French and dating my mom, how messed up is that? On a less weird note, he hasa releases of the week video. After said video, Tara gives us the latest onthe PSN outage. She says words like “firewall” and “network” so stare at my Boba Fett mug for two minutes. Then,...

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Christina Rivas

New study shows that children may benefit from videogames

BREAKING: Actually being a parent to your child also proves beneficial A new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that children and young teens aged 10-15 who play a small amount of videogames each day show slightly higher levels of psychosocial adjustment than kids who don’t play at all. The children who played an hour or less a day were found to possess higher levels of “life satisfaction” and “prosocial behavior” in addition to lower levels of “externalizing and internalizing problems....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Ryan Holmes

Nintendo of Europe’s 18+ eShop restriction is no more

Come one! Come all! To Nintendo’s House of Smut and Sadism! Nintendo has been trying its best to prove that its hardware is not just for children, but then thingshappenand it’s back to the kiddie corner. The most recent roadblock has been anonsensical eShop restrictionthat prevented anyone in the European territories from purchasing 18+ rated games until the wee hours of the night. All because Nintendo of Europe was adhering to some backwards German television law that should have had no bearing on digital software distribution....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Charles Gonzalez

On Cliffy B, microtransactions, and Electronic Arts

‘Companies exist to make money’ Aswe noted yesterday, former Epic man Cliff Bleszinski took some time to defend the controversialuse of microtransactionsin retail games, sticking up for it on the basis that companies exist to make money. I rarely turn down an opportunity to have a debate on these matters, so let’s offer a respectful disagreement. “The video gameindustryis just that. An industry,”he wrote on his blog. “Which means that it exists in a capitalistic world....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1067 words · Robert Taylor

Onechanbara Z2: Chaos announced for PlayStation 4

Sony’s PlayStation 4 isn’t setting Japan ablaze just yet, like it is in much of the world. Part of that has to do with the dearth of software specifically targeted toward Japanese audiences. EnterOnechanbara Z2: Chaos, the latest hack and slash from Tamsoft and Bandai Namco subsidiary D3 Publisher. Onechanbara Z2: Chaoswas announced in the latest edition ofWeekly Famitsu, and now we get our first look at the title’s zombie-slaying heroines courtesy of thepublication’s website....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Hector Choi