Zen Studios, the minds behind the Pinball FX series, will be bringing their Sorcerers Lair table for free to all Pinball FX2 Steam users starting June 21, 2013. Good news too, as this table isn't a timed giveaway. It will rem...

Pioneers was chosen as IndieDB's "best indie of 2012," and after spending some time playing it, I can see why. The classic graphics are inspired by old-school Apple or Atari, and while they only use four colors, it...

Pippi Longstocking is making her shocking return to relevance with a new Nintendo DS game. She appears to be more terrifying than when she was last seen in the nineties, though. She now seems to look like the last thing very ...

Despite simply being better than ninjas, pirates have not gotten as much appreciation in video games. We've seen two incarnations of Sid Meier's Pirates!, the Monkey Island games, and the Akella pirate games (Pirates of the C...

The Arkedo Series started life on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, which allowed for rapid development, but not the large audience the games deserved. Now, it's being brought to PlayStation 3 by way of PSN. Sanuk Games is s...

It's still unclear what exactly PixelJunk 1-6 is, but it sure looks pretty. The game was announced for PC, which didn't sit well with some fans of Q-Games' prior work. "Given our history with Sony I think people are being rat...

Q-Games has certainly crafted some interesting experiences with their critically-acclaimed PixelJunk series. From shooters to racers, tower-defense to puzzle platformers, Q's PlayStation downloadables seem to know no bounds....

Have you yet to complete your PixelJunk collection, but have been waiting for a sale? Well, tomorrow is a good day as any because Q-Games is celebrating PixelJunK's 5th Anniversary by dropping the prices of Racers, Monsters,...

In case you aren't aware, PixelJunk Inc. looks to be the raddest game ever. Imagine Castlevania, Metal Slug, Pikmin, and a tower defense all rolled into one. Also, soup everywhere. Naturally, when I got the opportunity to ta...

Have you yet to complete your PixelJunk collection, but have been waiting for a sale? Well, tomorrow is a good day as any because Q-Games is celebrating PixelJunK's 5th Anniversary by dropping the prices of Racers, Monsters,...

Have you yet to complete your PixelJunk collection, but have been waiting for a sale? Well, tomorrow is a good day as any because Q-Games is celebrating PixelJunK's 5th Anniversary by dropping the prices of Racers, Monsters,...

Have you yet to complete your PixelJunk collection, but have been waiting for a sale? Well, tomorrow is a good day as any because Q-Games is celebrating PixelJunK's 5th Anniversary by dropping the prices of Racers, Monsters,...

Q-Games is pimping its online battle mode in PixelJunk Shooter 2 hard this week with a free demo for the game, now available on PSN. If you haven't played it yet, go and get it, because it's worth your time. If you already ha...

Have you yet to complete your PixelJunk collection, but have been waiting for a sale? Well, tomorrow is a good day as any because Q-Games is celebrating PixelJunK's 5th Anniversary by dropping the prices of Racers, Monsters,...

Airtight Games, the folks behind recent the fantastic first-person puzzle-fest, Quantum Conundrum, recently announced the launch of a mobile games studio. And now they've just released their first mobile game, called Pixld. &...

On the cusp of a number of PC summer sales, Indie Royale has released another mostly-fantastic indie game compilation. Known as the The Mayhem Bundle, players will get five indie titles that sufficiently "bring the pain" thr...

We're introducing a new regular feature here on Dtoid for all of you PC gamers. The Weekend Modder's Guide will take a game, usually an older one, and show you how to breathe new life into it. PC gaming has a strong...

It goes without saying that Nintendo’s handheld needs games. As the system has been out for roughly eight months. one genre -- more than others -- that could use a little kick on the butt is the one that found such an i...

I'm an explorer at heart. I derive a vast amount of pleasure from wandering around game-spaces, experimenting with mechanics, and generally seeing what trouble I can get into and hopefully get out of. Some of my fondest memo...

Total Annihilation lives on in our minds even if we don't have many new entries in the genre to capture that certain essence of strategy gaming. Thankfully, we do have Uber Entertainment and its Kickstarter-funded,...

Targem Games has taken to the PlayStation Blog to talk up its Planets Under Attack, which saw a console release today on PlayStation Network. It's another one of those slimmed-down strategy games in the same vein as Eufloria...

[Update: Seems there was a bit of confusion and PlanetSide 2 will NOT be cross-compatible between PC and PS4. DC Universe Online is a still a go for cross play, however.] As amazing as the PS4 conference was, Sony was able to...

Having just read the fourteenth vol of The Walking Dead I've been in full zombie mode, so this latest video from the crew over at dorkly was just what I was looking for. Personally, I don't know if zombies would even bother ...

Prepare to defend yourself from an all new zombie onslaught as PopCap Games has just announced a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies. Scheduled for release in Spring 2013, Plants vs. Zombies 2 will feature new scenarios to keep...

PopCap beat us to the punch by relabeling its game Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time within a new teaser trailer that also reveals the game's July release. This trailer was announced on the official Plants vs. Zombies Fa...

Plants vs. Zombies is free right now for the iPhone and iPad. You can get the game for free until February 28, so you better act quick if you somehow don't own this addictive as hell tower defense game yet. Seriously, what is wrong with you?! That's it for the news, so here's Laura Shigihara performing her Plants vs. Zombies theme because it's just the best.

In addition to dating Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time for July 18, 2013 on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, PopCap has shared a few details about the long-awaited sequel. These are the platforms "at launch," with presumab...

The Plants vs. Zombies IP is a particularly interesting case. After creating one of the biggest casual hits of all time in 2009, Popcap kind of just sat on the property, keeping quiet about future plans despite its popularity...

One of the biggest surprises of E3 has been PopCap's announcement of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare as a real game. Following a spoof pun-filled campaign with the likes of "Petal of Honor", it turns out that PopCap ...

So remember in the first Plants vs. Zombies when you randomly found a taco? Crazy Dave immediately bought it off of you for 1,000 coins, and then he pocketed the taco to eat later. Well in Plants vs. Zombies 2, Crazy Dave fin...

Those looking for an inexpensive, challenging platformer need look no further: Magiko Gaming has released its follow-up to Platformance: Castle Pain. Out today on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel is Platformance: Temple Dea...

A gallery of new PlayStation 4 images have hit the Internet, but they're not the long-awaited pictures of the physical box. Don't be so stupid to think that, you idiot! Instead, you can enjoy some shots of the PS4 user interf...

Last we heard, SuperBot Entertainment had amicably split with Sony after developing PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, but the future of the studio was left uncertain. Well, until today that is, as Edge is reporting that Su...

Something Sony didn't go into great lengths to explain yesterday evening was the PlayStation 4 Eye. Today, Destructoid sat down with SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida, who revealed some new information regar...

Yes! The highly anticipated Update 1.55 is making is finally making its way to PlayStation Home this week. The patch not only features essential fixes like updates to the wardrobe and furniture browser, but other generic ...

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the Escapist's bitter game critic who totally is Jim Sterling's brother / possible doppelgänger, has been known to make videogames from time to time. He's been toiling away in Game Maker for a whi...

Such a great week for fans of Kairosoft's simulation-games-that-are-actually-crack. Android owners can point and laugh as their iOS brethren, as they can rub the recently released Pocket League Story (Android, $5.17) all over...

North American and European Pokémon players with iPhones, iPads, or iPods can download Pokédex for iOS on the Apple App Store today. $1.99 gets you the full details on more than 640 Pokémon, including loc...

The greatest media crossover since Who Framed Roger Rabbit is exactly one month away from its Japanese release. Let the onslaught of television commercials begin! Above is a 30-second spot for Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition, ...

Beginning March 4 in North America, there will be a limited-time Pokémon distribution event for Meloetta at GameStop. After that date, you'll have three weeks to make a trip over to secure this Normal- and Psychic-typ...

Before the launch of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 it was revealed that select winners from this year's Pokémon Video Game World Championships (which ended back in August) would have their characters ...

When I first heard that we would be able to compete against finalists from the Pokémon World Championships in Black and White 2, I thought that sounded really neat. Both for us as players, and for the folks who get to ...

Starting May 8th, you'll have the chance to pick up the legendary Deoxys through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service in Pokemon Black and White 2 -- who will also be appearing in the Pokemon trading card game next month. On...

Mewtwo. I can't put into words how bitter I was that I couldn't get it back when I had Pokémon Blue. It will be available as a special download from February 12th through the 26th for anyone with Po...

After the initial release and success of Pokemon Conquest, we haven't really heard anything about a potential sequel -- that is, until the Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei, Hisashi Koinuma recently dropped a juicy hint....

As weird as it is that the original Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is almost eight years old, it's even weirder that the series is coming back, this time to 3DS. Or maybe I just haven't been paying attention. Also, I suppose milking...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity is finally out, and you can celebrate with two brand new animated shorts compliments of Nintendo. The first one, embedded above, is basically an abridged summation of the first few ...

Pokémon Rumble was launched on WiiWare in 2009 and apparently did well enough to justify a retail appearance. Pokémon Rumble Blast is the mildly anticipated sequel and first official Pokémon game to come ...

Nintendo is starting to roll out more details on the physical aspect of Pokemom Rumble U, revealing the second wave of toy figures -- Eevee, Mewtwo, Croagunk, Zoroark, Litwick and Genesect. Said figures will utilize NFC techn...

It looks like Nintendo is testing the mobile app waters with a new Pokemon app called Pokemon Say Tap? BW. Yes, great name. This app is a timing game that uses music and Pokemon cards with some tap action to make the first Ni...

A short while ago we informed you of the existence of a new Pokemon game in the Scramble line, called Pokemon Scramble U. Now, the official site is open for business, and hot damn is it adorable! Most of the content is marked...

The above is footage of a Japanese fangame called Pokémon Type: Wild. It's a four-button fighter with assists and specials and everything. If you want to give it a spin, it can be downloaded from here. NINTENDO, MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR REAL, YOU SLOW-ASS F#CKS!!! Pokemon As Street Fighter Style Fighting Game [Dorkly]

Beginning March 4 in North America, there will be a limited-time Pokémon distribution event for Meloetta at GameStop. After that date, you'll have three weeks to make a trip over to secure this Normal- and Psychic-typ...

When I first heard that we would be able to compete against finalists from the Pokémon World Championships in Black and White 2, I thought that sounded really neat. Both for us as players, and for the folks who get to ...

Starting May 8th, you'll have the chance to pick up the legendary Deoxys through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service in Pokemon Black and White 2 -- who will also be appearing in the Pokemon trading card game next month. On...

A ton of Pokemon X and Y information has come out of E3, and it looks like we're not done yet. Apparently after choosing your male or female avatar, you'll start your journey in Vaniville Town with four friends who travel ar...

A ton of Pokemon X and Y information has come out of E3, and it looks like we're not done yet. Apparently after choosing your male or female avatar, you'll start your journey in Vaniville Town with four friends who travel ar...

Not content with spoiling us with another awesome Humble Bundle, this week's Humble Weekly Bundle is pretty awesome, offering a whole load of Telltale Games' adventure titles. Back To the Future, Sam & Max: The Devil's Pl...

Telltales' Poker Night at the Inventory 2 is now available for iOS devices. The poker title will work on anything iPad 2 and up, or iPhone 4 and up. And like the PC counterpart, this one is going for $4.99 as well.  On the fence? Go read our official review to see what we thought of Poker Night 2.

PoleRiders is a flash game, and the only way to really understand it is to play it. It is better with two people, and playing alone is far less interesting. Now that I have your attention, PoleRiders takes the idea of pole va...