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Best of 2012Modern-day gaming is nothing without a strong visual design. From simple retro aesthetics, to visuals that push a gaming machine to its limits, we're treated to a wide range of visuals that evoke any number of feelings. Even though we're nearing the ends of the current generation, developers are still finding ways to push the graphical engines on these aging machines. There were a ton of great-looking games this year, and it wasn't easy narrowing down the list to just five. As a reminder, here are our nominees for best visuals of 2012: The Walking Dead And the winner is ...
Journey Of all the games in 2012, Journey has one of the best visual designs out there. What makes it especially so compelling is the sense of timelessness it gives off. In five, ten, however many years, Journey will always be one of those games that you can look back on fondly and still consider visually pleasing to the eyes. It's those visuals that also play an important role in the story developer thatgamecompany set out to present as a reflection on life. The game opens up with a sense of warmth when you begin your quest. As you progress things will get increasingly darker as you learn your culture's sad history. Eventually you're thrown into a depressing coldness, causing you to question what went wrong along the way. And just when you think all hope is lost, Journey instills a sense of pure joy that will leave you energized for days to come.
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4:00 PM on 06.19.2013 Our personal game of the show picks for E3 2013E3 may be over but some of us can't stop talking about all the cool things we got to see and play at this year's show. There was just so much good stuff on display, both for current-gen and next-generation consoles. We alread...
1:00 PM on 06.18.2013 Destructoid's Best of E3 2013 winners!Titanfall already took home our Game of the Show award for E3 2013. So what about the rest of the categories and games? Well after some much needed rest and relaxation we've decided the rest of the winners for all our categor...
8:50 PM on 06.14.2013 Destructoid's E3 2013 Game of the Show: TitanfallThose that managed to play Respawn Entertianment's Titanfall at E3 this year had the ultimate bragging rights. Players were like small-time celebs at evening events, with others asking everything they could about the title. S...
5:00 PM on 06.13.2013 Destructoid's Best of E3 2013 nominationsE3 is HUGE this year. There's a ton of buzz around next-gen games, plus consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Of course, there's still a ton of solid current-gen games on offer at the show this year. We nom...
1:30 PM on 04.09.2013 EA voted worst American company in 2013How time flies! In April of last year, Electronic Arts "won" the worst American company of 2012 award, beating out near-criminal banks and oil companies to achieve victory in The Consumerist's publicly voted poll. EA has now ...
10:00 PM on 03.29.2013 Phantom Pain, Destiny, & A Total Eclipse of Battlefield 4Holy moly, you guys, it's been a long week, and we had lots of news out of GDC to cover on today's Destructoid Show. For starters, EA showed off seventeen full minutes of Battlefield 4, which looks very pretty, albeit exactl...
10:30 AM on 03.29.2013 Journey inspired by World of Warcraft, lonelinessthatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen delivered a talk on Journey, right on the heels of a sweep of the Game Developer’s Choice Awards the night prior. Naturally, the room was packed full, and Chen received a lovely stand...
9:30 AM on 03.28.2013 Journey kills at the Game Developers Choice AwardsGame of the Year, Innovation Award, Best Audio, Best Game Design, Best Visual Arts, Best Downloadable Game. That’s 6 out of 11 total awards, and the game was ineligible for two of them (and I’m still not sure why ...
8:30 AM on 03.28.2013 Cart Life and FTL win big at the Indie Games FestivalThe Game Developers Conference currently going on in San Francisco is home to the Independent Games Festival. A couple of months ago, the finalists were revealed. Last night, the winners were revealed. Richard Hofmeier’...
10:00 AM on 03.24.2013 The top ten MUST play games of PAX East 2013The PAX East show floor this year is a perfect reflection of how much of a transition period we're in while we wait for the next-gen cycle to start. There are several big name titles on display here, but a lot of the floor th...
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