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Starbound pre-order sales top one million dollars

Less than a month after pre-orders opened for Chucklefish's upcoming sci-fi sandbox Starbound, the developer reports that it has already netted more than one million dollars from over 45,000 pre-sales. In hitting this mi...   more

Starbound pre-order sales top one million dollars photo

The Daily Hotness: Grand Theft Auto V looks huge

Following the most recent trailer for Grand Theft Auto V that was released earlier this week, Hamza put out an extensive preview of the game's systems, as well as a bevy of screenshots. I wasn't a huge fan of GTAIV, but I can...   more

The Daily Hotness: Grand Theft Auto V looks huge photo

Kickstarter game TUG wants to create worlds

We've covered a lot of Kickstarter projects recently on Destructoid, but none in recent memory have been quite as ambitious as Nerd Kingdom's TUG. The single sentence description that has been bandied about is "it's like Min...   more

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Leviathan: Warships release trailer keeps it smooth

I'll admit, I had expected that the novelty would have worn off from the last smooth jazz trailer for the naval warfare strategy game Leviathan: Warships. Still, I started watching the above video and halfway through was chu...   more

Leviathan: Warships release trailer keeps it smooth photo

Real savings on this Unreal Steam bundle

Just when you thought your wallet was safe from Steam sales, something like this bundle drops. In it we see seven games, each using the Unreal engine, for just twenty bucks. These aren't just any Unreal engine games either; t...   more

Real savings on this Unreal Steam bundle photo

Meet the cast of Grand Theft Auto V

Previously, we had heard a bit about the character Michael, a middle-aged man who moved to Los Santos to retire but was drawn back into crime. In this newly released video, we learn a little more about him, but we ...   more

Meet the cast of Grand Theft Auto V photo

First-person shooters linked with better working memory

Dr. Lorenza Colzato at the Leiden University has headed up a study on working memory among gamers and non-gamers. The results were published Psychological Research, and the team put together the video above to spread the wor...   more

First-person shooters linked with better working memory photo

The Daily Hotness: Ten bucks a month for the next Xbox?

Some rumors came out today about the next Xbox, and the most jarring piece of information for me was the idea that the lower tier model would be tied to a ten dollar monthly subscription. As somebody who pays less than half o...   more

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Pew pew pew! Check out these new Mass Effect replica guns

Project TriForce is at it again, making detailed replicas of some of our favorite game items. Joining the M-3 Predator are three more full-scale replica weapons from the Mass Effect series, including the M-77 Paladin, the Get...   more

Pew pew pew! Check out these new Mass Effect replica guns photo

BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia rulebook posted

We first heard about BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia just a few weeks ago, and this week, Plaid Hat Games has released a PDF of the game's rulebook for your perusal. Board game geeks may want to read it from cover to...   more

BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia rulebook posted photo

STEM Video Game Challenge at the White House Science Fair

For the second year now, the White House Science Fair has invited National STEM Video Game Challenge participants in its effort to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) among American youth....   more

STEM Video Game Challenge at the White House Science Fair photo

Listen to the complete Legend of Zelda Twilight Symphony

Earlier this month we learned about Zelda Reorchestrated closing down, leaving the digital release of the most recent Twilight Symphony available only in the dark depths of the Internet. In light of the shut down, the Zelda ...   more

Listen to the complete Legend of Zelda Twilight Symphony photo

The Daily Hotness: Should have been a Sega Uranus

Today, we caught wind of a former Sega employee talking up the unreleased Sega Pluto, and then later it turned out that the other Sega Pluto was owned by one of our own readers. Personally, I think it should have been called ...   more

The Daily Hotness: Should have been a Sega Uranus photo

3DS XL Circle Pad Pro now available on ShopNintendo

Do you have a 3DS XL and one of the hundreds dozens several games that support the Circle Pad Pro, and have been wallowing in self-pity for months because it hasn't been available in the US? Wallow no more, because Ninte...   more

3DS XL Circle Pad Pro now available on ShopNintendo photo

Review: Terraria

It's always been difficult to give a one-sentence synopsis for Terraria. When it was released on PC in 2011, the first description that many gave was that it's "like a two-dimensional Minecraft," but that doesn't really do Te...   more

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Nintendo Direct: Mario and Donkey Kong out on 3DS May 9

It appears that Mario and Donkey Kong are eschewing their adversarial past with the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, as the new Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move implies. We first heard about this new title earlier this y...   more

Nintendo Direct: Mario and Donkey Kong out on 3DS May 9 photo