Black Friday is no longer a day, and it hasn't been for years. Black Friday is a mood, it's a mindset. It's Time To Buy Stuff: November Edition. That's why, a full nine days before traditional Black Friday, Microsoft has unleashed all its d...

It's taken Golem longer than expected to make it onto PlayStation VR, and I worry that for some people, the game missed its window of opportunity – that it's going to seem like too little, too late. VR is a fast-moving field, after al...

Here's something I wish I had never learned: in Sword and Shield, your shiny Pokémon can have one of two particle effects when they pop out of a Poké Ball. Some Pokémon have dazzling little stars, while others have squa...

I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Standing Stone Games, the current steward of The Lord of the Rings Online, and learned some fascinating things about the trajectory of the game over the years. One of the most interesting topi...

Creation is fueled by passion, so it should surprise no one that two years after resigning from Arkane, the studio's co-founder has fallen back into making the type of games Arkane excels at. Raphael Colantonio and Julien Roby -- former Ark...

I don't envy Game Freak. It's a weird statement to make because for more than 20 years, the company has been part owner of one of the most successful video game franchises on the planet. Game Freak has guided Pokémon since ...

Nintendo has released a new trailer showcasing the festive fun headed to mobile racing title Mario Kart Tour. The Winter Tour got underway yesterday, bringing new content and offering up holiday-themed rewards.Snowy new course DK Pass has b...

As I walked through the halls of Standing Stone Games, The Lord of the Rings Online had celebrated its 111st 12th birthday just several months prior. It was one of the few MMOs at the time to take on World of Warcraft and live. It was also ...

Publisher Blitworks has announced that Seba Game Dev's outstanding brawler Fight'N Rage will be carving a path of destruction onto PS4 on December 3, following its recent ports on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Originally released for PC back...

In the wake of the new-and-improved Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer, featuring the freshly-redesigned Blue Blur, there has been talk of how much cash it might have cost the production company to re-sculpt the little fella.A since-deleted t...

Darksiders: Genesis is getting ready to be unleashed next month on PC and Stadia (with a far-out February 2020 release on consoles), but until then, we can speculate and theorycraft on how in-depth this hack and slash is going to be. The la...

British developer Rebellion, known for titles such as Sniper Elite, Strange Brigade and the Zombie Army series, has announced an exciting new board game division, Rebellion Unplugged.Headed up by Duncan Molloy, (formerly of Osprey Games), R...

Have you been keeping tabs on some of the new Steam updates? I know, some of you just keep Steam running in the background and don't notice it, it can be a lot. In addition to the new polarizing UI, Valve has been working on a new initiativ...

Developer Brad McQuaid, a key figure in the creation of legendary MMORPG EverQuest, has died. The sad news was broken by Brad's comrades at Visionary Realms, who announced that McQuaid passed away at his home on Monday, aged 51.McQuaid - kn...

It's nearly time for Borderlands 3's first true endgame challenge. Sure, Mayhem Modes ratchet up the difficulty and the wave-based Proving Grounds are fine enough, but Gearbox is ready to finally give players some real endgame content: Raid...

Poor Handsome Jack. First they took his life. Then they took his legacy. For their final trick, they're going to rob him of his riches. This is why you always get buried with all your valuables. Gearbox has pulled back the curtain on Border...

We've had some tricky game names hitting the market recently. Gylt? More like Gilt or Guilt. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? More like Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. Speaking of Fallen Order, it's a pretty great Jedi simulator, but i...

For years we've heard about Level-5's ambitious new cross-media project Snack World, which spans an anime, toy line, and video game series. But unlike Yo-Kai Watch it kind of just stayed over in Japan, until this fateful week when Nintendo ...

According to figures in Japanese publication Famitsu, Nintendo's Pokémon Sword and Shield sold a total of 1,364,544 combined physical copies during the first three days of release, including boxed releases, download cards and th...

It's so hard to hold water for Shenmue in 2019. Far from a fine wine, it's an acquired taste. It's like an aged exotic cheese for an audience that's primarily sensitive to dairy. The polarizing reaction to the latest Shenmue re-re...

In the wake of the poor box office for Terminator: Dark Fate – a film that is struggling to draw audiences despite the return of stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, as well as producer James Cameron – it appears that...

Dreezy is live this week on the Destructoid Twitch channel with Pokémon Sword and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare! We're also gonna be giving Dreezy another round of waxing this Tuesday with special guest Nanerboots! But, what games do ...

Today's contest features a PSVR copy of workout title BoxVR! Alright nerds, let's face the music -- we could all use a little more exercise in our lives. Sure, sitting on the couch and getting our Dew and 'Ritos on kinda rules, but we gotta...

How does one go about catching a literal million Pokémon in Pokémon Go? Very patiently. A Japanese player by the name of Kyarorina recently broke the unfathomable one-million-catch mark in Pokémon Go. I'm sitting here i...

Sega has taken a break from pumping out the music videos for its upcoming tactical RPG Project Sakura Wars, with a new video focusing on the sequel's eclectic cast and the artistic concepts that originally brought them to life for your gami...