If you haven't played Trials in Destiny before, you're missing out. Years back in the original Destiny, Bungie introduced the "Trials of Osiris" activity into the game. It was a hit with the community, cemented by its unique ancient Eg...

As a part of this weekend's Rainbow Six Siege Six Invitational festivities, Ubisoft finally officially revealed what fans have known for quite some time now. Soon, our favourite counter-terrorist crew will be headed Down Under, when the "Op...

Pictured below: every amiibo figure released worldwide. These little things have served me well in terms of staying up on the amiibo community: which is now a tight-knit group of collectors, removed from the mainstream craze. Yes, while the...

This was a weird week for the UK Charts, which saw numerous titles make high entries, despite so-so physical sales, whilst some "big-name" releases, such as beleaguered sequel Crackdown 3, failed to even break the Top Ten, debuting at numbe...

Apex Legends has had a good first few weeks, but Respawn isn't going to be resting on their laurels: at least as far as the technical side is concerned. Taking to reddit, the team posted a full update on everything going on with the backend...

This weekend, during Toy Fair 2019, Blizzard Entertainment and Hasbro revealed the first line of their Overwatch Ultimates action figure range. This brand was first teased last year by the toy-maker, but now we have some images of the first...

- Contains match spoilers -Last night, Pro-wrestling Sports Entertainment promotion WWE held their annual Elimination Chamber pay-per-view out of Houston, Texas. Among the various bouts on offer - including two taking place in the titular m...

This weekend, Arc System Works announced a new batch of characters coming to their crossover fighting title BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The new scrappers will be added to the arcade version of the game - which launches this Spring - and wil...

Today's contest is for a Steam copy of The Textorcist! It's not often a game makes me wish I were a PC gamer. This is one of those games. We have some Steam copies of typing/bullet hell nightmare The Textorcist to give away. And holy shit i...

You hear stories all the time of people getting motion sickness from playing VR games. It sucks. Hell, in reviewing this game I let all of my roommates try out virtual reality for the first time and, out of the four of us, one actually got ...

Feeling a touch of the post-AGDQ blues? Thankfully, it's not just North America that is serving up good old-fashioned charitable speedrunning for your viewing pleasure. Until February 23, The European Speedrunner Assembly will be bringing y...

We're entering a brave new era of MMO-inspired shooters. After myriad contenders like Destiny and The Division, folks who weren't otherwise accustomed to terms like "endgame" and expansive amounts of loot grinding have found their foot...

Crackdown is a franchise that's built on a hollow structure. It's unapologetically open-ended, encouraging the player to get distracted by whatever flashes across the screen. Crackdown doesn't funnel anyone toward anything. This approach pr...

When Tetris 99 was announced this past week during the Nintendo Direct, it was the first time I'm sure anyone, outside of the developers and Nintendo, had thought to combine the battle royale genre with what is arguably the greatest game of...

There's so much raw potential for games based around anime. Most of it is squandered in favor of style over substance, but every so often a developer will surprise us. Jump Force isn't one of those projects that elevates itself above t...

Get in on this contest to win a Switch copy AND a mug for Iron Crypticle! More physical goodies, please! Today we've got a key and a mug up for grabs for Iron Crypticle, the latest from Rock Boshers and Aqua Kitty developer Tikipod LTD. Com...

Earlier this year, the Destructoid staff posted their list of the 2019 games that we're most excited about. A variety of diverse and interesting games made the list, including a few that have already launched to critical acclaim. For m...

Hamster have brought another, umm, "classic" arcade game to the Nintendo Switch, this time in the form of Taito's not-very-good military shoot 'em up, Front Line.Originally released in arcades back in 1982, Front Line is a precursor to grea...

There's no getting around it: Far Cry 5 had a feel-bad ending. I respected Ubisoft's decision to shake things up with a head-turning closer, but in the moment, after dismantling a doomsday cult from the bottom up (and putting an irreversibl...

Alfonso Ribeiro has been denied copyright approval for his lawsuits aimed at titles such as Epic Games' Fortnite and Take Two's NBA 2K19. Ribeiro had attempted to file against these titles for using the "Carlton Dance" emote, made famous by...

Since the battle royale sub-genre broke into the mainstream with PUBG, many studios have attempted their own take on it, from borrowing elements such as crafting and building mechanics straight out of survival games to just simply copying P...

Bandai Namco, speaking at the ongoing EVO Japan event, announced that the newest DLC characters will be coming to their flagship fighter Tekken 7 on February 28.First up is fan favourite Julia Chang, who returns to the ring sans mask after ...

[ZombieCorps takes over the reins to a beloved community standard in art and expression, Destructoid Draws! From Smash characters to indie games, the community is a wealth of artistic expression just waiting to be converted to DeviantArt So...

As a child, back in my religious days, I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to a foreign country. I was so excited at the prospect of traveling overseas at just 13. Both my brother and I raised money for our trips, went to a three-...

[Update: Since this review was published, I’ve encountered instances of game breaking save bugs that can spawn the player back into locations where they are “locked” in place. This effectively kills your autosave file. Thi...