11 months ago, Witchita, Kansas resident Andrew Finch was shot and killed by police who were at his house reporting to a call of a hostage situation. The call turned out to be a case of swatting, and the alleged perpetrator behind the act, ...

With Microsoft starting to invest heavily in its Game Pass subscription service, this latest report holds some credence. According to Thurrott, Microsoft is preparing two new SKUs for the Xbox One family of consoles. One version will be a r...

The hex nut Pokémon, Meltan, is now obtainable in Pokémon Go. Niantic has given trainers a new "Special Research Task" quest that will reward them with Meltan at the end. Titled, "Let's Go, Meltan," the quest will be...

It's a big year for new characters in the Arrowverse. First, we're getting Ruby Rose's Batwoman, and now Lex Luthor is finally going to show up in Supergirl after being teased since the first season. CW just announced that the characte...

So much for waiting until next week. Amazon has kicked off a price match storm between themselves and Walmart, where a lightning round 24 hours deal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 cuts 33% off the newly released battle royale title down to on...

Uh, that was fast. Season 6 of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't even aired yet, but ABC and Marvel Television were already ready to announce that the first MCU television show will be back for a seventh season. The sixth season is cur...

Castlevania executive producer Adi Shankar has told IGN that he has acquired the adaptation rights for the Devil May Cry franchise and that the two properties will be part of a multiverse of his own creation. Shankar also thanks fans f...

This contest is a bit out there: Win a Suspiria poster from Mondo! My favorite kinds of giveaways are the ones where we get our greasy hands on something that you can't even buy anymore. Limited edition stuff, exclusives, things no longer a...

So let’s talk about alchemy, the magical art of turning one thing into another, or usually, crap into gold. For Potter fanboys, Fantastic Beasts is another welcome view into Rowling’s still magical mind. That’s me, Potter ...

Have you spent the year holding off on buying games because you know one day, soon, they will be far cheaper? If that's you: Congratulations, you made it! It's Holiday Shopping Big Sale Bonanza Season, as Black Friday is a piddly one week a...

Many of you will have to slog through the Hundred Acre Wood and all its mini-games when Kingdom Hearts III releases on January 29, 2019. For that, I am sorry. A place as magical as Winnie the Pooh's hood shouldn't be met with contempt ...

Square Enix has announced that a brand new expansion is heading to Final Fantasy XIV. Titled Shadowbringers, the teaser trailer points to players becoming a Warrior of Darkness. It could also be hinting at some grander story, but I'm not re...

Ever since the Xbox Elite controller released in late 2015, real attention has been paid to premium gamepads. Most of the usual suspects have their own spin on an elite controller by now, like Razer with the Wolverine or Scuf with the Infi...

Watching the reaction to Dark Souls on Switch has been fascinating. It's like a time warp into the year 2009, where I was able to witness all sorts of "nope, I'm giving up" reactions after people's first foray into the Souls series (wi...

Never underestimate the power of fan art. Need proof that fan creations can score you a gig? Look no further than the upcoming Detective Pikachu film, which hired a fan artist during pre-production (per Kotaku). Through Talenthouse, pr...

Astebreed is a fantastic bullet hell game that originally launched on PC and eventually made its way onto PlayStation 4 too. Last week, it was quietly released on the Switch eShop without much marketing or fanfare. After spending some time ...

Blizzard just added an amazing item for the 14th anniversary of World of Warcraft: the Overtuned Corgi Goggles. The description doesn't mess around, as they literally allow you to view the world as if it were inhabited by corgis. Here'...

I don't remember exactly what compelled me to rush out and buy Pokémon Red before the craze began, but I vividly recall the day I went to Toys"R"Us after school and picked it up. I got to Mt. Moon in one sitting and promptl...

After numerous hints, teases, leaks, and nudges, Sunset Overdrive is finally available on PC. From the looks of the trailer, this will be exclusive to Windows 10, but developer Insomniac Games has already confirmed this will be hitting Stea...

Nintendo has made a point of telling us, for the past year, that the 3DS is still going to be a thing until the Switch is a "multiple device per household" product. Let us count the ways: here, here, here and here (you're here right no...

I honestly got stuck with Instantly Family to review. Sometimes as EIC you gotta take a bullet for the team and let someone else review the big Harry Potter film (review coming later) or whatever. I was all set to take the sappy, melodramat...

Darksiders really took me by surprise back in 2010. It kind of just...came out compliments of the now-dead Vigil Games, some of whom moved on to various studios including Gunfire, who are working on the third entry. Though many call it...

A fusion of stark brutality, underhand crimes and complex systems of political and personal power, Widows is far more just than an awards-season thriller, but a sharp and forceful indictment of corruption on every level of society...

[Update: After our story went live, Digital Extremes reached out to Destructoid to further clarify the early days of Warframe, offering the following quote: We've been making games for 25 years; we always knew we had something special with...

Don't sleep on this contest: Win a Steam copy of Bad Dream: Fever. I know Halloween has already came and gone, but that doesn't mean we can't offer up creepy, unsettling, and flat-out weird games whenever the hell we feel like it. I, for on...