Much has been made about Epic Games securing exclusives for its digital storefront by throwing around cold hard cash. In the case of midsize projects, Epic guarantees developers will break even on their costs. Even if the game doesn't sell ...
Only a week after launching, Borderlands 3 is already looking forward to the holidays. The people of Pandora aren't taking a vacation, though. They're shooting at specters and skeletons. For Halloween, Gearbox is throwing a free Bloody...
For a game that was announced nearly three years ago, it sure feels like we don't really know all that much about The Last of Us Part II. Sony has been tight-lipped about the sequel, shying away from the drip-feed of marketing that highly-a...
I shouldn't need to talk you into picking up a game as perfect as Downwell when it's free. Heck, you should probably already own it somewhere -- PC, Switch, PS4, mobile -- because it's only $3. But, $3 is $3, and free is free. For the ...
Rockstar developed a few add-ons for the original Red Dead Redemption, but none were more ambitious than Undead Nightmare -- the zombie-themed DLC that contained a new campaign. Now, it seems as though the sequel might get its own Unde...
While all the console and PC folks have to wait another five weeks to officially get their hands on the next Call of Duty game, the wait for the mobile crowd is much shorter. The cleverly-titled Call of Duty: Mobile blasts o...
In a strange turn of events, two platform-holders have competing arrangements with a property that neither probably cares about anymore. After acquiring Insomniac Games last month, Sony finally confirmed that it now has the rights to all of...
E3 has undergone major changes over the past few years. No longer the trade show that everyone must have a presence at, big-name publishers have pulled out of exhibiting at the Los Angeles Convention Center in favor of holding their own off...
We're quickly hurtling toward a future where every major publisher has its own PC launcher. EA, Xbox, Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, Bethesda -- scratch that first sentence; we're basically already there. It's time to add one more to the lis...
Gears 5 is a big game in a few different ways. It's big in that it's robust, packed with more content and modes than ever before. It's big in that it's important, the latest entry in one of Xbox's flagship series. And, it's big in that it's...
It was the best of Gears, it was the worst of Gears. It was an amplification of everything every Gears before did well, and it was a maturation of everything those same games struggled with. It was an identity crisis, a dysmorphic preoccupa...
The cult classic Killer Queen is breaking free from the arcades that it was restricted to. First revealed at E3 2018, multiplayer party game Killer Queen Black is headed to homes next month. Developer Liquid Bit has finally naile...
This post feels like confirmation of the already-expected -- like reporting that, yes, the sun rose this morning and, yes, it'll set this evening. Geoff Keighley's Game Awards are back, baby! You knew this would be the case, you could feel ...
One of us! One of us! Wait. It's not that easy. You have to prove yourself first. We think we have a new guy all lined up to start streaming on Destructoid's Twitch channel. But, it depends on whether he can prove his dedication to th...
Control is the sort of game that you don't stop thinking about when it's finished. It invites retrospect and analysis -- a thorough rehashing of everything you saw and read along the way, all in pursuit of connecting every little threa...
Super Meat Boy Forever feels like it's taking, well, forever. Originally set for April, Team Meat had to delay and set a new imprecise launch date of "After but not too far after April 2019." Now five months later, the clock keeps tick...
Gears 5 takes risks, more than just dropping the "of War" from the title. There are structural changes so that developer The Coalition can sincerely call this the biggest Gears game ever. In service of that goal, it works. Gears 5...
When Super Meat Boy Forever eventually launches, the PC version will only be available on the Epic Games Store. That's a growing trend in the PC market, as Epic has made a concentrated effort to ink big-time names to exclusivity agreem...
Tim Schafer is a busy man as of late. As if the stress of developing Psychonauts 2 weren't enough, he's also managed to find time to sell his studio. At E3, Schafer took the stage at the Xbox press conference to announce that Microsoft...
[Update: The first batch of Super Nintendo games is now live for subscribers. You can download the launcher app from the eShop – it's listed in the Nintendo Switch Online category.] Nintendo Switch Online is ready to entire the next ...
Double Fine has had an important side hustle ever since 2014. Primarily a development studio, Double Fine started a publishing arm five years ago. The concept is mutually beneficial: Indie developers get their name attached to Double Fine's...
The original Xenoblade Chronicles, the one that launched on Wii back in 2012, will eventually hit Nintendo's newest console. The beloved action RPG is being remastered for Switch. At least, we're left to assume it's a remaster. During its ...
Want more Fire Emblem on your Switch? Want more Shin Megami Tensei on your Switch? I have news for you. As a part of today's Nintendo Direct, it was confirmed that 2016's Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE will be ported to Switch. It's se...
Well, the Nintendo Direct just unleashed something that could potentially be very cool. There's as new four-player Kirby game coming to Switch today. Called Super Kirby Clash, this cooperative boss-fighting game focuses on smashing st...
The gaming world will come to a standstill in approximately 20 minutes as all eyes are trained on Nintendo. For the better part of the next hour, we'll learn more about what the next three months holds for Switch. This afternoon's 40-minut...
