One of the many facets of art direction I’ve come to greatly appreciate in this generation of gaming is that of the vista. I simply love a good vista, the moments where a break in the action gives players the opportunity to gawk at th...

Capcom is on something of a roll right now. Its Monster Hunter: World is the bestselling title ever for the company,  the Mega Man revivals are doing a particularly great job of igniting interest in the upcoming Mega Man 11, Street Fig...

I wanted to start this piece with lede touching on how Chris Avellone is a titan of western game development, a man who has put out hit after hit to resounding success and acclaim. As I wrote that droning introduction I realized it was all ...

Earlier this year, I posted a short list of 3DS games we could look forward to for 2018 as support for the handheld winds down. The list was written before the confirmation of titles such as Luigi's Mansion, WarioWare Gold, and Yo-Kai Watch...

We are happy to announce that Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Nick Scarpino will be at our parent company's upcoming event, October 26th...

In the early years of the app store, back before freemium titles starting raking in millions through microtransactions, EA released a decent if feature-poor version of Sim City 3000 simply titled Sim City for iPhone. If you go in ...

As I'm sure is the case with many of you, the official Zelda timeline has never sat well with me. I was firmly in the "Zelda doesn't need a timeline" camp before its reveal, but the point is moot now as the long-debated true histo...

It's a rumor no more. After it was hinted last month Tekken 7 would be receiving another wave of new fighters by way of a new season pass, Bandai Namco made it official at the end of the game's tournament at EVO 2018 with the anno...

Between my DS, my 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Switch, PlayStation 4, Vita, Steam, NES Classic, SNES Classic, and the three Xbox 360 Burger King games I just bought off eBay, I have a backlog of roughly 350 titles. I don’t want to know how many h...

Next year was supposed to see four films featuring four of the most popular characters in video games. Now, there will only be three. Everything is going right for Detective Pikachu, The Angry Birds Movie 2, and even the Sonic film, bu...

2018 for the Nintendo Switch will be remembered as the year of the ports. Dragon Quest Builders, Bayonetta 1 & 2, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Captain Toad, Super Meat Boy and so many more have made the jump from whereever...

Unlike some of my fellow writers on Destructoid, I’m not much of a toy collector. I have several Zelda collectibles, some Funko POP! figures, and a few LEGO sets I haven’t bothered to put together, but that’s the extent of...

Star Ocean Anamnesis didn’t make the biggest splash when it launched stateside on the App Store and Google Play earlier this month. The franchise is relatively niche despite its heritage and mobile phones aren’t exactly short on...

Taking a popular console or PC game and transforming it into a mobile title isn't always a recipe for success. Sure, developers sometimes strike gold with titles like Pokémon Go and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, but a hit isn't al...

It has been one hot-ass summer and every day the temperatures hit triple digits, I sit back and soak in sweat as I imagine I'm any place but here. Antarctica, New Zealand, the northern tip of Greenland; they're all much more desirable place...

Director James Wan has quite the prolific filmography. He started with Saw and from there became one of the most dependable horror directors in the business. The Conjuring and its plethora of sequels and spin-offs is arg...

The Fantastic Beasts franchise was always going to face an uphill battle. After the 10 year journey that was the Harry Potter eight-film franchise, going back into this world with a new setting, new characters, and new mysteries w...

It's no secret the output of the DC Extended Universe has been less than exemplary. Yes, the movies have all made money, but only Wonder Woman has established itself as a box-office, fan, and critical darling. After the disaster that was Ju...

It's been more than a year since we first heard about Mega Man Fully Charged and now, after much speculation about what kind of animated series it will be, we're getting our first look at what Cartoon Network has up its sleeve for the ...

Hospitals have always been a major part of my life. I was born with a rare skin disease that goes by many names but the one I've most heard it referred to as is Giant Congenital Nevus. In layman's terms, the disease is an over pigmentation ...

“Personally, I love fighting games, and shooters, and violent games in general.”  That wasn’t exactly what I thought I’d hear from Yasuhiro Wada when I asked him what types of games he enjoys playing. Friday aft...

On Friday, the highly anticipated Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch finally launched, capping off what has been a long and exhaustive road from reveal to release. The game has a lot going for it, much of which ties it to the JRPGs of ou...

I'm baffled right now. Absolutely baffled. Befuddled even. Nonplus. The karting genre is a gaming no-brainer. It's one of the linchpins of the industry, corralling casual and hardcore gamers alike. It's been that way since the early 1990s, ...

Pocket Rumble’s arrival on Switch comes at an awkward time. We initially found out about the port last year and it was expected to launch in the first few months of the system. That didn’t happen, obviously, and in its absence, ...

Cygames had a rather unassuming booth at this year's E3. Actually, "booth" would be the wrong word to describe it. It was a cubicle, hidden in plain sight with the other cubicles that filled the concourse of the Los Angeles Convention Cente...