Balan Wonderworld made a huge splash when its debut trailer dropped in the pre-show for an Xbox Games Showcase last July. It was bright, colorful, and full of as much whimsy as its creator, Yuji Naka. I was immediately smitten with it ...

A few years ago, Amazon seemed like it was taking the correct steps to establish itself as a player in the video game industry. In 2014, it purchased Double Helix Studios, which was then riding high on the successful rebirth of the Killer I...

I don't need a reason to return to Warframe as I still think it's the best game to wake up to on the weekends, but if I had been shying away from it, a new event kicking off today would absolutely draw me back in. "Operation: Orphix Venom" ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Bokujo Monogatari/Story of Seasons franchise, and Marvelous is doing what it can to keep players hooked to its upcoming release throughout 2021. The next entry in the series, Story of Seasons...

About an hour into Calico, I reached the icy mountain peak of this magical island and found a couple of capybaras chilling in a hot spring. It was a pleasant scene, but I was still getting used to the controls. I walked up to them, intendin...

We're just a few weeks away from the launch of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, and Xseed Games wants to get you thinking about love. Specifically, which of the 10 eligible bachelors and bachelorettes you want your farmer to s...

The best tech you probably won't be able to afford this year is on display this week at CES 2021. Phones, televisions, and various smart devices are expected to be the highlights, but for me, I'm most excited about what Arcade1Up unveils at...

As is our yearly tradition, around this time last year I asked the Destructoid staff to name their most anticipated games for 2020. Despite all the problems we saw last year and all the delays, most of the games on that list actually made i...

One of the lessons I hope to remember from this pandemic is to make the time to interact with others. I fancy myself a loner and have become accustomed to doing most everything without a friend or partner at my side. I go to the movies alon...

The gaming world lost one of its greats last week. Jonas Neubauer, known for extraordinary skill in Tetris, passed away on January 4. He was just 39. Neubauer is the most accomplished classic Tetris player in history. During his c...

It's that wonderful time of year when the gaming industry stops looking back at the year that's just ended and starts looking ahead to the next 12 months of exciting new titles and a myriad of sequels. Despite all the problems the world enc...

One of the trends I saw on social media in the lead-up to the new year was a pledge by people to be "better" in 2021. To be more kind, more thoughtful, more patient, and more forgiving. Basically, taking the negative energy 2020 gave us and...

Twitter is, by all accounts, an absolute trash heap of a website. Just a sopping pile of seagull excrement where every day you're bombarded by the worst possible opinions and takes on the planet. I mean, you're not even allowed to coor...

It’s been a while since we’ve had a nice, long discussion about Apple Arcade. I remember having high hopes for the service when it launched in 2019, and while enthusiasm around the service died down in the weeks following its de...

I should probably stop volunteering to review fitness games. Not because I don’t need them or I don’t enjoy them, but because every time I sit down to write the lede, I have to face the fact that I ultimately failed at getting t...

There is a lot about 2020 that I can't wait to forget. The stupidity of it all, the never-ending election, Artemis Fowl, that thing on Twitter where everything was a cake, it can all go from my mind the minute the clock strikes midnight on ...

The PlayStation Vita will always be one of the more fascinating gaming devices to come out of Sony. It was powerful, beautiful, and produced some of the most inventive games on the market. And yet, it didn't really go anywhere. It kind of j...

I'm going to be honest with you: this wasn't even a close vote. While mobile platforms saw a large variety of great games throughout 2020, there was just no topping the worldwide phenomenon that is Genshin Impact. Dismissed as a mere Breath...

One thing I've noticed with the past few console launches, something that became quite evident the day I preordered my Xbox Series S, is that I no longer feel the excitement I once did when moving into a new generation. Even last week, when...

Well, here we are. Two and a half years ago, I got the crazy idea to bring back Podtoid after Steven Hansen left us to go join the Red Army. It would be a lot of work and I wasn't even sure it would be good or not. But I got Chris Moyse, Da...

Earlier this year, Nintendo and Square Enix dropped the first demo for their highly anticipated RPG Bravely Default II, the follow-up to two beloved games from the 3DS. It was our first chance to see how development was progressing since th...

Every once in a while, a game trailer will come across my path that grabs me by the neck and doesn't let go. Untitled Goose Game did that, Gnosia did that, and last night, the trailer for Rain on Your Parade did it as well. F...