Legendary developer publisher Sega has released their latest integrated sales report, giving us a look at some of the incredible numbers that have been reached to date by their most successful flagship franchises, first-party or otherwise.T...

Ray Liotta was a boon for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but not everyone got along so well with the production staff at Rockstar. Speaking to Vulture, Rockstar boss Dan Houser notes that over the years they've had many run-ins with vari...

Atlus continues its run of constant character trailers today with the reveal that Goro Akechi will be making his presence known in upcoming Nintendo 3DS sequel Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth.Super-genius super-detective Akechi is a handso...

Treyarch is a trendsetter. They codified that the zombies mode was a Call of Duty staple in World at War over a decade ago, and despite the fact that Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward tried their own thing: they eventually fell victi...

The big question last week was whether or not Venom's above-expectation box office would carry over to next week. Predictions were for a pretty solid drop considering the poor reviews and only OK audience reception. Those predictions were w...

Ash-Greninja is a sort of fan favorite among Pokemon anime viewers, and it even made an appearance in the games by way of the Pokemon Sun and Moon demo. It's coming back in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As a special form of the regular versio...

We are just a couple of weeks away from the biggest video game release of 2018, Rockstar's wild west sequel Red Dead Redemption 2. Once again players will step into the past to explore an enormous open-world, filled with activities, quests,...

Nintendo is just about ready to unleash the dual Pokemon: Let's Go games out into the world and continue the ongoing question of "who is the cutest: Pikachu or Eevee?" It's not all going to be cute though, as this newest trailer from N...

The fan-favorite meme that is Bowsette doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. Modders recently added her as the final boss of New Super Mario Bros Wii, and now she's made it into another classic Nintendo franchise.  Modder Lynard...

Hey, folks. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! I hope my fellow canucks are enjoying their turkey day, as I had to unfortunately cancel my long weekend plans. Ended up getting a cold or something again. BUT! That just means I finally get a long ...

When Nintendo first announced it would enter the mobile market, I thought it was going to do things differently. I thought the presence of arguably the greatest game developer ever would shake up the market and put an end to the dominance o...

On November 13, 2015, a highly coordinated terrorist attack wrought havoc across Paris, France. In just one hour, terrorists struck several locations, including the Stade de France and the Bataclan theatre with suicide bombings and mass sho...

We aren't, all of us, brimming with confidence about ourselves, our choices, and the narrative we've written in our short time here on Earth. I've been here the best part of four decades and I can honestly tell you that I'm still not comple...

We all, at some point, played our very first video game. Maybe you remember it well, perhaps it's all a blur. You might've been six, or 16. In the '80s, the '90s or even just a few years back. We all started on this rocky road of time-sink ...

One of the cooler bonuses in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is the ability to play the game as Yakuza protagonist Kiryu Kazuma. It brings an entirely different light to the game that further cements its development by Sega's Ryu Ga G...

Although new mechanics such as sprays and emotes have only just been added to Activision's latest blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, it hasn't taken long for wily players to figure out a way to exploit them for nefarious needs.As exempl...

As God as my witness, my wrestling spirit was broken in half somewhere around 2002. WWE was moving out of the Attitude Era and into the era of prosperity, as Mr. McMahon had just taken down his arch rival Ted Turner in a triumphant shoot: t...

Get your very own Mr. Destructoid flare in Dauntless in this contest. Mr. Destructoid, much like yours truly, is a very handsome and popular fellow. Don't believe me? Just look at our logo above. Gosh, he's sexy. He should really be in more...

During a recent Nintendo Direct, we learned that the Nintendo 3DS remake of ghost bustin' classic Luigi's Mansion would feature an all-new co-op mode, where Luigi would be aided by what appeared to be a ghostly green outline of himself.As i...

For many western '80s kids, Akira was their first introduction to anime, with Katsuhiro Otomo's dystopian classic being one of the first anime movies to get a major push by the mainstream media. For me, however, my first anime encounter was...

Just like Mrs. Summers, weekend game deals roundup is returning after a hiatus, minus the vengeance and wanton destructions upon friends and family. For this October weekend, we're spotting tons of great deals and sales event. In the newly ...

The concept of playing a game early is certainly enticing, but the way this system of “early access” has been changing over the years is starting to concern me. The practice is nothing new. Steam's Early Access program dates bac...

Golden Axe, Sega's classic scrolling brawler from 1989, is to be immortalised on stage in the form a play, written and performed by Japanese collective Spiral Chariots.The old-school arcade classic, which sees three heroes on a quest to def...

Just a quick heads up, folks. There are reports buzzing around the internet, Reddit in particular, that PS4 owners are have their consoles soft-bricked via a bug that is sent through the Private Message system.Some users are reporting that ...

Well, it’s that time of year again. PAX Australia -- which will once again be hosted at the Melbourne Convention Centre from October 26-28 -- is just around the corner, and thanks to the lovely folks handling PR for PAX, we’ve g...