Telltale Games is nearly defunct after last week's sudden layoff of approximately 90 percent of its studio. A skeleton crew is staying aboard for a while to produce Minecraft: Story Mode. After that obligation is fulfilled, it's expected th...

Point-and-click adventure games had a bit of a renaissance in the last decade, but have become harder to find ever since Telltale discovered a different formula with The Walking Dead in 2012. Luckily, indie developers are there to fill...

[Update: In a statement, Telltale described today's news as "a majority studio closure" and confirmed that 25 employees will stay on "to fulfill the company's obligations to its board and partners." More news about the studio's portfolio of...

We've got another contest for you guys! Today we've got The Gardens Between on the docket. I don't often cry as a result of media experiences -- especially not from video games. It's not that they're poorly written, it's just that most game...

The Inner Mind is a game that leads the player deep into the recesses of the protagonist’s mind. There, they will find answers from the past. Will you be able to handle what lies within? Find out for yourself by entering below fo...

I appreciate any creator who can follow up a widely popular game with something so different and original. Here's the latest look at Return of the Obra Dinn, the lo-fi mystery adventure from Lucas Pope. The year is 1807. You play an East In...

If there's one thing that a lot of video game fans have gotten a kick out of this year, it's taken down giant monsters. Whether in Capcom's record-breaking Monster Hunter: World, or even the long-awaited re-release of Team ICO's classic, Sh...

Déraciné is not a typical From Software game, and that has me all the more curious to see what's beneath the surface. Now confirmed for a November 6 release on PlayStation VR, this "classic adventure" will place inquiring puzz...

It's safe to say every game developer working today has probably played and enjoyed a Legend of Zelda game at some point in their history. Nintendo's adventure series has been consistently popular for more than 30 years, and it's not h...

The leaves are turning brown and Capcom's most successful title of all-time, Monster Hunter: World, is seeing in the new season with a bang, hosting a new in-game event to encourage players in their exploratory, hack 'n' slashing ways.Start...

Having now gone to my first E3 and first PAX as a member of Destructoid, I'm not sure if I'll ever go to either of these events again if I'm not a member of the press. It spoils a person to get almost instant access to any game they want, b...

Is there anything more villainous than a pre-release season pass? Probably not, so in keeping with the theme of the upcoming Lego DC Super-Villains, Warner Bros. Interactive has released details of numerous add-on DLC packs headed to the ga...

Hello Games' have set live the first batch of free weekly content for space-exploration title No Man's Sky. The new update allows would-be star-searchers to embark upon a new quest, earning cosmetic items in the process.To join in the adven...

If you're anything like me, you've noticed your life has an alarming dearth of charming, heartfelt games where intimate stories play out over the backdrop of a tiny cafe that you're in charge of running. Also, if you're anything like me, yo...

Very recently, a co-worker of mine passed away. His death was sudden. Though he struggled with his health in the past, he recovered and was looking forward to his retirement at the end of the year. I’ve only been at my current job for...

The go-to comment that often appears when discussing Marvel vs DC is that Marvel has the heroes, but DC knocks it out of the park when it comes to the villains. That's hard to argue, as the DC rogue's gallery is wonderfully colourful cast o...

Dontnod is officially done teasing and ready to start showing. There was a couple months-long buildup to yesterday's official Life is Strange 2 reveal (including the free Captain Spirit demo), but now Dontnod is quick to tell us ...

Many of us are surprised that Until Dawn clawed itself out of development hell on the PS3 (as a Move title no less), but I think we're all glad it did. Supermassive Games has kind of made a name for itself when it comes to pumping out horro...

Nothing's ever easy in Life is Strange. After a few months' worth of teases, we finally know the premise behind Life is Strange 2. It sees two kids -- brothers -- on the lam and headed south of the border. Dontnod Entertainment revealed th...

How many monster-rock-opera games have you played this year? I'm guessing zero. That's roughly how many I had played until I got my hands on Wailing Heights, the new musical adventure from Outsider Games. I can help you fix your proble...

Growing up, I didn't really play a whole lot of adventure or point and click games. For starters, I didn't have a PC and there wasn't a ton really available for consoles. And compared to stuff like Sonic the Hedgehog or NBA Jam, adventure g...

Sometimes we do a contest where we give away digital prizes, like game keys. Other times, we give away physical stuff, like t-shirts. Occasionally, we give out really unique things, like the chance to get your name in an actual, real-life v...

Most of our contests revolve around bigger titles -- or at least, ones by development teams with at least a couple titles under their belts who know their way around the industry, even if only a little. But for this one, it's going to be a ...

Plucky indie developer Gears for Breakfast has put out a tweet today stating that there is a "special announcement" on the way, concerning their adorable retro-platforming game A Hat in Time.Zero hints were given about this announcement, bu...

Games these days, am I right? It's all downloads and teraflops and megawatts and gigabytes. What happened to the good old days when you could buy a game at a store, read the instruction manual on the way home, pop it into your console, and ...