There's no event in gaming's calendar year I look forward to more than Games Done Quick's charity speedrun extravaganzas. And today sees the return of such an event, with the start of the group's mid-year marathon, Summer Games Done Quick.F...

E3 2019 is still going on today. Can you believe it? It feels like Square Enix really kicked it off on Monday and Nintendo's Tuesday stream with Breath of the Wild 2 was the mic drop. Our own CJ Andriessen snapped this photo on the way...

Back in March, Google revealed its new gaming/streaming platform, Stadia. The gist is that Google is using their billions in the bank to allow folks to stream games with high-quality visuals, with "weak connections" topping out at 1080...

Psyonix is keeping players busy all summer. Now that Psyonix is owned by Epic Games, Rocket League is leaning into one of the things Fortnite does best: Limited-time modes. A trio of LTMs span the summer months with enough 80s fl...

Not to alarm you or anything, but E3 2019 starts in one week. Unofficially, it's even sooner. Whether at home or in Los Angeles, many of us will mentally enter E3 mode this weekend. Destructoid is ready(ish)! EA's doing a stream on Saturday...

To promote the release of Judgment next month, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have teamed up with Escape Room LA to create a limited-time Judgment escape room. Running from June 30 until July 13, "The Detective" room will feature elements fr...

EA originally planned to host live-streamed events for E3 2019 across multiple days, but that schedule has since condensed into one main event on Saturday, June 8. Today, the company detailed which games we can expect to see at EA Play 2019...

Are you jazzed up for the release of Pokemon Detective Pikachu this week? Currently being heralded as the first good video game film adaptation, Niantic has decided to run an event in Pokemon Go to promote the movie. The obvious prize will...

[Update: Day 1 was great! Day 2 begins about 03:30 PT / 06:30 ET / 11:30 BST. You can watch over at Niconico, or in the Twitter embed at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!]Atlus has announced that they will be streaming this week's Persona mus...

This weekend saw the international Splatoon 2 community don their best ink-repellent clothing and head into battle, as another splatfest aimed to put the world to rights. This time around the topic in question concerned the classic Aesop fa...

Square Enix has announced a symphonic concert centered around one of the most beloved video games of all-time. Final Fantasy VII: A Symphonic Reunion, will take place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on June 9 and is a celebration of the...

This year, Europe's Gamescom event will open with an all-new announcement show, revealing hot news and reveals from major publishers before the four-day expo gets underway. Gamescom: Opening Night Live has also secured a host in The Game Aw...

One of my favourite video game events of the whole year, Summer Games Done Quick, may still be a couple of months away, but that hasn't stopped the organisers from setting the game schedule live, whetting the appetites of speedrunners and s...

It's been too long, Overwatch. What've you got up your sleeve? In a series of teasers, Blizzard has been building toward its next Overwatch event, Storm Rising, which will run from April 16 to May 6, 2019. First there was an in-universe art...

Nintendo has revealed the topic for the next splatfest, to be held in a couple of weeks on Switch multiplayer shooter Splatoon 2. Having recently looked at fantasy, food and fashion, Our loveable hosts Off The Hook are turning their attenti...

A lot has happened with EVE Online studio CCP in this past year. The company was bought out by South Korean conglomerate Pearl Abyss, VR development winded down significantly, and of course, the flagship Icelandic event EVE F...

SNK will be hosting a live stream event for the upcoming Samurai Shodown next week on April 5, 2019. Starting at 11 am JST (10 pm EST), it will likely reveal some more information on the fighter than my preview covered. Will we get a full r...

Some shit is gonna go down at Gearbox's PAX East 2019 panel on March 28 in Boston. It has to. Those resolute Borderlands fans will mutiny if they've been strung along yet again, this time way harder than ever before. It started ea...

Gearbox Software has acknowledged that its PAX East 2019 panel is an opportune time to lift the lid on Borderlands 3 once and for all. The studio shared some rather unsubtle teaser art earlier today. I mean, they used the eyes. You don't u...

Can we really be this close to PAX East? A couple short weeks from now, Nintendo will haul third-party games like Mortal Kombat 11 and assorted indie titles to Boston for a public preview. Here's the lineup: Nintendo Booth #18055 Yoshi's C...

[Update: There's a change of plans. "We've decided to pull all of our live streams into Saturday, June 8, so fans will have a full slate of streams that will take you inside the games and new content, all on one day," EA said. "The previous...

When I got a Sega Saturn one Christmas, it was completely unexpected, as I was sure my parents couldn't afford it, but they were somehow able, and I spent endless, endless days and nights rocking Sega Rally, Fighting Vipers, Command and Con...

Fans are hungry for the ever-elusive Borderlands 3 to finally show itself, but is PAX East 2019 the right time and place for a full reveal? I could see it going either way. This week, Gearbox Software noted that it's bringing "never-before-...

[Update: In a statement to Eurogamer, a spokesperson for Epic Games has announced that the publisher has begun legal proceedings against Fortnite Live organisers Exciting Events. "The quality of our player experience is incredibly important...

Feeling a touch of the post-AGDQ blues? Thankfully, it's not just North America that is serving up good old-fashioned charitable speedrunning for your viewing pleasure. Until February 23, The European Speedrunner Assembly will be bringing y...