If you have an Animal Crossing-lovin' pal that you've been feeling the hots for, then Nintendo is trying to make it that little bit easier for you to declare your crush this Valentine's Day. All you need do is send them one of these cards d...

Sony Santa Monica is giving God of War fans one final opportunity to pick up bonus gear for its award-winning adventure. This DLC set was originally an exclusive for pre-order customers, but the developer is giving all players one last oppo...

Many of us may be bemoaning the end of the holidays and the return to work, but over in the globally-successful mobile title Pokemon GO, the little critters are apparently still partying hard like Andrew W.K.As part of the current "Hatchath...

Over the last few days, various video games and publishers have shared cheerful messages to ring in the new year with their fans. But this particular bout of well-wishing, from Nintendo's arena-shooter franchise Splatoon, might be more than...

Cheeky scamp Suda51, well known for his stylistic and esoteric video games, rang in the new year with a little tease for his somewhat improv-conceived horror title Hotel Barcelona.Literally brainstormed during a livestream with IGN and fell...

It's here! Not only a whole new year, but a whole new decade! Ten years of new tech, new games, and new experiences. Who knows what changes 2020 onward will bring to our favourite pastime? Especially with a fresh generation of consoles wait...

Nintendo's mobile racing grinder Mario Kart Tour is the latest video game to ring in a whole new year - or decade, even - with some fresh seasonal content. A newly-released trailer reveals the existence of several celebratory character skin...

Most publishers are taking a brief respite from content drops in order to enjoy a break over the yuletide season. But mobile battler Fire Emblem Heroes has no time for such festivities, and is already prepping a new batch of characters, all...

It's here. Not only the final weekend of the year, but the final weekend of the decade. Honestly, I don't remember 2010 at all, but I do know that the previous ten years have brought us a ton of crazy happenings in the video game world, alo...

There's something about late December that makes me want to dig out my GameCube, a stack of games, and a full set of official, full-sized, non-junky controllers. Maybe you can directly relate, or maybe you have your own personal "gaming com...

Nintendo may have already added a selection of Holiday warriors to its mobile battle title Fire Emblem Heroes, but it isn't done just yet. A new trailer has announced that today will see the arrival of a new Legendary character in the form ...

For those of you yet to check out Other Ocean's remake of PlayStation classic MediEvil, Sony is giving you another opportunity to step into the rusted armour of Sir Dan, as the previously-released "Short-Lived" demo has returned on PS4.The ...

Can you believe that the Holiday season is upon us once again? I can't, but then I've been so busy and distracted lately that it seems to have crept up out of nowhere. I still have so much to do, and none of it will get done. But that's the...

Officially, Death Stranding's update 1.08 brings "various performance improvements" to the game, but dig slightly deeper, and you'll notice something different. Something festive. Santa hats are popping up! As spotted by redditor ashtinfay,...

Publisher Modus has released a... umm... "festive" trailer for its upcoming survival horror title Remothered: Broken Porcelain, which is celebrating the spirit of the holidays with jump-scares, mirror ghosts and a madman on the staircase at...

It's time to come clean with you all. I'll finally admit it: I don't own a cabin with a crackling fireplace to cozy up to while I play video games, but that sure sounds heavenly right about now, doesn't it? In a new "Sights & Sounds" v...

Nintendo continues to drop Holiday-themed content into its mobile racing title Mario Kart Tour, with new character variants, vehicles, gliders, and a new course all being added to the game to celebrate the spirit of grinding giving.The Holi...

This week was a long and unbelievably challenging one. I really don't have too much to say about it, not right here anyway. But it's always nice to be among friends, and here at Destructoid, you are always among friends. I hope that you hav...

As we approach the supposedly Hap-Happy Holidays, Nintendo has released the trailer for a new update for its mobile-battler Fire Emblem Heroes, which brings a party of news heroes, all of whom seem to be feeling the spirit of a holly jolly ...

As a a holiday gift to Sonic the Hedgehog fans, Sega has surprise released a new entry in its ongoing series of animated shorts featuring Sonic and his pals. This new episode - which features Chao of the Sonic Adventure series - is particul...

Seeing as how Apex Legends launched less than two weeks ago, Valentine's Day is the first chance we get to see how Respawn's free-to-play battle royale handles seasonal and special events. If Valentine's Day is indicative of the model ...

[Image: In lieu of any games I played, here's actor Dick Miller, who I'm pretty sure appeared in every single movie that I've ever watched, and who passed this week at 90 years of age. RIP buddy.]The first month of 2019 is done. Can you bel...

Although Nintendo have admitted themselves that winter is their most profitable season, the U.K. market has always been one of their lower-drawing demographics when compared to Japan and America. Here in Blighty, people are all about PlaySt...

Thanks to a profitable Holiday season, sales of Sony's PlayStation 4 console reached a staggering 91.6 million units, as of December 31, 2018. PlayStation hardware in general is believed to have sold some 5.6 million units throughout the wi...

Another splatfest is in the books, as this weekend saw the global Splatoon 2 community wage war in the online shooter's seasonal Frosty Fest. This time, things got a little philosophical, with a topic which saw Friends square off against Fa...