Although yet to be officially confirmed, it has fast become common knowledge that Warner Bros. Interactive is canning the LEGO Dimensions series of games, which combined LEGO toys based on popular franchises with video games to create digit...

A lot of fans are twitching with anticipation to see what UK developers Rocksteady have planned for their next release, following the excellent Batman: Arkham trilogy. There has been no news forthcoming, but that doesn't mean something awes...

Those of you who remember renting games for your Super Nintendo back in the 90's are about to get a blast from the past. Redbox, the automated rental kiosks that one can find littering the U.S. are starting to offer Switch titles for the pu...

Atlus USA have announced that they will be opening a dedicated digital store for merchandise pertaining to their range of games and IPs. The store will go live on October 16.Atlus Online Store will stock fun and cute tat based on the likes ...

There are all manner of articles online talking about the positive and negative aspects of "games as a service," but a lot of that could be considered baseless pondering. Without any concrete financial data, we're all mostly guessing about ...

It has been tweeted by a Japanese trademark bot that Nintendo have filed a new trademark on the original Game Boy, originally released back in 1989, before going on to take the world by storm, ultimately becoming the then-best selling conso...

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada took to Twitter to proudly announce that the latest installment in the series, Tekken 7, has sold over two million copies since its release in June until September.Whilst Harada's figure was a reply to a fan...

A listing posted by Californian developers Blizzard Entertainment shows that they are advertising for an artist to intern with the company. Whilst no specific details were available, there were some interesting clues within the post.Firstly...

PlayerUnknown's Battleground and eSports. Whether you like it, or hate it, these two things are at the forefront of the gaming zeitgeist right now. PUBG exploded onto the scene earlier this year and while still technically in Early Access h...

Various financial media outlets are reporting that Nintendo shares are on a huge climb. They raised 3.3% to ¥43,930, the highest they have been since September 2008 and the heady days of the Nintendo Wii.A chart showing Nintendo shares'...

There has been a whopper of a change at Sony Interactive Entertainment, Andrew House is stepping down as PlayStation president, after nearly three decades with Sony.House first joined Sony in 1990, and would help with the launch of the indu...

Silicon Echo, who had nearly 200 games removed from Steam last week, have announced that they have no option to but close down future development.Silicon Echo's titles have being the target of widespread accusation of being "Fake Games" Sup...

Before I get started on my long-winded tangent down below, let me go over the basic events that inspired it. Vivendi is currently trying to decide if a Ubisoft takeover is even worth it. I've always assumed, like most sane individuals, that...

As the drip-feed of information continues about Atari's mysterious console, Ataribox, new details gleaned from an Atari newsletter gives us a rough price window for the machine, scheduled for release next year.According to the email, the At...

For nearly a year now, SAG-affiliated video game voice actors have been on strike. Last September, 97% of members voted for a work stoppage if a new contract wasn't established. It wasn't, and the strike began in late October. Since then, m...

Xbox head Phil Spencer has received plenty of praise over the past few years for the way that the Xbox One has changed under his leadership. It's not just external parties who have taken notice. Microsoft just rewarded Spencer in a big way....

Nearly four years into its life cycle, Grand Theft Auto Online refuses to die. In fact, it's only getting stronger. Its continued success comes to the surprise of almost everyone -- including the parent company that it's practically pr...

Mass Effect: Andromeda has had a tough year. It launched to a tepid reception from both consumers and critics. It had technical and tonal issues. Word got out that there was a very strained development process. It was enough that EA ev...

The casual observer might assume that Nintendo's having a good run of things lately, what with its wildly popular Switch having recently released and whatnot. A dive into the company's financials proves this assumption to be spot-on. Ninten...

BioWare Canada is going through some major personnel changes in the immediate future. The role of general manager is getting a shakeup as the studio's de facto head is leaving and a familiar face is returning. In two separate posts on BioWa...

Raphael Colantonio has parted ways with Arkane Studios. The company's co-founder and president announced his resignation in a farewell note that was published on Bethesda's site. Colantonio had been the head of Arkane for 18 years. The move...

[Update: Daniele Peloggio, Community Manager at Squad, has provided Destructoid with the following statement: "We have had several people working on our team over the years, it is common among development studios for team members to co...

Resident Evil 7 is a very good game, and it's one of 2017's most pleasant surprises so far. After so many years of not quite delivering what Resident Evil fans want, Capcom took things in a new direction and gave the series new li...

This week at the Los Angeles Games Conference, experts on the Chinese video game industry spoke to a room of games professionals (and me) about how to find success overseas. "Maybe this panel should be called How to Lose Less in China," sai...

For the first time since the release of Max Payne 2, Remedy Entertainment doesn't have the safety net of a first-party publishing deal for its next major game. The Alan Wake and Quantum Break developer spent the majority of the pa...