NIS America has announced that the latest entry in their cataclysmic adventure series Disaster Report is set to head west next year. Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories will be localised for PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch.The game's grim concep...

A few developers go above and beyond when it comes to physical releases, packing in a ton of goodies and extras: Atlus is a champion of this. In this one case of Witcher 3, you can add CD Projekt Red to the list. As they revealed at E3, The...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has been in the making for some time. Developed by the two-man team at Edelweiss, it tells the story of Sakuna, the daughter of a harvest goddess and a god of war, as she divides her time between battling the m...

Nintendo Japan has released an "action overview" video of PlatinumGames' upcoming anime adventure Astral Chain, which is headed exclusively to Switch this August. The 10-minute trailer includes plenty of hack 'n' slash action, as the narrat...

After holding back a bit for the past few weeks outside of Cadence of Hyrule, the eShop is ready to explode this week. We're getting to huge releases in the form of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled tomorrow and Bloodstained: Ritual ...

SNK continue to pump out their character trailers for the upcoming Samurai Shodown in quick succession, having moved from once a week to seemingly once a day. It's all good, it just means we get to see more of the stylish-looking fighter in...

Capcom is playing a weird game when it comes to Switch re-releases. Everyone was rightfully up in arms when Resident Evil 0, 1, and 4 arrived with a whopping $30 price tag for each: the same amount you can basically buy all three entri...

Bloodstained has some secrets. They’re not miserable, but there is a pile of them. In addition to cheat codes and some crafting chicanery, here's how to find a few of the most important endgame boss fights. [Heavy spoilers for endgame...

Taito has announced that their recent Japanese release The Ninja Warriors: Once Again will be coming to North America and Europe courtesy of German publisher United Games. The old-school scrolling brawler will launch on PS4 and Nintendo Swi...

It what is becoming something of an annual tradition, Sega is holding a short sale on video games featuring their famous mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. The sale - which is currently only live in North America - is being held to celebrate Sonic...

It seems Mortal Kombat 11 can't be stopped. Much like last month, NetherRealm's latest entry in the long-running series has topped the NPD charts for May 2019. It has now become the best selling game of 2019 overall (topping Kingdom Hearts ...

[This week, Destructoid is brought to you by House Pixel Games. This is an advertisement.] Just released on the Switch, Mowin’ & Throwin’ puts you into the world of garden gnomes where lawn care is an all-out brawl...

Konami has released the previously-announced update to their recent retro compendiums Konami Arcade Classics, Contra Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Anniversary Collection. The patches, which are live in their respective releases rig...

So Bloodstained has a few esoteric concepts hidden beneath the surface just like a classic Castlevania game. While some are more spoilery than others, I figured I'd take the time to talk about a very simple and very early mechanic...

Nintendo will be hosting the fourth Tetris 99 "Maximus Cup" this weekend with another 999 Gold My Nintendo coins up for grabs. Much like the previous tourneys that featured them, players simply need to compete during the allotted time and a...

Some two years after its original release, Nintendo's colourful fighting game ARMS has drawn the curtains on its final Crash Party Bash. Taking place to celebrate the Switch release's second anniversary, the ongoing series of events have se...

One of the concepts that Bloodstained is bringing over from old school platformers (in addition to things like a boss rush) is cheat codes. Found on Game Sack, one such code will grant you a new weapon at the start of the game by simply cre...

As we approach the launch of SNK's great-looking Samurai Shodown, the once-weekly character trailers seem to be hurriedly hitting us faster and faster, with today's new short previewing old-school samurai Jubei Yagyu.Jubei made his debut in...

Today sees the launch of Kombat League, a new seasonal ranked mode in goreriffic fighter Mortal Kombat 11. Kombat League will give players the opportunity to compete online for points, bragging rights, and even a few exclusive skins.Each mo...

On the outside, there's a lot to be concerned about when it comes to Bloodstained. It was delayed numerous times, Wii U and Vita ports were canceled, and early review copies weren't provided. But in not-very-Kickstarter-fashion, all of that...

Ikaruga is one of the all-time classics of the shmup genre, but there hasn't been a physical edition for any modern console. Despite now being on PC, PS4, and Switch, the only way to own a disc is to go back to the Dreamcast or GameCube, w...

The 35th anniversary of Tetris is this month, and to celebrate the creator Alexey Pajitnov has been doing a kind of celebratory press tour. On the weekend of the actual anniversary he showed up at the Los Angeles Barcade event, and at E3 la...

It's becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to predict what goes viral. No one could have guessed, back in the era of when Epic Games was touting Fortnite as a PVE experience (which is now a less popular submode called "Sa...

Following the release of Sony's "interactive action movie" Blood & Truth, various PSVR titles continue to enjoy a hefty boost in sales in this week's UK Charts. Astro Boy: Rescue Mission, Doom VFR and PlayStation VR Worlds are among the...

The Bloodstained Kickstarter has been a wild ride. First people were mad about the delays, then they loved the backer demo. Then they were mad about 505 Games dropping the Vita and Wii U platforms (after we obtained mixed messaging fro...