For those who have not been following along on the community side of things, Destructoid user Soulbow has been consistently pestering me, for over a year now, to keep writing these reviews for The Council. I mean, this episode came out...

Ubisoft is trumpeting the success of The Division 2 from the mount. Noting that it's "the biggest hit since the beginning of the year" in a recent financial report, the publisher is obviously including PC sales in that metric. Sales, m...

Capcom, always one to keep you abreast of its sales figs, has announced that its greatest-selling video game of all-time Monster Hunter: World has reached the 13 million units shipped milestone. Some 18 months after its initial launch, it s...

With such pleasant art direction, they had me at "non-violent city building game." Coming to Steam later this year, Before We Leave is a game about staking your claim in the solar system, one quaint planet at a time. Even though you'll even...

If you haven't read up on the Auto Chess phenomenon yet, I'll wait. Ready? Okay! So you're now aware that DOTA Underlords is Valve's official take on Auto Chess, which is based off of a mod in DOTA 2, which itself is a sequel to a game...

We've got a contest giving away copies of Professor Lupo and His Horrible Pets --  come win one! There's nothing worse than a horrible pet. It's like, it's an animal and I love animals, but also they can really, really sometimes suck. ...

There's room in this world for more than one winery management sim, and Hundred Days – an upcoming PC game with some rather pleasant art direction – currently has my attention. I love it when video games can give me a glimpse in...

Retro enthusiasts that love emulating the classics will often tell you that RetroArch is an essential tool. Acting as a core for which you can plug-in various different emulators, RetroArch has made splashes for being a very convenient way ...

Steam is full of games. Full of 'em! On any given week more games can launch on Steam than any other platform, and Valve stepped in with a method to curate them better through an experimental feature. So experimental in fact, that it's call...

Enter today's contest to win a custom Switch console from Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble! Do you like turn-based strategy games? How's about free consoles? Endless strings of asinine rhetorical questions? Well, I've got two of those three th...

The Dota Auto Chess mod kicked off at the beginning of 2019, and started a trend in the process. After reaching an apex of eight million players over a scant few months, the "auto-battler" genre was born, and man did publishers ru...

Enter our contest and pick up a copy of breakout VR title Moss for Steam or Oculus Quest! Being a silly human, I can't say I've ever experienced what it's like to be a cute little four-legged creature. Imagine scurrying around the forest so...

Indie developer Friend & Foe has announced that their abstract adventure Vane will launch on PC later this month. The platform puzzler, which released on PS4 at the start of the year, will glide onto the Steam platform July 23.Vane is a...

Video games that revolve around strict time tables tend to make me anxious, but this one – a narrative-driven adventure called A Place for the Unwilling – looks a little more chill, at least up front. You've got exactly three we...

Color me surprised, but a new Turok game just got announced. Coming from indie developer Pillow Pig and published by Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment, Turok: Escape from Lost Valley is more an adaptation of the comic series (whi...

Enter today's contest and you could hop behind the wheel of F1 2019 for PC, Xbox One, or PS4! I'm definitely a hands-at-10-and-2, drive-two-over-the-speed-limit kinda guy. You won't see me with a need for speed, participating in any dirt ra...

It looks like Half-Life remake Black Mesa truly is approaching its final release. After giving fans a taste of a technical beta for the "Xen" chapter of the game, developer Crowbar Collective has announced that a public beta for the finale ...

Enter our contest to win a Secret Location VR game bundle for Steam! Today we've got three games up for grabs instead of our usual one! Well, two games and a cinematic VR experience, but still. Three is definitely better than one. Developer...

It's been an age and a day since Crytek's Hunt: Showdown first opened its doors to early access customers, but it appears that the southern gothic shooter is finally preparing to launch full-time."Developing a game alongside such a passiona...

Are you ready for another VR headset to hit the market? Kinda? Too bad! Valve thinks so, and I've been putting the Index headset through its paces for the past month. My verdict? It's mostly a win for Valve, even if it isn't a massive shift...

Spike Chunsoft has released a new DLC pack for their wrasslin' simulator Fire Pro Wrestling World. The new add-on, available to purchase now on PC and PS4, adds a quartet of stars from the roster of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).The four n...

I think it has been roughly 4,000 years since Black Mesa, the fan-made Source engine remake of Half-Life, released and it still isn't quite finished. We're getting closer, though, and the game's latest beta gives us a taste of the finale. A...

Indie action platformer Super Rad Raygun will be leaving Steam on August 30, 2019. Once gone from Valve's digital marketplace, it will only be available through itch.io for $5 (though will remain playable for people that purchase it). The r...

It's that time of the year again where PC gamers froth at the mouth and default on their home loans thanks to insanely cheap gaming deals. Yes, the Steam Summer Sale is now live and you can get to buying up everything in your backlog withou...

My Friend Pedro is a ballistic game of skill, timing, reflexes, and, surprisingly, efficient time management. This new title from Swedish indie outfit DeadToast Entertainment falls under the highly-replayable score-attack genre, of which p...