Bandai Namco will be holding a network stress test for Soulcalibur VI next week. Set for September 28-30 on PS4 and Xbox One, the test will include 15 characters and nine stages for players to tinker with. The news was announced at the Toky...

It's a huge week for Nintendo, namely due to the launch of paid online for the Switch. This edition of Nintendo Download heralds in the 20 NES games included in the paid online suite, as well as several huge exclusives and some long-awaited...

It may be getting on in years, at least by online shooter standards, but Ubisoft's wetworks open-world shooter Ghost Recon: Wildlands is still pulling in the players, drawn to Bolivia and the undercover assault on the Santa Blanca drug Cart...

In today's episode of Destructoid Impulse: we take a look at Call of Duty's answer to battle royale in the form of Blackout. Yes, that's right, we're talking about the biggest trend in video games and possibly the biggest franchise in video...

Crawling through the long grass, a bead of sweat trickles down my temple. Sweat, or blood? It's hard to tell the difference on an island such as this one. I'd bought my ticket to ride and now I was on the journey, stamped "paid in full" on ...

It's port day! That magical time where Switch-only owners get to play several classic indies that weren't previously available on Nintendo systems for whatever reason. Undertale (on September 18) and Bastion are the highlights, but the...

If you're in the mood to take a chance on a strange, uneasy, and uneven but ultimately memorable experience, heads up: there's a public alpha build for Pathologic 2. It's an open-ended survival adventure about doing what little you can duri...

Capcom has just announced that a demo for Mega Man 11 is available on the eShop right freakin now! What was likely to be announced during today's cancelled Nintendo Direct, the demo will be heading to PS4 and Xbox One tomorrow for those wit...

The Switch does it again with another hot week: both for big name and indie releases. First up we have SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, the newest SNK fighter on the block. Also on Switch you can grab NBA 2K19, Hyper Light Drifter, Gone Home,...

During Sega's panel at PAX West today, the company announced that a demo for the upcoming Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise would be hitting the PSN next week. You'll be able to get a taste of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios' latest on September ...

Nintendo is getting a big win today in the form of The Messenger, a superb homage to Ninja Gaiden, which found its way onto the NES so many years ago (and eventually on the SNES in trilogy form). Other Switch releases include Into the ...

While I wouldn't say that Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner flew completely under the radar when it arrived on PS2 in 2003, it didn't quite take off to the heights that it deserved. Although there have been re-releases and the like pe...

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is here, ready to swoop in for those of you who can't play Monster Hunter: World. It's out on Switch on August 28 along with Blade Strangers. Today you can grab Prison Architect: Nintendo Switch Edition, ...

I didn't know what to make of Transference, an upcoming psychological thriller from Ubisoft, until I played it. The game is a mystery about a troubled family set within a corrupted digital simulation. Put another way, you're going to see so...

Soon, a selection of Call of Duty fans will get the opportunity to see how their favourite brand of shooter handles the popular genre of Battle Royale. Activision and Treyarch have finally revealed the dates for Black Ops 4's Blackout beta ...

It's an indie kind of week for Nintendo systems, and the Switch is getting all of the love today. On the Switch eShop you'll find Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, The Walking Dead: The Final Season Episode One, NeoGeo Metal Slug 4, Al...

The time has come for Monster Hunter Generations to spread its wings off of the 3DS and out of Japan. Those two things are mighty specific, but Japan has been sitting on the Switch version of Generations -- an HD port as it were -- for roug...

After its stylish, arrogant takeover of E3 earlier this year, Capcom's upcoming sequel Devil May Cry 5 is preparing to wow attendees at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany in just a few weeks.In fact, Director Hideaki Itsuno put out a tweet yester...

Ubisoft's ubi-popular online military shooter Rainbow Six Siege continues to enthrall its mammoth community with its exciting brand of highly-tactical shooter action. For those of you still on the explosive-laden fence, a new free trial wil...

I wanted to start this piece with lede touching on how Chris Avellone is a titan of western game development, a man who has put out hit after hit to resounding success and acclaim. As I wrote that droning introduction I realized it was all ...

Okami is out on a Nintendo platform, and this time they didn't put a media outlet's watermark on the title art! This week is clearly headlined by Okami HD, which is joined on Switch by Minit, 2064: Read Only Memories Integral, NeoGeo Prehis...

[Update: The demo should be rolling out today on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Valkyria Chronicles 4 is now available to pre-order digitally ahead of its release on September 25. Huzzah!]We are bearing down on the Western release of Se...

Treyarch and Activision have announced, via Reddit, that the Private Beta for their upcoming military shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will run for a second consecutive weekend, also featuring some fresh new content.The previous beta, whic...

This weekend, Activision launched its first Private Beta for this year's entry in the gazillion dollar making Call of Duty series, Black Ops 4. A select few troops had the opportunity to check out the game's multiplayer modes, with hectic b...

As EVO 2018 continues, more and more fighting game reveals hit the information superhighway. The latest comes from Koei Tecmo's upcoming Dead or Alive 6, with the tease of two characters, to be revealed at Gamescom next month.The two silhou...