Players up for a bit of smartphone sleuthing can investigate the first case of detective sequel Layton's Mystery Journey gratis, as the initial chapter is now free for all to enjoy.A "Starter Kit" has been made available for download for Ka...

For anyone who fancies getting their weekend off to a Super Mario Odyssey-esque bang, good news, as the soundtrack to the Switch mega-hit is coming to iTunes today.Super Mario Odyssey Sound Selection is a 12-track album featuring choice cut...

The popular and lauded storytelling series Life is Strange is to be ported to iOS devices this week. The first three episodes of Season One will be available to download on December 14.The episodic adventure, originally launched back in 201...

Through some weird twist of fate, Nintendo has managed to pull off a chart topping hit with the theme song for the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey. As spotted on Reddit, there was a brief period where "Jump Up, Super Star" was actually in the ...

Remember Hatoful Boyfriend? The pigeon dating game? Thought that was weird? Almost as if it were a competition, now Usaya Co. has released a dating game where you play as a girl (oneigh-san, if you will) and suddenly meet a horse ...

Well, maybe "new" isn't the operative word. Flappy Bird studio DotGears has released Swing Copters 2, a sequel to last year's Swing Copters, which itself wasn't all that different from the game that put the Vietnamese developer on the ...

You know those helpful messages scattered on the ground in Dark Souls games, such as "Illusory wall ahead" or "Try jumping," which are never misleading? Well, now you can leave your own cryptic messages in real life with the Soapstone app f...

Videogames based on television shows can be pretty hit or miss, but usually they miss. The same can also be said for mobile games in general. This makes something like Attack the Light, a mobile game based on the popular cartoon series Stev...

If you're like me and you've been obsessing over Steven Universe for the past month, this news should excite you! Cartoon Network Games is set to release a Steven Universe RPG for mobile devices on April 2. Developed by Grumpyface Studios,...

While pretty much everyone reading this knows that "free" is a misnomer in the mobile arena, a lot of people probably aren't aware that when they download a "free" game, the vast majority of the content can be gated off by IAPs (in-app-purc...

Colin Northway (Incredipede) and Rich Edwards (Pineapple Smash Crew) have a new game out, and it looks beautiful. Deep Under the Sky is obstacle course exploration game about a one eyed Venusian Jellyfish that doubles as "a deep exploratio...

Some of the best game music ever created came from Sega racing series Out Run. I haven't forgot -- I still listen to these songs. You can too with these new releases on Amazon and iTunes. A three-volume soundtrack release hit digital music ...

I'm not sure what took so long, but it's here. Jake "virt" Kaufman's peppy soundtrack for DuckTales: Remastered was released today on the Amazon MP3 Store, iTunes, and Spotify. This 47-track album includes the classic versions of songs from...

Game Freak continues to add more Pokémon music to iTunes with the arrival of Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection today for $9.99. Find it here. While I was personally holding out for HeartGold and ...

Nightsky is a meditative puzzle platformer with satisfying physics and brilliant level design, and its free right now on iOS. It's a game best played with a traditional pad and button set up, but its still a lot fun on your phone. The thing...

[Update: Austin has detailed his process in developing Flippy Bard here.] Ducktales Remastered director Austin Ivansmith has released a free game on iOS and Google Play called Flippy Bard. Like Maverick Bird and Flappybalt, it takes the cor...

Seanbaby is one of the reasons why old papa Niero started Destructoid. He's been on the internet talking about stuff like Nintendo curing blindness and From Dusk Till Dawn since the 90's? Did you even know they had internet in the 90's...

Last year, Blake Robinson announced that he would be working on a three-part tribute to the legendary Square role-playing game, Chrono Trigger. Volume One of the Chrono Trigger Symphony released in August and Volume Two came out ...

The Pokémon Company has released its latest game soundtrack on iTunes. This time, it's the Super Music Collection for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, which is the one I've been waiting for this whole time. I don't think I'm ...

I was browsing through the App Store on my weekly search, and came across a rather odd looking game. It appeared to be a Mega Man homage, even going so far as having the same 8-bit style and sprite movements. It's called UsagiMan ...

The Pokémon Company has plans to release a bunch of music from its beloved franchise on iTunes now and into next year. The latest release is Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen: Super Music Collection, featuring orc...

Have you been rocking out to the music of Pokémon X and/or Pokémon Y for the last month? Does it creep into the back of your mind like a cheerful itching sensation, urging you to open your 3DS and continue catching t...

I know there are a lot of fans of Pokemon Reorchestrated's Kanto Symphony and Lost Diaries albums out there. The team is now looking to release a new project titled Double Team, which will cover music from the first five generations of the ...

Remember when I told you about iOS 7 and the ability for full controller support? Well the developers of Bastion iOS and Walking Dead iOS have added just that, so any future controllers that happen to arrive on the market will be compa...

Blake Robinson is in the process of reproducing the entire Chrono Trigger soundtrack into synthesized orchestral form, and the project started bearing fruit last month. For such a massive game with an equally massive score, a single album ...