If it were up to me, every Friday would be Free Theme Friday, a real and not at all made-up trend. Today's free PS4 dynamic theme hails from Tetris Effect, a lovely game that makes for a lovely theme. Courtesy of YouTube user RenkaWong, her...

Destructoid has had its share of ups and downs over the past 12 years, but there's one thing about us that has never changed: we want to give everyone a chance to be heard. That's gotten us in trouble more than a few times, but without that...

Continuing its use of Tetris 99 to advertise the newest first-party games coming to the Switch, Nintendo has announced a Luigi's Mansion 3 Tetris Maximus Cup for this weekend. The event will run from Friday, October 25 through Monday, Octob...

[Update: The finals have begun and will run through the rest of the day -Anthony] Outside of professional Rocket League and the occasional Smash tourney, I find it hard to get into watching many competitive video game tournaments. Nothing a...

Jeopardy, probably the most prominent and visible source of trivia in western media, isn't infallible. When you record 230 episodes a year and write 61 answers for every episode, you're bound to slip up. You're reading about it here because...

Another month, another Tetris 99 theme to collect. What seems to be clockwork now, Nintendo has announced that another Maximus Cup is coming to its popular battle royale puzzler. This time, the theme up for grabs is based on Super Kirby Cla...

Tetris 99 is set to get quite a bit bigger. The 2.0 update will be heading to the Nintendo eShop tomorrow and will bring a brand new score bracket for players to compete in. The "Invictus" mode is something for Tetris masters to test their ...

This coming weekend, Nintendo will be holding a Fire Emblem: Three Houses themed "Maximus Event" for Tetris 99, its free battle royale puzzler. Running from August 23 until August 26, players that score 100 event points will unlock a theme ...

[Update: In a comment given to Eurogamer, Tetris Effect developer Enhance has clarified that the Oculus version of the game does not require SteamVR's SDK. Despite Epic stating otherwise, this was a misunderstanding on the part of the publi...

Just last week, Nintendo announced it would be releasing a physical copy of Tetris 99 in Japan and Europe. Coming in a box that includes the game and its DLC on a cartridge with a year of Switch Online, it was odd that America was left out ...

Tetris Effect rules. It's one of the best Tetris games in years, VR or no VR, but it was only available on PS4 for the past eight months or so. Until now, that is. Publisher Enhance has confirmed to Destructoid that the game will be coming ...

Players enjoying battle royale puzzle title Tetris 99 on Switch will be given the opportunity to bag an exclusive skin, based on Nintendo's popular multiplayer shooter Splatoon. This is an opportunity to add some funky fresh ink splashes to...

[Update: A Tweet from Nintendo UK has confirmed that the retail release of Tetris 99 will be coming to Europe. The cartridge contains the base game and all of its DLC with no need to download anything. It will have 12 months of Switch Onlin...

Nintendo of Japan has announced that Tetris 99 will be receiving its second bit of offline DLC sometime this year. In a post on the official website, mention was made that the "Big Block" DLC pack will be getting updated to include more off...

Splatoon 2's final "splatfest" is imminent and Nintendo is celebrating it in an interesting manner. The weekend before we say goodbye to Pearl and Marina's monthly competitions, players of Tetris 99 will be able to compete in another "Maxim...

Tetris 99 gave Nintendo Switch owners the first tantalizing taste of Tetris imagined as a battle royale, and before long, mobile players will also be able to duke it out in block-slinging survival skirmishes. The first in a new line of upco...

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...

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...

The final 12 games for Sega Genesis Mini have been announced and there are a few surprises. Darius, a hardcore shmup masterpiece, will be included alongside the exceptionally rare Tetris (that reportedly sold for $1 million some time back)....

So the third major Tetris 99 event is underway this weekend, and it's one worth participating in. For starters if you rack up 100 points you'll unlock a free theme: the original Game Boy color scheme. Breaking down the points system, winnin...

Nintendo has announced that its hit battle royale puzzler Tetris 99 will be receiving some paid DLC. Available immediately on the eShop, the "Big Block" DLC will include offline options for players that aren't so keen on taking the fight on...

Tetris 99 is on a roll. It's universally beloved and it nailed its surprise release the first time around without the early access periods and growing pains most battle royale games go through. Arika and Nintendo are also doing a decent job...

Arika's Tetris 99 just got a very small update on the surface: but for hardcore players, it's quite significant. In short the new patch (version 1.2.0) just altered the sensitivity settings, which now allow for both light and hard drop...

If you fancy yourself an expert Tetris 99 player, you might want to brush up on your skills. Nintendo has announced that a new "Maximus" tournament will be taking place this weekend with a prize of 999 Gold My Nintendo coins for 999 lucky w...

Last week, with no warning, Tetris 99 was unleashed upon the world, and puzzle games will never be the same. Infusing the "me against the world" psychology of the battle royale genre and applying it to the highly accessible, generally non-v...