Nintendo have released a new trailer showcasing the new heroes headed to mobile-battler Fire Emblem Heroes this week, with the newest additions taking on an apt Summer theme.A small handful of Special Heroes will be arriving tomorrow, taken...

An evening of puttering around in Pokemon Quest on Nintendo Switch was plenty for me. I was curious enough to download the tap-centric free-to-play game at launch, but I also knew to keep a healthy distance. Stick around too long and you'll...

Bethesda is pre-launching Quake Champions' free-to-play variant right now for everyone. While the full free-to-play version isn't ready just yet, people will be able to jump into the trial and keep the game whenever it does launch. This is ...

Nearly 3 years later and it would appear Fallout Shelter is finally making its way to the PlayStation 4. This news comes from a leaked trophy list for the game that has shown up on Exophase, a website that lets you track your PSN, Xbox, Ste...

Ladies and gentlemen, the day has finally arrived. The new FIFA 18 World Cup mode unveiled earlier today, and now players can spend hours winning the World Cup with their favorite teams, packing incredibly gifted players into their ultimate squads. Personally, Im looking forward to...

Nintendo are taking it back to the heady days of the Game Boy Advance this week, as cast members from the original International Fire Emblem title are headed to mobile-battler Fire Emblem Heroes.A new trailer, which you can check out below,...

Publisher 2K games announced, yesterday, that Evolve Stage 2, the free-to-play variant of the game will be shutting down its servers on September 3, 2018. This will render the free version obsolete and close down all dedicated servers and l...

I don’t criticize freemium games because I want them to suffer. On the contrary, much like my pal Jason, I believe that it’s wonderful to have the opportunity to play games without taking any immediate financial risks. I love th...

Nintendo have released a new trailer for their popular mobile-battle Fire Emblem Heroes. The new video heralds the coming of Ryoma, one of the lead characters from Nintendo 3DS release Fire Emblem Fates.Displaying the typical anime samurai ...

Xbox is trying something new with next month's Games with Gold offerings. Through the five years the program has been in place, Games with Gold has given four free games per month to anyone who pays for an Xbox Live Gold membership. In June...

Fifteen years ago I fell in love with a frog. And no, it's not a tale of myself being an Asian prince, and a warts-covered green amphibian turning into a princess. It was, literally, a frog -- a J. Frog if you will. This frog was from a fre...

From literally nowhere, Microsoft has released Miami Street as a free-to-play racer on Windows 10 devices. This new racer is not only compatible with PC, but on Windows Surface tablets as well. The general gameplay of Miami Street is more l...

The latest addition to Fortnite's repertoire of game modes is "Playgrounds." This mode sees players given a time limit (rather than a single life) to explore the game's map, build plenty of forts and kill to their heart's content. It almost...

Hi-Rez Studios have apologised for a snafu that caused official Overwatch art to feature in an advertisment for their own hero-based, online, arena-shooter, Paladins.In the offending piece of artwork, Paladins' Champion Lex is seen against ...

Fortnite was set to receive a jetpack update a few months ago, but Epic Games decided to push back the idea due to a last minute issue. While the intervening months haven't been devoid of cool new ways to play, jetpacks will finally be maki...

Pocket-sized battle title Fire Emblem Heroes will be getting another wave of DLC characters next week, as part of a new event known as Bridal Bloom.On May 21 at 12:00 PT / 03:00. ET / 07:00 BS, three Special Heroes will be available in-game...

Free-to-play for the longest time has been this dangerous buzzword that meant a lot of things. Utter the term free-to-play and people immediately think of words like predatory, pay-to-win, microtransactions, and generally bad games. At leas...

Traveling back in time to an ancient temple, spilling blood to extend your visit, and killing specific architects to change history and alter the structure's present-day ruins -- the upcoming  Incursion expansion for Grinding Gear's fr...

Hearthstone is one of the oldest digital collectible card games (CCGs) around at this point, and certainly one of the most popular. Blizzard's talent for sanding the corners off of dense, crunchy strategy games makes Hearthstone a...

The next wave of classic Fire Emblem characters are waiting in the wings to join the roster of pocket-battler Fire Emblem Heroes, currently kicking ass on mobile devices.The roster additions this time around are from the 1996 Super Famicom ...

Niantic have announced that the Pokemon GO Fest will be making its second appearance in Chicago this Summer. Players can gather in The Windy City (that's Chicago, right?) to make friends, enjoy the sun and, of course, catch 'em all.It is...

One of the best RTS titles in the past decade, Offworld Trading Company, is available to play on Steam, for free, from now until Sunday.As is customary with free weekends like this, the base game and all of its DLC and expansions have been ...

Since last year, I’ve been making a push for more and better mobile game coverage on Destructoid. I know some of our readers don’t like that -- making me fully aware of their displeasure in the comments -- but there really is a ...

Magic: The Gathering means a lot of different things to different people. For some, it's a highly competitive game where the meta has to be followed and the sideboard is always ready. For others, it's a casual kitchen table game to play whe...

The announcement of Radical Heights was met with a collective shrug from most players. This was yet another battle royale game in what was quickly becoming an overstuffed genre. While I don't agree with that sentiment, even I was surprised ...

Shortly after being announced, Quake Champions was slated to be a free-to-play game at some point. While that time hasn't quite arrive, Bethesda is going to be demoing the free option this weekend. This limited run version is to test out ho...