A lot of jokes were made heading into this year's E3 that everything would just be Battle Royale, as developers capitalised on the current trend for "every person for themselves" gaming. Ironically, however, it wasn't quite the Battle Royal...

You know how in "The Cartridge Family" (season 9, episode 5 of The Simpsons), Moe shows off how "with a few minor adjustments" he turns five guns into one gun?  That's Mothergunship. 

[Update: THQ Nordic has announced a November 27 launch for Darksiders III.] Well, it looks like Microsoft had a little scheduling snafu for our benefit. According to the official Microsoft store page for Darksiders III, the upcoming hack-n-...

Whenever an Xbox 360 game becomes backward compatible on Xbox One, I try to take a moment to see if I can drum up any notable memories. For Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, only one thing is coming to mind: the absurd multiplayer achievemen...

In a recent live stream on Mixer, Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios announced that it is hard at work on improving Forza 7. The team is focusing development time on providing free updates to Microsoft's flagship racing series and w...

Fireworks are on full display, just begging to be bought and set off early, and that can only mean one thing: it's almost July. If you haven't already melted away from the summer heat, you have that to look forward to (and some games!). Mic...

Lately, a large contingent of video game fans have been bearing down hard on Sony for not joining fellow industry giants, such as Nintendo and Microsoft, in regards to the thorny topic of platform cross-play, most recently exemplified in Ep...

This weekend, a technical faux pas caused a huge chunk of files from upcoming racer Forza Horizon 4 to automatically download to users who had pre-ordered the PC edition of the title, due for release in October.While the files didn't repres...

With high-end virtual reality headsets coming to PC and PlayStation 4 over the past couple years, the common presumption was that Xbox was just waiting for the right opportunity to enter the market. Xbox leaders even suggested as much when ...

E3 came and went, and in the grand scheme of things I wouldn't say it was a smash hit. We saw a few bangers for sure but many of the actual conferences were too safe with very little in the way of surprises or heavy-hitters -- to the point ...

At E3 this week, various representatives of Team Xbox have been treading the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center this week in some new sneaks, an apparent collaboration between the Xbox and Nike brands.The Nike Xbox Air Jordan 1featu...

Yesterday we summed up E3's conference situation so far, and it was looking really good for Microsoft. Towering over above the others with a 76.6% approval rating (for context, we provided polls at the end of every conference for readers to...

Sony and Microsoft switched wallets! Last generation Microsoft was the holdout - the Grinch that didn't want to give in and provide cross-play between PS3 and Xbox 360 users. They came around this generation when the PS4 smashed them in the...

What do you know, Microsoft didn't wet the bed this year which makes a nice welcome change to be honest. No, instead this year Microsoft seemed to take all the rightful criticism on board and showcased what we gamers really want to see: Gam...

Let's recap E3 so far. It hasn't even started yet (technically that's tomorrow) but we've seen nearly all of the conferences it has to offer outside of Nintendo. EA went up first and pooched it. They're the lowest rated conference right now...

Once again Destructoid will be covering E3 2018's press conferences live on location, and now that we basically know where everyone stands outside of Sony, it's time to publish the full schedule and see what we're looking at. In the past fe...

Microsoft dropped a huge bombshell during its E3 conference yesterday. Not content to just sit around and let the Xbox One flounder, MS took initiative and bought a couple of notable game developers along with creating a brand new company. ...

Okay Microsoft, job well done. Xbox boss Phil Spencer promised "50 games" and "15 world reveals" during the conference and he delivered. Not all of them are exclusive, mind, but more projects will be one day as Microsoft just acquired four ...

As Xbox head Phil Spencer took the stage for the last time at this year's E3 press conference, he made a commitment to console gaming. There has been talk lately that we might be past the point of consoles. Spencer said "Nahhhhh." That's no...

The [email protected] program is still very much going strong and if this hot new montage video is anything to go by -- is still giving Xbox One owners some of the best indie games out there. From the glorious announcement of more Cuphead content to ...

We first found out about Tunic, also known as "Secret Legend," last E3. It was paraded on stage as a cute vibrant puzzle adventure with a Fox, and this year, Microsoft kind of did the exact same thing -- and it still looks great. During the...

Are you a fan of Funko Pops and Gears of War? Well, have I got some news for you. Fair warning, this could even be life-altering news for many, your concept of reality may never be the same... ...Because Microsoft and Funko have a new thing...

Along with a strange toy-centric Gears of War spin-off and a tactical game, we're also getting Gears 5 proper. Microsoft announced the title for 2019 during its E3 press conference.

At today's Microsoft E3 press conference, news was announced that should send a shiver down the spine of '90s kids everywhere; the Battletoads are back!Although no gameplay footage was shown, it can be considered pretty damn likely that Ras...

This is a nice surprise, Cuphead was absolutely brilliant and it seems Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is bringing more of everything that made the original base game so brilliant. Just announced at Microsoft's E3 2018 press conference, ...