The video game industry moves fast. Franchises that are hot today can go cold in an instant. New types of games that break the mold can catch fire, igniting a frenzy to mimic and match its success by the developers of the industry who chase...

A surprise at Bethesda's E3 conference, Commander Keen is being revived as a free-to-play mobile action title. A campaign mode is being teased alongside a co-op feature, PvP multiplayer, and some standard deathmatch options. Keen ...

As part of WWDC 2019, Apple announced support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One S controllers on not just Apple TV, but iPhone and iPad too. The newfound console gamepad compatibility is coming with iOS 13 and iPad OS later this fall. If you ...

Another title from Telltale Games' back catalog will be disappearing this year. Minecraft: Story Mode, the spin-off of Mojang's insanely popular craft-a-thon, will be leaving digital marketplaces on June 25, 2019. All platforms and both sea...

I'm not the only one who's bummed Nintendo squashed its sleep-tracking device. The Pokémon Company is stepping up with a quality-of-life initiative of its own: Pokémon Sleep. The mobile app hopes to "turn sleeping into enterta...

Tonight's Pokémon press conference was light on game material, but we did get a confirmation and short teaser for a brand new mobile project. Called Pokémon Masters, this spin-off will let players create their dream team of m...

Square Enix has made an announcement of an announcement, as the famous publisher will be holding a live stream on June 3 to reveal an all new Dragon Quest game, currently in development for mobile platforms.Hosted by Kazuo Tokumitsu and Rio...

The long and winding Rainbow Road to the release of Mario Kart Tour is nearly complete. After announcing the game roughly a year ago and immediately going into radio silence about it, Nintendo is finally giving some players a chance to...

Ubisoft's The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot was a rare miss for the company when it launched the free-to-play action RPG back in 2015. Released for Windows, the colorful and cheerful game didn't make much of a dent in the F2P market and w...

Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo's mobile spin-off of the popular Mario Kart series, has just entered beta for select users. While players are not supposed to be sharing media online yet, that hasn't stopped the internet from compiling a bunch of ...

The gaming industry is no stranger to acquisitions and mergers. Whether it's Activision and Blizzard joining forces to become the biggest company in the industry or Microsoft buying up the very best AA developers, ownership of companies cha...

Nintendo will be removing both Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes from Belgian mobile stores by the end of August. In a Tweet from Nintendo of Belgium, the company stated, "Due to the current unclear situation in Belgium re...

A few months back, I took a look at the charming indie puzzle game She Remembered Caterpillars and walked away mostly impressed. I say mostly because there was a big problem with the Switch version: It was unbeatable. A game-breaking bug re...

When Microsoft shelled out $2.5 billion to buy Minecraft back in 2014, everyone knew why the price was so steep. Minecraft is one of the most popular video games on the planet, a block-building machine that absolutely prints money...

Fortnite will be getting some John Wick themed goodies soon. Data miners have recently uncovered a John Wick skin for players, as well as the existence of a limited-time mode in the game's files. While some of this was rumored a week ago th...

Nintendo and the Pokemon Company have stealth released a brand new entry in the Pokemon Rumble series. Coming to mobile devices, Rumble Rush is a free-to-play title that features real-time battles against various Pokemon critters. The twist...

A game like SiNKR 2 makes for a difficult review. While I could easily explain how it works and sum up its philosophy on game design, it could almost literally be a repeat of a review for the first game. While certainly longer than its pred...

After two years of tentative work, while building a community of some 70 million players, publisher Tencent has been forced to close its Chinese release of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, following the title's inability to gain approval from...

The wonderful roguelike action game Dead Cells will be heading to mobile devices this year. Developer Playdigious will be porting over the game to iOS this summer for $9.99 with an Android port being released later on. This new version wil...

Are you jazzed up for the release of Pokemon Detective Pikachu this week? Currently being heralded as the first good video game film adaptation, Niantic has decided to run an event in Pokemon Go to promote the movie. The obvious prize will...

I thought I was done with Minecraft for good, but an augmented-reality mobile game could be the precise thing to pull me back in after all these years. Earlier today, Microsoft began teasing Minecraft AR with the promise that more details w...

Visually resplendent puzzle platformer The Gardens Between is heading to iOS devices soon. On May 16 (despite the trailer saying the 17th), players will be able to nab the title from the App Store for $4.99. It will contain full support fo...

DotEmu has announced that LizardCube's Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap has sold nearly half a million copies since its launch back in 2017 on PC and consoles. Furthermore, the Sega Master System remake will also be coming to mobile platforms ...

Niantic has added a few more legendary Pokémon to Pokémon Go, but they haven't been relegated to raids or research events. For the first time in the history of the title, players will be able to spot Pokémon Diamond and...

I promised the editing staff here at Destructoid that I would write this piece as a professional journalist simply trying to cover industry news for a slow Sunday. Little did they know I had my fingers crossed behind my back. That means it ...