Once again, '90s kind-of-but-not-quite-an-icon Bubsy the Bobcat has graced video gaming with his presence. Originally appearing in Accolade's 1993 title Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, Bubsy was one in a long line of wisecrack...

The strong momentum of Apex Legends seems to be slowing down significantly. For the second month in a row, EA's popular battle royale title has dropped its profit earnings. According to a report from market research firm SuperData, Apex Leg...

Bandai Namco has released one of their typical "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" trailers for anime crossover fighter Jump Force. This time around, the spotlight shines on the next upcoming DLC character, Biscuit Krueger of fantasy anime Hunter x ...

For some people, personal style is of paramount priority when playing any sort of game with a third-person perspective. You're going to spend a lot of time looking at this character, so you might as well nail the aesthetic. And a lot of pe...

Oh Activision, you cheeky buggers. A tweet from popular Call of Duty YouTuber LongSensation this morning revealed that 2019's game will be titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Not to be confused with the popular Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfa...

Although it's been a solid five years since its original reveal, with things going very quiet in the interim, it appears that Dead Island 2, the sequel to head-lopping adventure Dead Island, is still in development, with new details to come...

We're stuck in the awkward position of holding codes for 1,000 exclusive Destructoid flares in Dauntless, and we're unable to redeem anywhere near that many. Share the wealth, I guess. It's Memorial Day weekend and Dauntless is insanel...

If you ever want to experience a haunted house from the comfort of your own home, Layers of Fear would like to have a word. The first spooky-door-opening adventure was about a delusional painter's lonely descent into madness in a Victorian ...

It seems to have taken us a long time to get to this point. But after a lengthy development process that included crowdfunding campaigns, delays, demos, and a lot of promises, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally been made availabl...

I'll never forget the first time I played Overwatch. I immediately gravitated toward the edgy and enigmatic Reaper, played a few games, and knew it was going to catch on with a certain crowd. I had that same feeling when I experienced it pr...

PlayStation has released a whopping 20-minute gameplay video for the upcoming kart racer Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - essentially a remake of the popular 1999 PS1 title Crash Team Racing - which will be leaving the starting grid in abou...

In case you haven't heard about it yet somehow, Path of Exile is an actually free-to-play dungeon crawler in the same vein as Diablo II: extensive skill paths and all. Grinding Gear Games has done what very few penny-pinching, game-imp...

Blizzard has gotten another long-requested feature up and running in Overwatch: game replays! With the replay system, you can revisit your past 10 matches from a first-person, third-person, or overhead view with or without the user interfac...

A bit of a "good news and bad news" situation with Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. First, the bad. The Switch port has been delayed. Originally announced for a June 25 launch, it's now slated to release on July 30. But, a spoonful of sugar...

Another dark trailer has been released by publisher BigBen Interactive for upcoming third-person adventure The Sinking City, which arrives on PS4, PC and Xbox One in a little over a months time. Developed by Frogwares, The Sinking City is a...

Despite a lengthy stay in open beta, Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs can't keep up with the technical demands of a proper launch. Or, more accurately, it can't handle the demands of a sudden surge in popularity as everyone wants to pl...

Focus Home Interactive has released an "accolades" trailer celebrating the positive critical reception to its sobering adventure game A Plague Tale: Innocence. The clip features scores and quotes from a number of outlets, praising the title...

2018's smash hit roguelike Dead Cells is getting some free DLC today. The Rise of the Giant expansion is now available on Switch and PS4 and will be hitting other platforms in short order. The recently announced mobile port will also recei...

Part of the fun of the Persona series is meeting party members. Atlus has a way with characterization, and the joy of going through an everyday life event like school and running into someone you're going to be spending the next 80 hou...

SNK has dropped its latest character trailer (courtesy of IGN) for its smart looking fighter Samurai Shodown. This week, it is the turn of all-new character and the protagonist of this iteration's story, Yashamaru Kurama.A former noble samu...

"You know, I'm marginally interested in this but definitely not willing to directly pay for it. But, I might be willing to invest some time to see if there's some cool shit that takes me by surprise." That's the mindset that a service like ...

Next month finally sees the western release of Idea Factory's newest entry in the goofy Hyperdimension Neptunia series. Developed by Canadian outfit Artisan Studios, Super Neptunia RPG sees Nep-Nep and pals journey through Gameindustri as t...

Mortal Kombat 11 dominated April's NPD charts. The hotly anticipated entry in the long-running series topped the charts for not only the overall month of April but each respective platform it launched on. Regardless of how you feel about it...

More shmup news? More shmup news. As if genre fans weren't already inundated with exciting tips on the return of new and old franchises, Publisher Dispatch Games has announced that Psyvariar Delta will be headed west on PS4 and Switch come ...

Yesterday's announcement of a Grid reboot surprisingly didn't come with any gameplay. While I initially thought that was because the game would be present at E3 (which it likely will), it seems IGN was holding onto the exclusive trailer fo...