Remedy's upcoming sci-fi shooter Control will feature the talents of Max Payne and Alan Wake's lead actors. Both James McCaffrey (Max) and Matthew Porretta (Alan) will be featured in roles that play alongside that of the main character. The...

Activision, without divulging any actual numbers, has told us that Black Ops 4 sold very impressively on its launch day. In a press release, Activision says this year's Call of Duty had the series best day one digital sales on all plat...

I Am Bread isn't exactly a staple of the larger speedrunning community. Maybe it should be, though. I Am Bread is one of the sillier takes on the "Simulator" genres, wherein the player has to finagle a piece of bread onto heat so...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has ushered in a new era of AAA: one where every studio and their grandmother tries to pack a battle royale gametype into their project. The thing is, Activision actually did it right, while also providing a strong...

Destiny celebrates Halloween tomorrow, as its Festival of the Lost event runs October 16 through November 6. That's a long time to push through the Haunted Forest and to earn unsettling masks. Last week, we detailed everything we knew...

The recent release of Shenmue I + II for PS4, Xbox One and PC has left many wondering what a full remaster/remake of the legendary title would look like. Was Sega ever working on such a project? Turns out it was. As uncovered by Euroga...

Nintendo and Blizzard are partnering with GameStop to release Nintendo Switch bundle for the upcoming launch of wicked dungeon-crawler Diablo III, which launches on the hybrid console next month.The Diablo III Eternal Collection Switch bund...

I remember the first time I played a title in the Skylanders series. It was the first game for the Nintendo 3DS. I found it on sale at Best Buy and decided to pick both it and three figures up. When I got home I ended up beating the ga...

This isn't going to come as a surprise to anybody, but Activision's multiplayer military shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is number one with a bullet, having debuted straight into the premier spot of the UK Charts this week. Particularly o...

[Update: Kotaku has received this quote recently, attributable to Dan Houser: "There seems to be some confusion arising from my interview with Harold Goldberg. The point I was trying to make in the article was related to how the narrative a...

Treyarch is a trendsetter. They codified that the zombies mode was a Call of Duty staple in World at War over a decade ago, and despite the fact that Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward tried their own thing: they eventually fell victi...

We are just a couple of weeks away from the biggest video game release of 2018, Rockstar's wild west sequel Red Dead Redemption 2. Once again players will step into the past to explore an enormous open-world, filled with activities, quests,...

We aren't, all of us, brimming with confidence about ourselves, our choices, and the narrative we've written in our short time here on Earth. I've been here the best part of four decades and I can honestly tell you that I'm still not comple...

Although new mechanics such as sprays and emotes have only just been added to Activision's latest blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, it hasn't taken long for wily players to figure out a way to exploit them for nefarious needs.As exempl...

As God as my witness, my wrestling spirit was broken in half somewhere around 2002. WWE was moving out of the Attitude Era and into the era of prosperity, as Mr. McMahon had just taken down his arch rival Ted Turner in a triumphant shoot: t...

The recent New Game+ update for Overcooked 2 that added an unlockable fourth star on every level was a nice gesture for high-score chasers, and I'm still working my way through the lot. But, above all, I just wanted more kitchens. That's al...

Despite being beyond long in the tooth from an innovation standpoint, the LEGO adventure titles continue to sell well worldwide. The latest in a long line of identikit titles, LEGO DC Super-Villains, is all set for release next week and War...

You have to give it to Ubisoft when it comes to support for their recent multiplayer offerings. While they generally had the same reputation as EA for abandoning their online projects in record time, they've done a fantastic job bringing co...

When Modern Warfare released in 2007, it mixed up the landscape of multiplayer shooters for an entire generation. Even to this day, competitive online shooters are still being influenced by Call of Duty. Part of what made the gameplay loop ...

It's that time of year again, as schoolkids and employees the world over all fall mysteriously ill on the very same day and a brand new Call of Duty title hits the shelves. Now finally embracing a full-on Multiplayer Only lifestyle, Activis...

When Hitman 2 launches next month, it will include a first for the series: competitive multiplayer. While not a massive scale deathmatch, the aptly titled "Ghost" mode will see two players face off in an assassination contest to kill as man...

Going through the campaign for a Call of Duty game was a complete crapshoot. You never knew if you were going to get a great hamfest or something that took itself far too seriously, and now it's completely out of the equation. Sta...

It's been a pretty big week for news pertaining to Epic Games' mega-popular battle royale title Fortnite. First we had the launch of Update 6.02, bringing with it the Disco Domination mode among other treats. Then yesterday we heard that An...

What better opportunity to launch a tourism campaign than on the back of a property centered around nuclear wastelands? West Virginia governor Jim Justice has done exactly that with their new initiative, which sees them joining forces with ...

[Update: A Blizzard representative directly reached out to Destructoid with the following comment: “While we love the idea of bringing our players together across platforms, we do not have any plans to implement cross-platform ga...