Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has had a hell of a run so far. While everyone struggled to blow through everything in one of the most expansive fighting game packages ever released, Piranha Plant crept onto the scene a full month and change lat...

VR is in such a precarious and exciting spot right now. It was expected to completely change the game out of the gate and just hasn't so far. Myriad corporations, direct VR hardware peddlers, or otherwise have scaled back production from th...

Before entering the nightmare era of its history pushing on-disc DLC amid other creative problems, Capcom was pumping out incredibly unique projects on systems like the DS and Wii. You only need to say the phrase “Zack and Wiki”...

I’m not gonna lie, I had pretty big expectations for Unravel Two after reviewing the first one a few years back. Unravel had such a beautifully-built natural world with warm, glowing graphics that really made me feel at peace. ...

I could open here with a retread of my history with Mortal Kombat, a history which starts in 1992 and takes place over not one, but two whole decades, featuring a glut of games, a couple of movies, a terrible cartoon series and me getting b...

Activision is completely changing the way it handles Call of Duty DLC starting with Black Ops 4. In the past you basically got a few maps (one of which was usually a remake of an old arena) and a zombie level. If you wanted, you could ...

Assassin's Creed III is like the inverse of Metal Gear Solid 2. There's a similar bait-and-switch protagonist swap, but Assassin's Creed III begins with an unannounced intruder whereas Metal Gear Solid 2 transitions from...

This weekend, pre-order customers for the PS4 and Xbox One editions of Mortal Kombat 11 were given the opportunity to find themselves neck-deep in the wanton violence and clothes-ruining viscera of NetherRealm Studios' upcoming sequel. Five...

For those of you who don't know I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Over the years I've developed a lot of personal recipes, including a mean garlic butter seared salmon with Dijon mayonnaise that I like to make for my wife. I'm also in t...

I love furniture reviews because they give me an excuse to post my cats. But you probably want an actual review too, huh. I was recently provided with the Respawn-900 "Gaming Recliner" for testing, and man with this massive time sink of a D...

All the way back in 2015 (which feels like forever ago), Swords and Soldiers 2 dropped on the Wii U. Even further still in 2009 Swords and Soldiers graced various platforms and also killed it. They're both heart-filled strategy romps and ha...

Earlier this year, the Destructoid staff posted their list of the 2019 games that we're most excited about. A variety of diverse and interesting games made the list, including a few that have already launched to critical acclaim. For m...

It's going to be a good long while before I've had my fill of Resident Evil 2. The more I play, the more fun I seem to have, and that's no accident. As with the series at large, Capcom has done a marvelous job crafting a game that's enjoyab...

After Titanfall 2 was unceremoniously fed to the grinder and released between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in 2016, I was curious as to what we'd see next from Respawn Entertainment. But, with the popularity of battle ro...

While I've been playing games my whole life, in the past several years I've basically become an expert in VR. I own every major VR platform to date, including Oculus Rift/Go, Vive and PlayStation VR and have seen nearly everything they have...

Given that I'm not even a couple days worth of play into a hunting game others dump hundreds of hours into mastering, I feel it's a little bit early for me to be saying if God Eater 3 is worth picking up. That said, from these limited ...

Downwell is a roguelike action game about plummeting down an impossibly long and monster-filled well with style, grace, and gunboots. As Nintendo Switch owners will soon discover, it is exceptional. It's one of those games whose magic can't...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's post-launch legacy is well underway. In addition to the revelation that Persona 5's Joker is heading into the ring, Nintendo just released another highly anticipated oddball of a roster addition that was announc...

I've played a lot of MMOs and MMO-lite experiences. I know the early problem signs and what to look for to see if something is going to go the distance. Anthem has the right stuff to propel itself over the finish line, but whether or n...

One of these days, I’m going to push myself to find out just how much money free-to-play mobile games make off of ad views. Because in the years that I’ve owned a smartphone and tablet and have gamed actively on them, I’ve...

Have you ever played a game that caught you completely off guard and ends up resonating with you much more than expected? Wandersong did that for me. I knew that it looked right up my alley, and I always planned to eventually pick it up, b...

Heroes of the Storm's development is winding down, but as of now, new characters are still arriving. We can likely expect this cadence throughout the year as heroes who were previously in development need to see the light of day, but after ...

This weekend, over one million players took their (supposed) "one shot" at the Resident Evil 2 remake, via a new demo launched by Capcom on the PS4, PC and Xbox One platforms. Given 30 minutes to step into the handsome features of supercop ...

I have never played Tales of Vesperia. But for a rather long time, I wanted it quite badly, because it was one of the games I couldn't have. Ten years ago, early in the lives of both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, Microsoft scored a co...

It took me a long, long while to warm up to the "New" Mario series. I thought the DS debut was rather stale and devoid of life, but over time it started to prove its mettle. The Wii version was a slight improvement, but it really wasn'...