Leave it to Nintendo to surprise us. Well, this Nintendo Direct Mini wasn't a full surprise, but tons of gaming news at 10AM ET is kind of...a lot to take in, especially since a ton of people are probably still asleep, or at work in so...

Well, Sony finally did it. They threw down the gauntlet in response to Microsoft's recent Xbox Series X price and date announcement. It's official: Christmas has not been canceled, the next generation is coming this November. November 12, i...

As everyone and their mother's mega-corporation adapts the Nintendo Direct style presentation in this post-E3 world, Ubisoft has rolled in with their second Ubisoft Forward stream today and dropped a few news nuggets on it. Of course, this ...

So Gamescom is here: but instead of sending our writers out to Cologne, Germany, it's being held virtually. As one does in 2020! Yes, just about every tradeshow has been blown up by the events of this year, but Geoff Keighley put on hi...

Today's Indie World Showcase just wrapped up: did you enjoy it? Nintendo book-ended the big things: a Hades Switch port from Supergiant Games at the start, and an Untitled Goose Game multiplayer update at the end (which will be co...

A lot of people thought Microsoft didn't bring it to their last showcase, but did they bring it today? I think they did. We got our first actual look at Halo Infinite, which really should be called Halo Nostalgia: and that's a compliment. W...

Well, it's not a full Direct, but it'll do. Today, in the spirit of springing things on us without warning, Nintendo dropped new Direct Mini on us all at once: no stream! It's specifically called a "Partner Showcase," actually, which, accor...

So uh, we just had another traditional "usually-at-E3-but-not-this-year press conference" drop on us. Wait, where did you go?! Yes, EA Play 2020 came and went very, very quickly. As in, I couldn't believe that they spent 10 of their 45 minu...

There's something so weird about seeing a lot of these events on-stage for so many years, then shifting to perfectly planned out digital streams. It's jarring, because they are inherently less jarring. I'll explain. Watching the game-by-gam...

After folks brought out their pitchforks during the recent Xbox Series X event for not showing enough gameplay, Sony pretty much only showed gameplay today for their "Future of Gaming" PS5 stream: with some cinematic panache thrown in for g...

Is it because we're in a lull when it comes to rapid-fire "Direct" style events, or did Microsoft kind of bring it today? We got our first look at the next-generation, which boasts little to no load times, 4K60FPS visuals and Smart Delivery...

Google hosted a special Stadia Connect event today, which announced 11 games coming to the service. Some are coming sooner than later, so here's a full roundup of what was confirmed. PUBG is probably the crown jewel here, and the ...

It's a weird time right now. A lot of planned April Fools' jokes probably didn't hit that send button after the coronavirus took hold (even Sega of Japan was like, "we're not doing it this year" and Capcom was a bit more somber), but w...

I hope you were like most of us industry professionals and expected a very technical talk when the venerable Mark Cerny was name-dropped as the keynote speaker for a pre-recorded GDC talk. No? Well, damn. Sony gave us specs and vague promis...

So my one wish wasn't granted during the Indie World Showcase stream today: no Hollow Knight Silksong info! Still, we got a few good tidbits like confirmation of PixelJunk Eden 2, as well as some windows for some cool looking games lik...

Well, it's time for the polarization train to pull in...choo choo! The whole "third (or even fourth) edition" of each Pokemon generation has always been controversial, but Game Freak is trying something different this time for Sword&nb...

Microsoft just capped off its X019, the annual celebration of everything Xbox. Well, technically only the news reveal portion has wrapped. The rest of X019 is a fan event that runs through the weekend. Xbox used its 90 minutes mostly as an ...

I've seen every BlizzCon in the history of the company, and this one has got to be one of the weirdest. After the crowd turned on Blizzard last year over Diablo Immortal, we got Diablo IV in the best way possible: a really good horrifi...

Apple Arcade launched on September 19 on mobile devices, and as of today, is available in most regions for the iPad and Apple TV. That's a decent spread of devices for folks who don't own an iPhone, and a Mac rollout is scheduled for later ...

No Batman! It turns out the tenuous links between the recent Batman game teases and Sony's State of Play were just that: tenuous. I saw it coming from a mile away, so no worries there. We did get some actual news though today, in this sligh...

Man Nintendo's Indie World Showcases are such a breath of fresh air. I love the hosts and the chill tone, and we usually get a few big announcements in addition to a general celebration of the indie scene. The big ones this time are undoubt...

So uh, the Geoff Keighley is in Death Stranding Show Gamescom Opening Night Live ceremony just happened, and there were a few announcements worth looking at. We got another glimpse at Death Stranding, and even though so much of it was overl...

Each year Destructoid does our recaps a little differently. I lay my opinions on the line, provide full breakdowns of each and every story that happens in each conference/stream (it takes days from our lives to be this meticulous, I assure ...

Nintendo is usually the one to close out E3's conference run. And typically, they're the ones that get that last chance to wow us after so many other events, year after year, fail to delight. Last night Square Enix brought a much-needed spa...

So Square Enix kind of brought it right? Look at all of the goodness below and compare it to their E3 Showcase last year. Night and day! 2018 Square Enix had no Final Fantasy VII Remake. 2019 Square Enix had a truck load of it. We got a loo...