Blizzard has released the first big update for Season 2 ofDiablo 4, Season of Blood. Unlike Season 1 which was full of early updates, this is the first update for Season 2 coming 11 days after it launched. This update adds a few quality of life changes such as a personal training dummy, a button to Refund All points on Paragon Boards, and an increase in the amount of Potent Blood that Blood Wells drop....
The Destructoid Show is like a hurricane Hey gang! Here’s today’s Destructoid Show, which aired live earlier from, uh. Not PAX East. Unfortunately. The big news of the day, hands down, isDucktales Remastered,an HD remake of the NES classic. Sadly,Mega Manisn’t getting the same treatment. Dale went hands-on withBeyond: Two Souls,whichsounds rad,mostly for its lack ofquicktime events. Some new info surfaced aboutSaints Row IV,including Hamza’spreview, somegood news, and somebad news.Battlefield 4has propellers and treads....
The Morgan Rogers Future Stars SBC has arrived inEA FC 25with two special cards, and you’re able to pick between them to reinforce your Ultimate Team squad. This is the first time when Rogers has received a promo item, and EA Sports has added two cards. After completing the SBC, you can select the version you want to keep. Let’s examine how you can complete the challenge and which version is the better pick....
The “Four Fs” of success [Update: If you want to listen to the talk in standalone podcast form, links for that can be foundhere.] As of this writing, there’s less than 48 hours to go on theBinding of Isaac: Four Souls RequiemKickstarter, though it’s already been a massive success. As I told Edmund in this surprise episode ofSup, Holmes?, I wasn’t sure this expansion pack would top the original. Boy was I wrong....
Nintendo lines up a big first half of 2023 The first Nintendo Direct of 2023 aired today, as the company detailed what’s ahead for the Switch in the next few months. While usual suspects showed up for the party, we had a few big surprises drop, and many of them Nintendo Switch consoles right now. The show kicked off big withPikmin 4, spotlighting the new little helpers and a very interesting new camera angle....
Upset Poongko is upset. After some tenseSSFIVAEmatches last night, today will be a bit more mellow withMortal Kombat 9andKing of Fighters XIIIsemifinals. But, don’t you worry, the trash talking and hype will come again as theUltimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3semifinals begin in the evening. Join us in the chat while we watch the best fighting players in the world duke it out in their game of choice. Live Streams Watch live video from srkevo1 on www....
A particular University of Alabama course this fall will feel like a “Hide, Hideaway” for many students as it’s heavily inspired by Square Enix’sFinal Fantasy XVI.The class “Mythos to Logos: Religious Deconstruction and Reconstruction inFinal Fantasy XVI” will examine the religious deities of the game to help explain real-world concepts. “Once a week, the class will engage in what I call a ‘Game Lab,’ where students will spend class time playing a video game under my guidance, with lectures interspersed to frame their gameplay,” said the course’s teacherProfNoctison X/Twitter....
Dear Sir Ben Kingsley, How do you go from an Academy Award-winning performance as Mahatma Ghandi to playing cookie-cutter villains in fifth-rate films based on videogame licenses? You are either a fool or the film industry totally hates you. Either way, I weep. That said, I do have to admit that you look like a total badass in thisfirst promotional imageof your character in the upcomingPrince of Persiamovie. I would totally not like to meet you in a crowded bazaar, especially with that creepy shimmer in your eye....
Valve boss having a great year Valve boss Gabe Newell was just inducted into theAIAS Hall of Fame last month, and now he’s up to be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts next month. BAFTA’s Fellowship is the highest accolade they bestow on game makers. Newell follows gaming Fellows Shigeru Miyamoto, Peter Molyneux, and Will Wright. Harvey Elliott, Chair of BAFTA’s Games Committee: “Gabe’s contribution to the industry is unique, and he is very different to many others that BAFTA could recognize....
You can’t keep a good game down. Much like other Atlus releases,Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturneis one of those games that you keep hearing about if you missed it the first time. This 2004 PlayStation 2 release isn’t necessarily super-rare, but it’s still pretty hard to find. That’s why, if interested, you’d want to jump on a reprint right away. This demonic, super-Japanese RPG has a kind of cult following, as does the rest of theMegami Tenseiseries games....
Perfect World is handling publishing duties If you have been wondering what’s up withGiganticas of late, I’m right there with you. These past few months, I think I’ve heard developer Motiga than the game itself. Giganticis still in fact coming to Xbox One and Windows 10, but now, there are also plans for the free-to-play MOBA to support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 with a same-day release. What changed? The studio has partnered with publisher Perfect World Entertainment....
The somewhat less-good news?Valkyria Duelis a free-to-play, browser-based, card-battling strategy game. It’ll have base-building elements, territory control, 3D battle scenes (alaAdvance Wars), and, of course, a ton of cards based on characters and equipment from its obsessively detailed fake-World-War-II-era setting. Now now, before you cluck your tongues and palm your faces and lament the fall of the once-mighty, note that it’s not out yet, and it could be great! Who knows?...
Grab the new fan album for eight bones I hope you enjoyed ourlittle snippetof Blake Robinson’sChrono Trigger Symphony, because now it’s time for the real thing! The first volume of the three-part fan symphony is live onLoudrandiTunesfor $7.99, less than what theSuper MetroidandBanjo-Kazooiealbums ran for. Bonus! Today also happens to be the 18th anniversary ofChrono Trigger‘s US release, a great day to revisit the SNES original or one of the several ports and updates....
