Hell yeah! Steam gets Earth Defense Force 4.1 next week

Kill ’em all It’s been long enough since thatbig list of supposed Steam gamessurfaced that I had forgottenEarth Defense Force 4.1may or may not make it to PC. Well, it’s happening, and we’ll only need to wait a matter of days. The Steam release for Sandlot’s bug-blasting co-op shooter is set for Monday, July 18. According to D3 Publisher, there will be English/Japanese language support (including full audio), achievements, cloud saves, and online co-op....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Curtis Bird

Here’s our first glimpse at the gameplay of Torment: Tides of Numenera

Looks like a classic PC RPG to me I’ve been playing inXile Entertainment’sWasteland 2before its full release on Friday but I have to say, I’m even more excited for the studio’s other title,Torment: Tides of Numenera. We’ve now got our first good glimpse and yep, it looks like a classic style of RPG. Despite the game beingdelayed into early 2015, playingWasteland 2has me eager to playTides of Numeneraright now. The originalPlanescape Tormentwas highly regarded for its well written story and character choices and you can see a little of that in this short bit of pre-alpha footage....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Jacob Carter

Here’s some of the cool combat stuff you can do in Prey

It’s more than just gunplay On a space station overrun with aliens, the easy solution is to constantly use guns until the alien problem is no longer a problem. Just blast away until everything stops moving. Our video game training should have us well-prepared for this. But,Preytakes a more creative approach. Outlined in this video are a bunch of the powers that are designed to confuse and distract the enemies. A few good ones are: Making two turrets flame-fight each other, sending an alien to attack a decoy and then blowing the proxy up, and throwing a grenade that turns everything into jellybeans....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Natalie Blevins

How to complete Disable the Steel Watch in Baldur’s Gate 3

By the time you’ve reached the city of Baldur’s Gate, you’ll be on the hunt for the Netherstones and looking to take down those holding them. Eliminating Lord Gortash will be a bit tricky, though, with this Steel Watch in the way of yourBaldur’s Gate 3progress. As you undertake the pursuit of the Netherstones in Act 3 ofBaldur’s Gate 3you’ll acquire the quest “Disable the Steel Watch.” The goal is exactly that: take out the Steel Watch, so Gortash doesn’t have his surprisingly hard-hitting robo-army to protect him....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 872 words · Marcus Welch

How to get the Wingshot Grappler in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 3

Fortnite’sSuper season is packed with plenty of powerful superhero loot you can find around the island. Many of these items are singular and tricky to locate, as is the case with the Wingshot Grappler. This powerful item is required for certain quests and is a great tool to pick up whenever you have the means to acquire it. It’s not easy to find, though, so you may need to knowhow to get the Wingshot Grappler inFortnite....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Paul Cain

How to kill True Soul Gut in Baldur’s Gate 3 – BG3 True Soul Gut Boss Fight Guide

The True Soul Gut inBaldur’s Gate 3is quite tricky. She’ll use the environment around her, like pulling down statues to take you down. She also has a range of powerful magic to use against you. Here’s how to kill the True Soul Gut inBaldur’s Gate 3easily. How to defeat True Soul Gut After you pass the guards at the front of the Shattered Sanctum, True Soul Gut is right in front of you, having an argument on an elevated wooden stage....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Dr. Marilyn Washington DVM

It looks like I?ll be playing Driveclub this fall

Hands-on with the latest build It’s been about a year since I’ve played upcoming PS4 racerDriveclub. It debuted at E3 last year; I found myself rushing to my PlayStation appointment to get my hands on it. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was with my first experience. It wasn’t at all like the big, shiny, socially connected next-gen racer I expected from the pros at Evolution Studios. I chalked the rough experience up to being early in the development process, but the reality was that it wasn’tthatearly — the title was expected at launch....

July 9, 2025 · 6 min · 1096 words · Kathy Schultz

Japan to soon get a taste of ‘PlayStation 3 the Best’ titles

Those discounted Greatest Hits titles are something that we’ve all come to expect from Sony, and more than a few of us have found them as the perfect opportunity to supplement our game collections with some gems, that for whatever reason, we had to pass on at the time. Well, it appears that for Japanese PS3 owners at least, the time is nearly at hand. According to IGN, a nameless Japaneseonlineretailer has listed March 19th as the special date that thecheapskatesamong you may expect to find the deals you’ve been holding out for....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Daniel Martinez

Let’s all watch the October 2021 PlayStation State of Play

PlayStatement The month is almost over and we are smack-dab in the middle of the fall games season. But Sony’s got a few more bits of news to share in October, as today they’re hosting a new State of Play stream. The October 2021 State of Play will go live at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. You can follow along via the embed below, or through Sony’sYouTubeandTwitchchannels. Expectations are for this State of Play tocenter on studios outside Sony, with PlayStation saying it will feature announcements and updates on third-party releases for PS4 and PS5....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Kathleen Rodriguez

Live show: Cracking skulls in Supremacy MMA

[Not sure what Mash Tactics is? I’ve included a classic clip of the stream to show you just a glimpse of what you’ve been missing, you daft fool! you may see all of Destructoid’s previously-aired live showsin our archives.] Today,Mash Tacticsis playingSupremacy MMAfrom 505 Games.Supremacytakes a faster pace than most other mixed martial arts games, which is perfect for theMash Tacticscrew. Get a good look at the bone-crunching action and see if this might be a game for you....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Joanna Stevenson

Mortal Kombat’s selection screen sure has changed over the years

Mortal Kombat X’s full select screen revealed Different people have wildly different experiences with fighting games. Someone who’s unskilled won’t have near the same involvement as someone who’s mastered its systems. But, there is one constant across anyone who tries their hand at a fighting game: the character selection screen. NetherRealms revealedMortal Kombat X‘s selection screen during a stream today. It has the full roster of 25 characters, not including any that’ll be released later as downloadable content....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Jaime Cruz

New Hitman will have the largest levels yet

And Agent 47’s ‘magic pockets’ are no more IO Interactive is working on thenext major installment ofHitmanand today the studio shared a few details about the game. Most notably, it’ll feature Agent 47 “at the prime of his career” and open-ended sandbox levels that are said to be the biggest the series has ever seen. “The game concentrates on the coreHitmanfantasy of using a wide range of tools to take out a diverse group of targets across expansive, exotic locations around the world,” wrote IO....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Andrew Woods

PEGI can’t determine if loot boxes are gambling

You can’t make a decision if it’s someone else’s problem Loot boxes are…a thing. A thing that has become a big problem in recent years due to their gradual advance into AAA titles that gamers have already paid a hefty chunk of change for. It started out okay enough; loot boxes were confined to free-to-play titles. Then they infiltratedCounter-Strike: Global Offensive. Now they’ve invadedOverwatch,Halo 5: Guardians,Middle-earth: Shadow of War, andStar Wars Battlefront II....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Ashley Lawson