Now that pay-what-you-want indie game bundles have become commonplace, it may be easy to start passing them up. I know I don’t get nearly as excited as I used to with both the Humble Bundle and Indieroyale popping up at regular intervals.Indieroyalehas announced a new initiative that might just shake that up a bit: Lighting Packs. Each Lightning Pack will start with a $2.99 minimum price and will only be available for 100 hours....

Check out the E3 Accolades trailer Another day, another bit of info aboutAlien: Isolation. I already know I want to buy it. I don’t honestly need trailer after trailer with tiny morsels of gameplay. I’m about ready to jump right in, especially afterSteven’s ringing endorsement. In any case, this is the latest trailer rife with praise from the various outlets that attended E3 this year, including Destructoid, of course. Look for our name near the beginning with the outlet montage....

Kirby + Gundam? Nintendo’s lovable pink balloon is coming back to the 3DS inKirby Planet Robobot, but this time he has a new trick up his sleeve: Robotic Armor. It has ten different modes to give you multiples ways to progress through levels, similar to his trademark copy ability. Each level will have a foreground and background so that you may jump back and forth. Planet Robobotcomes with a separate co-op mode calledTeam Kirby Clash....

Today is going to be very special forMash Tactics. King Foom is firing off inBattlefield 3on Xbox 360 with the one and only, Jon Bloodspray. Bloodspray is an OG in the Dtoid forums, a verified “Legendary Dtoider”, and a new addition to Dtoid’s Community team. Tune in and spread the community love, or jump on your 360 and play with the guys by searching “Destructoid” in the in-game server browser!...

At the DROP 01 animation showcase by Netflix, a trailer and release date wererevealedfor the Ubisoft crossover series,Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. Fans eager to feast their eyeballs on thisFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon-inspired,Suicide Squad-adjacent crossover series starring characters from a variety of Ubisoft games can do so when it drops on October 19. Inthe trailer, we are shown a neon-drenched city, a news broadcast starring Rayman — wait, Ubisoft actually remembers him?...

Better hone your papercraft skills in the meantime LittleBigPlanetdeveloper Media Molecule’sTearawayis the kind of original property we love to see appear on PlayStation Vita. The studio has slapped an Aug 07, 2025 digital and retail release date on this papercraft action-adventure title. Europe gets the game a day later. Alongside the announcement on thePlayStation Blog, there’s a quick mention of the cover art, which will be reversible with one side dedicated to each main character....

Judssolqj krrn! Netflix has been unstoppable when it comes to securing a strong presence in the animation industry. They already have fantastic shows likeBojack Horseman,Trollhunters, Voltron,andCastlevania, and that’s not even mentioning the countless Netflix exclusive anime that they hold hostage for several months as the series airs in Japan pissing off U.S. anime fans as we wait patiently for an official release. Despite that personal gripe, Netlifx has been working extra hard to get even more fantastic creators on their platform and I couldn’t be more excited....

Also B.ARK Your chance for aBlaster Master Zero 3download has come, as the final entry in the new Inti Creates trilogy is out on the Nintendo eShop today. It’s kind of a pivotal moment for the series, and for Inti Creates as a whole, as they’re going all-out beyond the third game and releasing a full-on trilogy pack. Oh, andBlaster Master Zero 3is out on pretty much every other current platform, not just the Switch....

No news is good news? Last weekend we posteda little historical review of timesthat Nintendo created digital or physical limited edition products that they could have also sold through conventional retail channels, but instead chose to release as exclusive free gifts and rewards. The idea is that, given Nintendo’s history, it’s not a sure thing the company will sell its upcoming MewtwoSmash Bros. Wii U/3DS DLC at a later date. It could go either way....

A fresh look at Nightdive’s reboot Nightdive Studios has givenSystem Shockfans a progress update on its “faithful reboot” of the influential 1994 game from Looking Glass. The crowdfunded project is still in pre-production, with the team currently focused on creating a vertical slice — or, “a thin deep slice of the game.” More specifically, Nightdive is “finishing building out the Medical Deck including labs, vents, and patient rooms, adding in several new enemies including the Cyborg Drone and Cyborg Commander, new weapons, turrets, hacking puzzles, and so on....

When it came out,Cross Edgehit with a relative flop. The title is a crossover RPG featuring characters from the realms of Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Namco Bandai and others as they attempt to reconcile why they’ve all been transported to an inter-dimensional world, why people are trying to kill them, and how they can get back home. The game had a lot of potential behind it, giving us some of our most iconic characters from strong properties, in something that seemed fun and original....

Smile-worthy deals Someone needs to send Green Man Gaming the memo that aFlash Saleis suppose to convey the message a sale is short and not long-lasting. I guess “Ongoing Sale” doesn’t have the same punch. Anyway, GMG has extended last week’s “Flash Sales” with discounts on recent releases like 23% offCivilization VIandBattlefield 1along with larger discounts on older titles like 82% off theMass Effect Trilogy. At $8.99, even with all the potential missing DLC you’re still getting a grand ol’ adventure, particularly if you’re new to PC gaming....

More gross talking voices This week on Podtoid, Jonathan Holmes, Conrad Zimmerman, Andy Dixon, and Caitlin Cooke discuss their latest gaming experiences, including Conrad playingAwesomenauts, Caitlin’s obsession with The Price Is Right, Andy Dixon’s daughter’s shocking rudeness, and Jonathan Holmes’ landlord’s dying cat, and of course, dog maulings. Unfortunately, Max Scoville is MIA after heading south of the border to flee overdue child support payments. Here’s yourdirect download, and the link to theiTunes page....