Devil’s Third lives, and it’s a Wii U exclusive

Valhalla Game Studios brings the action to Wii U Just when I was losing hope of ever seeing Tomonobu Itagaki’s lost action game again, the head of Valhalla Games Studios re-introduced us to their original IP.Devil’s Thirdis not only alive and well, it’s also a Wii U exclusive. In a brand new trailer, we got to see some of the action that unfolds. While mechanically it looks similar to the original trailer, the game looks a bit different now....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Anthony Jones

Does Persona 5 The Phantom X Global have soft pity?

Persona 5 The Phantom X‘s potential presence or absence of a soft pity has been a popular topic of discussion in the community ever since the Global version went live. The global version has a few notable differences from the regional servers. Many players have speculated that there might be soft pity in the Global, too. However, there may be no good news if you’re struggling with your banner pulls....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Erin Rivera

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: All Goku Black Branching Paths in Episode battle mode

Goku Black might be one of the stronger villains on the roster ofDragon Ball Sparking Zero, but there’s more to him as far as the Episode battle mode is concerned. He has one Sparking campaign titled Proof of Justice, which has an alternate ending for the character. Naturally, there are certain prerequisites you’ve to fulfill in order to gain access to the Sparking episode. The episodes of this path are also different from the default storyline, so let’s find out how you can start and complete the Sparking episode....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Jonathan Patterson

Fire Emblem: Awakening exceeds 180,000 sales in February

Yep, that’ll do Fire Emblem: Awakeningdidn’t crackFebruary’s monthly NPD chart, but that doesn’t mean the 3DS title hasn’t been a roaring success. In fact, Nintendo has revealed the strategy role-paying game put up “the best first month sales in franchise history” following its release on February 4. Speaking toVentureBeat, Nintendo boasted thatFire Emblem: Awakeninghas sold more than 180,000 units to date, including 63,000 digital sales. To put that number into context,Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, the previous entry in the series, has sold around 250,000 copies over the past five years....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Kevin Gentry

Fire Emblem’s Byleth is the next Smash Ultimate DLC fighter, not Waluigi

Did you like it? Today is a pretty big day forSmash Ultimatereveals, as Byleth fromFire Emblem: Three Housesmakes his way to theSuper Smash Bros.stage. Both genders will be available, as will sacred relic weapons from theFire Emblemseries (the video makes fun of the fact that there’s too many swordsmen already). Given that Terry was spoiled previously by an erroneous site listing, this one comes as a surprise. Sakurai even said this one was made with “utmost secrecy,” and it will “take a little time” until it arrives....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Amanda Cole

Friday Night Fights: Join us for Team Fortress 2sdays!

Yep, you read that headline correctly! Starting next week, we’ll once again be dedicating our Tuesday nights here at Dtoid to playingTeam Fortress 2over on ourofficial server, and we’d like you to join us! We’ll try to keep our “Team Fortress 2sdays” as sexy as possible by introducing new mods, maps, etc. as often as we can, but for the most part, we just wanted an excuse to get together on daysotherthan Fridays and shoot each other in the face!...

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Amy Beck

Go hands-on with the PlayStation 4 at PAX this week

Play games like Killzone, Infamous, Driveclub and more Nintendo isn’t the only onethat’s going big for PAX Prime this week as Sony will be bringing a ton of stuff to show off in Seattle. A ton of PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, and more importantly, PlayStation 4 titles will all be playable. Here’s the PS4 lineup: Killzone: Shadow Fall, Infamous: Second Son, Driveclub, Knack, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Hohokum, Warframe, Contrast, Blacklight: Retribution,andRes0gun....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Steven Mills

Grim Dawn’s new Berserker subclass is a vicious shapeshifter in the vein of Diablo’s Druid

Back when she wrote for Destructoid, Stephanie Sterling said right off the bat thatGrim Dawnwould be an ARPG to remember. Here we are, then, with a whole new expansion slated to release in 2025, and its new subclass is the more-than-faintly familiar Berserker with two transformations in tow. More specifically, I can’t help but feel that the developer Crate Entertainment came up with the Berserker as a bit of an alternative take onDiablo‘s classic Druid character class....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Todd Guerra

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for this year in video games?

Season’s greetings from Destructoid’s least-American writer Hello and good morning to my American friends here at Destructoid, as well as everybody else who stopped by to be a little Thanksgiving-curious. Believe it or don’t, it’s that time of year again. What a whistle-stop year it has been. It’s Thanksgiving, America’s birthday… Or is that Independence Day? It’s Turkey Day, as they called it onMST3KandAnimal Crossing. Turkee Day, for all of you vegan saints....

June 19, 2025 · 4 min · 705 words · Denise Taylor

Henry Cavill’s mustache will need to be digitally removed for Justice League reshoots

Oh, they’re also costing a crap ton Justice Leaguecame out of SDCClooking pretty rosy all things considered. There was a great new poster and a new trailer, and everyone cheered really loudly. But let’s all please remember who we’re talking about here. This is DC. This is WB. These are the people who have been stinking up the DCEU for multiple films, and just because they madeWonder Womannot suck doesn’t mean they’re in the clear....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Alexander Stewart

Here is why Sony won’t let PlayStation cross-play with Switch and Xbox One

My guess? Not enough $$$ Microsoft’s announcement thatMinecraftwould be gettingunified serversfor almost every version was huge for fans of the game. It means that there is no longer going to be separate eco-systems and that friends could enjoy the game regardless of their platform of choice. It’s a similar story to what developer Psyonix has done forRocket League, allowing PC, Xbox One and Switch players to all play together while PS4 users are left in the dust (although they can play with PC users on separate servers)....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Tammy Yates

Here’s a good look at how the Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 girls fit into Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash

Water water everywhere Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splashmay not be the best game in theSenran Kaguraseries, but it is one of the better spin-off titles. And like the rest of the series, its guest character DLC is now available for purchase. Honoka, Ayane, and Marie Rose from theDead or Aliveseries,Xtreme 3specifically, totally gel withSenran Kagura‘s anime style by the looks of it. You can douse them with all sorts of suspicious liquids for $5....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Jessica Fitzgerald

Hip Chicas may keep your daughter from becoming a filthy whore!

It must be a horrifying moment to look at one’s daughter and be unable to recognize your child’s face underneath a slathering of gold jewelry and lipliner. This is the fate that befalls “chongas“, a slang term that originated in suburban Miami to describe a teenage girl straddling the line between gangster and hooker. Let me tell you, it’s a classy breed. Don’t want your child to fall into this insidious pitfall and start bringing home potential purse snatchers?...

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Stanley Hooper