God, what a weekend. We’re back from Cancun, and to cap off the epic times that were had by all, we recorded an epic episode of RetroforceGO! Unfortunately, there were also epic technical difficulties and terrible audio problems. To be honest, the sound quality is abysmal and we don’t feel right releasing it as an episode. However, just because it sounds terrible doesn’t mean you won’t get to hear it. Instead, we decided that since we had so many awesome community members participating in this episode, we’re going to release it exclusively in the Destructoid community blogs....

More freedom is allegedly promised Take this with a grain of salt, but there’s allegedly more information regarding the Egyptian-boundAssassin’s Creedthat wasrevealed last year by Kotaku. According to sources at WWG(facilitated by the typically reliableLiam Robertson), the game has been renamed fromAssassin’s Creed EmpiretoOrigins, and although it’ll still take place in Egypt, it’ll have more of an open world focus. A non-linear emergent storyline has been teased similar to theElder Scrollsseries, which would be a great pivot for the formulaic franchise....

So they don’t rot your brain after all A study conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto has found another positive effect that videogames have on players, an improvement of visual searching skills. Based on a set of experiments led by Sijing Wu, a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology, playing driving or shooting games, even for short periods of time, improves the player’s ability to find targets hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex scenes....

January 30 on Steam, Epic, and Discord Unknown Worlds isn’t done exploring theSubnauticauniverse, and I couldn’t be happier. The studio is following up its oceanic sci-fi survival adventure with a standalone expansion,Below Zero, which will get underway on June 06, 2025. The original had a hugely successful Early Access run. With any luck, we’re about to set off on a long and winding journey that’ll ultimately end in another stellar game....

Not enough people showed up for the free week Bossa Studios had a curious little skateboarding game in development calledDecksplashthatcaught our attentionat the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the key word here ishad— it’s no longer in development. While cancellations happen all the time, the nature of this one is pretty interesting. The developers set a goal to bring in 100,000 players during a promotional event in which players could tryDecksplashfor free for one week....

Only a few in stock at each store [Update:Target seems to have some extra stock online from dropped pre-orders.Check now(trythe mobile linktoo) and throughout the day to see if anything pops up. GameStop isalso taking orderson a $250 bundle with the game and Majora’s Mask-themed New 3DS.] Another big videogame product launch, another retailer hunt from yours truly. This morning theNew 3DS XLdebuted across the country in the US, and thousands of fans are looking to get their hands on the coveted Majora’s Mask 3DS....

Physical edition fans, rejoice! In a time when digital media candisappear out of thin airwith nothing but the blink of an eye from ajaded executive, I think it’s more than fair that some fans prefer to own physical copies of their favorite media, including games. Fans ofThe Witcher 3who want to have the game available in physical form for their PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X are in luck, because CD Projekt Red is releasingThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Editionin the European and North American regions next week on January 26....

We’ll just have to make due with 140+ from this year 2017 has been an incredibly fruitful year for Xbox One backward compatibility. The console defining feature not only saw a large amount of 360 games, but also introduced original Xbox support and even 4K remasters of some 360 games. To say that we’ve been spoiled would be an understatement, especially considering you don’t even need to rebuy any of your old games....

Won’t get fooled again It’s a tale nearly 10 years old at this point: Valve’s fans are a constantly dejected lot, never really willing to get their hopes too high anymore. Why would they? Valve has shown no inclination to makeHalf-Life 3,Portal 3, orLeft 4 Dead 3. Which brings us to this mysterious teaser trailer that claims to be from a thirdLeft 4 Dead. It looks great. It’s moody and despondent in all the right ways — slow shots panning over the environment, growing in urgency and despair as the trailer moves along....

Devil’s Dare artist returns to his roots Devil’s Dareis a fun horror-styled beat ’em up. Have you played it? It’s pretty great, even though I make a brief cameo towards the beginning. Contrary to how it may sometimes seem, I don’t actually ruin everything I’m in. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Raymond Teo, creator ofDevil’s Dare, is right a lot more often than that. He has a long history of producing original work and fan art, all of which is wonderful....

The best song from Ocarina of Time; this is not up for debate Okay, Taylor Davis is officially a badass. Late last year we saw herdressed as Sheik and playing a couple of the ocarina songs fromThe Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. She took the simple melodies and transformed them into more fleshed out, more powerful pieces. Just imagine my delight when I saw she did a video for my #1 favorite song fromOcarina, “Gerudo Valley....

Updated: Jun 20, 2025 Looked for codes! The enemy is gathering at your kingdom’s doorstep! Assemble your troops and meet them head-on inTroop Defense, making sure that no invading soldier reaches the castle. The stakes are high, with you and your army being the only thing standing between your kingdom and impending demise. In the beginning, you’ll have to make do with only a limited selection of troops at your disposal....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger bbain laments lost love. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Hello everyone! Valentine’s Day is today, and in the spirit of the holiday, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some of my favorite unrequited video game romances! These are instances where the game heavily hints at one character’s attraction to the other, but neither character ever admits their feelings for one another....