The Daily Hotness: I don’t want to hold your wooden leg

Check out everything Destructoid did today Some of those bad lip-reading videos are ok, but I think this is a definite improvement over the terrible dialogue fromThe Amazing Spider-Man. God, that movie sucked. But Emma Stone is hot. Tons of Dtoid Originals today, including interviews with InXile designers Colin McComb and Kevin Saunders, as well as JRPG producer Kei Hirono. Steven examined the violence and vindication of video games and how they dont want you to feel bad, Fraser extolled what he hopes the newThiefgame will bring, Office Chat discussesSimCityandDead Space, and more happened on Dtoid on the 6th of March, 2013....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Jason Stewart

The Megas tease second MM3 album with a new single

“Fly on a Dog” off of the upcoming History Repeating: Red This past June, after a four-year spell,Mega Mancover band The Megas finallyunleashedthe official follow-up to their debut album. WhereasGet Equippedwas based onMega Man 2,History Repeating: Bluewas naturally based onMega Man 3. But as the subtitle of the new release implied, it was but the first of a two-part project, withHistory Repeating: Redset to arrive in the near future. Just in time for Christmas, The Megas are offering a new single fromRed: an arrangement of the stage select theme entitled “Fly on a Dog....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Andrea Murphy

The Weekend Modder’s Guide: Thief: Deadly Shadows

Thief: Deadly Shadowsis the third game in theThiefseries. You sneak around in the shadows to steal things, but did you know that this game also has zombies in it? Did you know that there are open-world areas with side-quests? Did you know that this game can be a major pain in the ass to play, but it’s still really fun? Stealth games these days tend to be fast-paced affairs likeBatman: Arkham Asylumwhere you sneak around on ceilings and take out thugs while quickly disappearing afterward....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 623 words · Elizabeth Sullivan

This is how Cyberpunk 2077’s three Lifepath roles work

What are you picking? TheCyberpunk 2077experience changes drastically based on a decision made at the very start of the game. You’ll be asked to choose a Lifepath which is essentially an origin story. During this morning’s Night City Wire stream, CD Projekt Red explained how Lifepaths work. The three different Lifepath roles are Nomad, Street Kid, and Corporate.Cyberpunk 2077will start differently and have unique early missions depending on your choice. For instance, a Corporate Lifepath starts in a futuristic Wall Street-like environment as you work for the Arasaka Corporation....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Peter Davis

Tips for securing your Xbox Live account

[Dtoider Magnalon has some great tips to protect your Xbox account from being hacked. – Kauza] Lately, we’ve been hearing stories of an increasingly alarmingXbox Live hacking issue, and thelack of care and concernthat Microsoft has exhibited in some cases. Sure, just being hacked is beyond inconvenient, but users also risk losing access to their accounts for extended periods and the horrible possibility of having to speak withXbox support. Yikes....

June 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1124 words · Victoria Kim

Twitch-based FPS Reflex reborn on Steam Early Access

If at first you don’t succeed… After an unsuccessful attempt at securing funding throughKickstarter, the twitch competitive first-person shooterReflexis back and now available on Steam Early Access. This is great news for fans of the old-school arena-based shooters.Reflex‘s promise of combining modern tech with the speed, precision, and freedom of a ’90s shooter is an idea I can definitely get behind. Like all Early Access titles, be aware of what you’re getting into before buying in....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Stacey Rivera

Twitch’s new Partner Plus scheme is ‘unattainable for the majority’ of streamers

A program for the Twitch elite? Recently, it was announced thatTwitch would be improving its revenue splitsthrough what’s being called the Partner Plus program. This means streamers will be entitled to a 70/30 split instead of the current 50/50, providing they meet certain requirements. However, while it’s generally been accepted that this is a step in the right direction, more than a few content creators are concerned about the upcoming program....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Benjamin Harris

When does Ark 2 come out? Release window, platforms, more

Ark 2was first announced at The Game Awards in 2020, but four years on, we still haven’t been able to roam the world and find the dinosaurs that inhabit it. After a delay to the game’s 2023 launch, we now have a release window forArk 2, and we don’t have too long to wait. Ark: Survival Evolvedis one of the most popular survival games on the market, and almost a decade after its 2015 launch, plenty of players are still regularly jumping into the dinosaur-infested world....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 575 words · Brad Lambert

When is GTA 5 coming to Game Pass? Release date and versions, explained

GTA 5is coming back to Xbox Game Pass in April, and here’s the release date and the version you will be able to play. Table of Contents When is GTA 5 coming back to Xbox Game Pass? GTA 5is coming back to Xbox Game Pass on April 15. If you haven’t purchased the game yet and were looking forward to hitting the streets of Los Santos again on your Xbox or PC, you only have a little more than a week to wait at the time of writing....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Jessica Roberson

Which Persona games are canon?

TheShin Megami Tenseispin-off series is chockful of games for fans to play. But when it comes to canon, whatPersonagames count and what don’t? Launching in 1996,Personahas become synonymous with providing fantastic entertainment, whether through its typical RPG gameplay or through different genres (dancing, anyone?). Each mainline game, with its subsequent spin-offs, feels like its own thing. Well, in actuality, they’re all connected to each other. While not in huge ways,allPersonagames are canon....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Diana Clark

Which Sega Genesis Mini game are you playing first?

I’m still bummed I never won that $25,000 After asking whichSuper Nintendo gameyou intended to play first with Nintendo Switch Online, it’s only fair that we extend the same question to all of the Sega fans in the audience.The Sega Genesis Minilaunched today with 42 different games– what are you hitting up? What mood are you in? First, the list of games. (If for whatever reason you need a text-based list,we have one here....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · David Dean

While we wait for SNES games on Switch, try Pop’n Twinbee

Then we can get back to our regularly scheduled grumbling That said, I can’t help but feel like too many of us slept on the most recent batch of games– the titles added toNintendo Switch Online onFebruary 19, 2020.Pop’n Twinbee, in particular, deserves more buzz. It’s a shoot-’em-up that people who rarely dip into the genre can have a good time with, and it gets bonus points for clever two-player co-op in which you can strategically hurl a friend at foes....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Christopher Lewis

XDefiant finally gets an official release date

After multiple delays and questions about the title’s future, Ubisoft finally confirmed an official release date forXDefiant, and fans don’t have to wait much longer. UbisoftrevealedthatXDefiantwill launch onMay 21for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The free-to-play FPS title features 14 maps, 24 weapons, five modes, and five factions. One of those game modes includes a Ranked Mode practice playlist to test out 4v4 competitive matches. XDefiantwas originally planned to hit shelves in the late summer of 2023, but asubmission snafudelayed its release....

June 2, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Annette Vasquez