According to theTimes Online, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says that they’ve already won against Sony in the games game. Now they’re calling Apple and their fancy “i” devices the “enemy of the future.” You see, profits are down for Nintendo for the first time in six years, and they’ve got to put their sights onsomeone. A source tells TO that there’s a mood of concern at the Kyoto office. This is surprising to hear after some of the smack talk that Nintendo has put out in the past against Apple....

Earlier this week, Electronic Arts invited Destructoid out to its studios in Redwood Shores to check outCommand & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilightfor the PC. While most people’s priorities would be to find out howCommand & Conquer 4is changing theC&Cformula, my main concern was finding out if we would be seeing any celebrities making an appearance. What can I say? I have a guilty pleasure when it comes to celebrities and gossip....

Fur real Swery’s next game,The Good Life, promises nocturnal feline and canine adventures. That town gets wild and adorable at nightfall. But, we’ll have to wait a little longer for the sun to set. In aKickstarter update, Swery reveals thatThe Good Lifehas been pushed from the fourth quarter of 2019 to spring 2020. The reasoning is the same perfectly-acceptable logic that accompanies most delays. Swery best sums it up by saying “We only came to the decision due to prioritizing the quality of the game above all else....

‘SADES’ The GameCube controller was a contentious beast back in the day, but love for it has grown considerably since its release. Not only are fans tracking down those relics of remotes for games likeSuper Smash Bros., but hardware manufacturers are also replicating its style hand over fist in an effort to meet an undying market of GameCube fans. It looks like hardware company SADES managed to do just that, as they’ve released a new GameCube-inspired set of Switch Joy-Con....

“F*ck it, we’re doing it live,”tweetsUber Entertainment’s Chandana Ekanayake in reference to the studio’s latest gameSuper Monday Night Combatshowing up on Steam earlier than expected. Players can download the free-to-play title right now without needing a beta key, and I highlysuggest doing that. Speaking on the company’s forums,he says“We did a bunch of invites over the weekend and there was some wonkiness on how the messaging went out with lots of confusion which resulted in more silliness....

It seems that electronics company Panasonic has taken notice of the high number of idiots that can’t keep ahold of their Wii Remotes. They could just continue making and selling regular televisions, citing their locked down warranty policies when people call for repair. But they’re doing the right thing, and now they’re showing off a new plasma that can take a pummeling. This set has a specially-treated glass front panel can withstand an attack measuring around 4 joules of energy....

You might have heard of some of these games already One ofmyfavoriteparts about PAX Prime since 2008 has been thePAX 10indie game showcase. Over 100 games were submitted to be judged upon by a panel of experts, and the following ten games have been declared the best of the best. Some of these are pretty well-known around the indie game community, while others are a bit more obscure. While I already know thatGunpoint,Ridiculous Fishing, andRogue Legacyare all great, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on all of these....

Too much network traffic right now After hearing about Nintendopulling the just-released Pokémon Bank appin Japan due to an overwhelming amount of traffic on the Nintendo Network, I was worried this would happen. Previously scheduled for a December 27 launch in North America and Europe, the Bank and Poké Transporter have been postponed indefinitely. Aww, shoot! “Due to the high traffic, players are having trouble setting up Nintendo Network IDs and downloading content in the Nintendo eShop on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS,” reads an announcement....

If you’re tired of waiting around for a thirdPortalgame, there is a (sort of) solution out there. Until Valve takes it upon itself to carry on with the series, fans will take the reins in an unofficial capacity. And that’s exactly what’s happened here. Portal: Revolutionis not exactly a threequel to thePortaluniverse. Instead, it’s actually a prequel that takes place before the events of the second game. Brought to us by Second Face Software, this mod comes complete with eight hours of gameplay, which includes more than 40 new test chambers....

Pixel piracy As tweeted by both WayForward Games andShantaeco-creator Matt Bozon, the campaign DLC for 2016’sShantae: Half-Genie Hero, will be setting sail in just 10 days, August 29 to be specific. The new DLC will see players take control ofShantae’sarch-rival, the nefarious, self-proclaimed “Queen of the Seven Seas”,Risky Boots. In a plotline that runs parallel to theHalf-Genie Herostoryline, players will guide Risky through Sequin Land, gathering items to upgrade the Dynamo device that she steals from the protagonists in the game’s third act....

A fresh start for the off-the-rails series The recentteasefor a newSaints Rowgame from Volition honed in on it being a reboot, and it’s true. The next game, simply titledSaints Row, is taking a step back from the off-the-rails power fantasies ofSaints Row IVandGat Out of Hellwith a more grounded — but still larger-than-life — take on open-world gang hijinks. That’s probably for the best. Even if you don’t considerSaints Row 2to be the series’ high point, or at least the one you clicked with the best, I think most of us will agree that theSaints Row IVstoryline was becoming bonkers in an unsustainable way....

Very rarely do we ever get to see console prototypes, showing off how they originally looked before they were put onto the market. Even rarer is actually owning one, yet one such individual is selling off a prototype of the Super Famicom, the Japanese equivalent of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) from the 90s. As spotted byThe Verge, the prototype has been put up for auction over on Yahoo Japan....

Slap some Materia into your pistols, Lara, as it seems that Square Enix and Eidos seem to have agreed on buyout terms, reportsMCV. Eidos’ complete share capitol will be bought up by Square Enix in early May. A settlement is hoped to be in place by May 6th. What does this mean? Who knows. Who knows what the house that Final Fantasy built would do withTomb RaiderorKane & Lynch. They seem to have treated the Enix properties prett well, though....