Check out everything Destructoid did today [“Destructoid – Max Scoville vs Tara Long” by LegionWings] No snark remarks from me today. I’m just here to wish two very talented people the best of luck in their careers. I met Max and Tara for the first time during E3 2011. Max and I actually shared a room at a very shady Howard Johnson in the middle of Koreatown, with non-functioning air conditioning and bedsheets of suspect cleanliness....
Seriously, thanks Bomberman. This with the fish face in the background makesBioShock 2the best box cover ever. Dale lovesFinal Fantasy XIII,Nick reviewedDante’s Inferno, we checked outDays of Thunder: Arcade, we’re giving away some greatDante’s Infernoprizes,Dead or Alive Paradisehas creepy voyeurism, a bunch of THQ games are getting sequels and more happened on 02/03/10. Destructoid Originals:Rev Rant: Paragon/RenegadeMass Effect: Redemption no. 2 impressions, thoughtsTen things I loved about Final Fantasy XIIICommunity:Community blogs of 02/03/10Forum of the day:Your most tense moment in gamesReviews:Dante’s InfernoPreviews:A trip to the racetracks: Days of Thunder: ArcadeContests:Win Dante’s Inferno prizes by indulging in a sin!...
So long, Bowsie In case you missed it,people are still playingZelda: Breath of the Wild. So much so, that new speedrun tech and speedrun categories are popping up as recently as the past few months. Oh, and don’t forget the arrival of a few videos that showcase some of the most impressive moments inBreath of the Wildto date, likethe gatecrashing den raid,theMad Maxbattleandthe multi-pot lid deflection. Oh, andTarrey Town alters the way the world map looks....
It looks absolutely ridiculous You guys remember FMV games, right? Well, evenIremember them, and I’m the resident baby here at Destructoid. FMVs were interactive movies that, you guessed it, used full-motion videos. ThinkDragon’s Lairbut with real actors on real sets. They were know for being really expensive and being pretty awful, for the most part. No one makes FMV games these days (for good reason), but leave it to the guys at Twisted Pixel to bring them back withThe Wavy Tube Man Chroniclesfor Windows 8....
The Ringed City is just a couple weeks away Even if you aren’t keen on the idea of more player-versus-player arenas inDark Souls III, let this pair of videos serve as a reminder that,oh yeah, the second and final DLC for the gameisn’t far off. The Ringed Cityis out on March 28, and there will soon be two new dedicated PvP arenas in Undead Match. There’s Dragon Ruins, which draws from the main game’s Archdragon Peak, and also Grand Roof, which should look awfully familiar if you’ve made the trek to the top of Lothric Castle before....
Based on the setting alone, I’m not going to need any additional convincing when it comes toToy Soldiers: Cold War. That said, the Rambo-esque character shown inyesterday’s announcementof the game was a lovely bonus. And, since I imagine a number of you aren’t so easily swayed, attached is the debut trailer. For the uninitiated, why yes, this is somehow an Xbox Live Arcade game. Way to set the bar high, Signal Studios....
Meet Bartek and Hubert One of the greatest things about Destructoid is its sense of community. I’ve made life-long friends here and meet folks who share the same passion as myself nearly every single day. Bartek Kubica, who resides in Poland, is one of those people. I came across hisFinal Fantasy Tacticsboard game bloglast month and was completely enamored. It’s not just becauseTacticsis one of my favorite RPGs of all time: this creation is a masterpiece through and through, as it was literally years in the making....
Meter maid There hasn’t been that much hype for the upcomingMario Tennis Aces. Usually, Nin/tendo markets the living hell out of its big name titles, but this is just coming out in the Summer with little fanfare. That could be either a good or bad thing; Nintendo could know it has a dud on its hands and is washing itself of the whole mess, or it’s trying to surprise everyone with a must own title that will live on word of mouth....
New gameplay details from Team Ninja Even with minimal details,Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty— a new Team Ninja romp coming in hot off theNiohseries — was probably myfavorite game announcementat the jam-packed Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. It’s an action-infused dark-fantasy take on the Three Kingdoms with demons to take out and a masocore challenge to overcome. There are still a lot of gameplay specificsto fill in, but coming off of the weekend’s big Xbox showing, we now know that the game is making the full rounds on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in early 2023....
Yeah, and I promised my kid I’d quit drinking! TheXbox One bombed in Japanand continuesto not do well. In fact, over the holiday weekend, Head of Xbox Japan Takashi Sensuistepped down. But according toHead of Xbox Phil Spencer, Japan’s lack of interest in the system won’t keep Japanese-style role-playing games from coming to the console. “You will see JRPGs on Xbox One,” Spencer tweeted in response to a fan, though Spenceralso notedhe hasn’t talked to Mistwalker “in a while....
What’s your new name? Hey, it’s 2016 and your identity in the digital world is XxFatClouddzxX. Don’t you think it’s time to shape up and go by something respectable? Maybe like DoinkTheClown or TommyPickles? At least then your mother could look you in the eye. As for the suddenly-released Gamertags, they’re coming from accounts that have been inactive for alongtime. Xbox has compiled a list of accounts that were never migrated from the original Xbox to the Xbox 360....
It still isn’t Reyn time Fans of theXenoblade Chroniclesseries have likely been ecstatic with the DLC forXenoblade Chronicles 2. Not only haveShulk and Fiorafrom the Wii classic been added to the game, but now Elma from the Wii U’sChronicles Xcan join your party. After completing a new challenge dubbed the “Otherworldly Fighter,” Elma can be recruited to your party (though not in campaign mode). Along with her, a brand new blade called Corvin will be available....
Octavia E. Butler was a fabulous sci-fi author who wrote a decent number of sci-fi books that have influenced the genre to this day. While, sadly, she’s no longer with us to put out more groundbreaking novels, you can delve into her works this year to broaden your horizons. You may not have heard of Octavia E. Butler because she passed away in 2006, but she produced a fair number of sci-fi books in her time alongside non-fiction, short stories, and even some tragically incomplete works that will never be finished....
