Expect guest characters and creator mode in Soulcalibur VI

Let’s just put Geese Howard in everything Japan’s Famitsu held an interview with the producers ofSoulcalibur VIthis week, asking them a variety of questions about the recently-announced fighter and what fans can expect to to see when it hits in 2018. After translation, courtesy ofRyokutya2089andEsuteru Blog, lots of exciting info was gathered from the team of Hiroshi Okubo, Yoshiyuki Takahashi and Michinori Ozawa. Development ofSoulcalibur VIis currently at around 70%....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Valerie Hinton

Far Cry 5 is coming in February, watch the full trailer here

June 28, 2025 Far Cryis an interesting franchise, in that it’s probably the most “Ubisoft” of all with its multitude of radio towers and map screen dots, but it also excites people more than a lot of their other work. This trailer forFar Cry 5is pretty effective at setting up its world (as are the few character videoson their channel), with a Martin Sheen sounding villain, and as expected, the unveiling of an American cult as the antagonistic group of the game....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Sydney Martin

Firehopping dead in Mario Kart 8

Competitive play at 200CC renders technique ineffective Firehopping has essentially been killed off in competetiveMario Kart 8, thanks to the recent addition of 200cc mode to the game. While adding 200cc mode doesn’t patch out the ability to firehop, the alterations that have surfaced in the metagame of high level competetive play have rendered the ability all but useless. For the uninitiated, firehopping was a technique where players could extend their boosts indefinitely by switching quickly between jumps left and right....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Angela Gomez

Forums: We have them September edition

Welcome to the next installment of the Forums: We have them article. This month I’m not going to talk about PAX. That’s the hip thing right now and I’m excited, but I figure I’ll save those stories until next month. This month I’m taking a lead from the Weekly Musing and the PAX panel. I’m going to talk about the community and more specifically the Forum community. I think it’s high time I gave the whole lot of you some serious props for being awesome....

May 21, 2025 · 4 min · 670 words · Brittany Arroyo

FTL is getting a free expansion and an iPad version

Both are coming early 2014 Something for everyone! For existing players ofFTL: Faster Than Lighton Windows, Mac, or Linux, there’s the newAdvanced Edition, shown above. This is afreeexpansion featuring new content — mind control, hacking, another sector (written by Tom Jubert and Chris Avellone), more weapons, etc. — and player-requested features like being able to save and quit mid-battle. Then there’s the new iPad version ofFTL, which should translate well. This will support iPad mini and second-generation devices or newer when it arrives alongsideAdvanced Editionin early 2014....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Laura Smith

Get wet and wild with Destructoid next weekend!

Hey there Northern California Dtoiders, what are you up to next weekend? Live in the San Francisco/Sacramento area, like water, hanging out, inflatable objects, and cheap thrills? Then I have got just the thing for you! Next weekend on August 11 and 12, Destructoid community member Qalamari has put together a rafting trip! I’ll go ahead and pass on some details, but for a full break down verify to check outQalamari’s blog postabout the trip and what to bring....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Rhonda Boone

God of War leather case makes for a stylish presentation

Okay, so you bought the exceptionally gaudy red PSP bundle because you wanted the free game. Fine, but how are you going to carry around your somewhat new prize? Apparently, the guys atdealextremehave got you covered for all of your leatherGod of WarPSP holding needs. This leather PSP holder speaks to the Kratos enthusiast more than any other product on the market. It sucks that your man won’t be inSoul Calibur IV, but at least you’re able to still carry around his face in your pants pocket....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Diana Barker

Gotham City Impostors allegedly wiping profiles and DLC

Destructoid has received several emails fromGotham City Impostorsplayers, letting us know that a significant number of player profiles keep getting reset by a bug. Even worse, if a victim bought any downloadable content, it’ll no longer associated with their account, so the money’s been lost. This issue seems to be affecting both Xbox 360 and PS3 users. The issue was allegedly noted in the beta, but it hasn’t been fixed if it’s still happening....

May 21, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Lindsay Vasquez

GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 reach a combined 150 million sales milestone, and Rockstar is celebrating with in-game events

A hell of a year Rockstar has had a hell of a year, and it owes everything to just two projects:Grand Theft Auto VandRed Dead Redemption 2. The one-two punch of a killer online component for the former and a strong solo campaign for the latter have proven to be quite the combo, as the two have reached a combined 150 million sold across all platforms. NowGTA Vis doing most of the heavy-lifting there with over 115 million sold (and counting, as of last November), but it’s still an amazing milestone nonetheless for two very similar open-world-with-online-modes titles....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Marissa Hurley

Guy who works at Nintendo thinks the Wii U is about to turn it around

Nintendo of America executive VP of sales and marketing thinks Wii U rules, VR drools In an unexpected turn of events, someone at Nintendo thinks the company’s stumbling little console is doomed…to succeed. Yes,Nintendo of America executive VP of sales and marketing Scott Moffitt toldGamesIndustry Internationalthinksthat things are ready to turn around for Nintendo, the company that he works for. Moffitt drew 3DS parallels for this narrative, saying that, “withMario KartandSuper Smash Bros, plus the innovation of Amiibo, I think we are right at that tipping point where we have a lot of great content that is about to be released for that platform that’s going to tempt gamers into buying the system,” much likeMario Kart 7andSuper Mario 3D Landdrove 3DS sales....

May 21, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Michael Hess

How to complete Depths of Illusive Realm in Wuthering Waves

The Depths of Illusive Realm event inWuthering Wavessees you enter the Somnoire, a dream realm which consists of a number of progressively harder challenges with Tacet Discords to defeat. There’s a lot of rewards to be had within, but it’s not easy. You’ll be able to take part in the Depths of Illusive Realm event until June 27, so now is a good time to dive in and earn valuable rewards....

May 21, 2025 · 4 min · 742 words · Robert Gonzales

How to get Dark Ether Tinctures – Destiny 2 Warlord’s Ruin

So, you’ve finally wrapped upyour first run through the newDestiny 2dungeon,Warlord’s Ruin? Odds are that you’ve noticed that you now have an all-new quest, In the Shadow of the Mountain. To complete this quest, you’ll need to farm Dark Ether Tinctures, and we can help. Notably, Dark Ether Tinctures are a special Scorn item that comes into play when you reach the third step of the In the Shadow of the Mountain quest line....

May 21, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Mrs. Rachel Vargas

How to make a cheese mushroom and pillar in The Plucky Squire

If you’re trying to complete every achievement or trophy inThe Plucky Squire, you’ll eventually encounter ones asking you to make a cheese mushroom and pillar. You’ll find the opportunity to do this duringChapter Sixafter meeting a hungry rat. Before you obtain your cheese, you’ll need to solve the puzzles involving this rat. Let’s check out the solution for this puzzle and the cheese transformations that follow. With that said, there are majorChapter Six spoilersthroughout this page, so follow along with the story as you continue reading....

May 21, 2025 · 4 min · 658 words · Mary Chapman