‘It’s been burned from our servers’ Mafia IIIis a violent and controversial title. Mixing race politics and the Vietnam war alongside themes of PTSD and urban violence will do that to your open-world adventure. In fact, the game’s original opening wassointense, that it was ultimately removed and digitally “destroyed”, so to speak. Speaking at theDevelop conferencein Brighton, UK, yesterday,Mafia III’sdirector Haden Blackman recalled the canned sequence. “We went back at the eleventh hour,” began Blackman....

No one’s as jazzed about Sony’s not-really-a-game safari simAfrikaas I am, but with what little news is coming out of their camp these days, I was thinking I’d have to resort toPokemon Snapin the meantime. It’s not that I don’t love Pikachu and pals, but a press release sent over from Majesco tells us about another game that may be a better alternative. The photography safari adventureWild Earth: African Safariis coming to the Nintendo Wii....

25 years of games crammed into one massive infographic Three and a half years ago, I foolishly dedicated an entire week to constructing a ginormous infographic of every singleMega Mangame in existence. MyMega Man Game Historychart was well received by several outlets, and I couldn’t have been more pleased. But with the 25th anniversary upon us, I felt it was time to expand upon the original chart, correct any errors or inconsistencies, and give the whole beast a nice spit shine....

Base Goku and Vegeta also receive a release date After being datamined long ago, it has finally been made official. Cooler, the villain of twoDragon Ballmovies, will be joining the roster ofDragon Ball FighterZ. The announcement was made following the end of the game’s tournament at EVO 2018. As we all know, this is the piece of proof that theDragon Ball Superversion of Android 17 is on the way, as he was also datamined....

Combining platforming gaming with musical creation sounds like a fantastic idea, and Pasta Games of Paris, France, is working on that now with their upcoming titleMaestro! Jump In Music. Coming to the DS this autumn, you’ll play as Presto, a music-loving bird, who moves about hybrid 2D/3D platformer levels as you use your stylus “to scrape, rub, tap and whirl to the rhythm of the level’s music.” The press release says that you’ll be creating a symphony with your fingertips....

Deep deep down Last year during Game Connection Europe, Steven had somespecial hands-on timewith developer Honor Code, Inc’s upcoming underwater survival horror titleNarcosis. As a psychological-horror survival game, players find themselves vulnerable and alone on one of our planet’s most mysterious environments, the deep ocean. And with this setting that’s equally unexplored within the gaming medium, a horror title is an intriguing proposition. Steven agreed. In a recent meet-up with the developers, I spent time with an updated build of the game using the Oculus Rift....

It seems to be a common consensus that this generation might be one of the longest ever seen. Tight budgets, the rapid rise of development costs, and the ever-closer ceiling of graphical improvements mean that the PS3 and Xbox 360 might be sticking around. Naughty Dog certainly hopes so, and thinks the PS3 has enough power to last another half decade. “We’re getting comfortable,” says co-president Evan Wells of the PS3....

This week’s sale spans physical and digital games It’s not March 10 yet, but MAR10 Day — at least, the commercial aspect of this gaming holiday — is already in effect. Nintendo ishosting dealson several high-profile Nintendo Switch games, includingMario Kart 8 DeluxeandSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. While the prices are about what you’d expect from Nintendo (and might be a tough sell if you’re a mostly digital player), it’s worth noting that the MAR10 Day Sale includes physical copies, too....

Capcom may not be in the good graces of fans any time soon, but supporting Japanese indies is a step in the right direction at least. The maligned giant has joined dōjin publisher Nyu Media in an effort to bring these “sewing circle” games to wider audiences through digital download services. Titles like theeXceed Collection, a trio of renowned bullet hell shooters developed by Tennen-sozai, are currently available throughGameStop,CapcomandGamersGate. You can also nab their games and a couple free trials through throughMangaGamer, who also have a variety of visual novels on offer....

40 at Tokyo Game Show Leading into Tokyo Game Show,Bloodborneproducer Masaaki Yamagiwaissued a challengeof sorts to players hoping to best the demo. He and Sony marketing manager Yasuhiro Kitao have since shared the results, as reported byDualShockers, and they’re not great. 20 people at PAX Prime out of a staggering 3,500 successfully took down the howling Cleric Beast, while approximately 40 TGS attendees out of 1,250 slayed the boss. The demo was hard, don’t get me wrong, but notthathard — or so I thought....

Or Final Fantasy Warriors? A recent Famitsu poll asked fans what Koei TecmoWarriors(orMusou) crossover they’d most want to see andGematsuhas theSokuho@Hokankotranslation of the results, as well as responses by those series’ respective creators on the idea of such a crossover. Final Fantasy(#5) producer Yoshinori Kitase offered, “The Forgotten Capital quest could be hot,” whileTales of(#6) response was a curt, “Thank you very much, but there aren’t any plans.“ Rounding out the bottom of the results at #9 and #10, respectively,Shin Megami Tenseiproducer Kazuyuki Yamai gave the boldest, “Get in touch with us anytime,” asPersonaPR defaulted back to a more daydreamy, “It’d be interesting if we could make it one day....

Analogue has announced that the next in their line-up of limited edition Analogue Pocket colors. This time, they’re revisitingthe rainbowof Game Boy consoles. Even Game Boy Light. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989, it came in one color, and that was grey. In 1995, they released the “Play It Loud” line-up of colors. They came in red, green, blue, yellow, black and clear. When the Game Boy Pocket came out in 1996, it came in similar colors, plus a few more, such as pink....

While the critical reception forHeavy Rainhas beenoverwhelmingly positive, the masses seem to be rather divided on how good it actually is. As it turns out, the opinions of the Destructoid staff onHeavy Rainvary quite a bit, so a bunch of us — at this point, the cast will include me, Anthony, Aaron, Jim, and Nick — are getting together tonight to record a one-offHeavy Rain“spoilercast,” if you will. In case that phrase didn’t make it clear, we will be discussing the game at length and with specificity; in other words,we will be spoiling the crap out ofHeavy Rain....