King Foom is looking for a cheap thrill onMash Tacticstoday. By “cheap”, I of course mean free-to-play, as seems to be a rising trend these days. One of the latest in the genre of first-person shooters isTribes Ascend, a game that Destructoid recentlyannihilated Machinimain. Tune in, jump in the game, and see if you have what it takes to defeat the champs! Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid....

Rise from the dead The last time we sawMediEvil, it wasduring June’s “State of Play” streamand it looked rough. While the art style had been faithfully adapted from the PS1 original, it seemed the low framerate had also been retained. The whole reason for a remake would be to improve aspects of the original design, not recreate all of the shortcomings. Thankfully that issue has been fixed because this latest footage shows the game running in a much better state....

Season 3 Reloaded spiced upModern Warfare 3’smultiplayer experience by adding two new maps, game modes, and a playlist that complementedCoD’sarcade-like gameplay. Here is everything we know about the mid-season update. It’s a great time to be aMW3multiplayerfan. So far inSeason 3, players have already gotten four new maps, three weapons, and two game modes. Sledgehammer Games could have called it a day there, and users would have been happy. Instead, the devs delivered another jam-packed slate of content for the mid-season update....

Affected fans to get 400-page guide book Namco Bandai handed Destructoid an official statement on theNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchWizard’s Edition order issuewe’ve been following these past few days. It is as follows: Namco Bandai Games America would like to officially offer clarification to certain stories and sentiments surrounding theNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch– Wizard’s Edition. Namco Bandai Games America would first like to acknowledge our fans that will not be receiving their copy ofNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Wizard’s Edition....

Party like Bush is still president As predicted for nearly a decade, Tim Cook announced at Apple’s September Event that the next iteration of the Apple TV will be able to play games. With a new motion-sensing controller and titles such asGuitar Herohitting the system, Apple promises to finally bring gaming into 2006. “Since Steve Jobs died, many have been saying that Apple hasn’t innovated enough, that we’re just playing catch-up with the competition,” said Apple spokeswoman Nancy Sprawler....

“It’s almost here. 2007. The New Year … again.” As the thought finally hit me earlier today, looking back, I couldn’t help but feel that 2006 had passed surprisingly quickly. Several people I know got off to a horrible start at the beginning of the year. Break-ups, family troubles, financial issues, health problems … it was all there. At the start of the year, nearly everyone I know had resigned themselves to thinking 2006 would be the worst year of their lives....

It’s been seven years since the release ofNier: Automata. Now, that game’s producer, director, and composer are confirmed to be working together on a new project, but producer Yosuke Saito has stopped short of saying it’s a newNiersequel. Saito, who also served as a producer onNier: Replicantand as executive producer onNier: Reincarnation, shared the news in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu (viaGames Talk/Gematsu). All he was willing to say about his new project is that it also involves Yoko Taro, creator and director of theNierseries, and Keiichi Okabe, one of theNierseries’ composers....

Promises up to eight hours of use Nintendo’s high-capacity battery for the Wii U GamePad has been available in other regions, but it’s only now being sold to gamers in the United states. Priced at $32 (shipping not included), this 2550mAh battery is said to provide eight hours of use, up from the standard GamePad battery’s promise of three to five hours. I’ve always found it to be closer to three than five in practice which isjustlow enough to be a regular nuisance....

Coming this week Sidescrolling action RPGChronoBladewas always slated for browsers (Flash-based, free-to-play), but today we can reveal that it is also coming to Ouya. In fact, a demo will come to Ouya’s Discover store as early as this Friday, weeks ahead of the browser open beta. nWay’s hack-and-slasher features up to four player play, synchronous PvP and PvE. Level-able skills, combo systems, nice looking visuals (see our gallery) — not bad!...

The Crusaders embark for a new realm Owlcat Games’Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteousis making the leap to consoles. The giant RPG will launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both physically and digitally on Sept. 29, as well as Nintendo Switch via cloud. Wrath of the Righteouswill also be available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, via backward compatibility. Once the console version launches, the Enhanced Edition ofPathfinder: Wrath of the Righteouswill become the standard version, and PC owners will all getthat version for free on Sept....

Niantic recently allowed trainers acrossPokémon Goto finally take part in Remote Max Battles, giving trainers a chance to take on Gigantamax raids without the need to find 20+ local trainers for a chance at beating and catching these elusive Pokémon. The experience has been lacklustre, though, with trainers fuming about the current Remote Raid system, evencalling for a complete reworkto make Remote Raids more appealing and stop a lot of trainers from dropping out of these risky raids....

Promoted from our community blogs! [Dtoid community blogger TriplZer0 shares some insight into dealing with an all-too-common first-world problem. (Who knew I was actually depressed all this time?!)Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Ah, the holiday season. The time when many of us buy new games for ourselves or receive them as gifts. How many of you are familiar with this scenario: you unwrap the shrink wrap off a new game, eager to play it, and then your eye drifts over to the unplayed ones still on your shelf....

Backwards compatibility is a ways off Backwards compatibility may not matter very much to most consumers, but to people like me who have extensive libraries and only so much physical space in our media centers, support for older software is of great importance. With PlayStation 4, Sony will be using the cloud service Gaikaisometime in 2014to provide backwards compatibility. According toEurogamer, sources expect Sony to kick off the service in Q3 2014 in North America and 2015 in Europe....