The promo video is region locked, but the codes aren’t In December,The Pokemon Company debuted a YouTube seriescalled “After School Pokemon Research Club,” which involved live action skits, and serves as a means for code distribution.While the video series itself is region locked to Japan, that hasn’t stopped the Pokemon community from distributing the codes themselves. Several codes have been distributed thus far from the channel, but the most recent bonus is arguably the most impactful: an Ability Capsule....

When it comes to horror, there are two things that are particularly terrifying: monsters, and the endless void of space where nobody can hear you scream. It goes without saying that combining these two things will always result in a truly scary experience. Horror games set in space are a bit of a niche, and there are surprisingly few that are worth playing. Of course there are some gems out there, and they never fail to leave you feeling that particular kind of fear that only the darkness of the universe can instill....

Almost every corner of the Citadelle des Morts map comes with some form of an Easter Egg. Typically, they’ll include a hidden treasure to uncover, while others bring up hidden secrets inZombies’ever-expanding lore. If you’re up for the challenge, here’s a comprehensive guide to uncovering every single Easter Egg inBO6 ZombiesCitadelle des Morts. Table of Contents How to complete Citadelle des Morts Main Quest Easter Egg Compared to theLiberty Falls and Terminusmaps, Citadelle des Morts works a bit differently....

Via the Xbox Game Preview program ARK: Survival Evolvedhas done incredibly well on PC in the months following its early access release in June.At least two million peoplehave tried to tame their own pet dino on Steam, and that number is set to expand with the imminent release of the game on Xbox One. Developer Studio Wildcard has announcedARKis going to be released through the Xbox Game Preview program on December 16, and will cost $34....

Piet a peck of pickled puzzles I grew up watching my mom master two video games in particular,Super Break-OutandPengo, both on the the Atari 5200. Sadly, they don’t make many games like either of them anymore. The brick-breaking action genre pretty much peaked withNervous Brickdown, and the top-down action-puzzle genre hasn’t really been the same since Lolo’s last adventure. Given their current obscurity, most of the people who care about either genre today are more than likely to find video game history equally facinating....

DayZ hit 2 million in May… We’re always talking aboutDayZsales —now over 2 million— but the game that madeDayZpossible,Arma, is quietly doing well in its own right for developer Bohemia.Arma 3has just crossed one million sold. Bohemia boss Marek Spanel announced the milestone onTwitterand provided a visual roadmap for the next two years ofArma 3. It includes a major expansion and helicopter and marksmen DLC.

Japanese tactical role-playerGrowlanser IV: Over Reloadedfor the PlayStation 2 never made out of Japan and Atlus thinks that’s an absolute tragedy. A greater calamity still is the woeful lack of support Sony’s portables have been receiving as of late. Luckily for us Atlus will soon be remedying both problems in one fell swoop with the release ofGrowlanser: Wayfarer of Time. So yeah, whether you’re looking to sink 40+ hours into a RPG or just want something shiny to look at, everyone’s a winner here....

–OmegaPhattyAcidannounces April’sBand of Bloggerstheme, which is all about lighthearted trolling in gaming, both by developers and the community. –Shoggoth2588responds to March’sBand of Bloggersprompt by writing about fun, even if sometimes illogical, jetpack segments in videogames. –OmegaPhattyAcidresponds to March’sBand of Bloggersprompt by writing about several design concepts that he finds to bring a lot of fun to the game. -Black Red Gamingshares his thoughts regarding his most favorite stealth level in a game, which incidentally is in the rather newHalf Life: Alyx....

Teslagradisshaping up to be another scorefor Wii U. The puzzle-platformer’s newly-announced eShop release will join the Windows, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 3 versions this fall. Using electricity and magnetism, players will solve puzzles in Tesla Tower. Two other points caught my eye: there are no cutscenes or speech bubbles — Rain Games is relying on “visual storytelling” — and the game also features “old-school” boss fights. That knowledge, combined with these latest screenshots, has me feeling positive aboutTeslagrad....

I may or may not have gotten myRock Bandreview kit yet (I’ll let you know if I did on November 19!), but we know someone who has! Destructoid reader AltDelete wrote in to let us know that he has it, and you don’t … thanks to Circuit City: I went to my local Circuit City (1670 East Camelback Road, in Phoenix) to pick up Super Mario Galaxy, and lo and behold I saw boxes for Rock Band!...

Darkest of Days, an upcoming first-person shooter about time travel, has gotten box art. Normally, this wouldn’t be a huge deal, but the cover art has a seemingly randomvolcanoon it and I thought that was kind of hilarious. If the final fight doesn’t take place atop a live volcano, I will be disappointed. In addition, three screenshots were sent out, and I remain cautiously optimistic aboutDarkest of Days. It certainly looks interesting in the pictures and video we’ve seen, but I’ll be keeping my expectations in check anyway....

But what do I know? I’m not theDestinydude around here. That’d be Chris or Darren. But I was the one at PSX over the weekend, so I am control of the #content around here and decided I was gonna tryDestiny‘s two new Sparrow Racing League maps. Did I overcome my lack ofDestinyknowledge and destroy all the people I was playing against, includingModern Family‘s Luke, weirdly enough? Fuck naw! I slooooowly made my way through the two new levels, Haakon Precipice and Shining Sands....

While it is technically true that you could offer me a roll of toilet paper printed with James Sunderland’s face and I would probably pee down my leg and then buy it, when I heard there was actually a Silent Hill game on the iPhone, I did attempt to preserve some sort of objectivity about it. What was I gonna do to attack nurses, tilt ferociously? Dale North was equally interested in how this might work, so we both set out to giveSilent Hill: The Escapea whirl and see how one of our favorite universes would hold up as a cell phone game....