To say that all MMOs these days are all the same is… well, it’s just wrong. That’s like saying that all fighting games or first-person shooters are the same. Not true, but with the current MMO market, you have to admit that we don’t see too many newer releases that break away from space or high fantasy themes. These days, you’re likely to see class- and level-based structures that may look different or have slightly different features but present the same kind of gameplay as the rest....

Counters with Pokemon Go knockoff app PlayingPokemon Goin Russia couldland you in jail. The country is not taking well to Niantic and Nintendo’s global hit. The Moscow City Hall is even trying to substitutePokemon Gofever withits own knockoff appabout “catching” historical figures around Moscow (the only part of Russia it will work in), though you can’t have Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great duke it out in virtual pitched battle....

Hattori Hanzo!!! Good news all you finger-slashing, touchscreen gamers! SNK Playmore has dropped the NEOGEO classic,Samurai Shodown 2, onto iOS and Android compatible devices this week. Touted as a “perfect port” the weapon-based fighter, that many regard as SNK’s finest, offers a few new features to take advantage of its touchscreen interface. In addition to multiple button configurations — complete with one-button special moves — the game also allows players to reposition and resize each button to their liking....

It’s a rail shooter… literally You thought all that talk about paying attention to indies was just lip service, and that Nintendo wasn’t going to follow through on support? You thought wrong! Nintendo islovingthe indies at its E3 booth this year! Mario isn’t the only one getting all “catty.” South Welsh studio Dakko Dakko is hoping to bringScram Kitty and His Buddy on Railsto the Wii U eShop later this year....

Dumb, but the good kind of dumb The originalShadow Warriorescaped me completely. History won’t repeat itself with the remake in development at Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) — not after some hands-on time with the first-person shooter at E3. The game starts out with protagonist Lo Wang driving his car, singing along to “You’ve Got the Touch.” Clearly, this is not intended to be taken seriously. To be frank, watchingShadow Warriorbeing played wasn’t doing the game any favors....

Let’s hear it, Destructoid community This morning, Microsoft kept Kinect mostly out of itsE3 2013 press conference. It also showed some restraint by not rambling on about entertainment for too long, instead sticking with Xbox One (and even a couple Xbox 360) games for most of the event. The pacing, it can also be said, wasn’t bad at all. An okay show, for the most part. And yet, here we are, still pretty muchhating the new consoledue to Microsoft’s online verification requirements and anti-consumer policy for used games....

Which is impressive when you look at how much money it lost last year… Earlier this year, we noted thatSquare Enix was no longer bleeding money. In the first three quarters of the company’s 2014 fiscal year (the last nine months of 2013), it boasted a net income of 5.18 billion yen ($51.15 million). At the close of the 2014 fiscal year (June 16, 2025), Square came away with about 6....

Friends and foes The Stone Age is a remarkable moment in history (“moment” meaning 3.4 million years, in this instance) because it was a period when mankind wasn’t at the top of the food chain. Beasts ruled the roost and humanity had to tread lightly. The technology needed to defend against these monsters wasn’t yet invented — hell, controlling fire was a new concept at the time — so one ill step likely meant certain death....

Kotaku is splitting up their website into a gaming news site and a… I don’t even know. I always thought they were a gaming news site. I’m a bit confused. I mean, if that’s their thing, that’s fine but I don’t… umm… get it? Penny Arcade had a pretty good thing about it. As they always do. Because Gabe and Tycho are sexy, sexy man-beasts. LikeGobun. In other news, SOPA sucks balls, but is not quite as bad as it was, XBL accounts are getting hacked and people are winding down after CES....

That was Rock Bottom Ten years ago, I was swindled into going to the movie theater to watchDoom, a movie about a game that I grew up loving. It was abysmal. The bad taste is still in my mouth, even though I don’t remember much about the film. All I recall is that it was in no way what I wanted from aDoomflick. The bar is mighty low, but this cinematic take onDoomis miles better....

Of No More Heroes and GTA: San Andreas Although I haven’t been spending as much time as I should in the real life gym until lately, I’ve trained for hundreds of hours in virtual workout spaces. As I watch this trailer for the training mechanic inPersona 5(which boosts your stats upom completion), memories of classic games come rushing back, most notablyNo More HeroesandGTA: San Andreas. That, and any other training cutscene, like Little Mac runningRockystyle in the city inPunch Out!...

Sometimes creatures are cute. A kitten poking her head out of a paper bag. Miniature pinschers cuddling with their mother. Bambi. But sometimes, just sometimes, creatures are … deadly! Rainbow Studios is hoping they’ve made the right choice to eschew the cuddly goodness that litters the pages ofCute Overload, instead focusing on the sordid underworld of insects, arachnids, and other creatures that would make you scream if they crawled out of your toilet....

Remember how only two days agoMerchants of Brooklynwasreleased on Steam? Turns out, the Alpha version of the game was inadvertently let out and was what many of you experienced, rather than the finished product. I understand thatM.O.B.was made by an independent studio, and that mistakes do happen, but how did this one slip through? I’m just as puzzled as the rest of you here. For what it’s worth, the necessary fixes have since been made and the correct version of the game is nowup on Steam....