The Impossible Game is already pissing me off

Unforgivable! Gimme a Chicken Sandwich and someWaffle Fries! Oh, sorry. I’m just…angry. I haven’t even played this iPhone game yet and I’m already pissed off. It’s calledThe Impossible Game, and just watching this video lets me know how pissed off I’m going to be when I play it. The game is very simple: You control an orange cube that moves automatically. You only control its jumps. You’ll work to successfully jump for as long as possible, avoiding the many obstacles that are set up to screw you over....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Lisa Farrell

The Talos Principle is brilliant and it’s out on Switch

Let’s get philosophical Have you playedThe Talos Principleyet? You should playThe Talos Principle. It’s a masterful game that ends up being far more than you’d ever expect. I’d recommend it to any and all puzzle fans. The Talos Principle: Deluxe Editionis coming to Nintendo Switch… today! For $30. The news was announced during this morning’s Nintendo Indie World showcase, and I had to do a double-take. As for what makes this the “Deluxe Edition,” Croteam is including theRoad to Gehennaexpansion....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Tara Smith

The Weekend Hotness: GTA IV Get Lucky

I freaking love awesome machinima, and this week I stumbled across a dance video for George Barnett’s cover of “Get Lucky”, done completely inside ofGrand Theft Auto: IV. Dancing cops and Russians, what else could you ask for? This weekend we have some new Teenage Pokemon, Sup Holmes, lots of sweet videos about awesome games, and a speckling of news stories for you to enjoy. Destructoid Originals:Teenage Pokemon: Brock, Mental Health, and Let’s PlaysSup Holmes legos my ether-o’s with Holly PickeringCommunity:Community blogs of06/30Forum thread of the day:Animal Crossing New LeafDtoid TV Weekend: Awesomeness abounds...

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Sara Simpson MD

The Xbox Exodus: How the PS3 could become a promised land

As Xbox Live continues being a disaster, providing headaches for gamers everywhere, tension is running high. A trip to theXbox.com forumsshows gamers with pitchforks and torches, storming the company’s virtual castle and demanding satisfaction for their stressful gaming experiences. As people becme increasingly frustrated with Microsoft’s XBL problems and shoddy hardware, all that Microsoft can do is shrug its shoulders and say “we know, we’re great.” Why should it do more than that, though?...

July 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1621 words · Justin Long

The Zelda Smash amiibo is now a Walmart exclusive, among a few other restocks

Restocks are generally exclusive now Oh you thought amiibo were done? Think again. Hearkening back to the days of the “Unholy Trinity” of Marth, Villager, and Wii Fit, theSmashZelda amiibo (who actually launched a month after amiibo debuted in November of 2014), like almost everything else in that early lot, has become a rarity. But in the past year or so Nintendo has been attempting to restock older figures, peppering in random shipmentsfor scalpers to swoop upfor people to grab....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Timothy Taylor

This spectacular animation is a great pitch for a Metroid TV show

I’d watch it Clocking in at a short 55 seconds, this “Metroid Short Animation” from Rabbit Machine is only able to give us the gist of what Samus is all about, but it gets the point across. I’ve watched it five times or so already this morning, and damn is it great — I immediately wanted to go playSuper Metroid. And really, this small clip is a fantastic pitch for aMetroidTV show on say, Cartoon Network or another outlet (Netflix) that is comfortable showing light violence and blood....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Jeffrey Hayden

Trek to Yomi brings old-school bloodshed to Switch next week

Lady Switchblood Devolver Digitalhas announcedthat its vengeance-fueled samurai slasherTrek to Yomiwill be released on Nintendo Switch Monday, January 30, following on from its previous appearance on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox in the summer of 2022. Developed by Flying Wild Hog,Trek to Yomiis a love letter to the bloodthirsty-but-stoic samurai epics of yore, and tells the tale of a young swordsman who sets out on a pilgrimage to the titular town, with the aim of confronting the ancient master who razed his village to the ground....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Debra Johnson

Ultimate GO FISHING Roblox Beginner’s Guide

If you’re tired of playingFischor just want to try out otherRobloxFishing games, GO FISHING is a pretty good pick. After spending a good while with the game, we’ve come up with a easy-to-follow guide which will help you go from just starting out all the way to a top tier player. Table of contents Controls and settings If you’re coming fromFisch, something you’ll realize right away is thatGO FISHINGis much simpler to play....

July 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1483 words · Shannon Gonzales

Undertale artist releases free game Escaped Chasm

Temmie’s goin to college! Toby Fox andUndertaleare so synonymous with each other that many forget there were other people involved with the game. The lead artist forUndertale, Temmie Chang, was instrumental in bringing Toby’s vision to life, adding a dash of character and charm to the proceedings. Now, she’s branched off on her own to give usEscaped Chasm. A short story about a young girl alone in her home, the adventure is an incredibly short journey that will take players roughly half an hour to finish....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Amanda Fernandez

Wedding bells are ringing in Fire Emblem Heroes’ newest update

Get me to the church on time Mobile battle titleFire Emblem Heroesis once again returning tolast year’s themeof holy matrimony for its latest update, bringing forth four new hero variants, all adorned in wedding garb and prepped to take a stroll up the aisle. Nintendo has revealed the quartet in a new trailer, which you can check out below. The roster additions for this event includePath of Radiance’Holy Guard Commanders Tanith and Sigrun,The Blazing Blade’snomadic sage Pent, and finallyFire Emblem Heroes’own princess Fjorm....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Jennifer Peterson

What Engine Does Starfield Use?

There are a lot of aspects that makeStarfielda special title for Bethesda. The idea to create a sci-fi game has been bouncing around the studio since the 90s, making it a project several years in the making. It is also the studio’s first new IP in over two decades, so expectations are high. Starfieldwill be the first game to make use of Creation Engine 2, which is a new video game engine created by Bethesda....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Brett Schneider

Wow, I CANNOT believe Namco’s Pac-Man redesign

Pac-Min I’ve been seeing this (above) and similar images all over the ‘net and I am stunned that Namco would choose to redesign an iconic character like Pac-Man so dramatically. I mean, the arms and legs in all those earlier 3DPac-Manadventures weren’t enough? Now we’re getting aSonic Boomstyle 3D, Dreamworks-looking style instead of something akin to a newPac-Man Championship Edition DX? Is the one eye some nonsensical call back to a flat perspective of 2D Pac-Man, who might have appeared to have one?...

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Danielle Robinson

Xeno Crisis is a brand new Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game coming from British studio

Blow in the cartridge to corrode the contacts Independent British studio Bitmap Bureau are currently at work on a brand new game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the console’s Japanese launch. Xeno Crisisis a top-down shooter in the vein ofSmash T.V.and Amiga classicAlien Breed. Players will guide a male or female marine through an infested space colony, decimating thousands of aliens in a lead-filled quest to rescue the colonists trapped within....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Jessica Johnson