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If someone leaves, the game won’t try to backfill your group After a short delay, Rarehas addedthe ability forSea of Thievesplayers to create open and closed crews. Under the old system, the game would try and fill out your crew as needed, so if you had a friend duck out, a random player would more than likely be matched into your group as a replacement. With closed crews, you can start on “either a Galleon or a Sloop, allowing friends to join in when they’re available....

Akira Yamaoka is kind of a geniusand he’s definitely earned a place in the videogame music pantheon after his work on theSilent Hillseries andShadows of the Damned. Thankfully, the latter is getting an official soundtrack release. Rather than just release a collection of the game’s tunes, however, Yamaoka made it his goal to “create an experience that would take players back to the game as if they were “watching” a movie....

Longtime readers of Destructoid will know that among the things that help cause my anger management problems, the disproportionately high prices of consoles and videogames in the UK is a pretty large issue. In the UK, we pay up to 27% more for our hardware than those in the US, and we even have to pay more than our European cousins and Australian friends. It’s not exactly fair, and the European Union seems to agree, as it has announced aname and shame policyto bring pressure to Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo....

Fighting large monsters with large weapons appears to be a rather popular past time in our corner of the galaxy. If that’s your bag, then it looks likeRaiderZhas you covered. The monster hunting, free-to-play MMO is about to go into closed beta. Perfect World is giving prospective testers a little more than just the chance to check out the game before the grubby masses. Everyone who signs up for the closed beta will be entered into a prize draw....

The Sims 4 Life and Deathexpansion pack trailer gives Sims another shot at life with the latest haunting features. From funerals to the new Ravenwood neighborhood, there’s plenty of spooktacular content to go around, perfect for itsHalloween debuton Jul 20, 2025. Right from the start, the reveal offers a tantalizing glimpse of a new clairvoyant feature: tarot cards. Your Sim will be able to peer into their future, trusting in the heart of the cards....

‘Bye Shane’ I don’t think I’ve seen something this savage in a while, especially as it relates to the super-cuteStardew Valley, andespeciallywhen it comes from the mind of a 13-year-old. Enter theStardewdivorce trophy room. What does one do when they’ve done basically everything there is to do inStardew Valley? Make stuff up. And as someone who has finished the game many times, both solo and in co-op, I know the feeling of doing weird self-imposed challenges....

When Cryptic Studios thinks aboutStar Trek Onlinea year post-release, they’re not sure what they’ll see. Content in the long-term is not being planned. In a recent interview, I askedSTOassociate producer Velasquez a simple, but complicated question: when he thinks aboutSTOa year post-release, what does he see? How about three years? A decade? Their crystal ball isn’t broken or battered — it just isn’t necessary. The studio plans to lean on the MMO’s players in decisions concerning later content rather than stuffing all their Tribbles in one basket....

I want to preface this Weekly Kusoge by saying that I absolutely loveTecmo’s Deception, but it is complete shit. I was inspired to try out theDeceptionseries by community member Kerrik52. My only previous experience was watching a roommate try out 2005’sTrapt. However, upon looking at screenshots ofTecmo’s Deception, I fell in love. Released in 1996,Tecmo’s Deceptionis just so PS1. While it established the foundation of the long-running series, it mostly failed spectacularly at everything it attempted....

Check out everything Destructoid did today WHERE ARE THE GAMES? I know, I know. Microsoft has noted that E3 was going to be when it focused on games. But, c’mon, what a perfect video. Anyway, it’s a bit hard to take solace in the fact that Microsoft is claiming it’ll show off games at E3 when so much of what it showed off today was a bit of a bummer. Particularly the almost-always online and measures meant to curb used games....

Since its release in early February 2024,Helldivers 2has been slowly increasing the number of weapons and Stratagems available for players to utilize. At first, it was mechs, then a new Warbond, and now, it looks like we may even get some vehicles to drive around. Recently, though, and I do mean very recently, it’s the enemy factions who have been iterated upon. While Helldivers have been getting new toys to squish Terminids and get blown up by Automatons, Arrowhead Game Studios has quietly upgraded our enemies....

What happened this weekend on Destructoid I spent most of my day chilling in bed with some random cold. Thank god for Netflix. I was able to waste most of my ill-hours watching classics likeMasters of the Universe,Archer, and the new episodes ofArrested Development. This weekend we present to you the upcoming schedule for Dtoid’s Twitch channel, a look at the art inDead Space, a new episode ofSup Holmes, a free month of Netflix, a retro music bundle, and much more....

‘You are the wild card’ Over the last year, CD Projekt has “been secretly working on a real passion project,” a digital, multiplayer version of the card game fromThe Witcher 3that keeps the core elements and adds a few new twists. Gwent: The Witcher Card Gamefeatures cross-play between PC and console players, but it also includes a single-player campaign and is “still a card game based on skill.” you may register for the beta, which is coming to Xbox One and PC this September, atplaygwent....

From George Kamitani I’ve been a big fan ofGeorge Kamitani’s (of Vanillaware fame) workfor quite some time. He’s one of the most talented artists in the industry, and now, the developer has shared another work with us by way of his company’s website. It’s stunning, to say the least. It’s not directly related to a confirmed game though, so don’t get your hopes up. Butas Siliconera points out, this wouldn’t be the first time that random art eventually lead to a legitimate release — in the case of their tease for13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, that became an actual project....