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100% the real deal Welcome back everyone to yet another edition of Comments of the Week! This is the best community showcase in the whole entire internet because it’s the only community showcase to feature comments from fellow Dtoiders, such as yourselves! Well, there’s probably a Chinese knock-off somewhere, but this is 100% the real deal. For all of you guys who missed out on checking out the funniest things said around the website, or simply want to relive all of the weirdest jokes all over again because you refuse to move on in your life, then this is for you....

Can’t beat freeze 11 bit studios performed its specific sort of magic when it releasedFrostpunklate last month.Frostpunkis a complex survival city builder where you try to keep a civilization from freezing to death. It has that 11 bit charm in that you feel good about exactly none of your decisions. However, there’s somethingFrostpunk-related that you may feel unconditionally good about: There’s a bunch of DLC coming and it’s all free. Today, 11 bit laid out theFrostpunkroadmap for the rest of 2018....

Works with Steam VR apps like Riftcat Most virtual reality headsets don’t come cheap (and here’s Matt coming in with the understatement of the century!). But they’re intriguing enough to make us consider skipping dinner for a month just to afford them. So let me just say theVirtual Reality Box Headsetis just $18.99. No, I’m not hawking some subpar tech letdown to you. Under $19 for an excellent entry-level headset. This is not a drill!...

Babies in bubbles landing on a desktop near you Publisher 505 Games has announced it will be bringing Hideo Kojima’s upcoming adventureDeath Strandingto the PC platform in the summer of 2020. Additional details will be released “in the near future.” “We are extremely excited and honored to be working with the supremely talented team at Kojima Productions and to bringDeath Strandingto PC gamers around the world,” said 505 Games CEO Raffi Galante in a statement to the press....

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Jools Watsham, known for his work on bothMutant MuddsandXeodrifter, released his newest game,Chicken Wiggle, to what he refers to as “shockingly low” sales. He goes on to state that “Chicken Wiggle’s first day sales were so low, I thought there was an error in the sales report.” He points some of the blame towards the lack of visibility the game received on the North American eShop during its initial release of August 17....

MegaTen protagonist joins the June D-Arts lineup I’m not all too familiar with theShin Megami Tenseiseries or its spinoffs. Bad me, right? What Idoknow is thatShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Armyis the one of the longest, most obscene titles for any videogame ever. Wow. The protagonist of the two PS2Devil Summonerentries will soon be able to live atop your sock drawer. Bandai’s Tamashii Nations has unveiledD-Arts Raidou Kuzunoha, and he can be yours this June for ¥4200 (~$45)....

Plus details on the freeform track editor Area 52 is promising footage ofRollerCoaster Tycoon Worldsoon, presumably on or around the Game Developers Conference early next month. I look forward to seeing that, skeptical as I still am about the game. Until then,here’s a bunch of wordsdescribing its coasters. Highlights: There’s a short Q&A on the blog, too. Someone asked the question I was most concerned about, which is, “Will there be coaster destruction of the possibility for ‘mishaps?...

As decided by Japanese arcade-goers Dizzy will soon be joining the cast ofGuilty Gear Xrd: Revelator, the updated version of last year’sGuilty Gear Xrd: Sign, after being selected by Japanese arcade players in a popular vote. While Dizzy has been playable in the past, until now the half-gear ranged fighter has only played a role inGuilty Gear Xrd‘s story. She will join Jam Kuradoberi, Johnny Sfondi, and newcomer Jack-O as additions to theXrdroster inRevelator, which launches on PS4 and PS3 in Japan next spring....

His game was pretty great Whenever the “best”Final Fantasydiscussion comes up,VIis almost always near the top for a reason. Then you start getting into uncharted territory, with games likeVandVIIgetting thrown around. But one I see most often isIX, which is pretty much beloved by everyone. At the same time, I don’t see anyone praising Zidane as part of the reason why they likeIX. I’m similar in a way, in that I do likeIX(I’d probably place it in the mid-upper echelon), but I don’t think of Zidane often, and cite Vivi and other cast members as my core reason for enjoying it....

What could possibly be better than killing robots and giant bugs? Oh, that’s right, doing it with a jetpack of course. Word comes fromFamitsuthat the Palewing character fromEarth Defense Force 2will be making a return in the the forthcoming PlayStation Vita release of Sandlot’s ridiculous third-person shooter. Prepare to rain down a shower of death upon your extraterrestrial enemies whilst sporting a fashionable miniskirt and thigh-length boots. It might be the apocalypse and everything, but apparently that’s no excuse to look frumpy for a night on the town....

What a nerd Nintendo’s fantasy RPGFire Emblem: Three Houseshas managed to hold fort for a second week at the top of the UK Charts, with the various high-class educational institutes fending off advances from some of the UK’s biggest physical sellers. Bethesda’ sisterly shooterWolfenstein: Youngbloodhas slipped from second place to ninth, whilst Activision’sCrash Team Racing Nitro-Fueledsits pretty at number three. Electronic Arts’ latest entry in the never-endingMaddenseries secured a decent debut for UK shores, breaking in at number five, while their soccer releaseFIFA 19onceagainmakes a play for the top, climbing back to number two....

[Update: Gamertag Philanthr0py is the host for ourMash Tacticsgames! Add him now!] Yep, you read that right! For this week’s FNF, Internet celebrity Hamza “Shark Dick” Aziz will be co-hosting a live show with theMash Tacticscrew over onDestructoid’s Twitch.TV channel! He’ll be playingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3from 4 PM until he passes out, solook him up onlineif you’ve got the game and want to get your ass kicked by ashark!...

This is one gorgeous Wild Hunt If you were patiently awaitingThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this new gameplay video and bushel of new screens may just have made your wait even more difficult. Trust me, we’re in the same boat. If the nearly four minutes of gameplay aren’t enough to whet your role-playing whistle, the gorgeous and ridiculously detailed screens below should be the icing on the cake. With E3 having come and gone and my choosingMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painas my pick of the show, checking out these assets has me seriously reconsidering....