Respawn’s Abbie Heppe set to host the award show The “Father of PlayStation” Ken Kutaragi is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to gaming during the Game Developers Choice Awards. The ceremony takes place on March 19 starting at 6:30PM Pacific. Hosting the awards for the first time will be Abbie Heppe, community manager over atTitanfalldeveloper Respawn Games. Before the GDC Awards is the Independent Games Festival Awards, and this year Capybara Games president and co-founder Nathan Vella will be playing hosting duties there....

#BrawlForAll Magic: The Gathering Arenahas gone through a lot of changes. It’s only been a few months since the “1.0” retail release, and Oko has been banned, some technical issues have been smoothed over and a friends list feature is on the horizon. I sat down with Jeffrey Steefel, VP of Digital operations at Wizards of the Coast, to see how some of the upcoming features are shaping up and how things have been going since the launch....

The following is an important public service announcement for internet wizards: The fine folks at Astro Gaming have graced The Destructoid Show with a pair of gorgeous limited editionInfinity Blade IIA30 gaming headphones. To win them, all you need to do is make a picture of yourInfinity Bladecharacter wearing them as though they were a magical helm, and tell us what kind of fantastic properties they have. The winner will receive theseridiculously nice headphones, and two runners-up will withInfinity Blade IIshirts....

Make a gun skin! Or a dumb hat! Tripwire Interactive is hosting aKilling Floor 2competition viaPolycountcalled Guns ‘n Gear. Anyone interested can create a cosmetic item or gun skin and attempt to win money/dosh. This contest began on September 16 and will end on October 18. Those who don’t ownKilling Floor 2can request a temporary key that will expire after this battle of creation has come to an end. There will be two categories, Best Cosmetic Item and Best Weapon Skin, and three winners (or teams of winners) in each....

Following the lower-than-expected sales performance ofGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, analysts and other professional guessers are clucking about the potential for mature-rated titles on the Nintendo DS, questioning whether or not it’s worth even putting them out there. EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinch isone such person, claiming thatChinatown Warsis an “important benchmark for the industry.” “It appears the industry may have been over-zealous with initial expectations on howGTA: Chinatown Warswould perform based upon the news it had received one of the highest quality scores for a Nintendo DS title,” he explains....

Updated: June 30, 2025 We searched for new codes! Attractive people in giant mechs—a recipe that apparently never fails. That’s precisely why we have the billionth mobile/PC title on the subject. And there may be someMecharashicodes to go along with it, for what it’s worth. Of course, we don’t know yet whetherMecharashiwill have codes, as the game will be launched in a few days. Once the game is out and we have more code-related info, we’ll update this article, so ensure you come back to check if there are any freebies for you to pick up....

In a real-life war situation, you may’t absorb several bullets, then hide behind a wall and suddenly feel better. It’s a good thing, then, that Infinity Ward isn’t striving for a real-life war situation inModern Warfare 2, putting the focus on being “authentic” as opposed to “realistic.” Yes, my son,there is a difference. “We go for authenticity not realism,” states IW’s Vince Zampella. “We’re not making a sim, we’re making entertainment....

Capcom to ‘evaluate’ the system By way of a Capcom investor report, we have a little more clarity on their stance on the Switch. Earlier this year they stated that sales fromUltra Street Fighter IIwould influence whether or not the game would come to other systems (that sold 350 thousand units worldwide, by the way), but that was Fighterand less about the Switch. But as of this week, Capcom is apparently basing their future efforts on the reception forMonster Hunter XX....

LET US DANCE! It feels like we probably should have gotten itwaybefore now, but the wait is finally over, and Warner Bros. will release the first trailer for its long-awaited cinematic adaptation ofMortal Kombat, which premieres in theaters and on HBO Max April 16. To help stoke the hype fires for the trailer’s reveal, Warner Bros. also released a selection of “Motion Posters”, which give us a closer look at charactersSub-Zero,Scorpion,Sonya,Raiden,Kung Lao,Jax,Kano,and My OC Do Not StealCole Young– along with our first glimpse yet ofMKfan-favoriteMileena, as played by new kid on the block Sisi Stringer....

No longer competing with Halloween Although Halloween was a fitting release day forNatural Selection 2, Unknown Worlds has bumped up the game’s launch. This mash-up of first-person shooting and real-time strategy is now scheduled to unlock at 5:00pm Pacific on October 30, giving us more time to play without interruption from those pesky neighborhood kids. Technically, this is only seven hours early (the original goal was to release at 12:01am Pacific on Oct....

‘Not only for the next five years, but maybe 10-15’ It’s takenPokemon Goover five years to get to theXandYseries (with dabbling in the Galar region), and it’s nearly up to date. What happens after that? Well maybe anotherPokemon Godecade is to come, according to Niantic. Speaking to Eurogamer, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) product marketing manager Philip Marz had a pretty pointed answer about the future of the game:...

Ring in the 10th anniversary Fix yourself a nice drink, put on your favorite headphones, and sink into a cozy chair–the gorgeous music ofNieR Gestalt,NieR Replicant, andNieR: Automatais now available through Spotify. Several albums joined the streaming service this week: With all the buzz surrounding thelive orchestral performances, the timing here couldn’t be better. It’s also worth pointing out thatNieR‘s10th anniversary celebrationis coming up in April 2020, and while it seems increasingly clear thatsomethingis happening–a new game announcement?...

I’ll believe it when I play it No Man’s Skyis probably the biggest release slated for August, and still we know so little about it. With near non-existent hands-on opportunities, we’re left at the mercy of developer Hello Games and Sony’s hype. At just several weeks until its release (following a short delay), Sony has provided a new clip that tries to shed some more light on its premise of exploration....