The Daily Hotness: F**k you hipsters

What a shame you’re not allowed to enjoy popular music. It’s a little bit slow today, but there are still some interesting things. We’ve got Wednesday’s usual new episode of Podtoid, which is hilarious as always. Chad shares his experience withJourney, Mass Effect 3might have its ending changed,Guild Wars 2will have a microtransaction system like EVE’s PLEX,Epic Mickey 2has been confirmed, andDragon Age 2won’t be getting any more content. Destructoid Original:Podtoid 194: Dick Pixels (with Danny Baranowsky)My journey with JourneyLive show: WTF?...

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Mathew Riggs

Untold riches: The brilliance of Half-Life’s barnacles

Hamish Todd is a game designer and journalist. His article onCastlevania’s medusa headsjust made the longlist for the games journalism prize. You can find out about his game, Music of the Spheres,here. Some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing videogames has been with theHalf-Lifeseries. The games are most famous for their scripted sequences, but there are a lot of other clever pieces of design in them. Today, I’m going to look at a bunch of greatHalf-Lifesetpieces all themed around one entity: the barnacle....

June 5, 2025 · 14 min · 2845 words · Julie Davis

War Thunder coming to PS4 on June 3

Didn’t we just talk about this… The cross platform, free-to-play combat gameWar Thunderis coming to PS4 next week with all of the updates and additions the PC version has seen since November rolled in, including theGround Forcesexpansion pack. I realize this game was announced — and even game out on PS4 — before my Super Official and Real,Advanced Armored Warface Frame Fighter-inspiredmoratorium on “war” and “armor” in game titles, but it does feel slimy to have it slip in....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Scott Morris

Wargaming and Disney just pulled out of E3

That makes four now E3 is the biggest video game spectacle of them all. But, that spectacle will be notably less grand this year. Just today, two more game companies pulled out of the event. As reported byVentureBeat, both Wargaming and Disney decided that E3 isn’t worth the effort this year. This news comes on the heels ofEA announcing in Januarythat it won’t have a presence at the show, and, earlier this week, Activision did the same....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Michelle Todd

Weekend deals: 25% off Dawn of War III and 20% off Sniper Ghost Warrior 3

Release week deals galore If there ever was aWarhammerweekend in 2017 it’s probably this weekend. The open beta forWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIIis live right now (signuphere). If it looks worthy of a purchase GMG is hosting a solid 25% discountslashing the pricefor PC gamers from $60 to $44.99. If you click through and don’t see the discount, simply login or create an account to see the full 25% off the Steam copy ofDawn of War III, which releases next Thursday, April 27....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Samantha Torres

WSJ says that next PlayStation will stream PS3 games

Using Gaikai tech Whatever this next PlayStation system is will stream PS3 games via Gaikai technology, says aWSJsource (subscription required).Remember when Sony bought Gaikai? This is what they were planning, it seems. Backwards compatibility. Kind of. WSJ’s source — “people familiar with the company’s plans” — say that they’re working on putting streaming tech in place for the next PlayStation, and that this streaming ability will work alongside some type of disc drive for new games....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Ariana Davis

10 best Steven Moffat episodes of Doctor Who, ranked

Steven Moffat is the most prolific writer of Doctor Who since the revival back in 2005. With over 50 episodes to his name, he’s responsible for some of the show’s most well-known enemies and most heartwarming stories. I have to admit, I had a really hard time choosing from his episodes to come up with this list, but I’ve managed to narrow it down to ten. Choosing an order was even harder, but after some soul-searching and many rewatches, here are my top 10 Steven Moffat episodes of Doctor Who....

June 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1556 words · Robert Knox

100% Series Retrospective: Devil May Cry

Carter’s Quest [Read on for a description of everyDevil May Crygame ever released in the US, and my completion of them all in 2013.] 2013 is going to be an exciting year. Now that I know you guys enjoy readingmy Quests, I’m going to make an effort to do even more of them from here on out. I hope that you have learned a bit about the franchises I’ve covered so far, as my plan is to inspire others to share their thoughts and feelings with the series of their choice as well (which many of you have done!...

June 4, 2025 · 13 min · 2643 words · Beth Harrison

11-year-old really excited about announcement of Bakugan game

Activision announced that they will be releasing videogames based on the popular Bakugan toys and animated series in 2009. Bakugan will be getting the Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2 treatment this fall.So you’re asking, what the hell is a Bakugan, right? I don’t blame you. If I didn’t have an 11-year-old son, I wouldn’t know what the hell they were either. Unfortunately, I step on the toys regularly — they’re little balls with magnets on them that open up into monster creatures....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Megan Holden

[UPDATE!] Overlord: Raising Hell contest winners announced!

Hey everyone! Remember that contest we ranthe other week? The one where you had to come up with creative headgear from items found around the house for a chance to win a PS3 copy ofOverlord: Raising Hell? Well, as usual, the Dtoid community brings the sauce. The decision making was tough, but listed below are the five winners of the contest (and their winning pics are shown after the jump). To everyone else that entered: thanks for the awesome entries....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Amanda Blake

A celebration of Hidenori Matsubara’s Sakura Wars art opens in Japan this month

In Bloom For decades, Sega’s cult JRPG franchiseSakura Warshas been typified by its beautiful character design, excellent music, silly sense of humor, and charming artwork. This latter element in particular will be celebrated in Japan this month, via a traveling art exhibit. The Sakura Wars Art Festival 2021 consists of a trio of installations which will stop in Tokyo (April 29-May 1), Osaka (May 14-16), and Nagoya (May 28-30). The exhibition spotlights the portfolio of Hidenori Matsubara, who worked as a character designer and artist on theSakura Warsvideo games, as well as their anime and TV adaptations....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Jacob Jackson

All Kakuja Requirements Guide in GHOUL://RE [YAMORI]

Updated on July 11, 2025: Added Yamori. The latest.5 Updatefor theGHOUL://RERoblox video game is among us, and all the Ghouls are eager to know how to becomeYamori Kakuja– the game’s latest update feature. With a lot of bad info and clickbait swarming the internet, we bring you the completeKen and Yamori Kakuja Requirements Guide inGHOUL://RE. Table of contents How to Get Ken Kakuja in GHOUL://RE Before you’re able to take one of the most powerful forms inGHOUL RE, there are a couple of issues that have to be resolved first....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1245 words · Travis Schmidt

All Nightingale Taliesin quest riddle answers

There are a lot of new puzzles and riddles inNightingalethat need to be completed in order to progress. Some of these puzzles are harder than others to figure out, and one of the trickiest ones involves Taliesin. Upon entering an Astrolabe Forest Realm, you’ll be able to find Taliesin nearby, and he’ll ask you to unravel five riddles. To do this, you have two options. Well, three, if you count brute forcing your way through the answers as many have done previously....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Julie Silva