Become the true champion of the network tests It’s time to unsheath that dusty sword, polish that blade and.. umm… rub that staff? as Namco Bandai’s open beta for the upcomingSoulcalibur VIgoes live on PS4 and Xbox One today. The beta is available for pre-load now, and doesn’t break the HDD bank at a mere 2GB. The beta contains 16 characters prepped and ready for online battle. It all kicks off today at 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 16:00 BST, running until the evening of Monday, October 1....

Super Best Guide is the best guide to super games! Happy Indie Pendants Day! Your ol’ pal Jim Sterling is British, which means he has to hide indoors today, lest the Americans find andmurderhim. Fortunately, it’s allowed me time to polish my ultimate guide toBioShock Infinite, the hot new game everybody’s talking about. Learn the best tactics, the most useful skills, and the weapons you’ll need to blow Columbia up! What a lovely time....

Mario mania swept the globe this year Google Play have released lists of the year’sbiggest-sellingand most downloaded books, games, movies, music and more. In the video game category, Nintendo’sSuper Mario Runhas dashed headlong into first place. The runner title originally launched on iOS late in 2016 and was an instant smash, bagging over 30 million downloads in its first week. The simple-but-addictive game was eventually ported to Android devices in March of this year, where it remained an incredibly popular download....

Taito Milestones coming to Switch in 2022 Taito has announced that it will be taking a trip back to its 1980s heyday come next year.Taito Milestones,which launches on Nintendo Switch in 2022, will feature a selection of arcade titles representing some of the earliest arcade releases developed by the legendary studio. It should be immediately noted that these are truly old-school Taito releases. The compilation will includeFront Line, Wild Western, Alpine Ski, Elevator Action, Chack’n Pop, The Fairyland Story, Halley’s Comet, and finallyThe Ninja Warriors....

InCollege Football 25, home field advantage will be more than a myth, as there will be different impact on your opponents playing at your home. EA Sports hasalready explained how home field advantage will workin the upcoming college football simulator. The developers have revealed the hardest places to go and win, which could become massive hurdles for any team. Let’s take a look at the list of top 25 colleges in terms of their home support across matches....

We had an hour to kill before the doors opened, so we took a camera crew to everyone waiting and asked them to show us their moves in the helmet. Mr. Destructoid gives you magical party powers, even when sober! Thanks again toI Am 8-bitand theScott Pilgrimfolks for a killer party. Good times. Can you name the Dtoid editors in the video? In gaming news the PS3 is finally profitable, Whatever-the-hell-Milo-will-be is still alive, Jim reviewed the otherTransformersgame, Hulu Plus is coming to multiple platforms and more hotness:...

Remake rising on Sony platforms? Eagle-eyed Reddit users are reporting that Forever Entertainment’s upcoming remake of Sega arcade classicThe House of the Deadhas been spotted lurking about the PlayStation PS4 database. The rail shooter’s resurrection is (currently) only scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch tomorrow, April 7. As posted by Redditor “the_andshrew”, the splash art forThe House of the Dead: Remakecan be found tucked away on the PlayStation Network backend, identified by its officialTitle ID: CUSA29479_00....

It’s free and easy Any way you slice it,Star Wars Battlefrontis one of the most highly-anticipated games releasing this fall. But, you don’t have to actually wait until the November 17 launch date to get your hands on it. There’s abetagoing on right now that just started and it’s open to the public. Hope you don’t have an aversion to lasers. Getting in is easy enough. If you’re on Xbox One, justqueue it up from here....

In a move which has single-handedly brought the worldwide average respectability of journalists down by at least two points, the UK’s freeMetronewspaper has run the completenon-storyof a youngAnimal Crossing: Wild Worldplayer, whose mother has banned her from playing the game due the filth and depravity inherent to its makeup. The girl’s mother has taken this action after everyone’s favourite cute and cuddly village simulator apparently used the phrase “f***ing cow”, unprovoked and completely without warning....

InVerse Piece, a tiny advantage in damage or HP can be the deciding factor in a close PvP fight. And in PvE, more damage means a faster grinding experience. The final step to really maxing out your stats inVerse Pieceis limitbreaking them. So, we prepared the following guide onhow to get Limitbreak Stones and limitbreak stats inVerse Pieceto help you out. How Does Limitbreaking Stats Work in Verse Piece? When you limitbreak your stats inVerse Piece, you don’t increase their maximum cap or get more stats....

Don’t get it confused with theotherWarzone It looks like Activision is done with its attempt at makingCall of Duty Warzone 2.0the official “sequel” to the beloved 2020 battle royale title. Instead, this project is seemingly dropping its sequel status in favor of a simplified and streamlined title that is quite familiar. Set your coordinates for Vondel – a brand-new mid-sized map coming to Call of Duty#WarzoneSeason 04 on June 14 📍...

The purest combo since chocolate and peanut butter In news I thought I’d dreamed, Ubisofthas revealed a bizarre new collaborationwith indie outfit Nomada Studios, celebrating one year since the launch of Nomada’s amazing adventureGrisby syncing it up with Ubisoft’s own…Rainbow Six Siege. This is not a joke. Realising that both games feature the same themes of a voiceless young woman’s existential nightmare – formed of grief and heartbreak – made physical through exquisite-yet-haunting imagery,Rainbow Six Siegeis rewarding all players with a freeGris-themed weapon skin, so you can ponder the fragility of the human spirit whilst hooking a car battery up to some razor wire....

Gear maintenance is one of the most important things to keep in mind inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2. As Henry gets from one tussle into another, he’ll rack up dents in his armor and chips in his sword, and repairing them all is crucial. But how? And where? Whereas some games are positively thrilled to let you repair everything at a single NPC, this is not the case at all inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2....