Rainbow Six Siege won’t have a solo campaign

Hope you like training with bots Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siegewill not feature a traditional single-player campaign. Speaking at EGX this weekend, Ubisoft’s Scott Mitchell, the art director onRainbow Six Siege, confirmed the game’s focus is on multiplayer, with little in the way of offline modes to speak of. “There is no story mode per se,” he said. “You go through training, where you get to experience different operators and their devices....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Felicia Floyd

Recent Nintendo classics are finally heavily discounted on Amazon

And even cheaper with Prime Nintendo games can be something of a double-edged sword. Having been developed by Nintendo, they’re usually very good. But, Nintendo also has a habit of rarely discounting its titles. That means you’re going to have to pay for quality, even years down the road. The one shining beacon is the Nintendo Selects program, which basically ushers a handful of recent classics into a permanently reduced-price. That’s happening next week, and all those games just went up on Amazon for pre-order....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Angela Williams

Ride to Hell back on the road to development

More of an Easy Rider than a Mot?rhead Ride to Hellis still on the long and winding road to release, says a Deep Silver developer; the very same developer that took four years to releaseDead Islandwith nary a peep until a trailer went viral. And so, it may be the case withRide to Hell: An action-adventure that immerses itself in the ’60s biker culture that inspired numerous films and gross interstate bars throughout the years....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Joseph Taylor

Should You Save Duke Ravengard in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3)?

There are endless choices you’ll need to make when you journey through the adventure that isBaldur’s Gate 3. Who to fight, where to go, and what party to keep with you are just some of the decisions that you’ll be making. You’ll also need to decide what characters you want to save from terrible fates. One of these characters is Duke Ravengard, Wyll’s father, who you’ll be given the quest to save inAct 1....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Glenda Cochran

StarCraft Universe developer preview begins tomorrow

I hope you guys are not only aware of, but super excited forStarCraft Universe. If you’re not, I’ll get you caught up to speed:SCUis an MMO-like Custom Game (known as Use Map Settings for some of us) that’s being developed forStarCraft IIentirely within the game’s map editor. I’m really excited for this project and have even created my very ownwish listfor the title, compiling ideas that I think would be great additions to the game....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Samantha Griffith

Street Fighter 6: 50 things I loved in this weekend’s brilliant beta

Number 1 will surprise you! This weekend saw a lucky cabal of World Warriors throw down in thefirst beta testing sessionfor Capcom’s upcoming releaseStreet Fighter 6. And it goes without saying that the new sequel was welcomed with open arms, with both pro and amateur players showering the title with praise across social media — while already rolling out screenshots, clips, combo videos, and obvious memes. I, myself, was fortunate enough to be part of this punch party....

May 23, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words · Thomas Buck

Taito’s Crime Connection wants your phone’s contact info

I’d rather pay to play than agree to these terms Crime Connection, the latest iOS and Android title from Square Enix subsidiary Taito, is a free-to-play “social crime simulation” in the style ofMafia Wars. There is a serious caveat to the game, however, and I’m not talking about microtransactions or its use of the GREE app platform. In order to play the game, you have to agree to share your phone’s contact information....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Kimberly Conway

The Daily Hotness: Bill Nye dancing to his own theme song

You will never, ever find anything more amazing than this. It’s Bill f*cking Nye dancing to his own theme song. The man has got some moves too. On this fine April Monday,fivereviews went up (yes, five!), Abel checked outResistance: Burning Skies, Jayson had an amazing interview with theStar Wars Kinectcomposers, and so many more awesome things happened on 19-05-2025. Destructoid Original:Sup Holmes?: How Anthony Carboni wrote a videogameA soundtrack with force: Kinect Star WarsLive show: Inning 2 of MLB 2K12 on Mash TacticsThe DTOID Show: Rayman Origins 2 & Arkham City GOTYThe Network Roundup: The King in the North...

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Cheryl Dunn

The Daily Hotness: HDWAP

HAWP is now in HD. Rejoice! Aside from that, the E3 crazyness has pretty much started. It’s going to be nightmare recapping E3 each and every night. Here’s everything that happened on 05/28/09. Destructoid Originals:Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: LipsRetroforceGO! records episode 91 tonight: PlatformersRev Rant: Moral ChoicePre-E3 09: The big important to-do list E3 09:Rumortoid: Valve, EA to reveal Left 4 Dead 2 at E3 next weekHere’s a sneak peek at Electronic Arts boothNamco Bandai teases its E3 line-up sans SplatterhouseGuitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits theme for free4mm puts on Def Jam Rapstar… for the cityHere’s what Natsume is showing at E3A look at the Bayonetta girls I’ll be harassingWhite Knight Chronicles sneaks out a trailerHere’s what Majesco is bringing to E3The Clown Prince of Kicking Ass!...

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Rachel Castillo

The Neighbor returns in new Stadia title Hello Engineer

Mate… we’re busy… could you just not? Indie outfit tinyBuild has revealed that its next release will beHello Engineer –a spin-off from its creepy 2017 stealth titleHello Neighbor– currently in development for the Stadia platform. Details are relatively slim at this time, but a new reveal trailer demonstrates thatHello Engineerwill see groups of players come together to scavenge materials and resources in an abandoned scrapyard, ultimately allowing for the construction of bizarre, ramshackle vehicles and robots....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Jennifer Jensen

Two Razer Blade laptop prototypes stolen

In case you don’t know,the Razer Bladeis Razer’s (overpriced) solution to breathing new life into PC gaming. Two of these monsters were stolen from the company’s Bay area R&D labs over the weekend and Razer clearly doesn’t take this lying down. In addition to contacting the authorities, it has asked the community for anyone with information to contact them at[email protected]. “We take this act of theft seriously and would like to appeal for its return and discourage anyone from buying the Razer Blade prototypes from the perpetrators, whether online or otherwise, as they are stolen property,” stated the company....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Brenda Nash

Ubisoft announces their new cloud-based development tech, Scalar

Giving ‘open world’ a whole new meaning The annual Game Developer’s Conference is right around the corner, which means studios, devs, and hobbyists are primed to discuss some of this year’s biggest advancements in game development. One of those studios is Ubisoft, who just announced a brand new “cloud-native” technology,Scalar, that they will use to create “limitless” open worlds,as reported by Gamespot. Ubisoft has proven that they want to be on thecutting edge, so it makes sense that they would lean into technology that could set them apart from competitors....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Joshua Mercado

Unlike dinosaurs, Ark servers won’t be wiped away at 1.0 launch

RIP Dinos, gone too soon The end ofARK: Survival Evolved‘s pre-Early Access days comes with a whimper, not a bang, as developer Studio Wildcard has announced that the game’s 1.0 release will not wipe out server data as initially planned. This is good news for dedicatedArkplayers, but a slap in the face to dinosaur aficionados everywhere, because our prehistoric reptilian friends did not have a choice when faced with extinction....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Mark Jones