Every Tuesday a bunch of us Dtoiders get together and hop online to play someTeam Fortress 2on theofficial Destructoid server! You should join us! This weekend is our annual charity event for Extra Life. You know, that lovely time of the year in which we all deprive ourselves of sleep in the hope that we can con you into giving money to sick kids. This year, we’re doing two separate streams....
Welcome to another exciting edition of Team Fortress 2sdays! Every Tuesday, a bunch of us Dtoiders hop online and playTeam Fortress 2on theofficial Destructoid server; you should join us! Last week’s session was INCREDIBLE! The server was near-full all night long, and many a Dtoider experienced the joy of handing my ass to me. Hit the jump to check out the gallery (thanks to all who sent in screens!) and join us tonight for some more mayhem!...
New classes Developer NeocoreGames has announced that the third part of theIncredible Adventures of Van Helsingwill arrive on PC this May. This will be the third entry in two years, and will carry the tradition of multiplayer over from its predecessors, with four-player online co-op and eight-player co-op PVP. The newest game in the series will feature six new character classes, including the weapon-based Phlogistoneer and the magical Umbralist. You can check them out in the gallery below as well as a new trailer....
I’m a rabbit now, I’m a squid now In the latest of Nintendo’sIwata Asks series, the producer ofSplatoonrevealed that at one point in development you’d play as a rabbit instead of kids! Perhaps they changed it because “You’re a rabbit now, you’re a kid now” just doesn’t have that pleasing ring to itthat creeps into your brain and refuses to leave. Rabbits are so much cooler than kids, plus I hate kids and I love rabbits....
March 27-29 We haven’t gotten substantial info regarding the Illfonic-developedPredator: Hunting Groundsin a while, but it looks like we’ll be getting a full hands-on session soon enough. Announced by way of the PlayStation Blog,Hunting Groundsis getting a free trial next month on both PC (Epic Games Store) and PS4. PC owners can just download the trial, but you’ll need PS Plus to play it on PS4, and there will be cross-play support between the two versions....
In the Shunqing District of Nanchong City, China, the police have confiscated around 1000 gambling machines and set them ablaze. I understand the need to crack down on illegal gambling, but couldn’t the machines have been repurposed? This can’t be good for the environment. While these may be machines may have been used for shady means, you’re able to’t help but notice their similarity to your average arcade cabinet — almost like a metaphor for the vanishing arcade business....
Honda’s ASIMO can shake hands, serve drinks, recognize faces, and descend velvet stairways. Marvelous though his talents may be, the little white humanoid robot still can’t transform intoa jet plane— a point that we think Honda needs to take to heart, and perhaps the reason whyThexderis coming to this generation. Square Enix is indeed bringingThexder Neoto the PS3. The studio confirmed as much via theirofficial Facebook account, adding that this assumed re-make of the mid-80’s arcade classic,Thexder, is set to feature “PS3 graphics” and will debut in 2010 as a downloadable....
After you show him your fishing mastery during The Romance of Fishing inThrone and Liberty, Percy will have another task ready for you, this time as part of The World of Cooking. But as you can expect, you will need more than your newly acquired catches to complete the quest. To help you cross it out as quickly as possible, here’s how to complete The World of Cooking inThrone and Liberty....
Erik Estavillo’s list of videogame-related lawsuit insanity keeps growing. First hetried to sue Sonyafter they banned him from PSN. Then hetried to sue Sony again. Then hetried to sue Microsoft and Nintendofor the RRoD and anti-piracy measures respectively. Then hesubpoenaed the founder of Depeche Mode and Winona Ryderin a Blizzard suit. Now he’s struck again, this time going after Bill Gates. Aside from the ridiculousness of bringing Gates into this in the first place, Estavillo’s demands are less inane than usual....
BREAKING: PS4 may launch without a Dynasty Warriors title Watch DogsandKillzone: Shadow Fallare now official launch titles for PS4. WhileDriveClubis mentioned as a launch title on a developer’sLinkedInpage, it was called a “launch window” title at a recent roundtable (when asked about launching on a new system, he replied “S**t, yeah!”) Well, looks like I’m buying a PS4 this fall, after all. Watch Dogs‘s launch release came from a Ubisoft press release (the very same that confirmed aWii U version), whileKillzoneproducer Steven Ter Heide announced his launch release viaPlayStation Blog....
A lot of AAA games handle their New Game+/postgames differently, and a few don’t even have them (I know!). Let’s break down what happens after you roll credits onSpider-Man 2, and what you can do afterward. After beating Spider-Man 2, you’ll unlock Ultimate Difficulty, and can continue your current file Directly after watching all three credit/post-credit scenes inSpider-Man 2, you’ll pop right back into New York with your prior save file....
If you’ve basked in the chaos ofJourney to the Savage Planet, its frenzied first-person antics are likely burned into memory. You might expect the sequel to follow suit, but it doesn’t. However, all is not lost. Find out whetherRevenge of the Savage Planetwill return this beloved perspective. Can you play in first person mode in Revenge of the Savage Planet? WhileRevenge of the Savage Planetcurrently lacks a first-person mode, there’s still hope for its return....
Mystic Eyes of Debt Perception Another month, another mobile game event designed to attempt to get people to roll for sweet, sweet JPEGs. It’s just your luck that I happen to be playing a lot ofFate/Grand Order, and so you get to find out what’s going on there. Luckily, the new event is also good for fans of Type-MOON’s other work as well. The event in question is calledThe Garden of Sinners: The Garden of Order, and features FGO’s first-ever crossover storyline, involving the characters ofThe Garden of Sinners....
