Cheap Stellaris and Dragon’s Dogma for $10 in ‘Most Played’ PC sale

Paradox Interactive has a way of stealing time Did you forget to build your space empire in last year’sStellaris? Perhaps you didn’t bother visiting Capcom’s excellent PC port ofDragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen? If you didn’t play some of the well-received games of 2016, GMG has you covered in a newMost Played Games of 2016sale. While we can’t exactly figure out GMG’s criteria on “most played,” we did notice many were Paradox Interactive strategy titles....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Kathryn Short

Could GaymerX overtake PAX as the world’s biggest game convention?

Stranger things have happened [Thanks to Dtoid community memberLong Johnfor the awesome video production work!] I’ve made it a habit over the years to ask PAX attendees if they are fans of the actual Penny Arcade comic. With every show that goes by, I hear less and less people state they’ve ever even heard of the strip, let alone enjoy it. Sometimes they don’t even know that PAX stands for Penny Arcade Expo....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Brandon Finley

CVG looks back on the origins of the Wii

Fascinating send-off for Nintendo’s most successful home console On the eve of the Wii U’s launch, it’s time to pay our final respects to the console its replacing, because unlike the PS2, no company is going to be supporting the Wii from here on out. The Wii was a treasure trove of potential, most of it unrealized, but it proved one important thing: consumers were willing to trade off high-end graphics for the promise of a new experience....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Joseph Roberts

Danganronpa opens Japanese 10th anniversary website

Mind over Murder Spike Chunsoft has created a new website celebrating the 10th anniversary of weirdo franchiseDanganronpa. The new Japanese site will play host to a series of live streams, announcements, and other reveals pertaining to the colourfully dark series of mysteries. Currently, the site has a short anniversary celebration video, (which you can check out below), alongside information on some of the previously revealed birthday plans. These include the first of thenew monthly live streams:“Dangan TV: Hope Goes Forward!...

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Kristin Melton

Destructoid’s award for Best PS4 Game of 2015 goes to…

Bloodborne Was there ever any doubt? Of all thedistinguished and exemplary titlesto grace the PlayStation 4 in 2015, few approach the wit and artistry of From Software and Hidetaka Miyazaki’sBloodborne. As the latest installment in what is, for all intents and purposes, an established and beloved series,Bloodbornewalks the line between refining the formula established byDemon’s Soulsand setting out on its own. It subverts expectations and challenges much of what we’ve previously known to be true, brazenly turning one familiar concept on its head after another and to great effect....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Theresa Khan

DuckTales is getting delisted, now’s your last chance to buy it

I scream, you scream Life is like a hurricane. One day,DuckTales. The next, no moreDuckTales. Disappointment comes hard and fast. Capcom has confirmed thatDuckTales: Remasteredwill be delisted from digital storefronts on August 8. That means it’ll no longer be for sale on Steam, PS3, Xbox 360 (and Xbox One through backward compatibility), and Wii U in just two days. Anyone who has already bought the game will still be able to install it after it’s removed from storefronts; similarly, anyone with the physical disc-based version will still be able to play it as normal....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Jeremiah Martin

EA FC 24: How to complete Yaya Toure FUTTIES Hero SBC

The Yaya Toure FUTTIES Hero SBC is live inEA FC 24, and you can get an amazing item for your Ultimate Team squad. Yaya becomes the latest Hero to get a FUTTIES upgrade. Since he’s part of a SBC, all players have equal chance of getting him. Let’s take a look at if his new card is worth your resources. EA FC 24 Yaya Toure FUTTIES Hero SBC tasks The Yaya Toure FUTTIES Hero SBC has nine tasks inEA FC 24....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Andrea Yu

Everything you need to know to get a Palutena amiibo

This might actually go well The first amiibo figure released as part of wave 5a is Palutena, and it’sexclusive to Amazon. While retailer-exclusive amiibo have generally been a bad omen in the past, this has potential to actually work out for people who want one. Well, that’s provided they can be at their computer at a very specific time. Amazon’s just sent out an email blast outlining exactly how the process will go....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Mary Jackson

Evolve has changed to allow for more customization

You could maybe say it evolved The very core of Turtle Rock’sEvolverevolves around the four versus one premise, and even though it’s only been two months since welast saw it, the “one” side of things has since undergone some changes. The developers made some alterations to the monster’s system to give increased freedom to the player. Originally, the monster had a set of skills that was automatically added to with each evolution....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Dawn Miller

FFXIV Mandervillious Weapons: How to farm Tomestones of Causality

With the implementation of patch 6.55, we can now upgrade our Manderville weapons to their final stage – Mandervillious Weapons. Here’s a full list of ways you can stock up on Causality in order to get those final-stage Relics. There’s a Mandervillious weapon available for every battle job except Blue Mage and to reach the Mandervillious stage for just one of them costs 6000 Tomestones of Causality. In order to upgrade every available weapon all the way from Manderville to Mandervillious, you’re going to need to gather up a whopping 120,000 Causality....

July 14, 2025 · 5 min · 862 words · Christopher Pratt

Fruit Ninja going to iPad in high definition

Fruit are totally screwed. Halfbrick has announced the impending release ofFruit Ninja HD, the upgraded version of its highly successful iPhone game. Built for iPad,Fruit Ninja HDwill allow you to cut, slash and sever produce with up to eight fingers at once with glorious, upgraded visuals. As if that weren’t enough, two competitive modes have been added to take advantage of the additional real estate offered by Apple’s largest handheld. If multiplayer isn’t your bag, don’t fret....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Mrs. Tabitha Peterson

Goombas almost never made it into Super Mario Bros.

And more interesting factoid about the iconic enemy For many, the Goomba was the very first enemy they ever encountered in a video game. The squishy mushroom-eque adversary of Mario has been famously trying to thwart the Italian plumber for over 25 years to little success — though I’m sure we’ve all died a few times in the opening moments of the Nintendo original. But how well do you actually know the goomba?...

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Frank Smith

Grim Fandango is headed back to PC in all its remastered glory

I can’t wait to dive back in It seems like it should have been a no-brainer, given the game’s original success as aPCadventure games, but the remastered version ofGrim Fandangohas just been confirmed for PC as well. Reap your heart out! We’re pleased to announce Grim Fandango will also be available on PC, Mac, and Linux alongside PlayStation 4 and Vita! — Double Fine (@DoubleFine)July 31, 2025 Additionally, it’ll be headed for Mac and Linux as well as the previously-confirmed PlayStation 4 and Vita....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Carly Adams