Celeste is adding tough new ‘farewell levels’ next year

The indie darling has cleared 500K sales Have you surmounted every challenge inCeleste? If so, you better rest up. More’s on the way. We originallygaveCelestea 10 out of 10and just recently named it thebest Nintendo Switch game of 2018. It’s been an eventful year for creator Matt Thorson and co. In a thread on Twitter confirming 500,000 sales so far, he teased the arrival of “very hard” new farewell levels and a proper announcement for the team’s next project....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Tammy Johnson

Champloo codes (April 2025)

Updated: June 02, 2025 Added new codes. In one Japanese dialect,Champloois a culinary term describing ablend of different things, which is quite appropriate for an anime series set in the Edo period of Japanese history while being dipped into the modern hip-hop subcultural setting. However, in everyday speech,Champloomeans improvising as you go along, which is why all of us desperately needChamploocodesto become the most badass samurai in this brutal fighting universe....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Cynthia Lam

Daily Star says footballers are addicted to videogames

The Daily Star, having not learned its lesson from the last time it talked bullshit, has attempted yet another swipe at videogames with a story that claims professional football players have become hooked on them. According to theStarand “expert” therapist Steve Pope, footballers aren’t performing up to standard thanks to this new addiction. It would have nothing to do with their lifestyle and reputation for alcohol, drugs and gangrape, or course....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Erica Goodwin

DC’s streaming service to launch in September, Titans premiere at New York Comic-Con

Gotta beat Marvel somehow You really have to admire DC’s commitment. They shoved a cinematic universe down our throats whether we wanted it or not, they are making no less thanfour new movieswith the Joker in it, and now they are pushing their streaming service that seemingly no one wants. Launching on September 15th, DC’s new streaming service very slyly namedDC Universewill play host to a lot of the old Saturday morning superhero cartoons we grew up as well as some ahem original content....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Michelle Morse

Demos for System Shock, Destroy All Humans, and five other upcoming games popped up on GOG

SHODAN sends her regards Demos for seven upcoming PC games are playable today on GOG just in time for the store’s2020 Summer Sale, and they’re absolutely worth a look. You might not be into all of them – and you probably aren’t even familiar with a couple – but I’m willing to bet at least one of the demos will speak to you. The list includesDesperados III,System Shock,Destroy All Humans,Cris Tales,Vagrus – The Riven Realms: Prologue,Spiritfarer, andCarrion....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Paul Hansen

Destructoid & LoveSac team up for 2nd LoveSac Speedrun

We’re doing it again, folks! Destructoid has teamed up withLoveSacto hold the second annual LoveSac Speedrun Classic! The tournament will visit Boston area malls, movie theaters and Best Buy locations letting gamers of all ages compete for the fastest times in a selection of retro games. The 3-week competition starts on September 29 and the grand finale takes place at Showcase Live on October 20. Finalists will go head-to-head on the big screen in order to win a golden PowerGlove Trophy, LoveSac t-shirt and a limited edition Pwnage PillowSac adorned with 8-bit graphics, retro color scheme and the legendary Konami Code....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Jessica Young

Don’t Starve creators will announce ‘something new’ at E3

Also, here’s Hot Lava As per Klei’s official Twitter account, theDon’t StarveandMark of the Ninjadeveloper will be announcing “something new” at the PC Gaming Show tomorrow. The only teaser we’re getting is a character floating around in a cracked space helmet. Could it be anotherDon’t StarveDLC (or fully fledged follow-up)? We’ll know more soon enough, but the former is my guess — especially since “something new” doesn’t necessary state “a new game....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Tracy Barker

FFXIV PSA: You can restore Living Memory post-MSQ via New Game Plus

If you’ve reached the end of theDawntrailMSQ inFinal Fantasy XIV, you’ve likely reached a sad realisation: the final zone is no longer alive, and it’s actually a horribly depressing place to be once all is said and done. Not only are we now forced to live with the guilt of our choices, however necessary those choices were, we’re also faced with the gloomy grey setting whenever we return to Living Memory....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Jason Thompson

Hitman 3’s roguelike Freelancer mode moves to January

A closed test is in the works The newFreelancermode forHitman 3is getting another delay. Agent 47’s new undertaking is now aiming to launch on August 04, 2025. Anew blogfrom IO Interactive details the roadmap ahead forHitman 3:Freelancer, in a series it’s calling Road to Freelancer. TheHitmandeveloper plans for several updates between now and January 26, including a closed technical test. On October 6, a new patch and roadmap will arrive forHitman 3....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Amanda Combs

How Shadow of Mordor let me make my OWN story

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger Genki-JAM shares an awesome story about his time with Shadow of Mordor’s “Nemesis System”, and holy shit do I want to play this game now!Warning: Minor spoilers below.Want to see your own stuff appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] I have a story to tell you all. This is about my time playingShadow of Mordor. After playing it off and on over the course of 27 hours spread across four weeks, I finally finished the game last night....

July 11, 2025 · 7 min · 1465 words · Aaron Fitzgerald

How to catch the Phoenix beast in Hogwarts Legacy

You can’t miss it, and there’s only one Ah the majestic Phoenix. Beloved by all, strong, powerful, and beautiful. You probably want one, don’t you? Well, here’s how to get one inHogwarts Legacy. The good news is that it’s not particularly difficult, and it’s tough to miss. You’ll catch the Phoenix through The Room of Requirement questline Phoenix Rising Although you would expect catching a Phoenix to involve some sort of super tough postgame activity: you’ll actually get it through a core questline dealing with The Room of Requirement....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Robert Hawkins

How to find and defeat Scorpion in Fortnite

Mortal Kombatis back inFortnite, baby. While Sub-Zero has been here for a while, we now have Scorpion as a limited-time boss, and you can fight for a special Medallion reward. The catch? He has multiple spawn locations and is tough to beat. Fortnite Scorpion boss locations Scorpion can spawn in the following locations around yourFortnitemap: You’ll know which POI he’s appearing in when you open your map at the beginning of your match and see his Medallion icon....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Rachel Kim

How to find the Artifact of Honor in Risk of Rain Returns

Risk of Rainis a hard game, but maybe for some, hard just isn’t good enough and Monsoon isn’t cutting it. If that’s true, maybe you should find the Artifact of Honor inRisk of Rain Returnsand turn that rain into terror sweat. For as hard as it makes things, the Artifact of Honor can be quick to find inRisk of Rain Returns.The item can be found in the Desolate Forest, one of the game’s two possible stage-one locations....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Taylor Brown