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Ah,Scribblenauts. The game that most of the Destructroid staff has been regularly fapping over since E3, and rightfully so — a game that lets you type “time machine” to create one and go back in time does sound devastatingly awesome to say the least. Considering what words you can use in the game, it’s gotten a lot of people wondering to what lengths they can actually go while playing it. Can I type “Ghostbusters” and the four of them pop up, for example?...

Talking with Ion Hazzikostas, WoW’s director With patch 7.1.5 dropping this month, I decided to check in with game director Ion Hazzikostas to see how they were handling all of this post-launch business. Right now, the team is confident in their ability to keep updatingLegionat the same pace. When asked, Hazzikostas explained that “We’ve been very happy with how raid progression has gone, from the Emerald Nightmare shortly after release to the Trial of Valor in Patch 7....

HNNNNNNNNG! Those wily folks at XSEED are up to no good again, craftily teasing the Internet with crafty teasers. The localization studio shared a New Year’s card viaFacebookyesterday, one that foreshadows a handful of unannounced projects the publisher ostensibly has in the pipeline. Of course, the Internet is already hard at work trying to solve the mystery behind the silhouetted images. Some intrepid souls atNeoGAFare poring over artwork from just about every niche Japanese game under the sun, beginning with the usual suspects, such as brands owned by XSEED’s parent company Marvelous and their frequent partner Nihon Falcom....

Makes sense! WhileNo Man’s Skyis technically being sold as a “single-player” experience, if you’ve been following the space exploration game these past few years, you know that it will have online interaction. At a minimum, you’ll be able to name alien planets and species you discover before anyone else, and with luck — lots and lots of luck, given the game’s immense scope — you might eventually bump into another player....

He replaced the Game Boy Camera NPC One big new feature of theZelda: Link’s AwakeningSwitch remake is the introduction of Dampé: a classicZeldacharacter has been transplanted into the game to herald in the dungeon creation mechanic. What you might not know is that Dampé also has a tutorial element that doubles as an extra set of dungeons. Here’s how to find him. There’s actually no real caveats to Dampé: once you can reach him, you can tackle the dungeon creation tool....

A life on the ocean waves [Update:As reported during yesterday’sNintendo Direct. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black FlagandAssassin’s Creed Rogueare headed to Nintendo Switch in the form ofAssassin’s Creed Rebel Collection. No release date was specified.] Greek retailerThe Console Clubmay have jumped the gun a little on news pertaining to titles in Ubisoft’sAssassin’s Creedseries heading to Nintendo Switch, In (since deleted) listings, The Console Club posted dates for Switch ports ofAssassin’s Creed IV: Black FlagandAssassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered....

A Boy and His Blobfor the Wii is such a better game than the NES original, it isn’t even funny. The new version doesn’t restrict you to a limited number of jellybeans, sports a much more pleasant art style, and has a hug button. A hug button! That will forever be the greatest addition to any videogame ever. Anyway, nerdcore artist 8Bit Duane of Action Adventure World has just released a music video for hisA Boy and His Blobrap....

Yikes Failure is just as sour the second time around, and that’s just what we did, folks — fail. The firstPokemon SunandMoonglobal eventtasked players with catching a certain number of ‘mons — 100 million, in fact — and we only managed to grab 16 million. This time things were a little easier, as we all had to collectively scanonemillion Pokemon, but in the end, we barely managed to clear 660,000. The good news is that if you participated, you’ll still get your pity reward....

The Totem of Perseverance is the final God Totem you can put together inAvowed. Seven pieces of the totem are scattered across the Galawain’s Tusks region and it’s your job to find them. Of course, that’s far easier said than done. To see where every piece of the Totem of Perseverance is located and all the buffs that come with it inAvowed, check out the guide below. All Totem of Perseverance locations in Avowed As with all the other totems inAvowed, there are seven total pieces you need to find in different parts of Galawain’s Tusks....

The rabbit hole is no more In glum news for Gothic gaming fans everywhere, producer and screenwriter American McGee has seemingly confirmed that EA has rejected his pitch for a third title in the cult platform adventure seriesAmerican McGee’s Alice.The second sequel, tentatively titleAlice: Asylum, will no longer move forward as planned, with the series creator currently convinced that the series has come to an end. Having built up a following viacrowdfunding website Patreon, McGee took various materials to the publisher, including concept art, design documents, a narrative outline, and a development “bible”, but it seems that EA simply didn’t have the same interest or passion for the project as McGee and his backers....

Afterlast week’s smackdown, where the court ordered Samsung to pay Apple over $1 billion in damages,U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh asked Apple for the list of devices they would like to see banned. Apple handed over the following list, which includes some very popular smartphones: The good news for most Samsung users is that the latest generation of models are in the clear. Samsung plans to appeal, but that could backfire....

Electronic Arts and DICE have already revealed two of the three major modes coming toBattlefield 2042at launch. Today, they detailed the thirdBattlefield 2042mode, Hazard Zone. Hazard Zoneis a squad-based multiplayer mode, played on the regularBattlefield 2042maps against both other human squads and NPC forces. Teams pick specialists and loadouts, and then insert into the battlefield to hunt for data drives. The goal of Hazard Zone is to get as many data drives as possible and then extract, at one of two of the possible extraction times....

Go to any media outlet this week and they’ll be trumping up their best-of-the-year list. We’re not so different. However, I wanted there to be a place where staff could sound off on what trends, games, and ideas captured their interest (for better or worse) this year. I asked all the Dtoid staff to provide a mini-rant in the form of a fake award. The results are a bit random. Today, we take a look at the stupidest moment in a game, overlooked gems, and the “best”Skyrimglitch in 2011....