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Chugging along We first heard about Spry Fox’sSteambirds Alliancetwo years ago, just before PAX Prime 2015. At PAX West 2017, I got to sit down and play a bit of the massively multiplayer online shoot-’em-up, and it was a cool playground for cooperative bullet hell with an RPG bent. After flying around for a while, the gameplay loop was pretty clear (shoot things, get loot, be better at shooting bigger things), but it felt like I was missing some context....

Summer Game Fest (my heart still wants to call it E3) is back again for another year of world premieres, game trailers, and ads. And I can’t wait. Geoff Keighley’s showcase of the upcoming year of games is set for a big showing this year, especially considering the second half of 2025 is largely still shrouded in secrecy when it comes to upcoming releases. This means that the live stream may be chock-full of some actually huge news....

Act Zero Konamihas announcedthatSuper Bomberman R 2is slated for physical release on September 12, followed by it hitting digital storefronts on September 13. I have absolutely no idea why they’re doing it this way, but that’s what it says. I feel likeSuper Bomberman R 2was announced about a zillion years ago, but it turns out it was just last year. Maybe I’m getting it mixed up with all the ports and rejiggering of the originalSuper Bomberman Rthat originally dropped on Switch in 2017....

In today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, we got a peek at what’s to come for the hybrid console. One of the exciting announcements was thatSuper Monkey Ballis getting a new entry titledBanana Rumble. The game launches on June 25 this year, and pre-orders begin today, February 21. If you like, you can make the most of the Switch’s abilities and utilize the optional motion controls. Though there’ll be new challenges, you’ll also have new moves to help you....

Plus a new commentary mode Fullbright’s sophomore effort,Tacoma, was an (inter)stellar take on non-linear storytelling aboard an abandoned space station. Soon, a whole new platform’s audience will have the opportunity to unravel the whereabouts of the Tacoma crew via in-game augmented reality. It was revealed today thatTacomais releasing on PlayStation 4 on May 8. This is approximately nine months after initial launch on PC and Xbox One in August 2017. Those who are keen to pick up the PS4 version immediately will get a slight discount....

Oh, and there’s a way better way to get screenshots off your Switch now So a new Switch firmware update is out, and it’s not just “stability!” Like, there are actual features! Version 11.0.0 adds a few new things into the mix, including automatic cloud save data download, a Switch online app, a “trending games your friends are playing” feature on the user page, a new way to transfer screenshots, a download prioritization feature (finally!...

Hands-off E3 preview I ended up really likingUncharted 4: A Thief’s Endbecause of its story. The wild action setpieces were well paced and there were plenty of smaller, quieter moments that resonated. Everything felt in service to a story about people and their relationships, the same threads that underpin classics likeIndiana Jones. When Sony announced the standalone, Chloe-ledUncharted: The Lost Legacy, the trailerseemed a bit differentfromUncharted 4. But betweenlast night’s trailerand the 15 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay I saw in a meeting on the E3 showfloor,Uncharted: The Lost Legacyactually looksa lotlike its predecessor....

Following a deluge of criticism (includingfrom yours truly),World of Warcraft’sRadiant Echoes pre-patch event is getting some big tweaks today.In a blogpostover on the forums, community manager Kaivax breaks down the changes. Less waiting, more rewards Long story short, the event is going to have less waiting around and, when you do complete it, you’ll get more rewards. Before the patch, you’d have to show up at the beginning of the 90-minute window to complete the event within a rotating zone....

I still want to see it one day IGN recently caught up with Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who confirmed that at this time, they don’t see a delay for the Xbox Series X hardware despite the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hitting their pipelines. But after chatting about hardware, Spencer switches gears into software, and the question ofScaleboundinevitably comes up. As we all know there are frequent rumors thatScalebound,which was canceled in 2017, could be coming back....

Complain that it isn’t called ‘7ekken’ The long-awaitedTekken 7has been available in the West for nigh-on three months now. I think it’s great. Do you? Well, don’t tell me, tell Bandai-Namco, as they have released a survey asking for people’s opinions, impressions and suggestions for the 3D fighter. The survey covers a myriad of topics, good points and bad, including online play, DLC, the pro-tour and much more. It’s surprisingly thorough....

It’s not in-game As I’ve mentioned in myreview in progress forThe Elder Scrolls Online, the game did not ship with an Auction House — a system in place in nearly every MMO that allows players to conveniently buy and sell goods within the game. Apparently for developer ZeniMax, the plan for now is to use athird party system by way of an auction foruminstead of an in-game solution. Their reasoning for not including it in-game is as follows, “You don’t necessarily want to do a global auction house for a game with one giant server because that generally leads to all the best gear being available at very, very cheap prices....

[Update:Contest closed! Winnerslisted here.] Not only is it the25 Days of Givingon Destructoid, but it’s also theWinter of RPGsfor Square Enix!Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VIhave all finally made their way to the PlayStation Network and we’re doing a giveaway for each game all this week. Today we’re giving outChrono CrossANDChrono Triggerto three lucky people. JustRetweet this Tweet, follow @Dtoid on Twitter and you’re good to go....

Back in my day people could only afford to dual-box! For years, some dedicatedWorld of Warcraftplayers have been “multi-boxing,” a term that refers to utilizing multiple accounts and machines to play several (or droves of) characters at once. In the before-times, this was commonly known as “dual-boxing,” when players would have two PCs (or a laptop and PC) next to them, allowing two characters to quest together. But over time multi-boxing became a cottage industry for gold farmers, altering the course of Auction House prices and in some cases, the open world experience....