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I really dig your style What a lovely surprise forShovel Knightfans — Yacht Club Games has released a huge pack of concept art pulled from seven years of development on the retro platformer series. TheShovel Knight: Treasure Troveart asset pack is available to download, free-of-charge,under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. “We’ve been wanting to do this for a long time,”explained Yacht Club on Kickstarter.“The spark of the idea came way back in 2013 during the Shovel Knight Kickstarter when someone shared with us a picture of an unknown game dev at a game jam usingShovel Knightsprites as reference....

From Soho down to Brighton As is the usual for this time of year, September has been busy as hell with new game releases across all available consoles and PC. So many great games hit store shelves this month, but if your only interaction with the gaming world is through Apple Arcade, it’s been a pretty great month for you as well. The subscription service saw a few high-profile games launch over the past four weeks, including the nearly forgottenCastlevania: Grimoire of Souls, a surprisingly decentMasterChef: Let’s Cook, and the recently releasedLEGO Star Wars Battles....

PC port? Halo: Reach? South by Southwest (or “SXSW” or just “South by” if you’re particularly with-it) has put an increasing emphasis on video games over the past few years. The famous Austin-based festival has its roots in music, but it eventually expanded to film and other mediums.Video games are now a very regular part of SXSW. Haloand developer 343 Industries will be at SXSW with a Halo Championship Series Invitational tournament....

Celebrate Mega Man’s past, present, and future starting with issue #20 Tomorrow, December 12,Mega Man#20 arrives on store shelves. This particularly special issue not only ties directly into the ongoing 25th anniversary festivities, it also marks the Archie comic debut of Mega’s cold-blooded — figuratively speaking — rival, Bass. Issue #20, a one-shot entitled “Rock of Ages,” skips past the upcomingMega Man 3adaption to bring us an adventure in-progress. Dr. Wily has taken over the Chronos Institute and remodeled it to resemble Wily Tower from the Genesis gameThe Wily Wars....

Or a crew member You’d expect to play as a wizard or warrior in aDragon Questgame, but in this McD DS downloadable promotional game in Japan, you may also play as a McDonald’s crew member or store manager. DS titleDragon Quest VII: McDonald’s’ Mysterious Stone Tabletis a collaboration between Nintendo/Square Enix and McDonald’s Japan, and is downloadable at Japanese locations of the restaurant between Jan. 11 and Mar. 28. In it, as a warrior or fry slinger, you’ll fight enemies to collect stone tablet pieces that you’ll collect to form full tablets....

Warframe’sJade Shadows update has primarily centered around some of the new weapons you can acquire from theAscension activity. The Evensong,Cantare, and Harmony all seem like interesting weapons that should prove valuable in the right hands. However, one other weapon has come back from the dead thanks to its focus in the Jade Shadows quest alongside a new skin. Here’s the best build for the Hate inWarframe. The best mods for the Hate in Warframe Ah, the Hate....

Updated: May 15, 2025 Added new codes! In everyBleach-based title, you know what to expect, and this one is no different.Bleach: Lost Soulswill test your nerves and challenge you to confront the same enemies multiple times, but in the end, you’ll know it was worth it. Since everyone is chasing freebies in this game, and there is a good reason for that, we tracked down all the latestBleach: Lost Soulscodes. Use them for EXP boosts and extra free rerolls whenever you need them, but verify to act quickly and redeem them before they expire....

Hands-on with the upcoming shooter The video game industry moves fast. Franchises that are hot today can go cold in an instant. New types of games that break the mold can catch fire, igniting a frenzy to mimic and match its success by the developers of the industry who chase trends rather than create them. It could be saidCall of Dutyis a trend chaser. After battle royale broke big withFortniteandPUBG, Activision saw the writing on the wall and got to work implementing the concept intoCoD....

We got asneak peekat the bosses ofMega Man 9yesterday, but knowing full well that black and white images weren’t going to be enough, Capcom has decided to divulge more information and artwork pertaining to the bosses and their obtainable weapons. This first update is all about Concrete Man, Tornado Man, and Magma Man. Defeating Concrete Man will give you the Concrete Shot, which allows you to create temporary stepping stones....

Three US and two UK copies up for grabs [Update:Contest over! Winners have been notified.] Our friends at Titan Books have passed down five copies ofThe Art of Castlevaniathrough the Destructoid bloodlines, and we’re giving them away to you sexy Dtoiders! This beautiful hardcover features never-before-seen concept art, game stills, and more from bothLords of Shadowgames, and we’ve got three copies for US and two copies for UK readers to hand out....

Nicest game developers ever? Well, this is unexpected. The Pirate Bay usuallyreceives pushbackfrom game studios rather than being utilized as a promotional tool or, in this case, a way to please the masses. This especially holds true for indie developers, who often aren’t backed by an established publisher and rely on game sales to stay afloat. Acid Wizard Studio is one such developer, comprised of three friends from Poland. In a case of extreme guilt, they’ve decided to release their top-down horror gameDarkwoodin its entirety as a torrent on The Pirate Bay....

Some old, some new Over the next two weeks, Humble Bundle will be running 24-hour deals andthe promotion kicks off this morningwith a repeat of the Humble Deep Silver Bundle. It was a pretty good compilation originally, and it’s back with updated (see: better) pricing. You can still pay what you want for the basic lineup, which includesSaints Row 2,Saints Row: The Third,Risen 2: Dark Waters, andSacred 2: Gold Edition. The next tier up, obtainable by paying above the average, addsSaints Row: The Third – The Full DLC Package,Metro 2033,Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition,Risen, andSacred Citadel....

Crime pays How’s your street cred doin’? It’s probably taken a hit since you visited that indie coffee shop and volunteered at the local food shelter. Everyone thinks you’re a softie now.GTA Onlinecan help reverse that notion (at least virtually), and it’ll go twice as fast for the next three days. Rockstar’s throwing a Double RP weekend inGTA Onlinefrom August 1-3. RP, short for Reputation Points, is the experience system the game goes by for leveling up and determining how hardened of a criminal you are....