More Isaac for your buck If you’re keen on revisiting theDead Spaceseries ahead of the remake releasing this month, the Steam pre-order has a neat incentive. Pre-ordering theDead Spaceremake on Steam before January 27 will net you the second game in the series,Dead Space 2, for free. As spotted byVG247, theSteam pre-orderhas a special deal going. Picking upDead Spacethrough either its base version or slightly-more-expensive Digital Deluxe version will net you a free copy ofDead Space 2....

Epic Games design directorCliff Bleszinski, known for his work onJazz Jackrabbit,Unreal, andGears of War, is leaving the company “to chart the next stage of his career.” “I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager,” he writes, “and outside of my sabbatical last year, I have been going non-stop. I literally grew up in this business, as Mike [Capps] likes to say. And now that I’m grown up, it’s time for a much needed break....

Back in October 2024, we saw glimpses ofDisney Dreamlight Valley’sFebruary 2025 update, Tales of Agrabah, through a content roadmap. Now, we have the update’s trailer and a preview for its Star Path, Oasis Retreat. While most are here for Jasmine and Aladdin, I’m all about its capybara companion. Jumping forward to July 29, 2025, Gameloft revealed a sneak peek atDisney Dreamlight Valley’supcoming Star Path, Oasis Retreat. To match the theme ofAladdin and the Tales of Agrabah update, Oasis Retreat will primarily feature desert-like furniture and clothing, including wicker chairs, lush palm trees, and even Princess Jasmine’s hairstyle....

Things aren’t looking good at a glance for Vanillaware’s upcoming dungeon crawlerDragon’s Crown.Siliconera is reportingthat many of their reader’s Amazon pre-orders have been cancelled, amongst other rumors that the game is outright cancelled. But, according to Vanillaware illustrator Shigatake, the game is still in development. When asked point blank about the cancellation, Shigatake said, “I personally can’t say much, but I’ll just say, ‘RegardingDragons Crown, although there are lots of rumors and conjecture, it’s still in development....

But I’m hungry now I’ve been eyeingDon’t Starvefor a good while now, being the nearest release from one of my favorite small studios,Klei Entertainment(makers ofShankandMark of the Ninja), and being so different from what we’ve seen them deliver prior to now. The dark game of wilderness survival now has an actual release date and will be launching on Steam April 23. Early builds of the game have been available to beta participants and pre-ordering consumers for some time now....

Light Afallen While it has beenknown for a littlewhile thatDragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisenwas coming to current-gen consoles, we now have a better guess as to when that will happen. According to Famitsu magazine, the game will be hitting Japanese consoles and PC on August 5 with a Western release happening sometime in the fall. It will be interesting to see if the Japanese PC port has any enhancements over the one currently available on Steam....

The Dazzling Dribbler Evolution is now live inEA FC 24, and you can complete it to upgrade two of your lower-rated items. This evolution also marks the beginning of Week 4 of the FUTTIES. Let’s take a look at all the tasks which determine the cards that can be used for the upgrades. Here are the requirements for theEA FC 24Dazzling Dribbler Evolution: EA FC 24 Dazzling Dribbler Evolution Upgrades The evolution has three levels of upgrades, and they have certain conditions....

Nerf corona already Another domino has inevitably fallen. Evo 2020, the biggest fighting game showcase of the year, has been canceled. Originally scheduled to begin on July 31 in Las Vegas, tournament organizers have pulled the plug because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A message from the Evo team…pic.twitter.com/ANXUXDiNGK — EVO (@EVO)Jun 07, 2025 This announcement comes three months before Evo was set to take place, which seems to be the exact timeline all conventions/events are working on....

Includes an outfit and the bucks It’s been rumored for a while by way of an early leak, butFornite‘s Battle Royale starter pack is now live. In essence you’re buying this one-time deal for $5, and you’ll get an outfit and 600 V-Bucks (roughly $6) out of the offer. You have until April 1 to grab it. There is one stipulation worth mentioning — naturally, the 600 V-Buck reward isn’t quite enough to buymostof the good stuff (that will run you 800 or more V-Bucks) or the Battle Pass for season three....

SinceHalo 3isn’tsupposedto be out yet, this edition of Friday Night Fights will feature the same games as last week for the most part. Trust us though — that’s definitelynota bad thing. In case “10:00 p.m. EST” hasn’t already been burned into your memory, that’s when FNF is going to start. Tonight will hopefully be an improvement though, because PC gaming is now supported! That’s right PC gamers, so long as you have a few Steam games and are able to work Ventrilo, you can join in on the madness....

I hear that you’re all watching some bowl of soup in America or something, while we honest Britons do important things like using the Internet, looking at the Internet, and watching videos on the Internet. Because nobody’s reading right now, I can get away with saying things like “bum” and “nipples” on the front page. That felt good, but playing games makes me feel even better. It’s that time again, where the Destructoid staff tells us what they’ve been playing this week....

Fads and trends are an inevitable part of human life. Throughout time, these pieces of pop culture have been forgotten almost as quickly as they appeared, leaving only traces of themselves deep in our junk drawers and in embarrassing pictures that show ourselves relishing them at the height of their popularity. Like all other forms of media, videogames go through fad phases as well. Once a developer creates something that breaks the mold and does extraordinarily well, other developers see to it that no shred of the good stuff goes to waste....

Less detailed all-around Bloodstained: Ritual of the Nightwas released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One last week, and it was worth the wait. Offering up a trueCastlevaniaexperience, the action platformer was way better than I expected…on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The Switch port is another matter. As you can see in the video above, the Switch version, which was delayed a week and is out now, lags way behind the others in nearly every conceivable way....