How do you do, fellow kids? If there’s one thing I know about Luigi, it’s that he’s a man of the people. He’s one of us. Just a normal dude who’s stuck in his brother’s short, rotund shadow. But inMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Luigi finally has a chance to step into the limelight for the first time since Nintendo’s Year of Luigi in 2013. And how, exactly does Luigi prove once and for all that he’s the most chill Mario brother?...

Batman: The Enemy Within, Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and Sonic Generations That’s…a lot of colons! Games with Gold is getting silly and melancholy next month, as the four new games run the full gamut of emotions. On the former side you haveShantae: 1/2 Genie HeroandSonic Generations, and on the latter there’sBatman: The Enemy WithinandCastlevania Lords of Shadow 2. What a wonderful mix, despiteLords of Shadow 2‘s faults....

Developers Visual Concepts continue to fix critical issues inNBA 2K25, and Update 1.5 has been announced for the next-gen version of the game. The upcoming patch, set to go live later today, on September 26, will be released on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. It’s also going to be released later on Steam for PC users. Let’s take a look at some of the bugs that are being targeted by the upcoming update....

EA is looking to expand its support of small studios, this time through its Origin digital distribution service, by capitalizing on the indie development wave du jour: Kickstarter. The publishing giant announced today a new initiative specifically geared toward developers working on successfully crowd-funded downloadable PC games. EA is offering to sell those games on Origin with an attractive deal: the company will waive distribution fees for the first 90 days of release....

Industry analyst Michael “Bumblecrumbs” Pachter has respondedto rumors thatSony’s next generation PlayStation will block used games, believing that the pros are far outweighed by the cons. According to the smooth operator, retailers won’t stock such a threatening device, and the console will suffer. “It isn’t really in Sony’s or Microsoft’s best interests to block used games,” he explained. “It would benefit Activision and EA slightly, and would hurt GameStop a great deal....

Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! Jonathan Holmes has very real butt trouble in this week’s episode, but that doesn’t mean he gets it gently. Instead, Dr. Sterling uses his poopology degree to try and diagnose the problem, before Holmes is whisked away to be the living prisoner of an underground time capsule, where he shall know a new god. Elsewhere, the gang gets caught up reading some of the most horrific sounding sex game descriptions....

Developer Omeda Studios has announced that its third-person MOBAPredecessorwill finally be leaving its early access phase and launching as a 1.0 release on July 27, 2025. The game has been in development for years and is itself a resurrection of an even older title, but the work is far from over. Through 2024,Predecessorhas been released in beta for Xbox and PlayStation consoles, and Omeda Studios has introduced Brawl and Ranked Modes into the roster for players to enjoy....

Cheap Slim and cheaper Mafia We’ve still got some time before the holiday season, but decent PlayStation 4 deals are popping up on the web making a pre-holiday season purchase worth considering for those on the fence. This weekend the PS4 Slim has two hot offers, the first of which is theUncharted 4bundle showing upon eBay dealsfor $310 ($10 more than usual) with two “free” games:OverwatchandStar Wars: Battlefront. The second deal is the samePS4 SlimUncharted 4bundlefor $269....

Haha, what? It feels like forever ago when console fans young and old were arguing over Ubisoft’s decisionto delay the Wii U versionofRayman Legendsto port it to other consoles. But here we are on the eve ofLegends‘ release, and it’s actually quite good, and on multiple platforms for everyone to enjoy. But that apparently isn’t the case in every region, asNintendo themselves are publishingthe game on the Wii U in Japan as an exclusive....

Knight after Knight after Knight… Cellar Door Games hasfinally announceda release date for the PlayStation port of epic medieval roguelikeRogue Legacy 2— Our brave army of knights will attempt to surmount an ever-changing kingdom of monsters on June 20, just under a week from today. Originally released on PC and Nintendo Switch in the spring of 2022,Rogue Legacy 2once again sees players guide a plucky knight through dungeon after dungeon, battling ghosts, ghouls, and monsters, and picking their way toward an array of dangerous boss characters....

You know the drill by now — a new console announcement seems inevitable, so a slew of exaggerated rumors start hitting the Internet with increasing frequency. As pundits expect a new Xbox to be announced this year, the latest word is that it’ll be six times more powerful than current consoles. According toIGN‘s source, the new system is preparing to launch in October/November 2013. Its GPU will be very similar to AMD’sRadeon HD 6670....

[Update:Bourkovski is not in the employ of GSC, instead saying he is a friend of the company. His Tweet confirming closure stories was deleted, but he still says he has been told the studio’s been shut down. That said, he’s asking everyone to wait for the OFFICIAL word. Hopefully we’ll know one way or the other soon.] Dreadful news forS.T.A.L.K.E.R.fans — the game’slong-awaited sequelhas officially been canceled, and developer GSC has shut its doors....

Camp Anawanna… Reboots of beloved nostalgia mines are popping up every few months, but has anyone talked about a newSalute Your Shorts? If not, I’m proposing it here with the original kids as counselors, all grown up: so not a reboot actually, a full-on sequel. I’m ambitious like that! For now we’ll have to settle for saluting shorts elsewhere, like in the upcomingSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateevent, which will be the last spirit event of 2019....