It doesn’t matter whether you’re the most organized person in the history of mankind, one thing that everyone could do with sometimes is a little more time. It’s brutal and unstoppable, but if you want to make some time, you can do it inInfinite Craft. Of course the time you make inInfinite Craftwon’t actually add any to your life. In fact, you’re probably going to waste a significant amount of it trying to craft it, which is horribly ironic....
As usual, GameStop’s timing could not be worse “Essential business” GameStop is at it again with their old tricks. This time it actually is anoldtrick, as the retailer is trying to get people into their stores for aPokemondistribution. During a global pandemic. A shiny Pokemon, no less. As Serebii reports, GameStop signage for a shiny Toxitricity event has been implemented, hinting that the distribution will begin on February 19. As is the case with previous activities, you’ll need to go inside of a GameStop and utilize the Pokemon Pass app to acquire a serial code....
I’m a sucker forRisk, and have played many editions over the years. However, it’s nice to spice things up and play other dudes-on-a-map wargames. As this is my favorite genre of board game, I gladly present to you some of the best board games to play if you likeRisk. Table of contents 878 Vikings 878 Vikingsis a lesser-known board game set during the Viking invasions of England.Although it may seem rather removed fromRisk, the staple of moving around your minis to fight your opponents is the same....
The ride continues GTA Onlineis an inevitability. It will always be here, no matter how many games rise and fall around it. While so many other publishers are obsessed with keeping their projects alive, Rockstar has pretty much perfected the art thanks to a tireless community and a perfect decades-long crescendo of theGTAbrand. It’s so potent that it even steers people away from Rockstar’s other active online game:Red Dead Redemption 2....
Preview of the next game from the Ratchet & Clank studio If you’re going to make a metroidvania, getting your acronym (SotD) as close to the gold standard (SotN) is a good a start as any, I suppose.Song of the Deepis the surprise, GameStop-published (the store andGame Informermagazine owner, yes) new game (PC, Xbox One, PS4) fromRatchet & Clankdeveloper Insomniac Games. The studio is still working on its PS4-exclusiveRatchet & Clankgame to tie into the upcoming animated film (Sly Stallone is in it!...
One of the best things aboutArmored Core 6: Fires Of Rubiconis the game’s character creator mode. FromSoftware is no stranger to character customization, but the tools in theSoulsseries allow only for the modification of humansor Shrek-like creatures. Making mechs is a completely different thing. I’ve previously showcased afew hilarious fanmade AC units, and I’m glad to see that the community AC unit factory isn’t slowing down. The GameCube AC Ever thought that the GameCube featured an extraordinary library of games and deserved better than to get mercilessly slaughtered by the PS2?...
An item with its own redemption arc At first glance, the Rosary of Redemption looks like an utterly worthless accessory inOctopath Traveler 2. Equipping it grants a hefty debuff of 60 points to your Phys. Atk. and Critical stats, with no positive aspects to compensate. By itself, you quite literally are better off equipping nothing at all than using the Rosary of Redemption. However, there’s one accessory that makes the Rosary of Redemption pretty rad:Blessing in Disguise....
Mastery Ranks are yet another way to progress inWarframe, but if you’re stillin the early game, you can rank up without ever having to feel the grind. Mastery Ranks go from level 1-30, and there are an extra 10 levels beyond that called Legendary Ranks. Ranking up grants you access to more loadouts, a bigger supply of extractors, and increased maximum reputation with syndicates. More importantly, though, some powerful weapons and blueprints are locked behind certain Mastery Rank thresholds....
Also, parrot After seeing theskyscraper destructionin theBattlefield 4E3 demonstration, my first thought was a standard “Wow, that’s impressive!” The folks at DICE know their stuff from a technical standpoint. Then it hit me. I’m going to want to run this game at a decent frame rate. My next thought was “F****k, that’s impressive.” The worst (or perhaps best?) part is not knowing what kind of hardware we’ll need, but that’s no longer an unknown....
25 new levels to kick our asses As promised by Hello Games, the recently announced newPlayStation Network versionofJoe Danger 2: The Moviewith bonus content is coming out real soon. North America is getting it on Tuesday, October 9 for $14.99, while Europe will have to wait a day when it launches for £9.99. The team has dubbed the PS3-exclusive content “Joe Danger Gaiden,” a throwback to an earlier prototype forJoe Dangerwhich was deemed too difficult....
US still unconfirmed While theKingdom Hearts: VR Experienceactually released in Japan onits scheduled date, the rest of the world has had to wait for their chance to jump into Sora’s shoes. Taking players on a short journey with the gummi ship to the Destiny Islands, this little nostalgia trip is finally making the trek West. Square Enix has announced that the free app will be launching in Europe on June 17, 2025....
Get to know the people that are great at talking about videogames Almost 2 weeks ago on Sup Holmes (now oniTunes) we welcomed former Destructoid editor, Podtoid regular, and currentessayist, satirist, andspeakerLeigh Alexander to the program. She even teamed up withJonathan Mann for a song aboutGTA V. Pretty adorable. We talked with Leigh about how writing about games has changed over the years, ways that the new GTA could do better at “punching upwards“, if videogames are becoming more inclusive, what it’s been like to grow up along with gaming as a medium, and a lot more....
Working at Destructoid is brilliant. None of us will ever deny that. There are some days however, when you wake up that bit more excited and appreciative of you job than others. Days that start with the knowledge that you’ll be encountering Hideo Kojima in person and getting a preview ofMetal Gear Solid 4are particularly good, if unfortunately not frequent occurances.Thankfully though, today is one of those days. This morning I spent around an hour in a small auditorium in Kojima-san’s company, listening to him talk about the game, watching a new trailer (which you can find in all its shakey-cam glory above), and hearing him field questions from the crowd....
