Nintendo Switch shooter Morphies Law is all about stealing mass

Come again? A few games shown during Nintendo’sindie game showcasehad me doing double takes.Morphies Law, a “robot morphology driven 3D shooter” in which you steal mass from your opponents’ body parts and consequently grow larger the better you play, is definitely one of them. It’s something else. As the trailer shows, it’s not just cosmetic. You need mass to power up your team’s giant avatar and your body size directly affects your abilities and traversal options....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Dakota Brown

Oshi no Ko’s writer, Aka Akasaka, is already working on a new manga

The award-winning mangaOshi no Ko, created by the joint effort of the writer Aka Akasaka and the artist Mengo Yokoyari, just released its final chapter. However, fans of the series already have something to look forward to. The 50th issue of Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine announced that Aka Akasaka is already working on a new manga. Anime News Networkreports that Aka Akasaka will be working withRecord of Ragnarok‘s Ajichika andGreek Circle Crisis‘ Aoi Kujira....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Brittany Deleon

PlayStation will have timed-exclusive Destiny 2 content

‘Until at least fall 2018’ They say history is destined to repeat itself. That will be the case with regard to timed platform-exclusive content inDestiny 2. Just like with the originalDestiny, the sequel will have some content coming to PlayStation 4 before Xbox One. That revelation comes via a tacked-on stinger totoday’sDestiny 2teaservia the PlayStation YouTube channel. The last few seconds of the video mention PS4 getting timed-exclusive content “until at least fall 2018....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Maria Fletcher

Reggie Fils-Aime returning to former college in teaching role

Reggie in Back 2 Skool Reggie Fils-Aimémay have left the corporate world behind, but “The Regginator” isn’t done just yet. In fact, the former Nintendo of America President announced this past weekend that he is returning to his former place of learning,Cornell University in New York, where he will lecture students as the campus’ first Leader in Residence. Reggie attended The Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management back in the early ’80s, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics, and was even the President of the school’s Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity chapter....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Mary Brown

Remedy has an on-the-nose punishment for Quantum Break pirates

Errr, on-the-eye If pirates are going to act the part, they may as well look the part too. That’s apparently a mantra over at Remedy Entertainment. People who are running an unlicensed copy ofQuantum Breakare finding themselves with a brand new accessory — one that reminds them of their misdeed. As reported byEurogamer, Remedy has givenQuantum Breakprotagonist Jack Joyce an eye patch on all illegal versions of the game. However, it may pop up for some people with legitimate copies in the event that they aren’t logged into their Microsoft account before loading the game....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Holly Edwards

Return to Castle Monkey Ball is a fan game I didn’t know I needed

This unholy union of Wolfenstein 3D and Super Monkey Ball works surprisingly well, and it’s playable right in your browser As much as I try to stay off video game blogs and forums on the weekend to give my mind a breather, I can’t help but peek. Sometimes I’ll see a story that I know I want to cover first thing Monday morning. The idea of aWolfenstein 3D-meets-Super Monkey Ballfan game blew me away on Sunday, and wouldn’t you know it, I’m still in love with this surprisingly successful mash-up of two very distinct games....

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Ashley Martin

Shifting shmup Terra Force returns on Nintendo Switch

Not to be confused with Terrahawks Hamster takes to the skies once again for this week’s retro release, as Nichibutsu’s 1987 shmup sequelTerra Forcehas been dusted off for release on Nintendo Switch. The third release in theMoon Cresta/Terra Crestaseries,Terra Forcetook a look at the popular shmup landscape of the time and tried something a little different. While shmups at the time consisted of horizontal scrollers (such as Irem’sR-Type) or vertical scrollers (like Capcom’s1942),Terra Forceattempts to blend the best of both worlds, with stages shifting between the two styles....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Jennifer Scott

Sonic the Hedgehog movie has grossed over $210 million so far

Gotta Go Cash Who would’ve thought it? It was already something of an odd undertaking to drop aSonic the Hedgehogmovie long,longafter the character’s peak popularity. Then there was the unforgettable controversy that followedthe initial trailer,seemingly writing the project’s epitaph. And yet here we are, just a fortnight after release, andSonic the Hedgehoghas grossed over $210 million USD to date. Launching on February 14 – adding a Valentine’s Day premiere to the list of odd decisions – the Blue Blur’s cinematic debut raked in over $58 million in its opening weekend, smashing the “video game adaptation” record set by the wonderfulDetective Pikachujust last year....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Jennifer Whitehead

Steelrising is an action RPG about the robot French Revolution from the GreedFall developer

Coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X Do robots like cake? Will a guillotine cut through steel? These are all valid questions that are on the table in the new action role-playing game fromGreedFalldeveloper Spiders. Steelrisingis an automaton take on the French Revolution. The protagonist is Aegis, a robot in female form, who’s a bodyguard to Queen Marie Antoinette. The mission is to “put an end to the massacres carried out by the robot army of King Louis XVI....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Cory Bean

Super Best Guide! Surgeon Simulator 2013

Surgical hammer smashing People have complained thatSurgeon Simulator 2013is almost unplayable thanks to its fun-but-impregnable controls. This is not actually true. The recent Greenlight release is actually pretty simple once you learn a few medical tricks and put them into practice. Let my new little waste of time, Super Best Guide!, teach you how to perform adequate heart surgery and be hailed a surgical god.

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 65 words · Jennifer Preston

Tank Fight Simulator codes (June 2024)

Updated: June 22, 2025 Looked for new codes! This is one of those Roblox titles where you don’t have to use a single brain cell to make progress. Still, if you’re a fan of clicker games,Tank Fight Simulatorwill satisfy your needs. Train (or auto-train), fight (or auto-fight), and collect various pets to improve your tank faster. To make your whole experience even easier, the developers decided to includeTank Fight Simulatorcodes that you can use for freebies such as Gems, Swords, and other vital resources to chase the top of the leaderboard right away....

July 12, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Todd Norris

The Daily Hotness: Grounding

It comes out next month.Just in case you thought we were progressing at a steady clip as a society. Today, we had reviews forKingdoms of Amalur,The Darkness II, andThe Jak and Daxter Collection(good luck playing all the games!),toy Aliens held videogames, those who missed it on Super Bowl Sunday got a look at‘Sup Holmes?(and a wonderful drawing of Jonathan Holmes), and more!Destructoid Original:The DTOID Show: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ReviewTop nine Aliens toys holding videogamesTeam Fortress 2sdays: Time to put on your lucky pantsCheck out my hot shot reel for Hot Shots Golf on VitaSup Holmes: VVVVVV 3DS sales and Cave Story+ updates!...

July 12, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Raymond Wong

The Marth amiibo restock situation doesn’t look good at GameStop either

Only a few per store We’ve talked about it at length before — thegreat Marth amiibo restock of May. Well, it doesn’t seem all that great so far. Amazon was trickling out select orders through the day last Saturday (and were, for all intents and purposes, sold out in minutes), and based on a few of my sources at GameStop, it doesn’t get any better. The Marth restocks have started to roll out at select GameStop stores, but there’s only “1-2 units” per location across multiple states on the east coast....

July 12, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Michael Guerrero