BlizzCon’s Diablo IV-inspired ‘Dark Gallery’ exhibit is wild

Diablo is back Diablois back in full swing at BlizzCon 2019 with the reveal ofDiablo IV. Going along with its “return to the series’ dark roots,” Blizzard opened up a fully fledged museum on the show floor, and man does it look crazy. Dubbed the “dark gallery,” the exhibit is a legit art show on top of a bunch of costumed participants, trinkets from the series and a giant doomed church fixture....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Dennis Mcconnell

Blow up the past in Black Ops II’s Nuketown map

IT’S LIKE YOU’RE TIME TRAVELING! Fans that pre-orderBlack Ops IIwill be given the Nuketown 2025 map, as seen in the latest video from Treyarch. Nuketown was fun in the firstBlack Opsthanks to how small the map is, but there’s an even better and smaller map that’s in the new game. The map I’m talking about is set on a yacht, and it’s designed in a way to prevent spawning abuse. It feels even smaller thanks to how confined the space is too....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Beth Lee

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War update bringing new Sanatorium map and Zombies modes

Dropkick… and a beauty Treyarch has announced that it will be releasinga mid-season updateto its blockbuster titleCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warnext week. Arriving on all platforms January 14, the mini-updatewill be bringing several new additionsto the rat-a-tat-tat uzi-loving shooter. First up is the arrival of a new six-vs-six multiplayer mode, Dropkick, which will apparently see players attempting to wrest control of nuclear codes from their opposition. Low stakes, then?...

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Katherine Hudson

Cody looks thicc in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Coming next month The third season ofStreet Fighter V: Arcade EditionDLC has been going strong since January as Capcom’s divisive fighter continues to expand its roster with faces old and new. Over the weekend, during Combo Breaker 2018, the publisher dropped a trailer for its latest addition to the game: Cody ofFinal Fightfame. According to Capcom, Cody will sport a move set similar to his prior appearances in the series, but with slight alterations to match his — and these are Capcom’s words — new spiffy style....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · David Smith

Community Replay: Final Fantasy VII

Are you ready for the Reunion? Welcome to Community Replay! For a while now, I’ve wanted to open up a community “book club” of sorts that could also act as a companion or alternative to “Bloggers Wanted,” but one that goes in the opposite direction. Instead of offering up a specific topic that can be applied to a broad selection of games, this prompt will be about a specific game. The topics discussed regarding that game are entirely up to you, community bloggers....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Kimberly Kelly

Dead Rivers codes (March 2025) [BACKPACK]

Updated: July 17, 2025 Checked for new codes! Explore the endless desert and…wait, what? Oh, sorry, I mean journey across the frozen paths and…huh? Is it a new, new one? Ok, well, I guess you can voyage beyond a sacred river filled with zombies. Hopefully,Dead Riverscodes can help you. Sadly, there are no codes at the time of writing the article. However, if they are ever added, we will be on top of it....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Sue Fox

Deadly Premonition added to Xbox One’s catalog

Now available through backward compatibility Starting today, the cult classicDeadly Premonitionwill be playable on Xbox One. Microsoft’s Larry Hryb took to Twitter earlier and announced that Swery65’s bizarre send-up toTwin Peaksis available through the console’s Backward Compatibility program. — Larry Hryb (@majornelson)June 12, 2025 Deadly Premonitionis something of a modern-day legend. It’s clunky, janky, and occasionally downright awful to play. In spite of those flaws, however, Greenvale and the affable weirdos who live there, are irresistible....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Bianca Adkins

Destiny: House of Wolves’ launch trailer is out

Yes, people still play Destiny Destiny: House of Wolvescomes out next week, which means its launch trailer time. The trailer compiles most of the information Bungie has released via livestream over the last few weeks and gives players a quick overview of the content coming in the new DLC. ThePrison of Elders livestreamnearly killed my interest inHouse of Wolves, but seeing all the new goodies side-by-side in this newest trailer almost rekindles my excitement....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Heather Thompson

EVO 2013: Day-two streams, schedules, and more

[Update:Today’s winners are listed below.] Yesterday was a pretty action packed dayat EVO 2013, as we had winners forTekken Tag Tournament 2,Persona 4 ArenaandMortal Kombat 9, as well as some progress in theSuper Street Fighter IVSemi Finals. Today will have a lot of variety, with Semi Finals forKing of Fighters XIII,Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3,Injustice, andSmash Bros. Melee, all culminating tomorrow.Skullgirlswill also see some action today, as well as aStreet Fighter X Tekken, which has its finals series later this evening....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Andrew Osborn

Get Me Off the Moon interviews Chris Hoffman about the Legends 3 demo, future of the franchise

Don’t hassle the Hoff! Way back in 2011, we at Destructoid reported onan interviewwith Chris Hoffman aboutMega Man Legends 3. For those of you unaware, Hoffman is one of, if not the only, journalist outside of Japan to have played the Prototype version of the game. In celebration of their sixth anniversary, which is also the anniversary of the cancellation ofLegends 3, the folks at theGet Me Off the Moon Facebookpage managed to snag another interview with the man himself....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Allison Hanson

Getting fit with SoulCalibur V

To mark the release ofSoulcCalibur V, Gymbox at Westfield in London are holding special swordsman workout classes throughout February. I teamed up with Namco Bandai to try out a class and it got pretty sweaty! The classes have been designed to combine 16 different moves over a period of 45 minutes. We pretty much just did half of the class and I was already tired! Working with the instructor, the class is like a typical aerobics style workout but with drop kicks, sword slashes and turny jabby moves as well....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Deanna Conway

Goblin King and Dreadful Licht King Boss Guide in Rune Slayer – Locations, Tips & Drops

Rune Slayerrecently had a sizable update, adding a new zone and a bunch of QoL features. Even though the level cap hasn’t been raised, there are two new bosses: the Goblin King and the Dreadful Licht King. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about them in thisGoblin King and Dreadful Licht King Boss Guide. Table of contents Goblin King and Dreadful Licht King Requirements We highly recommend youfight these guys at max level....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 864 words · Danielle Powell

Here are your Steam pack sales for the next four days

Lewie Procter ofSavygamerand Rock, Paper, Shotgun fame was friendly enough to point us to this. Someone over at the Cheapassgamer forums leaked theupcoming Steam sales, which look pretty legit. Some of deals listed in the forum post are on Steam as we speak. Especially noteworthy are details on the Indie packs. These will have five games per pack for probably around the same price as today’sIndie Story Pack(€4,59, $5). Check out the entire list below....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Gregory Mcintyre