Check out this badass Raiden from MGS: Rising TGS demo

First off, I loveHideo Kojima’s Twitter feed. We’re a lot a like in that we post sh*t that no one should care about. It’s half food pictures and travel brags, just like me. But in the space whereI would tweet about corgis, Kojima tweets about the games he is making. This morning, just before his food tweet of abeautiful bowl of katsudon, he tweeted out an awesomescreenshotof Raiden, taken straight off the screen of aMetal Gear Solid: RisingTokyo Game Show demo he’s working on for next week....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Eric King

Colony sim RimWorld refused classification in Australia

Construction title pulled from Steam The latest story from the wild ‘n’ wacky world of Australian Classification sees strategy management simRimWorldpulled from Steam after it bagged a “Refused Classification” rating from the official board. Unfortunately for Ludeon Studios, thenotoriously stringentAustralian Ratings Board has not only brought the hammer down on the application, but hasalsoretroactively removedRimWorldfrom the Steam platform in Australia. “Refused Classification” is a status decreed for titles that contain “matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Joseph Hamilton

Complete Ninja Time Clan List & Guide [RELEASED]

The first thing most of us do before even doing our Academy Entrance Exam is rerolling our clan. However, the game doesn’t provide much info on how they will affect our gameplay and which ones are worth keeping. To learn that, check out ourclan list and guide forNinja Time. Table of Contents Ninja Time Clan List Clans inNinja Timeare categorized into six rarities: Divine (0.5%), Mythical (1%), Legendary (5%), Epic (15%), Rare (30%), and Common (49%)....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Cesar Santana

Contest: Win a Parrot AR.Drone, as featured in Homefront!

[Update] Contest closed! Winners are Fireflex, tangyrobot and TJ Allard! Homefrontwas released this past week for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC and tells the tale of a potential future where Korea invades America. As this game is set in the future, players will make use of advance technology to aid them in battle. TheParrot AR.Droneis the first quadricopter that uses augmented reality and can be piloted with your iPod Touch, iPhone or even iPad....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Ashley Anderson

CookieRun: Kingdom September 25 update patch notes: New Magic Candy, Wind Element, and more

The latest update forCookieRun: Kingdomis coming on September 25, and it’s packed with some exciting stuff. This update brings a new Wind element and a Wind-type Artifact that’ll boost Wind damage and attack speed. Plus, there’s a Difficulty Challenge event where you can snag all sorts of rewards. On top of that, Pastry Cookie is getting a new Magic Candy. Also, there is a promotion event for Wind Archer Cookie, which will reward you every time you level up....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Ronald Christian

Destructoid Community Interviews: Occams Electric Toothbrush

#Darksiders2 [Whoops! Well, let’s start catching up on the community interviews, shall we? ~Strider] Hello me, it’s me again,Chris Moyse, bringing you the first Community Interview of 2017! Remember I said they’d get shorter last time? Yeeeah. Look, it’s important to keep youse guys flowing freely. This is a conversation, after all, not a Q&A. After this weekend, however, I will be taking strides to shorten future interviews, as seventeen minutes of reading may have become the stuff of a madman’s dream....

July 28, 2025 · 25 min · 5231 words · Christine Hudson

Experienced devs counter anonymous Wii U criticisms

‘Wii U development time is equal to any other development time’ [Update: Hideki Kamiya (Resident Evil 2, Okami, Viewtiful Joe, Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101) agrees that developing for the Wii U is “about the same” as developing for the Xbox 360 and the PS3] A bevy of Wii U developers, such as Jools Watsham of Renegade Kid and Chris Arnold of Nami Tentou, have come out in defense of the Wii U in light of recent criticisms....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Diamond Harmon

Fallout 76’s first big event in a while is now live

A Colossal Problem Fallout 76has done a few big things this year: introduce the newWastelandersexpansion and…a battle pass (haha). So the fact that the new A Colossal Problem event just went live is kind of a big deal for the game, as it’s the first major update in a while. After weeks of teases and testing periods, Colossal Problem is now ready to play inFallout 76. Basically it involves an eight-player instance in the Monongah Mines, allowing your party to tango with the Wendigo Colossus: hence, the “colossal problem,” see?...

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Hannah Hodge

Forza Motorsport 6 to be delisted next month

Finish Line Developer Turn10 has announced thatForza Motorsport 6will soon be entering its “End of Life” status. As with otherForzagames before it, this means the title will be getting delisted soon. On July 27, 2025, the game and its DLC will be removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace and users will no longer be able to purchase it digitally. If you’ve already bought the game and any of its DLC, you’ll retain access to it....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Stanley Callahan

Game Crazy to offer a Dark Void pre-order bonus, too

So, will it be aGolden Jetpackof a Trexi? No bones about it: Airtight Games is making theDark Voidpre-order decision a hard one withits latest reveal. Earlier this afternoon, the team behind the vertical shooter announced another reserve exclusive, this time one of the un-digital variety, and this time one exclusive to the retailer Game Crazy. Yeah, the image above is the exclusive. It’s a 3” Trexi designed by the I am 8-bit crew....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Priscilla Wise

Game design is narrative design: Exploring video games’ ‘automatic stories’

The game is the story When people talk about the ideal “video game story,” they’re usually talking about something likeFinal Fantasy VIorMetal Gear Solid. A “good story” in a video game is usually a coherent narrative with characters and events, ideally one that’s augmented or enhanced by gameplay. On occasion, folks will point to something likeDwarf Fortress, a game that uses the foundations of interactivity to generate elaborate narratives. I think there’s another, more interesting type of video game narrative, though....

July 28, 2025 · 5 min · 1015 words · Victor Martinez

Genshin Impact 4.2 Special Program summary and Primogem codes

After an uncharacteristic delay, the Special Program forGenshin ImpactVersion 4.2 is here! You can watch the full program onYouTube, or just see our summary below. Here are all the new characters, quests, and events coming in Version 4.2: Masquerade of the Guilty on November 8! 4.2 Livestream Primogem Codes VA97KJNF24UVNTQP2KPEJMUH9T96KJNE2LVM Each code grants 100 Primogems and a few other materials. They expire less than a day from when the Special Program premieres, so redeem them now!...

July 28, 2025 · 5 min · 920 words · Amanda Stevenson

Here are the winners of the official PlayStation Awards 2017

2017’s biggest Sony sellers Last night, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan held the PlayStation Awards 2017, an event to honour 2017’s biggest-selling games in the Japan and Asia territories. These awards are directly linked to actual product sales, rather than any sort of critique or panel-based judging. A lot of the year’s best titles walked away with prizes, includingNieR: Automata, Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted, YakuzaandResident Evil 7. Awards are given to games based on milestone sales met or, in some cases, for “special contributions” to the PlayStation platform....

July 28, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Tina Roberts