SpyParty is on its way to hosting the most diverse cast ever

If it’s not already there SpyParty, my most anticipated game of 2013 (heh) is still well under development. After its facelift, it’s been adding characters in bunches, with thelast bunchbringing along a puppy in a purse and a disabled character. This new group of characters adds identical twins, a Sikh, a “rocker,” a Mediterranean woman, and a man in a cowboy hat from Mexico. Now, most people familiar with the game may think that new characters are nice, but have little to no impact on the game itself....

July 13, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Audrey Salinas

Starlink producer talks about how Ubisoft scored that Star Fox collaboration

They barrel rolled, essentially To a lot of people,the revealthat the Switch port of Ubisoft’s upcomingStarlink: Battle for Atlaswould include exclusiveStar Foxcontent was enough to propel the game from, “Looks decent,” to, “Holy shit, I need this!” I know I’m suddenly interested in having a weird toys-to-life game if it means I can play a beloved Nintendo icon. How did that collaboration come to be, though? A recent issue of Famitsu had an interview withStarlinkproducer Matthew Rose and it reveals that the cross-over happened to be a chance encounter that Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime had with the game....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Alexis Burke

Super Meat Boy devs tease a Wii U port

‘Wii haven’t forgotten about U’ Super Meat Boymade its way to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita today, but those might not be the last platforms it hits more than five years after its initial release. Team Meat still has its eyes on a Nintendo console. In a simplearticlethanking everybody for their work on the PlayStation versions ofSuper Meat Boy, designer and programmer Tommy Refenes hinted at a possible Wii U port....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Mr. Roger Garcia DDS

The 3DS is still chugging along, as Nintendo reveals recent sales numbers and re-confirms lack of new games on the horizon

End of the line So the Switchis doing swimmingly. How about that ‘ol 3DS chestnut?! Same old, same old: at least as far as the past year of performance is concerned. Nintendo provided us with hard sales numbers for the 3DS for a nine month period that ended on June 21, 2025: 620,000 hardware units sold (73.0% decrease on a year-on-year basis), with software sales of 4.10 million units (63.0% decrease on a year-on-year basis)....

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Mandy Sweeney

The Daily Hotness: Backflipping poodle

Don’t think this poodle is amazing? It just did eight backflips. Eight. How many canyoudo in quick succession? Sony says the infamous hack attack against them earlier this year made them money, Hamza got nostalgic during hisHalo: Anniversarypreview, there was a whole lot ofBattlefield 3news and so much more happened on 10/24/11. Destructoid Original:Bloggers Wanted: MMO Stories!Where is that Battlefield 3 review?The DTOID Show: New releases, Skyrim, and BlizzCon 2011...

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Vincent Johnson

The Last Broadcast is the latest grim installment of This War of Mine

When Truth is the only weapon 11 Bit Studios has released the latest chapter in for harrowing adventure gameThis War of Mine.The Last Broadcastis the second of the game’s “Stories” trilogy, following on from 2017’sA Father’s Promise. InThe Last Broadcast,we return to the war-torn city of Pogoren, which still limps through an intense and brutal military conflict. The new DLC introduces us to Malik, who is running a pirate radio station out of his home, where he attempts to provide moral support in the face of governmental violence....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Sarah Ponce

The Splatoon 3 Ink Vac looks like it’ll draw a lot of new weapon mains

It seems to have a high skill ceiling TheSplatoon 3Ink Vac weaponhas been revealed, and it’s one of the more interesting series designs overall. The gist is that it works like a defensive/reactive weapon, capable of sucking up enemy ink and then launching it back at the opposing team. The more ink it takes in, the stronger it is. Nintendo even gives us a demo of the weapon with some in-game footage below, alongside of the official description:...

July 13, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Frank Duncan

The Witcher is free with any purchase on GOG.com

Build that audience, CD Projekt Buy something, anything on GOG.com right now and you’ll receive a free copy ofThe Witcher: Enhanced Editionas part of the company’s fifth birthday celebration. The deal is valid until Jun 18, 2025 at 9:59am GMT. The CD Projekt RED role-playing game may look quite dated compared to its sequel — and especially compared to the sheer scale ofWild Hunt— but it’s worth getting into ahead of the new title’s release next year....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · David Howard

Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting is better value than a breakfast sandwich

Mark my words; we’re about to be buried under a deluge of clones ofVampire Survivors. Right now, it’s already a drizzle, but it reached indie game escape velocity, and that means everyone will be trying to burn the same fuel. Just look atAmong Us. Certainly, it wasn’t the first social deduction game, but in the wake of its success, there was an explosion of them. Some of them are justblatant carbon copies....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 794 words · William Marshall

Walmart to take a run at GameStop in used games market

‘When Walmart disrupts markets and competes, our customer wins’ The used games market is one that many big retailers have had their eye on, but few have been able to crack. GameStop is the giant with regard to brick-and-mortar stores, but it’s about to get some fierce competition from a likely opponent. Walmart announcedtoday that it’s launching a new trade-in program at more than 3,100 stores that gives people the option to offload their good condition games for immediate credit that can be used to buy anything from the store....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Lynn Stevens

Wii Guitar Hero: World Tour a ‘full SKU on par with its next-gen kin’

Let’s face it — Wii owners sometimes get the shaft when it comes to multiplatform software. Whether it’s missing in-game features, lack of downloadable content, or sound issues, they really haven’t had the best of luck. But when it comes toGuitar Hero: World Tour, we’ve being assured that there’s nothing to fear. Neversoft has confirmed that the Wii version ofGuitar Hero: World Tourwill indeed feature downloable content, the same that will be available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on a consistent basis....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Stephanie Parks

Xbox exclusives: Peggle 2 and PvZ: Garden Warfare

Braaains… PopCap Games have a couple of their new games locked up with Microsoft. Announced today at a pre-gamescom press conference, bothPeggle 2andPlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare are Xbox exclusives. Peggle 2comes to Xbox One exclusively later this year (at system launch), bringing new power-ups and modes as well as multiplayer play. Expect gesture controls using Xbox One’s Kinect. I hope it still has that awesome victory music fanfare. Plants vs....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Lisa Zuniga

XCOM 2 is getting a new expansion with some crazy stuff, like zombies

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Today at E3 during the PC Gaming Show, 2K Games and Firaxis announced a new expansion forXCOM 2: War of the Chosen. The Chosen will be the “ultimate enemies of XCOM,” in the form of three different entities. It adds in a ton of new enemies, including some zombie ass creatures (called “the Lost,” who hate humans and aliens alike) you can see in the trailer, as well as the expressive titular Chosen....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Douglas Madden