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On April 18 If you’re planning on playing anything on the PSN on Monday April 18 from 9:30 PM PT until 11:30 PM PT, make other plans. Sony has announced that a two-hour maintenance period will take place, at which point no online features will be available, including the store, account management, and video. All told Sony’s maintenance sessions are usually swift and infrequent. The same can’t be said for the many software updates, though the PS4 isn’t nearly as awful as the PS3 in that regard....

As part oftoday’s Nintendo Direct, Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games have announcedStar Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, a compilation of the two online multiplayer games. The originalStar Wars: Battlefrontwas released in 2004, followed byStar Wars: Battlefront IIin 2005. Both were largely multiplayer affairs that generally followed the capture framework set by 2002’sBattlefield 1942, but with aStar Warstwist. In 2015, EA would return to the series with the simply titledStar Wars: Battlefrontin 2015 followed byStar Wars: Battlefront IIin 2017....

Cross-buy included! Stardew Valleyisn’t done making the rounds. As confirmed today by Chucklefish, the farming life sim is headed to PlayStation Vita next year, and if you own it on PS4, you won’t have to pay again. This is a pleasant surprise. While the team had said it was “investigating the possibility of a PS Vita port,” that’s a commonly-used line. It doesn’t always turn out with us getting a new handheld version....

The wallet-punching promotion continues I’ve already reached that point in the summer Steam sale where I’m starting to feel guilty about the purchases I have made and the likelihood that I will ever come close to completing them. Not that such feelings will stop me — there’s no fighting back.Today’s deals are pretty good. Daily deals: Flash sales: For me, it’s looking likeDustand possibly nothing else. I own too many of these already....

It’s what they do… It’s been a very,verylong time coming, but last night’s Game Awards finally featureddebut gameplay footageofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the new DC Comics adventure coming from studio Rocksteady, previously responsible for theBatman: Arkhamseries, one of, if notthefinest comic book video game franchise ever made. The trailer sees our motley crew of Captain Boomerang, King Shark, Deadshot, and, of course, the irrepressible Harley Quinn laying waste to armies of enemies amidst a frankly stunning-looking cityscape....

Earlier this month, we heard abouta significant patchforDark Soulswhich addressed many minor criticisms as well as a number of important design issues. Well, it’s finally ready for us non-Japanese players. Patch 1.05 is live on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the U.S., and on 360 in the United Kingdom. Though I suspect many of the balancing changes will only truly affect stat-obsessed players, we can all benefit from stuff like more responsive lock-ons, improved item drop rates, expanded merchant inventories, cleaned-up text, and not needing the soapstone to rate player messages....

Finding good free-to-play mobile games can be incredibly difficult if you don’t know where to look. The mobile game industry has absolutely exploded since smart phones became ubiquitous around 2008. Nowadays, mobile gaming constitutesover half of all revenue in gaming, period. For this reason, free-to-play mobile games have become a gold rush for companies looking to make a quick buck, with many games existing as vessels to shove ads and microtransactions in your face....

All this week, Destructoid will be posting Zelda-themed features to celebrate this weekend’s release ofThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.It’s Zelda week! I love the dungeons inZeldagames.Love them. They are one of my favorite parts of the series and perfect examples of stellar, intricate game design. But as glorious and classic as these dungeons are, most of them are not known for being trulydifficult. Well … notallof them, at least....

Expansion releasing July 23 on Steam Croteam is building on its philosophical first-person puzzle gameThe Talos Principlewith an upcoming expansion,Road to Gehenna, which covers a different society and “some of the most advanced and challenging puzzles yet.” It’s coming first to Steam (Win/Mac/Linux) on June 20, 2025. There are sometimes concerns that a different (see: lesser) team has been tasked with creating DLC but, as stated before, writers Tom Jubert and Jonas Kyratzes are back forRoad to Gehenna....

Movie-themed tables now available in VR mode Zen Studios, creators of the excellentPinball FX3simulator, are to add theUniversal Classicstable packtoPinball FX2 VR, available now on Oculus Rift and VR Gear. Released alongside the debut ofPinball FX3last year, theUniversal Classicspack features three tables based on famous Amblin Entertainment movies:E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, and the greatest movie ever made,Jaws. All three of the tables feature characters, locations and memorable moments from the iconic blockbusters, (as well as unintentionally funny impersonators)....

Co-op shooter was originally rated MA15+ The cuts made toLeft 4 Dead 2on its release in Australia were another example of the country’s inconsistent rating system before therecent introduction of an R18+ rating. Valve is now considering resubmitting the co-op zombie shooter to the Office of Film and Literature Classification to try and have the game changed from its current MA15+ rating. On aSteam forum post,Valve’s Chet Falizek has said “…this is something we want to do” and “We have been exploring the options here and what we can legally do....

Indie dev has criticized Infestation’s prominence during the summer sale We all know Valve’s Steam Greenlight process isn’t perfect; whilst there’s been somegreat gamescome through the system likeRogue LegacyandKentucky Route Zero, there’s still unanswered questions anddeveloper frustrationas to how the approval system works.Indiestatik has posteda link to anopen letter writtenbydeveloper poewhich outlines his frustrations with Greenlight. In his letter, poe calls for greater transparency about the Greenlight process, for Valve to allow publisher to help developers, to bring back the old submission process as an option, and to bring in members of the indie community to help curate submissions....

While you might be hyped up for the upcoming launch ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, there are still games likeWarzoneto play right now. In fact,Warzoneis hosting its annual teaser event for the upcoming game in the Shadow Siege limited time event. WarzoneShadow SiegeMW3limited time event, explained Players have the chance to tease the upcoming lore and story ofMW3through theWarzoneShadow Siege event. How it works is there’s a special game mode for players to check out for a limited time, known as the Operation Rogue Arsenal event....