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Among other reasons Platinum is seemingly fed up over not being able to control the future of the games it develops. Titles likeThe Wonderful 101andVanquishhave been positively received, but because Platinum doesn’t wholly own the properties, it can’t dictate what’s next for them. That’s going to change. In an interview withVideo Games Chronicle, Platinum head Atsushi Inaba says that the studio is going to shift to an ethos of self-publishing its games....

That’s not a great thing to hear Have you been playingDestiny‘s Nightfall Strikes recently and feeling like the rewards earned were not worth the time put in to earn them? Well, you’re not alone. According toDestinycreative director Luke Smith, a lot of you are very unhappy with the rewards provided. While drops from Nightfall Strikes used to be random, with a guaranteed reputation buff included, those missions now only drop one of a few set items....

As youmay have seen earlier in the week, Husky Hog and I both got to experience paintball of the virtual and realistic (and painful) kind. When I received the invitation for theNPPL Championship Paintball 2009preview event, I was really cynical about the idea. Why would I want to play a paintball videogame when there are games likeHalo 3orCall of Duty 4? However, after experiencing what real paintball feels like and then playing the game, it made me realize the appeal of the game....

Year Walk and Society 6 are highlighed Swedish indie studio Simogo released two great games on iOS in 2013, so it’s good to see Apple giving it attention in anIndie Game Showcase.Year WalkandDevice 6were two really interesting games that were more concerned about telling a story and using the touchscreen on iOS devices rather than microtransactions and grinding. One of Simogo’s games that flew under the radar wasBeat Sneak Bandit, a curious mashup of a rhythm game and stealthy action....

Kickstarter campaign enters its final days At last count, theSmash Bros.series has featured characters from 21-24 different series. That number fluctuates depending on if you count R.O.B. as part of a “series” and if you think ofSuper Mario,Donkey Kong, andWario Landas different franchises. Regardless,Smash Bros.is easily one of the largest crossovers ever attempted in gaming. It took a while for it to get there though. The first entry in the series only drew from nine different franchises....

What the hell, 1998? I dislike this art sooo much. It doesn’t look like an anime at all. But seriously, at least aim forHeavy Metal, right? This is 1998.Leisure Suit Larrydid a better job 10 years earlier on noticeably more restricted tech. Hell,Softporn IIwas hotter and it’s a text adventure with lines like, “deep red, granite hard nipples.” Lula: The Sexy Empire, recently revived on The Artist Formerly Known as GoodOldGames (GOG) (and itself formerly known asWet – The Sexy Empire), is an unearthed bit of historical titillation, though the latter wasn’t its exclusive aim asThe Sexy Empiredoubles as a business sim wherein you manage a porn studio....

Delayed ‘due to the ambitious nature of the project’ Bandai Namco has a bit of housekeeping forTalesfans today. Not that we’ve seen or even heard much about the next game,Tales of Arise, but it’s going to need more time. It’s skipping 2020 altogether. As producer Yusuke Tomizawa explains it, the developers are going big forArise. They’re striving to catch lightning in a bottle– to deliver“a familiar but innovative gameplay experience to fans of the series, while pushing the technical envelope to deliver a high level of graphical quality to impress both long-time players and those who have never played aTales ofgame....

Here’s the video presentation ofHalo Warsthat was shown during Microsoft’s Keynote at TGS. We see the process of building some of the human bases and how to control your troops. The demo then takes the human forces and has them engage some Covenant forces hanging out near the base.There’s nothing really new here, as footage like this has been released plenty of times before. The end of the video is what you really want to keep an eye out for, as it shows off the Flood for the very first time in the game....

A non-profit charity looking to preserve our favorite pastime in a physical building needs your help. The Videogame History Museum has already accumulated a massive amount of memorabilia over the past 20 years. It’s an incredibly ambitious project, one that’s found help from enthusiasts and industry luminaries alike. Now, the group behind the non-profit is hoping to raise enough money to create a physical museum location within the next eight years....

In keeping with the spirit of Christmas or whatever non-secular holiday you heathens celebrate this time of year, The Destructoid Show is teaming up with Microsoft to offer our viewers the chance to win aLimited Edition Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Bundleand one of three copies ofHalo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. To enter, we’re asking everyone to create a drawing or illustration (digital or hand-drawn) of their favoriteHalo: Combat Evolvedmoment and include either Mr....

This kid sure does love his apples… WhilePokémon Super Mystery Dungeonhas been out for the 3DS in Japan and the Statesfor months now, it isn’t being released here in Blighty until February 19. I think it’s some weird punishment for us gettingYoshi’s Woolly Worldfirst last year. Anyway, every cloud has a silver lining and all that, as Nintendo has given us this ridiculously adorable trailer to celebrate the upcoming launch. It’s like aFamous Fivestory, but instead of posh kids in the 1940s, they’re Pokémon....

Time to get the hell out of dodge Trying to beatBloodborneis like trying to break through a reinforced concrete wall with a toothpick. You keep chipping and chipping and chipping away, maybe eventually making a tiny crack, and then a tentacle monster comes out of nowhere and eats your spinal cord. Unless you’re Tolomeo, that is. In that case,Bloodborne’s like trying to break a wall with a nuke, except the wall is made of freaking papier mache....

Sad Today is a sad day for tri-Ace fans. It appears as though mobile developer Nepro Japan has fully acquired the studio that builtStar Ocean,Resonance of Fate, and one of my favorite PlayStation games of all time,Valkyrie Profile. The acquisition will force tri-Ace into a mobile development role, helping to scale up Nepro Japan’s operation. The studio was pretty active recently, helping Square Enix withLightning Returnsand developingPhantasy Star Novafor Sega....