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I think I prefer The Lonely Island In today’s contest you can win a Switch copy ofLonely Mountains: Downhillfrom Super Rare Games! I was just talking with my wife yesterday how I really, really want to ride a tandem bicycle. I’ve never done it! It looks relaxing and fun and oddly romantic. I think it’d be a nice Saturday activity. Lonely Mountains: Downhillis kind of the opposite of that. We’ve got a physical Switch copy to give away, courtesy of our friends at Super Rare Games!...

Dark day for Dark Pit More cheery news coming out of the amiibo world: Dark Pit will be exclusive to Best Buy. Instead of having the opportunity to snag him at one of five (or so) retailers, you have to deal with The Big Yellow Price Tag. This morning,Dark Pit appearedon Best Buy’s site with an “Only at Best Buy” proclamation next to him. No other information is available, such as when pre-orders will open up....

The little bot that could…did.Astro Bothas won Destructoid’s Overall Game of the Year award for 2024, and as someone who has 100%-ed the game,I get it. Astro Bot has had a contentious awards run, culminating in multiple overall GOTY wins,including the recent TGA ceremonies. While it’s easy to write off an unassuming platformer, anyone who has played it understands, at the very least, why it was nominated. Astro Botis what I like to call a “clean” platformer....

The Jonathan David Trailblazers SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and you can unlock a pretty budget-friendly card in Ultimate Team. This is the first time David has received a promo version in Ultimate Team this year, and since he’s part of a challenge, all players have equal chances of unlocking the item. Let’s take a look at the cheapest possible solutions based on the conditions of all the tasks....

Feedback from the beta is in Gears of War: Ultimate Editionis creeping up on me with that August 25 release date. I missed the beta for this Xbox One remaster, but plenty of you didn’t. A million matches were logged in a week and, somehow, a single person claiming to be human participated in 597 of them. Darren tells me it has taken himsix monthsto play about that many matches inThe Last of Us Factions....

During Chapter 11 ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthyour party splits up. While Cloud, Tifa, and Yuffie go up to the reactor, Cait Sith, Barret, and Aerith poke around in Shinra Manor. During that segment, there’s a locked door that requires a combination. Finding it isn’t really all that difficult. You might expect an elaborate puzzle or something. Maybe you find each combination number in separate spots around the room. Perhaps there’s a math equation that you have to solve or something....

VivaPiñata: Trouble in Paradiseis a matter of weeks away, and to pave the way for the colorful Xbox 360 sequel, Rare has revealed the first of itsVivaPiñataVision Cards. If you don’t quite remember what these little trinkets are, let designer Ryan Stevenson remind you, because I’m too lazy to explain it myself: You don’t have to have a Vision Camera to playVP2and you still get all the same content. The Vision Camera just adds a new dimension toPiñataand how you can interact with the game....

A glorious quarter century Boy, there have been a lot of anniversaries lately that have been making me feel old. A few days ago it wasGoldenEye’s 20th anniversarythat reminded me of the fun times I had playing four-player deathmatch with people I no longer speak with and today it’s the anniversary of the original release ofSuper Mario Kart. Hitting store shelves in Japan 25 years ago, and just a few days later here in the States,Super Mario Kartwas a monumental release and remains one of the most important games in the history of the medium....

Unlock The Herald character for free with the battle pass Is is customary, the midpoint of the currentFortniteseason is upon us, and it’s time to unlock a free character. This time around it’sThe Herald: a mysterious NPC that players could battle in the Herald’s Sanctum earlier in the season. Here’s a quick rundown of how to finish all the challenges associated with her. After finishing justthree challengesfrom “damage opponents” to “tame chrome-ified wildlife” (the rest don’t unlock until you do three), you’ll unlock the base character of The Herald....

Ubisoft’s pre-Ubidaysfrenzycontinues, this time with some screens and story information for their upcoming aerial combat title,Tom Clancy’sHAWX. Now, this is the part where I could attempt to rewrite the press release Ubisoft sent us about the game yesterday, and pass it off as a preview. But Ubisoft has made that a near-impossible feat, having sent us three full pages of information packed with detailed storyline information forHAWX. Bottom line is that it’s 2012 and private military is getting out of hand, advanced technology, war, devastation … you know the drill....

Happy accident If glitches had sequels, this would be the long-awaited follow-up toMafia II‘s “his hair is made of little faces” bug. The accompanying line of dialogue — “I don’t give a fuck” — makes it even better. How did this happen? As described by Juan Belon Perez in aGamasutra postabout fixing common glitches in AAA games, “I’m supposing thatthe complex hairs are being rendering in the wrong buffer order, so the background behind the house is in the top and that is what you see....

Ready Your Needle This morning,we were expecting to hear newsfrom Team Cherry about a new update, headed to their acclaimed indie platformerHollow Knight.However, big surprise, it turns out the next project out of the studio isn’t just an update,but a fully-fledged sequel! Hollow Knight: Silksongwill follow the adventures of the mysterious and magnetic Hornet, a popular character from the original game, as she makes her way through dingy caverns, fending off threats with her trusty sewing needle....

As you make your way across the galaxy inStarfield, your circle of friends (and enemies) will grow.Some of them(the friends) are folks you probably want to take with you on your journey. But you first need to find out how to bring as many as you can on your ship. There are ways to get new crew slots inStarfield, giving you multiple opportunities to fill the coldness of space with warm conversation....