The battles in Star Ocean: The Last Hope are nuts

Oh my God. What the hell is going on here. When I started watching a few videos found bySiliconeraofStar Ocean: The Last Hopegameplay, I expected a bit of craziness in the battle scenes, but I didn’t expect blinding chaos. Like in this video above: the party walks up on some unassuming tree in the forest. Okay, so it’s a monster tree. But it’s not like the tree was doing anything bad....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Mr. Kurt Wheeler DDS

The English localization for Onion Games’ Moon is so close to completion

This game is over my hammy It has been several months since Onion Games has uttered a peep about the localization process forMoon, its upcoming Switch port of Japan-onlyMoon: Remix RPG. Back in September, it said it’d be a quick turnaround, but in December, studio head Yoshiro Kimura did an about-face on a quick release, saying it would take more time than expected. After that, it was radio silence from the developer on the localization process....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Daniel Cook

The Jimquisition: The Beautiful Irony of PC Gaming

Beauty is only skin deep, and a pretty face can only go so far. Fortunately, I am both beautifulandwise, so I’m basically the perfect lifeform. In a way, I consider myself to be very much like PC gaming — visually stunning on the surface, but with a depth that only a blessed few are smart enough to appreciate. This week’sJimquisitionis about beauty, and how it relates to the world of computer games....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Donna Ayala

The upcoming Catherine remake was made with the competitive community in mind

I love this scene Speaking to Kotaku, competitiveCatherineplayer (again I love that this is a thing) David Broweleit explains it best: There’s this phenomenon at tournaments…where people walking by will say, ‘I was watching a couple matches and it was awesome, does it have netplay?’ And I always had to let them down. It’s like, I’m out in Albany, Toronto, whatever, it’s always some place that doesn’t have a local scene....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Nicole Joseph

What are your favorite game-to-movie adaptations?

How do you feel about game-to-movie adaptations, Destructoid? While I may have some strong and negative opinions about, say, anime-to-live-action adaptations, I’m actually quite impressed by many recent movies and TV shows that originated from popular games. Occasionally, I’ll hear news of a game I never expected to get a movie or TV show adaptation, only to find out it’s getting one within the year. I was even surprised to hear aboutPhasmophobiagetting a movie adaptationin partnership with Blumhouse....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Reginald Ford

What’s your game of the year so far?

There are already some fantastic candidates I’ve been thinking aboutInsidea lot lately. That’s bound to happen when you spend a ton of time writing both areviewand adetailed secrets guide. The more I think about it, the more I think that it might be a serious contender for my personal game of the year. But wait. Even though it feels like a lifetime ago,The Witnessalso came out this year. So didDevil Daggers....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Shaun Andrews

Zelda Williams likely teasing Majora’s Mask 3DS for ‘surprise’ announcement

What else would she be holding that mask for? Zelda Williams has had an interesting presence at E3 2014, and given her namesake it’s not surprising to see her hanging around. But regarding her“extra special” surpriseat E3 that we touched upon late in May, she may have just given it away while appearing at theSuper Smash Bros. Invitationaltournament. Zelda held a largeMajora’s Maskprop when she came out on stage for the Celebrity match, showing it off and making sure it was in full view for everyone at the tournament....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Anthony Hansen

10 Books about women who changed the world

It was Beyoncé who once sang “Who runs the world? Girls”, and in a history (and current times) filled with men making the rules and bending them to their will, it can be easy to assume that Beyoncé might not have been entirely correct with that statement. However, women are the basis of life. Without them, none of you or anyone you know would be here. We all have mothers who brought us into the world, so women should be thanked for a lot of things....

June 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1574 words · Dawn Vargas

Ackk Studios mysterious new game appears on the Vita

We’ll know more at PAX East Thebrothers Allansonare currently hard at work on on a least one new game. It’s code namedProject Y2K, and it’s an RPG that gives you stuff to do. you may do stuff in the overworld. You can do stuff in battles. You can think about if you’re doomed! It’s all going to be great. If thistweet from Ackk Studiosis anything to go by, we’ll have the option to do all that great stuff on the go....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Samantha Lawrence

Best places to fish for Hearty Bass in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

A hearty food for a hearty adventure The sheer variety of food withinTears of the Kingdomis enough to make your head spin. However, every piece of food does something different when cooked. From foods that will shield you from the cold to foods that replenish stamina, you’ll need to learn to cook if you want to survive the many challenges Hyrule throws at you. Luckily, there’s a handful of foods that will increase your maximum amount of hearts temporarily....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Kathleen Brown

Betrayer is really confusing, but in a good way

I don’t even know I playedBetrayertoday, and I have no idea what it’s about. Not because of any sort of inattentiveness on my part, but because the ex-Monolith developers don’t want me to know what it’s about. That’s kind of the intrigue behind Blackpowder Games’ first title — trying to figure out exactly what the hell’s happening. The first-person perspective game starts on the shores amidst the aftermath of a shipwreck....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Kathleen Bruce

Black Ops 4 makes a staggering $500 million in three days

Surprise? Year after year, a newCall of Dutyreleases and it makes a tremendous amount of cash. While there have been a few dips in sales numbers with the past few entries,Black Ops 4is off to a ridiculously good start. Activision has announced that the three-day sales figures of Treyarch’s latest creation have topped $500 million for digital and physical sales combined. This roughly matches the same figure from last year’sCall of Duty: WW2....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Elizabeth Perkins

Can a game on mobile fill the gap left in our hearts by Silent Hills?

Let’s find out together! Forgotten Memoriesrecently released for iOS devices, and looks genuinely creepy. The game clearly takes a lot of influence from theSilent Hillseries, going as far asincluding voice actors fromSilent Hill 2, but can a game on mobile devices really capture that same spooky feeling? Join me, won’t you and watch as I use the magic of technology to stream the game live from my iPad to the world....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · George Evans