Disappointed mother used ‘glare.’ It was super effective! Phobic Studios’Glarelooks like an interesting venture, as far as indie platformers go. It’s a bit of a dual weapon twin stick shooter tacked onto theMega Manformula. Instead of jumping around like a madman to evade enemies you come across, you can stand your ground and shoo them away with your mean glare, letting you then take pot shots at them. You also have some sort of sun god main character with super saiyan hair on the body of something close toBastion‘s main character....

Kiss kiss, it’s February — or close enough, at least. That meansFinal Fantasy XIVis wrapping up January’s festivities and moving on to the next big thing with its 2024 Valentine-themed celebrations, Valentione’s Day. More importantly, did you see the new emote? Starting on July 11, 2025, at 12 am PST (until February 21), you can begin theFFXIVValentione’s Day seasonal event and add the Love Heart emote to your collection. Dote, my once go-to emote for greeting friends, is now out....

Does this bug you? Music and merchandise publisherMateria Collectivewill release a new album this week that sees the divine score for Team Cherry’s smash hitHollow Knightadapted for piano. Featuring 15 haunting tracks from the subterranean adventure game, originally composed by Christopher Larkin, TheHollow Knight Piano Collectionsare produced by David Peacock and are performed by pianist Augustine Mayuga Gonzales, both of whom have previously worked on piano adaptations for soundtracks from games such asUndertaleandStardew Valley....

Funded with a couple of days left to go I should’ve taken Darren’s advice. He told us towatch the pitch videoforKnights and Bikes, an action-RPG from some of the talented folks behindTearawayandRatchet and Clank, but instead I only read a bit, then glanced at a few (rather wonderful) screenshots and gifs. Bad move. Now that the game hassecured fundingthrough Kickstarter for a release on Windows, Mac, and PS4, I’ve gone back for another look, and I’m even more impressed the second time around....

Up to 50% Blizzard was holding a launch event forHeroes of the Storm, where players would net an extra 25% extra experience boost for playing the week of release. Now, the publisher is upping the stakes with a 50% boost from June 9 until 11:59 PM PST on June 15. In other news, Tyrande and Gazlowe are on sale this week for half off. I recommend picking up the former, as she’s a pretty useful ranged character that also has a small heal at her disposal....

One of the biggest surprises inThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomcomes when Link,The Legend of Zelda‘s perennial protagonist, shows up ready for a fight. You fight Link twice acrossEchoes of Wisdom, and each bout is a dangerous duel that tests your skill and cunning. Zelda Echoes of Wisdom Link Boss #1 Guide Your first encounter with Link happensabout midway through Suthorn Temple. Link’s the textbook definition of a close-quarters-combatant: his only goal in this fight is to narrow the gap between him and Zelda so he can carve a few quarters out of the Princess of Hyrule’s heart meter....

The rewards are worth the effort A Devilishly Delicious Dish is a quest that is accessible near the beginning ofOctopath Traveler 2. In the New Delsta tavern, you’ll spot a Tavern Cook who is looking to prepare a new dish to attract customers. He suggests making something with the “Delsta Devil,” which is located in a cave east of the city. This sounds easy enough, but early game players should exercise caution before giving this cook what he needs....

Japan only, so far The MMO variant ofMonster Hunteris landing on PS4 in Japan in the near future (November 22nd, to be clear). Capcom released a trailer today that shows off some of the (slight) visual upgrades this new version will bring. Monster Hunter Frontierwas a PC spin-off of the series that originally launched in 2007. It then made its way to Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, and Wii U before now jumping over to PS4....

[This time on thebloggers wantedtopic, we stretch the bounds of character creation to its limit for something interestingly personal. Blaze muses about the ultimate character creation: her online persona on Destructoid, through the ups, downs, and reinvention since her former time as KyWii. Crazy right? ~Strider] Who are you? Who, who, who, who??? The fun thing about going online and playing video games, as Pixie pointed out in her call to arms this month, is that we can be anyone we want to be when it comes to character customization....

[It Came from Japan!is a series where I seek out and review the weirdest, most original and enjoyable titles that never left the Land of the Rising Sun. For the month of October, the series will focus on games that may make you spook a poop.] Games with dark, satanic overtones weren’t exactly Nintendo’s bag. So, there should be no surprise in reading that a Super Famicom game, which roughly translates toKing of Demons, never came West....

A port of the short but impactful horror game is coming in 2020 Steam and itch.io are a haven for small, strange, experimental horror games – look no further than the outstandingHaunted PS1 Demo Disc 2020project – but it’s harder to find these experiences on consoles.Paratopic, anIGF-winningfirst-person horror adventure, is jumping to Nintendo Switch. Out of deference to everyone who requested it,#Paratopicwill be coming to Nintendo Switch, in partnership with@BaltoroGames....

Can’t let the clones have all the fun Battle royale games might not seem like they’d be the smoothest fit for smartphones, but they do exist, and they stand to make a lot of money right now while the going is good for the genre. To that end, Bluehole and Tencenthave plans for a mobile versionofPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsin China. This announcement followslast week’s newsthat an official, government-approved Chinese release ofPUBGis in the works for PC with assistance from Tencent....

30% of all game sales were for Nintendo devices Although Nintendo have admitted themselves that winter is their most profitable season, the U.K. market has always been one of their lower-drawing demographics when compared to Japan and America. Here in Blighty, people are all about PlayStation and Xbox BECAUSE DEY FUR ADULTZ. It seems 2018 turned this pattern around, however, with Nintendo raking in Britain’s fast-failing currency.Of all video games sold in December,notes Games Industry....