There’s an outfit in Tri Force Heroes you need local friends to unlock

Internet friends aren’t real With the release ofTri Force Heroesonly a week or so away now, little bits of information about the game are now starting to leak out in the run up to release. Perhaps most interesting so far, Nintendo doesn’t consider your online friends real friends. In an interview with website4Gamer(translated byNintendo Everything),Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata confirmed that one outfit in the game can only be collected by proving your friendship, sat in a room with other people....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Rodney Burgess

U2 likes the idea of music games, would love to be in one

Musicians have been very quick to sh*t all over music games with their “play a real instrument” demands and whining that titles likeGuitar HeroandRock Banddiscourage kids from wanting to learn music. However, Irish rock band U2 hasactually praised the ideabehind these games, with bassist Adam Clayton claiming the group wouldn’t mind being in one … if the conditions are right. “We definitely would like to be in there, but we felt some of the compromises weren’t what we wanted,” explains the bassist....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Rachael Harper

Undertale’s Switch version might hint at Toby Fox’s next game

Suzy, are you there? Undertalereleased on Switch just a few days ago, and it seems to be asolid port of an incredible game.Undertaleis three years old at this point, and the Switch version is just the same game on a new platform. Well, almost the same. There’s one dialogue change that might hold a massive hint as to what developer Toby Fox is working on next. Here’s the breakdown, as outlined in aResetEra thread....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Stephanie Lawson DDS

Warning: This Half-Life 2 mod will make you chuckle

In my ongoing quest to find a mod forHalf-Life 2that is simultaneously the dumbest and greatest thing ever (at least for today), I think I can finally give my life’s work a rest. Thanks to the boys atGiant Bomb, my journey has come to a close. They spotted thismagnificent modwhich replaces practically all ofHalf-Life 2‘s sound effects, excluding character voices and a few other minor effects, with the creator’s own voice....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Bruce Banks

What to do with the Iron Flask in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3)

Baldur’s Gate 3’sMissing Shipmentquest harnesses a mysterious item known as the “Iron Flask.” By the looks of it, the flask isn’t exactly welcoming through its sinister red face appearance, but there are a few ways to go about it. Using the Iron Flask in Baldur’s Gate 3 First and foremost, you should know what is inside the Iron Flask, which holds a deadly Spectator enemy. If you unleash the creature, you’re in for a formidable fight that could result in your team’s demise....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Brenda Brooks

Where to find Emerald in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Just like the seven dwarves, you’ll need to use a pickaxe to get Emerald inDisney Dreamlight Valley.Here’s where to get the valuable resource, specifically. How to get Emerald inDisney Dreamlight Valley Emerald inDisney Dreamlight Valleycan be acquired at theForest of Valorand Glade of Trust.The best spot to go to first is the Forest of Valor as there are more spots to mine. Also, make sure you bring along a friend with the mining property....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · John Hines

Xbox One and television: working together

Watch TV in a new way You probably won’t buy an Xbox One to watch television, but television watching seems to be pretty neat with all the integration and applications Microsoft have worked into their new console. They want you to always have your Xbox One on, and they want you to never have to change inputs on your television. Microsoft put a HDMI passthru port on the Xbox One so that television watching is a seamless part of the system....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 858 words · Joseph Thompson

Yakuza: Like a Dragon became an RPG after the April Fools’ Day reaction, says Nagoshi

‘Making the expected is a sign of defeat to me’ In an enlightening documentary video from Archipel,Yakuzaseries creator Toshihiro Nagoshi spoke about how the turn-basedYakuza: Like A Dragonwas originally an action game. Now you might be thinking, “Yeah, sure. It started that way and before long they branched out to try something new.” But the way Nagoshi tells it, the shift was even wilder – it happened in the last year of production....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Christopher Gonzalez

You can no longer access the Steam community in China

CENSORSHIP! For one reason or another, China has banned access to the Steam community forums for all Chinese users. Users in that region can still purchase titles from the Steam storefront, but they won’t be able to engage in discussion or utilize any of the other community features (such as screenshots, guides, forums, groups or the marketplace) available to everyone else. This isn’t out of the ordinary for China, though. Most games that get released in the country have to go through several changes, often removing blood, violence or questionable themes....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Audrey Richardson

Zoey Handley’s Top 10 Picks of 2024

Wow, 2024 was a year. A whole one. That’s it: a year. Objective, non-judgmental; that’s me. I played video games this year. It’s often the only thing that numbs the, er, year. Yeah. A lot of them. As I’m writing currently, I have put out 62 scored reviews throughout the year just on Destructoid. And that’s not countingunscored impressionsand reviews I wrote formy own site. That’s how you know you can trust me; I have no other priorities....

June 30, 2025 · 7 min · 1491 words · Gregory Sandoval

‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ gets new, longer, stupid title

At least it isn’t ‘Dragon Tat 2’ David Fincher’s excellentadaptation ofThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoois getting a sort-of follow-up in the form ofThe Girl in the Spider’s Web. It’s a strange situation, with Fincher and stars Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig not returning and Sony pictures instead bringing on director Fede Álvarez (Evil Dead,Don’t Breathe) and actress Claire Foy on for this adaptation of thefourthbook in theMilleniumseries. Because it’s a bit confusing, and test audiences are reportedly stupid, the film will have the full title ofThe Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Katherine Welch

(Update) Every character in Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is currently free-to-play

Possibly for BlizzCon? [Update:Blizzard briefly acknowledgedHeroesduring the opening ceremony today, confirming that Deathwing is going to be free for BlizzCon pass holders. All heroes will be free until November 10.] Despite the fact that it doesn’t get a ton of updates these days, I still playHeroes of the Storm, and will likely play more onceDeathwing(basically, a boss character in a MOBA) hits. But thanks to a presumed BlizzCon promotion, a lot of lapsed players are probably going to want to dive back in....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Rebecca Johnson

All Minerals and Ores in Prospecting Roblox [🦴FOSSILS]

Updated on Jul 12, 2025: Added features from the Volcanic Expansion like the new Exotic rarity. Minerals or Ores inProspectingRoblox aren’t just for selling since you need them for crafting, some for enchanting and some for specific quests. I’ll show you all of them as well as how to find each one and their rarities, sell values and possible modifiers. Here areall Minerals and Ores inProspectingalong with sometips on the Luck statto find the rarest Materials possible....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Dennis Goodwin