Apple announces the iPhone 5S, launches Sept. 20

Black, gold, or white At today’s press conference in Cupertino, Apple announced their new phone, the iPhone 5S. Apple calls it “the most forward-thinking phone anyone’s ever made.” This upgrade of the iPhone 5 keeps its design, but adds an A7 64-bit processor, making it the only phone of the market of its kind. It’s “desktop-class” but still backwards compatible. The processor itself is two times faster than the iPhone 5....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Austin Barron

Best players to use in EA FC 25 Green and White Whispers Evolution

The Green and White Whispers Evolution is now live in EA FC 25, and it’s another chance for you to upgrade a creative midfielder from your squad. The new evolution is perfect for CAM’s but there are certain restrictions in terms of positions. The evolution also costs 70,000 coins to unlock, but it offers plenty of useful upgrades in terms of stats, playstyles, and roles. This guide will help you to make the best choice when it comes to choosing which card to use....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Joseph Allen

CD Projekt RED opens new studio in Cracow, Poland

It’ll help with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt RED is opening a studio in Cracow, Poland to “bolster” the development ofCyberpunk 2077andThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Both titles will see a multiplatform release and, I don’t know if you’ve been keeping track, but they’re also pretty damn ambitious. Sounds about right. “A new studio, new people and new energy — we’re growing and we’re extremely excited that we can tap into the potential that Cracow has to offer,” commented studio head Adam Badowski....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Andrew Mcdaniel

Chill with Phil! Grand Theft Auto Online with you!

Still putting that MGS playthrough off. 🙁 Let me take a moment to introduce myself. Some of you may already know who I am, for those who don’t, my name is Phil and I have been doing live shows over on Destructoid’s TwitchTV channel for around two and a half years. I got started with streaming back in 2006 as a way to record my friends and I playing games while talking about dumb things....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · James Steele

Contest: Get lost in Lost Castle for PS4 or Switch

King of Goblin In today’s contest, we’re giving away Switch and PS4 copies of indie brawlerLost Castle! Why are castles always haunted? Or vexxed? Or otherwise just full of monsters and stuff? Seems odd. Someone should really consider that before building these huge things. Like, just don’t put a bunch of skeletons in there. It’s not hard. Well, no one ever listens and of course yet another castle is haunted....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Roberto Garcia

David Jaffe debuts the Twisted Metal Birthday Bundle

Twisted Metal 1, 2, Black, and TM 2012 It looks likeTwisted Metal 1andBlackweren’t the only onesjoining the fun,as the PSN is getting an all-out four game birthday packfor $39.99. Should you decide to go with the piecemeal approach, the new 2012Twisted Metalgame is on sale for $29.99,1and2are going for $4.99, and Black is $7.99 — it’ll be running for one week from today. For all you mathletes out there, that’s around $8 saved through the bundle....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Reginald Burch

Destructoid officially stands against SOPA

Destructoid has postededitorial that criticizes SOPA— theStop Online Piracy Act— but until now, it has not offered an official company stance on the matter. Today, it is my honor and distinct pleasure to relay the official position on SOPA, and that position is simple: FuckSOPA. The hastily written bill — which lobbyists and their pocketed senators are trying to rush into law — has drawn huge amounts of criticism from ISPs, tech pundits, and Internet experts across America....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Hayden Patel

Download Portal for free while you can

To celebrate Steam’sarrival on Mac, Valve went ahead and did what Valve does best: create a sweet promotion that will raise awareness of its games and client, earning them big bucks in the long run. They have all sorts of fancy charts and graphs to prove this works, I’m sure. Starting now and lasting until May 24,Portalis free on Steam. That goes for Windows and Mac, so there’s no reason not toqueue up the downloadright this second....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Margaret Sanders

Dwarf rampages through new Dragon’s Crown Pro trailer

Gilius would be proud The fourth trailer in Atlus’Dragon’s Crown Procharacter series has been released, following previous videos showcasing theFighter,AmazonandElfcharacters. This week’s preview focuses on the stout and ferocious Dwarf, a hammer-wielding fireball of pure destruction. Shaped literally like a box of pure muscle, this melee fighter certainly isn’t the fastest member of the motley crew, but quickly and easily lays waste to all foolhardy enough to oppose him with head-caving strikes and bone-smashing grabs....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Stacy Brown

Dying just makes Super Rude Bear Resurrection easier

Expect to do a lot of it A corpse is typically not a welcoming sight, but inSuper Rude Bear Resurrectionit absolutely is. That decomposing body (which is yours from seconds ago, by the way) means that maybe you can skirt a particularly challenging section using your past failures as a way to make things a bit easier on yourself. This is the only timeSuper Rude Bearwill show any mercy. Developer Alex Rose nonchalantly told us “The idea is to get through the game without any deaths....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Ryan Anderson

Europa demo is a slice of heaven

You have an impressive variety of games to pick from when it comes to demos to try out during the latest Steam Next Fest event. If you’re not an indie fan, and you prefer your games to have high production value, you may be tempted to avoid the event altogether. However, you’re highly advised to at least giveEuropaa shot, because it is one of the gems ofSteam Next Festthat is quickly gaining attention online....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Kenneth Cain

Everything you need to know about Elder Scrolls Online

And a lot of trees Aftermany monthsof silence, a wild Bethesda popped its head out of its hole to deliver us this nine-minute video ofThe Elder Scrolls Online. For many of us, this will serve as a first look at the game’s combat, systems, worlds, and — OH YEAH — trees. You can never have enough trees in your MMO. OlderElder Scrollsfans may be excited to see familiar places and races of the early games, while recentSkyrimplayers may be disappointed to see how different the game looks, being that it takes place 1,000 years beforeSkyrim....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Jenna Rojas

Fake Game Friday: Wii Bartender

This week’s Fake Game Friday idea comes fromwestcabaretdrive and is a great idea on how to not only use the Wiimote innovatively, but also broaden the Wii’s target age audience. Got a fake game idea of your own? Pick your alcoholic poison: eitheremailmeyour idea or submit it to ourforums. Here’swestcabaretdrive’s idea: It’s for the Wii. You can use the motion control to pour out drinks, mix, shake, and slide them across the counter....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Anthony Harper