More than a few people are pissed off Microsoft has decided to quietly canceltheXbox Live Family Pack, which netted you four Xbox Live Gold accounts at the discounted price of $99.99. The benefits for this system were tenfold, including a massive discount in price, and other helpful options like the ability to restrict child accounts, and allot a Microsoft Point allowance with the press of a button. Rather than give users a heads up however, Microsoft has simply stopped offering the service under cover of the night, and when users woke up this morning finding that there was an error code for their renewal option, a rep informed them that it was “no longer being offered....

Chaotic fighter gets another rabble-rouser Arc System Works has released a trailer showcasing the next in the loooooong line of DLC characters headed to their crossover fighting titleBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The next big-haired boy throwing down alongside their anime brethren isBlazBlue’sownNaoto Kurogane. Servant to Goth Loli Raquel Alucard, Naoto became a playable fighter in 2015’sBlazBlue: Centralfiction, and was even the protagonist of his own manga series;BlazBlue: Bloodedge Experience. Sporting gear that makes him look like a homicidalKingdom Heartscharacter, the young teen is nevertheless a formidable opponent in battle....

Developed internally by Frontier Life finds a way to bring simulation games to Nintendo Switch. The latest port?Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition, a bundle of the base game and every bit of story and dino DLC including the nostalgia-stokingReturn to Jurassic Park,Claire’s Sanctuary, andSecrets of Dr. Wu. It’s due out August 06, 2025. We had a chance to chat with Frontier about the Switch version ahead of today’s announcement. Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Editionwas developed internally for Switch, and according to game director Rich Newbold, “the stars aligned for the company and the team to take on this challenge....

Best of 2013 2013 was a great year for fighting games.EVO 2013was one of the best ever, and interacting with the community was one of my favorite highlights of my gaming career. While there weren’t a whole lot of brand new games, the few and the proud made an impact on the industry at large, and a ton of pre-existing fighting games are still going strong. Here are the nominees for best fighting game of 2013...

Shrewd move, Vlambeer The latest title from Dutch indies Vlambeer,Nuclear Throne, has appeared on Steam today in Early Access. In an interesting development, purchasing early will come at a higher price than the game’s final release. Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail explained the decision in an e-mail to Destructoid, saying, “we feel that being part of development and having the opportunity to talk and affect the final game in the livestreams onwww.nuclearthrone.com. We think that’s worth the slightly higher price....

Sony puts the limelight on some ports and projects Though big-name games can dominate the discussion, there are some cool indie projects slotted for the coming months. Today, PlayStation showcased seven indie games coming to PlayStation 4 and PS5 in the future. All of these games have either been previously announced, or previously released on other platforms. That said, it’s an honestly great collection of rad games worth keeping an eye on, especially if some have slipped you by....

Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! On this week’s show, Jonathan Holmes eats cake while a man poses nude for his amusement, Jim Sterling becomes an alchemist with an anal cauldron, and Conrad Zimmerman gets nasty on Nintendo. Elsewhere, Willem Dafoe is a lazy comedian as well as a fried food devil, and Simon LeBon proves himself almost as problematic as Trent Reznor. He thinks the ocean is poisoned by the liberals!...

‘See you Thursday’ [Update:Bungie has provided more information for theDestiny 2gunsmith shifton their weekly blog. Here’s the rundown: “Banshee-44 is getting a new reputation system that matches the other vendors in the Tower, such as Zavala and Shaxx. This means we are removing some of the items that were previously associated with Gunsmith Reputation, namely Gunsmith Materials and Weapon Telemetries. Players will now earn Reputation Rank progress with Banshee-44 when dismantling Legendary and Exotic weapons and armor or by completing daily Gunsmith bounties....

‘Makes it harder to cheat’ The latestRainbow Six Siegepatch introduces custom matches for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Update 2.1 had already been deployed across PC last week, but an update on theofficial Ubisoft forumthread now confirms the patch is now live for consoles. As well as the usual fixes and tweaks – including balancing, recoil, HUD, UI, and online fixes identified by the community – this patch also brings 10-player customs games on dedicated servers, “which offers a fair gameplay environment that better suits competition....

It will ‘soon’, but we don’t know when Shenmue 3, buddy, listen to me. There are so many people excited for you. You managed to break crowdfunding records and everything. Because of that, youneedto stop being so damn vague and confusing with how you take people’s money. After a long and confusing Kickstarter that began during E3,Shenmue 3is now allowing people to continue to back the game through the“Slacker Backer Campaign....

Star Power GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that its bubble gum-flavoured battle royale titleNinjalawill be crossing over with one of the most recognisable gaming brands of all time:Sonic the Hedgehog. Speaking in anew Developer Diary video, GungHo announced that the first season ofNinjalais coming to a close, with season two starting almost immediately thereafter. The new season will bring with it a new stage, four new Gum weapons, and the aforementioned Sonic collaboration, the details of which are expected to be revealed later this week....

Gameplay overhaul coming to Inkopolis today Today sees Nintendo’s fun arena-shooterSplatoon 2updated to Version 3.0. This new patch is preparing to roll out the red carpet for the game’s upcomingOcto Expansion, releasing July 31. As for today’s patch, it’s a doozy. Version 3.0 adds an entire new tier to Ranked Multiplayer,Rank X, as well as making hundreds of tweaks and fixes to gameplay in general. Weapons and stages have gone through an entire re-balancing process....

Our instincts make us want cats Here’s what I think happened: Nintendo was planning on leaving a lot of room for third parties to take the spotlight on the Wii U, as they often complain that Nintendo gobble up all the game sales on their own consoles. Then third parties looked at the Wii U install base and said “nope,” so Nintendo had to act fast to try to pick up the slack....