Pre-alpha access to higher backers We Happy Fewgrabbed us withits announcement trailer, but it wasn’t until PAX East this year that I got torun through an early build. I had to literally run, because the crazed inhabitants of Wellington Wells kept chasing me with malicious looks in their eyes and those creepy plastered-on smiles. I ended by jumping out of a high window and dying. Good times. Compulsion’s psychedelic, procedurally generated survival game isnow up on Kickstarterwith a base funding goal of $201,353....

There’s even a potato pup Games about managing weapon shops are still novel enough conceptually and satisfying enough mechanically that they don’t need much window dressing to draw me in.Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!has a cutesy art style and offbeat premise going for it. That’s plenty. I’m am down. This title is in development at Singapore-based Daylight Studios with a summer 2015 release for Windows and Mac in mind, assuming it gets throughSteam Greenlight....

Updated: June 23, 2025 Added a new code. Among all the Roblox FPS titles featuring a variety of flamethrowers and bazookas, a humble game about darts promises to come at the top. The premise ofDart Battlesis straightforward—eliminate your enemies by popping all three of their balloons. The stellar execution is what makes the game so fun. This Roblox experience offers an endless array of customization options. From dart skins to obligatory auras and emotes, there are many ways to personalize your characters....

An interview about the future of Motion Twin and Evil Empire For a game so willing to crush you at a moment’s notice,Dead Cellsis a surprisingly feel-good story. Whether you first got into Motion Twin’s roguelite action-platformer in 2017 with theSteam Early Access version, or you started playing the gameduring its 2018 launch, or you’re just now picking it up this year, there’s still so much left to see. I don’t think anyone–not even its creators–expectedDead Cellsto have this much momentum....

School’s out forever Koei Tecmo releases the final DLC forDead or Alive 6today, bringing an end to a full year of expensive and repetitive add-ons for this latest entry in the fighting franchise. And, in a fitting conclusion, the final bundle isn’t even all-new DLC. Today’s update adds both the “High Society” and “School Uniform” packs to the DLC catalogue, both of which were previously available inDead or Alive 5: Last Round....

If you’re enthusiastic about the recently announcedDeadpoolgame and you’re happy with the recent run of the character under writer Daniel Way, you’ll be pleased to learn that his talents will be used by High Moon Studios. Activision Community Manager Dan Amrich revealed the information as part of a summary of the character aimed at the uninitiated on his personal blog. That sounds like it’s good news, but I haven’t read aDeadpoolcomic in years and have no idea what the current series has been like, so I’ll hold out until I get around to that before forming an opinion on this news....

For the third year in a row, Destructoid will be shouting and swearing in the Unicorn Theater asDestructoid Live IIIcomes to PAX Prime. OnFriday, August 31st at 12:30pm, you can join your humble narrator Jim Sterling, editor-in-chief Dale North, communications director Hamza Aziz, news editor Conrad Zimmerman, PC editor Jordan Devore and features editor Chad Concelmo as we bring you the greatest secret of all time — how to run a successful indie gaming blog with onlyseventhreats of legal action and nineteen deaths!...

In a blog post titled “The best is yet to come“, developer System Era announced they will be joining Devolver Digital as a first party studio. System Era is best known for its open world survival crafting titleAstroneer. At the time of this post,Astroneerhas nearly 100,000 user reviews on Steam with a 92% positive score. According to the post, Devolver Digital almost became the publisher for Astroneer years ago. Despite that not coming to fruition, the two companies stayed in touch culminating in todays acquisition....

It only takes a few minutes The Yae MikoGenshin Impactweb event is here, and it’s a free activity you can do for some rewardsahead of the 2.5 update. As a reminder,Yae Miko is going to be the big new character of 2.5(initially), and although she’s already been incorporated in the existing story, this is her debut as a playable party member. 90% of this Yae MikoGenshin Impactweb event is just clicking a few things as the titular character “leisurely strolls” down a street in Inazuma getting food and drink, which grants Mora (in-game gold), mystic enhancement ore, primo gems, and a vajrada amethyst fragment....

Bethesda has announced a remastered version of id Software’sDOOM 3, due to release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.DOOM 3: BFG Editionwill feature both the original game and itsResurrection of Evilexpansion pack, alongside “hours” of new content. Seven new levels, collected under the umbrella ofThe Lost Mission, are going to be bundled in, while the main game will be subject to new graphical upgrades, a better checkpoint system, and an armor-mounted flashlight to make seeing and shooting a bit more convenient....

Sound Shapesseems to be one of those games most PlayStation Vita owners are excited to get their hands on, and for good reason — just look at it! Developer Queasy Gameshas announcedthe release date: August 7. Better yet, it’s coming to PlayStation 3 as well. Priced at $14.99, if you purchase either version ofSound Shapes, you’ll get the other one at no additional charge. It feels as if it’s been a long time coming for this one, and although August isn’t exactly right around the corner, I’m so ready....

It’s news to me, but it seems there was someMass Effect 3-themed DLC forFinal Fantasy XIII-2in the works. Givenotherrecentmoves, I get the impression that Square Enix is using Serah and Noel’s adventures as something of a testbed for making DLC work with their major brands. EA is clearly glad to help, and the results are due next week, on March 27th. In the meantime, look at Serah and Noel dressed up in gender-appropriate N7 armor....

When you think of Winter celebrations inFortnite, Mariah Carey appearing frozen in time probably wasn’t on your 2024 bingo card. Whenever December begins, she takes the stage for her festive music. Let’s find Mariah Carey’s frozen self and figure out what’s going on withFortnite’sChapter 6 map. How to find Frozen Mariah Carey in Fortnite Chapter 6 During Mariah Carey’s first introduction inFortniteChapter 6, she’s encased in a massiveice blocknear Brutal Boxcars, Foxy Floodgate, and Seaport City....