Behind the scenes of the Halo 4 movie, Forward Unto Dawn

Did you all see the trailer forHalo 4: Forward Unto Dawn? I don’t know about you, but I’m excited for a Hollywood quality movie without all the Hollywood crap that surrounds videogame movies. The latest look at the upcoming movie is a behind the scenes look at the chase sequence towards the end of the film. The actors and crew talk about all the different ways they created the shot, plus the actual drivable Warthog designed by WETA gets shown off....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Natalie Rowe

Black Ops 6 The Hit List event start and end dates, rewards, and more

Now that we’ve all gotten familiar withBO6’ssmooth new mechanics, it’s time to hop into its first-ever event, The Hit List. Like manyCall of Dutycelebrations, it’s a chance to earn various rewards through your many victories. Here’s everything you need to know about theBlack Ops 6The Hit List event, including details regarding its duration and rewards. Table of contents BO6 The Hit List event duration & gameplay The Hit List eventbegins on Nov....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Heather Cordova

Bungie stepped up its emote game for Destiny 2

Just in time for more microtransactions One of the most shared elements of the originalDestinyhad to be the emote system, which took off over time and eventually added in actions and dances that aped popular culture, from “Thriller” to “Hotline Bling.”Destiny 2is kicking it up a notch with more exotic quality emotes, including the “Spicy Ramen” one shared below from a user on reddit. I got the “Salt” emote myself from a Bright Engram (loot boxes that are earned after leveling up past 20, or bought), which I sprinkle every time I kill a Strike boss....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Matthew Smith

Buying a new PS4? If so, you’re gonna get The Last of Us too

Not to be confused with The Last of Us 2, because that doesn’t exist Sony’s sweetening the pot a bit for any prospective PlayStation 4 buyers. Beginning in the coming days, all PS4s will come bundled with a code to download a copy ofThe Last of Us: Remastered. The inclusion of Naughty Dog’s masterpiece comes at no additional cost. The package will still retail for $399.99 — the customary amount of the 500GB standalone PS4....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Richard Riley

Cblogs of September 2019: Living the Backlog

No blog left behind Last month, I had my first vacation since May of last year. It only lasted for 20 days, but I finally had all day to myself. I even took a pause from Destructoid and the monthly recaps thanks to some great help bySharukurusuwho is actually the one who covered most of the blogs this month. During my vacation, I didn’t play many video games outside of my 3DS and playingYakuza 0for a bit....

August 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1390 words · Evelyn Rios

Destiny 2 PC pre-order deal gets 15% off and beta early access

Grab ye ol’ Battle.net key Summer is ending and the storm of Triple-As will begin anew. One of the first installment this Fall would beDestiny 2– which is finally arriving on the PC – though at a slightly delayed release date of July 04, 2025. (Whereas console bros will get a worldwide release date of August 05, 2025). The savings grace is that given the game is releasing so soon, PC gamers can get a taste of the game in the upcomingOpen Betarunning from August 29 to August 31 – and even better as an added bonus, for those dead set on grabbingDestiny 2on release week, pre-order now grants you one day early access Open Beta on August 28 – Monday next week....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Laurie Bush

Destiny 2: The Final Shape launch trailer has me asking a lot of questions

With a week left until players can wrap up the Light and Dark saga inDestiny 2, Bungie has dropped thelaunch trailer forThe Final Shape. It’s two minutes and 21 seconds of imagery that has me cautiously optimistic, and also unsettled by how many questions it has me asking. “Witness me!” I scream for the 50th time The trailer begins with what a lot of players have been begging for, seeing Guardians interact with the Last City’s general populace....

August 1, 2025 · 4 min · 748 words · Veronica Brown

E3 2013 begins with Microsoft’s Xbox One press conference

There will be over 20 games on display [Update: Here we go! The live stream for Microsoft’s press conference is starting up now. Find it embedded below.] E3 2013kicks off todaywith Microsoft revealing actual freaking games for their new Xbox One console. We got our first glimpse of their next-gen system recently. Well, we got a glimpse of howTV, sports, and dogswill work on it. Yeah, not the strongest debut but it looks like Microsoft wants to make up for that by showing off at least 20 new titles for the console....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Maurice Walker

European price drop for Xbox 360: Confirmed, me ol’ mucka

Pip pip and wot wot me old mates, just got a bell on the dog & bone that those blokes at Microsoft have confirmed that the Xbox 360 willcost a few less queenheadsfrom August 24th. I’m a cockney I’m a cockney, jolly ol’ knees up soggy chipolatas. The bugger with the 20GB hard drive (once known as the premium) will drop from thirty smackers, now available for £249.99 while the bloomin’ blinkin’ HD-less core model slashes twenty quid to ship for £179....

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Brittney Simon

Fanboys rejoice: Official PlayStation Gear Store is open for business

What? No fedoras? For those not content to display their brand or game allegiance in just words and online propaganda, Sony has unveiled thePlayStation Gear Storeto up your real life game. And it’s not just clothing either; they got all kinds of useless crap that you’ll have to throw away in a few years. Things such as thisplush brickfor the low price of $25! Sounds like a bargain to me!...

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Alyssa Evans

FF7 Rebirth: Stealing the Show trophy guide and best Parade Formation

After locatingall 10 7th Infantry SquadsinFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, it will be time to lead in the Junon Parade. Successfully completing the Junon Parade will progress the story, but there’s actually a special trophy called Stealing the Show that you may get as well. Here is a guide for what you have to do to get the Stealing the Show trophy as well as the best Parade Formation to use for the trophy....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Shannon Bates

Frostpunk is the next game from the makers of This War of Mine

The big chill This announcement trailer forFrostpunkis more mood-setting than anything else, but knowing that 11 Bit Studios (This War of Mine,Anomaly) is behind it, I’m inherently interested. The 2017 game takes place in a frozen-over world in which survivors have built steam-powered technology to fend off the intense cold. “Society in its current form becomes ineffective and it has to change in order to survive. What does this change mean?...

August 1, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Joseph Erickson

Game dev writes off single-player as a mere ‘gimmick’

What? In a statement that may cause the weaker-minded to crumble into a pile of insane confusion, Gogogic CEO Jonas Antonsson has declared that solo gaming experiences are nothing but a gimmick and not what games aresupposedto be. What?What? “The single player mechanic is a gimmick — games are meant to be played with others and it doesn’t matter if it’s in-person or online,” he told[a]listdaily. “The first games were designed as multiplayer experiences, but when computer and console games became a thing there was a need to construct an antagonist and/or a protagonist for commercial purposes....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Eric Hamilton