Want to explore new lands, raid villages, and form an epic shield wall in your next board gaming adventure? Then we’ve got you and your game night crew covered with a selection of the ten best board games with a Viking theme. Whether you like in-depth engine building, worker placement, or dice-based combat, there’s guaranteed to be a few tabletop titles on this list that you’ll love. 10. Explorers of the North Sea If you like board games that focus on exploration, then you’ll love turning over tiles on the expansive, ever-changing map that makes upExplorers of the North Sea’sboard....

Have you already finishedArmored Core 6,and you want more mech action but don’t feel like attempting a crazyno-weaponrun just to breathe new life into the game? Worry not! I, and some of the Destructoid staff, have come up with a list of wildly varied mech-based games that I’m sure will scratch that itch. Xenogears If you love theFinal Fantasyseries, but you think it could use more mechs and have more of an anime look, thenXenogearsis the game for you....

It appears the nextSubnauticagame is diving deep sometime in early 2025. It’s been roughly two years since fans dove into the chilly waters of the series, and it feels like it’s nearly time to strap back into that diving suit once more. And then get eaten by a Reaper Leviathan. Asspotted by RPS, the game’s potential launch window came out of arecent financial reportby publisher Krafton. Details are sparse and will continue to be so until the company is ready to announce the game proper....

This video is so dumb (but I love it) Battlefield 4Premium players havedug intothis week’sFinal StandDLC and found a number of secrets, including a cool-looking compound bow gated behind a force field in Hanger 21. Last I checked, the community at large was still piecing together how to unlock the weapon, but until then — it’s only amatter of time, knowing the dedication of these people — it’s usable in private, unranked multiplayer servers....

While there are plenty of Marvel fans out there, even they seem lukewarm about Robert Downey Jr.’s new role. At San Diego Comic Con,Avengers: Doomsdaywas announced, and with it, the casting choice ofRobert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. Although plenty were happy to see him make a return to the franchise, the response was mixed with a collective: “huh?” Fans were quick to share memes about how they felt on social media, somepoking fun at the assumed greed necessaryto “ruin” the ending of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third phase....

Dated again Major Nelson has releasedan Xbox Live Marketplace schedule for this week, and on it is theScott Pilgrim: Online Multiplayer + Wallace PackforScott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game. This new DLC pack allows you to play as Wallace Wells, Scott Pilgrim’s roomate. Of course, it also allows you to play online with other players. It’ll cost 160 Microsoft Points for the privilege and the extra character. While this story may seem cut and dry,Scott Pilgrimcreator Bryan Lee O’Malleystated late last yearthat he was never contacted in regards to producing this DLC....

Playable at PAX East! Supergiant Games, developers of the lovely action-adventure gameBastion, has just announced onFacebookand Twitter that their next game is titledTransistor, and will be playable at PAX East this weekend.Transistoris described as a “sci-fi themed action RPG,” and judging from the reveal trailer, will have the beautiful music and art thatBastionhas become known for. According to theirblog post, they’re expecting an early 2014 release, and the platforms are yet to be determined....

Resident Evil 6will feature a mode where youcan play as the zombies, and we now have video of what that will be like in action. The Agent Hunt mode let’s multiple people play as monsters and jump into other people’s games online, with the obvious goal of killing the hero player. Additionally, Ada Wong has been revealed as a playable character. Executive Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi told Famitsu that Ada’s story will “clear up the mysteries from the other scenarios....

With a Hey Nonny-nonny 2018’s bewitching indie adventureWandersongwill come skipping and singing onto Xbox One this week, following on from its more than welcome releases on PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch. Furthermore, it will be made available via subscription service Xbox Game Pass. Launching a little over a year agoto almost universal critical praise,Wandersongis the story of a young bard, who is tasked with saving the world armed only with the gift on song....

No one uses this thing for trash talk EA Sports had this crazy idea that sounded as though, in a perfect world, it just might work. They empowered football fans to create their own GIFs complete with player animations, backgrounds, and smack talk with an impossible easy-to-use generator that even a monkey can figure out — we know, because we did. They called it theMaddenGIFerator, and it was good. Originally“designed to help fans celebrate their favorite team’s biggest plays and challenge their rivals,” the GIFerator has spawned hundreds of GIFs that go far beyond simple jabs at other teams between sports fans....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3isnow available, and that — of course — means another round of the partnership between Activision and Monster Energy. If you were unaware, if you buy Monster Energy and enter the codes into the online portal, you may earn exclusive rewards inModern Warfare 3. But, what are these rewards? There are seven total tiers of rewards to earn, from additional XP to exclusive Monster Energy-themed weapons and skins....

Starfieldisn’t even fully out yet, and it’s already the biggest and mostdivisive title in a while. While some excellent video game outlets areawarding it perfect scores, some others are giving it the worst possible score in the history of game reviews — the dreaded 7/10. In an attempt to alleviate the tension, I will now talk about a naturally wholesome and non-disruptive element present in the game — religion. What are the religions inStarfield?...

Not a direct sequel, but it’ll ‘retain elements’ from Anodyne I’m always fascinated when sequels undergo a big shift in art direction. The creators of the uneasy 16-bit “Zelda-lite” gameAnodyneare going for a lo-fi 3D aesthetic in their upcoming sequelAnodyne 2: Return to Dust, but curiously, it will retain some of the original’s “2D vignette-style gameplay.” Developers Sean Han Tani and Joni Kittaka say you don’t need to playAnodyneto understand the sequel’s story, but there’s plenty of time to do so....