82% gone in two weeks Theannouncement ofRadical Heightswas met with a collective shrug from most players. This was yet another battle royale game in what was quickly becoming an overstuffed genre. While I don’t agree with that sentiment, even I was surprised to see Cliffy B chasing trends instead of setting them, like in his past. That being said, I’m surprised at how quickly the game seems to be falling out of style....

Continued Operations The purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft last week has certainly put a very expensive cat among the pigeons. The biggest concern, at least for many PlayStation players, is that Activision’s gazillion-dollar franchiseCall of Dutymay do the unthinkable and become a PC and Xbox exclusive series. This concernwas addressed immediatelyby Xbox Head of Gaming Phil Spencer, who commented that it was not Microsoft’s “intent to pull communities away from [PlayStation platforms]....

Level up and find loot Sacred Citadelis going to be a side-scrolling brawler with “crazy co-op” and now Deep Silver has released more about how the game will feature a lot of role-playing elements. Characters will level up, learn new abilities, find loot, visit towns, and fight orcs. To me this doesn’t sound like a game with “role-playing elements” — it sounds like a role-playing game with “side-scrolling brawler elements.”...

This past weekend, Ben, Tara, and I took a little Destructoid field trip to the 2010 J-Pop Summit Festival in Japantown, San Francisco. We got a chance to check out SEGA’s latest offerings ofSonic The Hedgehog 4andSonic Colors,as well as a bunch of awesomely weird Japanese pop-culture related stuff. We didn’t interview any celebrities this time around, but at least we remembered the microphone cable. We also got to play with one of those fancy, space-age Japanese toilets, and subsequently got things squirted at us....

Hey, it’s the flying thing from Black Ops II You saw the return of thenight vision goggles, inSplinter Cell: Blacklist, and now you can get a little more in-depth with this eight minute developer walkthrough from Ubisoft Toronto courtesy of IGN. It shows off quite a bit of the general mechanics in the game, from direct combat, to the wacky Bond-esque tools Sam will use, to some fairly diversified stealth gameplay....

Is that a mythical serpent in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Today is the release date for the PS4 and Vita ports of the indie hitNidhogg, meaning there has never been a better time to stab your friends in the face and sacrifice yourself to a giant worm-serpent. The stripped-down competitive fencing game is coming out as a PS4 and Vita cross-buy title, featuring local multiplayer, online, and Vita-to-Vita ad hoc networking....

Lest you think trade shows are becoming less relevant, TGS officials have provided attendance numbers this year, and they’re very promising. In addition to growing year after year during each day of the show (there’s two business/press days and two public days), TGS 2017 has been confirmed for September 21-24. It’ll be at the same location (and one that a lot of other conventions are held) — Makuhari Messe in Chiba....

It’s been a while since we had a show as jam-packed as today’s, so go ahead and break out that poncho, because it’s about to rain hyperlinks in here! On the first half of the show, we cover all the news to come out of Capcom’s Captivate event, including details onDmC Devil May Cry(including a ridiculous newtrailer), aResident Evil 6preview with a newrelease dateto boot, and anannouncementand first look atLost Planet 3....

Devolver Digital conference aiming for mid-July This strange “non-E3” season is now fully underway, with heavy hitters such asPlayStationand thePC Gaming Showalready resting up after a weekend of exciting news. There are still plenty of publishers waiting to bear all, however, and perhaps none more ferociously than the bad folk at Devolver Digital. While the curator of the weird and wonderful isyet to announce a specific datefor its annual presentation,a tweet posted yesterdaysuggests that the team is aiming to take to the digital stage mid-July, and is currently scurrying to complete production work on its latest nightmare fest....

Game file sizes proved too high for Microsoft In the what-if scenario of the day, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer tellsOXMthat the company considered making the Xbox One a “purely disc-less console.” Another forward-looking idea for the system that didn’t pan out, then. Probably for the best. “There was a real discussion about whether we should have an optical disc drive in Xbox One or if we could get away with a purely disc-less console, but when you start looking at bandwidth and game size, it does create issues,” he commented....

Nintendo has a lot to prove this generation. Their last console has essentially tanked and there is very similar hardware under the hood of the Wii. Despite innovations in motion-sensing gameplay, the eternal fanboy question lingers: is history destined to repeat itself or are there actually going to be games in 2007 that propel this console into the lead? I’m not sure, but I can tell you a lot about the most anticipated games of next year that can make or break it....

–Queen of Philosophydiscusses new details we learned aboutMortal Kombat 1. –ctg867reflects on the death and legacy of E3. –UncannyKylebelieves a Nintendo crash is inevitable, but wonders about its size and form. –Taterchimpwrites a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of the TRPGTriangle Strategy. –Virtua Kazamabids farewell toStreet Fighter Vin welcoming the latestStreet Fightergame. -PhilsPhindingsdiscusses the similarities between the soundtrack ofShining Force 2and Blues and Ragtime music. -PhilsPhindingsdiscusses the similarities between the soundtrack ofShining Forceand Folk music....

Camellya is one of the most hyped characters upcoming in Wuthering Waves, and her arrival can get here fast enough. With her being announced as a playable character some weeks back, if you’re wondering when you can actually start pulling copies of her, here’s what you need to know. When does Camellya come out in Wuthering Waves? While Kuro Games has not given any details as to when Camellya will officially be released, she has been announced, which does imply a release sooner than you might think if you pay attention to how the banner system works inWuthering Waves....