There’s probably something wrong with me for saying this, but I really relish the moments that I get to spend in Silent Hill. I look forward to going there. The reason for this is probably because I can go there safely within a videogame, but there’s something about that world I never get tired of. This Silent HillLeft 4 Deadmod is just up my alley, adding nice little touches like “invisible” witches (basically you see her eyes and she stands up and then disappears for extra creepy effect)....

There’s been, what, two trailers for this game? I’m unsure what your plans are for Thanksgiving but if you’re looking to kill time before your big meal is prepared, allow me to point out thatGeometry Wars 3: Dimensionswill be released. It’s coming first to Steam, PS3, and PS4 on November 25, then Xbox 360 and Xbox One the next day. I hadfun with the gameat PAX Prime and found theSuper Stardust-esque 3D stages to be an interesting new challenge....

This latest trailer forRed Dead Redemption, entitled “The Law,” has me wondering — where’s the hype? While the game looks to match (and perhaps exceed) the quality of this generation’sGrand Theft Auto IV, it seems that the level of excitement just can’t match Rockstar’s open-world city title. I have to wonder why, though — by all accountsRedemptioncould be one of the best games released this year. Maybe it’s that people like cars more than horses, and rocket launchers more than six-shooters....

Dark Samus and Richter It’s safe to say that amiibo are very much a “hate it or love it” affair. You probably gave up in 2015. I don’t blame you! But for those of you who are still faithful, I know your inner pain and outer joy. There’s still plenty of amiibo to go until the entireSmash Ultimateroster is complete, asnone of the DLC charactershave gotten figures yet. Yikes! Smash Ultimateis getting in the amiibo mood anyway this week, as update 6....

SCEA bigwig Peter Dille has been giving the Blogocubea lot of mileagewith hisGamasutrainterview, coming up with plenty of quotes that can be extracted and screamed about without context. Here’s another one, with Dille offering a few stolen words from Jack Tretton and attempting to quantify the statement. “Yeah, I don’t want to steal [CEO] Jack [Tretton]’s quote, but he’s fond of saying: “Microsoft owns the office; Sony owns the living room; and Wii owns the closet....

Senator Armstrong? Capcom seemingly isn’t out of wacky ideas yet, if these “cutting room floor” concepts are any indication. Speaking on the development ofStreet Fighter V, the publisher just released a ton of concept art for unused fighters, including a “Literary Master,” a “Fighting President,” a “Clumsy Cutie” (whose clothes fall off in battle, ha), “Miss Babo,” a Soccer Fighter” (which was deemed to close to Roberto from Rival Schools), “Gen’s Disciple,” “The Teacher,” and a “Prototype Shadaloo Soldier....

Don’t show up to the panel without coffee Even though we’ve kept up with Swery65in the years sinceD4: Dark Dreams Don’t DieandDeadly Premonition, it feels like it’s been far too long since we’ve been able to talk about an active, in-production game from the director. The opportunity to do exactly that is fast approaching at PAX. During the PAX West panel “Coffee Time With Swery65” on Saturday, September 2, we’ll get to hear Hidetaka Suehiro discuss hisfirst new gamein three years....

Bandai Namco has issued an update this morning, addressing matchmaking errors and crashes that popped up on launch night forTekken 8. The latest entry in theTekkenseries went live last night, and I hopped on for a few rounds with friends myself—said pals were playing on PC, and I was on PlayStation 5. It was quite surprising when we continuously ran into issues with crashing while trying to create and run an online lobby match....

Destructoid broughtyou an exclusivelook some hot artwork fromUnbound Sagatoday. It’s some hot stuff. There’s even a image with a shark! Rev ranted about Metroidvanias, Jim reviewedOverlord II, I checked outMadballs in Babo Invasion, GameStop is bundling weird crap with their Wiis,Columnsis free on the iPhone and plenty more happened on 07/02/09. Destructoid Originals:Exclusive: Unbound Saga comic book pin-up artworkRetroforceGO! records ep 94 tonight: Naughty retro gamesIndie Nation: RosemaryRev Rant: MetroidvaniasCommunity:Community blogs of 07/02/09Forum of the day:The PubReviews:Yosumin Live!...

Whoa Nelly! [Country Grammar era] Late last night,theMonster Hunter Risedemo was unleashed out into the world. After a lot of people were off work. And it seemingly crashed the eShop. I first noticed it when some of our own community members were reporting issues in our comments section: how they were unable to actually click to download the demo, among other eShop issues. Then folksstarted saying the same thing on Twitter....

PROFESSAH! TheProfessor Laytonseries isno stranger to mobile devices, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the first game in the series is now getting ported to smartphones. DubbedProfessor Layton and the Curious Village EXHD, this port will be an upscaled version of the 2007 classic with HD graphics and some other new features. Details are mum on what those new features are, but the game will be heading to iOS and Android devices sometime this year....

Again, puzzled [Update:Jonathan Blow answered our inquiry. Here’s what he had to say, edited slightly to omit anything that could be the most minor of spoilers: “Yes, I pretty much figured that one to be one of the hardest individual puzzles in the game. It was one of the early puzzles I designed, way back in 2009 even. A few puzzles in the game were sparked by ideas from other team members (for example, the pressure plate puzzles — designed by me but the idea came from a conversation with someone) and a small fraction were designed primarily by Orsi rather than me (I did the first three puzzles [spoiler location], but she wanted to make it bigger so she designed most of the rest and I gave feedback on them)....

Clock in, never leave Over here in the United States, most of us have off from work on Independence Day. It’s a National Holiday, after all, where people gather to grill meat, drink beer, and remember Bill Pullman’s iconic speech aboutkicking alien ass. It’s a lazy, relaxing day; a few hours where most people can escape the doldrums of a working life. It’s ironic then that I spent a notable percentage of my morning playing Pippin Barr’sIt Is As If You Were Doing Work....