Rest this Animal Crossing bag on your hip, sirs

DJ K.K. looks better than you It’s been interesting to watchAnimal Crossinggo from being perceived as a weird “kiddie” game that most people bought just for the old NES games to something appreciated by good looking adults across the world. Case in point, this newAnimal Crossing; New Leaftote bag. I picked one up a few days ago and people who don’t know squat about the series are going crazy for it....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Lawrence Bonilla

Rift of the Necrodancer sees Cadence navigating modern life to the beat in new trailer

Repair the rifts between us The nextNecrodancergame is getting shown off today, through a new trailer and screenshots.Rift of the Necrodanceris Brace Yourself’s next rhythm journey, with some seriousRhythm Heavenvibes. Brace Yourself Games teased this news a few weeks ago, alongside the release of itsmassive Synchrony DLCfor rhythm-rogueliteCrypt of the Necrodancer. Today, the studio showed off more ofRift of the Necrodancer, which it’s developing alongside Tic Toc Games. According to theSteam store page,Rift of the NecrodancerseesCryptprotagonist Cadence navigating the perils of modern life....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Jordan Wise

Shadowrun is now on Xbox One via backward compatibility

Cross-play between Xbox 360, PC, and Xbox One Shadowrunwas a curious case of a shooter with impressive ideas that had a half-baked execution. I remember being ecstatic that there was finally a PC and Xbox 360 cross-play title, but the results were that PC users ended up getting the short end of the stick. Aside from higher resolutions, the controls had heavy mouse acceleration and auto-aim to keep things in line with console players....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Valerie Rowe

Starfield through a tilt shift lens makes the game look adorably miniature

Starfieldis undeniably the biggest game of this year, if not of this entire console generation. However, in a display of irony, someone decided to show what this immense RPG would look like if it resembled something tiny. Using a camera technique known astilt-shifting, YouTuberFlurdehgives us a view ofStarfieldthat can only be described as micro. We see the likes of New Atlantis and Akila City looking like miniature versions of their original selves, as NPCs scurry about the place....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Jennifer Thomas

That’s Not My Neighbour brings back fond memories of Papers Please but with monsters

It feels like only yesterday that I poured hours into binge-watching YouTube videos of other people playing throughPapers, Pleasewhile waiting for it to download so I could play it myself, but to my horror, it actually released more than a decade ago. I first encounteredPapers, Pleasewhen Jacksepticeye did his play-through eight years ago (he’s played it again since, four years ago) and immediately rushed to download the game. It appealed to my inner detective, my knack for discovering secrets and my desire to pay attention to detail....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 639 words · Ashley Harper

The Daily Hotness: MORTAL KOMBAT!

Mortal Kombat! You all excited? Who’s going to be your main character? We checked outResistance 3, I previewedOcarina of Timefor the 3DS,NeverDeadis coming along nicely,SSXis coming out January and more happened on 4/13/11. Destructoid Originals:The Destructoid Show: LIVE! was a thing we didConduit 2 – 24 hour release party live on Mash TacticsLive show: Mash Tactics plays Fat PrincessLive Show: It’s a MadWorld on Backlog Community:Community Blogs: We have them, minor upgrade editionAamaazing: Final Fantasy II...

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Suzanne Young

The new Marvel vs. Capcom is real, coming 2017, Marvel 3 out today on PS4

Nice! [Update:Infinitehas been confirmed for PC, PS4, and Xbox One in “late 2017.”Marvel vs. Capcom 3is coming to PC and Xbox One in March 2017, as well as PS4.] PSX has a ton of front-loaded announcements today, and one of them isMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Yep, Marvel is back baby! Mega Man, Iron Man, Ryu, Captain Marvel, and the official Marvel logo was shown. That last bit is important, becauseno X-Menwere featured in the trailer, leading credence to the rumor that only MCU or official Marvel-owned properties are making it in....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Gary Peters

The smooth grooves of Persona 5 now spinnin’ on Spotify

My mind is too fast for eyes… While each and every title of thePersonafranchise is typified by its delicious, captivating soundtracks, perhaps no entry blew up as that of 2016’sPersona 5. In particular, battle theme “Last Surprise” was everywhere, with its “You’ll never see it com-innnnng” refrain going viral — borderline mainstream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWQFnC2zqU Today, you may check out all of the smooth jazz stylings of the JRPG all over again, as the soundtracks forPersona 5and its 2019 revamp,Persona 5 Royal, have been uploaded to the music streaming service Spotify....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Victoria Miller

Trailer and release date for Sea of Thieves: The Hungering Deep coming next week

Expect private crew matching to arrive next week too Sea of Thievesis set to land its first big content update, The Hungering Deep, later this month. We’ll know more soon, as Rare plans to come out with a launch date and trailer next week. As previously covered,The Hungering Deepwill introduce a new AI threat as part of a “unique event.” In today’s developer update video, executive producer Joe Neate reiterated that the team hopes to roll out this and future content in a novel way....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · James Baker

Transistor coming 2014, team explains the jump to PS4

Bastion not coming to Android If you need an example of how the Xbox One’s initial lack of self-publishing hurt it, look no further thanTransistor. In general, look no further thanTransistor. Why would you want to look at anything else? It’s so damn pretty. Jen Zee is the best. Anyway, the wildly successful (and super good)Bastionwas a huge hit on XBLA as well as PC/Mac, the eventual browser version, and the iOS version (it’s sold over 2....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Jason James

Ubisoft opens E3 with a cringey Just Dance 2017 routine with clowns

‘Just give me a call!’ My God. They’ve topped girl wood. With one of the weirdest openings ever, Ubisoft ushered inJust Dance 2017to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Aisha Tyler lightened the mood a bit by joking about crabs and lions, but it wasn’t enough. Just Dance 2017will arrive in October to every platform, including PC, and NX is slated for next year. It’ll have 40 new songs, and as in the past, you can use your phone as the controller....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Stacy Melendez

What musician would leave you with no choice but to attend a Fortnite concert?

Think big Travis Scott, who has the name of an accountant or a middle manager at a mid-sized investment firm but is actually one of the world’s biggest rappers, held a concert inFortniteyesterday. As you might expect, it went over tremendously. A unique and interactive event inside a mega-popular video game held by a musician of this magnitude at a time when everyone’s forced to stay inside — that’s a formula that is not going to fuck up....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Stacy Mccarty

What price were you expecting for the Xbox Series X?

Were you in the $500 camp all along? At long last, Xbox’s next-gen pricing is in our rearview mirror. Thanks to revisionist memories, everyone’s an accurate industry expert in moments like this. “That’s the price I was saying all along!” Yet it’s Pachter, not you, who gets all the respect. (In case you somehow missedthe news, the Xbox Series X is launching on November 10 and priced at $500. The lesser-poweredXbox Series Swas also formally unveiled yesterday and will be priced at $300 and launch on the same day....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Bryan Smith