Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Classic Edition feels dated

It looks and feels sluggish, which is a shame Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Classic Editionshould be an easy win, but after just 30 minutes with this latest version, I think I’m ready to tap out. I feel a headache coming on. This latest release — which is available as a standalone for $14.99 acrossPC,PS4, andXbox One, or included at no extra cost in theFar Cry 6Season Pass — doesn’t really do anything we haven’t seen before fromBlood Dragon....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Shannon Daniels

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and his sunglasses to voice DJ in GTA IV

We heard things while we were at Rockstar Games last week playingGrand Theft Auto IV. Oh, we heard things. We just can’t talk about them. But fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld can. Maybe it’s because he’s largely considered one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th Century, and he has more money than I do. Oh, and maybe it’s because he’s in the game. Women’s Wear Dailyis reporting that Lagerfeld has lent his voice to Rockstar’s upcoming game as a DJ on one of the game’s radio stations, K109 The Station....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Samantha Lucas

Forums, we have them: January 2010 edition

Welcome, welcome faithful list- Wait, wrong thing. Welcome to the January edition of Forums: We have them. If you are reading this it should be the year twenty aught ten. Happy new year Destructoid! I know I could use a break from 2009. It should be an exciting year for games, for the site and for the Forums as well. First off, let’s recap what went down last month and give a quick little recap of the last year as a whole....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Ronald Farrell

Ghost Recon: Wildlands update features new classes and maps

Clancy’s lands just got a little wilder Open-world sicario-shooterGhost Recon: Wildlandsis still chugging along its dusty trail, and is getting its fourth major update since its original release one year ago. The new download, which arrives today, will bring three new classes to the game. Trappers help provide recon assistance and can set hazards to bring down patrolling enemies. Guerillas are a support class that can provide cover via smokescreens delivered from flying drones....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Daniel Edwards

Giveaway – Console of your choice, controller and a Titan One

Talk about a sweet haul Here’s a big one for you guys. The awesome folks atConsoleTuner.comare letting you pick your choice of console (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 or Xbox One), an opposing controller (If you get the Xbone, you pick a DualShock and vice versa), and of course, theTitan One. That’s a helluva deal right there. Now some of you may be asking, “What’s a Titan One?” Fair enough, let’s check the blurb:...

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Stacy Brown DDS

Giving Thanks: Writing about games

Promoted from our Community Blogs [Dtoid writer, community member and Queens of the Stone Age aficionado Brittany Vincent is thankful for the victories and the struggles that come with developing a career writing about games. Want to see your own stuff appear on the front page?Go write something!–Occams Electric Toothbrush] A wise man once said “I think, therefore I am.” My philosophy is simple: “I think, therefore I game.” Boy, do I....

July 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1534 words · John Harris

Gone Home developer teases next project, Tacoma

Coming in 2016 Gone Homedeveloper The Fullbright Company showed off its new thing this evening at the Game Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not much was revealed, butTacomalooks like it’s going to be out of this world. You know, because it welcomed us to lunar transfer station and all. Now go argue in the comments about whether or not it’s a videogame.

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Jessica Mccoy

Have some frigid new Company of Heroes 2 screenshots

This latest batch of screenshots fromCompany of Heroes 2highlights the ColdTech system of Relic Entertainment’s Essence Engine 3.0. In the game, temperatures can dip so low that your infantry will freeze to death unless they seek out warmth from fires or buildings. There will also be things like dynamic blizzards to watch out for, not to mention the movement-slowing snow itself which has realistic depth and will accumulate on vehicles. It says a lot forCompany of Heroesas a brand that Relic can spend so much time talking about weather systems — and that’s perfectly acceptable....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Timothy Shah

Here are all the headlines from the Xbox Tokyo Game Show live stream

Tokyo Game Show is now live! Tokyo Game Show is officially underway, and Microsoft is kicking off the festivities with an early morning (well, for us at least) live stream looking at some of its new upcoming wares developed by Japanese and Asian developers — winging their way to Xbox and the Xbox Game Pass service. The stream has just concluded, but here’s a rollout of all of the headlines from this morning’s show!...

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Mary Edwards

How to get Purple Elixir in Type Soul

Elixirs have replaced pills inType Soul. You shouldn’t take pharmaceuticals you pick up off the ground, anyway. However, these can be a bit mysterious, so to demystify a bit, we’ll discuss the purple Elixir. Off the bat, it’s important to note the Purple Elixirs are Mythic rarity. Even when you know how to get them, they don’t drop often. Sometimes, there will be a code active that will net you one, so check out ourType Soulcodes guide....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Joshua Stone

In Krautscape, the fastest racer builds the tracks

Where we’re going… Now here’s a novel idea: imagine what it would be like to play a racing game where the very track you are riding across is procedurally generated in front of your vehicle by the person in the lead. That’s the gist ofKrautscape, an upcoming multiplayer title for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Asdescribed herewith some helpful images, lanes are color-coded with specific colors having certain impacts on which direction the track will head in....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Jennifer Travis

Is Dragon Ball DAIMA canon?

For those out of the loop,Dragon Ball DAIMAis the next entry to thelong-running anime franchise. In between the guttural screams coming from fans still hoping for aDragon Ball Supercontinuation is the concerned optimism of fans curious if this new series will fit into the canonDragon Balltimeline. Inthe announcement trailerforDragon Ball DAIMA, we are shown a montage of Dragon Ball’s history from the earliest volumes in 1984 to the most recentDragon Ball Super: Super Herofilm in 2022....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Kenneth Sullivan

Live show: God of War: Ascension

Who dipped their multiplayer in my God of War? [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] I really don’t know how to feel about this latest installment to theGod of Warfranchise. On one hand, I feel like the story has concluded, and there really isn’t a need for yet another chapter....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Michael Callahan