Thank Iwata: The Wii U has folders now!

Please understand that I needed them badly I was running out of space to put things on my Wii U. No I don’t mean storage space, I’m talking about the UI in general. With four pages of Virtual Console games to my name and two pages of eShop titles alone, I had to delete a number of things to keep my Wii U menu from going out of control. Now I have nothing to fear, because folders are in....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Allison Velazquez

The Daily Hotness: Photobomb level: nightmare fuel

This is so terrifying! Today, Chris Carter reviewed the malignedSteel Battalion: Heavy Armor(spoiler: like most, he didn’t think it very good), the debonair Allistair Pinsof turned a critical eye towards E3 in its current state, Capcom confirmedOkami HDfor North American release as a Move-enabled PSN exclusive, our own Tony Ponce made his way intoResident Evil 6, and more! Destructoid Original:Hype, deception, and disappointment: Welcome to E3Live show: LEGO Batman 2 giveaway on Mash TacticsTeam Fortress 2sdays: Boner editionDevolver Digital asks Jim Sterling five sexy questions...

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Willie Krause

The Daily Hotness: Where’s your head at?

While Nick Chester is worried about split-screen issues withResident Evil 5, I’m really worried about the lack of decapitations inResi 5. Heads will roll if we can’t see heads roll off of people’s bodies when the game is released. Niero is on a mission to make gaming laptops cheaper, 200 PS3s were used to HAX,Star Wars Battlefront IIIimages were leaked, Michael Phelps needs to go back to Atlantis where he belongs and plenty more happened on 12/30/08....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Michael Gardner

The Rogue Prince of Persia is now out in Early Access, from the makers of Dead Cells

It hasn’t taken long for theDead Cellsdeveloper, Evil Empire, to settle on an exciting new project. Its title?Prince of Persia! But not any regular oldPrince of Persia;This isThe Rogue Prince of Persia, and it’s pretty easy to tell what makes it special. Notably, Evil Empire and Ubisoft have launched the firstSteam Early Access buildof theRogue Prince of Persia, and though it is still early to say whether it’s a slam dunk, it sure is a whole lot of fun....

June 19, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Michael Williams

These gifs for The Wild XYZ speak to me

Cowboys in space, where they belong This cool little top-down action/adventure game,The Wild XYZ, caught my eye on Tumblr today. It began life as as a prototype for theSpace Cowboy Jam, and designer Joseph Gribbin has been chipping away at completing it in his spare time with a release later this year in mind. There aren’t many gameplay specifics listed yet, only a lone devlog post and some gifs, but I can’t stop watching them....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Lisa Burton

This newly discovered Super Punch-Out cheat code is incredible, works with Switch Online version

This person “casually found” game-changing cheat codes for character select and multiplayer A new string ofSuper Punch-Outcheat code combinations is now lurking about,thanks to community member Unlisted Cheats(who uncovers old school cheatsmostly for the NES, Game Boy, and SNES systems). The first code allows players to access a level select, likely serving as a debug feature. The next code is even more fascinating, as it lets a second player take control of a CPU opponent, to create a “versus” like system....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Mark Reese

THQ’s Bilson: Cut scenes the last resort for storytelling

Speaking with Edge, THQ executive VP of core games Danny Bilson lamented the industry’s reliance on cut scenes in games, calling them “the failure state, that is the last resort of game storytelling. It’s really not what the artform is about. As soon as you put a controller in someone’s hand they want to interact.” Bilson commented that he hasn’t played a game which interested him from a narrative standpoint. “That’s a place we have not cracked yet, as an industry....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · Andrea Shah

Ubisoft announces free-to-play The Division Heartland

Several other Division projects are in the works too It seems like there’s a fair bit in store for the universe ofTom Clancy’s The Division. Today, Ubisoft announced a free-to-play game set inThe Divisionuniverse, and provided a few other updates on other projects as well. Intoday’s blog post, Ubisoft announced that its Red Storm studio is working on a free-to-play game calledThe Division Heartland. Red Storm has worked on various Tom Clancy video games stretching back to 1997, andHeartlandwill be a standalone game that will “provide an all new perspective on the universe in a new setting....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Marcia Phillips

Watchmen artist working on Beneath a Steel Sky remake

Beneath a Steel Skyis one of the greatest adventure games ever made.Watchmenis likely the greatest graphic novel ever made.Watchmenwas remade with the blessing of Dave Gibbons, the artist who drew the comic. Now,Beneath a Steel Skyis being remade and the new art is being contributed by Dave Gibbons. Coincidence? You be the judge. Regardless, this is f–king awesome. Right now, Revolution Mobileplansto have the game available for iPhone this fall and is expected to retail for a measly two to three dollars....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Jillian Young

Where to get Natron in FFXIV

Crafting in Final Fantasy XIV can be a huge money-saver and a good side hustle. Even at a low level, there are a few recipes that you should memorize which, hand in hand with your Disciple of the Land classes, can help bring in some extra Gil when you need it or simply aid you in crafting other recipes. Natron is one of them — here’s everything you need to know about it....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Christian Arnold

WWII turn-based tactical game Classified: France ’44 announced by Team17

The Jeds Team17has announcedthat they will be publishing Absolutely Games’ World War II title,Classified: France ‘44, sometime in ‘23. The turn-based strategy game is targeting PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Oh, crap. It’s just a teaser. We get to see some Nazis get killed up in different ways, which is always fun, but no actual gameplay. Let’s see here. There’s a press kit. It looks like an Unreal 3 Engine game....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Chelsea Park

Xbox pokes fun at Activision with fake Destiny ad

Quelle pitrerie Microsoft loves promoting Bungie games, you know. Unfortunately, that ship has sort of sailed. Activision and the erstwhileHalostudio are nowcozying up with Sony, and the folks atXbox UKseem to be handling the situation with all the maturity and grace of a jealous ex-boyfriend. Albeit a pretty clever one that knows just how to make us giggle. Oh hey there. Look at that. Destiny, the new fragrance by Xbox. Haha....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Andrea Lee

You can now support Killer Instinct tourney pots with the Shadow Jago pack

For $20 Killer Instinctcontinues to improve with every passing month, and now, you’ll be able to contribute to a community prize pot by way of DLC. For $20 you can buy the Shadow Jago pack, which comes with the character, as well as 7,500 KI Gold. That amount of gold costs $20 already, so you’re basically getting the character for free as well as supporting the tourney scene. Additionally, once Cinder launches today, allKiller Instinctpurchases will be donated towardsthe Fighting Game Community Fundup to $100,000 for a two week period....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Gloria Owens