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I think I’ve got it! My father has been dreaming of a “White Christmas” for about 20 years now. And I can understand why. Besides the aforementioned song that gets blasted over his classic yuletide Spotify playlist each year, every Christmas movie we watch during the holiday season paints a picture of snow being as common as perfectly wrapped Christmas presents under the tree or marriage proposals from hunky Canadian actors you’ve never heard of before....

Destructoid experienced some technical difficulties over the weekend so The Weekend Hotness has been fused with today’s Hotness. We’re still working on the Forums and we’ll have it back up as soon as possible. In the mean time, just chill. Anthony took a look back at his game,Golgo 13gets a little sexy, Dale has a “real” zombie defense plant,Final Fantasy XIIIconfirmed for 2010, Conrad previewedHeavy Rainand plenty more happened over the Memorial Day holiday weekend....

Um, what again? So Nintendo pulled a fast one on us this morning. Out of utterly nowhere, we got a Nintendo Direct Mini, which is actually like a full 30-minute surprise Direct. We all had to parse it together, but right at the 14:00 mark was a prettyhugerevelation: we know where the nextSmash Ultimatecharacter is coming from,and it’s notFire Emblem. Nintendo confirmed that the next DLC character, and the first part of the second Fighter’s Pass, mind, hails from 2017’s often forgotten fighterArms....

I’d use it! Over the years we’ve covered quite a fewfan made Switch-related projects, and many of them are docks. This one too! From the mind of reggtegg over on Reddit, this working Switch dock recreates the aesthetic of Generation 4: aka the Sinnoh region fromPokemon DiamondandPearl. The design looks big, but it’s functional, and perfectly replicates the look of the Pokecenter from that series of games. Man, I miss those escalators....

Unbreakable It’s wild to think that I only startedDark Souls IIIabout a week ago, and wilder yet to come to the (worrying!) realization that I’ve somehow clocked a solid 35 hours of play time in that brief window. From Software’s action-RPGs are among the few games that can push me this far. When I’m not staying up late for “one more attempt,” I’m reading about other people’sescapades or recounting my own over instant messages....

The Unidentified Contaminant quest inThrone and Libertyis an exploration quest in Windhill Shores that involves identifying a mysterious substance near the shoreline. Despite our character’s lack of experience in marine biology, the world has decided it’s our job to figure it out. How to complete the Unidentified Contaminant quest in Throne and Liberty There are four main parts to completing the Unidentified Contaminant quest inThrone and Liberty: Talk to the Windhill Shores Researcher You’ll begin the quest by talking to the researcher at the windmill on Spiral Cliff....

Fight to survive…for free! [Today Destructoid is brought to you byWill to Live, the new MMORPG-shooter where only the strong survive. Here’s another great giveaway from the developer!] When the apocalypse hits, sending the world into chaos and creating factions of brutal survivors and raving mutants fighting for survival in a harsh environment, will you have the will to live? Will to Liveis the frenetic survival MMORPG shooter you’ve been waiting for....

Ubisoft’s recent investor meeting revealed unannounced information about thearrival ofXDefiant. The shooter is slated to release sometime during the company’s fiscal fourth quarter, which ranges from January to March 2024. As a result, the new shooter could be available sooner than most may have anticipated. When is the XDefiant release date? According toUbisoft’s recent third-quarter sales update,XDefiantwill be available sometime before March 31. Listed along with nine other Ubisoft titles as an upcoming digital release for the current quarter, this is the first we’ve seen of a release window for the shooter....

And Snipperclips has gotten 350K downloads We knowZelda: Breath of the Wildisselling super well, but what about other Switch games? Alongside a surpriseNew 2DS XLannouncement, Nintendo also shared some more game sales figures in itsfinancial results briefing. Looking at three notable games from the Switch’s launch lineup,1-2-Switchis “on track to ship one million units very soon,”Super Bomberman Rmanaged to ship “over 500,000 units” in March, andSnipperclipshas secured 350,000 downloads worldwide....

The Usual Suspects Media Create Sales is taking at least this week off due to the holidays, but thanks to Famitsu we can get an idea of Japanese game sales for this past week. You’ll never guess what’s at number one (hint: it starts with a P). The only new releases to crack the top 20 this week are games based on the legend of Momotaro and theMr. Osomatsuseries which won’t be coming west....

A rare update from the game’s creator There’s hope yet forWorld of Horrorfans who have been craving more content — or really just any communication about the Early Access game at all — since its release on Steam last year. Coming up on the horror adventure game’s second Halloween, the creator, panstasz, hasteased“good news soon” after what’s been “a truly miserable year.” I mean, that’s it — that’s the tweet! — but it’s averywelcome sign....

All proceeds go directly to Red Cross Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Rewardis great. The sweetpre-order watchmodeled after the in-game bracelet is also pretty great. If you missed the chance to score the watch for free, you now have the option to buy itdirectly from the Aksys Games storefor $20. The LCD display comes in one of three random colors, but before you think about trying to “catch ’em all,” be advised that sales are limited to one per customer....

There are two types of book readers in the world. Those who have not read Cormac McCarthy and think of literature as an escape from the brutal realities of life, and those who’ve read Cormac McCarthy, and are now haunted for the rest of their lives. McCarthy’s unique prose, often described as sparse and lyrical, combined with his natural aptitude for immersive worldbuilding and nuanced characterization, have turned him into one of the greatest novelists of all time....