Angry Birds franchise hits 500 million downloads

Aren’t we tired of this game yet? I see it everywhere. I knew it would be a huge thing early last year when I saw my young niece playing it. Her grandma heard the music and knew what game she was playing. Now, aside from being on every portable device, it’s a movie, it’s on television, in commercials, in the checkout asile at grocery stores, and even on t-shirts. It’s just a physics-based flinger, people — there’s a lot of these out there!...

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Kara Farmer

Astro is making an elite controller, and it might be the nicest one yet

It has one very neat design quirk Ever since the Xbox Elite controller released in late 2015, real attention has been paid to premium gamepads. Most of the usual suspects have their own spin on an elite controller by now, like Razer with the Wolverine or Scuf with the Infinity. Now, an unlikely competitor — one that really only makes headphones — has entered the fray. Astro has revealed its first controller, the $200 C40 TR....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Joshua Cohen

Battlefield 2042 Update 4.0 brings VoIP to the party

The patch adds a big feature forBattlefield A new update forBattlefield 2042hits this week, adding a feature the community has been asking for.Battlefield 2042Update 4.0adds VoIP functionality for Party and Squads, as well as a few other areas of interest. VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, options are the big one forBattlefield 2042. The massive multiplayer shooterlaunched without VoIP last year, and it was a noticeable issue for folks who are used to those options....

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Jesus Carter

Battlefield Play4Free new game mode, Rush

Insane trailer will give you a seizure Get ready for a game trailer that feels like slamming 3 energy drinks, sticking your finger into an electrical socket, and then jumping into a freezing lake all at once. That’s how much energy this newBattlefield Play4Freetrailer has. The trailer showcases the game’s new Rush mode, which is now available in this free-to-play HD browser shooter. In this mode players are tasked with either defending or destroying two M-Com stations....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Adam Ramirez

BioShock movie on hold as director may have left

The ill-fatedBioShockmovie has seemingly beenHalo‘d. Gore Verbinski had already stepped down to become the project’s producer, leaving Juan Carlor Fresnadillo to fillthe director seat. Speaking to Indiewire, Fresnadillo said, “To be honest, by now, I’m completely out of that, and developing other stuff. Right now it’s on hold. The studio and the videogame company, they have to reach some kind of agreement about the budget and the rating.” If Fresnadillo has left the project entirely with no plans to return, that’s not a huge loss....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Logan Simmons

Bungie has just opened the Destiny beta to everyone

Provided you have PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold So far, theDestinybeta’s been gated off from the public-at-large. Well, sort of. A pre-order would grant you access, and registering your code would get you even more codes, so it wasn’t too difficult to find a way in. As of right now, that barrier’s completely removed for everyone. In apost on Bungie’s site, the developer announces that as of this moment (July 24 at 4:00 pm PDT), theDestinybeta is completely open, provided that you have a console that’s equipped with PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Charles Clark

Chris Carter’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2018

A Smashing year This was a weird year. I think I played the same amount of games I usually do (around 200) but I didn’t necessarily have the time for as many long-form experiences as usual due to the appearance of our first kid. Still, a lot of games came out in 2018 and I played most of them. Spider-Man I attempt to fill these with unconventional picks but for this one I couldn’t resist....

June 1, 2025 · 5 min · 990 words · Michelle Lynn

Contest: Fight your food with a Steam copy of Nom Nom Apocalypse

Food fight!! In today’s contest we’ve got copies of top-down shooterNom Nom Apocalypseup for grabs! Remember when your mom told you not to play with your food? Well, she was right — you should never make merry with your nourishment. It’s just rude. But yo when that shit grows 50 feet tall and starts throwing meatballs at you, it’s perfectly acceptable to fight with your food. Don’t let your food eat you!...

June 1, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Henry Clark

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled to roll out fix for save file bug

Time Trials Some PS4 players, currently grinding out their fastest runs inCrash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled,have unfortunately come across a save corruption bug. The bug appears to kick in once the time trial mode’s “ghost data” surpasses a certain size, which can cause the save file to go a bit doo-lally. Developer Beenox are now aware of the issue and are currently working on a patch to remove it from the game....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Tyler Cervantes

Destructoid logo shirts are back!

Plus three more new designs just in time for X-mas Yes, finally!Destructoid logo t-shirtshave finally joined our ever growing collection of tees. Now that that’s back, how many of you want some kind of Destructoid sweater? And if we were to make a sweater, where would you want the logo? Front, back, on the sleeves? Tell us in the comments, and feel free to mock something up too. We’ll even reward you with some freebies if you make something we like....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Geoffrey Cochran

E3 08: Square Enix Press Conference on Final Fantasy XIII

We heard earlier that this was a limited engagement, but they weren’t kidding. They only let about 70 people into this small room at the Los Angeles Convention Center this afternoon. The Final Fantasy “Crystal Theme” has been looping in the background for about 15 minutes now while Japanese guests find their seats. 12:47 – I’m in the back. Figures. I see Kotaku’s Bascraft in row four, and Japanator’s own Zerochan directly behind me....

June 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1161 words · Melissa Reed

EA FC 25 Dream Big Objective rewards and tasks

The Dream Big Objective is a really interesting set of tasks inEA FC 25that can reward you with new packs, evolutions, and a promo player as the highlight. The new objective set has several tasks to complete, and finishing all of them will require a fair bit of time. Let’s take a look at all the available rewards, along with how to obtain them. EA FC 25 Dream Big Objective guide The new objective has a total of 10 tasks to complete....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Anthony Brown

EA FC 25: How to complete Elite Eight SBC

The Elite Eight is the third challenge you can complete under the Hybrid Nations SBC inEA FC 25. Here’s how you can do it to earn a gold pack. Elite Eight comes right after the Six of the Best SBC and being the third challenge, it costs slightly more to complete as you may use only Gold players here. EA FC 25 Elite Eight SBC tasks To complete the Elite Eight SBC, you have to exchange a squad with exactly Five Leagues....

June 1, 2025 · 1 min · 200 words · James Higgins