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RPGs sure have changed since the days of battery-equipped NES cartridges. But at the same time, they haven’t changed a bit, have they? Tonight, we take a look back at the evolution (or lack thereof) of this genre over the past three decades; specifically, where we’ve all ended up and how the RPGs of the PSX/N64 era got us there. Hit the comments with your questions, unless you’ve all suffered some kind of amnesia and have been suddenly called away to engage a madman bent on world domination whilst piecing together your shattered memory along the way, or to prevent two opposing governmental forces from destroying the world with their struggle for control....

Tribute album by doujin label Prismatic Music [Update:The albumwasfree, but I’m guessing the free download cap was reached. I forgot that Bandcamp does that sometimes. Must mean you guys are slamming the page!] I think everyone on staff just sorta… crashed. Time to fill in the empty space, and what better way to do that than withfreeaffordable and awesome music, yeah baby! Today’s offering is afree$7Mega Manseries tribute album from Taiwanese doujin labelPrismatic Music....

Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3has made a welcome appearance again as it gears up for release on November 2. These particularDragon Questspin-off games are overhead action platformers starring the classic RPG enemy as heroes of their own tale. The latest of these light-hearted adventures sees the hero slime ‘Rocket’ stretching about caves, throwing monsters on conveyer belts and shooting himself out of cannons. He also gets up to some mischief on the high seas....

Put down that Whacking Day stick I have the distinct feeling we’re going to be reading a lot of “so-and-so confirmed for Switch” stories these next few weeks leading up to the system’s launch. Why, look at that! There’s one right here. Sumo Digital is bringing its puzzle-platformerSnake Passto Nintendo Switch in “early 2017,” right alongside the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions. Just look at these snake physics:...

Surprisingly, most of them weren’t delayed As is our yearly tradition, around this time last year I asked the Destructoid staff to name theirmost anticipated games for 2020. Despite all the problems we saw last year and all the delays, most of the games on that list actually made it to retail. And some of them were big, like, moves-more-than-20-million-units-on-a-single-platform-in-just-a-few-months big. Of course, there was one game absent from that list our readers continually pushed us on:Cyberpunk 2077....

Fans excited forSonic the Hedgehog 3got a nice little tease today. Jeff Fowler, director of both 2020’sSonic the Hedgehogand 2022’sSonic the Hedgehog 2, published a tweet today teasing the emergence of one of the blue blur’s most iconic villains, Shadow the Hedgehog in next year’sSonic the Hedgehog 3. The point of the tweet was twofold. Fowler shared an image teasing the lower half of Sonic’s genetically engineered rival, but also confirmed thatSonic the Hedgehog 3was “off and running” with development....

It’s a lot like Dark Souls In an update to theofficialBloodbornewebsite, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has detailed the various modes of online play that will be available. Real-time Modes Co-Op When a host player uses the “Hunter Calling Bell” item, guests will receive a notification and can use the “Resonant Bell” item to heed the call. The objective is to work together to beat a boss. The session will end if the host disconnects or dies, if the guests die, or if the “Separating Shot” item is used to return to single-player....

I know, it’s not the most exotic of headlines, but that friggin’ game name takes up almost the entire character limit. Anyway, here are some screens for theSouth ParkXBLA game that was announced way back in 2008 and has only just started to take shape. As the name suggests,South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!is a “tower defense” game. It looks to perfectly recreate the shoddy art style of theSouth Parkcartoon, and the series characters are joined by robots and gun turrets in their quest to stop encroaching hordes of old people, hippies and ginger kids....

You better buy this game or you’re grounded, mister Nintendo have announced that outrageous RPG titleSouth Park: The Fractured But Wholeis coming to Switch next month. The 2017 adventure features the kids from the Comedy Central TV show your mate likes to quote incessantly, as they don superhero personas in a battle for control of the sleepy Colorado town. The game is already available on on PS4, PC and Xbox One....

Split/Secondis already a unique take on the racing/kart racing genre, and from what I’ve played it’s about as awesome as they come. The demo is out, you don’t have to take my word for it. But what if they threw in even more explosive (literally) ways to race. Survival Mode seems to do that. The video above lays out everything Survival Mode is about. Basically, you’re awarded points for passing big rigs on a never ending track....

Whether you use Steam or not, anyone who’s a gamer knows it’s the biggest digital platform for PC. Valve’s storefront has been a staple in the modern gaming world for two decades, but with that power, there comes a decent amount of backlash. This time it’s from the UK. According to a recent report from theBBC, Steam is being sued, with accusations that the Valve Corporation is “using its market dominance to overcharge 14 million people in the UK....

This isn’t over yet, huh? Much to my dismay, the Steam Holiday Sale is still going on. Maybe it’ll never end. Maybe discounted PC games are the new standard. And then Valve will further slash the prices of select games — causing a sale within a sale — a paradox capable of ripping apart the fabric of this fragile existence. Don’t enable Valve and its world-ending ways. Daily Deals: The current Flash Sales areDead Island($4....

…and yes, there will be codes. Now that Max is back in full health (he was looking a tad sickly on Tuesday’s show), we’re ready to resume our semi-regularly scheduled Friday live show program. I say semi, because we’ll be starting an hour later than usual today to observe the holy tradition of daylight savings. Head over toYouTube.com/DTOIDat4:30pm PSTtoday to hear our take on theSaints Row IVannouncement, get the scoop onDishonored‘s latest DLC, figure out whether or not you should buyDead Space 3: Awakened, and watch in horror as I repeatedly probe Max in the face with a giant purple dildo....