Reminder: Gravity Rush 2’s online features will be shut down this month

And the first screw up of 2018 will go to Sony! Although we are not even a week into 2018, the first gaming disappointment of the year will be upon us this month. As we reportedlast year, the online portion ofGravity Rush 2will be shut down on January 19. This in turn will mean some parts of the game will be forever lost, while others will have an extended grind....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Gary Bruce

Remnant 2’s third DLC The Dark Horizon drops September 24, along with a brand new Boss Rush game mode

After atwo-month delay,Remnant 2is finally ready to launch its third and final DLC, titledThe Dark Horizon. That’s not all, though! Here’s everything new coming with the new update on September 24, whether you own the DLC or not. The Dark Horizons of N’Erud The Dark HorizonDLC features a new storyline set in the desolate alien landscapes of N’Erud. Explore new levels and dungeons using a new glider traversal system. We only got a brief look at the new locations in the trailer, but it looks like it has a more vertical layout that would make gliding useful....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Amber Knight

Remnants of Ice Climbers found in Smash Bros. 3DS

A glitch uncovers a Nana and Popo chant It’s public knowledge at this point thatthe Ice Climbers were removedfromSmash Bros. 3DSbecause of hardware limitations. Because Sakurai wanted complete character parity between the 3DS and Wii U, they were taken out. But apparently some last remnant of them remains in the game, as player Gema Yue has allegedly uncovered an odd glitch in the Japanese version. If you play as Villager and KO at least two Dr....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Ashlee Gibbs

Resident Evil 2 has a RE3 remake tie-in achievement

Chasing Jill Resident Evil 2fans on Steam have waited weeks for more insight into a mysterious, unfinalized achievement. Today, we have a name and description: “Chasing Jill – Read a letter left behind by Jill.” As predicted, this Jill Valentine achievement ties into the newly-revealedResident Evil 3remake. There was alreadya Nemesis-sized holeinResident Evil 2‘s police station. At some point in the near future, there will be a letter to connect the dots even further....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · William Brock

Snippets of 3DS code found in Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Maybe a future release? Capcom stunned us all when they announcedMega Man Legacy Collection 2would not arrive on 3DS. PC, PS4, and Xbox One, sure, but despite the fact that the original arrived on Nintendo’s most recent portable (with an exclusive gold amiibo to boot), it was not to be in the sequel. Or at least, not right now. Based on a discovery from the PC edition, there seems to be legacy code involved with a non-existent 3DS version....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Anne Bailey

Spirittea’s demo delivers on adorable management and community sim gameplay

Simulators are a huge part of the gaming industry, and they’ve especially been seeing some love for the past few years after the success of games likeAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsandStardew Valley. This year it seems like there are more sims than ever, and simulators are one of my all-time favorite gaming genres, so I’m over the moon about it.Out of all the trailers for simulators we’ve seen this year, one thatcaught my eyewasSpirittea, which is being developed by Cheesemaster Games and published by No More Robots....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Ann Garner

Strafe is going to make 2017 feel like 1996 all over again

Devolver Digital is on board Steven Hansen… Steven Hansen. Where do I know that name from? Eh, maybe it’ll come to me later. Developer Pixel Titans has teamed up with Devolver Digital for its mid-’90s-feeling first-person shooter,Strafe, and that makes a whole lot of sense. The twoseem likethey’d be best buds. There’s a new trailer, too. What’s shown here looks noticeably better than what I played of the pre-alpha demo,which I enjoyed, and we’re still quite a ways off fromStrafe‘s release....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · William Hamilton

The Daily Hotness: Laughing fox

This is how I feel every day. Today,Jayson Napolitano released the second installment of his wonderful Noteworthy series, Jonathan Holmes talked toJoakim “Konjak” Sandberg about videogame design, as well as the newAdventure Timegame, a bunch of rad community stuff went down, and more!Destructoid Original:Podtoid records today, you little idiots!Note Worthy 002: Fez, Ridge Racer, Silent Hill, and moreTeam Fortress 2sdays: Diablo comes out this weekLive show: Playing Diablo III, so go help some kids!...

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Hannah Fisher

The Game Awards is hosting a vote for best user-created Fortnite Island inside Fortnite

10 islands enter, one island wins. The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley has orchestrated an in-game opportunity in which players can now vote on the battle royale title’s best user-created island of the year. The announcementcame from Keighley this afternoon. In collaboration with Nighttimes and Studio 568, the partnership has created a hub world thatFortniteplayers can travel to to vote in-game on what they believe is the best original locale out there....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Andrea Fernandez

The new JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure game looks…bizarre

No other way to describe it! JoJo’s Bizarre(not of D12 fame)Adventure: Eyes of Heavenis the newest brawler from CyberConnect2, and although it was released last December in Japan, it’s gearing up for a June 28 release in the west (July 1 in Europe). If you want a basic rundown of what you’re getting into, take a look at the adventures of Robert E.O. Speedwagon, Dio the vampire, and of course, Jotaro Kujo for yourself....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Shawn Elliott

The nominees for Destructoid Game of the Year 2011

This was an amazing year for videogames. So amazing, in fact, that it was really hard to pick the nominees for Destructoid Game of the Year. There were so many good games released in 2011 across different genres and platforms, that we almost just nominatedall of them. But that would have been kind of a lot, so we pulled it together and settled on a final five. Click on the video above to watch Tara and Max of the Destructoid Show reveal the five official nominees for Destructoid Game of the Year 2011....

May 27, 2025 · 5 min · 955 words · Anna Zamora

The Witcher 3 gets a massive update three years later for Chinese language support

Roughly 500MB The news thatThe Witcher 3just got simplified Chinese language support broke in the best way: as a response to a “what in the world did this 500MB update do” forum post. After questioning why CD Projekt Red pushed a huge new patch forThe Witcher 3, hoping it was new content, the company stepped in and gave a less exciting answer. I’ll include the entire post as it may impact your ability to mod the game: “We’ve added support for Simplified Chinese....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Wesley Fisher

These Dtoiders are dead ringers for famous game devs

I started watching this video and pulled a double take because I could swear I was actually looking at Gabe Newell, Tim Schafer, and Hideo Kojima in a new YouTube sitcom! What you see is an all-star cast of Destructoid community members coming together to make Internet magic —king3vbois Newell,Analogeis Schafer,Cutie Honeyis Kojima, andTonemanworks the camera. By the by, Cutie Honey is also the bro responsible for the amazingPodtoid animationfrom last month, so there’s that too....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Sylvia Holt