Where does Cyberpunk 2077 take place?

As fictional stories often do,Cyberpunk 2077takes place in a city that doesn’t exist in the real world. Night City was created for the original tabletop game, and it’s where CD Projekt Red decided to set their game, too. But there’s quite a bit more to it than that. What is Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City? Night City is a fictional mega city located between Los Angeles and San Francisco in what we know as California....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Sarah Arellano

Wonderful 101’s Hideki Kamiya chats with Nintendo CEO

(Iwata laughs) The latestIwata Asksis positively delightful as Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata chats up Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya, director of the upcoming Wii U titleWonderful 101and a bunch of vaunted Clover classics (Viewtiful Joe,Okami). Kamiya starts answering questions about how he got into videogames, describing a childhood in which he braved a bully’s home just to play games because he had none. “Every time, I’d come home having been punched,” Kamiya said, “but I’d go again the next day....

May 16, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · Christine Freeman

WoW: The War Within San’Layn Death Knight Hero Talents

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Death Knight class is the San’layn. It is one of three Hero Talents available for Death Knight alongside Deathbringer and Rider of the Apocalypse. San’layn is available to both Unholy and Blood Death Knights. Here are all of the Hero Talents for San’layn Death Knight inWoW: The War Within. All San’layn Death Knight Hero Talents San’layn excel at using blood and shadow magic to weaken their enemies and empower their own capabilities....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Chase Salazar

Xbox’s PC app can predict whether your computer can handle a game before you download

Finally, no more guesswork My entire gaming life, I’ve had some pretty crappy computers. At one point, I was playing endless amounts ofStardewValleyon an old Lenovo ThinkPad that I used in college, but it didn’t really matter because that game could run on a toaster. I once tried to playBioShock Infiniteon that same laptop… that one didn’t go so well. I’ve upgraded a bit since then, but it’s still a gamble whether or not a game I bought on my PC is going to run on my secondhand gaming laptop....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Christina Conner

Yep, Twisted Metal is getting an online pass

DespiteDavid Jaffe statinghe didn’t want one,Twisted Metalis getting itself a lovely, shiny, pretty little online pass. Because inconveniencing all your customers is what gaming is all about. It’s absolutely not suprising, becauseSony told Destructoidthat it planned to put online pass in pretty much every single game it publishes. Nevertheless, I fully intend to post a story for every online pass I see, because it will never become banal or boring to me....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Barbara Sanders

10 best books for True Crime sleuths

No matter how much anyone tries to deny it, there’s something infinitely captivating about the potential darkness of the human mind. Call it morbid curiosity, but it’s fascinating to realize the depths of depravity that some people are capable of reaching. The True Crime genre is rife with tales of murder, betrayal, and darkness. If you want a glimpse into the darkness of a murderer’s mind or a deep dive into their childhood to try and figure out what made them turn out the way they did, there’s something out there for every purpose....

May 15, 2025 · 6 min · 1154 words · Amanda Moran

An expansion for The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is already in the works

Will feature a bestiary and mod support Afterbirth, the expansion toThe Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which was just released last month, already has some DLC being planned. This expansion of an expansion is tentatively being calledAfterbirth+. Afterbirth+will of course feature some new bosses, new items, and new transformations. But the coolest new features include a bestiary and mod support. The bestiary will provide information about all the enemies Isaac comes across in the game, letting players know how many of them have been killed and how many times they have killed the player....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Jasmine Gibson

Come meet the English voice cast for Persona 5

Up first: The protagonist After playing a game, do you ever look up the voice cast and trace their history only to learn that, “Oh whoa, he also playedthat guy? And he was inthat show? What the?!” (Semi-related: I’m still not over the fact that Uncle Phil fromThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Airwas alsoTMNT‘s Shredder.) Atlus has come out with the English voice cast for next year’sPersona 5, and I’ll save you the trouble with a Fun Fact regarding “the protagonist,” who is played by Xander Mobus....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Kelly Murray

Commander Shepard figure revealed

[As originally posted onTomopop] After months of tantalizing production updates from the fine folks atHyperchild,theMass Effect: Commander Shepard figure has finally been revealed. Beginning in November, Hyperchild have walked us step by step through painstaking production process, and unlikeother figures with epic development timelines, doesn’t disappoint in the least. Granted, this isn’t the Commander Shepard of your own creation, a slight drawback completely compensated for by dint of the attention paid to the most minute details and obvious craftsmanship that have gone into the piece....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Daniel Rodriguez

Dead Rising is destined for PS4, PC, and Xbox One

A recent list of Trophies forDead Risingposted toExophasesuggested that Capcom had plans to bring the 2006 open-world zombie action game to PlayStation 4. Wouldn’t that be nice? Today, the company confirmed that specific port and much more toEurogamer.Dead Risingis heading to PS4, PC, and Xbox One. What’s more,Dead Rising 2andDead Rising 2: Off the Record“will make their way onto” PS4 and Xbox One. “We will have more news to share soon,” Capcom said in a statement....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Angela Johnson

Dragon Ball Sparking Zero: Best Ability Items listed

Ability items inDragon Ball Sparking Zerocan often make a massive difference, especially so if you’re participating in a challenging battle. There are several ways to obtain these Ability items inside the game. While some are exclusive to summonings from Shenron and Porunga, others can be found inside the shop. You can simply spend your Zeni to buy them and use them for any character you like. With 50 different choices, it can be hard to select the best ones to use....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 209 words · Brandon Mason

Dynasty Warriors 6 image and info palooza

On a whim, I decided to check out the lovely KOEI resource site,KOEI Warriorsand saw that over the weekend, those fine followers of all things hack n’ slash have put up a veritable treasure trove of goodies for theDynasty Warriorscult on Destructoid to drool over.Dynasty Warriors 6‘sofficial sitelaunched just yesterday and with it came a few tidbits of information alongside screenshots and a few CG artworks of the traditionally reimagined characters....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Kevin Swanson

EVE Valkyrie is jetting off to Oculus-competitor Vive

It’ll be on all major VR platforms Even thoughEVE Valkyriewas pegged as one of the Oculus’ flagship launch titles, that doesn’t mean that CCP has any particular loyalty to Oculus.EVE Valkyrieis free to spread its wings and soar off to as many different platforms as it pleases. Another one got confirmed today. In atweetfrom theEVE Valkyrieaccount, CCP congratulated Valve and HTC on the Vive’s launch. Then, it was announced that the game will come to Vive in 2016....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Samuel Ellis