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Normally, it would be crass and undignified for me to tell you to “get your Big Boner ready” for a video game. Not so withShadows of the Damned, the remastered version of which is set to launch on June 24, 2025. Considering the themes and overall aesthetic of Garcia Hotspur’s hellish journey — a guy toting a demon bone-shooting Revolver, dubbed the ‘Boner’ — Halloween is the perfect time forShadows of the Damned: Hella Remasteredto debut....

Setting the stage Final Fantasy XVIpresents you with a few different options before you kick off your journey. There are option sliders and accessibility tools. But also, a setting to decide whether you want your experience to be more Story Focused or Action Focused. It can seem like a big thing to select the difficulty up front, so we’ll run down what the modes do, which one you should pick, and whether the choice is permanent (in short, mostly not)....

Lessons from the heart Solo: Islands of the Heartwill be making its way to consoles next week. Landing on PS4 andXbox OneJuly 31, 2019, andSwitchAugust 1, 2019, the game is an introspective puzzle platformer that gets you asking questions about your love life. It’s a very deep, charming game that I actuallyreviewed last year on PC. Then it was going simply asSolo, though I bet confusion with theStar Warsfilm prompted a name change....

Music to my ears EveryPokemonplayer has their favorite generation. The one that really kicks that nostalgia into overdrive above all others. For some, it’sRed/Blue, because that’s the only set of games they played and they never moved on beyond that. For others, it’sPokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, otherwise known as the “Sinnoh games.” I think that’s definitely the casefor Twitter user Petoke_028. Amazingly, that fan managed to re-create a classic theme of the Sinnoh games (Route 201) using nothing but two styluses....

Helping lift others Stray Fawnhas announcedthat they’ve scooped up the publishing duties for The Wandering Band’s upcoming city-builderAirborne Empire. The current plan is to launch it into Early Access in 2024. Airborne Empireis the sequel to 2020’sAirborne Kingdom, a game that I can’t believe I haven’t played. It’s a game about building floating cities! However, it also ties in exploration, as a flying city is the ultimate mobile home.Airborne Empirewill introduce pilots into the mix, making it so you’ll have to defend your city, as well as the cities on the surface....

Grabbin’ peels. Left 4 Deadin Japanese arcades? It’s more likely than you think. Actually, it’s definitely going to happen. Taito’s been teasing a “Project Z” for some time now for itsNesica arcade systems, but today theofficial sitehas been updated with a teaser image emblazoned with theLeft 4 Deadlogo and Valve copyright information. So, it’s aL4Dgame, but is it a simple arcade adaptation or something different entirely? An arcade version ofLeft 4 Deadwouldn’t be so bad, actually, even though it’s highly unlikely we’d ever see a Western release....

Seriously, go tell him It sounds like thatshow based onMystis one step closer to happening. Legendary Television has the rights already, with Evan Daugherty (Divergent) writing and Matt Tolmach (The Amazing Spider-Man) producing.According to Deadline, streaming site Hulu has commissioned a script for the show that, if approved, will result in a series order. Talk ofMystin the Destructoid office led to an odd realization: I first played the revered (and also reviled) adventure game on my uncle’s PC and, no joke, Kyle did the same....

There was a lot of great news about Sony today.Killzone 2is coming out at the end of the week, the PSP is gettingLittleBigPlanet, Rock BandandAssassin’s Creedand there’s a Hannah Montana PSP coming out too! OH MY GOSH! The winner will be picked at random whenever I wake up Wednesday morning, which is usually around 10:00AM Pacific. Destructoid Original:Podtoid 88: Toucan riderRetRose Tinted: Agent-X 2Game Debate to the Death! No More Heroes VS Metroid Prime 3: Corruption...

Check out everything Destructoid did today That’s the secret subtitle ofMake Music, Throw Music: A Yoshi’s Island Tribute, as far as I’m concerned. Why nobody thought to takeYoshi’s Island‘s sounds and compose original music with them before is beyond me. This should have happened years ago. Come on, artists! I will accept this free album as payment for your negligence. If freeYoshi’s Island-inspired music isn’t your bag, Destructoid brought you a preview of the intriguing Borderlands Legends, Flixist put out a review forSilent Hill: Revelations 3D, and so much more happened on this fine Friday....

I love Talk Like A Pirate day, despite the fact that I don’t ever remember to participate. My friends Captain Dan and the Scurvy crew celebrate it every single day however (in fact, it’s Dan’s real birthday). This is a song from last year’s event. These guys are great fun, and were even onAmerica’s Got Talentthis past season (where they were unceremoniously voted off before even getting 30 seconds into their song)....

No sign of William Devane This week’s Arcade Archives addition from Hamster is not only an iconic action classic, but also happens to be one of my favorite retro games of all time — Now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, it’s Namco’s super-challenging pioneer of the run ‘n’ gun genre,Rolling Thunder. Released in arcades in 1986, before being released on a huge variety of home computers and consoles,Rolling Thundersees the WCPO dispatch its top “not James Bond honest” agent, Albatross, tasked with infiltrating the clandestine headquarters of the apocalyptic terrorist organization “GELDRA”....

DLC is the way to be Steam constantly improves itself, adding new features for us all the time. The latest beta client update includes DLC improvements, which adds in a “DLC view” to better see your add-on content. It not only shows your currently owned add-ons, but also what’s installed. It’s a neat feature since some DLC is bigger than base games these days. There’s also a few minor fixes like push to talk improvements, and your “recent” list will include both purchases and played titles....

Such a high-energy trailer The Witcher 2: Assassin’s of Kingsdeveloper CD Projekt RED has released itsREDKitsuite of mod tools in open beta as a free download — you’ll just need to own the game to partake. This has been a long time coming and should result in some quality user-made stories. I always tell myself I’ll one day attempt to get into modding, but that desire never pans out in a meaningful way....