Disney Infinity 3.0’s Inside Out Play Set is the most child-oriented one yet

Good with kids I was finally able to seeInside Outin theaters recently, and although I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, I mostly came away unimpressed. While I loved the internal bits with the emotions themselves (albeit, with a bit too much slapstick), the external parts with Riley and her family were a bit too derivative for me. That’s why I was excited for theDisney Infinity 3.0Play Set, which takes place entirely within Riley’s imagination....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Isaiah Allen

Don’t Starve’s Reign of Giants DLC out on Steam

Coming soon to the PS4 For those of you who have experienced countless deaths inDon’t Starve, countless more await with the addition of theReign of GiantsDLC, which debuted on Steam today. After you download the add-on you can basically toggle it on or off on the main menu, granting you access to new items, characters (Wigfrid and Webber), enemies, an extra save slot, and more seasons (spring and summer). This is technically an Early Access product, but it seems to be essentially finished....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Frederick Bender

Dust off your Minesweeper skills for Dreamsweeper

Etherlight and Oatmello have their gameDreamsweeperreleasing in two dayson June 24, 2025. It’s a strange mix of dungeon crawler roguelite and the classic game of murky origins,Minesweeper. It’s not often that you seeMinesweeperbleed into other games. The classic of early Windows computers had you searching a field of blocks while trying to – counter to its name – avoid mines. Your only way of locating the mines is by numerical hints that appear beside cleared blocks that let you know how many mines border on a given square....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Tracy Martin

E3 10: First look at XCOM

WhenXCOMwas first announced, it’s safe to say that some people were left unhappy. After all, waiting years for a newXCOMgame only to be greeted with a first-person-shooter instead of a unique strategy game is sure to sting. I got an opportunity to watch a demo ofXCOMat E3, and have come away with a good idea of how the game will turn out. Read on for Destructoid’s first look atXCOM. The first thing that immediately jumps out when viewing this game is how striking the fifties aesthetic is....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 835 words · Casey Barber

Even if you skip the Epic Games Store’s Black Friday sale, make sure you grab MudRunner for free

Save some cash on those timed exclusives Even if you aren’t proactively hunting down Black Friday gaming deals, it’s still worth popping over to the Epic Games Store this week to claimMudRunner– a sim game about trudging through “untamed landscapes” with big burly vehicles–while it’s completely free until Thursday, December 3. That’s the same day the Epic Game Store’sBlack Friday salewill come to a close. What looks good?Watch Dogs: Legion($44....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Michelle Adams

Every Nightingale Building Blueprint available at Essence Traders

There is a long list of building options inNightingale,and as you progress further through the game, unlocking higher difficulty Realms as you go, you’ll find more and more Building Blueprints up for grabs from Essence Traders in those Realms. So far, there are eight different styles of building, all of which can be mixed and matched, so you’re really only limited by your imagination and how many Essences you have. I’ve broken these up into the different architectural styles to help you figure out how many Essences you need and where you have to go in order to complete an entire building set....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Neil Miller

Far Cry 3 gameplay trailer burning at seams with tropes

A new video ofFar Cry 3surfaced onGameTrailersyesterday, complete with action-movie white knight antics. Of course, wouldn’t you know it, with the building on fire and on the verge of collapse Jason Brody frees his girlfriend and escapes just in the nick of time. Cue massive explosion as the two ride off into the sunset. Damn, that sounded pretty jaded and misanthropic. Being the follow-up to one of my favorite games of this generation, I’m actuallypretty excitedabout this game....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Hannah Cain

Forums, we have them: February 2012

Pictured from left to right: John Hodgman,the Sixth Doctor, and Steve-Dave. Oh hi! Welcome to the February edition of Forums, we have them, the sort-of-monthly post in which we remind you that we have Forums. Just so you know: We have Forums. Oh, the Forums we have! It’s a new year, and that means it’s time once again to start obsessively tracking the media you consume! Digtastik has vidja games covered with the2012 Completed Games Threadand Gatsby is taking care of pretty much everything else with2012: The Year We Complete Books, Movies, and TV Shows....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 604 words · Jasmine Romero

Gal Gun Returns cancelled on Xbox One after ‘productive discussions’ with Microsoft

Super Sexual Shooter suffers ‘consistency issues’ Developer Inti Creates has announced that it is cancelling the Xbox One port of its upcoming remasterGal Gun Returns, despite development having reached completion on the Microsoft platform. In a statement posted to Twitter yesterday, Inti Creates said that whileGal Gun Returnshas a fully finished master ROM ready for review, ongoing discussions with Microsoft have led to the decision to cancel the Xbox port altogether, citing that the developer could no longer “ensure consistency of experience” across all platforms....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Linda Johnson

Gamecock’s Mike Wilson announces running mate

After thenews announcement yesterdaythat Gamecock president Harry Miller was boldly supporting current ESA prez Mike Gallagher rather than his business partner, Mike Wilson, the general consensus around the Dtoid offices was that someone was pulling our chain. It wasn’t the news so much as the statements issued by Wilson and Miller that seemed .. almost comedic. Here’s a snippet from Wilson’s statement to Game Informer: “My fellow game industrians, I ask you to look past all the noise and mudslinging you’re likely to see and hear as we approach the all important Los Angeles primary next week, and our BE-3 initiative, taking place very near the belly of the current administration’s beast in the LA Convention center....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 213 words · Amy Simpson

Halo devs will ‘talk about’ split-screen co-op for the next game

It’s not supported in Halo 5 Halo 5: Guardiansdroppedsplit-screen cooperative play, a series staple, in favor of maintaining a smooth frame rate. The game does support online co-op, but it’s just not the same. We’ve grown so accustomed to going through thesecampaignswith our buddies in the same room. Speaking toGamesRadar, franchise director Frank O’Connor admitted the resulting feedback from fans has been “huge,” but “realistically, forHalo 5, it’s not something we can just throw in a patch....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · David Jackson

Helldivers 2 Viper Commandos Warbond adds throwing knives and the very first vehicle customizations next week

Arrowhead Game Studios has announced the next Warbond coming toHelldivers 2, Viper Commandos. This one is jungle warfare-themed and will arrive early next week, bringing brand new elements to the game that we’ve never seen before. The Viper Commandos Warbond launches inHelldivers 2onJune 13, 2024, adding a slew of interesting new weapons and vehicle cosmetics for the first time. Any players who purchase it can unlock new skins for their Pelican, Hellpod, and Exosuits, all of which will look fantastic when you’re battling through thick foliage on Terminid worlds in search of objectives to complete....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Erika Wilson

Here’s how MediEvil’s new demo compares to the original

PlayStation Underground takes me back The upcomingMediEvilremake got alimited time demo a few weeks backthat was based off of the original PS1 demo. Released on the PlayStation Underground demo disc (that takes me back), it was the first taste anyone got of Sir Daniel Fortesque’s adventure from beyond the grave. It’s also super nostalgic for a select group of people, myself included. To celebrate the remake, Sony recreated the demo as the new demo....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Andrea Harrison