It’s still March! I like when companies channel their April Fools’ Day creativity into something real as opposed to just announcing a phony product or service that really ought to exist. This year, Google has another fun interactive gag for us with a playable tribute toPac-Manhoused withinGoogle Maps. Simply find an area on the map — preferably one that doesn’t have poorly laid-out roads — and click thePac-Manbutton on the lower left of your screen right next to the Google Earth icon....

The list is, uh, interesting, right? I was very excited when,at yesterday’s E3 Conference, Xbox’s Phil Spencer announced that “BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY!” was coming to Xbox One. I thought that I’d be able to pander to nostalgia at a whim, grab any one of the 300+ Xbox 360 games I have sitting up my spare room and go to town without having to dick around changing wires/cables (first world problem, I know)....

Following the announcement ofPentimentandGroundedheading to the Nintendo Switch, it seems likeHi-Fi Rushis slamming its way onto the PS5 this March. The reveal arrived a bit earlier than intended, mind. It seems Bethesda’sLATAM YouTube channelpulled the trigger a little too early, confirming the game’s release on Sony’s console on March 18. The video was swiftly taken down. But an official announcement will probably arrive shortly, now that the cat has officially escaped the bag....

Warframe’sresident big boi, Grendel, is getting the Prime treatment. That means Grendel Prime Relics are up for grabs in the game. If you are wondering what you need to get your hands on the gilded version of Grendel, then we have everything you need to know right here. All Grendel Prime Relics To build Grendel Prime, you must farm the Ltih G8, Neo S18, Axi G11, and Meso B8 Relics....

Get good at your job Octopath Traveler 2’sjob classes may not be as varied as a game likeBravely Default II, but they offer plenty of choices for players to customize their gameplay experience. Unfortunately, grinding job points is a tough deal, which is where theOctopath Traveler 2JP Augmentor comes into play. Octopath Traveler 2JP Augmentor, explained The JP Augmentor is an essential accessory item forOctopath Traveler 2players. In general, you gain two types of points when you finish a battle: experience points (XP) and job points (JP)....

It must have been an exciting experience for Anita Sarkeesian during herTropes vs. Women in Video Games Kickstarter project. Broadcast under the name of her hosting site, Feminist Frequency, where Tropes vs. Women originally gained internet popularity, theproposed gaming-centric seasonof the video series easily met its funding total of $6,000 after only one day. This was testament to the demand for a high-quality critique of the medium through a feminist lens....

Miss Piggy was Jigsaw all along — so obvious! In movie sequel news (aka nearly all movie news), the eighth and probably not-finalSawfilm,Jigsaw, has a new trailer and a new teaser poster to accompany it.If you’re unaware of the timeline, allow me to give you a quick recap: Jigsaw, the character behind this title, and the villain of the franchise, died (or not) inSaw 3; then, we gotSaw 7, akaSaw: The Final Chapterback in 2009; then, they decided to make anotherSawmovie anyway: to hell with words and their meanings!...

More fuel on the fire While we still don’t know anything official or on the record about the nature of Nintendo’s upcoming NX gaming hardware, pretty much everyone is expecting it to be a new home console of some sort that will take on the role of a Wii U successor in some shape or form. While Nintendo still has not confirmed this, third-party publishers are slowly painting a picture of the nature of the hardware....

From September 26 to October 3 This week’s free Epic Games Store titles are an unlikely pair: David OReilly’sEverything, a simulated adventure about playing as, well, (almost) everything, andMetro 2033 Redux, the start of 4A’s atmospheric shooter series. If you’re reading this article before October 3, you’re not too late! Everythingis a novel experience–one I think many of us can appreciate but plenty of people didn’t necessarily want to pay full price for at launch....

Bang, bang, you’re dead I’ve never really been a fan of theJust Causeseries, but this new trailer forJust Cause 3shown at Microsoft’s gamescom press conference taught me everything I need to know.Just Cause 3is rock music, silliness, and over-the-top explosions. I guess sign me up for a big action shooter game. We also got a look at some cool-looking villain types with some creepy, awesome voice acting and a reminder that the game is launching pretty soon....

The anime and manga seriesInitial Dis based around illegal street racing, and has maintained it’s popularity with fans for some time. The series has since made the transition to popular racing game, eventually hitting consoles and arcades everywhere. In your travels, you may have come across SEGA’sInitial D Arcade Stagecabinets in bigger arcades, but it’s unlikely that you’ve stumbled onto one like this. Visitors to the fun little entertainment island of Odaiba, Japan should make their way to SEGA’s Joypolis amusement park this summer to see a special revision of theInitial D Arcade Stage 4 Limitedarcade game using real cars....

If you’ve been reading Destructoid with any regularity, you know that we love us someAdventure Time. I side quite happily with my Dtoid kin, having been enamored with the program for some time now. Perhaps it was meant to be. Before I ever watched the show, someone told me that if I was to have a theme song, it would be theAdventure Timetheme, to which I chuckled sans context, but, now in the know, can’t help but agree with....

There are three reasons I’m posting this little factoid. One: Any chance to promoteJoe Dangershould be taken. Two: It’s a relatively interesting fact that only 10 percent of people completed one of the best downloadable games out there. 3: It comes from anincredibly interesting readby Joe Danger developer Sean Murray. In the blog post he discusses why game length actually matters, but not in the way you think or in the way we normally talk about game length....