If you’ve been playingPhasmophobiafor a while now, you’ll know thatdeveloper Kinetic Games has been planning a big update. Essentially, the team is looking to reset all progress for players, ready for what is being referred to as the “Progression” update, which was due to be coming in three stages from July onwards. However, the studio is putting a slight pause on this, with “Progression 1” now being pushed back two weeks so it can be given “a bit more love and care....

At the Google Developer Day conference within GDC, Niantic Labs, developer ofPokemon Go, announced that they had hit 650 million downloads as of this week. More updates are planned, and according to CTO Phil Keslin, players have walked from the Earth to Pluto, with 5.4 billion miles earned. What’s important to takeaway from this number is that we can see just how much the game has grown within the past six months....

For PS3 and PS Vita While there’s plenty of sneaking involved, the game has a faster pace thanks to its platforming roots. You don’t have to love the stealth genre to dig this. But you should love (or at least not hate) exploding bodies, because that’s what happens when you get caught. And you will get caught. PlayStation Plus: Stealth Inc. A Clone in the Dark Free for Members[PlayStation Blog]...

Ice to see you again When I saw thatDonkey Kong Countrywas coming back in the form ofReturnslive at E3 so many years ago, I couldn’t hold back a cheer. It’s a series that meant a lot to me ever since Rare took up the mantle and brought Diddy Kong into this world, and Retro Studios did right by it. It’s a feat, then, thatTropical Freezeis even better. Even when Nintendo charges $10 more for it for a re-release....

Samba De Amigo: Party Centralisout now, to the rejoice of anyone craving a Latin-themed music game. The original game produced by Yuji Naka received several ports since its 1999 release, but this marks the first proper sequel since then. Party Centrallaunched with an exciting and colorful trailer featuring its cast dancing toMr. Worldwide. It’s a stylistic choice I approve of, as a Miami native. Beyond marking the revival of a classic franchise,Samba De Amigo: Party Centralfills a hole for more stylized rhythm games....

Team17 and Piraknights Gameshave announcedSintopia, a god game where you play as the devil. Wait… It’s a management game where you manage Hell. That’s better. It’s set to release in Early Access sometime in 2025. The trailer and press materials don’t really do a great job of explaining what goes on inSintopia, but I’ll do my best here. It has two sides to its gameplay. There’s Hell, where you gain profit by punishing people for their sins....

Insomniac’s punk-rock parkour has a new home In news that might be apropos of nothing, Sony Interactive Entertainmenthas officially trademarkedtheSunset Overdrivebrand, making the former Xbox exclusive an officially owned Sony IP. When developer Insomniac Games took its crazy, hypercolor shooter to Microsoft way back in 2011, part of the exclusivity deal was Insomniac retaining ownership of theSunset OverdriveIP. Insomniac Games would, of course, be purchased by SIE in August 2019, bringingSpider-Manand other Insomniac brands into the Sony portfolio....

A February 20 livestream When I finishedNieR: Automatapre-launch, I was blown away: I knew that at the very least, the conversation around it would carry on throughout various niche locales and it would be remembered, to some degree, forever. Welp, it’s far exceeded even Square Enix’s expectations, as the little Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames vehicle that could ship a whopping 3.5 million copies across the PC, PS4 and Xbox One platforms by the end of 2018....

Giving the Tales series a little Boost I’ve been asked a number of times whichTales Ofgame is the best for a newcomer. For a series that’s been around for such a long time, there’s still a fair number of folks trying to get into it, and that’s no different forTales of Arise; its big visual overhaul alone has drawn in people who otherwise might look over this new RPG. Usually I recommend the commonly available standards, likeVesperiaorSymphonia, or even the most recent,Berseria....

‘Mathematical masculinity’ Get our own Jonathan Holmes and Action Button Entertainment’sTim Rogersin a room together and magic will happen. Here the two are at PAX East discussingVideoball, a “real-time strategy shooting sports game” that’s far deeper than its simplistic art would seem to indicate. “The original idea for this was I wanted to make a game as deep asStarCraftthat used only one button and all of my ideas were really bad … This is definitely, absolutely not that,” explains Tim....

Plus an online tournament mode With how seriouslyTekken 7is taking itself with its story, I was worried there wouldn’t be room for the series’ trademark goofiness. Luckily, we can put those fears to bed as Kuma and Panda will be joining the roster when the sequel finally hits consoles. This trailer hits hard with cuteness right off the bat with new character portraits, new looks, and a peek at the two characters’ version of Rage Arts,Tekken 7‘s new mechanic....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Personally, I’m REALLY looking forward toAliens: Colonial Marines. It looks badass, and it’s FINALLY COMING OUT! Today, Chris did his Carter’s Quest on theDevil May Cryseries, Jim gave his impressions on theDead Space 3demo, Allistair previewed the newDisney Infinitygame (and all it’s extraneous purchase points) and more happened on the 16th of January, 2013. Destructoid Originals:Exclusive: Legend of Zelda Twilight Symphony samples100% Series Retrospective: Devil May CryOffice Chat: Infinite horizons and limited vision...

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Sequels can be very rewarding for a player if done right. Instead of offering something as basic as a continuation on a familiar style of gameplay, some videogame sequels are full of plot twists and references to earlier games in the series, giving players who have stuck with the series from the beginning a real sense of satisfaction....