Get Packed: Fully Loaded is a pleasant co-op surprise

The Stadia-only window has ended, so now you can play it on Steam, PS4, and Xbox One As of this weekend, I’ve played through two co-op party-action games about moving, and you know what? I don’t thinkMoving OutandGet Packed: Fully Loadedwill be the last. I’d be fine with that fate, too — even if I would prefer entirely new spins on theOvercookedformula with as-yet-unseen activities. Moving, in video game form at least, can be fun....

July 15, 2025 · 5 min · 945 words · Megan Stewart

Giveaway: Take a key for the exclusive Cloak of the Vine transmute for Neverwinter

Exclusive to giveaways! [UPDATE: We’re out of keys, but our sister sitePC Invasionstill has some!] Take one of our keys in this exclusive giveaway forNeverwinteron PC! Popular MMONeverwinterhas just launched its biggest expansion to date, making the already massive online game even massive-er! Are you going to venture into theUndermountain? If so, then take one of these cloaks. It’s on the house 🙂 MMOs confuse and terrify me, so I’ll let Cryptic Studios tell you what’s new!...

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Casey Beck

Giveaway: We’ve got 69 (nice) keys to give away for helicopter shooter Comanche

The perfect number We’ve got a Steam giveaway going for helicopter shooterComanche! Well, this is an unexpected surprise: THQ Nordic has brought backComancheas a modern chopper battler. It’s got online multiplayer, some single player missions, drone, killer helicopters — it’s got pretty much everything you’d expect from the series. We’ve got 69 (nice) Early Access keys to give away so you can give it a shot for yourself. Take one before they’re gone!...

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Jake Mccall

Gravity Ghost’s zen planetoid platforming coming on January 26

Mac and Windows now, Linux a bit later Funny, I feel like Ijust postedabout the release date for a delayed indie game featuring voice work by Ashly Burch and music from some of my favorite composers. Talk about déjàvu. In contrast toThere Came an Echo,Gravity Ghosta chill platformer rather than a stressful strategy game. Intoday’s post on the development blog, designer Erin Robinson dropped news of the release date, and it is soon....

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Jason Johnson

Guilty Gear’s Baiken coming to claim heads in Samurai Shodown

Was there ever any doubt? Delightful news this morning as adropped trailerhas quietly revealed thatGuilty Gear‘s savvy samurai Baiken will be a guest DLC character in tactical slasherSamurai Shodown. Could there be anyone more befitting? While neither Arc System Works nor SNK have officially commented on the video, the trailer states that Baiken will be available to purchase on August 18, the latest contender inSamurai Shodown‘s third season of DLC warriors....

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Angela Stephens

Halfbrick talks to us about Raskulls and why it rocks

Raskullsis a game we’ve been keeping a very close eye on at Destructoid. Halfbrick Studios’ upcoming XBLA game is cute, funny, and looking to be a delightful mix of platforming, racing, andMr. Drillerblock breaking. I think it will rock, but I’m not doingallof this game’s PR work for it. I had Halfbrick itself explain the game. “Skeletons get such a bad rap these days,” says Halfbrick’s Phil Larsen. “How come every time you see a skeleton, he’s running around with a sword and a shield or trying to be scary or something like that?...

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · David Knox

Here are the winners of Destructoid’s PAX East 2015 community choice award!

We snuck around the convention and surprised these 10 games Recently, amidst the hubbub of PAX East news and previews, we had the audacity to ask you tovote for your favorite gameon the show floor. The nerve of us! Forcing you to choose from such a vast array of amazing videogames! Well, vote you did, and the results point to yet another amazing year for gaming. Read on to see which awards took home the prize!...

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Daniel Cabrera

Hideo Kojima reveals the opposition he received from “peers, colleagues, and relatives” when he went independent

Following his departure from Konami, Hideo Kojima launched an independent career. It seems to have been a smart choice though, as he recently revealed, it wasn’t easy to convince others that it was possible. According to his recent Tweet, his peers, colleagues, and relatives expressed doubts concerning his plan to go independent. It appears that it wasn’t that they had no faith in his abilities. Instead, it was because they held the belief that it “was impossible without the financial and organizational strength of a company....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Melanie Navarro

Hit Indie RPG Sea of Stars is getting three player couch co-op

I would argueSea of Starswas the best indie game of 2023. I’d even go as far as saying it deserved more space in the game of the year conversation, but that’s an argument for another time. With 5 million copies sold, Sabotage Studio has announced a new co-op mode coming to the RPG in a future update. Sea of Stars is getting three-player couch co-op Sea of Starsjust surpassed 5 million copies sold, and as a reward, players are getting ‘Single Player+’ mode, teased in a new trailer....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Shari Lewis

How to craft a Big Chest in Stardew Valley

It doesn’t matter what you’re playing, there’s always one thing that you’re in constant need of – storage.Stardew Valleyis no different, but there’s a new Chest to help with this — the Big Chest. While a regular Chest has 36 slots, the Big Chest has 70 slots, so it’s worth crafting this improved storage option. You don’t even need to move anything from your Chests to a new Big Chest, because the Big Chest can be placed on top of a regular Chest....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Alexander Estes

How to explore the library in minding your own business quest Hogwarts Legacy

The spookiest quest in the game, easily Hogwarts Legacyhas a PlayStation-exclusive quest in the form of “Mind Your Own Business,” and folks, it’s great, as the platform-exclusive-crow flies. At one point, you’ll need to explore a haunted library with next to no instructions or Revelio cheats, making it one of the more interesting quests in the game. Here’s how to actually get through said library. You’ll explore the library through perspective shifting, and generally, just running around As the player gains access to the library midway through the quest, you’ll enter a large room that looks, well, like a library....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Kelly Hamilton

How to fix the Destiny 2 Chicken error code

Destiny 2has some of the best-named error codes around. While all of them will prevent you from playing, their names can at least make you laugh through the pain. One of the strangest ones I’ve ever encountered is theDestiny 2Chicken error code. The Chicken error code inDestiny 2is bizarre because the reasoning behind it doesn’t seem to line up with when players experience it. I’ve found this firsthand because the error is, broadly speaking, linked to your connection to the internet....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Angela Dawson

Hyperkin reveal ‘Ultra Game Boy’ prototype handheld

The destroyer of my eyes returns to finish the job Hyperkin have revealed details of a new device currently in development at the peripheral manufacturer. The tentatively-titled “Ultra Game Boy” is designed to be a remake of one of the greatest selling consoles of all-time, brought up to speed with modern day display tech. For all intents and purposes, the Ultra Game Boy (spotted at CES byGizmondo) is no different from Nintendo’s multi-million-selling range....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Thomas Kelly