Of course, youcouldopt tonotrejoice if you were hoping for The Creative Assembly to return to a less ancient time period for its nextTotal Wartitle. That said, they were well-served in going back to the series’ roots withShogun 2(I would know!), so you can hardly blame ’em for revisiting my second-favoriteTotal Warsetting inRome II. The studio promises that they’ll be applying the lessons they’ve learned from refiningShogun 2and itsFall of the Samuraiexpansion and applying them on a much grander scale withRome II....

Publisher believes demand still high for veteran hardware While rumors of a successor to the smash-selling platform, Nintendo Switch, simply refuse to die, it seems that Nintendo itself still has plenty of faith in the now six-year-old hybrid platform. In fact, according to a report by Bloomberg, the publisher is ramping up production of Switch units for 2023. According to Bloomberg’s sources, Nintendo has already told its suppliers and production partners to prepare for an increase in unit manufacture for the coming fiscal year, which will begin in spring....

Your right hand comes off? Welcome back! It is a new Tuesday, which means tonight there will be a new episode of Spot Dodge: A Live Nintendo Podcast exclusively on Destructoid.Topics:The crew discusses the recent showcases for theResident EvilandSilent Hillfranchises.Resident Evil Village Gold Editionlooks excellent and Capcom finally shows off a ton ofResident Evil 4remake. Bloober Team has been tasked with a considerable job remakingSilent Hill 2— Can they pull it off?...

Isometric camera angles ain’t ever looked this good before! Cyberpunk as a genre has a seemingly endless ocean of material out there to consume, and with that comes plenty of games that dip into thatsea of inspiration.The Ascentis one of those games. Big dancing holograms? Check. A rainy atmosphere with flying vehicles and bright neon billboards everywhere? Check. An augmentation that sends out a cloud of charged nanites that rapidly gestate inside your enemies which, upon death, cause them to violently balloon up and explode, leaving behind just a pool of gib and blood around a skeleton?...

With all of theSoulsseries marketing blitzes, it’s easy to forget that yes, From Software produced and releasedSekiro, and it ruled. Well, it’s cleaned up quite a bit and managed to achieve the milestone of 10 million units sold worldwide as of June 28, 2025. Here’s the full announcementdirectly from the game’s official website, roughly translated to English: “From its release in March 2019 to today, we have received tremendous support from everyone, and we have now surpassed 10 million units sold worldwide....

Last week,Ubisoft warnedthat those customers who did not pirate a number of its PC games would be unable to play them due to a server switch that’d render DRM unusable. Naturally, Ubisoft managed to cock it up completely, with a number of games that were supposed to still work going down as well. Anno 2070andDriver: San Franciscowere supposed to be playable during the migration, but have been unplayable since Ubisoft’s servers went down....

The console is the fastest-selling in the company’s history Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that sales of the PlayStation 5 have passed 10 million units globally since its launch last November. In apress release, the console manufacturer confirmed the PS5 is outpacing its predecessor, the PlayStation 4, which was Sony’s previous record holder for fastest-selling console. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan also addressed ongoing shortages of the consoles. “While PS5 has reached more households faster than any of our previous consoles, we still have a lot of work ahead of us as demand for PS5 continues to outstrip supply,” said Ryan....

Creator Robin Arnott talks about this VR trek through vibrant sights and sounds It’s no secret that gaming conventions are fertile ground for developers to try out their new creations. Back in April,Jonathan Holmes got the chance to check outSoundSelfwith Robin Arnott, the creator of the unorthodox horror titleDeep Sea, and saw first hand the impression it had on players. Utilizing virtual reality, players are taken for a ride through their own personal odyssey of light and sound....

Life is strange I’m going to go check out Dontnod’sLife is Strangetomorrow ahead of its January 30 release and, well, lifeisstrange. In the housekeeping email about the appointment, there were some bold lines (likeembargo) with pertinent bullet points underneath (expect our review next Thursday). The third bold line, though. “Shoes Now, I’m okay with this. I’m a firm believer of a “no shoes indoors” rule. Seems like common sense to me and on the side of my front door is a mountain of shoes that says politely to guests, “Take your fucking shoes off you filthy animal....

Under the Nintendo Selects banner Three more 3DS titles have joined the Nintendo Selects library. As of this weekend, you’ll be able to findSuper Mario 3D Land,The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, andUltimate NES Remixfor $20 a piece. That reduced pricing covers retail copies and digital versions on the 3DS eShop. Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Ultimate NES Remix for Nintendo#3DSare available now for only $19....

First third-party is an odd phrase Hey, do you want to play games on your Apple TV using a controller that has physical buttons and a more standardized video game controller layout? Well, good news, third-party controllers are starting to pop up for the device, and existing MFi controllers will work too. The Nimbus, by SteelSeries, is a Bluetooth controller that has 2 analogue sticks, a directional pad and four face buttons....

No spoilers, but watch the comments! Disney Infinity 3.0was a pleasant surprise, but I was infinitely more excited at the prospect of experiencing the original trilogy and theForce AwakensPlay Set than the baseClone Wars-centric game. This weekend, I had the chance to play the latter. TheForce AwakensPlay Set is a slightly different re-telling compared to the film. This is a fairly standard strategy employed byStar Warsgames, and my goodness, it works....

I like the Railmaster, but Torchlight II is a tough act to follow Torchlight IIIdidn’t manage to get its hooks in me, so after the initial Early Access push on PC, I decided to step back and wait for big changes leading up to the 1.0 launch. Surprisingly, it’s almost time. Echtra Games is releasing the completed version ofTorchlight IIIon October 13 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with further plans for Nintendo Switch penciled in for “later this year....