Share your horror stories with the Dtoid community [All week long we’ll be asking for your thoughts on certain topics related to the year in gaming. Miss yesterday’s post?Click hereto chime in with your favorite new songs or soundtracks!] Ride to Hell: Retribution.Final Fantasy All the Bravest.Resident Evil 6.Aliens: Colonial Marines. You get the point. Please don’t make me keep looking these up. It hurts. I thankfully avoided every stinker of a game released this year, but I know some of you weren’t as fortunate....

Ask us questions, tell us no lies It is that warm, languid middle-of-the-week day alternatively known to us in the recording studio (read: respective living rooms) as Podtoid Day, the day where we record Podtoid. Hopefully you’ve already heard our send off to former host Kyle MacGregor (wow, that’s gross to say!) inPodtoid 348: See You, Space Cowboywhere we also talked about “a famous dead gorilla, sexy time with martians, [Brett] hopping on the Soylent bandwagon, and how [I’m] a terrible and unsupportive friend....

‘A common ethos is one reason we succeeded’ Hamster Corporation is doing the lord’s work. Game preservation is becoming more and more necessary in an era where original files can become corrupted and in some cases: lost, if they’re not proliferated. Kickstarting new ports helps re-ignite interest in the source material for many retro classics, and that’s just what Hamster is doing with the Arcade Archives on Switch (and other platforms), alongside of any number of projects Hamster has on their plate....

‘I kind of did predict there’d be a big backlash about the DRM stuff.’ Game Industry Internationalcaught up with legendary designer Will Wright who shared his thoughts on the train wreck of a launchSimCitysuffered withall of the server issuesplayers experienced when trying to play the game. “I feel bad for the team,” Wright stated. “I could have predicted – I kind of did predict there’d be a big backlash about the DRM stuff....

Absolute eyesores Considering all the dead animals they leave lying around, the blue medallions seem like nice decorations. However, the merchant in theResident Evil 4remake instructs you to destroy all of themas your first challenge. Finding and breaking all of them will net you a few precious spinels. They’re nottoo difficult to find, but here’s where to spot all of them. Side of the typewriter shed The first medallion can be found on the corner of the shed near the typewriter....

Alice and the Cheshire Cat have officially arrived withDisney Dreamlight Valley’sWonderland Whimsy update. The first quest you need to work on to get started with unlocking them is Wonders of Wonderland. There’s a lot to get done in this quest, and the process for unlocking theAlice in WonderlandRealm is unlike all of the rest. It’s a decently confusing task to navigate, so here’s acomplete guide to completing the Wonders of Wonderland quest inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

The launch ofGenshin Impact‘s newest rival,Wuthering Waves, has been anything but smooth. Players quickly found themselves dealing withall manner of bugs,errors, andgame crashes. So much so, that developer Kuro Games isoffering free pulls onWuthering Waves‘ gacha mechanicto apologise for it all. However, there’s been one issue that I think most players wouldn’t mind seeing stick around; one that’s allowed them to play as a new character before they officially launch....

Trivia game celebrates being old enough to vote with a reissue I am a nut for pop culture trivia and, for my money, there’s no better trivia game experience in the digital space thanYou Don’t Know Jack. This year, the series celebrates its 18th anniversary and has finallyarrived on Steam todaywith nineJacktitles, available individually or in a “Classic Pack” collection. Individual games are priced at $2.99 (with the exception ofYDKJ 6: The Lost Gold, which is only $1....

The truth is in the colours Publisher Cygames has prematurely leaked the identity of the fifth DLC character headed to its delightful 2D fighterGranblue Fantasy: Versus. Joining the previously revealed quartet of Beelzebub, Narmaya, Soriz and Djeeta is The Arbiter of the Skies, Zooey. In theGranblue Fantasyseries, Zooey is depicted as a kind-hearted, overly-empathetic girl, charged with keeping balance in the skies of the universe. Despite her diminutive stature and gentle nature, Zooey is more than adept in battle with her sword and shield....

Good news forBattlefield 3players; DICE has released the first in what looks to be a month-long series ofupdates. So far, update 1.03 has fixed voice chat issues that PS3 players have been dealing with since launch. Weighing in at just 11MB, and with no official changelog, the patch seems to be solely focused on the PS3 voice chat issues. DICE spoke up earlier this week about the otherissuesthat they want to address in upcomingpatches....

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it As a Canadian, I probably already know too much American history. I say “too much,” but there really isn’t such a thing when it comes to history. Especially when it comes to the darker side that we’d much rather not repeat. So, while we’re up here grappling with the implications of the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves in residential schools set up for indigenous children by the church and government, maybe let’s look at someone else’s dark past....

Blizzardrevealed todaythat the big annual convention celebrating its popular game franchises such asWorld of Warcraft,Diablo, andOverwatchhas been canceled. Instead of the weekend-long event usually packed with reveals and announcements, Blizzard plans to host multiple in-person events around the world to celebrate the 30th anniversary ofWarcraft. The party will return Despite the cancellation, Blizzard does confirm that it plans to bring BlizzCon back in future years. The company also plans to attend various trade shows and conventions throughout 2024 such as Gamescom....

Switch punch-up still fighting fit Nintendo has dropped a new update on its arena-based fighting title ARMS. The new patch is already live and updates the cartoony brawler to Version 5.3. The main purpose of the new update is to tweak the game’s roster for rebalancing purposes, but there have also been some dashboard updates and a selection of new artwork available in the gallery. Korean language support has also been integrated....