Unreleased Nintendo arcade game Sky Skipper is coming to Switch

Along with the arcade version of Donkey Kong Nintendo unveiled that the unreleased arcade gameSky Skipperwill be coming to the Switch this July via the Arcade Archives line-up. This was a game originally made in the early ’80s with cabinet art done by Shigeru Miyamoto. For one reason for another, it never released, but 10 cabinets were made for test locations. Only one remains and that was where the rom for the game was pulled from....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Gregory Cohen

We’re getting the strategy RPG Digimon Survive next year

Coming to PC and consoles Bandai Namco has fully revealedDigimon Survive, a new “survival RPG” bringing turn-based battles andvisual novel story sequencesto Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One next year. Can you believe the original anime is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary? I don’t like feeling old on Mondays. The story will follow a group of teens who get lost on a camping trip and become even more lost when they suddenly find themselves in the world of digital monsters....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Alexander White

Whatcha been playing this… new year, Destructoid?

Happy New Year to our community We had aWhatcha Been Playing on Christmas Day, and now we have one on New Year’s Day! Wild. Yes, it is indeed June 13, 2025 and as 2021 puts on its coat and awkwardly shuffles out of the back door, a brand new year arrives, laden with the same issues. No, I’m not being negative, I’m being pragmatic. Part of the problem with 2021wassociety’s belief that the calendar would magically “cure-all” when more realistic thinking was necessary....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Jack Stewart

When is Pokémon Home access coming to Scarlet & Violet?

Who says you can’t go home? Pokemon Scarlet & Violethave been out in the wild for a while now. Itsold a ton of copies,featured limited-time events, andwill receive performance updates in the future. Yet one feature is conspicuously missing: Pokemon Home support. Pokemon Home is the only method to transfer your legacy Pokemon into the newest entries in the series. So far, we’ve seen two timetables for Pokemon Home. On one hand,Pokemon Sword & Shieldreceived Pokemon Home access when the app was released in February 2020 – approximately three months after its release....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Vernon Hamilton

Why not spend $200 on a Far Cry 5 collector’s edition at GameStop?

UK gets slightly cheaper ‘Father’s Edition’ Open-world shooterFar Cry 5is almost cooked, with the backwoods shooter getting primed for its early 2018 launch. In addition to the game’s standard release, GameStop will be stocking an exclusive a $200 “Resistance Edition” for U.S. fans. The set features the game, complete with its obligatory Season Pass, housed in steelbook packaging. You will also receive a stars and stripes bandanna, a pin badge and postcards from the game’s locale of Hope County, a “beer koozie” (you tell me), and a 16....

May 24, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Morgan Cohen

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus really doesn’t want you to eat the chocolate

That’s fudged up Chocolate, an innocent-enough seeming pleasure, does not fly with the Nazis. “It’s disgusting and it’s dishonorable” Big Nazi tells Little Nazi before smacking him upside the head. I get the disgusting part but dishonorable might be a bit of a stretch. That’s just how it goes in Nazi-occupied America (or at least Bethesda’s version of it). Goose step out of line and you’ll be swiftly reprimanded. This little chucklehead got a basketball to the gut, a smack upside the head,anda tattletailin’....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Jeremiah Rodgers

Yooka-Laylee has a shorts-wearing snake named Trowzer

Lovely You just knew someone inYooka-Layleewas going to rock shorts. If not the titular chameleon and bat duo, then a side character, surely. Today, Playtonic Games gave us the goods. “Trowzer is a business-snake whose career never took off. Not that he knows it — the smug, serpent salesman thinks he’s the bee’s knees (not that he has knees), and for a little dosh he’ll teach you some of the slick moves he picked up on the high-stakes sales floor....

May 24, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Johnathan Evans

Anime Battle Arena codes — Are there any?

In the sea of Roblox multiplayer fighting games,Anime Battle Arena(ABA) catches the eye thanks to its fun mechanics and a large selection of fighters. As soon as I noticed Guts, I knew I had to get him because you don’t seeBerserkcharacters in arena titles every day. This task turned out to be more challenging than expected since grinding for cash is a tad slow, especially when you’re a newbie. As usual, I turned toAnime Battle Arenacodes....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Jessica Bowers

Apple whores: EA is making 30 games for the iPhone

Electronic Arts may have lost over $1 billion last year, but no worries. See, they have a plan to bail themselves out. And part of that plan involves a sh*tton of iPhone games. Not a bad plan, I’d say. In a quarterly conference call with investors, EA dropped some information on what they have coming up in the next year. They said that they’re working on a lineup of 30 games for the Jesus Phone....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · David Hernandez

Arc Rise Fantasia gets a bunch of character art & screens

Arc Rise Fantasiajust got a whole bunch of character artwork and screens, so if you woke up this morning and said, “I hopeArc Rise Fantasiagets a whole bunch of character artwork and screens,” then today is your lucky damn day. Be merry, forArc Rise Fantasiahas indeed got a whole bunch of character artwork and screens! This whole bunch of character artwork and screens forArc Rise Fantasiais a pretty good bunch of character artwork and screens and should interest those who are interested in findingArc Rise Fantasiainteresting....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Scott Padilla

Assassin’s Creed has a new perspective, but a familiar thirst for blood

We go to China first A cursory glance at the launch trailer forAssassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, and you might think that the franchise is moving in an entirely different direction. A stylized aesthetic, wonderful ploofs of color, and a focus on linearity instead of crowded sandboxes. This is nothing like theAssassin’s Creedwe’ve known since 2007. Then, the killing starts. One by one, enemies fall and disappear into the shadows. Sure, you can change their approach, but ultimately, assassins gon’ assassinate....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Kelly Oconnell

Bastion is half off this week on Xbox Live

This week only for Gold members, the hit indie gameBastionis now 600 Moon Bucks on Xbox Live (soon to be $7.50 people money?). If you don’t have a 360 you’ll be missing outon this deal, butBastionis also available onSteam, and inGoogle Chrome. If you haven’t picked it up already, I’d highly recommend doing so. It’s a fun 4-5 hour romp through an incredibly colorful world, and it really brought back flashes ofSecret of Manafor me personally....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Damon Hawkins

Club Nintendo delivers the digital goods in June

YourJune Club Nintendoofferings are up and ready to go, and they look pretty darn good (provided that you’re a Nintendo fan of course). This month you can buyDonkey Kong(3DS VC) for 100 coins,Kirby Super Star(Wii VC) for 150 coins,Maboshi’s Arcade(WiiWare) for 150 coins, andBrain Age Express: Sudoku(3DS) for 150 coins. As for the quality of the above titles, I’ve beatenKirby Super Starat least 50 times — other thanDream Course, it’s probably my favoriteKirbygame....

May 23, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Victor Young