Hurdle for the stars Sega announced today that the official video game for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, thatmay or may not still happen, will be released on June 07, 2025. It features track-and-field events, baseball, rock climbing, and more, but most importantly, there is also avatar customization, and the options aregreat. In the trailer for the game, you can see an eager and determined astronaut, still suited up for space travel, keeping pace with Olympic hurdlers as they dash across the field....

Promoted from our Community Blogs [Manasteel88is here to tell you about their recent excursions into game development, and it looks like they brought their kid along for the ride too! In fact, they’ve even been kind enough to share some links to the cool stuff that both they and their kid created, so be a pal, check them out, and let them know what you think! If youhead on over to the community blogs, slap some good words and images together, and post it for all to see, you too could find your work on the front page of Destructoid!...

But no online play, sadly Occasionally, retro-publishers Hamster drop a title onto modern platforms that raises an eyebrow. I’m not sure where the market necessarily lies forFront Line, for example. But today is not one of those days, today sees one of the greatest fighting gamesever made, SNK’sGarou: Mark of the Wolves, burn a trail onto PS4 and Xbox One. Originally released in 1999 for the arcade and Neo Geo home format, the eighth installment in theFatal Furyseries remains SNK’s masterpiece, challenged by very few titles – before and since – as the greatest of all-time....

A melee-focused vault hunter? At some point in the future,Borderlands 2will be getting another playable character as downloadable content. We don’t know what this escaped experiment is called, or what it looks like, exactly, but this teaser trailer from developer Gearbox gives me some ideas. PAX East attendees who want to find out more information will want to make room in their schedules for theInside Gearbox Softwarepanel on March 24 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm....

In an era that’s still filled with previous-and-current-gen simul-releases,Gotham Knightsbucked the trend with a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S exclusive console release. Now, it might be coming to the Switch, roughly a year since the original’s debut. This is according to a new ESRB rating that popped up, which added Switch as a platform to its listing. Note that ESRB ratings don’t usually apply to Switch cloud-based games, so in all likelihood, this is a legitimate port....

Co-owner cites ‘dwindling interest’ in the game Earlier this year, I was invited to Las Vegas to cover the inaugural weekend of theH1Z1Pro League, or H1PL. It was a big, glitzy affair, put on by league owners Twin Galaxies, with guest appearances from celebrities like Michelle Rodriguez who was there to launch what league manager Jace Hall considered the next evolutionary step in esports. Players in the league signed a contract and were to receive part of a $250,000 stipend paid for by the league....

Get your new year off to a miserable start Fans eagerly awaiting any and all news as it pertains to the TV adaptation ofThe Last of Ushave received a small morsel of hope this week, with HBO’s own Casey Bloys suggesting that the live-action exploits of Joel and Ellie should be hitting small screens nationwide as soon as early 2023. Bloys comments came during a long-form interviewwith The Hollywood Reporter, where the Chief Content Officer lived up to his reputation for dropping major news in small, off-the-cuff remarks....

Zombies and stuff do things to people Oh look, here’s a new trailer forDead Island Riptide. What are you going to do about it? Watch it, probably. Yeah, thought you might. Predictable. The latest video from Deep Silver does what you expect it to do. There’s a ton of zombies, and people ready to stab, punch, and otherwise ruin those zombies with all manner of weapons. Being an extension of the firstDead Island, you know what’s going to happen....

Oh the places you’ll go This should please the cartographers in the crowd. We now know what West Virginia looks like. Or, at least we knowFallout‘s take on what West Virginia will look like fifty-some years from now. Bethesda has releasedFallout 76‘s map, which is said to be approximately four times larger thanFallout 4‘s. It certainly appears less dense.Fallout 76seemingly gives you and your compatriots room to roam. You already know where the country roads will take you....

Vanquish meets Splatoon. Splanquish. Think of the perfect steak, one from your favorite restaurant, perhaps momma’s homecookin’ or even your own hand-crafted meaty heaven. Then think how succulent that juicy, warm, medium-well steak meticulously crafted just the way you like it tastes. Would you still eat it if it came in the shape of a bikini-clad anime girl on a pink plate while J-pop plays overhead? If the answer is yes, then you might find that there appears to be decent gameplay hidden underSenran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash‘s kawaii exterior....

Angelfish inThe Sims 4is a crucial ingredient for making the Ambrosia dish, a rare and challenging recipe that can bring Sims back to life. However, depending on your fish proficiency, you may go an entire playthrough without seeing this fish once. How to catch Angelfish in The Sims 4 Angelfish is an uncommon fish inThe Sims 4that requires at least level three fishing to catch. It’s a small fish that doesn’t require any bait and is common in every base-game world and several expansion pack areas....

Like all zombie maps onBlack Ops 6, Shattered Veil has an Armory, and you’ll need a key, as usual, to access all there’s to offer. The latest map is much more challenging to understand, and there are many different areas to explore. The Armory itself is easy to find, but you’ll have to explore a fair bit of the map. Then, you’ll need the key to access what’s inside. How to get Armory Key in Shattered Veil in Black Ops 6 Opening the Armory in Shattered Veil is no different from other maps: you will need loot keys....

Sometimes it pays to give games a second chance [Have you ever given a game a second chance, only to completely change your mind on your initial assessment of it? Charlotte Cutts recently gave the extremely divisiveFinal Fantasy XIIIa second spin, and much to her surprise, found a game to be lauded for its many high marks. I did the same thing, myself, and while I came up with completely different results than Charlotte, it’s still interesting to see other takes on the same game....