Retail release in April Stardew Valleyis coming to retail courtesy of 505 Games, so if you still intend to buy the farming life sim on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 and would prefer a physical copy, look for that starting on April 11 in North America and April 13 in Europe. At $30, this is pricier than the standard digital version, but you’re getting a few extras: a poster of the Pelican Town map, a “Mini-Guidebook” byKari Fry, and a download code for the excellent soundtrack....

Strategy gameGreat Big War Game, the sequel toGreat Little War Game, has a kind ofAdvance Wars(Game Boy Advance, DS) thing going on, and I dig that. It features turn-based strategy, but with a cartoony style to make warring a bit less heavy and a bit more fun. You get a ton of game for your suggested $9.99.Great Big War Gamehas 50 single-player missions in one big campaign, and 30 unit types to play with....

Console ports to follow later in 2021 It’s a very important day for those who worship at the altar of Isaac. Today sees the long-awaited release ofThe Binding of Isaac: Repentance, the “final” chapter in the grim, gross, and skin-crawling twin-stick series that has been entertaining freaks ‘n’ geeks since the franchise’ inception back in 2011. Described by creator Ed McMillen as “the best version” of the unholy roguelike,The Binding of Isaac: Repentancesees the title fine-tuned to as close to perfection as the series can get....

Tidy up that storefront Fortniteand Epic Games have had a long history with courting controversy with in-game dances: and although they haven’t really stopped doing them, they completely changed their tact once theFortnitebecame a lot more popular, and started wooing celebrities in with official collaborations. Certain emotes have been removed at the behest of Epic itself, including 2018’s “Tidy:” which bears a resemblance to a dance from Snoop Dogg’s song “Drop it Like It’s Hot” from September of 2004....

Bulletstorm’sdebut stormed the Internet, you have nothing to worry about withDead Space 2, Nick reviewedLost Planet 2, zombify your friends with the new George A. Romero zombie App and more happened on 05/13/10. Destructoid Originals:Dead Space 2 is still the same survival horror game you know and loveBreaking! Tanya Jessen reports a Category 5 BulletstormCliff Bleszinski loves crafting whole new game worldsBulletstorm is a celebration of your inner sadistVisceral Games isn’t screwing up Dead SpaceThe inner workings of the PlayStation MoveZombify your pals with George A....

‘Yeah? well, you ain’t from Chicago…’ Another somewhat obscure oddity has rolled out of Hamster’s big bag of classic coin-ops. Joining the Arcade Archives and now available to download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, it’s Seibu’s strange first-person shooterEmpire City: 1931. Released to arcades in 1986, before eventually finding its way select home formats in Japan,Empire City: 1931is an odd rail shooter-style game that sees the player step into the gumshoes of a rogue FBI agent, out to eliminate the mafia following the murder of his family....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Meine Meinungis a Japanese acoustic band that performs many covers of videogame and film music. Above is their latest arrangment, “Besaid” and “Besaid Island” fromFinal Fantasy X/X-2. Check it out, and if it tickles that gooey spot inside, go check outthe restof the band’s jams. This weekend, we’ve got a corgi T-shirt to sell you, Fraser Brown givesGratuitous Space Battlesa twirl and a whirl,Sup, Holmes?...

It’ll make you smile, easy AZelda: Majora’s MaskAfrica cover isn’t something I ever thought I’d get to write about, but here I am: this is why I love my job. The YouTube channel Bigfatfrown’s namesakeis going to have the opposite effect on you once you watch their latest video. It’s a Toto’s Africa cover, but played by way of the in-game instruments inMajora’s Mask. That includes the Pipes of Awakening, the Drums of Sleep, the Guitar of Waves, and the Ocarina of Time....

Community site opened, promises transparent development Here’s a game I can get behind.Vertiginous Golfis, “a first-person exploratory mini-golf” title, set in a dystopian steampunk world. I’m sure that world is interesting, but it’s the mini-golf I’m excited about. Those holes look like a lot of fun to navigate, and it appears that they’re working on a rather feature-rich title, with local and online multiplayer, a course editor and Occulus Rift support....

The latest in the battle between the makers orRock Bandand parent company Viacom is getting messy. They’re going back and forth on who owes who, but the latest findings say that Viacom owes Harmonix a whopping $383 million. This totally flips Viacom’s world upside down, as they recently filed a suit that claims that former original shareholders, including Harmonix’s founders, owe Viacom $131 million from some bad math. This mess all stems from bonus payments to owed to Harmonix’s former owners following the 2006 acquisition of the studio by Viacom....

The Super Mario Mario available with Super Mario Party There’s a lot of hullabaloo around the secret, newly discovered butunannounced gold and silver Mario in theSuper Marioamiibo line, but remember the regular Super Mario is temporarilyexclusive to theMario Party 10bundle. Sure, “temporarily,” but then what? Do you really want to risk not having this $13 toy because you were too afraid or fiscally responsible to pony up $60 for the toy and aMario Party 10disc what to use as a frisbee or coaster or relationship destroyer?...

It reallyisthe most wonderful time of the year I got the chance to reviewWe Are OFKa few months ago, and it turned out to be one of the most pleasant surprises of the year for me. The music was fun, the visuals were beautiful, and it turned out to have some of the best-character focused writing I’ve seen in games in a long time.We Are OFKturned out to be more of an interactive mini series than a game, but if you’re into that sort of thing like I am, it’s definitely one to check out....

I’m not bitter (I hardly even know her!) Do we even have an American analog to this? Like ifTransformers,Power Rangers, and, uh, another thing did a crossover RPG. My mind initially went toSpeed Racerbefore remembering that it’s Japanese. Then toGodzillabecause they fired a laser at a Godzilla look-alike in the trailer. Then toAndroid Kikaider, which I’m still convinced is a figment of my imagination even though the internet eventually confirmed its existence even though I spent years trying to find someone else who had watched it....