As noted in-depth earlier this year,Final Fantasy XVskipped E3 for agamescom blowout. Square has just set its gamescom lineup andFFXVis well represented, taking up the “big stage” of the company’s enormous, 1,100 square meter booth. The stage will host a variety of presentations, guests, and new information. Square has 200 demo stations in its “booth.”Final Fantasy XVhands-on is limited toEpisode Duscae 2.0, but it’s the first public hands-on forJust Cause 3....

Pain comes in lots of different languages The iPad version ofSurgeon Simulatorlaunchedlast month, much to the chagrin of patients everywhere, and it’s now received its first major update with 13 new languages and more free content in the near future featuring an alien patient to completely wreck, er, operate on. Poor Bob is now available to fans who speak German, Italian, Spanish, French, and eight other languages to spread the gospel that malpractice is the same all over the world, no matter what you speak....

Every Tuesday a bunch of us Dtoiders get together and hop online to play some Team Fortress 2 on theofficial Destructoid server! You should join us! I thought I would be one of the few who could resist the draw of hats. I mean, they’re just silly pictures that you put on top of your character’s head. At least, that’s what I thought until I got one. It’s a weird transformation that occurs once the heavenly figure that is Gabe Newell blesses you with one of those magnificent caps of power....

Chipzel is back doing the music too I have a confession to make. We were very close to passing by this one. In the business of finding gems at a place like PAX South, first impressions are huge. My first impressions forDicey Dungeonsaren’t bad by any means, but it didn’t have that immediate “Yes, I must play this” factor going for it. That is, until we saw the name attached: Terry Cavanagh....

It comes with a free derp face Rememberthat rumored skinthat changes Riley the dog into a wolf forCall of Duty: Ghosts? Well it’s real, and today, you can grab it for $1.99. If you order now, it comes with a bonusderp face, free of charge (timed exclusive). Oh, and I almost forgot the “best” part — it’s exclusive to Xbox for a limited time! As an aside, the skin changes Riley into a wolf strictly in terms of the killstreak bonus during multiplayer play....

And will have its feedback tweaks This week at gamescom, Koei Tecmo has provided some updated information on the secondNiohdemo, which will once again be held on the PS4 platform. The second “beta demo” will start on August 23, and will run through September 6, at which point the program will be disabled once again. The publisher notes that this will be the second, and “final” chance to nab the [previous] Mark of the Conqueror and [new] Mark of the Strong DLCs....

DSbye As of Friday, March 31, you’ll no longer be able to access the Nintendo DSi Shop. It’s shutting down. “If you have Nintendo DSi Points to spend, Nintendo DSiWare you want to re-download or Nintendo DSiWare you’d like to transfer from a Nintendo DSi/Nintendo DSi XL system to a Nintendo 3DS family system, you may want to do so at your earliest convenience, while the service is still available,”warns the company....

Grab all nine and unlock a new mission Both Sony and Microsoft have their ownplatform-exclusive missionsforMetal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and you’ll have to do a bit of legwork to unlock them. Basically, you’ll need to grab all nine XOF patches hidden throughout the main mission, then complete the main objectives. Here in this video I’ll show you the location of every patch, and pause for a second to also show it on the iDroid map....

Hollywood has been brought to a near screeching halt due tothe SAG-AFTRA strikewhich concerns many pressing issues in the entertainment industry, including payment for streaming residuals and worries regarding the ethical use of AI. As reported on September 25, 98.32% of SAG-AFTRA members approved a video game strike. This does not mean that a strike has been called, though it does give SAG-AFTRA greater bargaining power during the next round of negotiations which will take place from September 26 to 28....

InRuneScape Dragonwilds, Anima-Infused Bark is, as its name suggests, a tree bark that’s been infused with magical energy. It’s an ingredient used to craft several valuable and important items. Here’s everything you need to know about finding it. Table of contents Anima-Infused Bark location in RuneScape Dragonwilds To get Anima-Infused Bark, you have to discover andhead to the Fractured Plainsarea of Ashenfall. Fractured Plains is an area with a distinct pink and yellowish color, rich in Anima....

Well, this has been a very long time coming. The Xbox Live Video Marketplace has been a practical joke almost everywhere except the United States for ages, butMajor Nelson has today confirmedthat those of us outside the US finally have a real Marketplace to call our own. Well, some of us. If you live in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland or Germany, then go check out the video Marketplace to see such rentables as300,The Matrix RevolutionsandSuperman III, among others....

To say that gamers don’t have the greatest of reputations is putting it mildly. We’re portrayed as violent-minded, introverted, disturbed malefactors and a lot of the perception is, to be fair, quite justified. The release of theHalo 3homophobia videoproved to highlight a very real problem on Xbox Live, that of classless, brainless individuals who have found a home for their hateful and bigoted opinions. However, does the abuse, chauvanism, homophobia and racism of Xbox Live expose a problem with “gamer culture,” or does it rather serve as a magnifying glass for culture at large?...

This weekend is gonna be full of fighting game action. Evo, or the Evolution Championship Series, is one of the biggest fighting game events of the year, and Evo 2024 is running all weekend to determine who’s top of their field across many major brawlers. So what’s happening at Evo 2024 this year? Well, alongside plenty of panels and side games, there will be three days of competition across the eight main stage games....