Anila and her Divine Sheep headed to Granblue Fantasy: Versus Rising

Publisher CyGames and developer Arc System Works have released several updates pertaining toGranblue Fantasy: Versus Rising, the expanded edition of the studios’ gorgeous anime fighter, initially launched on PlayStation and PC back inthe winter of 2020. Perhaps first and foremost, we received asuper cute teaser trailerfor a brand-new DLC character, Anila. The… erm… “buxom” lass is an all-round fighter, who will combine rushdown and zoning-based fighting methods — afforded vast reach thanks to her trusty polearm while being aided and abetted by her flock of Divine Sheep....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Michael Dixon

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 9 adds name changes and more to the Magic Mirror

Larian Studios just dropped its ninth hotfix forBaldur’s Gate 3, and along with the usual bug fixes, this small update brings some greatly appreciated quality-of-life features. Get ready to lose even more time in the game’s character creator, as Hotfix #9 introduces name changes toBaldur’s Gate 3and lets you adjust the appearance of Hirelings now, too. Hotfix #9 is now live for Baldur’s Gate 3. In addition to this update fixing several bugs, issues and crashes, you can now change your name through the Magic Mirror, as well as changing the appearance of Hirelings!...

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Mary Jensen

Best deals on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey from Gold to Standard

Of course there is a $120 edition Arriving Friday this week, Ubisoft’s latest installment ofAssassin’s Creedtitle,Assassin’s Creed Odysseycomes in four different editions. In fact, the two priciest editions will come with early access on Tuesday, October 2nd – a full 3 days before the official release date. Before you scoff at the early-access-only-for-expensive-edition schemes, the concept has been proven to work, what withShadow of the Tomb Raider Croft Edition(the only version getting early access) being the top seller on Steam Store the full week before the official release date....

July 11, 2025 · 4 min · 745 words · Christina Walker

Bungie hints at matchmaking for raids in Destiny

It’s been nearly two years, so it’s late as hell GameCentralhad the chance to catch upto Bungie’s world design lead Steve Cotton to chat aboutDestiny, and among otherRise of Ironrelated material, they discussed the prospect of raid matchmaking — something fans have been clamoring for since the first raid, Vault of Glass, debuted back in 2014. Cotton states Bungie is “absolutely thinking about [it],” and is starting to fulfill requests with modes like private matches for PVP....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Jacqueline Smith

Canceled Minecraft for Oculus Rift would’ve been free to help promote VR

Notch stands by his decision I’ll admit it: when I heard Markus “Notch” Perssonhad canceledMinecraftfor Oculus Rift because Facebook acquired its creator Oculus VR and the social network company “creeps” him out, I was skeptical about how much work had really gone into the project. Speaking toKotaku, Notch said he had personally built “several prototypes of games for the Oculus Rift” and the team working onMinecraftfor mobile “had worked on an Oculus Rift prototype of the game....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Lindsey Harper

CDawgVA Cyclethon 4: Schedule, Guests, and everything we know

Popular content creator and streamer Connor (CDawgVA) is back again this year with the fourth installment of his Cyclethon. In this event, he, Chris Broad (AbroadinJapan), and a series of guests cycle for several days across Japan to raise money for the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The event will be starting soon, so to bring you up to speed on everything happening, we thought we would list all the important points so you can keep track of all the happenings as they conspire....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Crystal Henderson

Chiptune album 9-bit Blizzard is as cool as ice

18 wintry tracks for those chill February nights We’ve got just over a month until winter officially ends. Time to get at least one morewinter-themed chiptune albumout the door! Net label9-bit Recordshas just released9-bit Blizzard, a collection of 18 tracks of cool post-Christmas jams. There are even some sleigh bells tossed in, because why shouldn’t the Christmas spirit persist weeks after December 25th? Hell, I still have my f*ckin’ lights hanging on the back porch....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Janice Frey

City GO codes (January 2025) [UPDATE 1]

Updated: July 11, 2025 Searched for new codes! Usually, in these types of games, you roll for anime characters or weapons/equipment. However, here, you roll for buildings in order to build your perfect city. Whether you want a cute cul-de-sac or a brutalist concrete jungle, you might needCity GOcodes to help. City GOcodes should help your chances with rolling for special buildings, such as unique town halls and apartment buildings.If you want more Roblox codes for freebies, check out our list ofGreenvilleCodesto get even more goodies....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Caroline Morris

CJ and Holmes disagree: Should the Wii U GamePad be ported to Switch?

If so, could the next Year of Luigi be far behind? [CJ and Holmes Disagree is a series where Destructoid Features editor CJ Andriessen and washed-up Dtoid Show host Jonathan Holmes disagree about video games. Who will you agree or disagree with?] Sheltering at home hasn’t been too tough for me, but for my four-year-old son, it’s been a huge adjustment. With no pre-school, parks, trips to the mall, or playdates with friends, we’ve had to get creative in order to stave off boredom and keep him learning....

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1233 words · Nicholas Gonzales

Confirmed: Diablo IV will have a skip campaign button

You just need to beat the game once As someone who has played a lot of campaign-based games over the course of my life (sometimes 50+ times each, depending on the game!), the ability to skip through a campaign when playing alts (alternate characters) can be a godsend.World of Warcrafteventually added this as a quality-of-life feature over time, and thankfully,Diablo IVwill be going in that same direction; so long as you finish the campaign once....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Samuel Gibbs

Cutie-pie Jason Voorhees stalks Switch with Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

Confirmed for Smash? We live in a timeline when not only doesNight Trapmake it onto a Nintendo console but so does Paramount’s favourite mass-murderer, Jason Voorhees – albeit in adorable form. As announced by Blue Wizard Digital, mobile and PC puzzle titleFriday the 13th: Killer Puzzleis ready to stalk ‘n’ slash onto Nintendo Switch, bringing over 150 blood-soaked stages as chibi-Voorhees butchers his way through the poor saps attending Camp Crystal Lake....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Gail Wheeler

Donkey Kong Country 3 arrives to Nintendo Music, and the entire trilogy is now available on the app

The originalDonkey Kong Countrytrilogy for the Super Nintendo has, without a doubt, some of the best soundtracks in the history of gaming. Nintendo is very much aware of this, seeing as it recently added the music from the first and second entries to the new Nintendo Music app. Back in November,after the company added theDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Questsoundtrackto the app, I was left wondering if it was going to take long to add music from the third game to the trilogy....

July 11, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Juan Raymond

EA investigates ‘EAGate’: employee accused of selling rare FIFA Ultimate Team cards to FIFA 21 players

Offside or On-the-Side? Electronic Arts has announced it has begun a “thorough investigation” into allegations that one of its employees has sold rare FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) cards directly to players in theFIFA 21community. In what has been dubbed by the internet as #EAGate, (because of course it has), multiple Twitter users posted images –as collated by Eurogamer– that allege to show evidence of deals made between FIFA players and at least one EA employee via direct messaging services....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Kristine Sullivan