The 2020 Destructoid Community Game of the Year is…

Au revoir year of E3 It’s easy to say that 2020 was a hell of a troubling year. So I’ll do just that. 2020 was a hell of a troubling year. Not only did we have the hell of another US presidential election to deal with, but on top of that, there was a pandemic and complete severance of any type of life outside the house. With all of us being told to stay home, it was obvious that video games would rise to the forefront of our entertainment....

June 12, 2025 · 10 min · 2083 words · William Lloyd

The Daily Hotness: Feed The Shark

Seriously, best thing about Sifl and Olly? CHESTER. Destructoid Original:From the goat shack to Kickstarter: The origin of StoicConfronting Rami Ismail about his role in Super Crate BoxLive show: Borderlands 2 with Anthony BurchThe DTOID Show: Assassin’s Creed DLC, Star Wars, & Porno Community:Community blogs of10/3Forum thread of the day:What Happened To BritToid? Previews:Hands-on with Call of Duty: Black Ops on the VitaHands-on with the Wikipad, gaming tablet extraordinaire...

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Doris Meyer

The Daily Hotness: The Max Scoville Mtn Dew Challenge

Check out everything Destructoid did today Community member N7decided to celebrate tonight’s midnight launch ofHalo 4by doing what he dubs the “Max Scoville Mtn Dew Challenge.” According to him, it’s “actually pretty f*cking good.” So, there you go. I’m considering doing this myself… Speaking ofHalo 4, we’re giving away theHalo 4Limited Edition Xbox 360, our mobile site has been redesigned,Skyrim: Dragonbornwas officially announced, you can pre-orderGTA V, and so much more happened on 23-06-2025....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Tyler Berger

The Daily Hotness: Vegeta’s gonna knock you out

[Header fromthis Shark Robot T-shirt] I wanted to post a different video for today’s hotness, but instead, you’ll get this oldie but goodie of Funimation VA Chris Sabat in the Vegeta voice rapping to LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out.” Today, Jim Sterling wants more female representation inAliens: Colonial Marines, Comic-Con welcomes the return of Sega’s infamous “Sonic Boom” party,JoJo’s Bizarre Adventureis back, there could be an even slimmer PS3 model in the future, andRockman 4 Minus Infinityis the sickest ROM hack of all time....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Thomas Allen

The mini console craze continues with TurboGrafx-16 Mini

As DJ Khaled would say, another one Running out of room on your TV stand for all these mini consoles? Well, throw that PlayStation Mini into the closest, because just revealed on Twitch, the TurboGrafx-16 Mini is coming your way. Originally released in 1987, the TurboGrafx-16 was overshadowed in its prime by the powerhouses at Nintendo and Sega. Now, it’s getting a chance to show what a wonderful little console it was in a form littler than ever before....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Colton Harris

The new 2014 Corvette Stingray is in Gran Turismo 5

One day after announcement I’m a Japanese car guy, but there’s no denying that the newly revealed 2014 Corvette is a badass lookin’ vehicle. It was just revealed at the Detroit Auto Show last night, and today we’ve received news that it will come toGran Turismo 5first in virtual form. Chevrolet and Polyphony Digital have been working in the background to create an authentic driving experience for this new addition to the GT garage....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Tiffany Rowe

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct review coming soon

MERLENDERL! In the meantime, enjoy this hastily taken shot of the intro cinematic. This is running on a retail Xbox 360. Yes, that’s a PC mouse cursor just sat there in the corner. Excuse the low quality of the pictures. Very much like the game, they were clearly made in a hurry!

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 52 words · Gary Payne

This Lady D vs. Lady Maria fight in Bloodborne didn’t go the way I expected

Never underestimate the second phase I never fully “got” the so-and-so fighting such-and-such mod craze, but that was before I came across this gem on theBloodbornesubreddit— it’s a brawl between Lady Dimitrescu and Lady Maria. This video was orchestrated byGarden of Eyes, and it truly goes places I wasn’t expecting. After watching all ten minutes of dueling, I’m expecting a mess of boss-vs.-boss mod videos to flood my already pretty questionable YouTube recommendations feed....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Catherine Chen

This ‘Gamer Song’ is just as good as you think

Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance! German YouTuberForbiddenNicknameclearly loves videogames. So much so that he has penned what I’m sure he feels is the greatest gamer anthem in the history of ever. Your mileage may vary. In what is some sort of weird hybrid between Rammstein and Kidz Bop, FN opines on all the rhyming ways he is a gamer — such as “I’m a rocker/I’m a S....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Samantha Gordon

Total War: Pharaoh is maybe not a huge evolution in the series

Does that matter? I’ve put hundreds of hours into Creative Assembly’sTotal Warseries, starting way back withRome: Total War. I haven’t playedallthe titles, but more than a few. Getting to try out thenext game in the series,Total War: Pharaoh,was a tantalizing proposition. The new features they’re showing off sound pretty appreciable. I was given the chance to preview three different battle setups withinTotal War: Pharaoh.Mainly, they highlight the new weather systems, but the third battle option had me defending against a siege on a city; the perfect playground to watch burn....

June 12, 2025 · 5 min · 986 words · Joseph Cook

Twisted Metal TV adaptation wraps filming for Peacock

Carmageddon The live-action adaptation ofPlayStation classicTwisted Metalhas wrapped its shooting schedule and will now enter post-production, ahead of its yet-to-be-dated premiere on streaming service Peacock. The final day of shooting wasannounced on Twitterby showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith. Set against the backdrop of a lonely and highly hazardous future,Twisted Metalwill follow the misadventures of amnesiac courier John Doe (Anthony Mackie), who must run ‘n’ gun their way through a lawless wasteland in order to deliver much-needed supplies to an outpost, while perpetually engaged by parties of homicidal marauders....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Adam Smith

Valve shares massive list of Steam games that get the most Switch Pro Controller use

Support was added back in May Valve slowly ramped up support for more controllers on Steam, a good move intended to sway console folks over to PC. One of 2018’s biggest highlights wasthe addition of Switch Pro Controller support in May, most notably due to the massive success of the Switch and the pure quality of the new Pro Controller in general. Now Valve has shared a list of the most-played games, and while many of them are obvious Switch ports in the top spots, a few, likeNo Man’s Skytaking the top honors, are surprising....

June 12, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Jacob Gonzalez

Videogame BAFTA awards: Will Wright gets love + full nominations

The BAFTAs are the most prestigious awards that the UK has to offer after the British Comedy Awards, and for the first time they willhonor videogames. Spore creator Will Wright shall be receiving a Fellowship BAFTA for his years of achievements in games, an honor I think many would be hard pressed to argue with. Included as part of theLondon Games Festival, the videogame BAFTAs should prove to be a fantastic night where the medium of gaming gets treated with a little more respect and dignity than the mainstream usually affords it....

June 12, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Linda Acevedo