Rolling onto the App Store with considerable pedigree and an abundance of cuteness isKotomon, the debut release of Monstars Inc. The development team featuresformer Q Entertainment employeeswhose past work includesLumines, Rez, Lost OdysseyandChild of Eden. Not that iOS title has much in common with those games. After some hands on time withKotomonI’d say it has more in common withKatamari DamacyandPikminthan the aforementioned Q games, albeit in a much more compact, limited package....

Keep keeping the series alive For years, folks have been makingSonicfan games without reprisal from Sega. It’s an institution! And in some cases, folks are even hired to make officialSonicgames off the back of their work. It’s a well known entity that Sega is more accepting of these types of projects than other publishers, and here in mid-2021, the company decided to remind people of the vague contract they have with creators....

Or just critical path it The largest puzzle game ever? It feels like every time we hear an estimate forThe Witness‘ length, the number grows. A lot. Designer Jonathan Blowexpects“the average time of 100%ing the game to be over 70 hours.” That would help explain why it’s taking so long to finish the project. “Lately, we have someone in the office playtestingThe Witness,” Blow said. “He had never seen the game before, but he was really good at figuring out how to solve things; a lot faster than average, I think....

Updated: June 26, 2025 We added new answers! Let’s see if you’re really aSuper Smash Bros.fan or if you’re just a poser. If you answer all five categories correctly inSmashdle, then you’re the goat. Of course, this is a fun guessing game, so it’s okay if you don’t know. If you’re struggling, you can check the answers for today’sSmashdlebelow. Try to guess a few times, but once you’re ready to give up, keep scrolling down....

This one’s for all the gearheads The first PlayStation State of Play for 2022 arrives this week, and it’s all aboutGran Turismo 7. A new look at the upcoming racing sim arrives this Wednesday, to show what’s to come for auto-aficionados in March. This week’s PlayStation State of Play will air on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. The event will air on the PlayStationTwitchandYouTubechannels....

Who ya gonna call? Aksys Games has seen fit to grace us with a North American release of Arc System Works’Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, a delightfully strange visual novel that looks quite intriguing. Nobuo Uematsu is responsible for the music and title track, and the game will be headed for PlayStation 3 and Vita sometime next year. Published in Japan back on April 10, the romance-adventure visual novel involves some intriguing board game mechanics that include life-sim elements as well as battles that require you to set traps and place them in order to capture and take out ghosts....

Although we have more in-depth booth tours coming down the line, we can’t promise much for this Arc System Works tour. They have kind of a one track mind. Arc System Works focus was obviously on their flagship 2D fighterGuilty Gear. Yes, this was basically a wall ofGuilty Gear, focusing mostly onGuilty Gear 2: Overture. Look at the posters — they’re only advertising one thing! Fans made their way to the Arc System Works booth to stay and play, some not moving on to much of anything else....

The Nintendo DS might have felt like a questionable decision on Nintendo’s part when it was first released, but the console. and the family of handhelds it spawned have become highly desirable retro devices with a massive roster of exceptional games. It combined the clamshell design that made the Game Boy Advance SP so appealing and added a touch screen well ahead of any smartphone manufacturer. As someone who picked up a DS on release day and has more than a few in his collection, I am in love with not only the device but also its incredible roster of games....

I really hope that there is a bear suit skin unlock for the newPrince of Persia. Actually, you know what? I’m going to make a developer add a bear suit skin in a game. I will make this sh*t happen by the end of next year so help me God. Nick rubs his hands all over the PS3 Wireless Keypad, the new Monthly Musing topic is up, look like an even bigger jackass playingWii Musicwith the new plastic shell garbage, someone made a real life Lancer, and plenty more happened on 12/01/08....

Hey there! If you didn’t catch today’s Destructoid Show, Revision3’s resident videogame hipster Anthony Carboni filled in for me alongside Max, while I was stuck at home sick. I’m disappointed I couldn’t be there (especially when things got weird in the second half), but I can’t exactly complain about getting to stay in and playSine Moraall day. Anyway, female host or not, today’s show was still chock full of good news....

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth announced Koei Tecmo has announced a brand new entry in the decades-long strategy seriesNobunaga’s Ambition.Details are extremely thin on the ground with no gameplay footage or platforms offered, but Koei Tecmo did release get a teasing cinematic, (which you may check out below), and a title:Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth. Developed by Kou Sibusawa, the new title is expected to launch in Japan later in 2021. Originally birthed on home computers way back in 1983, theNobunaga’s Ambitionfranchise is one of the godfathers of the turn-based strategy, tasking players with the efficient management of military, resources, and towns in order to become both the most feared and respected warlord in Japan....

The Steam Summer Sale 2024 is now live and kicking, and there are plenty of titles available for gamers to pick from. In the world of $70 AAA titles, $10 won’t usually get you anywhere. But that’s where Valve’s seasonal sales come in, offering steep discounts on several titles. In fact, there are some fantastic games to choose from, even if you can’t spare over $10 to get a game for your summer holidays....

Look at you, angry Pikachu Amiibo sure are all the rage, huh? Who would’ve thought that Nintendo’s artificially scarce plastic figurines would create such a crazed demand? Were you lucky enough to get one that looks just likeSteven’s dog? If so, you’ll be rollin’ in the dough! Just don’t cut the tags off; then those dumb bears aren’t worth anything! If you aren’t savvy enough to have flipped a defective amiibo for a wad of greenbacks, you probably can’t afford to buy new amiibo for all your loved ones....