Amazing Katamari Damacy is now available on Android

The King of All Cosmos never sleeps I apparently missed the announcement ofAmazing Katamari Damacy, a free-to-play endless runner themed around Bandai Namco’s consumerism simulator. It released sometime agoon iOS(to which no one on staff can actually find a date and theofficial websitedoesn’t even exist), but is now availableon Android. The game also received an update today for Apple devices, so we’ll just say that it came out right now!...

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Joseph King

Awesomenauts brings its awesome to Steam August 1

Ronimo Games has announced that the PC version of their 3-on-3 platforming MOBA,Awesomenauts, has a release date. You’ll be able to grabthe game on Steamnext week, on August 1st. You can check out a brand new batch of screenshots for the game in our gallery below, if you’re so inclined. I loves me someAwesomenauts, so it brings me great pleasure to hear that the PC version is almost upon us. I’ll almost assuredly be picking it up, if only to take advantage of the ego-stroking which will come from wiping the floor with inexperienced players....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · John Herrera

BioWare is allegedly going to give Anthem the ‘Realm Reborn’ re-launch treatment everyone wanted

Well folks, it looks like it’s happening. For years now the idea of “saving” your game and re-launching it in a better state has been called “The Realm Reborn treatment,” named afterFinal Fantasy XIV‘s initial disastrous 1.0 launch. Basically new management came in, took control, and completely re-tooledFFXIVinto the amazing state it is today.No Man’s Skyhad a similar re-awakening. Thatcouldhappen toAnthem,according to sources at Kotaku. Although EA declined to comment on the matter, BioWare is apparently going to overhaul everything, including “its mission structure, its loot [and] its world....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Vincent Henderson

Boy, God of War: Ragnarok is looking like one of 2022’s most epic games

Family Matters Of no surprise to anybody, Sony rounded out this afternoon’s PlayStation Showcase with a brand new trailer for Sony Santa Monica Studio’s highly anticipated sequel,God of War: Ragnarok.The trailer did not confirm a specific release date, and as such the epic action-adventure is still scheduled to launchon PS4 and PS5 in 2022. The three-minute cinematic follows our returning heroes, Kratos and Atreus, as they pick their way through the miserable frozen wastelands of Midgard, iced over by the deathly winds of the Fimbulwinter....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Lynn Higgins

Brighter Shores Chef profession guide: How to unlock cooking and all recipes

When you think of non-combat skills in video games, cooking is one of the most common and helpful you can find. AlthoughBrighter Shoresfeatures cooking alongside its Chef profession, there are a few challenging aspects that differentiate it from your typical kitchen work. That said, cooking is fairly easy to pick up once you learn its core mechanics and how to get various items. Let’s talk about how to start cooking inBrighter Shores, where to find ingredients, and some recipes you’ll unlock early on....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Kimberly Perez

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 leak hints at new weapons and return of Gobblegums

As Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 leaks start to come thick and fast, rumors suggest that the Locus sniper rifle, Saug 9mm SMG, and Gobblegums could all be returning from previousBlack Opsseries entries. Call of Dutyleaker Soup leaked images of bonuses that players get from pre-ordering the Black Ops 6 vault edition. In the firstimage, one of the rewards is what appears to be a collection of Gobblegums. And in the secondpicture, two of the weapons resemble the Saug 9mm fromBlack Ops 4, and the Locus fromBlack Ops 3and4....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Denise Wilson

Camp Fangamer celebrates EarthBound’s 25th anniversary for charity

PK Livestream! A few years back, the folks atFangamerandStarmen.netheld anEarthBound Bashwhich raised $23,420 for charity. This year, in celebration ofEarthBound‘s 25th anniversary, they’re hosting a similar event known asCamp Fangamer. They’ve invited 450 people to come and playEarthBoundwith them, which will be broadcast live from Tucson, Arizona (because Twoson, get it?). This weekend-long event kicks off at 10am PDT today and runs until 7pm Sunday. You can watch the fun over on theFangamer Twitch channel, where they will be announcing charity auctions, hosting interviews with cool guests, and showing off interactive events, gameplay, and live music....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Peter Hoover

Casting magic spells in Magicka: Wizard War’s new mode

Duel Mode pits player versus player Magicka: Wizard Warshas been available through Steam’s Early Access program since October and it’s been seeing updates at least once a week. Updates ranging from small bug fixes, to big new additions. A lot of these updates are thanks to the fan interaction, as Paradox works closely with their community to shape their game. WithWizard Warsin particular, the developers have received 20,000 messages so far with recommendations and suggestions....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Jessica Shepard

Come watch Square Enix’s 2019 E3 press conference with us

Will hell freeze over as we get a full Final Fantasy VII Remake release date? I’m not even going to attempt to parse what’s going to happen in Square Enix’s E3 showcase today because it’s going to be an absolute circus either way. If we get a confirmation of when all ofFinal Fantasy VII Remakeis dropping (March 2020 seems to just be the first episode?), everyone will go wild. If we don’t, everyone will go crazy for completely different reasons....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Kelly Carlson

Contra’s spread shot remains the coolest power-up in gaming

Awesome then, awesome now Let me take you back for a moment to five-year-old CJ. There I was, playing the family NES in my parents’ bedroom. The system came withMarioandDuck Huntpacked in, so for the first few years that was all my brother and I played. Eventually, we added other games to our collection, notablyThe Legend of Zelda, and as he got older we were given chances to start renting games....

May 17, 2025 · 10 min · 2016 words · Timothy Smith

Destructoid’s European gift guide

It’s that wonderful time of year again when we eat too much and feel all merry, but who can forget the presents? That’s right, the ever more difficult task of buying gifts for your nerdy friends and family has been made slightly more easy by the carefully selected Dtoid holiday gift guide forsoftwareandhardware. But I thought I’d make another special guide for us crazy people living over the other side of the blue stuff....

May 17, 2025 · 5 min · 920 words · Brian Wood

Dread space: Why space sims scare me more than zombies

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [For his Bloggers Wanted essay response, Destructoid community blogger TriplZer0 explains why the vast emptiness of space scares him more than jump scares ever could. Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] Resident EvilandDead Spacearen’t horror. Now that I’ve got your attention, let me clarify that statement. Sure, those games are often classified as “survival horror,” but they don’t represent horror to me, and it has nothing to do with the more action-oriented flavor those series have adopted recently....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1080 words · Jeremy Johnson

Dreams or Nightmares Ep. 1: Furry Boarding, Family Guy, and Mario on PlayStation

‘Goddamn you guys are making some weird shit in Dreams’ Dreamshas been out in full for about two months now and the community has taken to it like a horse to water, making all sorts of wonderful creations…and a lot of bull crap. In Dreams or Nightmares, we’ll take a look at the wide variety of experiences inside the Dreamiverse. This inaugural edition brings us a meme-filled platformer, furry pro skating, and most shockingly, Mario on PlayStation....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Gregory Dougherty