The PS3 action game is reborn, portable style It looks like an enhanced download-only port of the PlayStation 3 action gameMaliciousis on the wayofficiallyfor the PlayStation Vita later this year, under the name ofMalicious Rebirth. The port will thankfully have more content than the original, including new foes and abilities. If you haven’t played it, the gist of the experience is that you play a Spirit Vessel, capable of saving the world from the Malicious....

Yo dog, I heard you like delays Remember whenMighty No. 9wasdelayed into 2016, and then a trial version was promised to release today to backers as a sort of apology for said delay? Today the official blog has announced the trial version has a “good chance” it would miss its launch today because of issues with the distribution method, whatever that means. So theMighty No. 9team waited to announce the delay for the full game at the last minute after everyone basically already had been told by retailers it was delayed, and then waited until mid day of the trial version’s release date to sneak news about apossibledelay into theend of a blog about some contest....

’10 percent more’ [Update:Microsoft has reached out to Destructoid to note that simply unplugging your Kinect will not increase your performance. It’s solely based around the fact that developers can now program without the Kinect requirement in mind. Here is the official statement: “For titles that ship in the future, if a developer has taken advantage of this SDK change they may access this additional GPU resource. We have started working with a number of developers on how they can best take advantage of these changes, and we’ll have more to share in the future....

Optimization my good man NBA games and the Switch don’t seem to mix. After seeing thatNBA Playgrounds, a poorly optimized and mediocre looking gametook up more space on the Switchthan a lot of other AAA titles, more than a few eyebrows were raised. It seems to be the same case forNBA 2K18, albeit with a much better visual style, as5GB is required forsave data, much less the main game. Knowing thatMario Odysseyas a whole just takes up 5....

Intense anime action coming this Summer Bandai Namco have announced that anime brawlerNaruto to Boruto: Shinobi Strikerwill receive a Western release on August 31, just one day after its Japanese launch. Unlike in Japan, where the game will only be available on PS4, North America and Europe will also be getting the game on Xbox One and PC. Europe will also receive a limitedUzumaki Edition,which includes a copy of the game, a season pass for nine upcoming DLC packs and a diorama of Naruto Hokage and Boruto, all housed in special packaging....

Do you hate the new Xbox 360 dash? I don’t, but the ads kind of suck. Know that you can opt out of them. Serious bitching has taken place since the update, but I won’t join in, as the ‘play disc’ and game list options are easily found. That’s all I need. Indie developer Nathan Fouts ofMommy’s Best Gamesdislikes the new dash. Maybe ‘hate’ is too strong a word. I know he does dislike how the system’s indie games channel seems to have been pushed off to the side....

Neuvillettedebuted inGenshin ImpactVersion 4.1. Some of his materials are exclusive to the new areas introduced in 4.1. Here’s the full guide to Neuvillette’s Ascension materials and how to obtain them. Character Ascension Fontemer Unihorn These can be obtained by defeating the new Millennial Pearl Seahorse boss. This seahorse can be found in an underwater cave north of the Fortress of Meropide. You’ll need 46 horns in total, which will take an average of 18 boss runs or about 720 Resin at World Level 8....

Iwata continues to bend to trends A few interestingfan translationsofa recent Nintendo Investor’s Meetinghit the internet last night, but as always, we have to take them with a grain of salt until Nintendo’s offical English transcriptions are released. Let us not forget how translations, fan or otherwise, can often go awry. Remember when we heard thatMiyamoto was about to retire… four years ago? So according to Farmboy in Japan’s translations, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata is “thinking positively” about makingNintendo’s mysterious future NX consolea region free device....

A surprise update as well The sudden Xbox release and Game Pass additions aren’t the only surprises Square Enix dropped today forOctopath Traveler2. The sequel also received a 1.1.0 update that adds a new post-game mode called Extra Battles that lets players do battle against a variety of unique enemies including characters from the originalOctopath Travelerand variations of the final ending bosses. This new mode is only available to those who have completed the story ofOctopath Traveler 2....

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder RememberHatoful Boyfriend?The pigeon dating game? Thoughtthatwas weird? Almost as if it were a competition, now Usaya Co. has released a dating game where you play as a girl (oneigh-san, if you will) and suddenly meet a horse with a handsome human mans face,Uma no Purinsu-samawhich is roughlyThe Horse Prince. It shouldn’t be too bad though, it is rated for anyone 12 years and older due to “moderate violence....

‘Sorry Cloud’ Folks who picked up the (non-bundled)Doom Trilogyon Switch this weekwere met with a rather odd requirement for the (in two cases) now decades-old games: a Bethesda.net account. Billed as a way to connect folks withthe “Slayers Club,”the games required players to log into an online account for what are ostensibly offline games, much to the chagrin of pretty much everyone involved. Although it was later revealed that you could have the UI remember your login, the requirement was as confusing as it was frustrating....

Are you hungry for someEnemy Territory: Quake Wars? Now that the gameis done cooking, it looks like everyone will get a taste on Monday, September 10th, as the PC demo will be released. TheQuakename has always been synonymous with top-end system specifications, and while this instance isn’t necessarily a ball-buster, you’ll still need a decently fast PC with a respectable video card. Of course, most avid PC gamers are probably ready to rock....

Are you ready for some Ratchet? Ratchet & Clankisn’t a series you hear talked about that often. It’s a shame, becausethe last major game in the franchisewas actually pretty good. Thankfully, next year you’ll be seeing plenty of the duo, in the form of both a feature film and a video game. The movie is set to debut in theaters on July 15, 2025 from Focus Features, and will feature Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Bella Thorne, Rosario Dawson, and Sylvester Stallone....