From a recent stream Over in Japan, NHK General had aDragon Quest30th anniversary special filled with your typical reverent type stuff, but it also provided a brief look atDragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time. In it, we got a few more details like equipment management, the camping mechanic, dragon riding, and some clips of the battle mechanic. We’ll see a lot more this year as it’s due in 2017 on both the PS4 and 3DS — and a Switch port is currently being worked on, but not fully confirmed/announced (Square Enix has been wishy washy with it, stating that it exists, but not listing it on their official documents for it, much like the console version ofDiablo IIImany years back)....

And some (probably a lot) we don’t Steam Greenlight isn’t a total wasteland yet, but when 75 titles are now getting approved for release on the platform in a single batch, there are bound to be duds. Let’s not talk about those. Instead, let’s focus on the positive — like the humorous arena game about people pretending to be planes,Cult of the Wind, or that wondrous Metroidvania RPG,Heart Forth, Alicia. It’s a nice feeling indeed to see that a game you only just heard about days ago is headed to Steam....

Stephen Ebert over atHumans Inventhas written an interesting piece about games for disabled gamers, focusing on color blindness and highlighting a UK-based charity calledSpecialEffectthat helps children with disabilities play video games. Hollie Bennett also spoke with themlast yearduring the Eurogamer Expo. Although compatibility for color blind people (8% of men and 0.5 of women) is slowlygetting tractionwithin the game industry, a lot of gamers who simply can’t use ten fingers on a controller are still getting the shaft because of a general omission of controller customizability in console games....

In development now Housemarque, the folks behindSuper Stardust HD, Outland, andDead Nation, have announced that they’re hard at work developing an unnamed spiritual successor to theSuper Stardustfranchise. This title will be a PS4 exclusive. “We are super excited to be working on Sony’s next-gen hardware,” said Housemarque’s CEO Ilari Kuittinen. “The platform’s performances are enabling us to do things that wouldn’t be possible otherwise and we truly believe that better technology can lead to better gameplay....

First DLC teased Undead Labs, developer ofState of Decayhas announced that they’ve hit the one million player mark, including Xbox Live and the Steam Early Access program. Thefirst DLC, titled “Breakdown,” has been teased, and it’s already been delivered to Microsoft for testing. Once all the bugs have been knocked out it’ll go live, which could be any week now, basically (Undead Labs says the send of October is likely). Given the success of the game, it’s likely we’ll see more DLC, and some PC DLC as well....

Just a minor announcement:Street Fighter IV’s“Power Up Pack” is up and available for free download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network. If you happen to jump on the Xbox 360 version today, you’ll be prompted from the main menu — after a small title update — to download the extra content. “Power Up Pack” is the legendaryChampionship Mode updatewe’ve been talking about for the last quarter century. It adds tournament play, a new ranking system and the ability to upload and watch replays on both systems....

Yeehaw Wild West Online‘s core concept is exciting. The open-world, cowboy themed MMO promises gunfights, bounties, and memorable nights at the saloon. Up until recently, I wasn’t too sure howWild West Onlinewould work. The idea of an MMO in a persistent Western setting sounded enticing, but it lives and dies by the amount of content available to players. The first gameplay video for the upcoming game is a small taste of what to expect, but it’s more than enough to pique my interest....

Make some room for another hard-breachin’ shooters? Team 17 has announced that it will be publishing new tactical shooterReady or Notwhen it comes smashing onto Steam Early Access in the near future. Developed by Void Interactive, the team-based shooter will task players with breaching numerous deadly, high-volatile situations – sieges, if you will. Players will take up the roles of highly skilled and heavily armed operators as they utilize stealth movement, top-tier technology, and devastating firepower to take out terrorists, rescue hostages, and round up the bad guys....

So what do you make of the newSpider-Mangame? It has some promise, but it’s also looking like more of the same. Not a bad thing, but I know a ton of you want a return to the open-world nature of pastSpideygames. We have a new Monthly Musing, Jim reviewedTomb Raider Trilogy,Minitroidlooks awesome, there’s a new game that has a lot of pews in the title and more happened on 4/4/11....

Now in Early Access Over the course of the last eight months I’ve become engrossed in the world of Fantasy Flight Games’Lord of the RingsLCG, despite the fact that it was released all the way back in 2011. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept “LCG” stands for “Living Card Game,” which is basically a fancy way to say “there’s no blind boxes.” This adaptation is built upon the foundation of co-op, and each pack is a fixed list of cards of the player and encounter (enemy) variety....

Developer Pat Naoum has just launchedThe Master’s Pupil, a game that’s the culmination of seven years of hand-painted work. If there’s any doubt, Pat explains that he didn’t merely use his hands to pick up an electronic stylus to draw the game on some fancy art tablet. Naoum made every single aspect ofThe Master’s Pupilold-school style before using ahigh-resolution film negative scannerto bring his beautiful artwork into the game’s world....

As our hung-over reporters stumble home from a memorable PAX this year, we take a quick look back at what stood out. Both Destructoid, and Japanator were on hand to cover the action. It seems as though the parties were quite god this year as well, as indicated by the sloppy text messages I was receiving in the middle of the night. Did any readers attend this year? Get to kick your favorite editor in the pants?...

This game is going to have such a long tail We’restillwriting aboutZelda: Breath of the Wildnews on occasion despite the fact that it’s over six years old at this point, andTears of the Kingdom‘s reach just might outlast it.Amid all of the frankly insane devices and creationswe’ve seen the community come up with, this new wave of videos showcases another creative element: music. How the community is creating music inTears of the Kingdom What the community is essentially doing is using stakes and lasers [beam emitters] (or other things) to create musical notes, which are then strung together through specific stake placements and item manipulation....