The sooner the better! Rise of the Tomb Raideris coming to PC next month, according to the game’sSteam page. While Square Enix hasn’t yet made any official commitment to releasing the title (our favorite Xbox One game of the year) in any specific month, January falls within its“early 2016”launch window. PlayStation 4 owners are in for a longer wait, of course. Due to anexclusivity deal with Microsoft,Rise of the Tomb Raiderwon’t be appearing on Sony platforms until holiday 2016 at the earliest....

I have a love/hate relationship with the Kinect. At best, I’ve used my Kinect to shout at Netflix when feeling incredibly lazy or when I’ve built up enough motivation to workout withYour Shape: Fitness Evolved. It’s also fun when you’re pretty drunk and want to play something stupid, likeHole in the Wall. That seems to be the case for everyone. You either use the Kinect to be really lazy, get a cheap workout or do dumb drunk sh*t....

Children, avert your eyes I am tempted to just post the email we got aboutStrafe(stylized asSTRAFE®), because it is a masterpiece of videogame marketing. With phrases like “not for the faint of heart” and “we understand if our game is too realistic and violent for your readers,” it leads tothe game’s websitethat feels incredibly appropriate for the title. verify you click “No” at the primitive age gate. I remember sitting in my sixth grade technology class and building websites just like that one, complete with scrolling text, tables with thick borders, and low fidelity animated GIFs....

A very special Sup Holmes This week onSup Holmeswe’re taking a break from talking to game creators by getting in touch with a fellow member of the gaming press. Matthew “Tristero” Walden isa former Destructoideditor who has gone on to write for Geoff Keighley and create The Science of Games segments, both for Gametrailers TV. Since then, he’s moved on to working on shows such asLA InkandSwamp People, though that doesn’t mean he’s done with gaming....

The 2009 Game Developers Conference is in full swing this week. There’s going to be a lot of games to see, announcements to cover and ton of parties to go to this week. So many parties! Our man-in-Japan tells about Gaijin games in Japan, Colette reviewedMarble Saga Kororinpa, go pick who wins theMirror’s Edgelaptop, a newPunch-Outtrailer was released and plenty more happened on 03/23/09. Destructoid Originals:Gaijin games in JapanPodtoid: Now with less indie fapperyNew releases this week: Pokemon Platinum, Wanted and moreMonday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit!...

It starts tomorrow Althoughwe got word earlier todaythat theUncharted 4beta would take up 7GB of space, it seems as if the dates have been altered ever so slightly. Instead of starting up on Friday, the beta will now kick off tomorrow, December 3, at 9AM PT. All you need is a copy ofUncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, and the aforementioned storage capacity, and you’re good to go. The beta will run until December 13....

Petition to get Reggie to do the Yo-Kai dance, now I like Bill Trinen’s dad jokes as much as the next guy, but Nintendo of Europe’s Satoru Shibata stole the show yesterday in the separate UK Nintendo Direct. In an adorable move reminiscent of the legendary Satoru Iwata, Shibata celebrated the impending release ofYo-Kai Watchoverin Europethe only way he knew how — by dancing along to the TV show’s closing credit sequence....

Don’t click on the source links lest SPOILERS [“K and Rabbit Zero” by Fuju] [Update:Seriously guys? Complaining that news of the hero from the first game returning for the third game is a spoiler? I don’t think you know what a spoiler is.] If you’ve played throughZero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward— and if you haven’t, what’s wrong with you? — you’ll know that it ends on a major cliffhanger. A third installment was always inevitable, but it’s still nice to see series director / writer Kotaro Uchikoshi address it directly....

Celebrate Chinese New Year with TERRORBLADE The Chinese New Year is upon us, and everyone knows that that means: a newDota 2event! The update was vaguely outlinedyesterday, but today we can get a much better idea of what the New Bloom update will have in store. First up is a new Hero: Terrorblade, who can use illusions to do his bidding as well as swapping HP with an enemy via his ultimate....

Follow me as I spend a month trying to better myself by usingEA Sports Activeto exercise and follow its diet tips. Coming back from Otakon, I’ve had some time away fromActiveto really sit and think about how the software handles, and to try it out once again with a bit of a different mindset when it comes to the game. For those of you just joining me, I’m now heading into my third week of training using EA Sports’Activesoftware, working to complete their 30-Day Challenge and see what effects it has on my body....

Probably feeling left out as the world’s biggest moron parade marches by without them, the Calgary police departmenthas come out to saythatGrand Theft Auto IVis a “grave concern” and is worried about children becoming exposed to it, thus turning into psychopathic killers because they played a videogame. This news comes as posted in theCalgary Sun: City cops are warning parents to be careful about exposing children to video game violence, saying it’s a possible training ground for criminal endeavours....

Resident Evil is probably prime remake real estate Capcom might end up being a port factory in the future. And if that’s what it takes for them to stay in business, more power to them. While I love the idea of every developer taking giant risks and making new IPs constantly, having a world where Capcom is pumping out good remakes and preserving their history for posterity is better than world without Capcom at all....

PC and handheld gems This has been an unusual year for me. In previous years, coming up with my favorite games has amounted to listing the ten games I played and then ranking them. In 2014 I took on many more reviews than I have in the past, so now I have some actual trimming to do. For the first time, there are games I enjoyed that did not make the cut....