Get ready to climb that tower one more time Did you know it has been almost 10 years since the last time we got a newShirengame? That’s far too long for such a wonderful little franchise. While we wait to see what Spike Chunsoft does next with its silent wanderer, anybody who missed out on the Vita port of the fifth game in the series,Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, can rejoice in the news that it’s now making its way to Switch and PC....

It’s on Steam, for starters When I think of Insomniac Games, a few titles come to mind:Ratchet and Clank,Spyro the(pre-Skylanders)Dragon, andSunset Overdrive. The studio’s new game,Slow Down, Bull, is not like those — it’s a smaller project for Steam inspired by the open development happening at places like Vlambeer and Double Fine. Players will guide Esteban the bull (that name sure isgaining popularity) through an upbeat arts-and-crafts world as he collects beautiful things and tries not to get too stressed out by a bullcatcher....

I am simply shocked! Super Mario Makeris looking hot. Additional fuel has been added to the sexy Mario flames by way of Amiibo support. Today’s Nintendo Direct showed how tapping the Wii Fit Trainer Amiibo to the GamePad makes her the character’s avatar. The stream also showed off the creation of some original Mario assets, highlighting the creative process that Nintendo used to face. The relative ease ofMario Makershows that anyone can do it, and won’t even need graph paper!...

Flee from 8-bit Colin Farrell The Oscars celebration may be over, butThe Banshees of Inisherinlive on in video game form. Overon this site, you may playBanshees: The Game, a pixel-y game based on the Academy Award-nominated film. Created byCogs & Marvel, this little retro-style game does indeed take afterThe Banshees of Inisherin. It’s got some lovely pixel work, including great illustrations of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. How exactly does it play?...

Herc was on a roll Relive unforgettable moments in the second part of Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience, coming to#PSVRfor free on July 25pic.twitter.com/OHQYyOMOyy — PlayStation (@PlayStation)June 05, 2025 TheKingdom Hearts: VR Experienceis set to receive an update next week. Bringing “Olympus Coliseum” fromHercules, the new DLC will also include motion controls or anyone rocking a PlayStation Move. I’m not sure if that means you’ll need the orb controllers or just the DualShock 4, but that should add a layer of immersion to this virtual museum....

New ‘single-player experience’ also en route Naughty Dog has released a statement concerning the state of play on itsuntitled multiplayer projectset within the miserable world ofThe Last of Us— Originally announced at the start of the year as part of the series’ 10th-anniversary celebrations, the studio has remained quiet on the release, offering up little news on its concept, gameplay style, or launch window. “We know many of you have been looking forward to hearing more about ourThe Last of Usmultiplayer game,”wrote the studio on Twitter....

Let’s reminisce! [Every Friday (or whenever), Destructoid will pose topical a question to the community. Answer it if you want!] With the year almost over, I was interested in writing one of these posts as a prompt for you lovely folks to talk up some of your favorite moment(s) of 2012 with as much or as little detail as you prefer. So often we get can caught up in the negativity surrounding this shared interest of ours that we forget to stop, reflect on what’s good, and actually talk about it....

Happy New Year!Are you ready for 2024? I am! 2023 gave us a ton of great games to play, but we also had a lot of bad gaming industry news dropping steadily throughout. Hopefully, this year will bring better tidings as some of the sectors recover and come back stronger. In the meantime, here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening on the Switch eShop for the past few weeks. Studios pushed out everything they could at a rapid pace before the holiday, just as users unwrap their new Switches and redeem their eShop gift card money....

…not just one game [Image credit:Mike Lambert] Any game can use cut scenes to tell a great story. That trick was impressive back when CD-ROMs were cutting-edge technology. Today, the expectation for story-focused games is to work towards interweaving narrative techniques into every aspect of the design. Videogames can do so much more than pure linear storytelling devices like text or film.The best Narrative Design awardis Destructoid’s way of acknowledging the games that best proved that in 2014....

Just because Rocksteady is taking the Bat off tiny Arkham Island and into the big city doesn’t mean that he’ll be taking all of his signature toys with him. In an interview with British gaming publication GamesTM, Director Sefton Hill has definitively stated that you will not be cruising for chicks in the Batmobile when you playBatman: Arkham Citysaying, “There aren’t any playable vehicles in the game.” That’s really comforting to hear....

“Everybody loves helicopters, they kick ass.” That statement pretty much sums up the pitch forComanche, the latest in a string of revivals from THQ Nordic. Nukklear approached the publisher about bringing back the simulation series, and they went for it– the new game, simply titledComanche, is leaning into team-based objective multiplayer. Along with helicopter dog fights, you’ll also be able to have a drone do your bidding. How very 2019....

Bet the farm [Update:Oops, sorry about your farm!] Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are going to fight one another today. Any two other names, and it’s a run-of-the-mill weekend where boxing continues to be relegated to the far corner of the public’s peripheral vision. This is different. This match features the two welterweights who are the absolute best at their craft. Everyone’s wanted to see this for a half-decade, but negotiations had constantly stalled because of money, drama, refused blood-testing, and defamation lawsuits....

Woo! The first big discount of the summer is here onGrand Theft Auto Vfor PC. This weekend only GMG has the game marked down 33 percent instantly to $40.19. Use astacking 20 percent off coupon codeand cut the price further to only $32.19. Almost half the usual $60 for last year’s top-selling PC game. One of the few 2K games that has steadily held its value since release. With the E3 hype forBattlefield 1over and done with (yeah y’all are never going to mention it again right), this weekend EA is tossing huge discounts onBattlefield 4andBattlefield Hardlineacross major platforms....