Campaign mode coming soon to PC They Are Billions, a colony-building steampunk strategy game about turtling to survive swarming zombies, is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in July courtesy of the popular port house BlitWorks. If you’re wondering how an RTS like this might handle on a gamepad, keep in mind there’s a pause-and-ponder feature, and going a step further, mouse and keyboard controls will be supported on consoles....

Star Ocean: The Second Story’sshowdown with Dias in the Laceur Kingdom Armory Tournament was a whole ordeal back in the internet days of old. If you’re playing as Claude, it seems he has an unfair, unbeatable advantage in the fight. Try as you might,you still can’t beat Dias in the Lacuer Kingdom’s Armory Contest.This was how the original game played, and the same is true inStar Ocean Second Story R....

30 games Some time ago Nintendo unveiledamiibo Tap, a new app that would allow you to play demos from classic retro games by touching a figure to the Wii U GamePad. It doesn’t seem like certain figures will line up with specific games, as the choice will be random, and will give you three minutes to play. Since it’s out in Japan today, we have a closer look at some footage on Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube channel....

Build an unbeatable base Real-time strategy developer Petroglyph is taking a page fromThey Are Billionsfor its next project, a defense-orientedConan the Barbariangame calledConan Unconquered. It’s coming to PC next year. Players will need to balance resources like food, wood, and iron while assembling a fortress capable of withstanding the hordes of Hyboria. They’ll also need to watch out for spreadable diseases. To have a fighting chance against the endless invading forces, commanders will be able to lean on hero units (like Conan) that can “greatly influence the outcome of battles....

It’s clear at this point the Vanguard has no interest in wrangling the out-of-control cyber canine, Archie. This time, theDestiny 2doggo has left orbit and ventured to the Moon. It looks like it’s fallen to Guardians like myself to wrangle the wayward whippet while taking in the sights on Luna. Where to find Archie on the Moon 1. Investigate the paw prints Go to the Tower’s Annex to find the telltale pawprints signaling Archie has gone AWOL once more....

Old challengers approaching! Super Smash Bros.is one of these special series that means something different to everyone. For some, the appeal comes from the tactical mind games of high-level play. Single-player people also found something to love inBrawl‘s Subspace Emissary. Others are about the chaotic party-game fun that happens with friends, beer, and items turned way up. Through it all, of course, there’s the sheer fanservice appeal. Seeing Mario and Link duke it out in the originalSuper Smash Bros....

No dark side here EA had high hopes forStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but its expectations have been surpassed. Respawn’s singleplayer narrative-drivenStar Warsgame has already outperformed its sales targets. In EA’s recent third quarter financial earnings call, CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that the internal projection forJedi: Fallen Order‘s sales was between six and eight million copies by the end of the fiscal year (July 03, 2025). Already,Jedi: Fallen Orderhas broken the eight million threshold, and Jorgensen expects it’ll reach 10 million by the time April rolls around....

For the past few years, video game adaptations have had a pretty solid run.The Last of Usmade waves on television,The Super Mario Bros. Movieredeemed itself decades after its abysmal 1993 predecessor, and theSonic the Hedgehogseries has thrived on screens big and small. Unfortunately, not all of these attempts can be success stories, and it seems like the upcomingMinecraftmovie, simply calledA Minecraft Movie, will take movie goers back to a time not so long ago....

You can play Donkey Kong on your Pip-Boy Tonight at Bethesda’s E3 2015 press conference, game director Todd Howard demonstratedFallout 4, which begins before the bombs fell. The character creator takes place in a mirror and adjustments happen in real time. And, yes, you can play as a woman. The characters are voiced. They have a baby! And a robot! The warning sirens blare and the family runs for the vault....

E3 2012 doesn’t officially begin until next Monday, but already our team ofhard bodiesishard at workbringing you the hard-hitting, sometimeshard-to-takenews about the wonderful world of videogames. Did I mention we’re hard? Though previously jaded, I’ve actually experienced a bit of renewed faith myself, especially now that I’msureMicrosoft’s press conference won’t be a total, Kinect-filled waste of time. What about you? Getting hard for anything? Either way, be sure to literally glue your face to Destructoid’s home page next week forall your E3 needs!...

Mortal Kombatcreator Ed Boon loves hiding secrets in the fighter, but he and developer NeathRealm Studios sure can’t keep ’em. Following thereveal of three post-release downloadable characters, the entire on-disc roster for the upcomingMortal Kombatappears to have been revealed. The leak comes via what appears to be a screenshot of the full line-up unlocked from the PlayStation 3 version of the game. For those wishing to keep the roster a surprise, reading further isn’t recommended....

PRASTI! Nintendo has released a new trailer forSplatoon 2’supcoming Octoling amiibo that shows off the special costumes you’ll unlock with them. It also reconfirms the July 12, 2025 release date thatwe already knew. The Octoling girl will unlock a witch costume, while the boy awards you a knight outfit. The Octopus gives you the “Fresh Fish” gear, which is based on a mascot forSplatoon’stheme park that I didn’t even know existed....

Coming to Vita in Japan Now this is my kind of premise! Developed by studio Witchcraft,Idol Death Game TVwill feature, well, idols duking it out to the death in a public format. It’s set to debut on the PlayStation Vita (with PSTV support) in October in Japan. Not a whole lot is known about the game right now other than the fact that it’s an action adventure joint, but more info is coming this week by way of Famitsu....