Tower Defense title Cataclismo builds a July release date

Developer Digital Sun revealed during theTriple-I Initiative for 2024that its upcoming RTS meets Tower Defense titleCataclismois set to release on July 15, 2025, on Steam. Digital Sun, creators of Moonlighter and The Mageseeker, teases thatCataclismowill give players the ability to build their fortress and defenses piece-by-piece utilizing LEGO-inspired mechanics. While building up their castles, players will have to utilize tactical layouts, traps, and troop placements to survive against hoards of enemies that attack at nightfall....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Jessica Peterson

What does Red Diamond and Green Diamond mean in College Football 26 Dynasty?

The difference between a successful and a failed Dynasty save inCollege Football 26often comes down to how well you can identify between Red and Green Diamonds during scouting. When you start approaching a fresh recruit, you won’t have all the relevant information. As you put more hours into scouting, you’ll get to learn more about a potential recruit. Sometimes, a prospect will have a bright green gem under their name. At other times, you’ll get a white heart with a cross symbol under their name....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Allen Williams

Who was Doomguy? John Romero has a funny story about that

This is the best possible outcome Behind-the-scenesDoomstuffis my jam, and I like to think plenty of you feel the same way. With that in mind, John Romero hasshared an anecdoteabout the box art that you need to see. It’s a good one. The original plan, back in 1993, was to bring in a male model to “strike various poses for the marine who would be on the cover of the box,” according to Romero....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Dr. Rebecca Robinson

10 Most Creative Board Games To Tap Into Your Inner Artist

For those with a more creatively inclined mind, board games revolving around trivia and numbers can sometimes just miss the mark. Whether you want to sit down and play with family or pull out the board games at a party, here are 10 of the best creative board games. Grab some pencils, and dust off the right hemisphere of your brain – it’s known as the creative side, if you’re wondering what on earth I’m talking about – because we’re about to dive into some drawing, laughing, think-outside-the-box fun times....

July 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1076 words · Brian Diaz

Assassin’s Creed: Unity will reportedly have a four player co-op narrative

With a little help from my friends TheAssassin’s Creedfranchise has caught flak in the past years for annual iterations that only make negligible changes and improvements. If a rumor about a new mode is true,Assassin’s Creed: Unityis set to provide an experience that no other games in the series thus far have. According to a report fromThe Escapist,Assassin’s Creed: Unitywill feature four player cooperative play through a narrative. Supposedly, Ubisoft will have two demos to showcase at E3 — one focusing on singleplayer, the other on this new mode....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · William Robinson

Atari classics now available for iOS devices

iPhone users who have a love for Atari should be having a field day right about now. The company has released a veritable glut of their arcade and Atari 2600 games to the App Store withAtari’s Greatest Hits. The software makes available 100 games, sold in a variety of packs for $0.99 each or you can pick up the whole lot for $14.99. Arcade games includingTempest,Crystal Castles, andAsteroidsare available along with 2600 games likeYar’s RevengeandCombat....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Sandra Ryan

Best Cedo Prime build in Warframe

Our Cedo Prime build forWarframeis going to be quite an interesting one. This shotgun is a beast, being an elemental primer and a crit machine. With all that said, here’s a build to use for it along with good Warframes to get the most out of this weapon. Best Cedo Prime build inWarframe This build will focus on its strengths since the secondary glaive fire is excellent for crowd control and priming targets for increased damage per status effect....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Rose Brandt

Beyond: Two Souls images are devoted to Ellen Page

Sony has released a batch of images forBeyond: Two Soulsin celebration of Comic-Con. Interestingly, these images typifyexactlymy problem with Quantic Dream — in that there are zero in-game shots whatsoever, and the gallery’s dedicated to pictures of Ellen Page and David “The Auteur” Cage. Obviously, that’s the important thing gamers need to know aboutBeyond. That a Hollywood movie actor is in it, and that David Cage knows a famous person. Page was the game’s one big announcement at E3, and apparently it’s still theonlybit of news we need to know....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Frank Butler MD

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle will feature an original story mode

‘Episode Mode’ The debate over its amount of DLC content rages on, but has admittedly subsided a bit oncepricing details became available. Regardless of where you currently stand withBlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, at least there seems to be more content on disc than originally realized. BlazBlue Cross Tag Battlewill feature an original story, titled Episode Mode, that will allow players to experience the story from each of the title’s perspectives (RWBY, BlazBlue, Under Night In-Birth, and Persona 4 Arena)....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Ricky Clark

BO6 season 3 patch notes: Firing Range, 4 new maps, 6 new weapons, and more

The long wait forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6’sseason three is finally over. WhileWarzoneis getting reinvigorated with Verdansk and an overhaul to the battle royale mode’s quality of life,BO6multiplayer and Zombies are both injecting a ton of content into the game, like new weapons, maps, operators, and a whole lot more. Table of contents BO6 season 3 patch notes AlthoughWarzoneand Verdansk are the main themes of season three, there’s still a fair amount of new content for BO6 multiplayer fans to dig into....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Jennifer Anderson

Call of Duty: Mobile rakes in $480 million in first year of release

War fund As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch ofCall of Duty: Mobile, a look at the statistics for the pocket-shooter show that, even in its handheld form, Activision’s bombastic franchise still succeeds at pulling in the punters. According to figures from the number-crunchers over atSensor Tower,Call of Duty: Mobilehas been downloaded 270 million times – with 148 million of those downloads attributed to its first month alone. In regards to in-game spending,CoD: Mobilehas raked in a huge $480 million USD, with a huge $215 million coming from U....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Erika Phillips

Contest: Win a limited edition copy of Retro City Rampage DX for the PS4!

Only 2,000 copies in existence! The fine folks atVblank Entertainment(Brian Provinciano to be exact) want to give one lucky Destructoid community member a limited edition copy ofRetro City Rampage DXfor the PS4. What makes this so special is that only 2,000 physical versions of the game will ever be made. I was lucky enough to buy a copy for myself before they sold out (less than 24 hours later). Let me tell you, this is definitely something you want for your collection!...

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Beth Henderson

Crytek partners with Crycash to create cryptocurrency based around gaming

The next logical step in the Cry series Crytek, the developer behind the PC-meltingCrysisseries and the originalFar Cry, has teamed up with a startup named Crycash which will specialize in maintaining and distributing a cryptocurrency geared around the gaming community. Crycash will open its hypothetical doors on December 12 and begin taking investments from companies that will invest hard currency in the soon-to-be-distributed gamer cryptocurrency. According to Crycash, its currency will be utilized in a variety of manners such as for payouts for looking at ads or completing certain tasks in games....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Gina Luna