Hey there Cthulhu, down there in your sunken city… [Update:That was quick. Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide have sent over a pair of screenshots and some new information about the game. Call of Cthulhuwill be an ‘Investigation-RPG’ (whatever that is) with stealth mechanics, as you’d probably expect from a psychological horror game. It’s due to be released sometime in 2017 for consoles and PC, and we’ll be hearing more about the game in the coming months....

Genshin Impacthas released preview images (known in the community as “drip marketing”) for its next cohort of upcoming characters. This round of drip marketing features the peacekeeper Chasca and the enigmatic Ororon. Here’s what we know about them so far. Chasca the Anemo archer If you’ve played through the first couple of Archon Quests in Natlan, then you’ve already metChasca. She’s a Bow user from the Flower-Feather tribe, which represents the Anemo element....

I’m super hopeful for this one Crytek’s bounty hunter monster shooterHunt: Showdownseems to be flying under the radar, but it shouldn’t be. I’ve got it filed in my brain under “This sounds so promising.Pleaselet it turn out well.” Set in the Louisiana swamps, it’s part PvP and part PvE, with up to ten players (solo or two-person teams) competing to track, stalk, and banish monsters for cold hard cash. “Once the [creature] was hunted, the true madness began,” Nick wrote inhis previewat E3....

Kirk Camerons need not apply Don’t get left behind: Enter today’s contest for a Steam copy ofRapture Rejects. Cyanide & Happiness is one of my favorite web comics. It goes from manic absurdity to cynical realism in the blink of an eye, and is always good for a share with me and my close group of friends. It stands to reason that once they made a video game, it’d look absolutely fucking hilarious....

Beta of Souls Along with a smallFriends and Family Beta, Blizzard have decided to invite 3,000 of the most activeDiablo IIIplayers to check outReaper of Souls. This Friends and Family Beta is happening now, and a closed beta should be happening by the end of the year. The beta will let you play all of the expansion right up to the end, but you won’t get to fight the final boss....

Gabranth Dissidia Final Fantasy NTis getting even moreFFXIIrepresentation (beyond Vayne and Vaan) with Gabranth, one of the big bads of the Archadian Empire. Revealed by way of a livestream and an introductory trailer (below), Gabranth will cut it up with his dual blades later this month in arcades, and on October 10 in the form of DLC. HisDissidiamoveset will allow him to combine his weapons together, toss them for a ranged attack, and slice and dice rapidly up close....

Disney Dreamlight Valleyloves a good scavenger hunt, and the Treasure Hunt event has many of them for you to tackle. One of the clues you need to follow and solve in this event says don’t forget to put out the fires. This is one of the tougher riddles to solve, but it’s an essential one to get done if you’re hoping to claim all event prizes. If you can’t figure out where to go searching for this one, here’s the solution for the don’t forget to put out the fires riddle inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

Taco Hog missed you If there’s one Japanese trend that it’s maybe better off we missed out on in the Famicom era, it’s their non-games. Or anti-games, maybe? They were deliberate kusoge that played with the expectations players had learned in much more popular games. They were designed to confound. If the gameplay wasn’t obtuse, it was obnoxiously inconvenient, or insurmountably difficult. That’s how you teach children what it’s like to be an adult....

It’s an optional item in Chapter 6 Elemental materia is a key upgrade inFinal Fantasy VII Remake. It allows you to link it to a materia slot with a magical element (fire/ice/air/lightning) and imbue your weapon with its power, increasing your damage and exploiting enemy weaknesses. First, you’ll need to hit Chapter 6. Progress through it until you reach a lift that requires three lamps to be powered down. After the second lamp, you’ll come across a location that has a lamp to the left, and a ladder to the right:you want to go right and down the ladder....

The perfect festive gift for any lover of Eorzea,Encyclopaedia Eorzea Volume III – The World of Final Fantasy XIVis now available to pre-order. Are you hunting for a festive gift for the Eorzeaphile in your life? Or perhaps simply want to expand your knowledge of the fictional world while also expanding upon your book collection? Well, don’t worry! The third in a collection of what is, at least so far, a collection of three Encyclopaedias detailing everything anyone could ever want to know about Eorzea and beyond....

What isFortniteSkywalker Week? It’s partly in the name! This is quite simply a week long celebration of the Star Wars franchise, with guest appearances from Luke, Leia, and Han: as well as Darth Vader. Note that it’s mostly a redux of past content, as lightsabers, a Darth Vader NPC miniboss, Stormtrooper NPCs, and otherStar Warsitems are in the mix,as they were several months back. FortniteChallenge How-to: SearchStar WarsChests This is the driving force behind all of the below quests, asStar Warschests are generally next to everything: including Stormtrooper NPCs....

Get to know the people that make great videogames A week and a half ago on Sup Holmes (now oniTunes), we welcomed Brian and Andrew Allanson of Ackk Studios to the program. We talked about their breakout successTwo Brothers, their start in making their own games (and Pokemon toys) before they were old enough to drive, the differences and similarities between using writing, coding, music, and visual art to convey ideas, and a lot more....

Rememberthis? What aboutthis? Andthis? Iknowyou heard aboutthis. Yes, it truly is a great time to be a Dtoider. Between all these high-profile community playdates, homegrown events likeTeam Fortress 2sdays, and Mr Destructoid appearing in all sorts of games, we’ve got a lot to smile about these days… and tonight is no exception! I don’t know about you, but Friday Night Fights are my absolute favorite part of being a Dtoider. So many awesome people getting together with the sole purpose of simply having a good time and kicking the weekend off in style....