Blaze it with a new Rick and Morty game on April 20

Virtual Rick-ality Announced all the way back in July of last year, theRick and MortyVR simulator is now ready. Appropriately launching on April 20,Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality, which was originally just coming to the HTC Vive, is now also Oculus-bound. Although it has the potential to be filled with plenty of great jokes and absurd situations like the show, don’t expect a whole lot. The idea is that you’re playing as a clone Morty wandering around various setpieces and screwing with Rick’s stuff....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Brenda Ayers

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launches on iOS and Android next month

The cutest little hellscape you ever did see NetEase Games has announced thatthe mobile versionof Koji Igarashi’sBloodstained: Ritual of the Nightis almost good to go. The Gothic adventure title, shrunken down into pocket-sized form, will launch on the iOS and Android platforms in December, priced around $10. Developer ArtPlay has managed to squeeze the entire kingdom of Hellhold, complete with all of its post-release DLC into the mobile port, claiming that it has made “no compromise” on visual quality of graphical fidelity....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Kaitlyn Sanchez

Borderlands 2 on Nintendo Switch is a surprisingly good time

If you’re in the mood, the Switch ports are worth a look I didn’t set out to buyBorderlands 2for Nintendo Switch, but it worked out that way over the weekend. Why? Well, it’s been a while – I haven’t gotten around toBorderlands 3yet (or evenThe Pre-Sequel), and I’m not sure I ever will – but split-screen on my go-to co-op platform sounded pretty appealing. If you’re considering gettingBorderlands: The Handsome Collection(BL2andThe Pre-Sequel) or theBorderlands Legendary Collection(BL1,BL2, andThe Pre-Sequel) on Switch from a similar state of mind, you’re probably curious about how these ports look, run, and feel....

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Thomas English

Brendan Fraser to play Robotman in Doom Patrol series, is free

The Brendan Fraser renaissance is upon us Our boy Brendan Fraser hasn’t had the easiest of times in recent years, but fortunes may change soon for the star of the not-badMummymovie. According toVariety, the upcomingDoom Patrolseries on the DC Universe streaming service has cast Fraser as Cliff Steele, otherwise known as Robotman. The character of Steele was involved in a horrific accident, putting him in a robotic body. Fraser will provide voiceover for Robotman and portray Steel in flashbacks, while Riley Shanahan will provide the physical performance....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Jeanne Boyd

Bungie slept with wolves for Destiny

Now that’s dedication Destiny‘s forthcoming expansionRise of Ironhas wolves in it, so naturally, when I interviewed the add-on’s executive producer Scott Taylor, I wanted to know if we’ll be able to fight alongside them. “No,” Taylor replied, dashing my hopes, “I will go ahead and disappoint you now.” While it sounds like the wolves will just hang out in the expansion’s new social space, that doesn’t mean Bungie spared any expense depicting the creatures in as authentic a fashion as possible....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Adam Mitchell

Chet Faliszek is moving on from Valve

Another familiar face is out at Valve. Following thedeparturesof fellow writers Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw, now Chet Faliszek — who contributed to both of theHalf-Life 2episodes, as well as thePortalandLeft 4 Deadseries, andCounter-Strike: GO— has decided to leave the company. I was with Valve for 12+ years, but a fan for even longer. Can’t wait to play what is coming next.pic.twitter.com/FumRoP0VTS — Chet Faliszek (@chetfaliszek)August 03, 2025 In a statement provided toGamesIndustry....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Adrian Clark

Comments of the Week 29: Let’s have a ball and a comment, sugar

And take our sweet little time about it! Hello my little spandex suits, it’s me,PlasticTree, once again here to fill in for my fellow hosts whenever they are indisposed. I’m a little late with this entry, so I called upon some help to finish it. Apologies! What a week we’ve had. It’s the kind of week you usually only see after the E3 event, when it’s actually good. I mean fuck the Oscars, right?...

July 17, 2025 · 4 min · 677 words · Melissa Fox

Contest: Win a Nexus 7 pre-loaded with Tiny Death Star!

A $199 value! [Update:Contest over! Winner is Qtwentyseven!] Our friends at Disney have just handed us a brand new Google Nexus 7 pre-loaded with their hit gameStar Wars: Tiny Death Starto give away to one lucky Destructoid community member! In the game, you get to decorate your own personal Death Star from a selection of themed floors, and work to capture Rebel scum like Luke and Leia. I have never heard of something more adorable in all my life....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Timothy Vincent

Current working item duplication glitches in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

More please Tears of the Kingdom‘s item list is long and lengthy, and you’ll need many materials to upgrade your armor. However, if you’re in need of rupees, or even said armor upgrade fodder, you’re going to have a hard time finding certain items with extremely low drop rates. Luckily, players have found a way to sidestep the grind, allowing them to duplicate items. Find out the steps to pull off this glitch below....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Charles Bailey

Diablo 4 Season 3 revealed as Season of the Construct

WithDiablo 4Season 3 just a week away, Blizzard hasrevealedquite a few details about the upcoming season. Titled Season of the Construct, the new season will feature mechanical constructs created byDiablo 3character Zoltun Kulle. Alongside the new seasonal theme and mechanics, leaderboards and a handful of big quality-of-life features are also coming in this season including WASD movement. Season of the Construct The most important content with each new season is the seasonal theme and mechanics....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Louis Ellis

Dropper Incremental Tycoon codes (January 2025) [XMAS]

Updated: July 03, 2025 Searched for new codes! Making tons of cash as you watch the blocks from your dropper slide down the production line is quite relaxing. Build an HQ and a Research Center, and keep upgrading your Plot so that you may enjoy the feeling of becoming insanely rich inDropper Incremental Tycoonfaster and faster. Earning money can never feel too fast, so useDropper Incremental Tycooncodes for additional boosts and resources....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Louis Pitts

Exclusive: Meet Final Fantasy XIII-2’s sound team

Dale summed uptheFinal Fantasy XIII-2soundtrack pretty well with his simple and direct “WTF?!” This soundtrack is a total departure from anything we’ve known asFinal Fantasymusic, with styles including rap, hip-hop, jazz funk, metal, electronica, and orchestral, all featuring tons of vocals. While the soundtrack has been available forimport from Japansince December and even fromSquare Enix’s North America store, fans who pick up theFFXIII-2Crystal Edition next Tuesday will get their hands on the four-disc soundtrack as well, so we thought it would be a great opportunity to introduce the team behind the game’s music and sound design....

July 17, 2025 · 13 min · 2698 words · Holly Hernandez

Farewell, newest Super Smash Bros., you were the best

You were supported well This is it forSuper Smash Bros.,it seems. All of the DLC has been released, the polls are over, and Sakurai has noted that there will be no more balance patches. It’s time for the team to move ontoSmash 5, or for Sakurai to finally rest (I’m putting more money on the former, especially with rumors of an NX version, which I think will be a “GOTY” of sorts to kick off the platform)....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Katherine Griffin