The Weekend Hotness: RAWR!

Jimgave us a list ofreasons why theStreet Fightermovie is a cinematic masterpiece. He’s right, you know. It will forever be one of the greatest videogame movies ever made. If you disagree, then you’re just a son hoff a beesch. We got an exclusive early look atDead Space Extraction, first footage fromThe Beatles: Rock Bandwas revealed, raawwwwrrrrr, and plenty more happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Exclusive: Dead Space Wii designer talks story, body partsWhy Street Fighter: The Movie is a cinematic masterpieceWeekend Destructainment: A shocking good timeBest of the Network this weekThis Week in the Community: The Destructoid tattooGames of the week for 04/19/09: Rushed editionCommunity:Forum of the day:That one mook – Forum editionCommunity blogs of 04/19/09Community blogs of 04/18/09Those About to Die: PENGUINSUK Dtoiders get hands-on with Bionic Commando at CapcomThose About to Die: Seven Lessons from the Security Professionals of Mirror’s Edge...

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Melissa Cannon

This custom System Shock 2 PC is what my hacker-infested dreams are made of

Now I want to go replay System Shock 2 System Shock 2is one of my all-time favorite games, and this custom PC featuring SHODAN is amazing. Granted, it’s not a spot-on SHODAN, but it’s close enough to make me more than a little moist and extremely jealous. TTLG forum userTomMeris the creator of this fantastic piece of modding genius, and I now feel totally inadequate about my ability to create anything like this....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Patrick Hayes

Tomb Raider’s new game director helped create Dead Space

Ian Milham served as art director on the sci-fi horror series Crystal Dynamics has lined up a new game director, Ian Milham, for theTomb Raiderseries. While you might not know him by name, you’ll definitely recognizehis work. During his time at Visceral Games, he was the art director on the wonderfully disgustingDead Spaceseries, and more recently, he worked as creative director onBattlefield Hardline. I’m not sure if he wasdirectlyresponsible for the game’ssuper-detailed burgers, but I bet he at least played a part....

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Joe Mckenzie

Turbo Overkill slides onto Steam Early Access with chainsaw legs on April 22

Where we’re going, we’ll definitely need some chainsaw legs Classically-styled shooters are about to dip into the neon future. Trigger Happy Interactive announced today that its high-speed shooterTurbo Overkillis sliding into Steam Early Access on April 22. Inspired byDoom,Duke Nukem, andQuake,Turbo Overkillis part of what I’d call the retro-revival genre of first-person shooter. It’s clearly imitating the classic circle-strafing arenas and high framerate firepower of older games, but with many modern adjustments....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Sarah King

We’ve come full circle as DayZ gets an official battle royale mode

This sounds familiar… We’re beyond the pale and right back where we started. Years after aDayZmod (well, technically anArma IImod) kickstarted the battle royale craze,DayZis getting an official battle royale mode. DayZdeveloper Bohemia Interactive revealed that it will be one of the last to the battle royale fad after it was one of the first to the battle royale fad. It’s called Survivor GameZ, and it functions like most other other takes on battle royale — get to increasingly shrinking areas, try to find good gear along the way, be the last person standing....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Jennifer Golden

What’s wrong with the run animation in Mega Man 11?

And could it be fixed with a few tweaks? Running walking animations are easy to take for granted. When they do their job right, they look too natural to ever grab your attention while still adding energy and personality to the character. While it may look primitive now, the original NESMega Manhad some of the best running animations of its day. Back then, Mario, Link, and Simon Belmont all sort of hobbled their way to adventure....

July 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1113 words · Gene Goodman

Where to find insects in Fallout 76, all locations

All those years of stepping on insects have come back to bite us in the butt. Like the many other creatures in the Appalachian Wasteland ofFallout 76, insects have evolved to become some of the most terrifying enemies around. Despite that, insects are one of the more convenient enemy types to eliminate for the Big Game Hunter daily quest. So grab your insect repellent and weapon of choice; we’re showing you all of the best insect locations inFallout 76....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Rachel Cowan

Wizards announces three more sets for Magic, which will make their way into Arena eventually

2018 is fully planned out The line between coveringMagic the Gatheringas a card game and as a video game are blurring, thanks to the upcoming release ofArena, now in beta. While Wizards of the Coast has stumbled in the past with getting out a more digestible form ofMagic(Magic the Gathering Online, orMTGO, is a bit esoteric for the general public, and theDuelsgames never really took off) — allowing developers like Blizzard to jump in and eat their lunch with games likeHearthstone....

July 14, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Barry Hinton

Zelda fans are curious about one character’s whereabouts in Tears of the Kingdom

One old friend hasn’t been as present as others It’s been almost a week since the finalThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomtrailer before launch landed. There has been, of course, rampant speculation, as fans have pored every frame of the video. And it’s led at least a few to be curious about one character’s relative absence, compared to the rest. I’ll be digging into fan theories and such from here on out, so if you want toavoidgeneral speculationor stay scot-free onpotential twists, be warned we’re diving in here....

July 14, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Gloria Johnson

‘Broken Steel’ might not be the last bit of Fallout 3 DLC

Whoa, back up the disappointment truck. “Broken Steel” might not be the last expansion for Bethesda’sFallout 3. Pete Hines recently told OXM that profit would provide the motive for the creation of at least one other bit of DLC. “Whether [‘Broken Steel’ is] the absolute last one remains to be seen,” he said. “Because it’s been hugely successful. ‘Operation Anchorage’ vastly exceeded our expectation. It was like ‘holy shit, we did how many?...

July 14, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Scott Anderson

18 indie games to look forward to in 2018

Seriously this time, they’re coming out in 2018 First of all, these are only games with an announced 2018 release date. None of this “when it’s ready” stuff (I’m looking at you,Into the Breach). In fact, if all of these games don’t release in 2018…I’ll play throughTroll and Iagain. That’s how you know I mean business. Oh please god let all of these games release this year… I do this list each year, and I’m never sure how many games to include....

July 13, 2025 · 11 min · 2212 words · Amy Kennedy

2K explains what’s included in the Borderlands and BioShock Switch collections

They also include downloads in addition to the cart 2K is gearing up for a triple-release on Switch this week with theBorderlands, BioShockandXCOMcollections: all of which are out on May 29. To celebrate, the publisher has provided video rundowns of the former two collections, which showcase everything that’s included. In short, these are all fully loaded with content, including basically all of the DLC released for all six games.Borderlands 2sports the largest array of content, given that Gearbox releaseda ton of packs over the course of several years....

July 13, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · James Williams

All Fish in the Second Sea in Fisch [Blue Moon] – How to Catch Them

One great thing about the Second Sea update inFischis all the new fish you get to catch. There are 8 new locations in the Second Sea, and you can bet they all have new fish to catch. To help you out, we made this guide listing every single fish in the Second Sea, plus a few tips on how to catch the difficult ones. Here areall Fish in the Second Sea inFisch....

July 13, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · Linda Mccarthy