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Futuristic jet-bike action from ’84 Hamster’s latest entry to the Arcade Archives is a little retr0-futuristic. Another release from the formative arcade developerNichibutsu, space-age jet-bike battlerSeicrossreturns on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Originally launched in arcades in 1984, before later being ported to the NES, Seicross(also known asSector Zone) puts players in the pilot seat of a hoverbike, blasting their way through a Tron-like universe. Battle enemy riders, bag power-ups, and rescue lone figures stranded throughout the terrain....

It’s almost hard to believe it’s been such a long time coming, butSkyblivionis still well on its way to hit its targeted 2025 release window. If you have any doubts, the brand-spanking-new 20-minute gameplay video showing offSkyblivionquests is almost guaranteed to clear them right up. Mirroringlast year’s 20-minute gameplay showcasealmost to a T, the latestSkybliviongameplay video is all about those classicTES 4: Oblivionside-quests that many of us know and love. The two featured quests, specifically, are the Killing Fields and Fingers of the Mountain, and the gameplay shown off here is bound to send you for a nostalgic loop if you remember playing the Bethesda classic back in the late aughts....

Nintendo confirms it It was pretty obvious thatSplatoonwould be getting some form of post-launch DLC, but now Nintendo has confirmed it.Speaking to GamesRadar, producer Hisashi Nogami notes that “we do have some plans to follow up with content to keep interest in the game post-launch. We on the development team are thinking of the launch as a first step of sorts. We hope to add to that in terms of content, and even to the degree that we’re hoping that this will become a franchise that Nintendo can be proud of....

Time to give this another shot I played too muchStarboundtoo early, and as we inch closer to thenext major update— the one that’ll push it out of Steam Early Access at long last — that sentiment keeps coming up. A bunch of us want to give the extraterrestrial sandbox game another earnest attempt, but not until it’s done. It won’t be much longer: the full release (version 1.0) is coming on Jun 04, 2025....

A Voyeur for September Team Meat, makers ofSuper Meat Boyand the upcomingMew-Genics, has put up awebsiteand trailer for what it calls “A live-action stealth game,” calledA Voyeur for September. Through my handsomeness and ability to read things other people have pointed out a bunch,A Voyeur for Septembercould be rearranged to readSuper Meat Boy Forever. Then again, it could also be rearranged to read,Bereave Promotes FuryorBeaver Putrefy MoroseorFreebase Voter Rump Yo,so that could be a coincidence....

At Sony’s pre-TGS press conference today, Tecmo Koei’s Hisashi Koinuma debuted a new title calledToukiden. Their Omega Force team is producing this for a PS Vita and PSP joint release. A lovely trailer showed a female ninja chopping off a large spider monster’s limbs with a sword at night, under swaying cherry blossoms. A larger, ogre-like beast towers over the trees, with fire in its hands. It leans in and breathes fire, revealing the game’s logo....

Earlier this year, wetold youthatUSAopoly, the company that takes Parker Brothers games likeRiskandJengaand incorporates popular licenses likeSpider-ManandThe Simpson, was working onMonopoly: Street Fighter Collector’s Edition. Even though it was just released released a few days ago onAmazon, it’s already sold out with no indication of when new stock will arrive. Should you be interested whenever it becomes available again, check out what the set offers. The board and box feature all-new exclusive artwork, and all the the locations have been renamed after stages from the series, such as Dan’s dojo and Shadaloo headquarters....

I’m on a major Conan kick these days. I watched the new movie today, and while it wasn’t that great, it didn’t completely suck either. My plans for tonight are to fall asleep reading some of Dark Horses Conan series. Did you know that Barack Obama collects Conan comics? We don’t have any Conan related stories for you today, but we do have some cool stuff. We have a racist episode of Podtoid, some binary robots, Shank 2 gets reviewed, Assassin’s Creed III is being made (shocking!...

Company’s biggest recent releases proved unable to meet targets Despite each game clearing at least a million sales, Square Enix has revealedTomb Raider,Hitman: AbsolutionandSleeping Dogsall failed to meet their targets. This news comes on the same day the company projected a13 billion yen loss and saw its president resign. Sleeping Dogshas sold an estimated 1.75 million copies to day, followed byTomb Raiderat 3.4 million andHitmanat 3.6 million. Square Enix blames these “slows sales” in part for its “extraordinary” financial losses this year....

Yeah, I’d play it again On Amazon’s Italian site, there isa PlayStation 4 listingfor something calledTomb Raider: Definitive Editionthat’s said to be releasing on January 24 for €59.99. According to the description, this re-release includes all of the game’s DLC, most of which is geared toward multiplayer. And, presumably, we’ll be able to see Lara’s flowing hairin all its glory. The site doesn’t explicitly mention an Xbox One version, though there has beentalk of exactly thatafter GameStop’s German site previously listed “Tomb Raider” for the platform....

PC only, duh Deals brought to you by the crew at Dealzon. FYI: sales from certain retailers go toward supporting Destructoid. One got a release dateconfirmed, and the other is finally on schedule to be released after being delayed. Creative Assembly’sTotal War: Attilaheads to the PC on July 13, 2025 while Ivory Tower’sThe Crewshows up on most platforms on July 25, 2025. Bonus DLC packs are the standard draw these days for pre-ordering games, and these two titles are no exception (details below)....

Updated: July 20, 2025 Added new codes! It’s time to suck the resources out of Mother Earth like a baby goat takes milk from its mom. Leave no stone unturned in your quest to completely ruin the Earth for a profit. If you need starting cash, since you want everything, you can useTreasure Landscodes. These codes will grant you enough cash to instantly jump into finding rarer resources instead of starting with rocks and acorns....

It has everything to do with its style Like many people, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is excited for the advent of virtual reality gaming. But, he isn’t just anxious to see what will come of it; he views his own company as a potential leader in the VR space, and it’s all because of the types of games it makes. Speaking during a recent post-earnings financial call, Guillemot fielded a question about whether Ubisoft would continue to pursue an open-world framework with regard to VR, or if the developer would switch up its approach....