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ThePC version ofBraidhas been delayed until April 10. According to theofficialBraidblog, the delay is the result of having to fix “problems that came up in testing with various versions of Windows.” Rest easy. It seems like team-Braid(Jonathan Blow) is committed to making it work on the yucky platform: “I know folks have been waiting a long time for the PC version and it’s not so great to have to wait an extra 10 days, but it’s only so that I can attempt to ship you guys a version that works well (which frankly is impossible in Windows, but the best I can do is make it work for most people most of the time)....

DO NOT KICK THE DOG [Halloween is the perfect time to go back and play some hidden horror gems from days past – which is exactly what Kerrik52 does in hisHaunting Groundsretrospective! I’m a sucker for PS2-era horror games, so hopefully this tickles your fancy as much as it did mine. Get your work on Destructoid’s front page by writing a kickass blog – bonus points for bringing the spoop in these waning October days!...

The sequel toGhost of Tsushimagot a revealas part of the PlayStation State of Play stream.Ghost of Yoteimoves things to 1603 during the popular Sengoku Period of Japan. It also moves the action to the area around Mount Yotei, which is located in modern day Hokkaido, known as Ezo back in that period. It stars Atsu, who is a protagonist that I’m sure is not going to rankle a very specific and vocal corner of the internet at all....

Keep it dark Diablo IVhelped BlizzCon 2019 kick off right, washing off the blowback ofDiablo Immortalin 2019. The classicDiablostyle is back, and it looks like this is going to be a substantial game with some open-ended gameplay. But it’s still a ways away, and that very BlizzCon showing is the only information we’re going to get for a while. Speaking in an official open letter, game director Luis Barriga notes that the team is blown away by the reception forDiablo IVso far, referring to the online presence and the “packed” lines for the demo stations andthe Dark Gallery at BlizzCon....

Beep beep Batman: Arkham Knightis finally here, and the consensus seems to be that it’s not only a proper ending for the Rocksteady trilogy, but it may be the best game yet. But there’s a major source of contention, and that’s the Batmobile bits, which are a newly minted mechanic forKnight. Not only can you call upon your trusty vehicle in the open world, but there’s a number of sections designed around the car....

There are many factions warring across theWarhammer 40Kgalaxy, each sticking their necks out for what they believe in. With room for only one faction coming out on top, which faction is likely to win in the current setting? It’s important to remember thatWarhammer 40Klore is still being written, and unless Games Workshop are desperate, the story will never come to a true end. We are likely to see years of back and forth between the factions and new exciting battles wage and leaders fall and get resurrected....

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Teal Maskhas made its debut just shy of a year afterScarlet & Violetlaunched. Some may have quit their original file right after watching the credits. Others may have gone hard clearing Tera Raid battles and already have a decked-out level 100 team. There’s a pretty huge power gap between those two camps, so what level should your team be forThe Teal Mask? For casual players who have finished the game, you’ll only need to be around level 60 to match whatThe Teal MaskDLC will throw at you....

Final Fantasy XIVhas no shortage of unique and enjoyable mounts to collect. No matter if you’re intogiant dinosaursorweird floating heads, Yoshi P and team have you covered. However, with literally hundreds of mounts to choose from, Sprouts are likely to be overwhelmed by decision paralysis. So, just which mount should players get first? How to get your first mount in Final Fantasy XIV I feel like there’s only one correct answer here, both technically and figuratively....

We’ve got 75 Xbox 360 demo codes courtesy of our friends at Amazon! [Update:Codes all gone! I’ll start PMing them out in the next few hours.] Our buddies over at Amazon Games have gained exclusive access to some earlyDead Space 3demo codes, and they’ve shared the wealth with the Destructoid community! These codes are redeemable RIGHT NOW on your Xbox 360, while the rest of the world has to wait until the 22nd to try the game out....

Throw down money for this shodown honey cause this ain’t funny Video game publishers have one job: to sell you video games. But sometimes they refuse to do it.Konami put out an award-winning horror game on PS4only to take it off PSN forever, presumably as part of some kind of “reverse psychology” plan to win over fans (though there are rumors that they may be reversing course on that strategy). A few years before that, Nintendo put ten Game Boy Advance games on the 3DS, but it didn’t let you buy them....

We’ll be hosting a scheduled series of AMAs, starting soon [Update:The seventh of our popular Destructoid AMA sessions is now live! Sostop by our official forumsand take the opportunity to Ask Your Anything to Destructoid’s Features Editor,Podtoid producer, and all-round good dudeCJ Andriessen. Have Fun!] Yup! You heard that right. Starting this month, we’ll be hosting a series of AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) sessions with members of Destructoid and our sister siteson the new and improved Destructoid forums....

Budding game designers may want to pay particular attention toLittleBigPlanetwhen it launches, because Media Molecule will be paying attention tothem. The company’sPete Smith said it will be looking at the game’s user generated community content tospy potential new employeesfor its dev team. How novel — practically inventing your own hiring pool. “If a user becomes known as being great at making levels, I can’t say we wouldn’t but I don’t think we’d want to take his level and then charge people for it, because it’s free – that’s the whole premise of the game,” explained Smith....

Update:Aaand it’s back.Hollow Knight: Silksonghas returned to the US Nintendo eShop with a TBD release date. I’m not a doomsayer, and I’m sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation, but it appears as though the listing forHollow Knight: Silksongon the US Nintendo eShophas been removed. Instead of displaying information about the upcoming game, there’s simply an image of Wario along with the message “Whoops! The info you’re looking for can’t be found!...