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Come hell or high water The affable team behindJoe Dangerand the exciting, upcomingNo Man’s Skyhad its officesflooded over the holidays. We’re talking, “a biblical amount.” In fact, the water is apparently still rising as the team, relocated to a “cramped little upstairs room,” has been working to hit its January 9 release date forJoe Danger Infinity. Talk about dedication. In thissecond iOS releasefor the series, Joe Danger is a toy, one of a couple dozen different playable characters in anArmy Men-style world of small things becoming giant things....

One of the most startling games of the 80’s wasKarateka,a martial arts action title by Jordan Mechner. At the time of its release, the fluid animations and dramatic elements were a huge leap from where most videogames were and laid the groundwork for the game Mechner is best known for,Prince of Persia. Now, Mechner has announced that he’s returning to feudal Japan to remakeKaratekafor modern consoles, with plans for the title to release this year on the download services....

As a dimension-hopping exterminator extraordinaire, your tools of the trade end up a bit eclectic. Have you tried killing spiderswith a minigun? How about we get weirder with some black magic? Here are all the potion recipe locations inKill It With Fire 2, and what they do To craft recipes, you need to locate the cauldron in the second level ofKill It With Fire 2. It’s around the corner from where you startin Artois Manor: A room lined with shelves storing ingredients such as butterfly wings, beetles, and bones....

Full release is edging closer and closer Tripwire Interactive’sKilling Floor 2has had somewhat of a tumultuous Early Access. I’vemostly enjoyedit from the beginning (it’s my go-to shootgame because it feels so dang good), but that’s not to say it’s all been smooth sailing. Some players were upset that it wasn’t ready for release in 2015, and othersreview bombed the game’s Steam pagewhen cosmetic mictrotransactions were introduced. Since the beginning of the year, the developer has been redoubling its efforts on making sure to communicate with the playerbase....

Mario + Rabbidsdirector Davide Soliani announced on Wednesday that he has left the publisher’s Milan studio after working for 25 years at the French company. Ubisoft, in response, wishes him all the best in his future career and says it’s their “turn to cry this time.” “After 25 years, 11 of which [were] beautifully spent working with Nintendo on Mario+Rabbids along the company of our incredible community of players, I have decided to leave Ubisoft to embark on a new adventure,” saidSoliani on X....

If you have been anticipating the release of more pinball goodness for your Nintendo 3DS, you won’t have to wait long at all. Announced less than a month ago in the run up to this year’s E3, Zen Studios’Marvel Pinball 3Dis slated to hit the Nintendo eShop this week, on June 28. Featuring four tables based on Marvel Comics properties (Blade, Iron Man, Captain AmericaandThe Fantastic Four), the pack will set you back $7....

That den of parasites known formally as the “Jackson Estate” has forcedPlants vs. Zombiesdeveloper PopCap to update its popular defense game due to a zombie that resembles Michael Jackson’s classic look from the “Thriller” music video. Known as the Dancing Zombie, this enemy had the iconic jacket and a joke bio that stated its similarities to real-life figures was “purely coincidental.” Unfortunately, the Jackson Estate doesn’t take too kindly to jokes, and sent a pestilent army of lawyers to protest against the game....

Mortal Kombattook me by surprise, both as someone who isn’t normally into the genre and as one of those dudes that hadn’t played any of the titles post-Genesis. Having surpassed 3 million sales worldwide, Warner Bros. says it’s the highest-selling fighting game of the year. “We are very pleased with the success ofMortal Kombat, as it surpassed our expectations in becoming the #1 fighting game in North America released so far this year,” comments Warner Bros....

ForgetSilent HillorFatal Frame. You know a game that’sterrifying? Bay12’sSlaves to Armok: God of Blood: Dwarf Fortress II, colloquially shortened to simplyDwarf Fortress. If being one of Armok’s slaves wasn’t bad enough (it isn’t), consider that the game’s visuals are totally in ASCII, that there’s no user interface to speak of, and that all of commands are mapped to the keyboard. In case you’re not hip tofrustratingly opaque indie games,Dwarf Fortressis a mix of city-building “God game,” real-time strategy, and roguelike, all wrapped up in a procedurally generated bow....

You might finish all of theTengu’s DiscipleDLC missions in one go, butNioh 2‘s newly-added Dream of the Demon mode is going to be a weeks-long time-sink for many of us. After hearing about the reward for clearing the base game on New Game++ difficulty, I’m committed: I’ve gotta see this through. As posted by Reddit userZippygup, the reward for clearing every main mission inNioh 2on Dream of the Demon difficulty (minusOnline Missions) is the Smithing Text needed to craft theScampuss Hat....

A new report by the NPD Group thatGamasutrais carrying called “Games Segmentation 2008,” shows that the majority of videogame players are what the group classifies as “Young Heavy Gamers.” This classification of gamers that compose 22 percent of the spectrum are not necessarily interested in the larger consoles. In fact, they favor portable systems like the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. They do not have the largest buying power though, as “Extreme Gamers” and their mighty three percent control the majority of the purchasing power of the market....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger Char Aznable takes us on a journey to 2008 when something unique and wonderful happened on Destructoid. Stay awhile and listen! –Occams Electric Toothbrush] Gather ’round, young Dtoiders, and sit on Papa Char’s lap. It’s Old Dtoid Story Time. I want to share a cool part of Destructoid history with you, something that many newer people have never seen before. Let’s flash back to 2008, shall we?...

“We’re going to have inventive, creative, exciting content that no one else has” Assassin’s Creed,Mass EffectandCall of Dutymay be all the rage these days, butOuya, the $99 Android-based console, is going after a different market, according to founder Julie Uhrman. When asked if the console could play current-gen blockbusters, at a SXSW panel, she responded: “Yes, and why would we?” Ouya, which runs on 1GB of RAM and an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip, has nearly500 titles confirmedfor it, but you’re not likely to recognize any of the names....