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Oh, and Pet Society … ha ha The Sims Socialis being scrapped by Electronic Arts, along with fellow Facebook gamesSimCity SocialandPet Society. In the case of SimCity, this will be a case of a game shutting down less than a year after launch. That whole Facebook gaming thing died down quickly, huh? According to EA, the games will go offline June 23, 2025.SimCity Sociallaunched Jul 20, 2025. This throws open an important question aboutthe rising popularityof microtransactions in games — exactly how are we, the consumers, supposed totrustthem?...

WHAT!? No reekfish!? [Header imageby Tenu] This week was one of my busiest weeks in recent memory. I was so loaded that I fell way behind on a lot of cool videos and doodads I wanted to share. Bear with me as I play catch-up. Jimmy Wong and Ashley Adams’Feast of Fictionreturns to theZeldauniverse for a concoction based on Yeto’s Soup fromTwilight Princessand the Pumpkin Soup fromSkyward Sword. The key ingredients are pumpkin (of course) and goat cheese — thankfully, the duo wisely left a substitute for reekfish out of the recipe....

So far, so good TheAliengame rumored to be in development at Creative Assembly,Alien: Isolation, has gone throughanother leakfollowing a pair of images getting out earlier this week. I hate to say it, but the disastrousAliens: Colonial Marinesis making me far more interested in the new title than I would be otherwise. And I feel far from alone in this regard. Thing is,Isolation, at least visually, doesn’t look like a trainwreck. Four screenshots from the game have surfaced on Twitter — two environmental shots, one of a pair of humans all suited up, and a final one featuring a motion tracker....

Last weekwe finished up the Wii odd debate brackets with two games that appealed to completely different target audiences. Both were big winners in their initial rounds, and watching them go toe-to-toe didn’t disappoint. Here are the respectable results: You gotta hand it toNo More Heroesfor doing better againstSuper Mario GalaxythanTwilight Princessdid a week earlier. Not bad at all for a game that most likely had a much smaller team, budget and advertising campaign....

Good! While I adoreHeroes of the Stormas a MOBA, it still needs a lot of work behind the scenes and on the backend. One such issue is the storefront, which, among other issues, charges users full price for bundles when they may already own some, or most of it already. Blizzard is addressing this issue in the next major patch with dynamic bundles, which grant you real money discounts based off of what you own....

Take a peek at these deals Update 3/21:The 25% off coupon is gone and replaced with a new 23% off code. See deal below. Today marks the debut for Square Enix’s 2016Hitman. Discounts for the PS4 and Xbox One consoles are pretty much nonexistent at the moment as the title has gone episodic (and you’re able to only buy digital). The situation is the same on the PC as we edge closer to digital-only release titles (and content being released in piecemeal format)....

TheStardew Valley1.6 update has finally hit consoles a long nine months after it originally hit PC, and with it, the 1.6.9 update has arrived on all platforms. There wasn’t a lot of new content added, but there is one thing that’s really helpful. If you’ve ever managed to get your hands on a once-in-a-game item and then somehow gone on to lose it, whether by accidentally discarding it or through a horrible accident, there’s now a way to get those items back — the Lost Item Shop....

Hardwood is a material inEnshroudedthat is unavailable in the initial phase of the game. You can use it in the later stage of the game once you have rescued the Carpenter. To help you get this item, here is a comprehensive guide on how you can get Hardwood. How to get Hardwood in Enshrouded Hardwood is not something that you’re able to craft, so you have to scavenge it. Although the rarity of Hardwood is common, you can find it anywhere but in small quantities....

The answer may confuse and excite you In what is one of the greatest Q&A series on the web, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has interviewed Game Freak in his latest edition of “Iwata Asks,” and uncovers a number of cool facts aboutthePokemonfranchisein the process. Most notably, he delves into why the newest iterations of the series are calledX & Ywith Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda. Explaining the meaning behind the pair of games, Masuda states, “The X and Y represent the X axis and the Y axis....

The Internet is a wonderful place — you can find anything on it, including the results of videogame × Fauvism mash-ups. Well, let’s back up a bit. Perhaps Arizona is a wonderful place, since it’s where artistJames Barnettlives. From the header image, you may probably tell that he’s a painter; and if you’re a fan of Bethesda’sFallout 3, maybe you recognize Megaton, one of the game’s largest and most memorable venues....

The newYakuzalooks wild Super Monkey Ball Banana Maniais shaping up to be quite the Sega crossover. Not only is there theMonkey Ballcrew and some familiar Sega mascots, but today,Sega confirmedthat the Dragon of Dojima himself will be rolling into the lineup. Kazuma Kiryu of theYakuzaseries will be a playable character in the upcomingSuper Monkey Ball Banana Mania. This tiny version of the legendary yakuza doesn’t just have his regular attire, but it also converts all of the bananas in the level into Staminan X pickups....

See you, space cowboy Hey all. After today’s post, I’m officially gone from Destructoid. I’ve got to say that it’s been one hell of a ride. I came in back in 2010 as a pretentious 19-year-old and I’m leaving as a 22-year old with nothing but opportunities. My time at Dtoid has been an insane whirlwind of some amazing people. During my tenure I’ve been an intern, a community manager, a streamer, and finally the head of Dtoid....

The kung-fu fighter is moving up in time Usually when a release date moves, it’s a delay. But today,Sifudeveloper Sloclap announced it is moving the launch date of its martial arts action game earlier, rather than later, in 2022.Sifuwillnow launch on Jul 05, 2025. The move takesSifuout of what was becoming an increasingly stacked end-of-February lineup. Rather than competing with the likes ofElden RingandHorizon ForbiddenWest,Sifunow sits right at the start of Februray....