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It’s been such a long time (since a brand new 2DMetroid) It’s hard to believe thatMetroid Dreadis real,but believe it. Nintendo gave us a deep dive forMetroid Dreadfollowing the proper Direct stream, and confirmed it is being done by MercurySteam yet again. There’s a marriage of new and old here. Sliding is now a base ability. The “Spider Magnet” power-up will let you latch onto walls, and the melee system returns from…Returns, with a dash melee added in for good measure....

Maybe that scared the team into coming up with something more creative Splatoon‘s squishy squids that characterize the game came long after the graffiti-tagging gameplay concept. “We had found that the ink-battle play mechanic was fun, and the team was working very hard to brush up on that aspect at that time, but we were losing the freshness of the game the more the team worked on it,” Miyamoto toldTIME, reminding me of many major releases polished and ground down to safe, soft nubs....

It’s time for part two ofour interview serieswith Gary Winnick andRon Gilbert, two of the fathers of the Point & Click genre. as we count down to the end of theirThimbleweed ParkKickstarter. Talking to these legendary creators is a privilege that I wish that I had access to every day. I’m tempted to run a Kickstarter for a campaign to force Ron and Gary to keep running Kickstarters year round, so they’d always have motivation to respond to intrusive questions from strangers (aka “interviews”)....

Updated: July 26, 2025 Checked for codes! Every great fighter knows that the secret to success is to find your own Chi, stay calm in decisive moments, and hone your skills to perfection. If you have what it takes, tryNinja Legends, a Roblox fighting game with dozens of special moves and memorable battles. When you need extra help to progress more quickly and challenge stronger players, useNinja Legendscodes, as they’ll provide you with Chi, Souls, and auto-training boosts for easier upgrades....

New year, New 3DS? Today, Nintendo confirmed the date and time for its next Nintendo Direct event: Wednesday, January 14 at 9am Eastern / 6am Pacific. The event will feature Satoru Iwata “and crew” as they cover the spring 2015 lineup for Wii U and 3DS. It will be followed by a press event in San Francisco, which Destructoid plans to attend. Based on concrete release dates and estimations given by Nintendo in the past, the Direct is likely to coverCode Name: S....

Early this morning, weinformedyou that Nintendo had settled on a June 19 release date forOcarina of Time 3Din the US. Nintendo has now supplied us with alistof first- and third-party titles that will be dropping on its platforms through the end of the summer. As was (disappointingly) expected, the Wii and DS lineups are rather anemic, while the 3DS lineup doesn’t feature anything we weren’t already aware of. However, thereisa “surprise” in the form ofWii Play: Motion, a follow-up to the near-launch Wii Remote hitchhiker that everyone loves to talk smack about....

This isn’t exactly news, but I still thought you’d want to hear about it. Nationally broadcast radio showOn The Mediajust put out an episode about videogames, and it’s pretty amazing. A recap of the Atari/Nintendo/Sega-side of the evolution of gaming, a shout out to Poison (gaming’s first confirmed transvestite), some bright ideas on how MMOs (and the people who play them) may change the world, and an excellent critique ofHeavy Rainby a professional author are just a few of the many highlights to be found in this fine program....

Clever use of the characters PopCap is taking a break from tower defense for a crack at collectible card gaming with its nextPlants vs. Zombiestitle for iOS and Android,PvZ Heroes. The project “began over two years ago as a paper card game prototype” designed in creative director Devin Low’s spare time. The studio is testing the single- and multiplayer game in a few territories — Brazil, Romania, and New Zealand for now — ahead of a worldwide release which is supposed to happen “soon....

Playboy Enterprises (yes, the folks behind that magazine with the nude women and excellent articles) has announced that it’s launching its own videogame label in 2010. “According to Playboy user feedback, we know our audience is interested in online videogames,” says Playboy Enterprise’s managing director of new digital ventures, Paul Lee, “so we’re thrilled to launch a formal videogame label later this year that will meet their needs.” Those needs start being met with a massively multiplayer online game calledPoisonville....

Limited to 30,000 copies because reasons It’s been a long nine months since I reported on the upcoming Blu-Ray release ofBatman: The Animated Seriesand ever since then, news about the release has been kinda hush-hush. Yesterday the full details were revealed and let’s just say that it is both beautiful and expensive. The big news first though, this collectors edition will release on October 16th, 2018 and will run you $112....

Arc World Tour is also a no-go The ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 outbreak is going to get a lot worse in the United States before it gets better. That is if listen to doctors, epidemiologists, nurses, experts, and anyone who isn’t some nut job on the internet. That means more time locked down at home and more annual video game trade shows, conventions, and tournaments that have to start making some difficult decisions....

I recently had the opportunity to check out the first episode ofShangri-La Frontier, a new anime about a VRMMORPG. Now, this genre in particular has gotten a bit saturated in recent years due to the success ofSword Art Online,Log Horizon, and evenReady Player One. However, the art style of the trailer piqued my interest, and the press release indicatedSLFwould have a bit more of a focus on world-building and game mechanics....

Rottytops has been selected as nextHalf-Genie Herocharacter to get theCharaGumin figure treatment, having been chosen by fans to receive her very own resin model. Rottytops, the goofy, zombified gal-pal of Shantae, won a poll on held Twitter to decide which character would be next to be immortalised (no pun intended) in the Volks range. Rotty beat out pirate queen Risky Boots by a mere 2%. Damn, there’s gonna be some Tinkerbats getting screamed at tonight....