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Traditional weapons are dumb, tigers are the future Far Cry 4has its share of weapons that look fun to use. Machine guns? Sure, they’re tried-and-true and will get the job done. Mortars? Maybe a bit of overkill, but at least you don’t have to get dirty. Tigers?Wait, what!? This new trailer shows exactly how tigers can be used to take out unsuspecting guards. Just throw a hunk of meat at whatever you want dead, and the big cat will take care of the rest....

Gobbing Gorilla Fans of arcade classicToki, who may have been a little jealous ofthe Nintendo Switch remake last year, will be pleased to hear that the saliva-heavy ape is bringing his rejuvenated antics to PC, PS4 and Xbox One sometime in Q2 of 2019. Tokiis the story of the titular young man who is transformed into a gorilla by the voodoo priest Bashtar. Toki must climb, jump, swim and spit his way through a series of stages, enemies and bosses in order to face Bashtar, rescue his girl Miho and, hopefully, restore his human form....

This is going to be dangerous for my free time [Update:Confirmed live on The Game Awards 2022 stream, yes,Vampire Survivorsis officially out and free to play on mobile.] Horde survival hitVampire Survivorsjust landed on some new platforms.Vampire Survivorsis now available on mobile, through the iOS App Store and Google Play Store for Android. The indie bat-blasting survival game seemed to drop out of nowhere, indicating this might have been a planned reveal for tonight’s show at The Game Awards 2022....

Race Day Hey guys, I’m launching a new show for Destructoid’s YouTube channel! Using a name I’ve been kicking around since my old blogging days on Screwattack, DEMOlition will be a series where I take a first look at demos and betas of upcoming games while giving my first impressions on them. It may be a well worn idea, but I feel that the entire experience of playing something for the first time can be just as valuable as putting in tens of hours and writing a review....

What makes a Wolf a King? Sega’sVirtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdowngets its cosplay on this week, as its roster of knuckle-flinging pugilists dons the garb of its fellow 3D fighting title,Tekken. TheVirtua Fighter x Tekkencostume collaboration DLC will launch tomorrow on PlayStation platforms, priced at $9.99 USD. Thepreviously teased DLC packagefeatures new looks for all 19 members of theVirtua Fighterroster, each of whom will be replicating the look of one ofTekken‘s iconic heroes and/or villains....

Get ready to stand on the edge Best Black Friday, one of the many sites dedicated to collating deals available during the ebony-black altar of consumerism and bloodlust known as Black Friday,has publishedan early version of Walmart’s ad, detailing its enormous post-Thanksgiving bargains. The deals I find particularly interesting are the Modern 8-Bit Mario amiibo, a $35 copy ofMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, a $250Super Smash Bros./SplatoonDeluxe Wii U bundle, a $299Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collectionbundle, and $40 Xbox One/DualShock 4 controllers....

The Skaven brought some new friends We knew Fatshark had started work on a sequel toWarhammer: End Times – Vermintide, but today the studio has much more to show for its four-player cooperative action game. The Skaven hordes are back, as expected, along with another threat: Chaos. The two forces have “formed a pact to plunge the world into death and decay,” and you’ll need to put an end to those plans as one of five heroes....

So EA, I had heard that you and BioWare were originallygoing to includesome pain-in-the-ass copy protection in the PC versions ofSporeandMass Effect, which would have forced users to remain online in order to play, but thendecided against itonce the Internet at large cried foul. You wised up, consumers got what they wanted, everyone was happy. Wait, what’s that, EA? Instead of having to stay online for constant verifications, we can only haveMass Effectinstalled on three computers at any given time?...

Thing on a Spring Zen Studios has revealed three more classic Williams tables headed to thePinball FX 3platform. TheWilliams Pinball: Vol. 5pack will includeCirqus Voltaire, No Good Gofers, andTales of the Arabian Nights,and will launch on all platforms December 10. Originally released back in 1996,Tales of the Arabian Nightsis a lavish fantasy title based upon theOne Thousand and One Nightsfables.TOTAN’s many modes see players battle the Rocs, ride a magic carpet, and even sneak into a harem....

The deal is back until July 30, 2025 If you haveMy Nintendopoints to burn and you aren’t already a Nintendo Switch Online member, here’s a two-birds-with-one-stone sorta tip. Nintendo is (once again) giving outa seven-day trial code for Nintendo Switch Onlinein exchange for a paltry 100 Platinum Points, which you’re able to easily earn for free. That’s long enough to revisit a bunch of NES and SNES games, includingPunch-Out!!andSuper Metroid, and play a few rounds ofTetris 99before you remember that people are absurdly good atTetris....

Happy holidays, everyone It’s almost always difficult to dole out seasonal video game recommendations, and never is that challenge more apparent than now, at the beginning of the holiday season. We’re only a few days out from Hanukkah, which means the holidays are here in full force. But with so few festive video games in existence, it’s hard to figure out what, exactly, to play with hot cocoa in hand....

All your workers are now Warhounds Remember theWarhoundunit from the beta ofHeart of the Swarm? Originally planned as a replacement for the Thor, the Warhound was removed because they became a very strong focus of the competitive scene and were simply too powerful. Well, today they’re back! Except, not as a buildable unit from the Factory. Nope, Blizzard has turned each and every race’s workers into the Warhound. Everything except their skin and animations remain the same....

Along with the original game It’s wild to see an early-2000s online sensation likeSoldatreturn out of nowhere with a sequel. Later this year, creator Michal “MM” Marcinkowski is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again withSoldat 2. As a “direct successor,” the game is another side-scrolling shooter with simple yet chaotic multiplayer skirmishes, but it’s sporting a more modern look and across-the-board customization. WhenSoldat 2rolls onto Steam Early Access in Q2 2020, it will initially offer online multiplayer with dedicated servers, custom game modifiers, and “procedurally generated or designed levels....