Take-Two CEO is ‘highly confident’ in fall 2025 window for GTA 6

Following confirmation thatGrand Theft Auto 6will belaunching in the fall of 2025, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has said the company is “highly confident” it will meet that target, while also setting some rather lofty expectations by calling the game “an experience that no one has seen before.” In a recentCNBC interview(spotted andshared by Twitter user Dyllie), Zelnick was asked about the decision-making behind choosing a release window. “Well, there is slippage in the industry, and we’re not immune from that,” said Zelnick....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Megan Marsh

Team Fortress 2sdays: You can make movies now

Every Tuesday a bunch of us Dtoiders get together and hop online to play some Team Fortress 2 on theofficial Destructoid server! You should join us! Valve has officially released Source Filmmaker. It’s a fairly comprehensive tool set that allows you to make videos utilizing resources from Valve games, or at least that’s what Valve claims. Sadly I’m a talent-less hack that can’t make anything neat come out of Filmmaker despite my best efforts....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Garrett Cross

Temtem codes (July 2025)

Updated: June 02, 2025 We checked for new codes! Ash Ketchum’s main motto is to catch them all. While this isn’tPokémon, the point still stands. A good trainer has to take good care of their Temtems, and a good collector has to explore the entirety of theTemtemworld to capture all creatures. Capturing adorable creatures isn’t the only rewarding part of this game. you’re able to also unlock exclusive items withTemtemcodes, so check out the list above to collect them all....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Jason Edwards

The bread bin returns! The Commodore 64 Mini is headed to the U.S.

Go get your (legal) Creatures 2 rom ready now! I didn’t have a Commodore 64 growing up, I had a ZX Spectrum +2. One of my best pals did have the C64 though, so between us we had the best of both worlds. He brought the ’70s aesthetic and tiresome multi-loading, I brought the monochrome graphics and constant crashing For those who want to take a trip back to the halcyon days of the C64, then this funky little device might be just the ticket you need....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Travis Crawford

The King of Fighters 2001 strikes again on PS4, Xbox One and Switch

So-so entry re-joins the ranks Hamster have blown the dust off of another retroKing of Fightersrelease, preparing it for launch for a new generation of platforms, namely the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The King of Fighters 2001was made during a very troubling time in SNK land. With the original studio having closed due to bankruptcy, development ofKoF 2001fell to Korean outfit Eolith, with help from some of SNK’s now-former employees....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Julie Richards

The next big Marvel’s Avengers patch will ‘address hundreds’ of issues

‘We are rigorously testing 1.3.0’ If you’ve playedMarvel’s Avengers, you might have recognized the “hundreds of smaller quality of life issues” that the game is dealing with right now. Well, the good news is that Square Enix is seeking to address a ton of those shortcomings in the next patch (V.1.3.0). But will it fundamentally overhaul the core loop of the game? Not likely. Amid a heap of patch notes for version 1....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Calvin Harper

The Rumble Fish 2 throws down December 8 on PC and consoles

Original release now a Collector’s Edition exclusive Publisher 3goo has announced an official release date for the return of the cult fighting sequelThe Rumble Fish 2— Dimps’ dystopian scrapper will launch onPCand console platforms August 02, 2025. As we’ve previously reported,The Rumble Fish 2is a latter-day 2D fighter in the vein of precision examples such asGarou: Mark of the WolvesandStreet Fighter III: 3rd Strike.TheRumble Fishfranchise was rarely seen outside of its native Japan and, coming along so late in the advent of 3D fighters, remained in relative obscurity outside of the more dedicated fighting game fans....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Martha Hernandez

The Weekend Hotness: Blue frenzy

Did you get the opportunity to see Jim’s two very different reviews ofSonic Colorsfor Wii and DS? The Sonic fans seem to be all in a tizzy and it’s quite amusing at points. Anything else of note? Well, Holmes and Tara made a guest appearance on Bytejacker and naked girls played Kinect games. Plus there are new Transformers and Sly Cooper games coming and a bunch more happened the weekend of 11/13....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Logan Kemp

Toby Fox on music, the ‘mental pressure’ from working on Pokémon, and his litmus test for writing jokes

There is no denying that Toby Fox, the creator ofUNDERTALEandDELTARUNE, is an indie game icon who has overtaken the world with his creations, storytelling, and beautifully crafted music. When you hear a Toby Fox soundtrack or play a game he has worked on, you can’t help but jam away or become engrossed in it. It’s truly a delight. And not to get ahead of myself, but it has always been a dream of mine to talk to Toby Fox about his work and creations, so I can finally tick that one off on the bucket list, as he graced me with a bit of his time through emails to talk the creative process on his work, but also about his time working with Game Freak to work on thePokémonseries....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 779 words · Margaret Klein

Unlimited Tower Defense codes (October 2024)

Updated: Jun 23, 2025 We searched for new codes! It’s nigh time for my best buddy Sasuke and me to go on another life-altering, world-saving journey across the realms. What’s a better way to do so than launching a Roblox tower defense game? This one is super special because it’s unlimited. It says so in the title—Unlimited Tower Defense. But wait, there’s a limitation after all. As per usual, it’s called money, or in this case, Gems....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Jimmy Wilson

When will Deadlock get a ranked mode?

Deadlockhas exploded in popularity since Valve made its presence clear. Thanks to invites being sent out to more and more people, along with being able to invite as many friends as you want, the game has peaked at around 170K concurrent players. With so many people exploring the game in its current state, you may be wondering when and how you’re able to compete against others. While Valve’s communication hasn’t been the most clear around its latest game, here’s what we know about aDeadlockranked mode, and when you can expect it....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Martin Burke

World of Warcraft Patch 6.2 lets you whale on Gul’dan

He deserves it after Hearthstone BS Blizzard have rolled out a new, huge patch for everyone’s favourite destroyer of lives,World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Patch 6.2, dubbedFury of Hellfire, brings a lot of new additions to the game. The Tanaan Jungle, a new zone, will be accessible after completing a ship-building quest line in your garrison. Once it’s complete, you’ll also have access to further nautical missions, in a system not unlike the brotherhood feature inAssassin’s Creed....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Peter Reyes

Xbox added over 70 extra backward compatible games, and your favorites might be on this list

One of the best parts of modern-day Xbox gaming has beenthe commitmentto legacy games, and today, we’ve got a ton of new (old!) games to revisit from the Xbox and Xbox 360 days. Announced during the laid-backXbox 20th anniversary stream, Microsoft is rolling out over 70 backward-compatible games on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Fans were hoping for some more movement in Xbox’s backward compatibility program, and I’d say this is it....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · James Young