Lightning Returns to Final Fantasy XIV

For a limited time Lightning is back again inFinal Fantasy XIV, allowing you to participate in a number of quests with her, as well as earn a ton of weapons and armor fromXIII. Male characters will get Snow’s armor for completing the quest, and female characters will earn Lightning’s getup. As an added tip, if you complete the first chapter multiple times, you may pick up tokens for every bonus weapon in the game....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Jesse Middleton

Live show: Mash Tactics goes to the Edge of Time

Today,Mash Tacticsis web-slinging intoSpider-Man: Edge of Time. This is the newest addition to a long line ofSpider-Manlicensed games.Jon Carnage is a true fan of friendly neighborhood web-head. Tune in to see how he takes to this latest attempt to put the player in Spidey’s tights. Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4pm Pacific. WatchJon CarnageandWesley Ruscherlet loose with off-the-wall humor and discuss the issues of the day in the live chat onDestructoid’s Twitch TVchannel....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Ronald Wagner

Monster Hunter Wilds’ Zoh Shia is so tough, even veteran players are struggling

SinceMonster Hunter Wildslaunched, many players, especially long-time fans, felt the game was “too easy,” with battles lacking challenge. But Title Update 1 shattered that notion, unleashing a brutal High-Rank Zoh Shia showdown that’s proving to be a tough test for newcomers and veterans alike. Zoh Shia had already made its mark as a formidable final boss inMH Wilds(trust me, I still have nightmares about those one-hit kills). But even if you thought it wasn’t that challenging, you’ll want to give it another shot with Title Update 1’s newHigh Rankquests....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Abigail Beltran

Mortal Kombat 11 stats show that Scorpion Scorpion Scorpion

Edgy hell boy still everything NetherRealm Studios has released a shortlist of stats pertaining to the players of their gory fighting gameMortal Kombat 11, revealing that underworld ninja Scorpion remains everything to a huge contingent of the community. As noted by the numbers, Mr. Hasashi is not only the most played character online – both in RankedandCasual battles, but the black-and-mustard-clad assassin is also the character who has bagged the most victories AND the character who has been victim to the most fatalities… Scorpion Kombat 11....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Peter Moore

MY EYES!! Wallpaper crammed with 13,000 SNES JRPG sprites

If you value your eyesight, please do not gaze upon the full version of this unholy beast. But since I know none of you will heed my warning, at least bring some eye drops along on your journey. For reasons beyond mortal comprehension, reddit user adremeaux decided to make the world’s most devious game of “Where’s Waldo?” On this wallpaper are 13,000 individual sprites from various Super Nintendo JRPGs. Some stick out more than others, while others blend into a mass of pixels....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Barbara Gregory

Nintendo: No more Freeloaders ’round here

Dust that GameCube off – it looks like you’ll have to put it back into your gaming rig. Nintendo is now probably twiddling their thumbs and casually whistling while gazing off in the distance, pretending like they didn’t know that the latestWii firmware updatewould render Datel’sFreeloadersoftware unusable. Freeloaderwas originally a third-party product for the GameCube, enabling users to defeat the territorial protection of the console to play imported games. Up until now, gamers could useFreeloaderto play imported GameCube titles on the Wii, but the version 3 firmware update killed that possibility....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Donald Brown

Paradise Never brings some Majora’s Mask to a revolutionary action RPG

Because it’s set during a revolution! Kitty Lambda, the developer behindThe Real TexasandParadise Perfect Boat Rescuehas just announced his next game:Paradise Never. Taking place on an island colony of France during the Revolution of 2027 (complete timeline here),Paradise Neverlooks to bring a unique combination of gameplay elements into the mix. There’s a three-day cycle like inMajora’s Mask, but each time the world resets, the layout is different. However, everything stored on the player’s phone will stay....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · David Harris

Penny Arcade would team up with Telltale on a Thornwatch game

You know, if Telltale would have it In a question-and-answer session at PAX East today, Penny Arcade founders Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik got onto the topic of their fantasy IPThornwatch, which Krahulik has developed into a tabletop game. In an offhand comment, the pair mentioned that they would love to work with Telltale on an adventure game in the universe. The vision sounded a bit likeGame of Thrones, in that it would incorporate various viewpoints from within the universe, including the Lookouts and the Daughters of the Eyrewood....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Dawn Martin

Phantom Pain players will get an eyepatch in Metal Gear Survive

It’ll show up in your supply box Konami is givingMetal Gear Survivebeta players a few accessories for the full version, including a bandana, Fox Hound name plate, and Metal Gear Rex headpiece. That was already known, but there are a few other new bonuses lined up specifically forMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painplayers. Along with the almighty eyepatch,Phantom Painplayers who use their same account to playSurvivewill score a Metal Gear Ray head and nameplates themed around Diamond Dogs and MGO3....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Curtis Smith

Platinum calls Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leaks a pleasant surprise

First hands-on “It basically sucked,” Activision producer Robert Conkey told me. “We don’t know what happened.” I had just finished playing a demo of Platinum’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattanwith Conkey and game designer Eiro Shirahama, and I couldn’t help but ask how the game became the industry’s worst-kept secret. It wasn’t long before they relented, though. “The community reaction made it a lot easier to deal with,” Conkey continued....

June 29, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Emma Hebert

Play a round of XCOM: Enemy Unknown through YouTube

2K Games has released this interactive trailer forXCOM: Enemy Unknownthat details how the game plays, all while you pick and choose what happens. It’s an interactive video, and apparently YouTube now has the tech so that all your choices are reflected in this one embed, rather than pulling up multiple YouTube pages based on your picks. This is the next best thing to a demo, especially those of you who are waiting to play it on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Joseph Escobar

Review: New Nintendo 2DS XL

Not the best of its kind, but still pretty great It’s starting to get difficult to keep track of every iteration in the Nintendo 3DS console line up. First, there was the original 3DS console from 2011. Then came the 3DS XL in 2012, which simply provided users with a larger variant of Nintendo’s portable machine. In 2013, Nintendo took many by surprise and released the 2DS, which utilised the same internals as the original 3DS, but without the 3D display, the clamshell design, or the stereo speakers....

June 29, 2025 · 10 min · 2016 words · Adam Vargas

Roblox creators are recreating Squid Game in Roblox

Red light, green light Squid Gameis a bleak thriller that’s become anincredibly popular hit on Netflixin the last week or so. And with that popularity comes a desire to recreate and reimagine the experience; or in some cases, putSquid Game‘s harrowing life-or-death competitions intoRoblox. Videos of players competing in theseSquid Game-alikes have been popping up all over social media, most commonly featuring the first game played in the series, “Red Light Green Light....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Julie Davis