Sakura Wars aims to springboard new fans into its spirited world

Three days ’till curtain We are less than a week away from the western launch of Sega’sSakura Wars, the newest entry in a long-running strategy-RPG franchise that is yet to find much more than a niche audience outside of its native Japan. This is obviously not helped by the fact that onlyoneof the series’ five mainline titles has seen official localisation, in 2005’s PS2 (and later Nintendo Wii) releaseSakura Wars: So Long, My Love....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Dana Shea DVM

SCP Warfare Tycoon 2 codes (March 2025) [WHEN DAY BREAKS]

Updated: June 07, 2025 Searched for new codes! Build and protect your unbreachable fortress while hiring special forces and scientists to earn extra cash.SCP Warfare Tycoon 2is a Roblox game where you must work on improving your shooting skills all the time, as everyone else wants to raze your base to the ground. Since you need money all the time, especially when upgrading your primary areas like the armory or research center, make sure to use all the availableSCP Warfare Tycoon 2codes before they expire....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · John Graham

Slay the Spire console commands list

Slay the Spireis one of the most popular and best deckbuilder games out there and among the best roguelikes as well. It is a challenging game, and sometimes you just need that helping hand. Or, perhaps, something has gone awry, and you want to quickly fix it. Here is how you can access theSlay the Spireconsole and use commands to boost yourself or troubleshoot potential issues. Prerequisite: ModTheSpire and BaseMod Before we can get into the console command list, we will have to gain access to the console itself....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Mandy Moran

Sonic wants to ‘give it’ to Flo the Insurance Girl

Not really — I personally wouldn’t pass up the opportunity. Still, check out this strange new Progressive Insurance commercial.You may have to turn your volume up for this oneOfficial commercial is up. My God, is Sonic so down on his luck that he’ll run cross promotion with just aboutanycompany? Why does he even need auto insurance to begin with? His clown car fromSonic & Sega All-Stars Racing? At least he doesn’t talk....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Jeffrey Smith

Spore ad campaign invades Boston’s Harvard Square subway

With the September 9 release ofSporeright around the corner, it’s time to move past the press hype and for the marketing campaign blitz to begin! But when it’s as cool as these subway ads found in Boston’s Harvard Square red line T stop station, it’s kind of hard to complain. From the looks of it, they’ve taken over every square-inch of ad space in the station, with some pretty gorgeous looking Spore-inspired art and slogans....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Lauren Dillon

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will launch on 3/12/13

Blizzard has finally set a date Kerrigan is back, baby! Come this March 12th, you’ll be able to rip apart your enemies and spread the swarm:StarCraft II: Heart of Swarmfinally has a release date. This kinda-sorta expansion comes with an all new Zerg single player campaign, new mechanicslike race leveling, and new units. In typical Blizzard fashion, there arethree options here. The Standard Edition ($39.99), Collector’s Edition ($79.99), and the Digital Deluxe Edition ($59....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Michael Ryan

Steam sale: Brothers, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Fallout: New Vegas

Pay no attention (or money) We’re halfway there, folks! Six days into a twelve day sale. I trust that you’re staying strong, fighting off Steam’s siren song. It may be tempting, but you best pay no attention, lest your wallet end up a battered, bloody shipwreck on the shores of Newell Island. Daily Deals: The Flash Sales right now areShadow Warrior($7.99),Space Hulk($2.50),Darksiders II($5.99), andNidhogg($5.09). Mystery point-and-clicks won the Community Choice, so those titles areThe Blackwell Legacy($....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Barry Mayo

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting its first major update ‘within the next week’

1.2.0 Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehas been out for a few days now and people already have their mains picked. As for me? I’m really digging Richter and will likely cycle him into my usual picks of Ness and Rosalina. But all characters are subject to change as we collectively freak out over an impending doom of an update: the incoming 1.2.0 patch that pops up as a news update after booting upUltimate....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Erin Hernandez

Team Sonic Racing will not have any special features on Switch, all versions to be equal

No secret Nintendo racers Excuse the pun, butTeam Sonic Racinghas a lot riding on it.Mario Kartis at its apex this generation with high sales and universal love forMario Kart 8 Deluxe, plus theCrash Team Racingremake is on the way. It not only needs to meet or exceed the expectations of 2012’sSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, but also hang with a few of the big boys in 2019. No pressure! Australian Nintendo site Vooks spoke toTeam Sonic Racingproducer Takashi Iizuka about the upcoming project (it’s due next month!...

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Karen Tran

The creepily beautiful Sundered is coming to Switch and Xbox One this month

December 21 Mid-2017 Thunder Lotus Games droppedSunderedon us, a ::pauses:: Metroidvania that among other things, evokes an old Ralph Bakshi-era cartoon style. Well it’s back, inEldritch Editionform. On December 21 said version will arrive, with co-op, on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. It joins the already existing PC and PS4 platforms, so you can pretty much play it on everything at this point. If you already own it a free update will be applied to add in theEldritchgoodies....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Erica Shah

The Daily Hotness: The 2011 Destructoid Christmas Album

Chad Concelmo does his best Jack Skellington, Jim Sterling sings a hilariously inappropriate ballad, and Dale North makes everyone nice and moist. All this and more happened in the Second Annual Destructoid Christmas Album. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! In less festive news, Nintendo breaks theZeldatimeline yet again,The Last Guardianis definitely / almost / sort of / not really cancelled, the PS Vita sells a bunch of software, the 3DS sells a bunch of hardware, and I’m not wearing any pants....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · John Green MD

The DTOID Show: Happy Action Theater & Mass Effect 3!

Hey there, Destructoid! I’m sure you’re all ravenous after the painfully long draught of videogame news yesterday (surely, we’re the only videogame blog you read…right?), so Max and I rounded up some tasty tidbits to keep you satisfied. First up,Mass Effect 3is set to get a demo on Valentine’s Day (and rumor has it, the game’s Kinect integration isspot on),Max Payne 3has officially been pushed back to May, and Double Fine’s latest downloadable titleHappy Action Theatercomes highly recommended for both kidsandadults on drugs....

June 27, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Gary Thompson

The next Ubisoft Forward is next week, here’s what’s rumored to be shown

Gather ’round on September 10 Ubisoft’s back with its second Nintendo Direct-like streaming showcase. That’s not much of a surprise considering it ended its first Ubisoft Forward by announcing a second. But now we have a hard date and a vague idea of what to expect. In the teaser video above, Ubisoft tells us that the next Ubisoft Forward takes place on Thursday, September 10 at 1pm Pacific. On a personal note, I don’t have to work on a weekend this time....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Jonathan Daniels