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The “Witches Circle” in Asphodel isn’t really the worst encounter inHades, but I’d ditch it Thanks to the recent PlayStation and Xbox ports ofHades, I’ve rediscovered Supergiant’s underworld action game and gotten hooked all over again with its superb hack-and-slash combat, well-paced sense of character ability progression, and thoughtful story roll-out. I already experienced the main story and epilogue on PC last year, something I thought I’d only ever care to do once....

Family matters Marvelous, amazing, unbelievable, awesome — these are some of the synonyms for incredible that I considered using in the headline. When you’re writing aboutThe Incredibles, the word incredible is kind of off the table. I eventually settled on “good” because, despite what you’ve heard,I am not a wordsmith. But just take a gander at some of the neat stuff going on in the firstLEGO The Incrediblesgameplay trailer. Stretchy Mom turns herself into a raft....

Look at those arms! Marvel’s Avengershas had a less-than-ideal rollout, but things are picking up at New York Comic-Con. The latest reveal? Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is not only in the game, she’s a main character. Early reactions around the Destructoid office are mixed. On the one hand, we have Brett, who says he “just learned there’s a Ms. Marvel.” On the other, there’s Moyse, who swooped in with “Ahhh fuck… guess I’m buying this then....

Marvel Rivalswill kick off the new year with a Galactus-sized update, update 20250110, that will significantly change the breakout hero shooter’s competitive scene. Based on data collected throughout Marvel Rivals Season 0 from gameplay footage and community feedback, update 20250110 will make balance adjustments to heroes across the board. Update 20250110 is a big update, one that will affect different heroes differently. Some underplayed heroes are getting big buffs to make them more appealing to play, while a few broken competitive juggernauts are getting de-buffed to help even the playing field....

All youMass Effect 3fans are probably aware of the consistent weekend challenge events, that reward players with items and other such bonuses just for playing during certain time frames. Similar toCall of Duty’sXP Events, It’s a nice way to reward players in an absolutely free manner (what a novel idea!). Well, unfortunately, 360 and PC fans are the only people who get to enjoy it this weekend, because due to an undisclosed reason, Sony isn’t supporting it....

Electronic Arts has been known to pull some pretty ridiculous marketing stunts in its time, whether it’scausing traffic disastersorprotesting its own titles.Mass Effect 3, however, may have just won the prize for the stupidest promo campaign of all time. It wants topressure the UK governmentfor proof of aliens. BioWare is asking for 10,000 signatures to force the government to “release information about UFOs and extra-terrestrial life.” Apparently this campaign will “change the way we think about aliens forever....

Not on Xbox One though PC users have been at cruising altitude for months now. Xbox folks, well, the doors didn’t close for an on-time departure. At The Game Awards, it was revealed thatMicrosoft Flight Simulatorlands on consoles in the summer of 2021.Microsoft saysthat players can expect the same level of detail on Xbox Series S/X as can be found on PC. However, interestingly enough, it seems as thoughMicrosoft Flight Simulatorisn’t coming to last-gen consoles....

VR version also on the cards Blooming Japanese developer Mikage LLC has announced that it has signed with publisher Aksys Gamesto work on a mystery projectfor the upcoming PlayStation 5 platform, along with ports for PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch and VR. Mikage is the developer formed by Ryohei Mikage, the former President of Imageepoch, who were the developer behind anime franchises such asLuminous Arc, 7th Dragon, Arc Rise FantasiaandCriminal Girls. Aksys as a publisher are also renown for the love of anime, having published games in theGuilty Gear, Arcana HeartandBlazBlueseries, as well as goofy shooterSchool Girl/Zombie Hunter....

… for free, of course Nintendo recently announced that they’re releasingEarthBoundon theWii U virtual console in the U.S. and Europe. Then they debunked thetheories that it hadn’t been previously re-releasedbecausethe music sounded too much like various pop songs. That theory never made any sense to me anyway. The pop song legal army didn’t stop the game’s initial launch on the SNES from happening, and besides, if every song that ripped off another song was stopped from release due to legal concerns, we’d lose about 90% of the world’s pop music....

What is this liquid pouring out of my eyeballs? It’s weird to think it’s only been a little more than 15 months since Satoru Iwata died. With how quickly news comes and goes in this modern age, it feels like it was years ago. But it wasn’t. It was July 15, 2025. I still remember the story we published here atDestructoidand the lovely and beautiful comments you, the readers, posted in it....

Will John Numbers defend his title? The Nintendo World Championships will be held for the third time ever on October 7 in New York City’s Manhattan Center’s New Ballroom. Qualifiers begin on August 19 at eight Best Buy stores around the United States: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas, Seattle, and Miami. Visitors will also be able to get hands-on with upcoming titlesSuper Mario OdysseyandMetroid: Samus Returns....

Step into the Rift Oculus is inviting selected press to a special event in San Francisco on June 11. The plain invites merely bear the words “Step into the Rift” and an image of an Oculus Rift headset. What exactly the event will cover remains uncertain, but as we’ve yet to see the finalised hardware, have the price confirmed, or receive a finite release date, there’s still a lot left to learn about the virtual reality system....

Everyone welcome guest contributor Dr. Seuss Congratulations!Today is your day.You’re off to Great Places!You’re off and away! You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourselfany direction you choose.You’re on your own. And you know what you know.And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. You’ll look up and down streets. Look ’em over with care.About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there....