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Don’t tell the elf Lord of the Rings Onlinehas a new expansion out today, calledHelm’s Deep. In addition to being able to take part in the iconic battle, the level cap has been raised to 95, and players will be able to explore new areas of Western Rohan. The base edition for the expansion is $39.99. Lord of the Rings Onlineis a really underrated game. For an MMO, it’s pretty good, and if you are a fan of Tolkien lore, then it’s a wonderland of nerdgasms....

Thanksgiving just got a whole lot better. Capcom recently found out that demos can really help sell their games.Dead risinganyone? So, naturally they decided that the single player demo forLost Planetjust wasn’t enough. Because Capcom wants players to get the whole experience without having to buy the game, they are releasing another demo. This time around, it’s a multiplayer only demo. People have been saying thatLost Planetreceived a major face-lift since the E3 build we’ve all come to love, so expect a demo that feels more polished....

It’s about time! Last year, bothMega Man LegendsandThe Misadventures of Tron Bonnemade their way to the PlayStation Network as PSOne Classics, so it seemed inevitable thatMega Man Legends 2would soon follow suit. And as expected, the ESRB has justrated the sequelfor PS3, PS Vita, and PSP. If the previous releases are any indication, it should be available shortly. Get ready for naked moon girls, naked Tron Bonne, and other naked things, probably....

Updated: July 28, 2025 We looked for new codes! Merge Tower Defenseand stop the horde of zombies from invading your territory. Bigger guns mean bigger damage, so keep merging until you’ve fully barricaded your base. Those zombies won’t know what hit them when you take out the big guns. You can get free Diamonds by redeemingMerge Tower Defensecodes and opening crates for exclusive turrets. This will help you become a more efficient zombie-killing machine!...

Time and time again, we’ve heard Remedy talk about how great a sequel toAlan Wakewould be. There’s still no definitive answer as to what the studio is working on, but whatever it is, it’s taking place on the same engine used forAlan Wake. And it might involve motion control. As per usual, this information comes to us by way of a job listing, which can beviewed here. The position is for a programmer to work on an upcoming “AAA console project” and “experience on motion-control technology (e....

Out of all the games this week,Prism: Light the Way(above) for the DS really has me interested. It looks like it will offer difficult puzzle challenges and the extreme simplistic look to really looks great to me. Not to mention that the way the trailer gives the back story to the game is extremely funny … “BEEEAMMMMSS OFFFF LIIIGGGHHTT”.Aside from that, I might giveBeautiful Katamaria try. What’s looking sw33t to you all this week?...

The mobile Nier is on its way over MoreNieris on its way to the west. Pre-registrations opened today for U.S. Android and iOS users to check outNier Reincarnation, the mobile entry in theNierseries. Stylized asNieR Re[in]carnation, it’s a “command-action RPG” from Square Enix and Applibot. You can find theGoogle Play StoreandApp Storelinks here. “It is a place called The Cage,” the story description reads. “A girl awakens on a cold stone floor....

After a rather rocky BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard announced early last year that they would skip hosting the annual event in 2024. Now, it seems, Blizzard will also be holding off on hosting BlizzCon in 2025 but will return in September 2026. The once-annual event typically serves as a massive meetup for fans of Blizzard games(World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone,and at one timeStarCraft) as well as a conference for game reveals and updates on titles in those universes....

Best of 2014 [Image credit:Mike Lambert] You can have the greatest narrative in the world and sprinkle memorable characters and scenes throughout a game, but all of it’s for naught if your mechanics can’t shine through. As the great Irving Mills once wrote, “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” These nominees spotlight the best of games that transcend the simple title of “functional” and instead go for the gold when it comes to making things feel absolutely solid....

Who’s up for a bit more of the old ultra-violence? Modder SGtMarkIV has released a blood-drenched announcement trailer for the upcoming version 20.0 of his appropriately titledBrutal Doommod, which is scheduled to release on June 5. According to the modder’s DB page,Brutal Doomtakes the classic first-person shooter “to a whole new level,” adding “more blood, unique gibs, death animations, dismemberments, headshots, executions, fire and explosion particles, flares and shadow effects.” If that’s not enough added mayhem and gore, the mod’s description goes on to add thatBrutal Doomlets you to kick severed limbs and heads around, allowing for somecreativesolutions to situations in the game, such as activating traps in a map earlier....

Last night, I told you that we would today be recording The Podcastle, Destructoid’s Euro-flavored podcast. What I didn’t tell you (because we didn’t decide it until about twenty minutes ago) is that The Podcastle is going to be a LIVE recording. Yes, YOU can join the Podcastle gang and not only listen in, but participate in a live Skypecast show. If it goes well, it may prove to be the future of Podcastle, so muck in and help out....

Gudaguda news, everyone! Have you ever wished your free-to-play mobile diversions committedmorehistorical heresies in pursuit of the almighty cute? Well, too bad, because nowFate/Grand Orderis coming to English-language phones and pads near you. In an announcement at Sakuracon event in Seattle, Aniplex of America revealed that they’d be helping port the game to English, and release it on iOS and Android this summer. The game itself takes place in theFateuniverse, where omnipotent magical forces trawl time and space for the heroes and villains of the past and future, only to redesign them as pretty girls and boys because of reasons....

According to the latest issue ofWeekly Young Jump, aTerra Formarsgame is headed for 3DS, for lots of maximum roach-killing action. It’s like a can of Raid, but for your Nintendo handheld. The game, tentatively titledTerra Formars: Akaki Hoshi no Gekito (Fierce Battle on the Crimson Planet), will follow Shokichi and the rest of the humans as they exterminate the Terra Formars themselves on Mars. In short, it sounds sweet. And it’s from FuRyu, who’s responsible for several other titles based on anime series....