Atlus sends out the best contest letters ever

TheEtrian Odyssey IIMEGA-Contestwe partnered with Atlus on came and went.Prizes were handed out, and good times were had. And yes, I’m totally over the jealous fit I went through over the prize load. Working at Destructoid definitely has its perks, but we’re not eligible for the amazing prizes you readers get. One of our winners,Jayson Napolitano, took issue not with his prize, but the accompanying letter. He felt that this error-filled letter might have been computer generatedand impersonal....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Julie Watson

Best Agents for Hollow Zero in Zenless Zone Zero

Clearing Hollow Zero can be a rather difficult challenge if you’re not approaching it ideally. The Agents you use matter in this mode, so rather than banging your head against a wall, here’s a list of the best Agents for Hollow Zero. Best Characters for Hollow Zero in Zenless Zone Zero Hollow Zero inZenless Zone Zerois an incredibly challenging mode, with Ether 12 being its most difficult, buffed version. This guide focuses on the best Agents for tackling Hollow Zero on the toughest difficulty, ensuring you have the survivability, damage, and utility needed to clear encounters efficiently....

June 14, 2025 · 5 min · 903 words · Phyllis Davis

Best Bomb Flower farming locations in Tears of the Kingdom (TotK)

Bomb first, ask questions later There are so many possible fusion combinations inTears of the Kingdomthat it is near impossible to imagine them all. Fortunately, you don’t have to experiment with every single combination because there are some tried and tested fusions that you can stick to. One of the most powerful items to fuse to an arrow is the Bomb Flower, which has an explosive effect on enemies. There are a few places that are perfect for Bomb Flower farming inTears of the Kingdom....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Patricia Burke

Best handheld gaming consoles in 2025

Handheld gaming has always been around, but lately it’s been on a sharp upswing. With so many available handhelds these days, it can be difficult to pick just the right one, so we’ve compiled this quick list to help you select precisely what is right for you. The best handheld gaming devices Most capable – ROG Ally X To kick things off, here we have perhaps the most powerful handheld gaming console available on the market....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 689 words · Antonio Kim

Best players to use in EA FC 25 The Atomic Flea Evolution

The Atomic Flea Evolution is an exciting option to consider inEA FC 25if you don’t mind spending a few coins to upgrade one of your cards. The new evolution is perfectly suited for wide attackers, as you can use RW item. To unlock the evolution, you’ll have to spend 100,000 coins. However, you get plenty of upgrades in return, along with stat boosts, new roles, and playstyles. If you’re confused about which are the best cards to use in this evo, verify to follow the full guide....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Kenneth Nelson

Breaking Madden’s Super Bowl is better than this Sunday’s

Trolls versus jockeys We approach another manicured, partially tax-exempt-NFL, $9B/year industry football game this Super Bowl Sunday. We’ll be lucky to get a sign of life like Richard Sherman’s postgame interview two weeks ago. No, it will be a prim, proper affair. Hopefully the lights go out again or a bird freezes mid flight, careening onto the field and knocking away the game winning pass. Breaking Madden‘s Jon Bois is not content leaving it up to hope....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Stephanie Hester

Bungie’s mismanagement is coming back to haunt it

Bungie, theDestiny 2studio, has a ghost haunting it. Not a spooky ghoul yellowing “boo” at passersbys, but the spectre of mismanagement. It has repeatedly risen over the years to set the company on its current course, and the studio has acknowledged it. However, after the recent layoffs, more voices are coming to the forefront to paint a better picture of Bungie’s decision quality behind the scenes. The past week has been a somber one for Bungie, as theDestinystudio announcedlayoffs and a deeper Sony integration....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1185 words · Jason Obrien

Dead Fantasy 1: From the guy who did Haloid. Also, CHICK FIGHT!

A few months ago, a video wasreleased calledHaloidthat brought togetherHaloandMetroidinto an all out battle to the death. Today,montyoum is backwith his latest epic masterpiece calledDead Fantasy 1.Dead Fantasy 1mashes up theFinal Fantasyuniverse with theDead or Aliveuniverse. The movie starts off with Yuna running away from Kasumi and Ayane until they finally catch up to Yuna and start battling it out. Rikku comes in soon after and everything is looking good for theFinal Fantasygirls until Hitomi jumps into the fight to back up Kasumi and Ayane....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Ashley Johnson

EA goes wild, files new trademarks for games you liked

Anyone rememberPopulous?Theme Park?Wing Commander?Road Rash? Of course you do! These were some of Electronic Arts’ strongest franchises in the late 80s and early 90s. While we haven’t heard too much about them lately, at least they’re on the minds of EA’s lawyers. The publisher has just recently filed new trademarks for all four titles. Which could mean nothing, of course. But one could dream of things like remakes or even re-releases....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Erin Myers

Enter the Gungeon is getting an…arcade release?

House of the Gundead Okay so this is actually one of the most wild announcements out of E3 yet. Devolver has been stepping up its E3 game, giving us a few indie announcements peppered into its mindscrew E3 “conference” video with cynical executives, time travel, and Cthulian beasts. But this reveal is kind of kick ass.Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead! It’s described as “an original two-player light gun arcade game in which players crawl alone or with a fellow Gungeoneer floor by floor blasting your way down through the army of the Gundead....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Sara Lawrence

Fallout 4 console players need cheats too

Lamentations for a glitch taken too soon Earlier this week, Bethesda took a beloved glitch out for a midnight ride to a quiet parking lot, caved in the back of its skull with a bowling pin, and drowned it in a muddy puddle of rainwater and radiator fluid. I’m talking about the so-calledinfinite caps glitchthat would let you repeatedly re-sell the same stack of ammo to a vendor until you cleaned them out of all their caps and inventory....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 581 words · Michael Mejia

FF7 Rebirth: All Red XIII Weapons Locations

InFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Red XIII boasts strong physical damage as well as the ability to quickly build Stagger with his various Abilities. Keeping his weapons upgraded will go a long way in your journey. Here are all Red XIII Weapons Locations inFF7 Rebirth, including where to find his best weapon, the collar Brisingamen. Where to find all Red XIII Weapons inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth These are the exact locations you can find all of the Red XIII Weapons inFF7 Rebirth....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 522 words · Kyle Smith

FIFA 18 will be EA’s ‘big’ test for the future of the Switch

‘Maybe a couple of others’ We’ve seen it all before. A big publisher sticks one toe into a Nintendo platform (in this case, the Switch), and says “well everything hinges on this one game,” a project that’s usually a port. In EA’s case, it’sFIFA 18. EA has been even more hesitant than several other publishers (at the very least Capcom gave us a new 2DStreet Fighter), and based on a conversation with Edge Magazine, they’re still hesitant....

June 14, 2025 · 1 min · 206 words · Amanda Villarreal