All Destiny 2: Lightfall pre-order editions, bonuses & perks – Explained

The penultimate DLC in the Light and Dark saga is coming Destiny 2: Lightfalllaunches July 19, 2025, and with pre-orders available now it can be tricky to understand which versions reap which rewards. There are plenty of incentives made available by Bungie to ensure Guardians worldwide lock in their copies of the new expansion, but which version should you be getting?Lightfallfollows the story of 2022’s expansion,The Witch Queen, and sees players travel to the newly discovered city of Neomuna on Neptune....

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Jeff Rivera

Are you getting Nintendo mash-up fatigue?

Now just give me a kiss [Art byHakuramen] Back in the 1980’s, rock band Aerosmith and rap group Run DMC did a cover of Aerosmith’sWalk This Way. It was an older song, but the novelty, evocative quality, and skills present in the cover made it a much bigger hit than the original. Later, the song would help inspire a new genre of music called “Rap Metal”. That… didn’t go as well....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Adam Sanders

Bwak is a survival horror game about a chicken and a TV

A highly disturbing haunted TV, that is Bwak! Get it? A little chicken onomatopoeia humor for ya. Wait, no,Bwakis actually the name of a survival horror indie gamethat was recently released, in which you’ll save a chicken from dying through changing the channel on this television. Basically, you have one button (Z) at your disposal in which to flip through channels, keeping a set pace while trying to avoid freaky channels that will make your heart explode due to fear....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Alex Cuevas

Capcom reminds people that the Monster Hunter Rise x Sonic collab is coming this month

Monster Hunter RisexSonicis celebrating the latter’s 30th anniversary Last month,Sega provided info on upcomingMonster Hunter Risecrossoversfor both October and November. The Arthur event happened recently for Halloween, and now we’re coming up onSonic. The thing is, Capcom has been relatively quiet about the potentially big collab since they announced it: which changed over the weekend.Over on the officialMonster Hunter RiseTwitter account, the company reaffirmed that theMonster Hunter RisexSonicevent is still on track for November, and hasn’t hit a delay....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Chad Tyler

Check out this Resident Evil 2 mod that puts fixed camera angles into the remake

The remakes of the olderResident Evil games are exceptional reimaginings of some iconic entries in the survival horror genre. But with all this modernizing of such classics, it’s easy to forget how we used to play games back in the day. That’s probably why this one modder has injected some nostalgia into theRE2remake. to mix up the contemporary with the retro, Nexus Mods useralphaZomegahas brought back the fixed camera angles, putting them into 2019’sResident Evil 2....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Aaron Cox

Diablo III confirmed for Xbox 360, ships September 3rd

Also, ‘dat offline play and no Auction House It appears as if the Xbox 360 will be joining theDiablo IIIloot-festconsole party, as the game is now set for a September 3rd release date for both the 360 and PS3, priced at $59.99. Local and online play are re-confirmed for both versions. The PS4 version is still in the works for a future release, presumably near or at the console’s launch. I guess Sony had “timed announcement exclusivity?...

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Brandy Hinton

Dodgeball Academia is a new sports RPG set in a world where dodgeball is life

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and… Ever had a school day where you wish you could just play dodgeball all day? Well,Dodgeball Academiamight just deliver that dream for you later this year. There are many important things in life, but in the world ofDodgeball Academia, it’s all about the schoolyard sport of dodgeball. Revealed yesterday, this sports RPG from developer Pocket Trap and Humble Games seems like a school-setting battle anime that’s all about dodgeball....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Julie Escobar

Don a Dtoid shirt and gun in Crytek’s The Collectables!

Blast through the upcoming free-to-play shooter in style Our friends at Crytek are currently accepting pre-registrations for their upcoming iOS and Android shooterThe Collectables, and they’ve created an exclusive in-game shirt and gun just for the Dtoid community! By heading over tothecollectablesgame.comand registering your email and the code “Destructoid”, you’ll be notified once the game is released and be rewarded with a sexy in-game shirt with the Dtoid logo on it and an exclusive XM8 assault rifle to use on the battlefield....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Emily Johnson

Dungeonology and this Dungeons & Dragons coloring book make for great coffee table accessories

They won’t affect your actual game, but they’re fun additions Wizards of the Coast has been busy withDungeons & Dragonssince fifth edition came out a couple years ago. With five full adventures out (including the recentStorm’s King Thunder, which I haven’t had the chance to play through yet),Volo‘sGuide to Monstersreleasing in a week or so, and all sorts of other projects, no one can say the team is slouching. Third-party books are starting to drift in to fill the gaps between releases, and I received two of them for review....

June 7, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · Stephen Fernandez

E3 10: Exploring the office of Dr. Andonuts

EarthBound/Motherfans know who Dr. Andonuts is. The rest of you don’t. If you’re one of those in “the rest,” I can tell you in brief that Dr. Andonuts is a major character in one of Nintendo’s most beloved and maltreated series. Ness and Lucas fromSuper Smash Bros. Brawlare fromEarthBound/Mother. Yeah, those games. While wandering around the Nintendo booth today, looking for cat-scraps, I noticed that there was an office with the name “Dr....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Kimberly Rodriguez

Enchantress coming to Injustice 2 January 9, doesn’t wiggle her hips

RIP Suicide Squad Enchantress, part of the lastFighter Pack which includes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is officially confirmed forInjustice 2on January 9. Her full gameplay trailer reveals some interesting tricks like her focus on counters, teleports, her Shang Tsung and Shao Khan like shadow clone, and the fact that she’s wearing a ton more clothes than theSuicide Squadversion of her. Her super is pretty neat as well, but it’s just not as cinematic as the others....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Maria Campbell

Final Fantasy VI coming to iOS/Android this winter

A Final Fantasy VII re-release of some kind could appear in the future Final Fantasy VI, arguably the series’ zenith, hasn’t been milked and re-released to the same extent as other titles in the franchise. Even the harder to obtainFinal Fantasy Vhascome to iOS. Well, no more, says Square Enix, because an updated version ofFinal Fantasy VIis coming to iOS and Android this winter, Square director and producer Takashi Tokita toldKotakutoday....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Hannah Brown

Final Fantasy VII G-Bike is still a thing, Phoenix is in it now

Yep,Final Fantasy VII G-Bike, the mobile “runner” based off the popular franchise, is still around. This week, Square Enix is adding a Phoenix event, alongside of a new in-game bike reward. I have to say the boss fight actually looks pretty cool, and more reminders ofFinal Fantasy VIIjust make me want the HD remake that much more. I could really go for a Phoenix encounter inFinal Fantasy XIV— there could be some really interesting mechanics at play there....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 78 words · Misty White