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‘Is this like God Damn?’ Left 4 Deadwas an addictive experience upon its release in 2008. The game eschewed a standard single-player campaign for something that merged co-op and competitive play together with a unique AI system that would create disturbances based on the performance of your team. The ability to play as zombies (which were incredibly unique) was also a joy. Fans wereupsetwith the quick turn around Valve made withLeft 4 Dead 2, but the company swore tosupportthe original for as long as possible....

One of the new pieces of content in theLethal CompanyVersion 45 update is the Tragedy Mask. This eerie new item doesn’t quite come with an instruction manual. So what is the newLethal Companymask? Here’s everything we know about the new Tragedy Mask item. What happens when you wear the Tragedy Mask? If you find and wear the new Tragedy Mask inLethal Company, you’re not going to have a good time. Wearing the Tragedy Mask will quickly start to deal damage to you and eventually kill you....

Which could be more Shovel Knight Shovel Knightis done — dead and buried, six feet underground. Okay, maybe it was more ceremonious than that, but it’s the only way the digging puns fit. Yacht Club Games has spent nearly seven years onShovel Knight, with the final expansion,King of Cards, launching last December. That’s a long time to be creatively-chained to one ever-growing project. It’s time for something new. We’ll get an update on Yacht Club’s going-ons next Wednesday....

If you’re a fan of theAlienfilms, there are several terrifying sci-fi novels you should definitely add to your reading list. The situation of being trapped out in space with a hyper-evolved killing machine is one that none of us ever want to be in, but you can’t help but wonder. Science fiction books for Alien fans Alienis a very particular kind of science fiction and is quite specific in its horror style....

Game will release September 30 on Xbox One Tom Happ, the creator of Metroid-likeAxiom Vergeposted on his blog today that the game had passed certification and will release on the Xbox One on September 30. In the blog post, Happ notes that there’s a certain degree of irony inAxiom Vergehitting the One last of all the current-generation consoles, since his target platform was the Xbox 360 when he started developing the game....

$6 for BL2, The Pre-Sequel, and their DLC sounds pretty good If you’re looking to overload yourself on theBorderlandsseries in 2019, now’s the time to buy. The PC and Mac version ofBorderlands: The Handsome Collectionis down to only $6.02 on Steam. Even if you ownBorderlands 2and/orBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel, this is a good chance to stock up on the DLC and numerous character skins for those games. Case in point: the off-sale price for the Steam bundle is $229....

Yeah, so about dedicated server support forCall of Duty: Black Ops— it’s going to cost you. Activision and Treyarch have inked an exclusivity deal with GameServers.com, meaning if you want to run a dedicated server inBlack Ops, you’ll have to rent one through GameServers. As for pricing,there’s a page herethat shows the rates and also allows pre-orders. I wonder if this is what Activision had in mind when statements about monetizingCall of Duty‘s multiplayerwere thrown down....

Happy Valentine’s Day, you filthy animals [Update:Contest over! Winners have been sent their codes.] Dtoid has just acquired70 codesfor the PS3/Vita version ofHotline MiamiandI REALLY WANT YOU TO WIN BECAUSE I LOVE YOU HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. Here’s the deal: throughout this romantic weekend, I’ll be spreading my sticky love to random commenters here on the site, random followers of our@DestructoidTwitter account, and in chat during our various live shows over onDtoid TV....

Four-versus-four carnage Crash Team Rumblewill release for PlayStation and Xbox consoles with crossplay enabled on June 20, publisher Activision and developer Toys for Bob have announced, but what can players expect? At a hands-off preview event, we saw gameplay, mechanics, and finer details about the upcoming title including a closed beta that will run from April 20 to 24. In the beta, players will be able to control Coco, Crash, Dingodile, Neo Cortex, or Tawna across three different maps in a four-versus-four team-based multiplayer experience....

De Blobs The appropriately named indie developer JellyTeam, alongside publisher Dangen Entertainment, have released a trailer for the chaotic and silly fighterSuper Slime Arena, which is headed to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch later this year. The charming arcade title, already available on PC, features the unique mechanic of having players cycle through a random selection of “slimes”, each equipped with their own skills and abilities. Getting K.O.’d is a one-hit affair, so upon seeing which is your chosen slime, you must think fast to utilise that slime’s particular skill-set to get the drop on your opponents....

‘Soon’ Ruinerexcels at everything it sets out to accomplish. It’s dripping in cyberpunk futuristic dystopia aesthetics, a visual assault of deep reds and neons. It’s also a tough-as-hell action game, one that Anthony described as part twin-stick shooter and part bullet-hell in hisreview. Now this Devolver-published gem is making its way to Switch. Developer Reikon Games announced the port this afternoon via this tweet: RUINER IS COMING TO#NintendoSwitch WHEN?01010011 01001111 01001111 01001110...

This isn’t your typical Dark Souls II graphics mod Even ifDark Souls IIdidn’t turn out quite the way I expected, I have a lot of love for the sequel. It’s an enchanting, beautiful, ugly, gratifying, surprisingly deep, and occasionally infuriating video game, all at once. Plenty ofSoulsfans dislike it, but the people who dig it are really, truly enamored withDrangleic. I always appreciate seeing that passion bubble up into fan creations that benefit the wider community....

Videogames love prequel novels, andDarksidersis no exception. Random House is publishingDarksiders: The Abomination Vaultin May, set to coincide with the release ofDarksiders II. According to the PR machine, the book will take place millennia before the events of the original game. “InDarksiders: The Abomination Vault, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse (beings charged with maintaining the Balance between the forces of Heaven and Hell) have uncovered a plot to resurrect ancient weapons of unimaginable power,” says the spiel....