Wii U game to be pulled from eShop temporarily

Over legal concerns with the music Troubled game launches are nothing new, but it isn’t everyday you see a developer submitting a request for its hot new project to be temporarily delisted from storefronts the day after release. That’s just what budget game company RCMADIAX did Friday following the release of its Wii U titleAvoider, looking to avoid potential legal trouble stemming from the game’s soundtrack. According to RCMADIAX,Avoider‘s current music is a “close copy” of another track, and the studio plans to swap out the tunes for something that is less likely to land the developer in hot water....

May 28, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Donald Gray

WoW: The War Within Diabolist Warlock Hero Talents

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Warlock class is the Diabloist. It is one of the three Hero Talents available for Warlock alongside the Soul Harvester and Hellcaller. Diabolist is available to both Demonology and Destruction Warlocks. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Diabolist Warlock inWoW: The War Within. All Diabolist Warlock Hero Talents The defeat of the Legion left many powerful demons unbound....

May 28, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Erik Harris

You won’t have to mess with any massive downloads when you pick up Diablo III physically on Switch

An all too frequent occurence Grabbing a fresh new cart from any given retailer and rushing home to play it is a euphoric feeling that many people get from buying physical media. But this generation hasn’t been too kind to those folks, with the PS4 and Xbox One installing data from the disc on the console taking up space, and of course, massive Switch downloads. A number of Switch games have historically required huge downloads on top of the physical cart, but according to PC Mag,Diablo IIIwont be one of them....

May 28, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Walter Frye

10 best Counter-Strike 2 Workshop maps

Since the release ofCounter-Strike 2in September 2023, many fans have been hard at work on community-made maps for use on custom servers. These maps aren’t part of theCS2Active Duty map poolbut can offer a fun change of pace from the usual rotation. Most of these maps are downloaded from the Steam Workshop. Afterward, you can play them with friends on private servers, choosing your favorites to hop into a game with....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 815 words · Robert Taylor

Activision investing $500 million in Destiny

The publisher expects another ‘billion-dollar franchise’ At the Milken conference in Los Angeles last week, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said the company intends to spend $500 million on Bungie’s new sci-fi shooterDestiny. That investment will go into covering development, marketing, packaging, infrastructure support, royalties, and other costs associated with the new intellectual property, reportsReuters. “Bungie’s very ambitious plan is designed to unfold over a 10-year period,” said an Activision spokesperson. “The depth of creative content, scope and scale is unprecedented and is required to bring Bungie’s vision to life....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Michael Stokes

An abridged timeline of Final Fantasy 7, ahead of Rebirth

Many of us grew to know most parts of the originalFinal Fantasy VIIby heart, and that’s both awesome and heartbreaking. But how many of us are aware of the full extent of theCompilation ofFinal Fantasy VIIextended universe that Square Enix kickstarted in the mid-aughts, in celebration of its seventh anniversary? I sure wasn’t for a long while, but now I feel like I’m ready to talk about this wackily ambitious attempt at multiplatform, multi-genre, multi-generational storytelling....

May 27, 2025 · 5 min · 902 words · Lindsay Andrews

Anime Rangers X codes (August 2025) [CSM]

Updated: August 02, 2025 We added new codes! As anime worlds come together, heroes and villains clash in absolute chaos, and you’ll need the help ofAnime Rangers Xcodes to bring order to the multiverse! You’ll also have many of the anime legends to put into your team and cut through your enemies as they come at you, wave after wave. Anime Rangers Xcodes will give you precious resources: Gold, Gems, and Trait Rerolls, all of which will be crucial for building up your defenses....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Grant Rivera MD

Army Men Sarge’s Heroes on Dreamcast might be the best game in the series

Good to go! TheArmy Menrollercoaster is a ride I’mvery familiar with. Wait, “roller coaster” is maybe a bit too generous. What is mostly down rather than up? A log flume. I’m very familiar with theArmy Menlog flume. I can assure you, there is a high and a lot of lows as you get splashed in the face with gross amusement park water. I’ve coveredsome of the lows, but how about we climb the conveyer belt to take a good look at the parking lot....

May 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1112 words · Tina Johnson

Band of Bloggers: The Romantic Summer of Dragon’s Dogma

Promoted from our community blogs [Dragon’s Dogma has always been the game that seems like it would be up my alley but I always play its contemporary counter-part. So really it should be interesting to see someone else talk and recommend it. ~Marcel Hoang] 2014 was a weird year for me. I recently started at my current job, I was going on 24, and I was getting ready to be a big brother for the first time, after growing up as an only child....

May 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1277 words · Nancy Little

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back atop the UK Charts

Number 1 with a bullet We’re essentially done for all of the big releases for 2019, at least in a video game sense, so we can expect to see some minor juggling of the UK Charts for the next couple of weeks, as the Holiday season and its discounts cause various sales shakeups. This week, at any rate, sees Activision’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfarereturn to the number spot, knocking off Electronic Arts’FIFA 20, which falls to number three, behind another EA title,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Timothy Diaz

Capcom announces Resident Evil 6 Anthology, RE6 Archives

Earlier this week, retailer listings pointed to two separateResident Evil 6compilation discs, which Capcomhas now confirmed. They’re due out on May 26, 2025, the same day as the standard edition of the game and will retail for $89.99 each. Resident Evil 6 Anthology(PlayStation 3) Resident Evil 6 Archives(Xbox 360) Interesting division of content. I have a feeling many of you looking forward toRE6already own digital copies of too many of these prior games for either package to be worth it....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Jeffrey Richard

Destructoid review: The Bourne Conspiracy

I really, really,reallylike theBournemovies. I tell you this because if I didn’t, I’m not sure I would have even tried to reviewThe Bourne Conspiracy, or even play it. Were it not for the fact that I could re-enact the scene where Jason Bourne stabs a guy in the hand and arm with a ballpoint pen no fewer thanthree times, I probably wouldn’t be all that interested inThe Bourne Conspiracy.But since Iamthe type of guy who relishes the opportunity to re-enact those moments from one of my favorite trilogies, I thought I’d take the plunge with this sadly Matt Damon-less entry in theBournesaga....

May 27, 2025 · 5 min · 1010 words · Joanne Farrell

DiRT 4 might come to Switch, but it also may not

Switch shift! This story reminds me of how developers were cautious with porting their titles to the Wii U because of the consoles’ “unique features.” In an interview withDaily Star, Darren Hayward (senior games designer at Codemasters) briefly mentioned Nintendo’s upcoming console and howDiRT 4might not be the best fit for the platform. “There are signs of more traditional games coming out for Switch with full controller support,” Darren stated, “but wouldDiRT RallyorDiRT 4work on a split Switch controller?...

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Mary Brown