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(Update) Sonic Mania Plus launches worldwide in July

Famitsu article may reveal Western details [Update:As predicted, Sega’s new trailer forSonic Mania Plusconfirms a July release date. The game will launch July 17 in the West and July 19 in Japan. Physical editions will include a cool Mega Drive-style reversible cover and mini art-book. You can check out the new trailer below. There has been no confirmation as yet on the upgrade price from vanillaSonic Mania.] For some time now,Sonic Maniaowners have been wondering how much it will cost to upgrade their copy of the game to the upcomingSonic Mania Plusre-release....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Dana Jackson

Black Finger Jet coming from former Metal Slug team

What colors are the other fingers? Kohachi Studio hasgiven us a teaserlook atBlack Finger Jet, a new run-and-gun title from former prominent Nazca developers. Nazca is the original developer behindMetal Slug, and a number of the attached names were directly involved in the development of some of the early titles in that series. No real gameplay is shown in the trailer, as the game looks to be very early in development....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Mallory Mccann

Check out a few minutes of the very pretty Tetris Effect right here

Block Rocking Beats A new video has been uploaded featuring gameplay from the upcoming euphoric puzzlerTetris Effect, first revealedearlier this monthas the new project fromRezcreator Tetsuya Mizuguchi. The four-minute video, taken by Japan’sGame Watch, shows the gorgeous looking title in action, combining classicTetrisgameplay with dramatic imagery and music. It feels very similar in conception to Zoe Mode’sChime, another block-based puzzler where the ergonomics of the play area built the soundtrack....

August 11, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Richard Wheeler

Content warnings need to become standard

This article contains themes of trauma, mental illness, and sarcasm In summer 2020, I had to reassess my situation. The year had been rough on me, as it had for a lot of people, and I was bottoming out. My solution to keeping myself going was to start looking to the future, so I dove into writing reviews for Destructoid. One of the first I picked up was forRainswept. It starts off with a content warning: “This game contains references to topics such as suicide and trauma which some players may find distressing....

August 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1216 words · Kyle Owens

Contest: Celebrate E3 and win a PDP Pokemon prize pack for your Switch

Occams, I choose you! E3 Fever getting the best of you? Enter today’s contest to help recover with a Switch Pokémon prize pack from PDP! Even if you’re not a huge fan of Nintendo, you gotta admit — they came out swinging for their E3 Direct. There was something for everyone, and it was absolutely packed with games featuring actual gameplay! Plus the announcement ofNo More Heroes 3and aBreath of the Wildsequel?...

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Timothy Taylor

Contest: Win an Xbox One copy of underpants brawler Brief Battles

Do the no-pants dance! No pants required for today’s contest; win an Xbox One copy ofBrief Battles! Well lookie here — another padawan fromGetting Weird with Wesgraduates to the spotlight for its own contest! This warms my heart. It means that people like weird games just as much as I do! As previously stated,Brief Battlesis weird because underwear is inherently weird to me. It’s like, why add extra layers when it’s 98 degrees with 95% humidity out here in Coastal Virginia?...

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Eric Kane

Crescent Moon Mount now available in the FFXIV Online Store

Mounts are always a popular item inFinal Fantasy XIV, whether they are rewarded for in-game content or purchased for real money in the Online Store. The latest addition to the store, theCrescent Moon Mount, is a particularly awaited one. We’ve known that this mount has been coming for a while and especially attentive players have noticed that it’s been included in theFFXIVCollectdatabase for a few months. There had been speculation about whether this item would come in the form of a Seasonal Event reward, but those can now be laid to rest....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Denise Gonzalez

Defender’s Quest is just as easy to love on consoles

The tower defense RPG has made it to PS4 and Xbox One It might look unassuming at first glance, butDefender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgottenis not so secretly one of the best tower defense titles in recent years. It’s way up there. The game tells a fairly compelling story, it’s mechanically solid, and even better, it respects your time with a multitude of ways to fine-tune the experience to your liking....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Patricia Young

Dune: Awakening is a survival MMO set on Arrakis

Spice world Funcomlifted the lidonDune: Awakening, an open-world survival MMO, at Gamescom Opening Night Live. While the trailer is cinematic, the first details sound like devious fun. According to Funcom, you’ll be able to “hunt for spice blooms and deploy your harvester, then protect it from opportunistic raiders and rival factions,” with battles shifting “seamlessly from foot to vehicles and from ground to ornithopters in the sky.” The all-important Arrakis will be shared with “thousands of players....

August 11, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Timothy Jones

Final Fantasy XIV boss shares lessons learned and how they’re aiming to make Shadowbringers ‘the best expansion yet’

‘In the end, everything connects to where we are now’ Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Rebornis nearly six years old at this point. Let that sink in for a moment. Director/producer Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshida has been at this for a while, shipping two expansions for the massive project while touring the world and meeting fans and playing his own game. He’s hella busy. So when I had the chance to speak to him about lessons learned since the lastStormbloodexpansion and what they’re planning for the upcomingShadowbringers, I took it....

August 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Valerie Day

Here’s a Starfield skateboard you can buy, because radical or something

Kickflip your way to the stars In the run-up toStarfield, many of you will be anticipating the antics you can get up to in Bethesda’s space-faring RPG. While it’s unlikely that the game will let you “hang ten” (or whatever) while exploring alien worlds, you can still pull some moves with a skateboard themed on the game. Over on theBethesda website, if you wish to relive those glory days of theTony Hawkgames you can pick up an “aerial skate deck” while you wait forStarfieldto come out....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Angela Baker

Here’s how to unlock the rad fighting game hidden inside of Mega Man 7

Why am I telling you this? Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is out! Mega Man Legacy Collection 2is out on PC, PS4, and Xbox One this week, and one of its four included games is also one of the most polarizing. It’s none other thanMega Man 7, which has a lot of shortcomings on top of a ton of amazing Easter eggs like Proto Man’s shield and of course, the famous fighting mini-game....

August 11, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Jennifer Hughes

If any Hades characters return for the sequel, who would you like to see?

–The Cooperatorswrite an analytical blog aboutHades. –Skazfestthinks the reception ofMetroid Prime 2would be better in a post-Dark Soulsworld. –Grethiwhashares their first impressions on PSVR 2. –Isay IsayreviewsOne Piece: Odyssey. –Lord Spencercontinues their retrospective on theMega Manseries with this blog aboutMega Man X4. –Darrenhupkeis back with another video gaming book; about Namco’s PS1 library of games. –Boxman214reports on their solo playthrough of the table-top game,Ironsworn: Starforged. –ChronoLynxxopens this week’s TGIF community thread for random discussion....

August 11, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Patricia Lynn