The ’00s is now old enough to be ‘classic gaming’ If you fancy filling your summer with a hefty dose of mid-’00s adventure, then Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) has you covered. The publisher has announced a release date forPrinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1, which hits PC and Switch in North America August 31, with Europe following on September 3. Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1includes two anime-happy adventures. The first title isPhantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered....

World War I history enthusiasts, young adult literature readers,andanime fans have something to look forward to next year. Scott Westerfield’s alternate-historical war novelLeviathanis getting an anime adaptation, and it debuts on Netflix in 2025. Leviathan puts a bio-punk and diesel-punk spin on World War I If you haven’t readLeviathanand its two sequels, let me give you a quick sum-up. It’s 1914, and the flames of World War I have just started burning across Europe....

ANIME EYES IRL Battle Angel Alita, originally titled “Gunnm” in Japan, is a manga that started way back in 1990 about Alita, an amnesiac robot who is rebuilt after being found in a junkyard and discovers that there is something special about her. The manga caught the eye of filmmaker James Cameron in the ’90s and he’s been saying that he has wanted to make an adaptation since his monster hitTitanic....

From Dtoid’s Golden Archives: Aug 01, 2025 [Destructoid turns 7 on August 03, 2025! I’m celebrating early by repairing some of my favorite articles from our WordPress days. You’ll be able to browse this original collection soon — “Destructoid’s Golden Archives” is hereby instituted to preserve the best work of our former editors. It’s also nice to see Burch on the home page again. -Niero] Hot on the heels ofFaith’s article on the layered evils of Viva Pinata, this article serves to educate the average reader on the numerous moral trespasses and hidden agendas of Super Mario, and his ilk....

After Bomberman R, of course It was easy to miss the booth forSnipperclips: Cut it Out, Togetherat Sunday’s Switch Preview Tour event in San Francisco. It was just one table, and to its right was aMario Odysseyvideo screen while to its left was the line forArms. I’m a bit peeved I didn’t get a chance to playArms, but I would have given it up for the opportunity to playSnipperclipsa second time....

Huh, okay 2009’sStar Ocean: The Last Hopeis resurfacing this year in Japanwith a remasterfor PC and PlayStation 4. Launching November 28 for 2,800 yen, the digital-only game will support “full HD” on PS4 and 4K on PS4 Pro along with image settings for shadows, blur, and the like. As for the PC version, Square Enix will include mouse and keyboard support and let players hide the user interface for more immersive screenshots, something I always like to see officially supported....

Find out when and how you can jump into the beta Electronic Arts and DICE have rolled out theBattlefield 4beta. Those that areBattlefield 3Premium members, have pre-orderedBattlefield 4 Digital Delux Edition, or registered their copy ofMedal of Honor: Warfighter(either theLimited EditionorDigital Deluxe Edition) can jump into the beta right this second on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The beta will then be open to all starting on October 4 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC....

You just gotta grab some software Thanks to some software created by InhexSTER, the PlayStation 4’sDualShock 4can be used with a PC. The guys over atPC Gamerhave tested it out, and they explain how you can get it working. Right now the wireless functions seem to only work well with Windows 8, but with the cable attached it will work with Windows 7. Would you game on your PC with a DualShock 4?...

Is it secure enough? Last night, I clicked on a link I saw floating around social media for something calledThe Password Game. It seemed a little neat; make a secure password against an ever-increasing set of rules. What I thought would be a momentary distraction ended up with me, and my Discord call, furiously searching Google and calculating math to try and outsmart an expanding, seemingly malicious ruleset. Our password, ultimately, failed....

Buggy, unplayable, simply unacceptable [Update:Since this report went out, it has come to light thatsomeof the problems may be due to issues with the Steam beta client – a problem I have never encountered with any other game. On testing, I found that not using the beta client fixed one problem: I can now turn V-sync on without the game running in slow motion. While it is nice that this problem has been identified and is now able to be resolved in future game and client updates, it doesn’t excuse the limited options menu, lack of resolution settings, or the massive amount of graphical glitches the ‘enhancements’ cause....

Yet another free weapon Shadow Warriorhas another cross-game partnership following its collaborations withSaints Row IV,Viscera Cleanup Detail,Serious Sam 3, andHotline Miami. Developer Flying Wild Hog worked with Telltale to bringThe Walking Dead‘s ice axe into the the game as a replacement for Lo Wang’s default katana. It’s the sort of thing I’d love to see happen more frequently in games of this size where cameos aren’t quite so commonplace. And if you came for the obligatory quote from Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker, here that is....

I’m not a huge fan of destroying my childhood memories or the magical power of nostalgia. So I had no idea that there was such a thing asTransformers: Prime, a show now well into its second season that apparently has dark and more violent themes than the original cartoon. Knowledge of its existence hasn’t made me interested in it, but it does star Adam Baldwin and Steven Blum so it can’t be completely awful....

Remember a while agowhen we talked aboutUbisoft’s interest in making RPGs? Well, the publisher best known for its huge selection of casual titles has brought up the issue once again, stating plainly that it would like to capture the JRPG market with its ownFinal FantasyorDragon Questgame. No, really. “People often say that Japan is packed with hardcore gamers, and it’s important to understand what it is they’re looking for,”says creative director Alain Corre....