One of my favorite games from last year Kentucky Route Zerofought hard in a number of categories in our2013 game of the yearawardsdespite only the first two of five episodes having been released. It is very good. Even if Act IV isn’t out yet. You can get theseason pass(Acts I-III now, IV and V whenever they come out) on Steam for $12.50 at the moment, half of the usual $25 asking price....

Those of you who downloaded the latestKillzone 2update last week may have noticed that the patch, while welcome for its new ranks and exploit fixes, carried with it an unfortunate side-effect. The intro movie, at least for some people, is refusing to skip despite players hammering away on their controls. I noticed this at the weekend, when I was trying to get my dailyKZ2fix but was unable to shut Emperor Visari up....

Skills for kills, Agent It may seem like a while since we’ve last heard aboutCrackdown 3. That’s because Microsoft has been in no great rush to offer more details about the open-world destructathon that it initially revealed at E3 2014. It sort of just faded to the background while more imminent games got all the attention. At long last, it seems likeCrackdown 3will soon be part of Microsoft’s marketing cycle of upcoming games....

I’ve lost count of how many times I let Ganon return [Note: This piece was originally published in 2021. We’re bumping it now, as part of ourZelda Week coveragein May 2023, in the lead-up toTears of the Kingdom.Enjoy!] Thirty-one years ago,The Legend of Zeldabecame the first video game I ever beat. A year later,Zelda II: The Adventure of Linkbecame the first video game I ever quit. To be fair, I didn’t finish too many games in my elementary school days....

Inspired by Plants vs. Zombies 2…kinda We recently told you about a newPlants vs. Zombiesarcade gamecoming out of a tag team between PopCap and Sega, but we had no details to share at that time. Thanks toArcade Heroesand their copy of trade publication Replay Magazine, we know thatPlants vs. Zombies: The Last Standis inspired byPlants vs. Zombies 2, though it’s not a direct port. It sounds like a light gun acts as a pea shooter, and you’ll use that to hold off zombies....

Them handhelds are still kicking! When it came time to start going through the nomination process for the Destructoid Game of the Year awards, I honestly wasn’t sure if we were going to have a Best Portable category. Both the 3DS and Vita have had good runs, the latter of the two lasting far longer than many people anticipated, but it’s clear the sun is setting on both devices as people move on to Switch and…well actually just Switch....

Representatives from Psyonix Studios, the developer responsible for PlayStation Network downloadable titleSupersonic Acrobatic Rocket Power Battle-Cars(SARPBCLOLBBQ, for short) leaked information for Sony’s nextsystemfirmware update on their message boards. Among the comments was a release window for “later this month,” which may get you revved considering the rumored might (included after the break) of the update. Responding to a post about a PSN sign-out bug, one repwrote, “Sony mentioned a bug they fixed with the next system software update (2....

Sony was working on the back end for thelaunch of the new PlayStation Store, and that held up releases on the PlayStation Network for a bit. But now it looks like we’re back in business, andGran Turismo 5 Prologueis leading the pack. Finally, the “intense precursor toGran Turismo 5” is here, and it will set you back almost 40 bones. Some are callingGran Turismo 5 Prologue“just a demo,” but it’s pretty robust (and expensive) to be just a demo....

Would you look at that!Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambitionis coming to the United States in the form ofPokémon Conquest. Given the premise and that this is a DS game, I had written it off as ever coming stateside. I suppose that’s the raw power ofPokémonfor you. Speaking of which, if you’re unfamiliar with the Japanese release of the game and just want to know more about those darned pocket monsters,Conquestwill go all the way up to Generation V (BlackandWhite) with around 200 Pokémon in total....

I had the pleasure of working through my firstQuantum Conundrumplay session with the help of its Creative Director, Kim Swift. After helping create Valve hit gamesPortaland bothLeft 4 Deadtitles,Swift moved onto Airtight Games to bring this dimensional shifting delight to us. I’m thankful that she was on hand at a Microsoft press event to help me push through some of the brain-twisting puzzle rooms in the very first hands-on session with the game....

Unless you’ve been living in a cave on the moon with your fingers in your ears, you’re probably aware that LEGO has had a consistent presence in the video game world for the last decade. As someone who grew up playing with analog LEGO sets, I’ve always been a little uneasy with this concept. To me, LEGO has always been about limitless creativity, while video games — let’s face it — don’t usually leave a whole lot to the imagination....

[Dtoid Community Blogger Stevil gets the “bad” ending in videogames AND in life. Do not date this man!Want to see your own words appear on the front page?Get writing!–Mr Andy Dixon] WARNING:Spoilers for Catherine below! After defying the Gods, and in the process, becoming the fabled “Man of Legends”, Vincent Brooks deserved a break. Yet, as Katherine walked out the door, he fell at the final hurdle in a fumble of hollow promises....

Radical Entertainment has responded tonews of its shutdownvia the studio’sofficial Facebook page. It has thanked fans for their support following the unfortunate situation, and has also promised that the PC version ofPrototype 2will be arriving as planned. “This morning Radical Entertainment went through a significant reduction in staff,” said the company last night. “We’re very proud of what we achieved with thePROTOTYPEfranchise, but unfortunately, the Blacklight virus didn’t spread as far as it could....