The #1 community manager podcast on Destructoid! [Communitoid is the Destructoid Community Team’s official podcast. Want to join Aaron, Andy, Beccy,Conor, and Jo on a future episode? Send us an email!] This episode we have streamer extraordinaire and closet iCarly fan Swishiee as our guest! Beccy, Swishiee and myself share PAX stories, Aaron and Jo make fun of children playing soccer, and Andy gets all kind of pissed off at me even though he wasn’t even on this episode....

Celebrate the launch of Star Trek: The Next Generation Avatar items on Xbox Live [Update:Contest over! Winners are ZeroForte, Pixielated, dunnace, A Char, WSwan, Swishiee, DrippingSins, Shawn Kelfonne, Char Aznable, and Matt Evans.] Our friends atFlashman Studiosrecently unveiled an awesome new line of clothing, costumes, and accessories for your Xbox Live Avatars. (If you’re into that sort of thing. Which I am. So shut up.) The new set lets you dress up asyour favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation character, be it a Klingon, a member of the Borg Collective, a fateful Red Shirt, and more!...

You already know what time it is, Destructoid. During our first couple of weeks, I talked about the joys ofintroducing coffee into a casual rogueliteand cozy feline adventures. Now, we’re spinning things in a completely different direction with a rather unique idle game,Rusty’s Retirement. Rusty’s Retirementis an idle farming game where you control Rusty, a retired worker who spends their days relaxing and caring for a farm. You’ll work alongside Rusty to build up the farm, produce biofuel, and power robots to help you along the way....

THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK! In the indie games scene, procedural generation and rogue-like elements seem to be the golden formula one strives for. I can’t tell you how many games I’ve heard about with those two buzzwords attached, butMothergunshipis just another to add to the list. In a very awesome twist, this game decides to not take itself seriously and allows the players to create custom guns with a system similar to LEGO bricks....

Who deserves the hardware? The best have been named, now we wait for the best of the best to be crowned. Next month, 2019’s most outstanding games duke it out for grandeur at The Game Awards. Three weeks prior, we’re told who’s allowed in the octagon. Hideo Kojima’sDeath Strandinghas the most opportunities to take home some of Geoff Keighley’s winged, angelic trophies. It received nine nominations across the awards show’s 29 categories (although seven of those categories are dedicated to esports and content creators)....

EA Sports has revealed the top 25 cards for the Bundesliga inEA FC 25, which includes representatives from all the top clubs. After years of dominance, Bayer Leverkusen managed to pip Bayern to the title as they pulled off an invincible season. Naturally, some of the best performers from the club have made it to the list of top 25 names. Despite losing the title, Bayern’s superstars also dominate the list thanks to their ratings....

A whole lotta wholesomeness It’s summertime, and that means a whole lot of video game news. But amid the big showcases and publisher spotlights, there are also streams like the Wholesome Direct 2023, which try to shed some light on other types of games. As the name would imply, this Direct focuses on “wholesome” games. You won’t find any carnage, or really much combat here. Puzzles, adventure games, life sims, and lots of gardening lay in store ahead....

It’ll launch officially four days later In a confusing turn of events for some,Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalkerearly access will begin this Friday on December 3 at 1AM PT/4AM ET. To be clear, early access is provided for folks who pre-order, and are provided an early access code to enter in the Mogstation system (FFXIV‘s version of Battle.net, basically). So if you want in, make sure you get your ducks in a row and get the code ahead of time....

TheFinal Fantasy XVIGobermouch is surprisingly easy to find. If you’re careful, this monster is also a relative breeze to defeat. However, there are some tricks to be aware of as you fight this seemingly unassuming goblin. You can only access this hunt when you begin the Brotherhood main quest. It’s very close to the end of the game, so Gobermouch is a late boss inFinal Fantasy XVI.Here’s how to beat it....

Wednesday’s announcement ofForza Horizon 4getting delisted from Steam and Xbox has caused a huge player boost. Last month, there was an average of 4,309 players on Steam (with a peak of 10,931), but a day after the delisting announcement, it has increased to a peak of 70,503, according toSteamDB; that’s a 1,536%Forza Horizon 4player boost from last month’s average. Due to licenses expiring for the cars featured inForza Horizon 4,the game will be delisted on December 15this year....

Anybody call for a web-slinger? In an interesting turn of events, Insomniac Games’ pseudo-sequelSpider-Man: Miles Moraleshas clambered to the top of the UK Charts, just over four months after its initial November 2020 release. Miles Morales’belated arrival at the No.1 position comes after the UK received a major restock of PS5 releases, with the next-gen version of the open-world adventure accounting for 90% of allSpider-Mansales over the past week.As reported by GamesIndustry....

It only takes a few minutes Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamityis out on Switch, and it just got a day one patch. It’s time to play it. Or, you’re able to play the game away from the game. Nintendo has been promotingAge of Calamitythrough My Nintendo,adding a new physical rewardto its repertoire. But if you need the fake scratch to actuallypick it up, there’s a very easy new set of missions that offer up100 total Platinum Pointsthat was just added this weekend....

Round two of theTestament of Sherlock Holmesscreenshotsare in and the game still looks good. The Testament finds the detective unable to solve a crime that paints him as the main suspect. As he begins to look more guilty he is forced to go on the lam while he tries to prove his innocence. I haven’t played any of theSherlock Holmesgames, but Holmes is probably one of my favorite book series of all time....