Sega has a new Humble sale and it’s super tempting

Over the next seven days you’ll be able to save on a wide array of Sega-published PC games in aHumble Weekly Sale. A nice mix of new and old titles, the deal is broken down into three tiers. you’re able to name your price for a bundle containingAlpha Protocol,Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit,Company of Heroes, andRome: Total War. The next step up, reachable by paying at least $6, addsThe Typing of the Dead: Overkill,Renegade Ops,Medieval II: Total War, and 10 Sega Genesis titles, includingVectorman,Comix Zone, andShinobi III....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Richard Padilla

SOE wants to court you but you’ll have to work for it

The cold, bleak month of February has never struck me as particularly romantic. But my frosty heart is often melted by trinkets, so I’ll take what I can get. With Valentine’s Day drawing near SOE has decided to court the players of a few of their MMOs. Instead of sending them inappropriate pictures and hanging around their houses late at night in the conventional manner, SOE is offering quests, contests and rewards....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Mia Morris

Sons of the Forest looks freaky and it’s coming in 2021

That tree-chopping tech is satisfying to watch Funny, I was just wondering when we’d hear of the Forest, the amusingly-titled sequel to thestill-very-popularmutant survival gameThe Forest. Endnight Games put out another new trailer. “Everything you will see is recorded in real-time from our latest build,”according to the studio. Sons of the Forestlooks freaky in an unnervingly casual-about-it sort of way. One moment, you’re splitting logs and digging ditches, the next, you’re wearing a creepy mask to fit in with the locals and firing a taser at a faceless mutant....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Eric Steele

Star Wars Galaxies will continue to be supported, despite SW: TOR

DespiteStar Wars: The Old Republic’srecent unveiling, LucasArts has pledged to continue to support the originalStar WarsMMO,Star Wars Galaxies. In a recent interview withEurogamer, LucasArts executive Tom Nichols confirmed new content and a desire to haveGalaxiescompete withSW: TORwhenever it is released. From the interview: We have many other features planned to support Star Wars Galaxies. We see no reason why the two games can’t exist together. Nichols then went on to say that some of the problems in Galaxies wouldn’t be repeated inSW: TOR....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Michelle Stewart

Stardew Valley: Full Artifacts list and where to find them all

When it comes to completing the Museum inStardew Valley, you’ll need to source a total of 95 items for donation. Roughly half of these items are Artifacts, which can be found in specific locations and using certain methods. Artifacts can be found around Pelican Town and the surrounding areas, and there are a total of 42 to find and collect. The most common way to discover Artifacts is through using your Hoe to dig up Artifact Spots, which are shown as one tile that has what looks like three worms wriggling around....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Michelle Hayes

Super Mario Maker 2 ups course upload limit to 64, Nintendo will do it ‘one more time’

For the creators out there Nintendo has some work ahead of them forSuper Mario Maker 2(I’m very much thinking ofthe post-launch friend update), but for now, we feast on an increased course load cap. After booting up my copy this morning I was greeted with a new notification under the “news” heading. Answering the call of fans who wanted more upload space, Nintendo has increased the limit of 32 courses to 64 as of this week....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Joel Wells

Team Fortress 2sdays: Get back to work.

Every Tuesday a bunch of us Dtoiders get together and hop online to play some Team Fortress 2 on theofficial Destructoid server! You should join us! Hey Americans, did you enjoy your day off yesterday? I know I did. Not in America? How did you enjoy your time doing whatever it is you people do? What do you people even do? When I think of not-America I just imagine people with silly accents eating Poutine....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · John Gonzalez

The Assassin’s Creed movie is probably totally, definitely, absolutely releasing in 2016

Uh huh… Just like the legendary Morrissey, stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before: a silver screen adaption of a popular videogame has a definite (albeit far off) release date. This time, it’sAssassin’s Creed, and it’s totally coming out in 2016. Bet the farm on it. According toHollywood Reporter, Fox recently dated a bunch of upcoming flicks, andAssassin’s Creed, starring Michael Fassbender, is slated for June 01, 2025....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Scott Gilbert

The Daily Hotness: Getting Smash

Check out everything Destructoid did today Evolution 2013, the yearly, world’s biggest fighting game tournament known colloquially as “Evo,” is this weekend. One of the games slated for competitive play and live streaming isSuper Smash Bros. Melee, only added to the roster after fans raised $95,000 to be donated to breast cancer research. Earlier today, it was reported thatNintendo would not allowSmashto be streamed, echoing a stance earlier in the year in which Nintendoclaimed ownership of Let’s Plays....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Ashley Hall

The new Shin Megami Tensei V update includes quality of life features like an FOV slider

See more of the apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei Vupdate version 1.0.2 is live on Switch, and it includes an FOV slider as well as the ability to tweak brightness levels.Although the official patch notes were provided on the Japanese Atlus site, here’s a quick rundown of some of the quality of life features that were added. Shin Megami Tensei Vupdate 1.02 rundown An optional FOV slider in the system menu, which allows up to 11 levels of toggling....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Benjamin Faulkner

The next Sims 4 DLC is the water-centric ‘Island Living,’ Realm of Magic arrives in the fall

Mermaids confirmed Remember when theSimname was synonymous with nearly every walk of construction life and beyond?Sim Antruled: just saying. NowSimsis mostly justThe Sims, specifically now,Sims 4. We’ve had two major updates forSims 4so far this year, but the latest one set to arrive to the base game is “Island Living.” More outfits and hairstyles are on the way, as well as open water gameplay (which got a big roar from the crowd) with various water-based activities....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Jason Hodge

The Steam Family Sharing system for games is now much, much better

Valve’s original iteration of the Steam Family Sharing system has been up and running forover 10 years now, and its long-overdue upgrade is finally on the docket. Indeed, Valve has just announced the all-new Steam Families system, which delivers substantial upgrades to Family Sharing in key areas. As perValve’s own blog post, Steam Families is about to replace the aging Family Sharing feature for good. Not immediately, mind, as Families is currently only available via the Beta version of Steam, but the full replacement is on its way....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 540 words · Ronald Barnes

Well, I’m no longer afraid of Dropsy the clown

I am scared of whatever that was at 0:35 Dropsy is a well-intentioned, upbeat clown who happens to be utterly terrifying. He’s misunderstood! Given my fear ofgrotesque clowns, I’ve kept my distance, but curiosity got the better of me here. I clicked the trailer. It’s trippy — in a good way! — and Dropsy is just so bouncy that I can’t stay afraid of him. You should watch it, too. You’ll never read his name quite the same way....

August 2, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Tracy Johnson