Comic-Con 2017 trailer roundup

More trailers than you can shake a cosmic stick at What a weekend its been, while nothing really overly exciting or brand new was announced at San Diego Comic-Con there was a ton of trailers from previously announced TV and movies. So to cure your Monday blues we at Flixist have compiled all of the trailers that we reported on as well as a few that slipped through the cracks…for you....

May 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1512 words · Thomas Wright

Das Racist? Call of Duty outsells Ni No Kuni in Japan

Once again, Japan has proven that that it is racist against Japanese games, animation, people, and everything.Ni No Kuni, the collaboration between premiere animated filmmakers Studio Ghibli and Professor Layton developers Level-5, has failed to outsellModern Warfare 3in their first week of release in Japan.Modern Warfare 3sold over 180,000 units on the PS3, and over 30,000 units on the Xbox 360, where the PS3 exclusiveNi No Kunipulled in just 67,000....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Catherine Grimes

Debut trailer of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop

I love zombies, as you may well be aware, andDead Risingon 360 is one of the finest examples of zombies in videogames I have ever had the pleasure of playing. Now we have this trailer for the Wii version,Chop Till You Drop. The video is a little misleading, as it starts with footage ofResident Evil 4: Wii Editionto point out that they’ll have similar Wiimote controls. I love my Wii and I love myDead Rising....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Sherry May

Destiny 2 finally adjusted Stasis, mostly for PVP

Stasis is still a relatively new thing When you have a system that’s been a certain way for years, adding something new is always risky. That’s just what happened whenDestiny 2threw the Stasis concept into the mix. Just as studios have had issues balancing say, new classes in an MMO, Bungie has been toiling away, figuring out what to do with Stasis both on a fundamental PVP and PVE level. Now they may have figured it out....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Courtney Rodriguez

District 9 director reportedly directing Halo show pilot

Neill Blomkamp returning to the Halo series Director Neill Blomkamp, who turned heads withDistrict 9before the less well-received, recently releasedElsyium, will be directing theHaloTV show pilot episode, according toLatino Review. Blomkamp directed some live-actionHalo 3promo shorts in 2007 and was originally signed on todirect theHalomoviebefore it fell apart. The Steven Spielberg producedHaloTV showwas a big deal at Microsoft’s last E3 conference, but details since have been lacking. It makes sense they don’t want to rush the production....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Eugene Cross

Dying Light 2 isn’t going full live-service anytime soon, and crossplay multiplayer may be coming still

Whether you love it or hate it, Techland’sDying Light 2is kind of a live-service experience, especially considering thehuge content roadmap planned for 2024. As per the series’ Director, Tymon Smektała,Dying Light 2is still a few steps removed from being a true GAAS. This isn’t a wholly new development, of course. AsDying Light 2is slowly morphing into its predecessorto some extent, it has overtaken the original game’s post-launch roadmap with gusto. We now have ample cosmetics, microtransaction options, andfeatures such as guns(which originally had no place inDying Light 2) to choose from, but Smektała says Techland won’t nudge the game further on that front: “We’ve settled on a very unique formula with the originalDying Light– premium game with additional GaaS elements – and so far it works and is successful for us, so we don’t intend to change it,” he explained in an interview withMP1ST....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Robert Long

E3: DmC: The barfing boss I couldn’t beat

We brought you a thorough preview of the firsthands-on with Ninja Theory’sDMCnot too long ago,but we were able to take it for another spin in a newly revealed boss battle that proved to be so difficult that I’m sure no one in attendance at the press event was able to beat it. I was openly cussing at this as*hole, much to the amusement of onlookers. Don’t get the wrong idea, though....

May 19, 2025 · 5 min · 856 words · Kenneth Rodriguez

E3: What do you want from the Microsoft press conference?

The Microsoft press conference starts in about an hour, kicking off the unofficial start of E3. Since you, of course, will be following the constant news updates here on Destructoid (RIGHT?!), let’s talk about what we want out of this assumed star-studded presentation. Do you want Microsoft to mention a new console? Do you not care about that at this time? What games do you want to see demos of? Any surprise new games you would love to see announced?...

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Brent White

Fangamer on Mother 3, Bloodstained, and Legends of Localization

Sup Holmes every Sunday at 2:30pm EST! [Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great video games. It airs live every Sunday afternoon onYouTube, and can be found in Podcast form onLibsynandiTunes.] Today on Sup Holmes, we’re happy to welcome Heidi Mandelin, Tony Kuchar, and Dan Moore from Fangamer to the show to talk aboutLegends of Localization,theBloodstainedKickstarter, theMother 3handbook, and many of their other projects. It should be a hoot!...

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Christian Rivera

God of War: Ascension single-player demo on PSN today

Also, new trailer Later today, look for the shiny new single-player demo forGod of War: Ascensionon the PlayStation Network, not too far ahead of the March 12 release date. From what Sony tells us, it sounds like it’s the same oneI played earlier this year. If so, you’ll play through the game’s opening, getting a taste of the first 30 minutes or so. I hope this is the case, because that demo was really great....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Michael Sanchez

Guilty Gear 2: Overture demo is up on Xbox Live Japan

You can bitch all you want aboutGuilty Gear 2: Overturegoing the action brawler/strategy route, but you know you still want to play it. Unlike Capcom, Arc System Works can still play the spin-off card a few more times without harm.Crafty, in-the-know gamers can play the demo right now, as it is up onJapan’s Xbox Live as a 717mb download. So far, this is a Japan-only demo, but there are ways to get it....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Steven Santos

Hotel bans games for Christmas in the name of families

Videogames should be a part ofeveryChristmas in a spiritual, traditional, and legally-enforced sense. Unfortunately, however, our letters to the United Nations demanding that anybody not playing a videogame at Christmas should be executed have been ignored, and it has allowed one Scottish hotel toban gamingduring the season. Don’t worry, hotels don’t yet have the jurisdiction to ban all videogames in the world. It’s just banning them within its own walls, because it believes that gaming isn’t a part of “traditional family values....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Kimberly Perry

How to get bamboo in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Throughout your time inDisney Dreamlight Valley’sRift in Time expansion, you’ll need bamboo for quests, cooking recipes, and furniture crafting. However, unlike other resources that you can grow, bamboo has a specific spawn location and growing condition. Bamboo location in Disney Dreamlight Valley you’re able to find bamboo anywhere in the Wild Tangle as part ofDisney Dreamlight Valley’sRift in Time expansion. Rather than planting and growing seeds, you can forage them like you would any herb in the base game....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Donna Carpenter