Time to re-enact The Poseidon Adventure Unknown Worlds’ early access make-Joe-wee-a-little-by-having-eels simulatorSubnauticareceived an update which massively builds on the base-building sections of the game as well as adding a new biome. The page showing the update is incredibly fancy and interactive, and there is also a video up at the top should you want to see them in action. The biggest changes are to the base flooding system – should your base take damage and be breached, water can flood in and eventually drown you....

And countless more online Coming out of E3, the Destructoid staff has been buzzing aboutSuper Mario Maker. It’s terrific. While I’m sure the game will attract plenty of talented creators, I’ve been wondering what all Nintendo will include on the disc.Here’s our confirmation, courtesy of the official UK site: “By connecting to the internet*, you can download and play courses created by other players from all over the world! There are also 100 courses included that you can play without an internet connection....

Out this week in Japan Will a bunch of people complain about how I just don’t like anime if I say thatSword Art Onlinedoesn’t seem very good? Though at least it might make a passable game. Hard to mess up multiplayer monster fighters with bad writing (though there’s also a single player portion for that). Hollow Fragmentsis the Vita follow up to last year’s PSP gameSword Art Online: Infinity Moment. It’s coming out in Japan on April 24 and to North America sometime this summer....

Niwango’s Seiji Sugimoto was invited on stage at today’s Sony pre-TGS press conference to announce that Japanese video siteNico Nico Dougawill become an application on the PS Vita. A Vita unit was shown to the audience running a video with the site’s trademark text streaming over it. Sugimoto says that they are working hard with a newly formed development team to take full advantage of the Vita’s hardware, supporting 3G connectivity, touch screen and system cameras....

Seriously. She’s so hot. Hubba hubba. This should make up for the server issues all weekend. We should be back to normal tomorrow, folks! Weekend Destructainment was full of entertainment, the PS3 slim has been sighted in the wild again,Section 8is coming to Europe, Pachter says the gaming world isn’t coordinated and plenty of more stuff happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Weekend Destructainment: Just DanceBest of the Network this weekThis Week in the Community: Flash tornadoGames of the week for 8/2/09: Speed Racer editionCommunity:Community blogs of 08/01/09 + 08/02/09Forum of the day:Dtoid Forums Discusses: Movies based on video games...

I want to have a relationship with robohomie Earlier this week I drove up to Bumfuck Nowhere, California (Chatsworth, I guess) to visit Respawn Entertainment and see just what the heck was going on withTitanfall 2‘s single-player. After two dusty hours of traffic, my battery died from listening to weird horror podcasts. What I’m saying is, I was more than ready to see some robo-blastin’. A welcome addition to that was some good ol’-fashioned robo-friendin’....

Today, Max’s shirt is peach-colored. It’s been quite a busy week of news, and here’s Max to shout moistly about it. Gamers who are short a hundred bucks got some great news this morning with the announcement of anXbox Onesans Kinect, for a somewhat reasonable $399, coming June 9th.Sunset Overdrivehas been revealed properly, and hot snacks, it looks like a good time.Pokémon RubyandSapphireare getting the 3DS treatment,Never Alonelooks really lovely, and a newUnreal Tournamentcould be quite a lot of fun, especially for free....

At the tender age of four I sat in my best friend’s basement playing her brother’s Commodore 64. My friend, a girl, enjoyed watching me play, and offered me a challenge: beat any game, and she’d kiss me. My game of choice wasGreat Giana Sisters, a blatantSuper Mario Bros.clone with a unique quality of its own. After the trial, I received my kiss, but more importantly, I beatGiana Sisters. The game left its mark on the videogame world for its excellent graphics and charming soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck, one of the great pioneers of videogame music....

Servers shut down on December 31 RememberMoonrise?It was that almost-Pokémongame from Undead Labs, the developer ofState of Decay.It released into early access back in May, promising a tactical new take on the monster-collecting genre. However, it looks like it hasn’t been quite as successful as Undead Labswould’ve liked, as the game’s been cancelled. Changes will be made to the game to allow existing players to enjoy it, but a full commercial release won’t be happening....

Even thoughValheimis stoéé in early access, it is already getting its own board game.Valheim: The Board Gamelaunched on Gamefoundat the start of this month and reached its €200,000 target in just 53 minutes. It is currently 440% funded, having amassed more than €880,000 in funding at the time of writing. Valheimlaunched in early access for Steam and Linux on June 24, 2025, and on Xbox One and Series X/S on Jul 31, 2025....

It’s time to relax after E3 and buy some cheap PC games After doing a fairly poor job of letting people know when they’re holding a sale, imagine my surprise as an email from EA arrived in my inbox letting me know there’s a50% off sale on Origin.Battlefield 3,Mass Effect 3andDead Space 3are reduced along with many other games that don’t have the number “3” in their title. Over on Green Man Gaming, you can get Telltale’sThe Walking Deadfor half price andSaints Row The Thirdfor 75% off....

Physical release is unlikely, digital distribution ‘plausible’ Yesterday,Pandora’s Towerpublisher XSEED Gamesannouncedthat it has acquired Atlus Online from Index Digital Media, integrating both companies under the common banner of Marvelous USA.Siliconerareached out to XSEED boss Ken Berry following the reveal to inquire if the move might lead to more Marvelous titles coming overseas. “We are definitely interested in pushing the ‘Marvelous’ brand as much as possible,” Berry said. But whether that interest will coalesce into a western release for Tamsoft’sSenran Kaguraseries sounds dubious....

Introducing Assassin’s Creed Memories WithHearthstonetaking the world by storm, why wouldn’t the biggest videogame publishers want in on that action? Ubisoft’s smart enough to recognize a good thing when it sees it, and agile enough to act quickly. As a result, Ubisoft paired its most popular franchise with the card battle genre, and we’ll get to see the finished product sooner than later. Assassin’s Creed Memoriesis a free-to-play title for iOS devices that is said to blend card battle, role-playing, and strategy elements....