InPalia, players now have the opportunity to embark on a romantic journey with Hodari, the miner. With the latest update,patch 0.170, Hodari has become a romanceable character. If you’re eager to kindle a spark with Hodari, there are a few requirements you need to fulfill. Here’s how to meet the requirements and romance Hodari inPalia. How to romance Hodari in Palia Like any other romanceable character inPalia, increasing your Friendship Level with Hodari is the key to unlocking the path to romance....

Setsuna bombed It would probably surprise most of you that an RPG modeled directly afterChrono Trigger, released on multiple successful platforms, has bombed, but that’s just whatI Am Setsunadid. It wasn’t the greatest RPG all told but it deserved more than a 244 million yen loss for Square Enix, and will definitely impact the publisher’s opinion to create original works over droves of remakes and remasters. Either way, newfound studio Tokyo RPG Factory is still in play, and is likely teasing their next project with an official image on their company website....

Pictures from the showfloor Destructoid is atMAGFest 12, and in addition toour “Community First” panel, we’re also roaming the halls looking for trouble. For those of you who haven’t attended before, there’s a large dealer room to peruse and purchase games and art (games are art too you know), atable flipping eventfor charity, and a boat load of arcade, console, and PC games to play. I’m talking full multi-cabinet racing titles to old school adventure games on Commodore 64 hardware....

TheRivers of Londonseries, by Ben Aaronovitch, was one of the first long fiction series I indulged in when I was younger, and it made me feel like magic was as real as physics. If you’re ready to embark on your journey, then you’ll need to know the proper reading order. Reading orders of Rivers of London TheRivers of Londonseriesconsists of novels, novellas, a short story collection, and graphic novels. The novels tell the main story, with the novellas providing context and world-building....

Time to learn about some shapes inTears of the Kingdom If you’ve just made the brave jump back into Hyrule inTears of the Kingdom, Jiosin Shrine will likely be one of the first Shrines you find. It’s located directly to the south of Lookout Landing, so you’ll likely stumble on this one without even trying. That said, for this stage of the game, Jiosin Shrine can be quite a brain teaser, especially if you struggle with visualizing shapes in your head....

You might want to get Marth now While Nintendo provided me with the Link, Mario, and Kirbyamiibo toysfor testing withSuper Smash Bros., acquiring the rest of the lot was completely up to me. So I decided to take a trip early this morning, survey any potential crowds, and see what I could get. I ended up nabbing the rest of the ones I needed, with some trouble. I started off at GameStop (though there was a midnight release party there), and headed to Toys”R”Us, followed by two Targets and two Best Buy stores....

It has lazer sharks in it … need I say more? [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] We have some big shows this week onMash Tactics, starting with anEdge of Spacespecial event....

Miyamoto came out on stage for this one After a quick clip that reminded us that Ubisoft has a new logo, Rabbids trotted out in a clip that confirmed that yes,Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battleis a real thing. Miyamoto himself (who says that he has “a lot of Rabbids figures on his desk”) made an appearance along with Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot to celebrate the “longstanding collaboration” of Nintendo and Ubisoft. The legendary developer/exec had one request for the team, to make a “Mariogame that had never been done before....

Top-selling US software in June C’mon, you’re going to tell me that’s not what’s doing it? What, is it thatMario Kart 8is fun? That it’s familiar? That it’s aMario Kartgame? Nope. All Luigi, baby. That’s what you get in2 anno Luigi. No matter the cause,Mario Kart 8is doing well.Total sales crossed 2 millionthree weeks ago. It sold470,000 units in the US in June, making it the month’s top seller and bringing its US total alone to over885,000....

Uh, what? Remember when we told you that you soonwouldn’t need an Ouya to play Ouya games? Well it appears as if the first stop is Mad Catz, since they have just announced a partnership that allows Ouya titles to appear on their more powerfulM.O.J.O. micro-console. That’s a bonus for Mad Catz (who already have a multitude of revenue streams), and a really odd move for Ouya — especially considering the fact that they were originally planningannual hardware iterations....

Because everyone loves UWP apps One of the odder things about each console’s digital storefront is that you may’t actually gift games to your friends. Microsoft actually introduced the featureon Xbox Onelast year, but now the feature has come to the Windows Store on Windows 10. You’ll now be able to gift DLC and full game purchases to your friends on PC, locking them into the often terrible UWP apps featured on the Windows store....

Elite, sexy and paid. I got one out of three. First Watch Games has released a gameplay trailer for its debut release,Rogue Company, a hero-based multiplayer shooter coming to PC and consoles later this summer. InRogue Company,teams of players will pick from an ever-growing selection of – and I quote – “Elite, sexy, and paid” mercenaries, before battling it out in multiple game modes in third-person shooter action. First Watch Games is keen to promote the cross-play aspect ofRogue Company,allowing players on all platforms to compete with each other....

Silly name, great-looking game FlatOutmaker Bugbear Entertainment’sNext Car Gamehas loads of potential — have you seen the impressivedestruction physics? — but it didn’t find a proper audience on Kickstarter. Before the campaign could come to a sad close, the company shut it down. It’s since turned toSteam Early Access, where the demolition derby racing title has found tremendous success. Next Car Gamehas made over $1 million, topping its original funding goal on Kickstarter in a single week....