Back on theiTunes storetoday isFractal, an interesting music puzzle game for the iPad. Even better for us, it’s back at a reduced cost. How reduced, you ask? Well, it’s free! But only until this Friday. After that, the price will go back up to 99¢ until Tuesday whenFractalwill return to its full asking price for the foreseeable future. Apparently what happened was Cipher Prime Studios had a falling out with their original publisher and struggled a bit to get the game back up on the store as smoothly as possible....

Just a couple more weeks… If you’ve got a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription and a desire to revisitResident Evil 4ahead of itslong-awaited remake, you probably know that the original game is included in the Classics Catalog. But the version included in the Classics Catalog probably isn’t the one you want to play. See, the version ofResident Evil 4included with your PS Plus Premium subscription isn’t the 2005 PlayStation 2 port or the HD remaster for the PS4....

You know how everyone’s been scanning Wii manuals and putting them up on the internet lately? Well, pedrovay2003 (no, his real name isn’t Pedro) looks like he wants to add to all the fun. The good man went to the effort of scanning theRed Steelmanual and uploading it to Photobucket for your viewing pleasure. you’re able to check it outhere. In addition to this, he also seems to be a huge Dtoid fan....

Just a few hours left to get in on backer rewards TheShovel KnightKickstarter has been a roaring success, raising almost four times its original goal. This game no longer needs your support to become a reality, but you may want to back it anyway. With under 13 hours to go, the campaign is less than $20k away from it’s final stretch goal — all bosses playable in Battle Mode. Other stretch goals, like gender swap mode, challenge mode, and the option to play as three different bosses in campaign mode have done a lot to broadenShovel Knight‘s appeal....

Silent Hill: Book of Memorieswas originally due torelease in March, but Konamidelayed it to Maywithout telling anybody. Well, we’re halfway through May and guess what! It appears to be postponed at the eleventh hour with no formal announcement. Yep … again. Destructoid reader Dan noticed the new datethrough Amazon. The online retailer has listedBook of Memoriesfor October 31, which is a significant push back. Checking online, it seems the delay was discovered by various other folk over the past few days, with people all having to find out on their own....

Wait, what? Blackstreet singer Teddy Riley has been hit with a restraining order after his daughter accused him of abusing her and her sister with the help of a Rock Band guitar. Apparently, Riley felt that Christmas was about kicking the sh*t out of girls. What a nice man. According to the allegations, the 43-year-old singer spent most of December 23 stomping, bashing and punching his children. Taja Riley claims she suffered “bashes to temple, contusion on face” and “pain in the knee” as a result of the attack....

Still a Switch exclusive 2019 is a blur. I did not forget just about every facet of my very fun playthrough ofAstral Chain, but I totally forgot it came out last August. Platinum seems pretty happy with it thus far, and are even took time out of their schedule to celebrate it in their offices this past week. As you can see below, Platinum went all-out and created a giant whiteboard mural for the first anniversary, as well as a Lappy cake: based on the game’s wholesome mascot that also serves as a mascot of the in-game precinct....

Watch Sup Holmes every Sunday at 1pm PST/4pm EST Last Sunday’sSup, Holmes?(now availableon iTunes) withThe Stanley Parablecreator Davey Wreden was an orgy of ideas. I knowUmJammer Lammy, angry internet people, hownarrative works in gamesas opposed to other mediums, the collective unconscious, and an artist’s inability to properly assess their own work were all part of the conversation, but who said what to whom with what organ in what orifice is all sort of a blur....

…not a first-person shooter [Image credit:Mike Lambert] Counting up the votes forDtoid’s Best Multiplayer Designwas exciting. I had no idea how the voting would go. Big games likeDestiny,Titanfall, andCall of Duty: Advanced Warfaredidn’t do half as well as you might have expected In fact,Advanced Warfaregot just as many votes as small-but-scrappy titles likeSportsballand1001 Spikes.NidhoggandSportsfriendsmanaged to beat the lot of them though, landing near the middle of the ranks. Sadly,Plants vs....

Worth the 25-minute watch Call of Duty: World at War‘s zombie mode was an incredible addition to the industry. It was a fully featured mode that was actually included in the base package, and I played the first map for 100 hours, easy.I still play zombies to this dayand haven’t gotten tired of it. The presentation goes through the entire history of zombies mode, right from the very beginning, and how the entire concept was almost scrapped....

Partnership with Tokyo Otaku Mode Tokyo Game Show has released their main visual for 2013 this morning. As expected, it’s some weird robot/game girl from illustrator Ippei Gyoubu. He’s been responsible for the key art for TGS since 2010, and he never lets us down with the strangeness. This year’s main visual character is “the core of games,” and wears a variety of devices. She’s going to transform herself into “something beyond the reach of imagination” to represent this year’s slogan: “Games: Limitless Evolution....

Stylistic adventure touches down later this year Cool-as-fuck gaming rockstar Travis Touchdown is gearing for action, as Nintendo announced, during today’s Direct presentation, thatTravis Strikes Again: No More Heroeswill bring its unique brand of mayhem to the Switch later this year. The new gameplay footage showed Travis as he journeyed through the game’s seven psychedelic new worlds, apparently all based on gaming-genres, while destroying foes with his trusty Beam Katana and trademark pro-wrestling moves....

Like Twitch Plays Pokemon Twitch has promised to match the funds need for Studio Bean to launch their interactive game,Choice Chamber. The title has a Kickstarter running, with a goal of $30,000 set for the deadline of April 20. Twitch will match the remaining amount, which will mark the first time that they’ve had their hand in a game’s development. “The Twitch community has already shown extraordinary enthusiasm for interactive games using Twitch chat,” said Brooke Van Dusen, Director of Business Development, Twitch....