Team Fortress 2 players can’t agree on whether Valve just empowered the community with SDK or abandoned the game

Valve’s latestTeam Fortress 2update has sparked both excitement and concern within the community. Depending on how you see it, this could be the best or worst news in years forTF2. On Feb. 18, Valve announced via theTF2blogthat it has added the game’s client and server code to the Source SDK. In simpler terms, this means anyone can now download the entire codebase for free, allowing content creators and modders to build completely new games based onTF2, as Valve explained in its blog post....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Tanya Nelson

Team Sonic Racing looks like it’s Gotta Go Faster

Team Sonic Casual Cornering Sega have not only released a selection of screenshots for therecently revealedtarmac-burnerTeam Sonic Racing, featuring Tails, Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge, but they have also given out exclusive in-game footage to several media outlets. I have to say, it’s not particularly impressive footage. I’m ahugefan of 2012’sSonic & Sega All-Star Racing Transformed,so I’m looking forward to getting back behind the wheel with the spiky one. But, although the colours, characters and visuals are there, the game seems to be missing its mascot’s one defining trait: Speed....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Jason Curry

Terry Crews might have whooped you in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Mr. Unknown is into it Checking in with the second coolest dad on Earth, PC Gamer learned that Terry Crews has madePlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundshis go-to game when gaming with his son. They were first really intoOverwatch, but for the Crews crewOverwatchwas overtaken by PUBG.PlayerUnknown himself is pretty hyped about it. Crews said while he still lovesOverwatch,“PUBG? Holy cow, we can’t get enough. You know what? It’s a safe way to do paintball....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Brittany Thompson

The 2001 Cyborg 009 series is making a comeback

Reactivate Acceleration Mode! When I started my anime collection, one of my goals was to purchase the uncut versions of my favorite shows from Cartoon Network’s classic Toonami block. During this year’sOtakon, the distributorDiscotek Mediatalked about their plans to rescueCyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. From the looks of it, I reached a new destination in my journey. Unlike Columbia TriStar’s release, we’re getting the whole series on Blu-ray and DVD, which is amazing for those who caught the show in 2003....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Christian Chambers

The Daily Hotness: Back to the Grind

Is he painting a target on my back in that shot? Or did I do that myself? It’s fun, yes, but it really hasn’t aged well. Just sayin’… Lots of stuff hit Dtoid today. Chad somehow left Cole Phelps off his top ten detectives list, Dale got us an exclusive look at theKatamariwebcomic, Jim reviewed the awesomeLittleBigPlanet PS Vita, I reviewedJet Set Radio(to much outcry), and much more hit the site on September 12th....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Justin Matthews

The Daily Hotness: Scared red panda

Check out everything Destructoid did today Oh my goodness, look atall that poor red panda’s fear! I’ve never seen a living creaturethatscared in my entire life. He’s probably on edge because he couldn’t find a Wii U. Speaking of finding a Wii U, Holmes shared the filmed madness of the Wii U launch event, Conrad reviewedHitman: Absolution,Unchartedis getting a card game for the PlayStation Vita (seriously), and so much more happened on 08-06-2025....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · David Kelly

The Last of Us story DLC trailer drops this Thursday

Will reveal new playable character and story With the upcoming PS4 All Access event this Thursday, many new releases for the PS4 will get some screen time on Spike TV. Though the focus is clearly on the new console’s library, Sony hasn’t forgotten about its most well received title of the generation. On Twitter,Geoff Keighleyrevealed that the new trailer forThe Last of Us‘s story DLC will be shown.Neil Druckmann, the creative director of the game, also chimed in....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Dwayne Whitaker

The new Dark Souls II trailer is very, very noisy

What was that you said? A new trailer forDark Souls IIhas just hit the interwebs and it is thrilling. Huge enemies, vast and inhospitable environments, it’s sticking to the playbook and that’s just fine. The only problem I have with it is that it’s so damn noisy. There’s a whole bunch of talking going on in the latter half. I suspect they are things that would have considerable interest pique-ing potential, but I don’t know because I can’t make out anything over the noise of the score and sound effects....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Robert Baldwin

The next Blizzard legend to enter Heroes of the Storm is D.Va

Soon ™ Today during theHeroes of the Storm 2.0livestream as part of the opening day festivities, Blizzard announced a brand new upcoming hero –D.Va. She’ll follow Genji, who launched today with 2.0, along with the 20 free hero promotion and the Hanamura map. Although her entire kit is still a mystery it was confirmed that she will operate as a warrior archetype (likely a bruiser), and that the Hanamura cinematic was a “hint” as to what her abilities entail....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Samantha Trevino

The World of Light has lifted my Spirits for Smash Bros. Ultimate

You are here For some time, I felt that my excitement forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatewas much more subdued than usual. With 99.9% of games, I’d see that as a good thing. I’m trying to manage my time and money more prudently, and despite how much I enjoy getting excited for what I anticipate will be a good game, it’s a better practice to avoid riding any hype train recklessly. YetSmashis one of my favorite series, and a new release usually feels like a celebration that I want to be a part of, especially given I enjoy every new thing I’ve seen out ofUltimate....

July 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1671 words · Cassie Graves

Touhou shooter coming to PS4 in the West this summer

Genso Rondo TouhougameGenso Rondois coming west this summer, NIS America just announced. The shoot-’em-up fighting game hybrid will hold the distinction of being the firstTouhou Projectgame to be officially localized for western release. Developed by doujinsoft circle Cubetype,Genso Rondowas originally distributed at Comiket 82 in August 2012 as a PC game. The version getting localized, however, is a PlayStation 4 port, which Cubetype released in Japan last June and across Asia earlier this month, as part of Sony’s “Play, Doujin!...

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Eric Holland

Weekend PC download deals: Anno, Kalypso, Sniper Elite

Thank goodness it’s payday; I’ve managed to resist buying games in the Steam Summer Sale for most of this week but I’m snaggingCivilization VandDriver: San Franciscowhich are both reduced by 75%. Also on sale for 75% off are the rather goodDeus Ex: Human RevolutionandDungeon Defenders. GOG.com has theentire Kalypso range of games reduced to half price, including some classic strategy franchises such asStronghold,Port Royale, andTropico. Amazon.com has gotSniper Elite V2for$14.99, a reduction of 70%, just in case you missed it in yesterday’s Steam Daily Deals....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Jamie Moore

We’re lucky the original Grand Theft Auto got finished

‘How the hell did we ever get away with it?’ In a video posted onThe Guardian, DMA Design recounts the troubled development of the originalGrand Theft Auto. After hearing first-hand from the game’s creators, it seems like nothing short of a miracle that it was finished, to say nothing of the impact it would go on to have. “The writers were kind of driving at one way. The level designers were driving at another....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Amanda Alexander