You can also get a bonus for participating The nextFallout 76updateis still in the works, asBethesda has announcedthat the PTS period will be ongoing amid some fixes that have already been implemented thanks to user feedback. While Bethesda typically provides a heads-up when an update will actually arrive, the latest bit of news involves an extended PTS session. It started last week, and involved the upcoming “Invaders from Beyond” patch, which adds in a new seasonal event (just like Mothman)....

The Bard vs. Zombies I was over the moon whenThe Typing of the Dead: Overkillwas released, as I totally loved the originalTyping of the Deadin concept and play. But maybe the text offerings were a little too vulgar for you and you’d appreciate the game being classed up a bit. To serve you, a new DLC pack filled with floral phrases from William Shakespeare has been added to the Steam store for $2....

This is just an awesome fan-made opening sequence forThe Walking Deadseries. The entire Destructoid LIVE panel is up, zombies may be coming toBlack Ops,The 3rd Birthdaywebsite is pretty rad, Activision takes overNascarpublishing and more happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Destructoid LIVE: The whole damn showCommunity:Community blogs of 09/25 & 09/26 Contests:Win Serious Sam HD: Second Encounter for XBLA News:THQ: Lower prices, more DLC for console gamesEA offering some compensation to APB customersBorderlands now a Greatest/Platinum HitTaco Bell offers MySims with kid’s mealMore hints that zombies will be in CoD: Black OpsActivision to publish NASCAR games, EA is outNew The 3rd Birthday site is cool, has trailerMore details on Shantae: Risky’s Revenge release emergeRespawn Entertainment’s game will be multiplatformPixelJunk Monsters sequel being considered, no more 2DPDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour has a long nameEA: PS3/360 console war is good for businessOffbeat:Next up in the realistic character figures: Pac-ManMedia:Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition gets unboxedDeca Sports Freedom brings sports and freedom to KinectAardman Animation making a Rabbids TV show...

Nice moves Two notable developers ofThe Witcherfranchise, lead gameplay designer Maciej Szcześnik and gameplay producer Marek Ziemak, have left CD Projekt RED for 11 bit studios. Based out of Warsaw, Poland, the company is best known for itsAnomalyseries. Szcześnik, who will be heading up design of an as-yet-announced game, said “It’s a really exciting feeling to create a new world from scratch, make its characters and rules and to know that I have this blank page to fill with my ideas and then bring them to life....

I’d dress like this but imagine getting ready every day Good Smile Co.’s Figma range is perhaps most closely connected with colorful characters from franchises such asPersona,Overwatch,Splatoon, andPokemon, but this latest release — which celebrates the grim, gothic splendor of From Software’sBloodborne— is a sight to behold. Now available for pre-order, the classy-but-deadly Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower surely ranks in the upper echelon of Max Factory’s finest figurines....

Publisher portfolio grows ever fatter Publishing giant THQ Nordic has announced multiple new acquisitions within the industry, adding smaller studios and investment partners to their expanding video game industry empire. The first such acquisition is studioMilestone S.r.l.(formerly Graffiti), an Italian developer best known for their work on multiple superbike (SBK) and motocross (MotoGP) titles as well as the World Rally Championship(WRC) series. Old school fans may also remember them from the Screamer titles of the mid-’90s....

Well ain’t that bonza, mate? Wow,Ty the Tasmanian Tigeris something I haven’t thought about in 10 years. I always thought it was a weird attempt to piggyback on the successSpyroandCrash Bandicoothad during the generation before. The last game,Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan,was released way back in 2005 for the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance. Since then, we’ve not heard much about him. Fast forward to 2015, we have hoverboards finally, there is world peace forever, and nowTy 4is is a thing and it’s coming to Steamon September 18....

Left 4 Dead 2has become inextricably linked with moaning and boycotts ever since it was announced at E3. While some at Valve may have been surprised by the sudden backlash from self-professed fans, writer Chet Faliszek was reasonablywell prepared. “I once joked that we could put $20 in a box and charge $10 for it, and someone’s going to complain,” says Faliszek. “And that’s just fine – that’s just the way it is....

Transformers: War for Cybertronis a game based on a TV show based on toys. Hasbro, the franchise creator, lovedWar for Cybertronso much that it has adopted the game as official canon, and has also commissioned a set of toys for the game. So, soon there will be toys based on a game based on a TV show based on toys. Is that too meta for you? “I’m a big transformers fan, liked them since I was a little kid,” explains director Matt Tieger....

Hacking the Watch Dogs 2 price Next week Ubisoft’sWatch Dogs 2hits the shelves and as is customary we’ve rounded updiscounts and bonus offersjust ahead of release. In addition to the pre-order bonus Zodiac Killer DLC pack, you’ll also get a $10 bonus Gift Code at theMicrosoft Store. The Microsoft deal is valid on the Standard, Deluxe, and Gold editions of the game and even the Standard Edition download code, which allows you to pre-load and play on day one....

It’ll drop in August World of Tankshas gone from a relatively unknown game to a worldwide phenomenon over the past few years, so it’s obvious that the demand for a console version led to the Xbox 360 Edition of the game this year. Although the digital version of the game has been available since February, developer Wargaming is rolling out physical editions starting August 12th with extras. For $19.99 you’re able to grab some exclusive items, including three days of premium game-time, 200,000 silver, 1500 in-game gold, a new tank, and a 30-day Gold voucher....

Microsoft hasn’t been afraid to have fun with its consoles and feature them as various appliances, including a fridge. One of the latest Xbox redesigns comes in the form of a Series S toaster that you canpick up at Walmart. We got our first glimpses last year when aFrench Twitter accountposted images of the toaster along with its specs. It’s now finally available for purchase, and it does everything you would want from a two-slice toaster, including a six-setting shade selector dial to get your toast just right....

Great news, fellowYakuzaseries fans. Finally!Yakuza Of The Endwill be available in the West in March 2012, says Sega. It will be renamedYakuza: Dead Souls,and it will hit shelves for PS3 next year featuring the entire storyline, Japanese downloadable contentanda brand new mini-game Pachislot! YES! If you’re not up on your Yakuza titles, you only need to know three things: Yakuza fighting with guns, Tokyo’s red light district, and ZOMBIES. “We know how much people loveYakuzain the West and withDead Soulsbeing the latest and greatest in the franchise, it is only right we bring it to them closer to the Japanese release than ever,” said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA....