Recently, a Nintendo Switch game calledThe Last Hope: Dead Zone Survivalcaught the internet’s attention, particularly because it looked like a shoddy knock-off ofThe Last of Us. Well, it turns out this poorly received title has now been pulled from Nintendo’s eShop. According to a report fromEurogamer, VG Games’ open-world post-apocalyptic shooter is no longer available on the storefront. In fact, attempting to go directly to thedownload pageforThe Last Hopewill only return an error....

It seems that even Australia, famous for getting regularly screwed over by Nintendo, is getting a taste ofThe Last Storywhile North America gets left out in the cold. The Mistwalker RPG was recently rated for the country, meaning Aussie fans should get their hands on it in the near future. Nintendo of America has beenresolute in its refusalto localizeThe Last StoryandPandora’s Tower, and won’t publish Xenoblade despite the localization havingalready been done....

Death Tower Indie outfit SuperScarySnakes has announced that their upcoming PC title,Black Future ’88will also be released on Nintendo Switch as a console exclusive. The retro-styled action game will launch on both platforms later this year. “Black Future ’88is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner,” reads the blurb, almost breaking the record for most buzzwords used in a single quote....

So theSonic the Hedgehogfilm debuted this weekend, and you know what? I wasn’t nearly as bad as the originalGangsta’s Paradise-booming, monstrosity-laden trailerhad us believe. It was a coherent, cute (emphasis onthe re-designed model) family film: which is pretty much all I expect out of somethingSonicrelated. But naturally there might be even more money to be made (especially if it keeps performingclose to these box office estimates), and there’s a bit of sequel table-setting....

A truly great puzzle game reworked for VR Lots of people who Ijust knowwould digThe Talos Principleslept on it. Whenever puzzle games come up in conversation, I try to sell them on the idea of a philosophical first-person puzzler about AI andeternal life, and the words never seem to flow correctly. They don’t quite get the appeal, and I don’t blame them. It’s one of those games you kind of need to discover for yourself, of our own accord....

THQ may haveshifted gearswhen it comes to the once-planned downloadable content expansion ofSaints Row, but things have not totally changed over there in regards to their DLC strategy. In a press release today, the publisher announced a “season pass” for the upcomingDarksiders II, which will be included in copies of the title’s Limited Edition that are purchased directly from THQ throughtheir online shop. The pass entitles the purchaser to receive the second and third DLC expansions toDarksiders II, free of charge....

A new season is beckoning Despite overwhelming financial success and a positive reception at launch, bothCall of Duty: Warzone 2.0andModern Warfare 2have recently seen diminishing player counts. Both games have hit an all-time low for active players since they launched in late 2022. Warzone 2.0andMW2player count hits record low First noticed onReddit,Warzone 2.0andMW2both hit a record low of active players. According toSteamCharts, both games had just under 50,000 concurrent players around July 14, 2025....

Digitally available tomorrow via Wii U eShop in North America Wii Sports Clubcomes out tomorrow with its high-definition remixes of Bowling and Tennis. It’s a Wii U eShop exclusive for now, but that’s something that might change in the future. “I do not deny the possibility thatWii Sports Clubmay become packaged software in the future,” Nintendo president Iwata revealed during a recentfinancial briefingwith investors. “However, for the future of Wii U, we have prioritized releasing tennis and bowling by the end of this year....

Lots of t-shirts Rockstar is giving away a PS4 and an Xbox One to celebrate first-personGTAV. Each feature, “exclusive black-on-blackGrand Theft Auto Vdesign, laser etched on micro perforated metal paneling with hi-gloss deep green painted accents and a custom color-matched controller.” The black-on-black bit reminds me of The Drizzle’s business cards. There are also 20 runner up “prize packs” with a bunch of t-shirts and junk. You can enter to win the PS4 onFacebook, the Xbox One on Rockstar’sSocial Club....

Throwback fan service Tecmo Koei has released some details about a mode found in the upcomingYaiba: Ninja Gaiden Zwhich presents cutscenes with chunky sprites and plays in a 2D scrolling mode, an homage to the original NES and arcade games from the franchise. Unlocked through progress in the main game, Tecmo Koei has stated that “Ninja Gaiden Z” mode will feature a high level of difficulty. I still have no idea what to make ofYaiba....

The kind that don’t melt and are not easily crushed [Image by Panic Pagoda ~ Modeling byHitmeupmanandSlitherup] A few days ago,one of our community members decided that he was calling it quits, in part because of a post I wrote a few months back asking our readers if they want Destructoid to be a “safe space”. In short, I fucked up, and I responded to him accordingly, but it’s not good enough to apologize and explain yourself....

Understandable, really We can expect Arkane Studios to continue making immersive games that prioritize “deep world building and environmental storytelling,” butDishonored? The series is on hiatus. Speaking toVG247at QuakeCon, lead designer Ricardo Bare said that theDishonoredseries is “resting for now.” While critically successful,Dishonored 2didn’t make the same commercial splash as the original. A break could probably do the next game (and the team) some good. “[W]e’re always going to craft spaces that you feel like you’re visiting, whether it’s Dunwall or Talos 1,” explained Bare....

Available on App Store tonight [Update: Bethesda’s Pete Hines mentioned onhis Twitterthat “we will have info later about [an] Android version.”] At Bethesda’s E3 press conference, the big draw wasFallout 4, but nestled in the middle of theFalloutpresentation wasFallout Shelter, a free-to-play mobile game about managing a Vault. Bethesda’s Todd Howard describesFallout Shelteras the type of game the team would want to play, and thus it doesn’t have a lot of the insidious stuff that is often found in free-to-play titles....