What will be your big summer gaming timesink?

Cblogs of 5/28 to 12-07-2025 –Black Red Gamingshares a list of their top 5 most anticipated game releases in June. –Sleevesreally thinks you should giveLethal League Blazea try. –Eggs&Brewsterjrupdates us on eight games they played recently. –jobjoetries to figure out what makes a good first-person dungeon crawler. –Lord Spencerwrites aboutMega Man 5as part of hisMega ManRetrospective blogging series. –PhilsPhindingsdiscusses the similarities between the soundtrack ofSuper Mario Landand Soca music....

July 2, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Danny White

When is MW3’s next Free Weekend?

It’s been a minute sinceCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3arrived and players the world-over are discussing their favorite (and least favorite) elements of this year’sCall of Dutyiteration. But, for those who haven’t gotten to jump into the latest version of the action, when will be the next free weekend? For those out of the loop, theCall of Dutyfranchise has been known to do periodic free weekends where prospective players can try the game out for a limited time for free....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Andrew Benson

100,000 Strong for Mega Man Legends actually hits 100,000

It was a bit odd when “100,000 Strong for Bringing BackMega Man Legends 3” launched and didn’t actually have 100,000 people. But today, my fellowMega Manfriends, they can finally make that claim. Ever sinceMega Man Legends 3was officially cancelled, fans have been up in arms, saying a “lack of fan demand” wasn’t a valid reason to contribute to the cancellation of the project. What added insult to injury was the fact that aPrototypeversion, set to hit the 3DS’ eShop,was basically finishedand was evidently very meaty and polished to boot....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Kristin James

3DS titles sweeping Japanese weekly sales chart ending May 11

No surprise, look at those gems The Japanese weekly sales charts ending on May 11 reveal 14 of the top 20 spots have been overtaken by various 3DS games, includingMario Golf: World Tour,Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call,andKirby: Triple Deluxe. Yo-kai Watchdominates the chart, a 3DS RPG about a young boy named Keita who comes into possession of a magical watch that can identify ghosts. Level-5 hasexpressed interestin bringing this to Western gamers, having reached out to test the waters for any potential interest in the game....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Christopher Wilson

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp will support online play

Online play revealed during the Treehouse Live stream Nintendo just showed usAdvance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camptoday: a re-imagining from the ground-up of the first twoAdvance Warsgames, for Switch. Thankfully Nintendo confirmed that it sports “the same gameplay as the original,” just with new visuals. Good! It didn’t need to be totally rebooted! But that same Treehouse stream revealed another tidbit thatprobably should have been shownin the official trailer andon the Nintendo eShop listing: online play....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Sandra Rollins

Battlefield 4 has adopted a new user interface on consoles

The same ‘unified’ UI that Battlefield 1 will have DICE has rolled out its new “centralized”user interfaceforBattlefield 4on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The revised UI is the same one we’ll see inBattlefield 1this October and in fact if and when you own both games, it’ll be possible to switch between them right from the in-game menu. Now, I don’t know how often that feature will actually be used, but consistency across the games is nice....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Ashley Walters

Behold this custom squid girl Sega Genesis!

It seems that a cool custom Sega Genesis based on “Invader! Squid Girl” has spawned from the Japanese 2chan image boards. This particular anime series is relatively popular, though I’ve unfortunately never seen it. Apparently within the series there’s a mock version of the Genesis called the Ika Drive which some insane fan has seen fit to recreate by painting up a console. What blows my mind is that he/she seemed to have created box art for the sucker too....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Rachel Lee

Best AMR9 loadout for Warzone Season 3: Attachments, perks, and equipment

The AMR9, a rising star in theWarzonemeta, has earned its place thanks to the strategic buffs it received in Season 1. Its performance has continued to impress in Season 3, particularly when paired with the right loadout. So, let’s dive into the best AMR9 loadout inWarzone,complete with attachments, perks, and equipment. Best AMR9 loadout and attachments in Warzone Season 3 To get the best loadout for the AMR9 inWarzoneSeason 3, equip these attachments:...

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Ann Gregory

Blacksite: Area 51: Are you going to tell her mommy is dead?

By all accounts,Blacksite: Area 51is a generic shooter. It features a generic aliens-attack-earth plot line, you’re tasked with fighting them off with generic weaponry, and we’d be surprised if you didn’t encounter generic stereotypes of military personnel, women, aliens, minorities, minotaurs, slices of bread, and fruit flies.With all of that overarching mediocrity already in place, how did they manage to craft such an evocative ad for the thing? Creepy little girls have been done to death, but if this ad is any indication, gaming severely needs more weepy, dirty little female urchins to convey atmosphere....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Ashley Turner

Bungie releases Marathon closed alpha from NDA, so prepare for the avalanche of hot takes

Marathon’sclosed alpha set to kick off in less than a week will no longer be under an NDA, so the content will begin to flow immediately. Bungie made the announcement today that players will be able to livestream and post content about the closed alpha once it goes live, which is a 180 from what was originally planned. So, get ready for live streams, videos, articles, hot takes and cold takes next Wednesday....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Dakota Gray

Character art for Last Flight looks appetizing

Nick told us about Blobber Team’s delicious WiiWare titleLast Flightearlier this year, but we have yet to hear any more details on the game where a an American chef and a Romanian half-vampire battle a vampire breakout on a plane. While it’s not a release date or anything juicy like that, Blobber does pass along several character art images for the upcoming WiiWare title. Both Anna and the chef, Larry, are shown in various forms....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Raymond Clark

Contest: Tweet to win The Walking Dead on PS Vita!

Season One + 400 Days [Update:Contest over! Winners have been PM’d their codes from the @Destructoid Twitter account.] Our friends atTelltale Gameshave given us 10 codes forThe Walking Dead: The Complete First Seasonon PS Vita to hand out to the Destructoid community! Included in this package are all five episodes fromthe first season, plus the latest episode,400 Days. Sweet! To win, you just need to tweet this: RT and follow @Destructoid and @TelltaleGames for a chance to win #TheWalkingDead!...

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Kelly Lynch

Contest: Win Creaks on Switch, courtesy of Super Rare Games

So I creak, yeahhhhhh In today’s contest you can win a physical Switch copy ofCreaks, brand new from Super Rare Games! If you’re a fan of titles such asMachinariumandSamorost, you’re in luck! Super Rare Games just partnered with developer Amanita Design to release their latest charming indie puzzlerCreaksin physical format! There’s nothing quite like moving a game from a digital shelf to a physical one, so get your hands on this one before it’s completely gone....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Heather Rodriguez