Steep’s Road to the Olympics expansion looks surprisingly good

It’s out this December for PC, PS4, and Xbox One I’m not sure how many people stuck withSteep, but those folks must exist. Ubisoft’s doing an expansion,Road to the Olympics, later this year. It’ll have a separate story mode centered on a hopeful young athlete training “to reach the Olympic Winter Games and be the first athlete ever to win gold in three freestyle events” (Big Air, Half Pipe, and Slopestyle)....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Cody Sharp

Superpowered card game Marvel Snap hits PC and mobile in October

Heroes and villains slam the digital tabletop next month Nuverse and Second Dinner are bringing the heroes and villains of Marvel to the card arena next month. Digital card battlerMarvel Snaphits PC and mobile on October 18. Announced today during theDisney and Marvel Games Showcaseat D23 Expo, the free-to-play card game will feature over 150 cards at launch and more than 80 different locales for digital dueling. Marvel Snapis being developed bySecond Dinner, a studio founded by several formerHearthstonedevelopers....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Dr. Valerie Turner

Take another look at trippy Vita rhythm game IA/VT Colorful

Coming to Japan on July 31 IA/VT Colorfulcertainly lives up to its name. The kaleidoscopic rhythm game from Marvelous AQL stars vocaloid idol IA and is nothing if not vibrant. While the visuals are certainly eye-catching, those bullet hell-esque elements really get my attention. Watching the beats fly in from all directions, the player catching them as they collide with the outer edge of a circle; now that looks like a good time!...

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Tara Barker

The Daily Hotness: Wondermark

It’s been another fun day here at Dtoid. We’ve got a brand new Podtoid, which I sadly haven’t listened to yet. It probably involves Jim hitting on Holmes while Hamza laughs. We also have the DTOID Show, Mash Tactics, and cheap t-shirts. There is all kinds of news about things likeHitmanbeating up nuns, CD Projekt making a new RPG,Diablo IIIgot a nice patch,Tomb Raideris out in GOG.com, and all sorts of other crazy things....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Kelly Cantrell

The next E3 will take place June 15-17, 2021

ESA sets date for trade show return We may not be getting an E3 this year, but that hasn’t stopped The Entertainment Software Association from making plans for the annual trade shows big return in 2021. The ESA has already set the date for E3 2021, which will take place between June 15 and June 17 next year. It’s no secret that The ESA had big plans for E3 this year, shifting the event’s focus to a more“celebrity”, influencer-driven “festival”atmosphere....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Margaret Morris

Today is a day, and that means it’s time for a new NIS teaser website

It’s obscure and a little creepy… for a change Nippon Ichi Software, in a surprise to end all surprises,has launched a new teaser website, offering up obscure clues to some unknown title currently in the works at the Japanese developer. In keeping with 95% of all NIS teasers, the tone of the website is both old-school in aesthetic while being somewhat unnerving. The site features an old VDU-style monitor, on which appears to be security camera footage of a laboratory of some kind....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Nicole Butler

Ubisoft explains Avatar’s failure through contradiction

In case you hadn’t heard, or hadn’t assumed,James Cameron’s Avatar: The Gamesucks and its sales suck too. Much like any good game developer who has a flop game that was supposed to be a major seller, Ubisoft has begun to march in the excuses. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot laid them out in a recent company conference call. It turns out that it’s the movie’s fault (came out at the wrong time), the holiday’s fault (missed the holiday sales window) and release schedule’s fault (couldn’t hold on to post-holiday sales), but it is not because the game sucked....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Kayla Wang

Velocity 2X devs are having a tough time getting a sequel off the ground

No publisher is willing to fund it One of the perks of being a member of Sony’s PlayStation Plus program is that gamers get a couple of free games every month. While the titles on offer have drifted more towards older releases recently, the early days of the PS4 saw a bunch of indie games launch on the service. While a great incentive to sign-up, the knock-on effect was that these indie games ended up having low sales numbers....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Henry Foster

What if Hyrule’s banks upgraded to paper currency?

Check out these awesome Hylian banknotes Why the denizens of Hyrule still exchange Rupees is beyond me. Have you seen the size of those things? A single shard occupies an entire treasure chest! How could anybody fit more than one in their pocket? It’s high time that the Hylian Reserve buys up all the Rupees in the land in order to issue a much more sensible form of legal tender. Just about every country on Earth uses paper currency, and if it’s good for everyone else, it ought to be good enough for Hyrule....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Jesse Stokes

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands’ new release date is November 23 and the pre-launch event starts Nov. 10

When doesShadowlandsdrop? Right before Thanksgiving, as it turns out. After missing its previous October 27 release date, theWorld of Warcraftexpansion will launch on Monday, November 23 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific.That’s not as bad as “later this year” originally sounded. Find out when#Shadowlandslaunches in your region. 👇pic.twitter.com/tGfrjLF2X3 — World of Warcraft (@Warcraft)August 11, 2025 “Since we first told you about our decision to delay, we’ve used the time to further polish the expansion and shore up the endgame, including overhauling the combat and rewards in the Maw, and reworking the Covenant systems to make your choice more immediately impactful and have clearer long-term goals,” said Blizzard....

July 1, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Mark Thomas

25 days: Win Nuclear Dawn on Steam!

[Update:Contest over! Winners have been picked. Check your emails!] Nuclear Dawnis a fast paced multiplayer game featuring first-person shooting with a deep branching real time strategy element. The best of both worlds! It’s on sale overon Steam for $24.99and we’ve got ten codes to give out as part of our25 Days of Givingcontest!

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 53 words · April Hayes

A Grandson’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and Dark Souls

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [I thought I had read the most emotional blog the Destructoid community had to offer. Apparently I was mistaken. UserWrenchfarmshows us his interpretation of the events of Dark Souls and how they’re analogous to his grandmother’s decline into Alzheimer’s. Want to be on the front page?Get blogging. –Spencer Hayes] Grandma has been in a nursing home for 8 years now. I don’t like to visit....

June 30, 2025 · 13 min · 2562 words · Andrea Andersen

A new trademark could hint at a Chocobo Racing return

Chocobo GP Chocobo Racingwas an absolutely staple ’90s game. I mean, it came at the tail-end of the ’90s, but it epitomized Square Enix’s attempt to spin off anything and everythingFinal Fantasyrelated afterVIIhit it so big. And mascot kart racers? They were ’90s comfort food. It was the perfect combination that formed a very fun little racer, and it might be coming back. Square Enix tried to resurrect it once before!...

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Nathan Mcconnell