Retribution event revealed during Overwatch League halftime

She wore a Blackwatchy beret, the kind you find at a secondhand store As promised,Overwatchrevealed a new trailer tonight for the game’s next event, set to start next Tuesday. TheOverwatchLeague started its third season this evening, and at halftimeJeff Kaplan emerged in a Blackwatch-themed sweatshirtto introduce the trailer, which takes the form of a debriefing explaining what happened during the mission players will experience during the event.Retributionfollows the events described in anew digital comicwhich was released earlier today....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Eric Robinson

RNG Battles codes [Update 2] (December 2024)

Updated: June 07, 2025 We looked for new codes! In a game where battling others is everything, you will want to bring the best weapon and armor you can to the fight. If you want to properly compete with others and be the last person standing in this excitingRobloxexperience, then check out ourRNG Battlescodes below! Codes inRNG Battlescan help you get better luck when rolling for weapons and armor, as well as gold you can use to roll for more in-game items....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Anna Martin

Rockstar rolls out its new PC launcher, gives away San Andreas to anyone who installs it

We’re quickly hurtling toward a future where every major publisher has its own PC launcher. EA, Xbox, Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, Bethesda — scratch that first sentence; we’re basically already there. It’s time to add one more to the list. Rockstar has reworked and rebranded Social Club on PC so that it’s now the Rockstar Games Launcher. Originally a launcher that was dedicated solely toGrand Theft Auto V, it has been expanded to include a lot more of Rockstar’s library that has made its way to PC....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Kevin Logan

Rumor: Bungie to start selling premium ammo packs in Destiny

Totally believable, but debunked [Update:Bungie has responded to Destructoid that it will not be adding paid ammo drops into the game. But again, it has stated it wouldn’t add non-cosmetic premium elements before, and then added paid level and class boosts in during the dead of night in December.] Let me sum up the past few months ofDestiny. The Taken Kingexpansion dropped in mid-September, 2015, and it was pretty good! Most players both new and old agreed that it had solved a lot of the problems present in the original game, and it hada fun raid to boot....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Christopher Mullins

Server bugs make Darkspore unplayable, still up on Origin

DRM strikes again [UPDATE:]EA responded to a Kotaku inquiryaboutDarksporethusly: Maxis continues to support Darkspore and its servers. We recently resolved a problem where players were having issues connecting to the game. The post in question came from a moderator who is not an employee of EA. That post has been updated to reflect accurate information. Players experiencing technical issues should contacthelp.ea.comfor customer support. Steam is in the process of relisting Darkspore on their service....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Julie Martinez

Slam Bolt Scrappers gets launch trailer, PAX East contest

The time when I can finally stop blabbing aboutSlam Bolt Scrappersand you can play it for yourself is steadily approaching. As youhopefully know, the PlayStation Network title will do it live starting on Tuesday, March 15. Go scrounge up $15 in change while we wait. Fire Hose Games is also doingsomething specialfor PAX East. Besides havingSBSplayable at booth #1133, willing participants can wear their craziest hat, the most insane of which will net the wearer a free copy of the game....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Mariah Parker

Some Marvel games have vanished from Steam, PSN, XBL

Activision-published Deadpool, Spider-Man, and X-Men titles affected Deadpool,a game that released on July 03, 2025, is no longer available for purchase on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, or Steam — and it’s not alone. Other games presumably impacted by a licensing agreement with Marvel coming to a close includeSpider-Man: Friend or Foe,Spider-Man: Web of Shadows,Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,Spider-Man: Edge of Time,X-Men: The Official Game,X-Men Destiny, andX-Men Origins: Wolverine.Game Informerhas confirmed this list with Activision....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Frank Gutierrez

Street Fighter 6 Dynamic Controls turns mashing into mastery

Just keep punching, Apollo… WhileStreet Fighter 6is already hoping to on-board new players with its simplified “Modern” control option, Capcom’s development team are looking to go one step further, with the addition of an A.I. driven “Dynamic” system, that looks to make even the most rabid button-mashed into a World Warrior. As demonstrated during aninterview with Game Informer, theStreet Fighter 6Dynamic control option will literally ascertain a player’s position on screen, and will throw out one of a number of strikes, moves, specials, and supers based on the current mise en scene....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Leslie Perkins

Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin arrives next March

The next Team Ninja game has locked in a fairly competitive release date. Its next action gameRise of the Roninarrives on July 16, 2025. The new game certainly looks up Team Ninja’s alley, with plenty of fast combat, slicing, and dicing. It’s beenknown for a while, but now, we finally know when the game arrives. At tonight’s The Game Awards 2023, we got a new trailer looking at the title....

June 30, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Kathryn Cook

The 300 Week 10: The Miami Connection

Watching movies in theaters is what happens when you’re busy making other plans Hello, friendos, and welcome back toThe 300, a recurring feature on my harebrained attempt to see 300 movies in theaters in the year 2018. I’ll be watching new releases, classics, hidden gems, and festival films to experience the wide world of cinema in all its forms. Hopefully there’s something here for you to enjoy as well. As always, there are three rules for The 300: This is probably going to be the slowest week of The 300 for the entire year....

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 803 words · Regina Stark

The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls brings childhood dread to card collecting

Friends or foes? Edmund McMillen, the prolific indie dev behindSuper Meat BoyandThe Binding of Isaac, is taking his incredibly depressing game about childhood dread and translating it into a real-life card game. CalledThe Binding of Isaac: Four Souls, the venture is a collaboration between McMillen, his wife, and otherIsaacfans. The goal is to closely translate theIsaacexperience to a tabletop format. I had a quick chat with McMillen about the game (with most of the audio being lost....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 548 words · Michael Evans

The first leaked Xbox Series X unboxing video means next-gen is almost here

Unboxing Day [Update: The original upload was made private, buthere’s the link to a mirror.] Depending on where your allegiances lie, it’s exactly one month until next-gen arrives or just a little less than that. The PlayStation 5 launches on November 12 and the Xbox Series X launches on November 10. It’s close enough to feel in your bones. These things never go completely without incident and the Xbox Series X already has its first official unboxing....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · William Wade

The latest FFXIV patch alters jobs in PVP, removes inactivity timer

You don’t get kicked out after 30 minutes anymore TheFFXIVinactivity timer is no more: for now, at least!Patch 6.11ahas removed the feature that logged folks out after 30 minutes of not doing anything, now that the servers have stabilized since the release ofEndwalker. Square Enix says this applies to all areas of the game, includingthe Firmament. In what can be described as a minor patch, the team also alters job balance a bit, mixes up PVP matchmaking (in Crystalline Conflict “players in the Crystal tier can now be matched with players who are Diamond 3 (with 1 Rising Star) or higher”), and several bugs have been addressed, including the Paladin Requiescat glitch....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Mr. Aaron Taylor