Because the best things in life aren’t free Fools. Youpoor,poor,poor,poorfools. It’s almost as if you don’t evenlikewinning at life. I mean, I guess there’s nothingwrongwith choosingAthena,Claptrap,Nisha, orWilhelmas your go-to character inBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Just like there’s nothingwrongwith eating Taco Bell for all four meals every day. But that doesn’t make itright, either. You know whatisright? Paying to win. That’s whyI’m callingdibson [DLC Character #1]. [He/She/It] has a tangible value...

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger SeymourDuncan17 suggests 10 delightfully spooky things for gamers to enjoy this Halloween. Give it a read and throw your suggestions in to the comments. Let’s all share what makes us shiver! Want to see your own stuff appear on the front page?Go write something!–Occams Electric Toothbrush] Over the years, I’ve gradually become the kind of person who enjoys Halloween in a passive sense....

Nintendo is plumbing the depths of the Blue Bomber’s portable efforts this week. All fiveMega ManGame Boy games launched simultaneously via Nintendo Switch Online, and arenow availablefor those who have a subscription. The games included in the drop areMega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge,Mega Man II,Mega Man III,Mega Man IV, andMega Man V. You just need the basic Nintendo Switch Online paid membership to dive in, so no worries for those who haven’t ponied up for the Expansion Pass version....

RIP green screen? Newstoid is back, and this time with no green screen! We heard your cries of “your heads look weird” and “get rid of that fucking green screen” and we listened. Is this better? We are thinking of getting a small piece of green screen and using it as a virtual TV of sorts for behind us for next week. In this episode we talkSplatoon,Bloodstainedon Wii U, and Taco Bell, because we both have a dirty, dirty lust for it....

Gearbox and SEGA targeted for misleading advertising SEGA and Gearbox have been slapped with a class action suit forAliens: Colonial Marines, accused oflyingabout the game to get it sold. It was only a matter of time. Edelson LLC has taken the case, which alleges thatdemo footage was usedto promoteColonial Marines, advertising the shooter with images that “bore little resemblance” to the (un)finished product. The suit was filed on behalf of oneDamion Perrine....

You’re a wizard, Marina Over the last few days, theSplatoon 2community has been battling it out in another global splatfest. This time around, it was a question fantasy favourites as Pearl and Marina tasked players with deciding whether they preferred Knights or Wizards. The poll results and in-game scores have been tabulated and, of no surprise to anybody, Team Wizards has brought home the 2 – 1 victory for yer gurl Marina....

Just another day Wii U is looking prettydown in the dumps. Maybe some quality software in the near future will cheer it right back up. Perhaps a littleBatman: Arkham Origins— I hearit’s got multiplayernow. Well, it does on every platform that’snotWii U. In a statement toEurogamer, a Warner Bros. rep said of the exclusion, “MP will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The team is focusing development efforts on platforms with the largest MP audience....

You have to love bad DLC, especially when it’s asshameless as this. Not only is the upcoming downloadable content forBlazBlueavailable on Xbox Live before the game’s evenout, the stuff you can pre-emptively purchase is nothing but stuffalreadyon the disc, and that can be unlocked by playing the main game. 80 Microsoft Points apiece, gullible gamers can pick up “Unlimited” variant forms of characters. Customers are warned before buying that they can unlock the content simply by playing the game, but who wants to PLAY the videogames they just bought?...

A double whammy of bad news came through for multiplayer gameBlue Protocol. Not only is the end of service on the horizon in Japan, but western release plans have been canceled entirely. Bandai Namco shared an updateon “The Future ofBlue Protocol” via the official website. The servers will shut down in Japan on August 05, 2025, and there will no longer be a collaboration with Amazon Games to launchBlue Protocolin the west....

There are monsters in the mines, not diamonds After what feels like an eternity,Chasm‘s just a few months away from release. The action-adventure game, which debuted on Kickstarter five years ago, was confirmed for a Summer 2018 launch window today, alongside a short new trailer. Chasm‘s side-scrolling gameplay and pixel art environments evoke aCastlevania-like sense of adventure, though according to developer Bit Kid, each of its six worlds features procedurally-generated environments for a randomized take on metroidvania exploration....

You’re gonna need a bigger Switch-Axe Capcom really seem to going all on the promotion of upcoming open-word adventure titleMonster Hunter: World, with multiple commercial, articles, videos and tie-in promotions appearing weekly. Given the community’s natural excitement for the game, It almost feels like overkill, but the game is sure looking fine, and I guess you gotta keep that hype-train a-rollin’. Two videos, comprising around twenty minutes total, have been released of the epic adventure title in action....

An epic tale of nostalgia Last year, the news of Ubisoft making an old-school throwback to the JRPG genre took a number of people by surprise. WhenDestructoid got the chance to check it out, there was a healthy amount of curiosity around it. Not too many people knew what to make of it, especially considering it was coming from the team that madeFar Cry 3, which is a title that seems very far apart from it....

Win one of 10 copies! The fine folks atAbbey Gameswere awesome enough to bestow 10 copies ofRenowned Explorers: International Societyupon us, so that I may give them to you fine folks! That’s not all though, they are also offering a one of a kind compass to the grand prize winner. What isRenowned Explorersyou ask?Renowned Explorersis a really cool strategy adventure game, that I am currently bumbling my way through and having a blast....