Link to the Past 2 in development for over two years

Time passes, people move. Like a river?s flow, it never ends… Last week, the sound of millions of jaws dropping could be heard at theannouncementof a spiritual successor to the beloved Super Nintendo classicThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Recently,Zeldaseries producer Eiji Aonuma made an appearance on the Japanese Wii U Direct to share a little more on the project. While most of the presentation was went over what we already know, one very interesting tidbit did pop up; Aonuma alluded that bringing theZeldaseries over to the 3DS has been something Nintendo has been working on since the launch of the handheld eye-strain device in 2011....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Jeffrey Lynch

Live show: Mash Tactics with Bastion and Greg Kasavin!

[Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4pm Pacific. WatchJon CarnageandPico Mauseas they host a wacky and interactive show onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channel. Join us for your chance to win prizes, talk to industry guests, and experience jaw dropping stunts.] Today onMash Tactics, Supergiant Games’ Creative Director Greg Kasavin will be Skyping in! Greg is one of the beautiful minds behindBastion! Watch Carnage and special co-host Max Scoville live onDestructoid’s Twitch.tv channelat 4pm Pacific....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · David Stewart

Mark Cerny answers your PS4 and Knack questions

And he’s got a great shirt, too PlayStation 4 lead architectMark Cernyhas all but surpassed painter Bob Ross as the person I’d most want to go on a cross-country road trip with. He could just talk for the duration and I’d be stuck in a relaxed state of mind, hanging onto every soothing word. Cerny is a busy man, unfortunately, so this five-minute Q&A video will have to make do....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · John Graham

More games on Steam doesn’t mean more money for Valve

This year, anyway Steam saw an unprecedented influx of new games in 2016. Of all the titles added to the distribution service since its 2003 launch,38 percentof them were added last year. Many of those games are very bad, sure, but there’s no questioning that Steam’s catalog is growing at an eye-popping rate. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean more cash for Steam owner Valve. According to a new report fromSteam Spy, revenue generated from paid games was $3....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Pamela Flores

Never eat Indian people: Switching to Trevor in GTA V

Scooooooooter brothers OfGrand Theft Auto V‘s three playable protagonists, Trevor is the id.He is the surrogate for the typicalGTAplayer — a complete and utter lunatic. Not just when you’re playing as him, either. In fact, it seems like Trevor gets up to some of his greatest heights of debauchery when the player isn’t around. This video is comprised not of story moments, but of regular moments in Trevor’s regular day that the player then inhabits when switching to the character....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Christopher Gross

New screens of NBA Live 09, along with a prediction for the Finals

The Lakers-Celtics rivalry is one of the most hotly contested ones in basketball history, and though it has been relatively cool since Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (see image above) retired in the early ’90s, it’s about to heat up once again as the teams face off tonight in Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals (9 PM ET, ABC). I mean, hey, now thatLOSTis over, you’re not doing anything with your Thursday night, right?...

June 18, 2025 · 5 min · 911 words · Pamela Cross

New Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer shows off its Hyrule, and an adorable horse

Zelda’s solo adventure inEchoes of Wisdomlooks ever more exciting as a new trailer showcases the areas she’ll explore. Like Link, it has been confirmed she’ll be exploring the world by horse travel as well. Multiple towns and biomes have been featured in a newThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdomtrailer uploaded Monday. It shows the castle town of Hyrule, the hot Gerudo Desert, the scenic Jabul Waters, the green Faron Wetlands, as well as Kakariko Village near Eldin Volcano....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Danielle Harrison

Nintendo Download: Vic Viper Edition

It’s Gradtastic Today is a decent day to be a 3DS owner, as a heap of stuff is headed your way. First off we haveSparkle Snapshots 3D(3DS eShop, $5.99) andGradius(3DS VC, $4.99) headed to the eShop, along with aMoshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Parkdemo. If you’re not satisfied yet, there’sPuzzler World XL(DSiWare, 500 Points) andReel Fishing Ocean Challenge(WiiWare, 500 Points). Not like that will actually satisfy you or anything. Also,Ocarina of Time 3D($39....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Nathan Phillips

Nintendo is claiming ownership of Let’s Play videos

Time to collect the Mario tax! The last time we heard about a major game publisher slapping the wrists of innocent YouTube channel operators, it wasSEGA forcing the removalof videos that so much as breathed word of theShining Forceseries. Whatever reason a company has for punishing fans who merely want to share love for their favorites games, I’m not buying it. Now it’s Nintendo with a shifty look in its eyes....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Belinda Scott MD

Overwatch 2 director Jeff Kaplan has ‘no idea’ when the sequel will land

Blizzness as usual During last week’s BlizzCon 2019 event, Blizzard Entertainmentrevealed the existence ofOverwatch 2, which will see the now-famous roster of misfit heroes continue their payload-pushing adventures into a new title, bringing new modes, maps, abilities and characters to the popular multiplayer universe. But it looks like those eager to dive back into all of this new content will have quite some time to wait, asOverwatchdirector Jeff Kaplan has clarified that even a rudimentary release window is yet to be decided upon....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Andrew Baxter

PSA: Bloodborne hits PlayStation Plus today and fans are celebrating with an event

Grab it even if you’re scared of it To celebrate theBloodbornecommunity is kicking off a special fan event and are bringing back “Return to Yharnam.” It smartly begins on March 10, after a large amount of folks are home from work and have had the time to download the game. It’ll run through March 24, and the idea is to create a new character, use co-op features as often as possible, and attempt to use PVP to “defeat at least two players in each era” before moving onto the next one....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Melanie Edwards

Rare wanted to do amiibo years ago in the N64 era

They made an Urchin figure, too You may have never heard ofUrchin, but Rare had big things planned for it before the concept was canceled. Speaking on Twitter, Rare guru Christopher Seavor noted that they had made a toy for the game. Elaborating further when asked about whether or not it would have worked with the Xbox Live Vision camera, Seavor noted that they wanted to do “amiibo style things” with figures all the way back in the N64 era....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · April White

Severance Season 2 Episode 5 Trojan’s Horse ending, explained

After a crazy ending toSeveranceSeason 2 Episode 4, Woe’s Hollow, Episode 5 titled Trojan’s Horse followed up with a not-as-crazy but still pretty wild ending. Let’s break down what exactly was going on to Mark at the end of Episode 5. What is going on with Mark? In the final scene ofSeverance 2Season 5, Trojan’s Horse, we see Mark really going through it. For starters, he’s still got that cough, the one that’s seemingly been nagging him the last few episodes....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Amanda Alexander