Welcome back to Keigh-3 It’s that time of year again, and I couldn’t be moreexhaustedexcited for it! In just about an hour from now, Geoff Keighley will take to the stage of Hollywood Park’s YouTube theater for the Summer Game Fest 2023 kick-off show — An evening of exciting game trailers and picking up after yourselves. We can expect updates, previews, and reveals from some of the biggest names in the industry, as they prod and poke our hype engines with the games that they’ll be expecting $70+ for the rest of 2023 and beyond....

It’s an acquired taste It took me a while to play the originalAssassin’s Creedafter the game released. The good-but-not-great reviews coupled with gameplay that didn’t look interesting to mySuper Mario Galaxy-obsessed self just made me not want to even try the game. It wasn’t untilAssassin’s Creed IIcame out that I finally decided to play the series. (Although that was due mostly to the fact that I worked for this very website and wanted to see what all the fuss was about....

A pre-holiday double dose of the downloadable [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] This evening onMash Tactics, we’ll be ending off a short holiday week with a double dose of downloadable Xbox One launch titles....

Helldivers 2already has a number of Stratagems to help players turn the tide of battle, from orbital lasers to railguns. One player, however, has unintentionally come up with their own Stratagem that makes use of enemy ragdoll physics. As spotted byTheGamer, Reddit user WolfBrinkTV shared a clip ontheHelldivers 2subredditto demonstrate their patented ‘Charger Stratagem.’ During what looks like a particularly intense battle against the Terminids, WolfBrinkTV is trying to fend off a Bile Titan whena Chargersuddenly comes running at them....

Both the base content and the expansion assemble on Game Pass If you’ve been holding out on the persistent superhero gameMarvel’s Avengers, there’s a good chance to jump in coming soon. Xbox and Crystal Dynamicsannounced todaythatMarvel’s Avengersis coming to Xbox Game Pass on Sept. 30, just a couple days from now. Marvel’s Avengerswill be coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC, console, and cloud gaming. It will also include just about every piece of content that’s been released, from the base campaign up through the recentWar for Wakandaexpansion pack....

Sadly, the knights are not riding the bikes or cars April is already coming to a close, and that means a new month is on the horizon, with a new slew of games for PS Plus. Sony has revealed its PlayStation Plus May lineup, which features some extreme sports and chivalric endeavors. May 2023’sPlayStation Plus lineupis led byGRID Legends, a racing game with some story to it. Via the PlayStation blog,GRID Legendshas a cast that includes Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) and follows the race-track drama of the racing world....

I recently played all the way through theCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfaresingle player campaign and, upon completing it, I felt two significant emotions. Firstly, I was filled with elation stemming from the fact that I had completed a videogame which, through use of multiple characters and refusal to leave the first-person perspective, had crafted one of the most intelligent and emotionally involving plots I’d ever seen in a military-based FPS....

The One-Ups, legendary re-arrangers of videogame music co-founded by Destructoid’s own Dale North, have just made widely available their latest album, which released atMAGFestthis past weekend.Intergalactic Reduxcontains six tracks of toe-tapping, funky interpretations of classic game tunes includingContra, Super MetroidandToe-Jam & Earl. The album is available through BandCamp in digital format for as little as $5.94 and physical discs are just $7. I love the music that this outfit puts together and, having listened to this album a few times this evening, think it’s some of their best work....

It’s like Small World Super Nintendo World is really starting to come together. Earlier this month,we got a good look at the park, aquick tease of the Power-Up Band system, and a sneak preview of the Mario Kart-themed ride. Now, thanks to fan footage, we know what the Yoshi ride (the companion for Mario Kart) entails. In short? It’s the “It’s a Small World” of the park. Grainy and sometimes wonky footage is starting to pour out from Twitter and elsewhere, and it showcases the cute characters and atmosphere you can expect from “Yoshi’s Adventure....

Uhhh, that was quick Less than two weeks after it hit the market, Syber is already discounting one of its Steam Machines by 40 percent. As part of a “one day only!” event, theSteam Machine Ihas a reduced price of $299 from $499. Syber has also discounted its other two Steam Machines by the same dollar amount, but the percent saved is less significant. TheP modelis $589 and theX modelis $1,279....

For most busy adult gamers with busy adult lives, a game that boasts over seventy hours of content is more than enough. For oneKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoningplayer, however, it’s a travesty that a roleplaying game could be soshort. Yes, there are gamers out there who feelcheatedby seventy hours! “First, I hit level cap before I even got to the last area,”writes Albedoin a thread I was linked to byNalezing. “Second, there was basically no high/Max level gear....

Co-op survival titlePEAKadded one of the funniest features we’ve ever seen as part of one of its July updates. It turns out that cannibalism is a real thing now, and it is just as strange as you’d imagine. There had been plenty of requests from the community to add cannibalism in some way, shape, or form. However, not many expected Aggro Crab and Landfall to introduce it, let alone just a month after the game’s release....

We at Destructoid are always looking to improve our reviews. They’re a huge part of our site and one of the most controversial aspects of any videogame community, so ensuring that reviews are clear, concise and fair should be a prime priority of any outlet. With that in mind, we realize that reviews are always going to be a sore point and the root of many arguments, no matter how clear we make the scoring system or refined the review’s text....