Helldivers 2: How to activate the Termicide Tower

One of the toughest missions inHelldivers 2has you rushing around a small area trying to activate a massive can of planetary insecticide. Breathing it provides no health risks imaginable. Right? Before you can banish bugs for good, you need to activate the Termicide Tower inHelldivers 2. To activate the Termicide Tower inHelldivers 2, you need to play the ‘Activate Terminid Control System’ mission. It’s available on the four planets located in the Umlaut Sector....

May 30, 2025 · 5 min · 890 words · Joyce Moon

Here’s how SHOUTcasting works in Black Ops II

Destructoid got to visit Treyarch recently to go hands-onwith the new SHOUTcastingfeatures ofCall of Duty: Black Ops II. We were kind of just thrown right into the mix of things, so you’ll have to bear with me as I’m trying to give out play-by-plays all while learning how to use the SHOUTcasting controls at the same time. Thankfully pro SHOUTcasterMike Rufailwas there to guide me through all of the features, and make for a more entertaining video....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Sarah Mathis

How to download the Brutal Company mod for Lethal Company

Are you already seasoned inLethal Companyto the point of finding its challenges unworthy of your time? Ok, The Terminator, then I’m happy to tell you that they’ve made a mod just for you. It’s called“Brutal Company” and it’s all about bringing exceeding hardship and chaos your way. What is the Brutal Company mod? Do you know how the devs spend a lot of time ensuring a beautiful balance that makes games challenging while preventing things from getting too hard?...

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Jared Jones

How to unlock the Scatter Mine in MW3 & best loadout

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3often requires players to experiment with items and tactical gear, such as the Scatter Mine, in daily challenges and the like. Here’s how to unlock it and use it in the best possible loadout. Unlock requirements forMW3’sScatter Mine If you like the Scatter Mine inMW3or just want to use it to complete a daily challenge, you’ll need to reach a certain level before you may unlock it....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Christopher Cole

Iron Banner returns to Destiny next week with new gear

The warlock helmet is ugly as sin The week long crucible event Iron Banner will return toDestinywith next week’s reset. The new event will start on April 28 and will last a week. Just like in the past, Iron Banner will start fresh every time, meaning any rank you’ve gained in past events won’t carry over to this one. As usual, Iron Banner will give players a Crucible-centric way to grind for exclusive gear....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Kathleen Lee

Level-5 will announce a sequel to a ‘very popular series’ in 2016

I’ll take it As part of 4Gamer’s end of the year interview blitz, they managed to briefly talk to Level-5 president Akihiro Hino, who, among other Japanese developers, promised big things for 2016. According to Hino, “all kinds of new titles” will be announced, in addition to “a sequel to a very popular series.” Given that Level-5 has been churning out hit after hit forover 15 years, I’m pretty excited at the prospect of more of their games....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Paula Martinez

Metroid: Zero Mission is rolling onto the Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow

I didn’t know it was happening, woo-hoo! Metroid: Zero Mission, the remake of the first game in the series, is coming to Wii U’s Virtual Console tomorrow. It’ll cost $7.99 and utilize off-screen play, should you want to play on the pooper (assuming your console is close to the bathroom, like any self-respecting person). I had forgotten thiswas in the works, so I’m pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed revisitingMetroid Fusionon the Wii U, and recently wanted to play this one but couldn’t find my Game Boy Advance cartridge....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Alison Martinez

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s closed beta is fast approaching

Full sprint More than two months after learning of aMirror’s Edge Catalystclosed beta, we now know when it’ll take place. It has crept up on us, starting very soon — next week, in fact. Alongside an embargo lifting for the latest round ofMirror’s Edge Catalystpreviews, EA has announced that the game’s beta will take place from April 22 through April 26. That’s five full days of free-running and rooftop-jumping. Somewhat more specifically, the beta’s content is said to be made up of “several” story missions, side missions, and other optional things....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Trevor Mclaughlin

Mortal Kombat 11 dominates April’s NPD charts

Brutality! Mortal Kombat 11dominated April’s NPD charts. The hotly anticipated entry in the long-running series topped the charts for not only the overall month of April but each respective platform it launched on. Regardless of how you feel about its moregrind heavy aspects, it seems people were eager to get back into the fray and rip some heads off. Coming in second was Sony’sDays Gone, which managed to pull second for both the overall month and the PS4 chart....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Jennifer Stevenson

Nintendo is removing the ability to sign in with Facebook or Twitter

“It will no longer be possible to sign in to a Nintendo Account using Facebook or Twitter” As far asNintendo Accountsare concerned, the Nintendo Facebook and Twitter linking feature is ending very soon — next month, in fact. The company has provided an July 29, 2025 end date, at which point everyone who uses those two options will need to sign in using their Nintendo Account email address/ID, or a Google/Apple account....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Crystal Hays

Not everyone is thrilled about Murder House’s icon

I can’t imagine why! The recently-releasedconsole versionsofMurder Househave a distinctly creepy icon featuring a costumed rabbit killer, the Easter Ripper, and nothing else. The design is, in a word,striking. The freaky icon jumps out — in a good or bad way, depending on who you ask — when it’s lined up against other, probably “nicer”-looking icons on a home screen. The game’s creator, Puppet Combo, was asked by a fan on Twitter about a potential “fix” for the game’s “horrendous” icon (viaKotaku) — the answer is straight-up “no....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Jason Wheeler

Now Agent 47 solves murder mysteries too

Whodunit? You wouldn’t send a wrecking ball to clean up a rainforest. You wouldn’t put out a fire with a flamethrower. I’m not sure why you’d send a killer to solve a murder. Still, that’s exactly what Agent 47 is going to do inHitman 3. The secondHitman 3level is partHitmanand partClue. There’s been a murder at the Thornbridge Manor in Dartmoor, England. Among grieving friends and family, one of them has blood on their hands....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Juan Burns

OUYA CEO outlines ‘The Revenge of the TV’

Bringing games back to the big screen With videogames being everywhere and on everything, OUYA CEO Julie Uhrman took the stage at D.I.C.E. Summit 2013 to remind us how much we love the television. She believes that the big screen in the center of our home is where games belong, and that the upcoming OUYA will help game makers bring more games back onto the big screen. Uhrman says that our time with televisions is immersive, private, and personal....

May 30, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · John Lewis