June 24, 2025 In case you weren’t aware, Gearbox has been running the Vault Insider Program forBorderlands 3for a while, which led into the release of the newest entry. It’s a hub of sorts where you can log in and earn free stuff by linking your accounts together and unlocking items with points: well, it was, at least. Gearbox has just announced that they are ending the program, which will shut down on June 29, 2025 at exactly 11:59PM PT....

Gary Oldman belts some out-of-context videogame chatter for Conan’s audience. This man, my friends, is a high-class ac-TOR! Such powerful vocals! Today, Holmes has someTalking to Women about Videogamesgoodies for y’all,Sonic Generationsfor 3DS is given the Scratch and Grounder treatment, the Entertainment Software Association can go suck it, and the dating sim featuring disabled girls is finally out and I’m gonna play it and you can’t stop me. Destructoid Original:Behold!...

Plus: That box is wearing a sombrero Hey guys, I know you’re all probably busy watching the Spike TV Video Game Awards right now, but if you missed today’s Destructoid Show, here it is. We talk aboutBioshock Infinite, which looks awesome.Unfortunately, it’s being pushed back another month.Metal Gear Rising: Revengeancehas cardboard boxes wearing sombreros, andCrysis 3got a release date. European Nintendo users have tostay up lateto buy mature eShop titles, and hey– What’s up with them VGAs, anyway?...

Spying on people, holding hands and shredding books Last week, I once again attended the annual PLAY festival in Hamburg, Germany. Alongside workshops and informative talks, the event included an exhibition of recent and unreleased experimental games and installations. As you would expect, propaganda, fascism, and intrusion into the private sphere were topics addressed by many of the games on show, but some were more whimsical and fantastical. As at PLAY17 with the memorable“match as controller” game, games that don’t use a standard controller were out in full force....

Luckily, there’s a work-around The fourthAssassin’s Creed Unitypatch released yesterday, and Xbox One users found that it was substantially larger than advertised. The update, which was meant to be 6.7GB, clocks in at 40GB on the Microsoft console. The only thing getting assassinated around here anytime soon is your hard drive. Ubisoft addressed the issue on theAssassin’s Creedsite, stating that the update is unintentionally replacing the entire game rather than just the areas that the patch targets for users that have previously applied the third patch....

♫ I got garbage~~! On a clooooudy day~! ♫ Let it be known that I play any and all karaoke games, no matter how bad they are. Hell, I even boughtDisney’s Sing Itbecause I thought there might be a coupleHannah Montanasongs I could rock out to. But I think Activision’sThe Voicemight just take the cake as far as a lack of effort goes. Just look at the hand on the game cover....

This follow-up to theSeven Deadly Sins of Gamingarticle from a few weeks back asks a much more serious question: how effectively can video games, as a medium, affect the player’s actions with a real sense of consequence and weight? Can video games make us feel the wages of our virtual sin? Hit the jump for pure, unbridled pretention! Which is somewhat less pretentious now that I have acknowledged it! Why should games make us feel the wages of sin?...

Best of 2013 The frustrating thing about these game of the year posts is they all follow the same format. First I’ll tell you about what a great year 2013 was for games. Then I’ll briefly talk in vague terms about the category in question, which in this case is platformers. Next I’ll give you a refresher on all thenomineesfor the Best Platformer of 2013, as you furiously scroll to the bottom of the page instead of reading this text....

Both Atlus and Nintendo weigh in Mere days after hearing fromTokyo Mirage Session‘sdirectoron the western outfit changes, GameSpot sat down with Atlus producer Shinjiro Takada and Nintendo designer Hitoshi Yamagami to chat more about the localization efforts for the game. First things first, the broad process is addressed, with Yamagami stating: “Each country has its unique culture and taste. There are times when common sense in one country can be thoughtlessness in another....

This year has seen a slew of studios and gaming companies face significant layoffs, and it doesn’t seem like things are set to slow down soon. It appears Unity may be the next to suffer layoffs as it attempts to become a “leaner, more agile, and faster growing company.” In a shareholder letter, UnityCEO James Whitehurstclaims that the company has a big opportunity to grow in the future, though that may be difficult at present because the team is trying to do too much at once....

Out December 13 Gladio and Ignis share dad roles for theFinal Fantasy XVparty, and that’s pretty evident in the latter’s latest DLC trailer. Episode Ignis, still set to debut on December 13, will close out the major parts of the season pass as Square Enix continues to work on other elements like multiplayer and campaign updates. This most recent video will give you a quick look at Ignis’ playstyle, which includes magic, traversal abilities, and most importantly — quick cooking in a pinch....

Following the EA press conference Now that the EA press conference is over, they’ve segued directly into aBattlefield 1livestream. After dropping that amazing trailer at the end of their stream, I could not be more excited! World War I is a weird-ass war, and it will no doubt make for a fantastic game. So many wildly different theaters of war! I thought the conference was pretty free of cringe-worthy moments, but holy crap the beginning promo for the stream, featuring I guess “Neebs Gaming,” is one of the worst things I have ever seen....

The Sporty Sports Special update is live on Apple Arcade Triband took the gameplay-as-comedy premise ofWhat the Golf?to its (il)logical extreme, but the team hasn’t run out of outlandish ideas for golf at its most abstract. The Apple Arcade version ofWhat the Golf?got aSporty Sports Specialupdate today with 30 extra track-and-field-themed levels. In retrospect, archery golf seems like a no-brainer. It’s the sport of champions. Today’s Apple Arcade update also includes faster load times, performance improvements, and a “Golf Menu 2....