Babylon’s Fall’s death knell is patch notes that just say “end of service”

Babylon’s Fall: born on a Monday, buried on Sunday Alas, poorBabylon’s Fall. The game has finally fallen down its final flight of stairs.As we reported nearly six months ago, the game’s end of life arrived at the end of February, but folks are just now noticing that the studio published patch notes for it. Available to peruse publicly on Steam, the Version 1.4.0 patch notes simply state: The last patch the game hosted was all the way back in November of 2022, where the team reminded players that it would be the final update....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Megan Moss

Brawl Stars tier list – Best Brawl Stars characters, ranked

Brawl Stars’dynamic roster features more than 70 brawlers to choose from. Each character offers their own set of unique skills and playstyle, which will be put to the test in the various modes. But since there are so many fighters, we’ll rank the bestBrawl Starscharacters in an epic tier list. Best Brawl Stars characters tier list For the best of the best, we’ll start with the S TierBrawl Starscharacters, then work our way down to C Tier:...

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Karen Chavez

Broken Age, Below, and more: The games of HORIZON

A parade of indies Aspreviously discussed,Venus PatrolandMOCAtv‘s “alternative E3 event” HORIZON was pretty interesting both conceptually and in how it was executed. But what about the games?! That’s why we’re even here, right!? A few of the larger announcements to come out of the event havealreadybeencoveredhere at Dtoid, but what about those smaller, beautiful indie games HORIZON promised? Broken Age Developed by: Double FinePlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, OuyaRelease Date: 2014...

May 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1581 words · Christopher Hayes

Cammy’s sneaky Street Fighter 6 theme rounds out roster bangers

Brit Pop Capcom has released theStreet Fighter 6theme for one of the upcoming sequel’s most anticipated characters, the former special forces and Delta Red operative,Cammy White. With the addition of Cammy’s theme, the publisher has now debuted all of the themes for every member ofSF6‘s18-strong launch roster Cammy – OverTrip Understandably, given Cammy’s espionage expertise and devotion to all things Black Ops, “OverTrip” is a little subtler than most of the roster’s themes, with a definitive “undercover operation” vibe befitting the top-tier agent....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Justin Schaefer

Chromie enters Heroes of the Storm with an Easter egg

In-game clock So Chromie, the first dragon to enterHeroes of the Storm,is a ton of fun, and she’s hitting live servers today alongside of a number ofstun meta changes and reworksfor Arthas and Anub’arak. Her new cinematic trailer below is also adorable. Oh, the Easter egg! Just click the hourglass after logging in on the main screen over and over — yep, keep clicking, you’ll need around 30 seconds to trigger it....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Jeffrey Palmer

Chrono Odyssey is a stunning Korean MMO coming to PC in 2022

Second project from the Gran Saga team Korean studio NPIXEL has announced a brand new MMORPG, headed to PC and mobile platforms in 2022.Chrono Odysseywill be an epic adventure gaming blending fantastic and captivating worlds and characters, set in a universe where fantasy and sci-fi collide. The second project from NPIXEL following its previous releaseGran Saga, Chrono Odysseywill tell the story of a special organization known as “Idraiginn”, who are tasked with battling a legion of all-powerful gods....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Denise Miller

Contest: Give your PSVR rig some love with a copy of Paper Beast

Fragile In today’s contest we’ve got PSVR copies ofPaper Beastto give out! Virtual reality has come a long way since the days of the Virtual Boy. Why’d I choose that? Because that’s sadly what I think is the general impression people get when they hear about VR. As a proud PSVR owner, I can attest that — whew boy — it’s pretty surreal. Good stuff! To show off what the platform can do, we’re giving away copies of the PSVR exclusive titlePaper Beast!...

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · David Hicks

DDV’s Alice update has a hilarious and almost certainly unintended moment—there’s even ice cream nearby

I’ve seen tons of funny moments during my 800 hours playingDisney Dreamlight Valley. With itsAlice in Wonderlandupdate officially out, I expected some fever-dream-like moments, especially thinking aboutthatscene from the original movie. What I wasn’t expecting was a tiny, teapot-dwelling Alice to appear. When you firstunlock and enter Alice’s realm, everything looks as normal as you’d expect in anAlice in Wonderlandworld. Sure, there are weird things everywhere, but you’re able to at least make sense of them....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Daniel Silva

Dead Island 2 wants to be cool and kickass

Let’s see if they can deliver The debut ofDead Islandled us to believe that it would tell a very dramatic and serious story about the horrors of the zombie apocalypse. That’s not quite the game we ended up with, so it’s refreshing to know that Deep Silver learned from their mistakes and unleashed one of the best trailers at E3 with the premier ofDead Island 2. The next entry to the series sees a zombified California....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Tiffany Graham

Destructoid saves the world: XCOM hasn’t killed any of us yet

Last time onDestructoid Saves the World, I made strained addiction analogies (not the Kanye song) and found a work-related reason to playXCOM. Now if only I can find a work-related reason to do nothing but playPuyo Puyo Tetrisfor the rest of the year. A year-long charity stream, maybe? We’re doing pretty well. We’ve a heavy in Chris Carter, a sniper in Jordan Devore. I think Wett Brett Makedonski is an assault and Kyle MacGregor a support....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Jacob Browning

Deus Ex: The Fall is a mobile title

Coming this summer The next Deus Ex game is a mobile/tablet title. It was developed by Square Enix Mobile Europe in cooperation with Eidos Montreal, the folks behindDeus Ex: Human Revolution. They’re callingDeus Ex: The Fallan action RPG; it will be the series’ mobile debut. The story picks up where the novelDeus Ex: The Icarus Effectfinishes. It’s set in 2027, where augmented former British SAS mercenary Ben Saxon works to find the truth behind a drug conspiracy....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · David Chandler

Digimon ReArise showcases a new Digimon named ‘Erismon’ in opening video

DigiDestined for my phone Digimon ReArise, the new and upcomingDigimontraining RPG for mobile devices, showcased its opening video today with the theme song “The Future Is Now” by Japanese rock band Straightener. The opening video also gives us a first look at Erismon, a new and original Digimon made forReArise. Erismon is described as the “Lightning hedgehog Digimon” with the ability to shoot “light needles” from its body with it’s trademark attack — “Lightning Fur....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Tiffany Thomas

Does No Rest for the Wicked have an offline mode?

When players enter the dark world ofNo Rest for the Wicked, they’re able to go it alone or play with friends. The game’s top-down action RPG gameplay requires you to learn enemy attack patterns as well as your own, but it’s not all about action. There are hours to be spent grinding for materials, weapons, and clothes, not all of which friends will want to stick around for. That’s why players want to know ifNo Rest for the Wickedhas an offline mode or not....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Stephen Potts