‘He sees me’ Stuck for a last minute Christmas present? Do you have £2/$3 just burning a hole in your pocket? Here, have some details about the Five Nights at Freddy’s tie-in novel. The 464-page novelby the indie horror game’s creator Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley tells the tale of Charlie, daughter of the father who runs the homicidal pizzeria. Here, read the blurb: “It’s been exactly ten years since the murders at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, and Charlotte (Charlie for short) has spent those ten years trying to forget....

Still a cocky son of a gun, too If you hate spoilers, you might not want to watch this clip. But, for anyone curious aboutMortal Kombat X‘s story mode, this seven-minute chunk of decapitations and helicopter acrobatics should give you an idea of what to expect. The cinematics make an even smoother transition into the fighting action than they did inMK 9 —a nice trick for making it all feel like one event....

Yeah, I’m thinking Rico’s back Asreported by the movie mogulsover at Variety, production company Constantin Films has secured the rights to produce a movie based on the high-explosive escapades of Square Enix’Just Causefranchise. Expected to commence shooting next year, theJust Causefilm will be written by Derek Kolstad, who is responsible for the ballisticJohn Wickfranchise, and produced by Robert Kulzer, who has overseen theResident EvilCinematic Universe. No doubt this pairing can bring the over-the-top mayhem and ridiculous action set-pieces of theJust Causegames to the big screen....

Clyde needs a good ass-kickin’ We’re less than three weeks away from the release ofSouth Park: The Stick of Truth, but I’m not sure I can wait that long. BetweenAlessandro’s previewand this video showing the first 13 minutes of the game, I’m all afluster with excitement. The gameplay video boils down to combat tutorials along with the scenes that intertwine them, so there’s not a ton in the way of spoilers....

I always said that theLeft 4 Dead 2whiners would come crawling back once the game was actually released, and Valve used kindness to prove it. Two of the most vocal boycotters were flown out to Seattle on Valve’s time and invited to give the game a chance. They arenow eating crowand have to admit that the game is a worthy sequel. “Things seemed balanced and ‘tight’ and did not feel like a rushed job....

It’s a Friday Night Fights triple threat! [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you may be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Holy amount of live content onMash Tacticstonight Batman! As you may or may not know, each and every Friday night, we gather up the Destructoid and Twitch communities for an evening of multiplayer action which we like to call,Friday Night Fights....

Bethesda/Zenimax’s legal team may be on the warpath, but the developers at Bethesda Soft bear no ill will toward Mojang Games, it would seem. Despite theMinecraftdevelopermeeting Bethesda at court, a cute little reference to the game has been found inThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Pictured is the “Notched Pickaxe,” which bears some resemblance to Minecraft’s all-important stone-stabber. Notch, as many of you know, is the name thatMinecraft‘s creator uses. If you want the implement for yourself, it’s laying around at the Throat of the World, which happens to beSkyrim‘s largest central mountain....

As a nineties kid, I didn’t escape the Mortal Kombat craze that ruled the world at the tail end of millennia. Seeing Scorpion’s familiar face is pure nostalgia fuel, so I never miss an opportunity to test out every new addition to the franchise. Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, however, is not what I expected from this long-running series—it’s a strategic auto-battler. Don’t worry; the good old fatalities are still there and as satisfying as ever....

Will The Blue Blur make an appearance? SNKhas announcedthat it is working on a second compendium of titles pulled from the back catalog of the Neo Geo Pocket Color. While the studio has made an official reveal forNeo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2, it remained shy about delivering any information whatsoever pertaining to the release. The originalNeo Geo Pocket Color Selectionlaunched on PC and Nintendo Switch in March of 2021 and is packed out with 10 hit games for SNK’s awesome, but ultimately unsuccessful, handheld console....

By freaks, for freaks The card-drawing, gun-blasting, speedrunning FPSNeon Whiteis coming in hot. Annapurna Interactive and the dev team announcedNeon Whitehas a launch date for PC and Nintendo Switch next week, on June 16. The release date forNeon Whitewas shown off during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase. This speedy FPSis the new game fromDonut Countydeveloper Ben Esposito and the crew at Angel Matrix. Rather than a cozy game about swallowing the world up,Neon Whiteis about speed, execution, and anime....

Free party member It’s a free DLC-fest for the PlayStation Network today, as Draggle, the adorable guy pictured above, is dropping for free on the PSN. If you aren’t familiar with howNi No Kuniworks, it’s basically likePokémon. Around eight hours into the game, you’ll gain the ability to catch and train familiars, which function as party members. Draggle is one of those creatures, offered up today as free DLC. To redeem him (or any DLC), go to the Temple of Trials in the Shimmering Sands desert on the southern portion of the map....

Includes exclusive dynamic PlayStation 4 theme I know, I know — you don’t need a guide forBloodbornejust like you didn’t need any assistance withDark SoulsorDemon’s SoulsorKing’s Field.You’re that good. Or, more likely, you just wanted to go in as blindly as possible. That’s admirable and advisable. But, game art! Future Press is publishing a hardcover strategy guide forBloodborneon March 24. It features an interview with director Hidetaka Miyazaki and contributions from prolific YouTuberEpicNameBro....

I’d play this for sure I used to be fairly into sports video games back when they tended to be more straightforward, arcade-style experiences — stuff the whole family could easily learn to play and love. Heck, to this day, I still regularly revisit titles from the N64/PlayStation era, and those old rivalries haven’t gotten any less bitter with age. I also have a soft spot for Nintendo’s later sports spinoffs, but they’ve slowed in recent years, and the ones we do getaren’t consistently good....