‘Right now [is not] a time for celebration’ America is at a breaking point. All last week, tensions rose across the nation as Black Lives Matter supporters took to the streets to protest the killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. You’ve seen the footage laid bare on social media platforms, all the brutality and violence. You don’t need me to recount it. It speaks for itself. Reading the room, Sony has made the decision to postpone themajor PlayStation 5 event that was planned for June 4....

Gravity Ghost dev on her first game, the term “gamer,” and more Erin Robinson is great. She was gracious enough to appear on last week’s Sup Holmes (now oniTunes) and we had a top-notch discussion that was full of surprises. Who’d have guessed it wasErnie’s Big Splash(on DOS, which is harder to find video of) which initially got her into the medium, or that it would be the games of Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw that would bring her back into gaming after the shooter fad of the ’90s burned her out?...

I have good news and bad news. The good news isFinal Fantasy VI, otherwise known as the bestFinal Fantasy, is now available on Steam. The bad news is it’s a port of the hideous mobile version. As for while the mobile versions of classicFinal Fantasygames look so terrible, developersBill Stiernberg(Cosmic Star Heroine) andLars Doucet(Defender’s Quest) have explored this subject in great detail, mostly finding fault with inconsistent art that renders the whole thing a clashy mess....

Sky, ground, I’m the guy with the gun This latest trailer forNo Man’s Skyfocuses on the combat available in the game, which appears to be both space battles and shooting up the local wildlife, including what look like giant enemy crabs;the meme that will never die. Say what you will aboutNo Man’s Sky, but at least it is launching with space battles (looking at youStars Wars Battlefront), although from the sounds of it, you’ll just be fighting AI as the developer has stressed that this is amostly single-player experience....

TheofficialDead Spacewebsiteupdated today with what it’s calling a “Graphic Novel teaser.” Is that a teaser for anactualgraphic novel, or a teaser for a game in thestyleof a graphic novel? Who knows? At any rate, the above video pertains to a “new chapter in theDead Spacesaga,” so fans best be on alert. “While patrolling the planet Uxor, Earthgov Sergeant John Carver witnesses an attack on the Marker Site he guards which changes his life forever,” reads the attached spiel....

🚨 ROVERTIME 🚨 — Lily Nishita (@lazerlily)July 07, 2025 If there was one dog design I felt was missing from Lily Nishita’s first batch ofadorableOverwatchpooches, it was Junkrat. He’s just got one of those faces.You know, one of those faces that makes you wonder what they’d look like personified as a dog. We’ve all been there before. Besides Junkrat as a dingo, there’s Roadhog as a stout pit bull, Pharah as a Pharaoh Hound, and Mercy as a Weimaraner....

Wii U vs. GameCube / Wii Check out the above video that comparesThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD‘s graphics to the original releases for Wii and GameCube from 2006. I can’t believe it has been nine years already, and it is hard to believe how bad the original visuals were. The Wii’s graphics were very outdated the day it was released. The HD coat of paint looks nice on the upcoming release, but it certainly doesn’t look as good as theHD mod for the Dolphin emulator, which is far closer to theZeldaWii U tech demoshown at E3 2011....

Mistress of the arcane arts returns Bandai Namco has announced that the third season of their flagship fighterTekken 7will begin next week. September 10 will bring about a new patch that includes online tweaks, new gallery and stat options, an updated UI, anda lengthy list of balance changesfor the entire roster. Arriving alongside this update is the first returning roster member for season three: sultry middle-eastern astrologist Zafina. Zafina first appeared inTekken 6, where she was revealed as the guardian of the Imperial Tomb, an Egyptian site that houses the demon Azazel....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Net label9-bit Records, which I’ve alreadydiscussedwith you guysbefore, released a new album last week entitledIt’s Electric. Produced by Jack “DarkSim” Humphreys, it’s less game-focused and more pure electronica, but give it a listen anyway! It’s “pay what you want,” so what have you got to lose? Nuthin’, that’s what! Here’s that sweetlinkageagain, chilluns! This weekend,Sup, Holmes?gets mathematical with Jim Crawford andFrog Fractions, violent arcade games get the boot in Massachusetts, and the first issue ofNintendo Forcehits the scene....

Vehicle Mode! Beast Mode! Vehicle Mode! Beast Mode! Vehicle Mode! Nowadays, every time I look at a synopsis, my eyes go blurry, I pass out, and I wake up naked in another city with more questions than answers. The only reason I played 2000’s eloquently namedTransformers: Beast Wars: Transmetalsis because I have a morbid fascination with the Blockbuster exclusive rental titles of the N64. This one didn’t stay a rental, which I don’t understand, because one weekend is all it takes to be twisted by the eldritch horrors contained within....

It’s like you’re there, but not really Can’t make it to PAX East and partake in the fun with therest of the Destructoid community? Well lucky for you Twitch.TV will be livestreaming some of the panels! They’ll be streaming a bunch of panels, but these are the ones you’ll want to pay attention to the most: Both the Friday and Saturday night concerts will be streamed as well! Destructoid will also be hosting some shows over at the Twitch booth and we’ll give you full details about that later this week....

Alongside the already releasedHeavenly Swordand the “might be in stores now”Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Naughty Dog’s upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune stands out as one of the premiere exclusive titles for Sony’s console. Good news — the game is already in the can. “We went ‘gold’ last week,” said Naughty Dog’s Christian Gyrling, in the comments of arecent PlayStation blog. “Right now the game is in other words 100% done and is currently going through the approval process....

‘Plains of Eidolon’ will even let you spearfish Warframehas blown the heck up since I last played it years ago, back when it was only on PC and still finding its footing. Over the weekend, Digital Extremes showcasedPlains of Eidolon, a substantial expansion launching this year that pushes the free-to-play action game into open-world territory. You’ll have the freedom to fly around with your Archwing, chat up the local scavengers at the town of Cetus, and engage with Grineer patrols during the day and much-deadlier foes at night....