PewDiePie nearly has enough money to buy his soul back (Fauxclusive)

One more healthy quarter and it’s his! Earlier this week Forbes Magazine listed theten richest celebrities on YouTubeand to the surprise of absolutely no one, gaming personality PewDiePie ranked as the top YouTube earner with more than $12 million dollars made over the last year. Shortly after the list was revealed, sources in Hell confirmed that this is nearly enough money for the Internet sensation to buy his soul back from the Devil....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Peggy Jimenez

Retro City Rampage Wii out Feb 28, includes prototype ROM

Steam version will also receive prototype via update Retro City Rampagefor WiiWare missed itsJanuary release window, but creator Brian Provinciano has set his foot down and stated that the game will finally arrive next week on February 28.RCR‘s entire development history has been a long string of delays, so that’s not too surprising. It’s just ironic that the Wii was one of the first announced platforms but will end up being the last to receive the open-world nostalgia bomb....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Colleen Morales

Reviews Elsewhere: Crysis 3

No Crysis of confidence How about thatCrysis 3, eh? The game released yesterday and firmly established itself as the mark by which future videogame graphics shall be measured — at least for a while. There’s no doubt this is one beautiful game when you get it running at full spec, but how is it as a game? Well, I thought it was pretty goodin my review! What is everybody else thinking, though?...

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Stephanie Clark

Shadowrun returns again with Shadowrun: Hong Kong

Coming this summer One of the concerns I’ve had that could affect a possible Kickstarter bubble burst is a sort of “what next?” Fans fund an IGA-ledCastlevania-like en masse, then what? Do they fund it again once the novelty wears off? In 2012, developer Hairbrained Schemes took to Kickstarter with theeventually quite goodShadowrun Returns, making nearly $2 million, or more than 4 times the funding goal. Then there was the also-goodShadowrun: Dragonfall....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Mitchell Mckee

Super Hero Squad Online announced, is crazy cute

Gazillion Entertainment has revealed the first game under its 10-year exclusive agreement with Marvel, and it’s…Super Hero Squad Online! Based on the cartoon that features adorable chibi versions of Marvel super heroes, the title will give players “the chance to be their favorite Super Heroes in a living online universe.”Super Hero Squad Onlinewill let players explore familiar Marvel locations (the Daily Bugle, Stark Tower) while allowing them to customize their own headquarters and super hero “hangout....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · David Morton

Super Street Fighter IV AE moving from GFWL to Steamworks soon

DLC from Games for Windows Live won’t carry over On Friday, Capcom will transition the PC version ofSuper Street Fighter IV Arcade Editionfrom Games for Windows Live to Steamworks, though “your GFWL enabled game will still function as normal for the foreseeable future,” notes the company. The process itself is straightforward: if you own the game through Steam, you’ll be able to download a new version ofArcade Editionbeginning Friday which will prompt you to copy over existing GFWL save data....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · John Davis

The Daily Hotness: Won’t be fooled again?

Check out everything Destructoid did today So SEGA announcedSonic Lost Worldtoday, and, what the heck — it looks great! While I haven’t gotten around toGenerationsyet, we’ve all been fooled by good-lookingSonicgames before (surprise: werehog!). It’s still hard for me to get my hopes up, but maybe playingGenerationswill help. Then again, I can’t even stand the original fewSonicgames these days. I just occasionally play City Escape inSonic Adventure 2and it’s enough....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Joshua Parker

The DTOID Show: Bioshock, Borderlands on iOS & Mew-Genics

Also: I got kicked in the rocks for charity Hey gang! We’re backed after a long, charity-filled weekend. Oh, and look! Some video game news! Since we haven’t talked aboutBorderlands 2enough, news of an iOS game has been leaked. Team Meat’s new game is calledMew-Genicsand that’s totally okay with me.Bioshock Infinitehas a great new trailer, plus some collector’s edition details and alittle minigame thingfor people who pre-order. Finally,PAXis coming to Melbourne, Australia....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 72 words · George Price

The first AI movie studio just unveiled its first film. It looks exactly like you’d expect.

Staircase Studios AI is the world’s first AI movie studio — if that’s even a thing — and has recently uploaded a 5-minute presentation ofThe Woman With Red Hair, their first tentative movie, on YouTube. The studio also uses the preview to show how this isn’t just the “work” of some guy just asking ChatGPT to come up with moving images. Staircase Studios AI talks about employing top animation talent from ex-Pixar, real actors, as well as real writers....

May 15, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Mario Johnson

The Super Mario movie is releasing on Blu-ray again, this time with a cool case

Just in time for Valentine’s Day I remember renting this for free when I was kid because my dad and uncle were running a video store aptly named “Big Daddy’s Video” and actually enjoying it. Of course when you’re a kid you have no standards except when it comes to vegetables, and I haven’t seen it since. I don’t plan to. If you do however, either because you like it, are a masochist, a collector, or all of the above, now’s your chance....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Amanda Roberts

Ubisoft’s the Division is getting a movie with Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal

Okay Ubisoft has announced thatThe Divisionis hitting the big screen, and it will star both Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal. No other information was given outside of the fact that they will work with both Chastain and Gyllenhaal’s production companies. The only assets Ubisoft sent over were literally headshots of the two stars, so….uh, yeah. As lame as this could be, the pair are very comfortable as action leads, so there is hope yet if they can get a good crew behind them....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Daniel James DDS

Watch us play an hour’s worth Destiny’s open world

Plus we go check out the social space known as The Tower The folks at Bungie gave Destructoid full access to theDestinyAlpha just before E3. You may remember thatI wasn’t all that excitedfor the game the last time I saw it, but having full freedom to do whatever and being able to discover things on my own has really changed my opinion. I’m way more excited forDestinyagain now, and you’re able to see why as Max Scoville and I play nearly an hour’s worth of the open world aspect known as Patrols....

May 15, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Gina Castillo

We have a date for Dragon Quest VIII

3DS version coming to the US in January 2017 Fans of theDragon Questseries are used to delays, but are usually appreciative when their patience is rewarded. Those who are looking forward toDragon Quest VIIIwon’t have to wait much longer, as Nintendo announced the 3DS version will be released on January 20 next year. DQ VIIIis one of the most revered entries in a franchise that’s well known for its production values, and the 3DS release will be the first time it’s been on a console in North America since the original came out on the PlayStation 2 in 2005....

May 15, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Joanna Allen