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On PS4, Xbox One, and PC Shadow Complexis finally getting that remaster everyone sorta expected. Woo-hoo! I remember enjoying it back when it was an Xbox 360 exclusive, so it’s nice that anyone who owns a PS4, Xbox One, or PC will get to try it out early next year. It’s also free for PC during the holidays if you go toshadowcomplex.comright now. It says it’s the fully remastered version, but we’ll let you know if there’s a catch....

If you believe pirating will take most of your time inSkull and Bones, you may be surprised. There’s a robust crafting feature, and you’ll spend a lot of time harvesting raw materials that need to be refined first. Here’s how to find the Refinery inSkull and Bones. The Refinery can be found in the pirate sanctuary of Sainte-Anne in the area of town where the other crafting artisans lurk. You can find it to the right of the shipwright and just across the way from the blacksmith....

The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V will be localized as well Good news to all you folks in Brazil as Sony intends to serve you better. The company will now be manufacturing systems in the country in an effort to drive down the cost of the system, and better support fans in South America. PlayStation 3s with a 250GB hard drives will now run $1,099 Reais, which is roughly around $550 US dollars....

With theStardew Valley1.6 update less than a day away, you might be wondering whether your favorite mods will still be usable after the patch drops. Well, you’re in luck because ConcernedApe has shared the details about what is and isn’t updated. Even if your favorite mods aren’t quite compatible with 1.6 just yet, rest assured; the developer has thought of that, too. While he does encourage players to try out 1....

Having openedStarhawkup to a limited audience with a private beta over the last couple of months, LightBox is preparing to enter public beta. The PlayStation Bloghas detailson how and when North American players can get in. First up are PlayStation Plus members and those who were in the private beta — you get access on January 17. Next come the people with beta vouchers fromUncharted 3: Drake’s Deceptionon Jan. 31. A week later, GameStop and PlayStation will be giving out vouchers via Facebook....

Developer Gordon Midwood needs a bigger boat Everyone! Welcome Gordon Midwood, creator ofLilt Lineand co-creator ofDerrick the Deathfin(a game you can win) to the Sup Holmes show! Do a welcome! Do a welcome HARD. I’m excited to talk to Gordon about his experiences developing for various consoles (he’s beenquite outspoken about WiiWare sales in the past), how it feels to have had a game with an all dubstep soundtrack before it was cool, what inspired the jump from developing a totally abstract game likeLilt Lineto putting together a character based, cute as a button, cardboard death-fest likeDerrick, and much more....

The E3 stories are still trickling through and will continue for the next few days. So much to admire, but at the same time, so much to despise. Not a lot of kiddies are liking the newTomb Raider, for instance. You all ought to be grateful, though. Ms. Croft’s latest adventure could have turned outmuch differently. Enjoy all our E3 vomit, especially the galleries of Mr. Destructoid tearing it up on the show floor in both full-bodied and sprite forms....

Bananasaurus Rex does the impossible It’s been some time since we’ve posted aSpelunkyrun on Destructoid but, I think you’ll agree, this one is worth seeing. If you’re familiar enough with the game to know aboutthe eggplant— it’s earned by sacrificing a Mystery Box on an altar — and that it can turn the the true boss, King Yama, into an “eggplant monster,” you know how remarkable this video is. Making it to hell and surviving long enough to reach King Yama’s domain is a true challenge....

Earlier this week, our very own Jordan Devore celebrated his 21st birthday. This is what he’ll look like by the time I’m done with him this weekend. And we need your help to kick things off. Come join us tomorrow morning for Saturday Morning Hangover, where Jordan and I will be starting our drinking early and playing through the week’s Xbox Live Indie Games releases. Following that, a brutal deathmatch as we go head-to-head inMight & Magic: Clash of Heroes....

‘We understand [it] was confusing’ Evolve‘s pre-order campaign was, without hyperbole, a shitshow. Jordanweighed inwhen the game was first announced, and opined that it was way too early to pre-order the game. By the time it released, there was more than$60 worth of contentthat wasn’t covered by the season pass, but a lot of it could be secured via various pre-orders. Turtle Rockrepeatedlydefendedthe practice, but most people didn’t buy those theories....

Wild, isn’t that right? Okay, Ubisoft. You have my interest as well as my suspicions. Ubisoft Montreal has a “small” 30 person team working on a Squaresoft-styled, 2D side-scrolling JRPG calledChild of Light. The title is being helmed by Patrick Plourde, director ofFar Cry 3and uses the UbiArt Framework thatRayman OriginsandLegendsare made in. The small project has, “some of the most senior team members in the company,” on staff, according to Plourde,via Edge Online....

😉 This week’sDestinysnafuis a case study in the making. There was a backlash against the collector’s edition of an upcoming expansion,The Taken King, for locking content behind a way-too-steep price tag. Bungie came back with an apology for abad interview, and an alternative: if you want the digital content (three emotes, three exotic class items, and three armor shaders), you can pay $20 on top of the existing cost ofThe Taken King($40)....

Toxic Crusaders for the NES is mine I owe a lot of my gaming knowledge to my mother.She was very supportive of my habit, allowing me to rent many, many games at my local video store that ran a “two for Tuesday” promotion. Not only were the prices considerably cheaper than Blockbuster, but the buy-one-get-one deal allowed me to devour tons of games at a time. Because I had played so many though I was often a hard person to find gifts more....