Professional sword instructor and Witcher mocap actor team up to slice some insidious fruit

The Fruit Witcher Alan Padziński is a certified badass. Although it’s easy for games to emulate sword-fighting skills Padziński actually lives them on a daily basis as a certified medieval weapons specialist He also looks cool slicing fruit, and is cool enough to warrant the attention of Geralt of Rivia’s (ofWitcherfame) motion capture actor Maciej Kwiatkowski. Meshing the art of Kwiatkowski’s weaponry with Alan Padziński’s armorer talents, the two managed to craft their ownFruit Ninjaparody calledFruit Witcher, which you can watch below....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Jeremiah Morgan

PS Move ships 9 million, only 1 million in half a year

Sony’s boasted that the PlayStation Move shipped six million units since launch, although once again it declined to give any actual sales figures. Considering only a million units were shipped in the past six months, however, perhaps the company would be wise to keep shut. It seems the peripheral’s on the decline. Four million of those units were shippedaround this time last year, and it was able to crow about eight million shipmentsfive months later....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Sandra Rivers

Resident Evil 7’s getting a free DLC chapter shortly after launch

No Louisiana Purchase necessary WhenResident Evil 7releases next week, it’ll tell the story of Ethan Winters and the terrors in Louisiana. But Ethan’s story isn’t the only one that’ll get told. Capcom has more up its sleeve. As reported byFamitsu(and as translated byGematsu), Capcom is planning a free DLC chapter called “Not a Hero.” Little is known about it, but it’s said to not be a part of Ethan’s arc (although it’s most likely tangential)....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Jeanne Brandt

Ring Fit Adventure’s rhythm mode will make you sweat to Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey music

Great addition if you’re using custom mode After many,manyweeks of fan bickering and complaints, Nintendo finallydropped a new Nintendo Directyesterday that gave Switch owners a look at what they’ll be playing for the next three to four months. Sure, it didn’t have much we didn’t already know about, but given the fact the impact of COVID-19 cannot fully be measured just yet, it was good enough. Not only did the Direct highlight some upcoming games, but it also revealed some updates to current Switch titles, includingRing Fit Adventure....

July 19, 2025 · 5 min · 884 words · Laura Perez

Riot Games offers first glimpse of League of Legends fighter

Can you feel the rush now? Riot Games, developer of the insanely popularLeague of Legends, has released a video looking at ten years of development that has gone into creating the MOBA title. As part of the video, we also get our very first look atthe previously-teasedLoLfighting game, temporarily titledProject L. In blink-and-you’ll-miss-it footage, (01:54) we see a very short showdown between the nine-tailed fox gal (and part-time pop star) Ahri and Darius, The Hand of Noxus....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Martin Daniels

Sometimes, I just wanna watch people clean up filthy game consoles

We all have those niche-within-a-niche videos we’re super into, and clean consoles are mine In our algorithm-dominated world, I feel like I’m constantly being bombarded with stuff I’d really prefer not to see: premature spoiler-filled videos on YouTube, “funny” topics on Twitter, and an ocean full of gnarly shark pics on Instagram even though I keep telling the app how uninterested I am. But sometimes, the algorithms push a hyper-focused category of niche content in front of you that you end up digging....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Donna Williams

Suda51 and Swery are teaming up for a horror game

‘Hotel Barcelona’ is inspired by Twin Peaks and Siren [Update:The duo shared their ideason an IGN Japan livestream, and the concept seems wild. Devolver Digital will publish the title, which is aiming for a million-dollar budget with inspirations fromTwin PeaksandSiren. Keiichiro Toyama ofSilent Hillfame was asked via text message if he wanted to work on the game, and Suda got a “yes” response. Right now the working title is “Hotel Barcelona....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Deborah Hood

The best motion styles for each height and position in NBA 2K25

NBA 2K25allows players to customize their MyPlayer to their heart’s content, going from their dunking and jumping animations to their motion style, the latter of which dictates their off-the-ball speed and affects their responsiveness when performing set defensive maneuvers. True to that, knowing which animation to pick is a must, especially if you plan on facing franchise veterans. To help you with that, here are the best motion styles for all builds inNBA 2K25....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Melissa Ortega

The best version of Guacamelee! hits Steam on Thursday

There’s a loyalty discount Now that the console releases are out of the way, DrinkBox Studios is bringingGuacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Editionto Steam on Thursday. This expanded version of the hit action-platformer offers new areas, abilities, enemies, and another boss encounter, among other updates. If you haven’t yet played throughGuacamelee!, it’s decidedly worth a look. Steam Workshop support for alternate costumes returns, as expected. Those of you who own the original on Steam can upgrade toSuper Turbo Championship Editionfor $4....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Crystal Chavez

The joy of fan games, pt. 2: Fan game heroes!

Fan games are amazing. So amazing thatmy first Destructoid article everwas about fan games. So amazing that I wroteasecondarticlenearly four years later. So amazing that I’m following up that last article with another one. That’s pretty amazing! In “The joy of fan games, pt. 1,” I explained how the best fan games can surpass the efforts of the major devs, then I shared a few such examples. Today, I wish to focus on two notable members of the fan game community, whose work has caught the eye of the companies they were inspired by....

July 19, 2025 · 13 min · 2562 words · Sandra Fox

The new and improved Apex Legends Season 2 arrives this week, here are the patch notes

Wattson is also live Although interest inApex Legendshas significantly waned (it went from the top game on Twitch for several weeks to not cracking the top five for some time), Respawn is still keen on supporting it, and EA is very happy with it. The next huge wave of support comes with season 2, which heralds in a brand new character (Legend) called Wattson, as well as a new battle (season) pass, more challenges, alterations to the (currently sole) King’s Canyon map, ranked leagues, and many weapon balance changes....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Morgan Carter

Thimbleweed Park looks double-dip worthy on Nintendo Switch

Throwback Thursday The Nintendo Switch is getting a lot of double-dip love as of late and we’ve got another contender on ours hands. The point-and-click adventureThimbleweed Parkis being ported over as confirmed by co-creator Ron Gilbert, who shared a first look at the game running on a Switch in handheld mode. Vague, cryptic, puzzling clue about our multiple Thimbleweed Park console announcements next week:https://t.co/gpmFwfMlKX — Ron Gilbert® (@grumpygamer)Jun 20, 2025...

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Courtney Garza

This song is the heartfelt tribute Magikarp deserves

Now in English Last year, The Pokémon Companyproduced a Japanese songfor Magikarp, “the pity Pokémon.” Even without knowing the words, it was enjoyable (and by enjoyable, I meandistressing), but now we’ve got those too. The translated song went up today, and it’ll make you wanna hug your Magikarp. The lyrics: Totally pathetic, unreliable.Known throughout the worldfor being super weak.Maybe in ancient timesit was really strong.That’s what the rumors say,but they’re probably wrong....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Latoya Madden