This video of a mother and daughter playing Captain Toad is adorable

It’s also 10 minutes of gameplay December doesn’t look super exciting for gaming, but there are a few bright stars in there likeCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker. If you want to get a better look at the game Nintendo has posted a new promo video showing a 10 minute playthrough with a woman and what I assume is her daughter. While the video is clearly more produced than candid, I like that it goes through the entire puzzle solving process for multiple levels....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Bruce Harris

Today’s Jumble answer (August 2025)

Jumble, inspired by the classic game of Scramble, is an online word game that tests your decrypting skills against pure literature. Unscramble mixed-up words and figure out the big Jumble answer. Below you may see the step-by-step guide ontoday’s Jumble on June 29, 2025. Below, you can find answers to specific parts of the Jumble puzzle, so if you don’t want everything to be spoiled, including the cartoon puzzle answer, don’t fret....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Daniel Vaughn

Utada Hikaru confirmed to be working on Kingdom Hearts III music

But does that mean I have to meet your father? Japanese superstar Utada Hikaru wasn’t a hit from the start. Her first album was entirely in English and tanked, but her second album which was in Japanese took off. She speaks and can sing in English fluently, but the work she is best known for in the west are theme songs for a couple of role-playing games: “Simple and Clean” forKingdom Heartsand “Sanctuary” forKingdom Hearts II....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Michelle Anderson

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine collector’s edition unboxed!

WithWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine‘s release having crept up on people, it would be easy to forget that the game actually had a Collector’s Edition release. It boasts quite a cool selection of goodies, and we got our paws on a copy to show you. The Collector’s Edition contains a Purity Seal, an art book, a soundtrack and foil character cards, all presented in a huge, shiny box. I think it’s quite neat, especially if you’re a 40K fan....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Donald Rubio

Watch Dogs 2 looks alright, but do we really need a Watch Dogs film?

I’ll stick with Hackers ThisWatch Dogs 2mission playthrough from Ubisoft’s E3 presser gives us a decent introduction to the new protagonist, Marcus Holloway, and I’m already liking him so much more than Aiden Pearce (not saying a whole lot, I know). The setting, too. I’d rather fly drones and pet dogs in San Francisco than Chicago. But am I ready for another Ubisoft open world? That I’m not so sure about....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Vanessa Johnson

What PC games did you pick up on Black Friday?

Gabe’s seen your Steam library, and he thinks you have great taste in games Here we are again, Destructoid. Another Black Friday has come and gone, leaving in its wake sad, emptied wallets and hard drives filled to capacity. Seriously, I just upgraded to a 2TB SSHD and I’ve already had to move files off of it to make room for my new games. This year I’ve actually shown some modicum of restraint in my holiday sales purchases....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Rachel Sanders

WoW: The War Within Frostfire Mage Hero Talents

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Mage class is the Frostfire. It is one of the three Hero Talents available for Mage alongside the Frostfire and Spellslinger. Frostfire is available to both Frost and Fire Mages. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Frostfire Mage inWoW: The War Within. All Frostfire Mage Hero Talents Frostfire Mages combine elemental magic to unleash deadly fusions of ice and flame....

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Christopher Torres

XDefiant devs provides update on practice zone game mode

After selecting play inXDefiant, there should be the option to either player Unranked, Ranked, or the Practice Zone. However, Practice Zone is mysteriously unavailable at launch, andXDefiantexecutive producer Mark Rubin shed some light on when the game mode will be available. Before jumping right into a match inXDefiant, players could start in the Practice Zone and learn the controls in an obstacle course of test weapons in a firing range. The firing range was an especially useful tool, as it allowed players to test out different attachments, and the firing range dummies had exact damage values from different ranges....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Jennifer Young

Yakuza member calls out SEGA for Yakuza 3 cuts

You may have heardthat actual yakuza members reviewed Sega’sYakuza 3. How crazy is that?! In theBoingBoingstory by Jake Adelstein, one of the yakuza members actually calls out Sega for the cuts to the US version ofYakuza 3. Yakuza member Shirokawa liked Sega’s PS3 game, and his favorite parts were the mahjong side gaming, sexual massage parlors and the hostess clubs. But when Adelstein explained that all of that was cut from the US version, he said:...

July 19, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Brian Sullivan

Zak McKracken fan film feels alien in all the right ways

‘If you’ve recently been feeling stupid, trust me, you’re not the only one’ In my mind, Zak McKracken is the unsung hero of the classic LucasArt point-and-click line up. If theMonkey Islandseries is analogous to a crowd-pleaser likeBack to the Future,thenZak McKracken and the Alien Mindbendersis the equivalent to related-but-underrated film likeBuckaroo Banzai. Fans of the game have kept it alive in their imaginations for over 20 years, and are still clamoring for a sequel to this day....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Ariana Ford

(Update) Dark Souls Remastered will be getting a Switch network test and Solaire amiibo

Praise the Sun! [Update:Turns out the Solaire amiibo is aGameStop exclusive. Go figure. It also costs more than the average amiibo, which is definitely making me less likely to pick it up on a whim.] Dark Souls Remasteredwill be getting a network test on Nintendo Switch before launch. This will give players a feel for how the game runs on Nintendo’s hybrid console and get them ready for the May 25 launch day (confirmed for the other platforms, too)....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Kevin Reyes

Aspyr outlines what to expect in upcoming Tomb Raider remasters

Along with a recentRTX Remix, the classicTomb Raidergames are about to come back in a pretty big way. Aspyr has been hard at work remastering the original three entries in the iconic series, and we’ve been given a bit of a breakdown of what’s to come. A recent post on thePlayStation Bloggives us a few details on the upcomingTomb Raiderremasters, which are set to release on February 14 (ooh, la la)....

July 18, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Kenneth Green

Assassin’s Creed IV DLC is exclusive to PlayStation

So it has been pi-writ A PlayStation 4 videofrom a few days agosuggestedAssassin’s Creed IV‘s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4-exclusive DLC would be timed, exclusive for only six months. This is not the case. Ubisoft confirmed toEurogamerthat the hour-long DLC featuring Aveline de Grandpré from the Vita releaseAssassin’s Creed: Liberationwould in fact be PlayStation exclusive and not release on other platforms. That PlayStationWatch DogsDLC might still only be a six month timed exclusive, though....

July 18, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Katie Brown