Contest: We’re inviting 10 players to try and survive the insane world of SCUM

Tell the tooth fairy to piss off Inspired no doubt by the reality show taking place in the prison which the world has become for most of us, developer Gampires and publisher Devolver Digital have joined forces to unleash the unhinged survival titleSCUM, launching on Steam Early Access today. Already a massive hit despite just being launched, the lunatics behind the title want you to join in on the fight and test your mettle against the other prisoners doomed to compete for our entertainment....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Lisa Turner

Contest: Win this My Neighbor Totoro gift basket

From neighbor to housemate This contest is definitely unique: Win thisMy Neighbor Totorogift basket. What were you doing 30 years ago? I was busy being a toddler. Today’s prize would definitely have been something special for me, though. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of seminal animeMy Neighbor Totoroand theirofficially licensed Totoro plush, the kind folks over at Bluefin have put together a gift basket full of fantastic Totoro products. And guess what?...

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Joyce Anderson

DayZ finally enters beta after a five-year alpha

Still shambling along DayZ‘s development has been anything but rushed. The zombie apocalypse survival game first entered Early Access in December 2013. Ever since then, it has been in alpha. Now, nearly five years later,DayZenters beta on PC. The important distinction between the two,as developer Bohemia Interactive says, is thatDayZ‘s content and features are mostly finished. Now, Bohemia needs to focus on the finer aspects such as optimization, balancing, and bug-squashing....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Daniel Campbell

Dog adventure Home Free headed to PS4

The logo has a dog’s butt! I was aspleasantly surprisedas Darren to seeHome Free, a survival game about a lost dog in a randomly generated city, reach its funding goal on Kickstarter in under a week. More good news: it’s coming to PlayStation 4 in addition to the already confirmed Windows and Mac versions. “I’m very excited to bring the game to this platform and I really appreciate the support Sony has shown so far to make this happen,”saiddeveloper Kevin Cancienne....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Laura Smith

E for Effort: The Mass Effect series so far

[Editor’s Note: We’re not just a (rad) news site — we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware that it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on ourcommunity blogs.] I’ll start this out with the fact that I can see howMass Effectis a good game to a lot of people....

June 23, 2025 · 14 min · 2964 words · Nicholas Brown

EA FC 25: Best players for the Incisive Deep Lying Playmaker evolution

The Incisive Deep Lying Playmaker evolution is now live inEA FC 25, and it’s yet another free upgrade for one of your lower-rated items. This evolution offers some amazing stat boosts, new roles, and playstyles to the selected card. That said, you’ll need to adhere to the requirements that determine which items can be used for the upgrades. EA FC 25 Incisive Deep Lying Playmaker evolution requirements Here are the requirements of the Incisive Deep Lying Playmaker evolution inEA FC 25....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 187 words · Bethany Martinez

EA FC 25: How to complete Ally Watt Squad Foundations SBC

The Ally Watt Squad Foundations SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and you may add a special card from the NWSL to your Ultimate Team squad. By completing the challenge, you’re able to add an 85-rated ST item to lead your attack. In terms of difficulty, this SBC is one of the easiest ones released so far. But that’s doesn’t necessarily mean that it should be worth your resources instantly....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Andres Clark

Enter the WWE Universe in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

WWE Superstars are constantly upping the ante in and out of the ring. Whether it’s with equipment such as tables, ladders, and chairs, stipulations like Hell in a Cell, or backstage hijinks like car accidents, wrestlers do their best to entertain and please their fans. But the spontaneity and variety of the WWE is difficult to recreate in a videogame; it’s tough for THQ to keep up with new Superstars and matches....

June 23, 2025 · 9 min · 1737 words · Sharon Sanchez

EVE Valkyrie is the best use of the Oculus Rift so far

Hands-on at E3 EVE Valkyrieis super neat. It looks like a cool dogfighting-in-space game when you watch a trailer, but actually being in the cockpit with the Oculus Rift? It’s a trip and used to great effect. Looking down at your fake chest and hands on the controls is sort of weird, like having a phantom extra limb. Moving your head to look around the cockpit and out of the windows is neat....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Adam Brown

Everything new in Stellar Blade’s Summer Event

I will commend Shift Up for not doing what many believed to be the obvious and monetizing the hell out ofStellar Blade. In addition to aboss rush mode, the sci-fi title has received more than a few outfits to fill out Eve’s closet at no cost. The support continues with aspecial Summer Eventthat includes swimwear and additions to the Oasis. How to get the Wave Diver Bikini and Wave Oblique Monokini in Stellar Blade Speak with the best robo-fisherman, Clyde, at the Oasis in the Great Desert....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Robert Shepard

Exercise your Sony-given rights and vote now for the next free PS Plus game

Vote to Play (or die) Voting in the United States is a very haves versus have-nots thing right now. Only a few people have gotten to cast ballots lately, and they’re the citizens in the probably lovely states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Those of us stuck in less enviable states can only dream of a day when our chads maybe hang. The candidates areAction Henk,Assault Android Cactus, andBroforce. Back your favorite by voting in the dedicated PS Plus section of the PS4 interface....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Alicia Johnson

Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star finally has a Western release date

Now can we please get that adorable limited edition Vita? Back in October, Marvelous Europe confirmed thatFate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star— aMusou-like game that’s based off of the ever-popularFatefranchise for both the PlayStation 4 and Vita —would be released in January in both Europe and Australia. Earlier that month, an announcement by XSEED Games (the publisher ofFate/EXTELLAin North America) stated that the game would be hitting U.S. store shelvessometime in in early 2017....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Matthew Huff

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age kicks the door in, New 2DS XL roars past Nintendo Switch to top Japan charts

Sales up just in time for summer Role-playing games, cute characters, handheld gaming: the trifecta of sales success in Japan. We got all three this week fellas, with the remakeFinal Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Ageand the newestPikmintitle,Hey! Pikminreleasing to over 100,000 and 65,000 sales in their opening week to lead the way. The New 2DS XL (LL in Japan) also launched, hitting 43,000 despite the age of the platform, temporarily putting it ahead of the Nintendo Switch which saw its own mini-boost of 5,000 since last week....

June 23, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Sarah Johnson