The Plucky Squire gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of September 17 launch

If you’ve been hoping to takeThe Plucky Squireon the road, or in places where your PC can’t quite go, then you’re in luck — All Possible Futures has revealed that the game has obtained Steam Deck Verification in time for digital release on September 17. This is amazing news for anyone with a Steam Deck, as thein-and-out-of-the-storybook adventurecan now be played both in and out of the house, and there’s nothing stopping you from taking the cutesy cartoon world wherever you’re going....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Michelle Montgomery

The Weekend Hotness: Mighty Matsumae

Check out everything Destructoid did today Over a week ago, theMighty No. 9Kickstarter teased ashort previewof composer Manami Matsumae playing the game’s theme on piano. It was all to hype up the interview above, in which Miss “Chanchacorin” talks about her time at Capcom, as a freelancer, and eventually as the newest member of theMightycrew. This weekend, it’s tough waiting on Nintendo’s eShop to improve, Jim will outlastOutlast,Sup Holmes?welcomes the designer ofHohokum, Destructoid will party in San Fran, Dale is in Tokyo,River City Ransom‘s official sequel is getting Kickstarted, and Prince Ali has some season passes to sell you....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Alexander Stark

The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival has a demo pack-in with Dengeki Online

Man I miss demo discs The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revivaldoesn’t interest me all that much as I wasn’t really a fan of the original game, but the fact that Japan is still get demos from magazines makes me happy. If you spring forDengeki PlayStation volume 596online at that link, you’re able to net a Japanese demo code, as the magazine has done this in the past (Disgaea 5). NIS will release the demo for free at a later date as well on the Japanese PSN....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Suzanne Donovan

UK Charts: Crackdown 2 still beating the odds

BetweenCrackdown 2andAPB, I’d say I’m not welcome in Dundee. Not that it matters for at least one of those games, sinceCrackdown 2is still kicking ass in the sales department. Who needs to be good when you can sell to the masses? The runaway success of Ruffian’s quasi-sequel has seen it beat out strong mainstream contenders likeLego Harry PotterandToy Story 3. It’s also the only real thing of note this week. Aside from a few unimportant debuts of games nobody cares about, the UK Chart is bereft of interesting stuff....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Amy Mitchell

Valve says Steam Deck shipping is ‘on track’ for February, so keep those fingers crossed

Even more developer kits are going out There’s no such thing as too much communication when it comes to sought-after new video game hardware launches in The Current Times. So while today’s update from Valve is pretty light on excitingnewinformation, it’s honestly nice to hear that the handheld Steam Deck systems are, as the company puts it, “on track.” One step at a time. In a January Update posted today, the company said it was “firing on all cylinders” after the holiday break, and things are looking (relatively) stable....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Cory Stevens

Way of the Samurai 3 coming to NA Oct. 13

I believe thatWay of the Samurai 3‘s official trip across the Pacific on Oct. 13 was not the best kept secret in the world, but now that Agetec and UFO Interactive have officially announced the game we can all stop celebrating in secret and start walking around dressed as Samurai like we’re supposed to. We can also now officially inform you of all the Samurai action going down inWay of the Samurai 3....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Matthew Ramsey

Where is the Mox Bar in Cyberpunk 2077?

The Mox bar, also known as Lizzie’s Bar inCyberpunk 2077,is one of the key locales in the game. There, you will partake in main story missions and sidequests alike. However, as all bars inCyberpunk 2077are just listed as “Bar” on the map, it can be exceedingly frustrating to find the specific one you’re looking for. Here’s everything you need to know to find the Mox Bar inCyberpunk 2077. How to find Lizzie’s Bar inCyberpunk 2077?...

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · John Perry

Wiglett is one of the new Pokemon arriving in Scarlet and Violet

Wiglett wobbles but it won’t fall down A new Pokemon has been revealed for upcoming Switch entriesPokemon ScarletandViolet, and it’s a tall, wiggly one. Wiglett is a new Pokemon for the Paldea region. Teased today in a new video on theWorld Pokemon Ecological Societysite, Wiglett joins the Paldean lineup. You can sit through the lecture online, which also shows some other regional Pokemon like Paldean Wooper, or just check out the video below viaSerebii....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Christopher Peterson

Wolfenstein II makes some acceptable compromises to run on Switch

Muddled textures are fine when the framerate works Wolfenstein II: The New Colossuskind of came and went. It was a hot ticket for a little while, and it was hot in the lead-up to its release, but after that I didn’t hear much about it. Now it’s back on Switch! And I suspect the conversation is going to go on a little longer this time. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus(PC, PS4, Switch [tested], Xbox One)Developer: id Software/Panic ButtonPublisher: BethesdaReleased: June 29, 2018MSRP: $59....

June 20, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · Stephen Wood

World of Warcraft’s first raid is out today, here’s a schedule of when it’ll gradually open up for everyone

Looking for LFR times As promised, Blizzard is debuting the first raid forWorld of Warcraft: Battle for Azerothtoday: Uldir. It deals with the Old Gods and the confrontation with G’huun, the blood god, which is happening amid the actual Horde and Alliance conflict. Okay so Uldir is completely ready to go for the more casual Looking For Raid (LFR) difficulty right? Well, wrong. Blizzard is rolling out Uldir in waves (wings, rather) for LFR, the first of which is live on September 11....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Edward Merritt

Xavier inspires so many questions

…but no answers When I heard there was a new game calledXavieron the Wii U eShop, I got pretty excited. I’ve been patiently staring at my computer monitor, waiting for the announcement of aXavier: Renegade Angelgame for many years now. Looks like I’ll have to keep waiting, though you might not know that at first glance.Xavierthe game andXavierthe show both have a creepy, low-fi polygon-yuck look to them, but that’s where the similarities seem to end....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Cheryl Moore

You can vote for the next Disney Infinity character, please pick Darkwing Duck

Let’s get dangerous Disney is allowing people to vote forthe nextDisney Infinitycharacter, and the process is as easy as clicking on a picture. You can’t just write-in anyone you want though, as they’ve narrowed down the vote to just 20 selections. It’s doing astonishingly well, garnering 1,161,630 votes at the time of this writing. Characters range from classics like Captain Hook, to more modern heroes like Hercules, to the inexplicable like the Mad Hatter based on the horrid Johnny DeppAlice in Wonderlandfilm....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Emily Anderson

A Gem Stall might be coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley

Disney Dreamlight Valleyhas a history of dropping new and exciting things into social media posts without commenting on them, and they seem to have just revealed something very exciting over on Twitter. If we take into accountDreamlight Valley’s history of randomly revealing upcoming additions without context, then this Twitter post indicates that players may soon be getting something that they’ve been waiting for for a long time — a Gem stall....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Benjamin Benson