Team Fortress 2 celebrates Free Comic Book Day with a quick primer

Today isFree Comic Book Day! It is what it sounds like: go to a participating comic book store, inevitably StreetPass some fellow 3DS users, and walk out with a free comic book. Maybe even expand your horizons and make some new friends? Or not. Baby steps. To celebrate, a newTeam Fortress 2comic is out, reminding us that every day is Free Comic Book Day for Saxton Hale. The “Catch-Up Comic” tells the back story behind the mercenaries’ never ending battle for supremacy over a desolate desert wasteland....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Jonathan Owens

The best stuff on Destructoid this week [7/12]

Ecchi the Killer You should watchPing Pong: The Animation. It’s why Lebron James realized he needed to go back to Cleveland, true story. But be warned, watching other anime after will be hard because it leaves you extra acutely aware of how mediocre and awful most anime is. Sorry,Beck. There’s only two World Cup games left to occupy yourself with, anyway. What else are you going to do? Here’slast week’s post....

June 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1541 words · Donald Johnson

The big list of confirmed PlayStation 4 games

Fifteen games available at retail by year’s end Like Microsoft, Sony has seen fit to bombard us with a list of upcoming games for their next-gen platform, set to launch this November. Of the 180 PlayStation 4 titles reportedly in development — roughly 80 of which we can confirm — 15 titles will be physically available at retail during the launch window of November 15, through December 31. Of those, 12 will appear on other platforms....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Juan Rogers

The ultimate The First Berserker: Khazan leveling guide

Like most Soulslike games, leveling up is a huge part ofThe First Berserker: Khazan. It makes your character stronger thus making boss fights more manageable. We’ve put together an ultimateThe First Berserker: Khazanleveling guide that includes the best leveling spots, builds, and more. Table of contents How leveling works in The First Berskerer: Khazan As you kill enemies inThe First Berserker: Khazanyou’ll gain a resource called Lacrima. Much like Souls in theDark Soulsseries, Lacrima is used to level up your character and increase your stats....

June 19, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Rhonda Mclaughlin

Tiny Trax is a slot racer for PlayStation VR

That’s gonna look neat The next game fromVelocity 2Xmaker FuturLab isTiny Trax, a four-player PlayStation VR slot racing game with lane switching, boosting, and drifting. It’s designed in such a way to make players feel as if they are “a child surrounded by a giant toy racing track inside each virtual world.” Good idea, right? I’m consistently terrible at top-down racing games — always have been, always will be! — but something tells me it’ll be easier here with the sense of depth and presence inherent to virtual reality....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Taylor Hartman

Top 10 best game reveals, ranked

Some of the best game reveals were so exciting back in the day. There’s a huge audience gathered around as executives parade the stage, showcasing the latest and greatest. With any other industry, a press conference would be dull to sit through. However, that anticipation of seeing what’s next makes us feel giddy like a kid on Christmas Eve. When we finally see something we’ve dreamed of emerge on the screen, we jump up and down, screaming “yes....

June 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1188 words · Amy Arnold

Train to Fight codes (May 2025)

Updated: Jul 19, 2025 We added new codes! There is truly only one real reason to go to the gym. Obviously, it’s to go ape and be able to beat up everyone for no reason. To do so, you’ll need a certain amount of energy, nutrients, and sugar, which is whatTrain to Fightcodes will give you. The codes will give you a hefty amount of consumable items that you can use to boost your stats while working out....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · John Murphy

Vessel coming to PC March 1st, consoles at a later date

Salivating for that next inventive indie platformer? Strange Loop Games’ aquatic puzzle-platformer might just be able to quench your thirst. Similar toFluidityand thePixeljunk Shootergames,Vesselpresents environmental and physics-based puzzles that are solved through the manipulation of animated liquids. In addition to that, players can expect level design reminiscent of Metroidvania titles coupled with bright, vivid visuals and gorgeous lighting effects. Vesselwill be making its way to PC in just a few short weeks, releasing on the first of March....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Patricia Lozano

Walter Reed Medical Center: games and their healing touch

Thanks to an aid group called Cause, soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center have monthly get togethers of healing, fun, and not so surprising… video games. Although somewhat of an afterthought now, video games weren’t always part of the program. You see, back in 2003 when the group first came to be, Cause was more focused on supplying recovering soldiers with day-to-day necessities. It wasn’t until executive director Barbara Lau noticed that the then humble video game lending library was gaining in popularity — she realized they had something big on their hands....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Wesley Powell

Where are the Avengers in Spider-Man 2 (PS5)?

Outside of the Marvel’sAvengersfilms, many solo hero outings are often plagued by one question: Where are the other heroes? The Avengers make their home in New York City, but do they show up inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2? The Avengers and many Marvel heroes make New York their main base of operations. Even in Insomniac’s swing-tastic game, the superhero group has its own landmark. It’s hard to miss. Avengers Tower can be seen looming over the city in the Upper East Side....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Jose Carter

Where to find Broken Lanterns in Skull Rock in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Skull Rock is open, Peter Pan’s on the loose, and it’s up to you and The Forgotten to figure out how to stop the chaos inDisney Dreamlight Valley. One of the most important tasks in this process is finding the Broken Lanterns. You search for these items early on during the Shadows on the Wall quest, a tricky but essential task to work through for unlocking Peter Pan. Here’swhere to find Broken Lanterns in Skull Rock inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

June 19, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Michelle Roberts DDS

Win a digital copy of Dan Amrich’s Critical Path

Dan Amrich serves as Activision’s loyal community manager, the man who has the unfortunate job of consolingGuitar Herofans and explaining to me why we’ve got no newMetal Armsgames. He also used to be a game reviewer. His new book,Critical Path, discusses the life of a person who writes about games for a living. By all accounts, it’s a great read. A number of you will find that out for yourselves, though, because Dan’s given me some digital copies of the book to give out....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Jason Lewis

Win Clash of Heroes for XBLA or PSN!

[Update]Contest closed! Winners have been picked and codes have been sent off to their email addresses! Might & Magic: Clash of Heroesrecently came out for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network and we thought it was superb! We have three codes of each version to give out and to win one, you just need to tell us what your favorite magic spell is from any medium out there. Be sure to tell us what platform you want the game for too....

June 19, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Erika Mercado