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Living the dream I didn’t know how badly I needed a violent samurai take onCalifornia Games‘ surfing mini-game until I had one in my life.Farmer Gnome, who you may remember fromFistful of Gunand a bunch of other small experimental games, just releasedSurf Shogunfor free on itch.io, and I can tell you it’s a pretty good way to kill a lazy Sunday morning. Up to four players can ride the waves and slash through endless packs of renegade ninja surfers with a variety of swords, shuriken, and spears....

New Commodore 64 version announced It’s somehow been two years since Vlambeer releasedSuper Crate Boxfor PC. I distinctly remember Conrad getting obsessed with the minimalistic arcade game for a good long time and eventually causing me to get all wrapped up in it as well. Damn that disc gun! Back then, we couldn’t believeSuper Crate Boxdidn’t cost anything to download. Today, of course, some of the later versions have a price tag....

It was ‘better than expected’ Take-Two may havelost money in the first quarterof the 2014 fiscal year, but it has high hopes for the remainder of the year. The publisher, who owns Rockstar Games and 2K Games, reported a first quarter net loss of $61.9 million, and revenue of $142.7 million — a decline of 36.9% when compared to the same time in fiscal 2013. The drop didn’t necessarily take the company by surprise....

Check out everything Destructoid did today. FACT: You haven’t really ended Comic-Con proper untilSneaky Zebramakes a music video about all the cosplay. Today,Divekickgets a release date, murmurs of a black 3DS XL abound,Saints Row IVcrowns itself with the Game of the Generation Edition, and Chris reviewsHalo: Spartan Assault. But wait, what’s this?! Jim continues with hisAliens Colonial Marines: Stasis InterruptedLet’s Play. We have broken him people, we have broken him....

This is not satire Blockbuster is probably a relic of your youth, the place where you rented overpriced games and movies even though everywhere else was cheaper. More recently, you may remember Blockbuster for its sad three-quarter empty stores, “Everything Must Go!” signs, and somehow still overpriced games that no one wanted. It looked like a Scooby Doo Ghost Town. The point is that Blockbuster ain’t doing so great. While it’s defunct in the United States, apparently Blockbuster lives on south of the border....

it’s already on Dreamcast, PC, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One. Given that it’s already out on pretty much every other platform,Ghost Blade HDcoming to Switch makes sense. Developer Hucast Games has announced that it’s going to be Switch-bound sometime in 2019, and teases the addition of Tate (vertical) mode, which is basically expected for every Switch shmup at this point. It’ll also sport online leaderboards, achievements and will retain its two player mode on Switch, as well as netting a physical edition....

On my nightly Googletrek for the string “dinosaurs, machine guns”, I came acrossthis Firing Squad articlewhich included the above trailer for the upcoming presumably direct-to-DVD, animatedTurokfilm. Normally we’d be excited to see a film based on a game that seems to follow its source material so closely, but that clip just leaves us scratching our collective metal heads. Since when wasTuroksuccessful enough to warrant an American animated film? Sure, an anime maybe — the Japanese animate everything, from grocery lists, to every issue ofSports Illustratedto reruns ofThe Golden Girls— but to get the green light for a real American animated film, you’d need a series that was either tremendously successful or lends itself extremely well to the realm of the cartoon....

Telling stories through the dishes we love Food. It’s one of the most quintessential parts of being alive, so it only makes sense that we would find a way to include it in a medium like video games that often tries to replicate real life. Ever since the early days of gaming, food has been a way to get health or energy back. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about video game food has to be the meat you findin the wallsof a spooky castle inCastlevania, or the hilariously anachronisticgyro and friesyou can pick up inHades....

Podtoid 436 We are just about to get into one of the busiest parts of the year for gaming with titles likeDoom EternalandAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsreleasing this month to much anticipation. Not long after both those games hit, fans will finally get their hands onFinal Fantasy VII Remake. But is the game aimed at long-time fans or those who’ll be experiencing the world for the very first time? That’s one of the topics on this PlayStation-centric episode of Podtoid....

It’s good for what ails ya! This week gave us a good excuse totalk aboutPatapon. It’s back! Well, in remastered-for-PS4 form, anyway. The rhythm-action title was one of my favorites on PSP. I need to get this new version. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has an interview up with producer Hiroyuki Kotani and sound designer Kemmei Adachi, as well as afree dynamic theme. The duo has some neat production insights, including how the art direction and design came to be (“I remember writing in the design doc that this would be a game for adults with good taste and an interest in art”), who dug this game (“40% of players were women”), and even a few tips for newcomers (the game can be tough!...

PS Vita remaster crossing the ocean Publisher Xseed Games has announced that the remastered edition of PS Vita classicYs: Memories of Celcetais headed west on PS4 in the spring of 2020,following on from its PC release in the summer of last year. The PS4 edition of the 2012 title will feature full high-definition visuals, running at 60 FPS, and features an overhauled control system, replicating the touch-screen controls of the PS Vita release....

The game still delivers 13 years later Our Lord of Lords Jim Sterling considersFinal Fantasy IXto be hisfavorite game in the series. I wish I could share in his exuberance — though I own a physical copy ofFFIX, I’ve yet to actually play it. This newest discovery, however, may push me to tackle my massive backlog sooner rather than later. Above is a side quest that eludedFFIXplayers for 13 years — it’s not even mentioned in the official guidebook!...

The End is Nigh Nintendo’s colourful arena-shooterSplatoon 2is pushing ever-closer to its final days, and a recent datamine appears to have revealed the topics of the second-to-last community splatfests. Sigh, I can feel my hitching breath and wetting eyes even as I type this. According to the leak, the North American, European and JapaneseSplatooncommunities will all see their own exclusive splatfests held next weekend, although the three topics this time around are a little more divergent from each other than usual....