Recap: Dead by Daylight showcase spotlights DnD chapter, a new shooter, and more

Behaviour Interactive’sDead by Daylight8th Anniversary livestream event included gameplay reveals and incredible news forDead by Daylightfans from start to finish. There’s a lot to go through, but I’ve got you covered if you just want the highlights. Every year since the 3rd anniversary ofDead by Daylight, Behaviour Interactive has held an anniversary stream to celebrate the community, tease upcoming Chapters, events, and changes, and give something back to the players. This year is probably the best I’ve ever seen, as a fan who has been playing since the game’s initial console release in 2017, though it had been out on PC for a year before that....

June 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1783 words · Laura Jordan

Samurai Gunn to see wide release on PC, PS4, and Vita

Your move If you’re out of the loop onSamurai Gunn, I’m right there with you. It’s one of those games that’s been playable in-person here and there — enough to the point where the name sounds familiar — which is terrific for folks who frequent independent meetups but that’s about it. This IGF-nominated PC game about slicing and/or shooting your friends wants to bring back local multiplayer and, thankfully, it’s getting some publisher support for a Steam release this holiday season and PlayStation Vita and PS4 versions next year....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Johnathan Walter

Screw it, let’s just play basketball in Overwatch

There’s confetti now! How do you, dedicatedOverwatchplayer, spend your time during the pre-match phase? Do you wreck up the place with random acts of violence? Shouthello hello hellountil every last player on your team reciprocates? Try and fail to get the basketball in the hoop? All good choices. I’m a little of column A, a little of column B, and instead of trying to score (I’m not that skilled or lucky!...

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Sandra Allen

Sega may have leaked a November 8 release date for Sonic Frontiers (Update)

Maybe we’ll get confirmation today at Gamescom? [Update:Yep! Gamescom did in fact give us aSonic Frontiersrelease date, and reconfirmed the November 8 timeline in the official trailer below.] After months of wondering, we might have aSonic Frontiersrelease date finally — thanks to an ad from Sega, no less! Spotted by Twitter user Nibel, a new YouTube ad forSonic Frontiersjust went live,and was promptly taken down. At the very end of it: a release date!...

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Tamara Martin

SoulCalibur V’s massive sound team speaks

Today’s the day that we all finally enter the stage of destiny. We mentioned a few weeks back that there’s amassive team of composersbehind theSoulCalibur Vsoundtrack that includes Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana), Cris Velasco (God of War,Darksiders), Inon Zur (Dragon Age,Crysis), and Andrew “zircon” Aversa from OverClocked ReMix along with others. Similar to the sound team profiles we prepared forFinal Fantasy XIII-2last week, OSV published asimilar featuredetailing each of the artists involved withSoulCaliburV....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Veronica Mendoza

Spooky Fortress Frightsdays: Cavalcade of Carnage

Halloweenis Edition Happy Ghouls-day! Welcome to our spooky edition of Team Fotress 2sdays, please leave your limbs at the door, as you’ll have no need of them here…muwahahahahahaa. Anyway, Shadow is here is to talk about all the scares and bone-chilling details for the Halloween edition of Team Fortress 2sdays, take it away Shadow: It’s that time of year again, the time when things get spoopy and scary. Skeletons and salesmen haunt the horrid halls of Mann Manor, trying to flee in vain from the everlasting torment of a timeshare condo contract....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Angela Rush

Street Fighter V gets an abundance of Halloween DLC today

The scariest part is Capcom’s obsession with your wallet For anyone sat eagerly anticipating more Capcom DLC, your wait is finally over.Street Fighter Vis adding a ton of new skins today, available to purchase for the game’s roster of scrappers. Menat, Ed and Cammy get school outfits. FANG gets a sinister scientist number, Urien swaps clothes with his Godly brother Gil (which reads like Capcom are abandoning the Illuminati leader’s in-game addition)....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 213 words · Barbara Robinson

Tales from the Borderlands finale releases on October 20

Here’s a teaser for it You might have heard how thefirst episode ofTales from the Borderlandsis now available for free. If you haven’t, well, Telltale really wants to drive that fact home. That’s how they get you. The first hit is free. You want more, you gotta pay up. In this case that’s not so bad; as far as Telltale games go, this isreally,reallygood. Those who have been following along with the season have a little nugget of news with this latest trailer....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Kimberly Thompson

That’s a wrap for Zelda Week 2023

A week’s worth of legends, myths, and spinning charge attacks The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis out. I’m sure many are reading this article on a Monday morning with tired eyes from a launch weekend full of exploration and adventures in Hyrule. As part of this big launch, we kicked offanother themed Zelda Weekhere at Destructoid. Throughout the week, our staff and contributors pitched in with stories, opinions, lists, analyses, and more, all about theZeldafranchise....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Julia Shaw

The Nintendo Switch is doing very well in Japan, surpasses first 26 week PS4 sales

1,527,962 Switch units sold in that time You’ve read about the nebulous hype, now it’s time to look at another set of raw sales numbers for the Switch. While Nintendo hopes to surpass the Wii U next year, in the meantime, we can see its momentum grow in Japanin spite of shortages. Based on numbers from Mediacreate, the Switch has sold 1,527,962 units in 26 weeks, which can be directly compared to the now-dominate PS4 that sold 665,760 in that time....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Peggy Lewis

The ten-hour Garden Warfare 2 demo is back

Available now on PS4 and Xbox One, soon on PC Oh, hey, this sounds familiar! EA is offering a ten-hour trial forPlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. That’s plenty of time to figure out if this particular type of team-based shooter is to your liking. I know it can be hard to carve out time away fromOverwatch, but it’s worth an extended look. The promo starts today on PS4 and Xbox One, and it lasts until Jun 16, 2025 at 10:00am Pacific....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Gregory Smith

This fish is playing Pok?mon very slowly, and a lot of people are watching

So, just another day on Twitch Twitch has a thing for playingPokémon. Typically, it’s a crowdsourced game with tens of thousands of players all helping input controls. Some college kids recentlyscaledthat back and are trying to accomplish the same thing with just a fish. Grayson the fish is trying to playPokémon Red, although there’s a good chance he doesn’t know it. With his bowl sectioned off into nine zones — eight of which host different controls — Grayson’s swimming around and trying to catch ’em all....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Eric Hudson

Three years after launch, Capcom updates Mega Man Legacy Collection with a newer Switch version feature

Rewind Back in 2015 theMega Man Legacy Collection, which containsMega Man 1-6, was released on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and 3DS. It was a small hit as it signified that the Blue Bomber was back, eventually leading to moreLegacy Collectionreleases and of course, the brand newMega Man 11. Three years later theLegacy Collectionline was announced for the Switch with a new feature: rewind. Switch owners could conveniently press a button to take back nasty falls or bad boss footwork, much to the chagrin of every other platform owner....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Nicholas Carpenter