The best stuff on Destructoid this week [10/4]

Hello webmaster I’m playing a lot of ping pong this weekend. RememberPing Pong: The Animation? It hassavedanime. I’m in some unfathomable cabin with a pool, pool table, ping pong table, tequila, and just enough wifi to post this. My hair isalive with olive oil. Maybe it will attract the bears. This weekend, you should call your mother. See how she’s doing. Mine wants to hang tomorrow but I’m in the woods....

May 31, 2025 · 8 min · 1599 words · Helen Davis

The Daily Hotness: Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! Alright, be honest, who went trick or treating? Let’s see pictures of them costumes! Oh, I also thought I’d share a Halloween inspired TF2 video with you guys just because. On this fine Halloween, previews forResident Evil: RevelationsandRaccoon Citywent up today as well as a ton of other previews, Jim quite enjoyedSonic: Generationsand so much more happened on Halloween 2011! Destructoid Original:BritToid ep 18: Keep calm and say farewell to HollieBloggers Wanted: PeripheralsThe scariest videogame moments of all timeLive show: Mash Tactics is back with a vengeanceThe DTOID Show: Resident Evil Goes Postal, It’s Spooky!...

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Wayne Thompson

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is out now across Europe

For PS3 and Vita A month after its North American release in December,The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steelis now available across Europe, courtesy of NIS America. I haven’t had a chance to crack open my copy just yet, but it’s definitely on my to-do list. After enjoying some brief hands-on time with the game pre-release — and, really, just about everything Nihon Falcom has ever made — I’m pretty eager to delve into this one as soon as possible....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Carol Miranda

There’s a new Fortune Street arriving this year, and it has Final Fantasy’s Lightning

30th anniversary I completely forgot about the new Fortune Street game, announced back in September of last year. It’s a 30th anniversary celebration ofFinal FantasyandDragon Questfor both PS4 and Vita, and a ton of characters are coming along for the ride. Just this week Minifillia (FFXIV), Balther (XII), Squall (VIII), and Lightning (XIII) were confirmed, as well as Erinn, Carver, Jessica Albert, and Angelo from theDragon Questside. There’s no set release date yet but the team seems far enough along....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Richard Valdez

UK Charts: Modern Warfare 2 … ’nuff said

This week’s UK Chart listing should shock absolutely nobpdy. The winner of the crown, and the winner of the crown for the next few months, isCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Evil publisher Activision’s latest chart-smashing success is sure to stay in the top for quite some time. Will it beat the mammoth run thatWorld at Warhad last year? All signs point to yes. In any case, this week’s UK Chart is notable for its lack of surprise all round....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · David Smith

Until Dawn may be coming to PS5 and PC, ahead of the feature film

It may be approaching nine years old at this point, but fans ofUntil Dawnmay wish to know that Supermassive’s interactive horror game could be coming to PS5 and PC. That’s according to at least one report so far. In a recent story from Billbil-kin over onDealabs(as translated byIGN), an announcement could be arriving soon regarding a modern port ofUntil Dawn. It’s also possible that the rumored enhanced version of the game has been in development for “at least a year....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Paula Turner

Untold Games’ City 20 Consequences trailer demonstrates how your actions impact the world

Developer Untold Games has released a new trailer for its upcoming post-apocalypticsurvival game,City 20. In it, we’re walked through a short play session following a quest to locate a record and how the consequences of the player’s actions are reflected in the city at every turn. This simple quest to find a record for an NPC results in a lot of breaking and entering, as well as some bloodshed. While nobody notices these actions at first, they’re still talked about around the city, meaning the player must be careful not to get caught out by acting suspiciously....

May 31, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Natalie Nguyen

Valve discontinues the Steam Link hardware

Will live on through mobile app Valve has announced that it will be discontinuing the Steam Link hardware box. This small device allowed streaming of PC games to any display in your house via your home network. Since it was introduced in 2015, new features such as couch co-op and even 5.1 surround sound were added, but the device is sort of redundant now. The biggest reason for the phasing out is likely theSteam Link appthat is available on Android OS and some Samsung smart displays....

May 31, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Patricia Davis

A deck builder: World of Warcraft: Clash of Champions

Card games are tops with me, but I can’t do the card collecting like I did back in theMagic: The Gatheringdays anymore. I won’t let myself. Cryptozoic understands this, and maybe that’s why they’ve made new card gameWorld of Warcraft: Clash of Championsa deck-building game. Up to four players can build decks from 425 cards featuring popular figures from MMO World of Warcraft. You’ll fight monsters, get loot, and take on raid bosses....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Rachel Banks

A Gravity Rush VR project?! Sure!

‘Gravity Rush VR’ should be an official thing So most people who know me are aware of my undying love ofGravity Rush. The cast, the world, the sheer freedom of exploration:Gravity Rushis a game I loosely dreamed of as a kid and very rarely saw become a reality. But in 2012 it became a thing on the ill-fated Vita platform (with a PS4 port four years later), and against all odds,it got a sequel....

May 30, 2025 · 2 min · 244 words · Robert Roberts

All aboard for Time Tunnel, now arriving on PS4 and Nintendo Switch

Galaxy Express Despitebecoming Guinness World Record holders, retro publisher Hamster isn’t resting on its laurels, with this week’s Arcade Archives range receiving the weird and obscureTime Tunnel, now available to purchase on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Released by Taito in 1982,Time Tunnelis a reaction-based maze game with a strange sci-fi premise. Players are charged with managing a commuter train’s journey from Earth to outer space, collecting passengers, refueling, changing tracks, and meeting connecting carriages, all while avoiding alien invaders and other hazards....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Nicholas Stevens

Awesomenauts: Assemble still aiming for PS4 launch

Recognize the new name? Awesomenautsfor the PS4 now has a brand new moniker —Awesomenauts: Assemble, and it’ll have all of the content of the PC version, as well as all futureStarstormexpansion content. Ronimo was originally aiming for a PlayStation 4 launch date, but if you noticed thatlist of confirmed launch games yesterday, they weren’t on it. They’re still putting the finishing touches to aim for a launch, but it’s not 100% yet, so it may end up a “launch window” situation....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Taylor Murphy

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be landing in Japanese arcades next week

I Got Next Arc System Works has announced that the arcade release of their crossover fighting gameBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battlewill be arriving at locations across Japan from next week. The arcade edition of the kinetic fighter, which stars characters from franchises such asPersona, Under Night In-Birth, RWBYandArcana Heart, will feature the latest balance edition of the home version, along with upcoming roster additionsTeddie, Seth, Aino Heart and Naoto Kurogane, all of whom will be arriving on PC and consoles as paid DLC next month....

May 30, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Jose Nielsen