Confirmed: Silver DualShock 3 is like a black DualShock but in silver

Sony was nice enough to send along one of its new, fancy Satin Silver Dual Shock 3 controllers to the Destructoid Baltimore offices to check out. It arrived today, and after prying the peripheral from its thick plastic, dangerous-to-open retail chamber of death, our findings aren’t surprising. It’s exactly like the black DualShock 3 controller. But it’s silver. Of course, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you prefer the color silver over the color black....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · Crystal Phelps

Contest: Win Hotshot Racing for Xbox One, PS4, or PC

Grab your aviators In today’s contest you can winHotshot Racingfor Xbox One, PS4, or PC! Racing sims are for the birds — arcade games are where it’s at! If you disagree, find another contest, because this one is all about arcadey racerHotshot Racing, which just hit PC and consoles. You know the drill, folks! The ’90s are back withHotshot Racing, the new arcade racing game from industry veterans who worked on classics of the genre....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Sarah Estes

Contest: Win Remnant: From the Ashes and its new Swamps of Corsus DLC

PS4 and Xbox One In today’s contest, you can win a copy ofRemnant: From the Ashesand its Swamps of Corsus DLC for PS4 and Xbox One! What’s better than giving away a game? Giving away a game and its DLC. That way, you get double the stuff for free! On the menu today isRemnant: From the Ashesand its new DLC Swamps of Corsus, where you can win on PS4 and Xbox One!...

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Tony Ball

Cyberpunk 2077 dev warns players to check their PCs’ cooling ahead of 2.0 update

Cyberpunk 2077fans may find the game significantly heavier on their PC hardware than ever before, according to CD Projekt Red’s Lead Scene Programmer Filip Pierściński. Ahead ofthe release of Cyberpunk 2077 2.0, it appears we should brace for the game’s performance to change. More specifically, Pierściński claims that the game will now “use all [the CPU power] you have,” with the expected processor workload being around 90% on an eight-core system....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Mark Gutierrez

Day 2 of Rocket League’s World Championships has no winners, just survivors and disappointed players

Surprisingly, NRG and G2 both go two and out The Rocket League World Championships are three days long, and the middle day is the one that feels most eminently unfair. On Sunday, someone will be crowned champion. On Friday, the worst possible result in this double elimination tournament is taking a single loss. Saturday is the grueling day. Saturday is when dreams start shattering. The RLCS bracket splinters to separate those who have lost a matchup from those who have not....

May 26, 2025 · 5 min · 926 words · Daniel Jones

Dead Space 2 and 3 are now playable on Xbox One

Poor old Isaac And with that, theDead Spacetrilogy is now playable on Xbox One. Dead Spacebecame backward compatible last year, and as of today,Dead Space 2andDead Space 3are tagging along too. If you no longer have your Xbox 360 game discs, all three limb-blasting space-horror adventures are available for purchase digitally (those three links point to the store listings). Personally speaking, the timing here is fortuitous.Dead Spacehas been fresh on my mind this whole week since watching Mark Brown’s “The Design of Dead Space” video for his wonderful Game Maker’s Toolkit series....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Dawn Martin

Delightful puzzle game GNOG comes to PC and Mac

Highly recommended for VR owners KO_OP’s puzzlebox gameGNOGreminded me of playingwith Mighty Max toys as a kid. After making the rounds on PlayStation 4 and iOS, the super-polished puzzler is now available on PC and Mac. This is best played in virtual reality, so if you own Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, I’d definitely give it a go. It’s a short but memorable game that doesn’t waste any of your time....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · James Reyes

Disney Dreamlight Valley fans, what do you think of the Unwritten Realms update?

Disney Dreamlight Valley’sUnwritten Realms update is here to expandThe Storybook Vale’sstory, introducing a second chapter to this three-part adventure. While it’s had its ups and downs, I’ve overall had a blast with this expansion, especially with this particular chapter. I was already a fan ofThe Storybook Valefrom the get-go. Although I had mixed feelings about farming Snippets for hours, and I do wish there was more variety in companion types, I was able to look past this once I finished the first chapter....

May 26, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Sara Flowers

DNF Duel ‘single’ modes include Story, Arcade, and Survival

Does not play well with others It’s been a long,longtime, but we’re now only a short month away from the launch of Nexon’s plucky underdog fighterDNF Duel.Following on from an array of character trailers and a semi-successful beta test, the great-looking punchfest will finally launch on PlayStation and PC platforms June 28. To help keep the fans’ hype fires stoked, Nexon released ashort new trailertaking a look at the title’s single-player options....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Julian Yoder

E.X. Troopers will probably never come to the West

Guess it’s time to import the damn thing Capcom has done just about everything possible to waste any consumer goodwill they’ve built up over the years. Even recentattempts to reconcile with fanshave been met with scorn by some. The other day, I surmised that even if Capcom were to bend over backwards to please fans, at this point, they’d likely just get called out for being spineless. Unfortunately though, this news regardingLost Planetspin-offE....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Emily Stewart

EA announces NFL Blitz revival, January 2012 on PSN/XBLA

Midway’sNBA Jamcaptured the hearts of millions of gamers back in the early ’90s, but the company scored an equally big hit with its late-’90s smash-mouth football series,NFL Blitz. However, it’s been nearly a decade sinceBlitzwas relevant — high time, some might say, for a renewal of the football classic in which you needed 30 yards, not ten, for a first down. At long last, EA has confirmed therumors, announcing today that an all-newBlitztitle, simply calledNFL Blitz, is set to hit Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network for $14....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Laura Mercer

EA will be adding ‘No Room For Racism’ player kits to FIFA 20

‘There’s #NoRoomForRacism in football’ [Update:Additional emphasis that this kit/stadium theme will not cost anything to download.] Electronic Artshas revealeda “No Room For Racism” player kit and stadium theme forFIFA 20. The free strip is released in conjunction with the Premier League’s new anti-racism campaign, that was birthed following the abuse that took place during a Euro 2020 qualifier on October 14, which saw England playing away at Bulgaria. During the match, England players were beset with racist jeers and hand signals from some Bulgarian fans, leading to two play stoppages in the first half....

May 26, 2025 · 2 min · 236 words · Danielle Crawford

Ed Sheeran is in love with the shape of Mew

Pokémon Go to thepollsconcert Digital concerts have become must-see events over the past few years with huge artists likeAriana Grandeand Lil Nas X “performing” their hit songs on the video game stages ofFortniteandRoblox, respectively. The Pokémon franchise has also got in on the action witha concert earlier this year featuring Post Maloneto celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Next week,Pokémon Gois joining in on the fun with a concert from Ed Sheeran....

May 26, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Dawn Jones