Little King’s Story coming to PC in early 2016

XSEED behind new HD remaster Little King’s Storyis coming to Windows PC in early 2016, XSEED has announced. The new version is a visually-enhanced port of the Wii original that XSEED (along with its parent company Marvelous and European distributor Rising Star Games) released back in 2009. Speaking with Destructoid earlier this week, XSEED Executive Vice President Ken Berry told me the PC version is an initiative XSEED began and is overseeing, rather than Marvelous HQ in Japan....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Luke Brown

Mario & Luigi: Brothership — Release date and trailer

Everyone’s favorite Italian plumbers are teaming up again for the first time in nine years, withMario & Luigi: Brothershipheading to Nintendo Switch consoles worldwide later this year. If you’re keen to get your hands on it, but don’t know when, then don’t worry, as I have the release date. Announced during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct, the long-running and ultra-popular RPG series is back, and the only thing more powerful than friendship is… Brothership?...

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Alyssa Valdez

Miyamoto is embarrassed of Super Mario Bros. 3

When I look back atSuper Mario Bros 3, I have fond memories. It’s still one of my favorite platformers. But its creator, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, feels a little embarrassed when he looks at it these days. “I look back and play some of these games and there are a lot of places where, to be honest, I’m a little embarrassed,” he told Techland. “I look atSuper Mario3, and was like, ‘This was it?...

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Michael Howell

New Alone in the Dark gets first trailer day after pre-order details

Alone in the dark together Yesterday,Alone in the Dark: Illuminationwent up for pre-order on Steam. The “Eldritch Edition,” as it were, with a mildly reduced price, exclusive weapon and character skins, blah blah blah. Today, Atari is finally showing video of the game. Sort of cocked up the order there, eh? Also, you can’t call afour player co-op game“Alone in the Dark.” I mean, you can, but come the heck on....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Denise Taylor

New Challenger’s spoof on Ocean Marketing is classic

It’s been an interesting 24 hours if you’ve been following Paul Christoforo of Ocean Marketing’sshenanigans. If you’re not familiar with the situation, you should probably crawl out from under your rock or something. Basically, Christoforo attacked one of his customers after said customer inquired about the controller he was supposed to get. Penny Arcade’s Mike Krahulik got involved, and ever since then it’s gotten crazier and crazier as the story developed....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Sara Rodriguez

New Final Fantasy title is not called ‘Lightning Saga’

The name Lightning Saga has been going around lately, and with an announcement set for next month, people are putting two and two together. Not so fast, says Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase viaTwitter. While the content of the upcoming Tokyo stage event will surround the Lightning Saga, this is not the name of the game they’ll announce at the event. He does confirm that we will get the actual title of the new game or project at the event, though....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Randall Green

New gameplay trailer for Space Invaders: Infinity Gene

Taito has just updated itsYouTube channelwith a new official trailer for its upcoming iPhone title,Space Invaders: Infinity Gene. This is the game whose announcement had my heart all afluttera few weeks back, and now we’re getting a look at the actual iPhone version instead of the Japanese mobile phone footage. Nice and vertical, just the way I like it. Things are looking razor-sharp, and the pace has me drooling for it already....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Joel Jenkins

Nintendo Download: Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection

Also,Super Mega Baseball 4 The age-oldEtrian Odysseyseries returns in the form of a collection, to spice up this week’s offerings on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Comprised of the first three entries “remastered in HD” for 80 bucks, you can also snag them separately if you want. Given that these games run roughly 50 hours each (or more), you could probably last the whole month on them! Loop8: Summer of Gods(which we have a review for!...

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Alyssa Johnson

Nintendo is hosting a launch livestream for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

See some gameplay right before the game’s out With just a week left, the wait forThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomisn’t long now. And leading up to that launch, Nintendo is hosting a special livestream for one last hands-offTears of the Kingdomlook before you can go hands-on. Next week, on May 11, Nintendo of America is hosting a launch event livestream forTears of the Kingdom. This will featurefour Nintendo Treehouse: Live segments, with gameplay fromThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Michael Davidson

No Scope Arcade codes (August 2025) [UPDATE]

Updated: June 10, 2025 We searched for new codes! If you got rejected by Faze clan, you either don’t have enough clout or can’t no-scope. Let’s be honest. It’s probably the second thing, which is why you will needNo-Scope Arcadecodes to improve your skills and maybe achieve greatness. These codes will grant you level-ups and extra weapons, but you will get these goodies only if you redeem the codes fast—they won’t stay active forever....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Jonathan Anderson

Not-review: Raskulls

Raskullsis a game that Destructoid has been covering since it was little more than a name and a piece of concept art. The art style was instantly endearing and we had a feeling that Australian studio Halfbrick had the potential to create a winner. In the time sinceRaskulls‘ announcement, Halfbrick has become a major player in the mobile gaming market with hits likeFruit NinjaandMonster Dash. Now, if the critics are to be believed,Raskullsis on the road to becoming a hit on Xbox Live Arcade....

July 20, 2025 · 4 min · 765 words · Wendy Mcpherson

Pseudoregalia is a magical platforming Metroidvania gem

3D platformers have made something of a resurgence in recent years in the indie scene. Titles likeA Hat in TimeandFrogunshow there’s a market for inventive platforming ideas with amazing worlds to explore. Many of these take inspiration from N64 titles likeSuper Mario 64andBanjo-Kazooiein various factors, echoing a time when 3D platformers were more common while remaining accessible to modern audiences.Pseudoregaliaby developer rittzler is no exception to this, but that doesn’t stop it from being excellent....

July 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1033 words · Amber Dean

Ramattra will be your next Overwatch 2 hero

Rumors did not have it Signs pointed toa big reveal of Maugaas the next hero to join theOverwatch 2cast at tonight’s Overwatch League Grand Finals. But, signs are often wrong, and during the event, a different character was revealed to be joining the fight next. An omnic and the leader of Null Sector,Ramattrawill be the next tank to join the roster inOverwatch 2season 2. Ramattra is on a mission to make the world a better place for the omnics by any means necessary....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Barbara Stein