South Park Studios fighting THQ for IP rights

Legal stuff South Park Studioshas filed an objectionin court to prevent the sale ofSouth Park: The Stick of Truthin THQ’s bankruptcy asset sale taking place later today unless certain conditions are met. South Park Studios wants the right to deny the sale unless they’ve given their approval to the bidder, get adequate assurance of future performance, and receive $2.275 million in allegedly defaulted payments. South Park Studios asserts that, if these conditions are not met, they have the right to buy back the game themselves for the exact cost THQ has put into the project....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Robert Vega

Steam Machines are for people who already have PCs

Valve will rule our living rooms Valve has been stepping up its game lately. For years the company has been dominating the PC gaming space, and now it wants to take a leap into your living room withSteam Machines,SteamOS, and theSteam Controller. Valve has lined up some great partners and supporters so far, including Nvidia, Paradox, Double Fine, and several others. Will you buy a Steam Machine? I will, and if these had been available a year ago I would have bought one of these instead of the PlayStation 3 that’s hooked up to our TV right now....

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1246 words · Mario Savage

Super Sonico and DOA’s Ayane join Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash

Super Smash Sisters Ayane joinsMarie Rose and HonokafromDead or Alivein the water-gun third-person shooterSenran Kagura: Peach Beach Splashvia DLC. Super Sonico was also justannounced in a stream. Images on the threeDead or Alivecharacters are now available along with character details such as their blood-type, favorite food, measurements, and hobbies. Each will sell for 700 yen ($6) individually, and the set of all three will be 1800 yen ($16). Additional outfits range from 150 yen ($1....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Taylor Kennedy

Team Fortress 2sdays: Between 2fort, now 80% chillier

Shooty, shooty, pow, pow! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to Team Fortress 2sdays. It looks like your old pal Chilly (that’s me) is gonna be the nextvictimguest on the always popular Q&A show, Between 2Fort, hosted by the one and only Shadow. Now, I don’t want to steal any of Shadow’s thunder, so I’ll let him give all the juicy details: Next Thursday (1/29/15) at 9:30 EST or 7:30 PST, our very ownBill Plattaka ChillyBilly is going to “come between the forts” for an exciting, and hopefully bloody, interview....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Kimberly Houston MD

Terry Cavanagh’s Dicey Dungeons rolls onto Steam next month

Snake eyes Indie developer Terry Cavanagh, famous forVVVVVVandSuper Hexagon, will be releasing his next project on Steam in a few weeks. CalledDicey Dungeons, the game is a deck-building, roguelike RPG with a cartoony art style based around gambling. There’s goofy looking dice, colorful fruits, and crazy wizards. I’m not quite sure how that all fits together, but it looks delightful. you’re able to currentlywishlight the game on Steamahead of its August 13 release date....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Annette Warner

The 10 Best 2 player PS5 games

Sifting through the many games on your PlayStation 5 can be a drag. When it comes to playing with a friend, there are going to be some limitations depending on the titles. So, if you want to get a list of some of the best 2-player PS5 games out right now, check out our list. The best 2 player games on the PS5 This list will include games that have appeared on the PlayStation 4....

July 11, 2025 · 5 min · 1022 words · John Crawford

The Fight.Destructoid.com Fight Manual

Since the launch ofFight.destructoid.com, I hope that some of you guys have had a chance to check out this awesome new way to play against your fellow Dtoiders. We are really excited to provide the community with a system which gives rewards for playing games with each other. In order to help provide a better experience with Fight.destructoid, I have written up this little walkthrough on how you can manage your games, find matches with your friends, and start earning points!...

July 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1098 words · Kimberly Hubbard

There are a ton of Gamescom reveals set for today, come watch them with us here

THQ Nordic, Life is Strange 2, Deep Silver, and Bandai Namco are confirmed Gamescom 10 kicks off today in Cologne, Germany, and there’s already a ton of announcements pre-planned for it.Life is Strange 2is getting its first trailer, THQ Nordic is going to reveal something new, and Deep Silver and Bandai Namco are doing the same. Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm,andStarcraftall have spots to present at Gamescom — though no content is specifically confirmed....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Brandon Hunter

This “Arachnophobia” mod for Black Myth: Wukong replaces the spiders with… Astro Bot

Black Myth: WukongandAstro Botare two amazing AAA video games that came out in 2024 and gamers all around the world received them so well that The Game Awards nominated both for GOTY. Now, both of these incredible experiences join forces in this adorable but hilarious fan-made mod. SnailSaber is a Modder/Youtuber/Redditorwho recently shared his brand-new “Arachnophobia” mod forBlack: Myth Wukong, which replaces the swarm of little spiders that come out of the Violet Spider boss with a bunch of little Astros, the titular main character ofAstro Bot....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Bonnie Miles

TimeSplitters Rewind now targeting a 2017 release

Pictured: Our crystallized hopes and dreams A fan-made, Crytek-approvedTimeSplittersproject is the stuff of dreams. That’s what we’re meant to get withTimeSplitters Rewind, the long-talked-about multiplayer-only mashup of Free Radical’s zany first-person shooter series. Yep, the game is still coming, and now it’s due out this year. That tidbit — a date change from “2018” to “2017” — is all we’re getting out of this teaser. You aren’t going to see any footage of shotgun-wielding ducks or skeleton men wrapped in green flames....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Gina Riley

Twin Peaks: Into The Night is a fan’s dream game

But who is the dreamer? There is no shortage ofgames that claimTwin Peaksas a primary inspiration, but the legendary TV multimedia experience is yet to take the leap into a full game adaptation. And it’s not out of a lack of interest in the medium from its creators.Twin Peakswriter and director David Lynch once started to work on a game that would continue the series calledWoodcutters From Fiery Ships, and Mark Frost, Twin Peak’s co-writer, met with the creators ofLink’s Awakeningto give them a few ideas....

July 11, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · David Ochoa

Twitch announces Minecraft streaming partnership

Broadcast Minecraft on PC or Mac Today at Minecon 2013, Mojang announced a partnership with Twitch. Broadcasting ofMinecraftwill come to both PC and Mac users through Twitch’s integrated streaming platform. They say that the streaming functionality will be live “soon.” “Minecraft has struck a very powerful chord with the Twitch community,” said Matthew DiPietro, VP of Marketing, Twitch. “Its constantly escalating popularity illustrates that people love to watch video games outside of the headline grabbing eSports titles....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Andrew Jenkins

Uh oh: Reports of PS4 hardware failures have begun

Sony believes them to be isolated incidents What’s the risk for being an early adopter? One very realistic concern, especially with regard to new videogame consoles, is that you’ll receive a broken product. That’s what a few people that have already gotten their hands on PlayStation 4s are experiencing. It hasn’t even properly released to the public yet, but there are already a handful of reports of hardware failures. The problem, as reported byCVG, seems to stem from faulty HDMI ports....

July 11, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Kevin Peterson