Still not feeling it Lost Planet 3is still set for an August release date, which could have fooled me, given how little we’ve heard about it this yearoutside of a delay. But the radio silence ends today as a new multiplayer trailer has surfaced, showing off some of the game’s combat, and tactics, like upgradeable tools and abilities. A classicCounterstrikestyleDemolition bomb-defusal mode also looks like a go, and we get a closer look at the new first-person mech gameplay....

Bags are packed, mobile phones and power banks are charged, and the community is complaining about the smallest of things? Must be a Pokémon Go Fest coming up, and I’m all here for it! I plan to attend the Paris Go Fest in-person event in June (even if it has, by far, some of the worst Pokémon on offer in comparison to New Jersey’s Bombadier and Osaka’s Drampa spawns) and have been diligently preparing for the trip by saving up Poké Balls, Lures, Egg Incubators, and everything else I need to maximize my chances of finding my Shiny Pokémon targets....

It didn’t used to be this way Last generation, the relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo was a disaster. The Wii U just wasn’t selling: but that situation was perpetuated by third parties who refused to develop anything but poor ports for it, further bringing the Wii U down into a vicious spiral. Ubisoft was a chief architect of abandoning the hardware quickly. AfterZombiUat launch, the publisher quickly backtracked, actually taking away the previously announced Wii U exclusivity ofRayman Legendsin a near-unprecedented fashion....

Last week saw the release of DeepSeek, a cheaper alternative to ChatGPT from a Chinese AI company that is now seriously disrupting the world of AI.According to the BBC, DeepSeek has now overthrown all competition to become the most downloaded free app in the United States. DeepSeek’s impact has been so profound it caused the stock of giants such as Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta to drop considerably, and now casts a huge shadow of uncertainty over the future of its competitors....

It’s me!A couple weeks ago I shot a segment for theSpike VGAnomination special forGameTrailers TVand it is airingtonight(onSpike,midnight EST)! So, watch it! And also watch theactualVGAson Sunday night. I am going to be there and will try my darndest to get on camera to promote Destructoid as much as possible. Who is that strange man with his head upEliza Dushku’s dress yelling “Also, cocks!” and “amazing!”? Oh, it’s Chad!As for how I did ontonight’sshow?...

InWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, one of the new Hero Talents for the Death Knight class is the Deathbringer. It is one of three Hero Talents available for Death Knight alongside San’layn and Ride of the Apocalypse. Deathbringer is available to both Frost and Blood Death Knights. Here are all of the Hero Talents for Deathbringer Death Knight inWoW: The War Within. All Deathbringer Death Knight Hero Talents Deathbringer excels at melee combat using the Power of the Maw....

Bound by the Flaming Maw of a Final Showdown Three more Xbox 360 games were added to the Xbox One’s backward compatibility list today, making over250 gamesavailable on the current-gen console. This was announced by Major Nelson in a tweet which contained some box art shots for the added titles. Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown,Bound by FlameandThe Maware now downloadable to any users who previously bought them (or any prospective buyers)....

Observer too We’ve fallen into something of a weekly routine here. As long as Epic keeps giving away free games every week, we’re gonna keep writing about them. Last week, I feigned enthusiasm forSurviving Mars(Ha, you were deceived!), a Paradox-published city builder about colonizing Mars. This week, the enthusiasm is real — and you have my word that I won’t pop back up next Thursday to tell you that you were tricked again....

The Lord Humungus header is mandatory Did you find yourself seething with jealousy about a week ago whenJimmy Fallon got a chance to demo the Nintendo Switchin person onThe Tonight Show? Did you find yourself desperately hoping that you, too, could potentially try out Nintendo’s highly anticipated console prior to itsexpected March 2017 launch? Come early February, you may be able to do just that. Of course, this is provided that you’re either in, or are willing to brave a trip to, Australia; a country that’s often portrayed as a post-apocalyptic wasteland thanks in part to the popularity of documentaries such as theMad Maxseries....

If you’ve beenon the Internet at all, you’ve seen the “This is Fine” dog, also known as Question Hound. KC Green (Gunshow,HE IS A GOOD BOY) is the artist behind it, and he just launched a crowdfunding campaign for Question Hound’s very own platformer. TheKickstarterfor the appropriately titledThis is Fine: Maximum Copewent live earlier today with a goal of US$50,000. The campaign video includes some footage of the platformer in action, but Green is quick to remind everyone that the assets and video are in the early prototype stage....

New trailer incoming soon [Update:Square Enix has officially released theRe:Mindtrailer, which you can check out below. Contains spoilers for the end ofKingdom Hearts III.] During last night’sKingdom Hearts Orchestra World of Tresconcert in Los Angeles, Square Enix gave audience members an early glimpse at the trailer forRe:Mind,the DLC expansion for their epic RPG sequelKingdom Hearts III.It was announced that the expansion will be arriving on PS4 and Xbox One this winter....

The de Rune children will guard your mantle One of the more “off-radar” releases of 2022 is Asobo Studio’s grim-looking sequelA Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to cult 2019 stealth adventureA Plague Tale: Innocence.I’m very much a proponent of that release, which took me by surprise with its passion, artistic integrity, and compelling characters and setting. While the sequel’s release date is still something of a mystery, publisher Focus Entertainment has revealed several pre-order bonuses, as well as an impressive Collector’s Edition....

Yunara is one of the highlights of the mid-2025 patch planned forLeague of Legends, and her abilities have now been confirmed. The new champion will be added to the game as part of Patch 25.14, so we will still have to wait a few weeks at least. Based on the rumors, she will be obtainable for free via different challenges (Riot is yet to reveal more details about that). Ultimately, it will all boil down to her abilities and how she can rearrange the existing meta....