Promoted from our community blogs [I remember licensed games being the bane of my existence when I was younger. It was like the glut of shovelware that plagues us nowadays, including Early Access games. I couldn’t look past a shelf without seeing some movie tie-in game. Since then, they’ve made a quiet comeback when I wasn’t looking. ~Marcel] When I was a kid in the early aughts, licensed games were a dime a dozen....

There will be three pieces of DLC in all Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battledrops on the Nintendo Switch later this month, and I’m more excited about a game with that title than I ever dreamed possible. We now have news that Mario’s crossover with the Rabbids will include a season pass, which consists of three pieces of downloadable content. The first piece of content adds eight bonus steampunk weapons to the game....

Author Jonny Walls is soon to publish a new book that studiesThe Legend of Zeldafrom a Christian perspective.The Legend of Zelda and Theologyaims to show how the fiction ofZeldaall points to and relates to God — that’s theChristianGod Yahweh, not any of the 10,000 other ones. “TheLegend of Zeldais the Beatles of video games. I wasn’t just playing a game — I was living out an ancient mythology … discovering lost lands, solving riddles, avoiding traps and wiping out evil....

Usually when studios have nothing more to offer publicly than a logo, it’s difficult to visualize what their game is going to be about, assuming it’s an original intellectual property. This teaser for Tomorrow Corporation’sLittle Infernohas me dreaming up the possibilities. The team — which is made up of Kyle Gabler (World of Goo), Allan Blomquist (World of GooWii), and Kyle Gray (Henry Hatsworth) — promises to deliver the “first bits of real info” in the coming days....

2D cover-based shooter slides to May 14 I feel like one of the few remaining people on staff who hasn’t triedNot a Hero, the upcoming action game fromOlliOllistudio Roll7, but that’s fully on me.There’s a demo! Publisher Devolver Digital has sent word that the game will arrive a week later than previously expected.Not a Herois now releasing on Steam and GOG.com on May 14 to “crank that shit up to 60 frames per second,” according to today’s press release....

For some reason, when I first heard the nameGrandpa Danger, my mind immediately went to “stranger danger,” a phrase parents teach their children in order to avoid pedophiles. Thankfully, Grandpa doesn’t touch any youngsters in his 2007 mini-game collectionZettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan DS, released in Japan by Kids Station for the Nintendo DS. However, he does a lot of other things here that would indicate he is completely insane. According tothis trailerfor the anime on which it is based, Grandpa Danger is constantly trying to teach his grandson various life lessons (and failing miserably)....

It’s not even rare yet! I don’t carewhat the Simpsons told you, depending on the kindness of strangers won’t get you anywhere. Now greed, on the other hand —that’san emotion we can all rely on! Some enterprisingjerks assholesmonsters have startedselling pre-orderson eBay for an inflated price, even though (at press time) pre-orders haven’t sold out yet. The most expensive auction isthis one, at $600 god damn United States Dollars. You won’t even get it at launch!...

War never changes Electronic Arts has filed a new trademark with theEuropean Union Intellectual Property Officefor a project known asPlants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. There are no substantial details relating to this mystery title, but the trademark conveniently comes while the publisher is at work on a newPvZentry for PS4 and Xbox One. Select players were recently invited by email tobeta test this console release, currently known only as “Picnic”....

If you know someone who you think might be a Pokéholic, perhaps you ought to send them to Pokéholics Anonymous before they can do further damage to themselves or others. This is the latest release fromUnderbelly, who once again brought backStuart Zagnit, the original voice of Professor Oak in thePokémonanimated series, to introduce the video. As a whole, there are some pretty solid moments of comedy, though it might run a tad long....

Here are all three starters Welp, the madmen did it. Today during a specialNintendo Direct, the publisher unveiled the eighth generation ofPokémon:SwordandShield. While keeping things mostly vague (as to dole out drip-fed information via CoroCoro, E3, and various Directs), we did get some in-game footage and a bit of data.SwordandShieldwill be in a new region (Galar) with “never before seen Pokémon,” and naturally, will arrive on the Switch. you may check out all three starters (Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble) below....

Up for pre-loading on Xbox One How much room is left on your Xbox One? I have no idea. I don’t think I’ve had to delete anything yet, but I also don’t use it that much. Anyways, I ask because the standaloneWolfensteinprequel,The Old Blood, comes out next week and is eligible topre-loadif you’ve already pre-ordered it on Xbox One. Which is good, because the $20 game clocks in at a big, bad 37....

Korean rating board classification Want to feel old?Resident Evil 6(PS3, 360, PC) is three years old. The last mainlineResident Evilreceived a pretty mixed reception and the only new entry planned for next year’s 20th anniversary year is the multiplayer shooterBiohazard: Umbrella Corps. We still seem far fromResident Evil 7if recent Capcomcommentsare any indication. Meanwhile, though, Capcom seems content with re-releasing past games in the series. The Korean Game Rating Board ratedResident Evil 6for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, as spotted byGematsu....

More than just pretty lights For the last couple months, I’ve been using a $2 keyboard that I bought because I built a PC with leftover parts I had, and needed something functional for Destructoid. While my main PC has aRazer BlackWidow Ultimate, that’s the family computer, meaning my little brother is glued to it constantly playingFinal Fantasy XIV. Since Destructoid has been making an effort to do more hardware reviews, we visited with Logitech during GDC, where we were given the rundown on its new keyboard, the G610 Orion Brown, and its new wireless mouse, the G900 Chaos Spectrum (expect a review for that too)....