Dynasty Warriors producer hints at incoming anniversary announcements

Grab your Kwan Do and saddle up This weeksees the 20th anniversaryof Koei Tecmo’s epic war seriesDynasty Warriors, celebrating two decades of countryside-clearing carnage. And if fans were concerned that the occasion was going to pass by without any new announcements, then they can allay those fears for the time being. Speaking in an interview with Japanese gaming journal Weekly Famitsu,Dynasty Warriorsseries producer Akihiro Suzuki has hinted that there is exciting news on the horizon regarding the series....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Sara Alexander

EA FC 25: How to complete Salem Al Dawsari Squad Foundations SBC

The Salem Al Dawsari Squad Foundations SBC is now live inEA FC 25, and you can earn a pretty good budget item to your Ultimate Team squad. The latest challenge also marks the introduction of the Roshn Saudi League squad foundations, and you can earn two more promo cards from objectives. To get Dawsari, the SBC has to be completed before it expires from Ultimate Team. Let’s take a look at how to unlock the item, and if you should invest your resources to complete it....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 214 words · Mark Green

EA vs. Zynga: Zynga hits back, says EA is a copycat too

The supervillain slapfight of the century was initiated on Friday, with EA announcing thatit would take Zynga to courtfor copyingThe Sims Social. Today, Zynga has fired its opening salvo in response, accusing EA of copyingCityVille. Oh, this is delicious. “We are committed to creating the most fun, innovative, social and engaging games in every major genre that our players enjoy,” Zynga claimed in a statement. “The Villeis the newest game in our ‘ville’ franchise — it builds on every major innovation from our existing invest-and-express games dating back toYoVilleand continuing throughCityVilleandCastleVille, and introduces a number of new social features and game mechanics not seen in social games today....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Rebecca Frederick

FIFA 21 debuts atop the UK Charts, but physical sales continue to slump

Crash Bandicoot 4 usurped after one week Despite the provenstaying presenceof Crash Bandicoot in the UK Charts, this week sees Activision’sCrash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Timeknocked from the number one spot after just one week by Electronic Arts’ annual football release,FIFA 21. But despite this seemingly mighty power play,GamesIndustry.biznotes that theFIFAseries continues to see physical sales plummet year-on-year, with the 2021 edition down 43% on physical launch sales on last year’sFIFA 20....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 193 words · Edward Gregory

Fortnite introduces the respawn friendly ‘Playgrounds’ mode

I no longer fear death The latest addition toFortnite’srepertoire of game modes is “Playgrounds.” This mode sees players given a time limit (rather than a single life) to explore the game’s map, build plenty of forts and kill to their heart’s content. It almost sounds like a tutorial for the regular battle royale option, since all treasure chests and ammo crates will be spawned and you’ll be able to re-drop at any point....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · James Morris

Forza Horizon 2 will reach its ‘End of Life’ status next month

Game to be delisted from Xbox Live Marketplace WhenForza Horizon 2was announced as a freebie for“Games with Gold” this month, many people speculated that the game would be reaching its “End of Life” status. Thishappened two years priorto its predecessor, so it only made sense. Turns out that guessing was true, as Turn 10 has announced thatHorizon 2will be delisted from the Xbox Live Marketplace on July 22, 2025. Just as with the firstHorizon, the game and all of its DLC will be unavailable after that date....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Chelsea Wells

Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack hits tomorrow

The open world ofForza Horizonwill journey off the beaten path tomorrow, December 18 with the release of theRally Expansion Pack(1600 Microsoft Points). Free for season pass owners, this downloadable content adds five vehicles, mulitplayer rally and career events, and Rivals challenges, among other things. Using rally-minded parts, players will be able to customize any of the vehicles inHorizonfor off-road use, so you aren’t restricted to sticking with those five cars for the purposes of theRally Expansion....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Amy Harvey

Game Critics announce ‘Best of E3 2012’ nominees

Every year, judges selected from a variety of outlets (including Destructoid) are asked to vote for their favorite games shown at E3. The nominations are in and you’re able to probably guess who made the cut for the “best in show” top prize. Assassin’s Creed III,DishonoredandHalo 4top a list notable for its lack of surprises. In any case, the complete ignorance ofDragon Commanderin any of the nominations is enough for me to throw a glass at the wall and stomp off angrily....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 718 words · Kimberly Frank

Get tangled up in the first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer from Telltale

The Gang Saves the Day We first saw Telltale’s take onGuardians of the Galaxyin early-ish March when ahandful of screenshotswere revealed ahead of PAX East. Now we get to see the crew in action, as Telltale has released a trailer for the series. Although, “in action” is a bit of a nebulous concept here. Relatively few shots are of anything combative. The majority of the trailer is dedicated to the gang crackin’ wise and a very slow descent down an elevator....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Matthew Sullivan

Hellraid announced: co-op slasher for Xbox 360, PS3, PC

Coming this year Techland, the folks behindDead Island, Call of Juarezand others, have just announced their next title, a co-op first-person slasher calledHellraid. This game is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year. They call this two games in one. There’s a story campaign for single-player play, and then a co-op, four-player multiplayer side that has the group fighting hell monsters and each other. Hellraidcombines bits from hack & slash games, RPGs, shooters, and other online multiplayer games....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Jesus Morris

Honkai: Star Rail Aetherium Wars event guide

Honkai: Star RailVersion 1.4 has introduced an exciting event called Aetherium Wars. In this event, players are tasked with collecting Aether Spirits to build their armies and engage in battles. Similar to a card game, players can gather these spirits using Aether Coins. Keep reading for more information on theHonkai: Star RailAetherium Wars event. How to Participate in the Aetherium Wars Event in Honkai: Star Rail To participate in the Aetherium Wars event, players must complete the Trailblaze Mission “Jarilo-VI – Future Market (II)....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Ann Barrett

How to complete the Choo-Choo Station Mystery in Infinity Nikki

Once you’ve completed Chapter 3 inInfinity Nikki, you’ll unlock a whole new selection of quests to complete and mysteries to unravel. One of them, the Choo-Choo Station Mystery, will need solving soon into Chapter 4, allowing you to progress. You’ll need to have a couple of things checked off before you can try to get to grips with this mystery: Once you’ve done so, you can use the eastern Skypass at Handsome Lads Circus to travel over to Choo-Choo Station....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 604 words · Ashley Levine

How you can get unlimited tactical sprint in Warzone Season 4

Does unlimited tactical sprint inWarzonesound ridiculous? It is a little bit. But it’s coming to the standard battle royale mode on Urzikstan for Season 4. Don’t worry, it won’t be so available that everyone on the map will have it all the time or anything. It’s not a free perk you turn on in your loadouts either, it actually has to do with secret bunkers around the map. Unlimited tactical sprint in Warzone Along with the specialist perk package, therecent patch notes for Season 4revealed Tactical Sprint Boots are coming to Urzikstan, the big map forWarzone....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Sandra Barnes