Review round-up: The games of May 2013 May was largely a quiet month for new game releases. Despite what felt like a slower schedule, especially coming off of arather absurd April, here on Destructoid we did have a pair of 10s with the portableDonkey Kong Country Returns 3Dand captivating, clay-fueled puzzlerThe Swapper. Quantity isn’t everything! One thing is for sure, May presented us with an eclectic group of titles. Take a look at some of the genres represented in this breakdown of everything we covered....

The best way to a woman’s heart is to watch her dog. Today we’ve got a full house here on Destructoid. If you’re looking to fill your ears with the pleasant tones of Jim Sterling and Johnathan Holmes you’re able to check out today’s Podtoid, Max and Tara talk about Bioshock and Mechwarrior on The DTOID Show, Mash Tactics has something to do with apes, earmuffs are cool, OC Remix has a new Megaman inspired album,The Old Republicwill be free to play this weekend, plus a whole bunch more....

This is it, folks: theseason finaleof The Great Retro Quiz! Don’t fret, though; it will be back for an even better “Season 2” after a short break. I just need to tweak a few things — maybe hire twenty-five beautiful women to hold some metal cases — and, I don’t know, install aPlinkoboard or something. Yeah, the Great Retro Quiz!definitelyneeds a Plinko board.In the meantime, start studying up on things likeFinal Fantasy VI,Super Mario Bros....

The Adventures of Duane & Brand0 is a videogame rap duo that make awesome songs like the above video. They’re releasing their new album later this month! Should we boycottShadow Complex, the Destructoid Comic has been updated, we reviewedWolfenstein, Sega opens a theme park in Dubai, the Xbox 360 Elite is about to see a price drop and more wicked rad stuff happened over the weekend. Destructoid Originals:Guitar Hero 5 DLC won’t be compatible with Guitar Hero WorldThe Videogame Show What I’ve Done: BioShockThe Destructoid Comic: A new challenger appears!...

This game, you guys CD Projekt RED kicked off its summer conference with the release date forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt— it’s hitting PC, PS4, and Xbox One simultaneously on June 16, 2025. The standard edition includes the manual, aWitcheruniverse compendium, a game map, the soundtrack, and stickers at no additional cost. That’s what they could fit in the box. The company also detailed the collector’s edition, available by pre-order only, that contains a polystone statue, hardcover 200-age art book, wolf medallion, and a steelbook case....

Check out its raptastic opening right here Square Enix has announced that the anime adaptation of hip JRPGThe World Ends with Youwill premiere in Japan on April 8. The publisher released a new music video, which features a rap remix of the show’s original opening theme “Teenage City Riot” as performed by ALI and guest vocalist R-Shitei. The hype-looking series is a joint production of Domerica and Shin-Ei Animation and is a straight retelling of the narrative from the stylish 2007 DS/Switch release....

PS Plus members get SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny Out this week on PS3 and PS Vita is the lovable platformerThomas Was AlonefeaturingCross-Buy. It’s $9.99 (or $7.99 if you have a PlayStation Plus account) as of today in North America, with a European release happening tomorrow. Also expect to find a 20-level DLC pack ($2.99) about a square with a jetpack, plus a commentary mode for the main game. “Sony is a mega corporation; a big goliath of awesome tech and excellent button iconography,”wrote creator Mike Bithell....

Unless you’re a developer, it feels like quite a long time ago that Unity decided to metaphorically castrate itself with a new business idea. Pissing literally everyone off, the tech firm made plans to introduce aRuntime Feefor studios using its engine. The new tariff would effectively see developers having to pay every time someone downloaded a game that was built in Unity. As you can imagine, the backlash was strong. So strong, in fact, that the then-CEO, John Riccitiello,announced hewas leaving Unity....

A new series to help you start your day Over the last month of doingThe Daily Spelunk, one of the most frequent comments we received was that people liked having a little something to watch as they begin their morning routine. We liked that too, so that’s what we’re aiming for with a variety of games and the banter you’ve come to know and love. We’ll be switching games up frequently and we’re always down for requests to see us play specific titles....

Come on get happy Wattam, the new project fromKatmari DamacyandNoby Noby Boycreator Keita Takahashi, is really coming into its own. The last timeI went hands-on with it, I described it as “more toy than game,” but noted that it was infectiously joyful and that I’d still very much want to play the full thing. Two years later,Wattamhas more of a recognizable structure. It’s a little easier to pin down, conceptually, though try telling that to Brett....

InXDefiant,weapon choiceis only half the battle. You also need to consider the attachments, gadgets, and sidearms to bring along for the ride. This is a lot of choices to make with plenty of tweaking to be done, so it can help to have some assistance to get there. Here’s the best AK-47 loadout inXDefiant. The best loadout when using the AK-47 in XDefiant The AK-47 is a mid-rangepowerhousethat offers high damage with a low rate of fire....

If you’re a pinball wizard and want to win some accolades and prizes, get your ass to Mars. Zen Studios has announced a new tournament forPinball FX2centered around their newMarstable. The tournament starts tomorrow, April 29th, and you can enter your score until May 13th. The top three scores in the competition will win prize packs including Microsoft points, DVDs of movies based around Mars and download codes for some future Zen Studios releases....

‘Haha’ In this industry, Twitter is key. A lot of appointments are made and stories are scooped on the bite-sized social network. We talk on Twitter a lot. Sometimes, it’s even about videogames. There is a bot out there under the handle @wordnuvola, and it specializes in reading a person’s tweets, tabulating word usage, and using the data to create word clouds that allow a viewer to visualize it all. The more frequently a word is used, the larger it appears in the word cloud....