Chatting with Freddie Wong and the VGHS crew In May 2011, independent film studioRocket JumplaunchedVideo Game High School, a web series about a talented FPS player and his struggle to fit in the videogame equivalent toHarry Potter‘s Hogwarts. Now with over 55 million total views under its belt, the show enters itssecond seasonwith increased fervor. Season 1 was an experiment for the creative team, who had up until then had been more accustomed to shooting bite-sized YouTube videos....

It looks sufficiently One Piece One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2is coming soon to Japan, and to celebrate, a short new commercial spot has aired. The sequel tothe originalPirate Warriorswill have new modes, characters, and stages. Right now it’s scheduled for a PlayStation 3 and Vita release on March 20th, with a domestic release to follow at some point in the summer. Sadly, a domestic release of the Vita versionis not in the cards, so you’ll have to deal with the console experience only....

Does not test your electrical engineering knowledge, thankfully While most music-based games focus onmaintaining rhythmor use the sound togenerate gameplay elements,Circuitstakes a bit of a different approach. Taking on a much slower pace, Circuits tasks players with listening to a musical piece, then reconstructing that piece using a predetermined template and several small chunks of melody and rhythm to place in the template. Though the video above shows off the minimalist art style that led toits namesake, the video below does a better job explaining how one actually playsCircuits....

The damage in multiplayer was a mistake With last month’sre-release ofGears of Waron Xbox One, we’ve been thinking about the active reload system a lot.Steven wroteabout the mechanic out of a preview event, and wondered why it wasn’t a bigger part ofGears‘ legacy. He’s right — it engages the player during an otherwise idle animation and injects the smallest degree of risk versus reward. It makes reloading fun, which is something not many games can say....

Argh! Last week we asked you to dress up like a pirate, go shopping, and take a picture of yourself. Why? Towin a copy ofDevil May Cry 4for the PC, of course! Capcom liked the idea so much, they decided to toss in a download code for their upcoming pirate-themed digital download title,Age of Booty. Admittedly, the number of entries we received was lower than we had expected; apparently, we overestimated the lengths you guys and girls would go to in order to get some free stuff....

Get the shirt for $17.95 in black or purple! Corgis are one of the cutest animals in the world. Fact. So what’s cuter than a corgi? Corgis dressed up in outfits! More specifically, corgis dressed up as your favorite videogame hero. And that’s just what we’ve made happen with the latest t-shirt tohit the Destructoid store. Corgi Video Game Heroes was designed by the one and only Thomas Truong and depicts over a dozen corgis ready to save the day....

Get it now as opposed to December 7 Katamari Damacy Rerollis set to…roll on the Switch eShop on December 7 alongside of a western demo, but you may download said demo right now for free with a Japanese region account. It’s even in English! All you need to do is sign in with your Japan-region account, search for “Katamari,” then grab the demo. Bam, you’re good to go two weeks early....

Check out our full schedule of live content! As we do every weekend, there’s a whole bunch of great live content happening this weekend onDtoid TV. You will absolutely not want to miss Sean Velasco’s triumphant return toSup, Holmes?, where it’s entirely likely there will be all sorts of juicyShovel Knighttidbits to be learned. But that’s not what’s on my mind this morning. No, I’m wondering what the hell happened to Count Chocula....

Be prepared Technland has announced that come February 9, you won’t be able to buy vanillaDying Lightdigitally. Instead, it will be removed entirely, and replaced with theEnhanced Editionof the game on February 12. This transition will happen instantly in the US on the February 9 launch date, but European users will have to go without it for three days. Discs are shipping now though, and “should” be readily available if you decide to go that route....

Looks like the rain is holding off for now Speaking in the latest issue ofFamitsu, D3 Publisher have unfortunately announced that their upcoming bug huntEarth Defense Force: Iron Rain, will not be hitting its scheduled 2018 release date. Joining a plethora of titles that have been pushed back to 2019, the newEDFadventure needs more time to fine-tune its trademark blend of fast action, monster mayhem and weird, comedic overtones.Iron Rainis not being developed by series stalwart Sandlot this time around, instead being built by Yukes, in an effort to give the series a fresh new look and feel....

‘Everyone comes over with their own system [for tournaments]’ Porting anything and everything, even years-old games to the Switch is what’s hot right now. Most Kickstarters that promised Wii U editions have packed up and left Wii U town, instead swapping all of their resources over to the almighty Switch. At this point “port begging” probably isn’t even necessary. That might even extend toInjustice 2, NetherRealm’s latest fighter that’s currently available on PS4 and Xbox One....

Into the Deep I didn’t spend a lot of time underwater inGrand Theft Auto V. There are a lot of other things to do, like chasing a guy down for 15 minutes on foot because he’s wearing a scarf in 80 degree weather, and then punching him a lot. Most of things involve punching, really. Standing in the middle of a four way intersection and punching at cars wildly. Hey, you playGTAyour way, I’ll play mine....

Lanius-ly done I’ve yet to go throughFallout: New Vegasafter being less than enthused byFallout 3— though people keep telling meNew Vegasis better, particularly if you didn’t likeFallout 3all that much. Accordingly. watching this fan film origin story ofNew Vegas‘ Legate Lanius felt a bit like that one time I stumbled on some people watchingGame of Thrones. Amidst all these proper nouns I was more lost than a wastelander without a Pip Boy....