Sea of Thieves PS5 release date, editions, and more

Sea of Thievesis finally coming to the PS5 and we have a release date. Along with it, there are other important tidbits of information you may be interested in, ranging from the different editions, betas, crossplay, and more. Sea of ThievesPS5 release date The standard PS5 version ofSea of Thieveswill be released on May 24, 2025. The Premium version of the game will be released five days earlier, on April 25....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · Jared Ramirez

SEGA licenses Unreal Engine 3, Epic gets a new bed buddy

Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games (you know, thoseGears of Warguys), is well on his way toworld domination. He’s already managed to woo big-name developers likeCapcom,Midway, andSquare Enixto use Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 and shows no signs of stopping. The latest addition to his sexy harem is none other than SEGA. In an announcement made yesterday, Simon Jeffrey, of SEGA of America, said very nice things about UE3. Then Mark “il Duce” Rein said some nice things about SEGA....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Austin Stafford

Snipperclips is outselling Zelda on the Japanese eShop

Love this game Zeldahas been selling like hot cakes physically, but what about the digital front? Well, there’s four other games above it in Japan according to Nintendo. Based on an official ranking from Nintendo’s site, their top five best seller list includesSnipperclips,Minecraft, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Kamiko,andZelda. This list takes all sales into account from the Japanese eShop’s launch in March. It warms my heart to see the former in there, as it’s a pretty underrated gem in the west — not many folks I know have pulled the trigger on it or even know what it is....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Christopher Mendoza

Star Wars Arcade for Sega 32X has got it where it counts, kid

Ah,Star Wars Arcade. No,notthatStar Wars Arcade game. Not thatone, either. I’m talking about the 1993Star Wars Arcadecreated by Sega. Except I’m not. I’m talking about the 1994 port for the Sega 32X. Ah, the Sega 32X. I own more games for that growth of a console than anyone should. One of the easiest to find, and one that I’ve owned since I picked up the console, isStar Wars Arcade, which is an expanded home port of the, well, arcade version....

August 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1293 words · Mr. William Bush Jr.

Team Fortress 2sdays: Come on get happy

I’m the medic! Happy Tuesday! Welcome to Team Fortress 2sdays, were we all gather ’round the fire and then hunt each other down on crazy and wacky maps, using crazy and wacky weapons. If this is your first time visiting TF2sdays, welcome. If you’ve been here before, welcome back! Now that the summer is over, and the fall is upon us, how do you all plan on spending your time once the weather changes?...

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Isabel Francis

Team Fortress 2sdays: Walking on water

Welcome to another exciting edition of Team Fortress 2sdays! Every Tuesday, a bunch of us Dtoiders hop online and playTeam Fortress 2on theofficial Destructoid server; you should join us! Starting next week I’ll be handing off Team Fortress 2sdays to one of my new community team members, Spencer Hayes (formerly CrimeMinister). I’ll still try and jump on whenever I can, but Spencer will be your new go-to guy when it comes to server admin stuff (as well as the front page and forum posts)....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Yolanda Evans

The Elder Scrolls Online goes subscription free today on PC

Check out the new trailer The Elder Scrolls Onlinehasn’t made many headlines since its launch, but it certainly went back into the spotlight recently after the news that it would be dropping its subscription fee requirement. LikeGuild Wars 2, users can play the game without a fee after buying the base package. After my initial time with the game I never really had the urge to jump back in consistently, but without a fee I may go back just to see what’s improved....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Jennifer Carr

The number of Nvidia RTX 4090s needing repairs highlights an ongoing issue

While we still wait for confirmation on Nvidia’s allegedRTX 4080 SUPER, Team Green’s most powerful graphics card continues to have overheating problems. In fact, one repairman has experienced such an influx of broken GPUs they’ve had to take their health into consideration. As spotted byTom’s Hardware, repair shop Northridge Fix has said it’s been receiving between 20 and 25 Nvidia RTX 4090s a week. All of which need fixing due to melted power connectors....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Alexis Kelly

The seven deadly sins of video gaming

As Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and (spoiler) Kevin Spacey taught us so many years ago, the seven deadly sins represent the most selfish, harmful, and destructive aspects of humankind. All of the evil, wasteful parts of human existence come from these seven little words. But they can also be fun! The elder generation looks at video games as an abomination, a pointless waste of time which teaches our youngsters to kill dispassionately, and commit crimes against humanity with reckless abandon....

August 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1551 words · Daniel Saunders

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter looks better on PS4 but runs worse

There are some frame rate issues It hasn’t been highly publicized, but the PlayStation 4 version ofThe Vanishing of Ethan Carterwas rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 4. The current PC version runs in UE 3. Due to the new engine, this mysterious first-person puzzle adventure looks better than ever on the PS4, at least when standing still. Whenever turning quickly or running, the frame rate drops enough to be noticeable, but not enough to completely ruin the experience....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Luis Oliver

The Witcher 3 is adding New Game+

It’ll be free, of course Even if I don’t end up starting a New Game+, I love knowing it’s always an option. I had expected the feature to be inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which I still haven’t even begun (I’m only now oninFamous: Second Son, as far as newer open-world games go), but it is at least planned. CD Projekt REDsays it’s currently working onadding New Game+ as “the final DLC....

August 5, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Brian Scott

Ticket and event details for fan event Call of Duty XP

Call of Duty XP, an upcoming two-day fan event, has got CoD fans running around like crazy. There’s a tournament with a million dollars to be won, and only a few thousand tickets to get in. Activision and Microsoft are keeping quiet on location and other details. No wonder they’re going nuts! Fans have been dying to hear new information on the event. Today, Activision finally releases some details. Call of Duty XP tickets will go on sale July 19th at 10am Pacific Daylight Timeon the official site....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Nathaniel Padilla

Ubisoft announces E3 details, hosted by Talk Soup star

God knows I’ve sat through many an award show hosted by a celeb delivering poorly scripted jokes to have developed some sort of resistance to that sort of thing, but I have to say I never expected to suddenly find this to be a problem during a press conference from a gaming company. If this becomes a trend, I’d like to request Mike Tyson as a future host. Who would Nintendo choose, if they had to?...

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Alyssa Smith