Talk ISN’T cheap According to an overnight report frombusiness and finance outlet Bloomberg, Microsoft is currently in talks to potentially purchase Discord Inc. for a reported $10 billion USD. After speaking with “people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reports that Discord was currently shopping itself around to numerous potential buyers, with Microsoft a clear front-runner to pick up the gaming communication company, which would give Microsoft ownership of the popular chat app, currently serving around 100 million users taken from multiple walks of life and industries, not just the video gaming sphere....

Hoardersis an A&E documentary show about compulsive hoarders.Skyrimis a game in which you collect a lot of sh*t. Naturally, the two go together like white on rice. In all honesty, you don’t have to be a hardcoreElder Scrollsfan to relate to Glarthir’s extreme behavior. Anyone who has ever played an RPG or any other game with an exhaustive inventory is familiar with the obsessive desire to amass a variety of items regardless of their practicality....

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2revealed a bunch of new screenshots via theXbox Live Marketplace, and they’re now safely entrenched in a Destructoid gallery for your viewing amusement. Check ’em out. Among the notable images are those showing off a purple Sonic, and one particular picture giving us the first glimpse of a bonus stage based uponSonic the Hedgehog 2. It seems that, just asEpisode 1aped the firstSonicgame, this new episode is full of tributes to its Genesis sequel....

They’re supposedly easy to unlock anyway Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis doing things a little differently when it comes to character unlocks. While we don’t know the exact process,Smashboss Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that it will be easier in general. According to information gleaned from a recent amiibo product listing, it’ll be as easy as tapping a figure to your Switch (or controller). Best Buy Canada just put up new information on its storefront: “Access a whole new level of fun and smash the competition with thisSuper Smash Brosamiibo....

The videogame concept of stacking boxes — particularly ones that show their general disapproval with the world around them — isn’t exactly new. Not by a long shot, anyone who regularly plays games on their iPhone will happily tell you. But as far as the PlayStation Network is concerned, this highly specific genre seems to be relatively untapped. EnterSuper Stacker. It’s releasing tomorrow for $9.99 partially in hope that its cutesy aesthetic and competitive/co-op multiplayer modes are enough to draw a crowd....

The first title in Telltale’s new Pilot Program,Nelson Tethers Puzzle Agent, is now available for your purchasing and downloading pleasure. It combines the gameplay of aProfessor Laytongame with a dark and twisted tone to make something very strange indeed. I’ve been playing the game for review and… well, I’ll save it for the review. It’s certainly interesting and just as soon as I can manage to solve the last of the puzzles, I’ll have a more fleshed out opinion for you....

Easily the biggest piece of news this weekend was the reveal ofDiablo III. Blizzard has teased this damn game long enough.Brad makes aBioShockcake, Dyson premieres Destructoid Discusses, Jonathan questionsCastlevania Judgment, DMV and Samit hang out with Aerosmith, and plenty more happened during the weekend here at Destructoid.Weeekend Regulars:Weekend Destructainment: Welcome to theWorld of WorkcraftBest of the Network this weekWeekend Reading: Silently over the Hill?Highlights from the Destructoid Community 06/29/08Games of the week for 06/29/08: Too orangey for crows editionOriginal Features:The three big WUTs of Nintendo Power’sCastlevania JudgmentannouncementDestructoid Gourmet: Making aBioShockcakeWhen the pot calls the kettle black: 3D Realms andDuke Nukem ForeverDestructoid Discusses!...

Bloody Tears Are you ready? Devil May Cry 2 is coming to#NintendoSwitch, featuring 2 playable characters, Dante & Lucia, the first ever Bloody Palace and more! — Devil May Cry (@DevilMayCry)Jun 11, 2025 As is common with Nintendo Direct presentations, Nintendo of Japan had a few exclusive announcements that the west didn’t get. One of those happened to be thatDevil May Cry 2would be getting ported to the Switch in the near future....

Do you want to play a port? The Vita is getting a lot of games soon — it’s just that most of them aren’t actually exclusive or new. Announced today at the PlayStation Experience are ports forThe Banner Saga, Resident Evil Revelations 2, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, Bastion,Super Time Force, Grim Fandango,Towerfall, andOctodad. You’ll also see the release of the highly covetedSuikodenseries, with both 1 and 2 hitting the Vita next week....

Don’t cry for me… While much of the video-game-playing world has moved on,Anthemis still up and running. Last month brought theCataclysm event, and now, as of today, BioWare’s high-flying sci-fi shooter has joined EA Access and Origin Access. I can see people messing with it out of a sense of morbid curiosity. Covering this game this far into 2019 feels like talking about a ghost. It’s weird, especially in the context of a BioWare title with major backing (at least upfront)....

UbiStation Ubisoft is doing more PC business than ever (despite uPlay), and more people might own the last generation PS3 and Xbox 360, but Ubisoft’s games are selling best on current generation consoles. Well, on PlayStation 4, anyways. According to a recent financial report, the PS4 represents 27% of all revenue from Ubisoft games in the quarter ending July 09, 2025. That’s followed by the PC at 23%, shot up from last year’s 14% over the same period....

More on the way … probably Watch Dogslooks dreamy, doesn’t it? Ubisoft certainly thinks so, which is why the company is betting big on their new IP, going so far in as to plan out ten years of the series’ future. In an interview with the Guardian, the comparison betweenWatch Dogs‘ future and Bungie’s ten year plan forDestinywas made, to which Senior Producer Dominic Guay responded, “Honestly that’s what we’re doing too....

Like a lot of gamers anticipating a bigMarvel vs. Capcom 3announcement today, I came away with mixed emotions after Capcom finally let loose details onUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3— twelve new characters, some new stages, and online options, all for $40. It’s not a bad deal or anything, but considering that vanillaMarvel vs. Capcom 3just came out a few month ago, it does feel a little too soon. At first, I thought I would have been happier if they just threwNemesis, Phoenix Wright, Strider, and Mega Man, up for sale as DLC for $5 a pair (or if they just included Mega Man at all) and called it a day....