*Header art byRobin Edgar Happy Tuesday! We’ve got a few announcements to make this week. Swishee is stepping down as the owner of the DestructoidTeam Fortress 2server, and Streamtoid is making its glorious return. Shadow has been working his butt off behind the scenes to help get all of this going, so it’s only right to let him tell you all about these exciting changes. Take it away, Shadow. Swishiee, the former owner of the DestructoidTeam Fortress 2server, has passed the TF2 reigns to Fasio_Vita, who I think will do a great job filling in for him....

Check out everything Destructoid did today So, Denis Dyack put together alengthyvideo to establish how he’s not scamming the people supporting his Kickstarter. What do you think? I’d have an opinion on it myself but I fell asleep after the first three minutes. On this fine Monday in May, Dale is scared to marathonThe Last of Us, we asked if publishers should try to profit from user-created video, Jim reviewedResident Evil: Revelationsfor the Wii U, we checked out tons of games from pre-E3, and so many more things happened on 09-07-2025....

I sentence you to life on a Sony home console They’ve been planning this for months now. They know the guards schedules. They managed to steal a cell door key. They beat up all the snitches.The Escapistsis finally making a mad dash for freedom. CRASH!The Escapistsflees straight into the arms of a waiting police officer, waiting to move it to it’s new maximum security home. Yes,The Escapistsis being sentenced to life without parole on the PS4....

ThroughoutDisney Dreamlight Valley’sUnwritten Realms storyline, you’ll help Maleficent by uncovering three of her Anchor Moments. We’ve already found the first, with the “The Spinning Wheel” quest focused on uncovering the second. Table of contents Venture to the second review floor Before we can uncover Maleficent’s second Anchor Moment, we’ll need to talk to another Magic Quill. There’s a malfunctioning conveyor system that requires a manager to repair. You’ll tell the Quill you’re the manager, prompting it to question your abilities....

‘Geralt can be only one’ While CD Projekt RED had previously mentioned its interest in experimenting with multiplayer as a possibility forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, plans to move forward with such a feature have been dropped. The studio “strongly [feels] that this final saga of Geralt has no place for meaningful multiplayer,” project lead Konrad Tomaszkiewicztold Forbes. Going one step further,Eurogamergot a similar comment from marketing head Michal Platkow-Gilewski which further drove the point home: “There’s no place for multiplayer in so strongly a story-driven game asThe Witcher 3....

Platforms to be announced Oni hunterToukiden 2will come to North America and Europe in spring 2017. This is good! Curiously, though, Koei Tecmo isn’t specifying which platforms it’s targeting for the Western release. This is less good! Realistically, PlayStation 4 has to be a sure bet here. The Japanese release ofToukiden 2also saw PS3 and PS Vita versions, but you know how these situations can go for the Vita (not well)....

You are not alone Beyond the Final Bossis a new site dedicated to sharing stories of bullying from videogame developers. The site was created by Shahid Ahmad (the designer forChimeraback in the Atari days), and toldIndie Gamesthat the site’s ongoing mission is to “show these young people examples of successful, happy lives achievable beyond the bullying. A fulfilled, happy and cool life is within their reach. We focus on the hope and show that it’s not a pipe dream....

Hey look! Another themed edition of Weekend Destructainment! For this edition, I’m just focusing on one game series,Fear Effect. It was a really great series originally on the PS1. It had a lot of gore, a great story line, and a very unique look to it. The first video here is the for the second game,Fear Effect: Retro Helix. Wait, why would I start off with the second games video (which contains over 1 and a half hours worth of cinematics) first?...

Collecting and using Soulstones are some of the best ways to improve your experience inThe First Berserker: Khazan, and when your journey takes you to the Embar Ruins, there are three more of them to find. We’ll show you where in this guide. Table of contents All Soulstone locations in the Embars Ruins UnlikeMount Heinmarchor Stonepass, you’ll need to progress quite a ways before you find your first Soulstone in the Embar Ruins....

3DS software dominated the top 10 chart last week in Japan Surprising absolutely no one, the 3DS continues to make Japan squeal like a suckling pig. But theMedia Create sales datafor February 11-17 is a little more fascinating than usual — nine of the top ten pieces of software are 3DS titles, theDragon Quest VII3DS remake takingtop honorsonce again. The one non-3DS game on the list isTaiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Editionat #4, and the first non-Nintendo title on the chart is the PSP visual novelSakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojoat #12, right underneathNew Super Mario Bros....

There is so much potential when you think of possibleTekken 8guest characters. InTekken 7, we’ve seenFinal Fantasy XV‘s Noctis,Street Fighter‘s Akuma, andThe Walking Dead‘s Negan enter the fray. Have anyTekken 8guest characters been announced? As of the time of writing,there are currently noTekken 8guest charactersin the roster or planned to be joining. The 32 heroes and villains in this fighting game are all old-school characters or newcomers to the series.Eddy Gordojoins as DLC sometime in the Spring, with three more additions coming as 2024 progresses....

As titles are adjusted, the Achievements are too One of the biggest changes to the Achievement system in the transition from Xbox 360 to Xbox One is the ability for developers to add Achievements whenever they feel fit. Microsoft has already said that there will berestrictions in placeto keep developers from breaking Gamerscore, but more information has come out regarding the positive intent of the system. When speaking toOfficial Xbox Magazine, Xbox Live program manager Chad Gibson stated “the corollary is that with a lot of games today, three updates later it’s a nice evolution of that game — it’s a different game that’s been modified and adjusted, based on what people are enjoying and having fun with....

Those scales though! A few days ago, Microsoft dropped a hint on the Xbox Twitter account that it was getting involved withGame of Thronesin some capacity or another. Folks saw a burst of flames and imagery that suggested maybe, just maybe, this would amount to a game announcement. Unfortunately (and rather predictably), that’s not the case–the tease was for a pair of custom-made Xbox One consoles. And now your wait begins....