EA: Battlefield 3 server stability now at 98.9%

Following reports of a highly problematicBattlefield 3launch, Electronic Arts has sent us a note to say things are much better. The game was plagued with server issues which EA blamed on an overwhelming amount of players, but the publisher says that server stability is almost at 99% now, which should ensure everyone stays online. “We are happy to report that we had a great weekend with server stability at roughly 98....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · James Peck

Earth Defense Force meets filthy porn with Underoid

A Japanese porn game that tries to be an actual game!? MeetUnderoid, a Japanese pornographic videogame that doesn’t actually look like a Japanese pornographic game. Oh make no mistake, it looksJapanese, but it’s not outwardly porny. At least not at first glance. This is apparently an attempt to make a legitimate videogame that just so happens to be crammed with scads of hentai porn, rather than the other way around. A third-person shooter in the same vein as something likeEarth Defense Force, the game’s all about a girl with a big gun who, naturally, parades around in the nuddy for your rotting amusement....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Catherine Melendez

Everything that happened at Sony’s great E3 2016 press conference

Crash is back! Kinda! Once again Sony put on a great E3 show. I don’t think it topped last year with thehandful of emotional announcements, but they did well. We got a look at PlayStation VR, but it wasn’t too in your face. The Vita seems to be dead. Spider-Man is alive and well, and coming to PS4. And so is Crash! ButResidentSilent HillsEvil 7stole the show. It looks fantastic, is a full return to horror, and I swear I saw Leon in that puddle reflection in the trailer....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Taylor Harper

Experience Points .15: Super Mario Sunshine

Shine! Experience Points is a series in which I highlight some of the most memorable things about a particular game. These can include anything from a specific scene or moment, a character, a weapon or item, a level or location, a part of the soundtrack, a gameplay mechanic, a line of dialogue, or anything else about the game that is particularly noteworthy and/or awesome. This series will no doubt contain spoilers for the games being discussed, so keep that in mind if you plan on playing the game for the first time....

June 7, 2025 · 8 min · 1704 words · Danielle Bullock

Far Cry 3: The jungle is home to some real nutters

This newestFar Cry 3trailer shows off two of the jungle’s craziest and most savage residents, Vaas and Buck. These chaps look like they’d ruin anyone’s holiday in a tropical paradise; well, them and the tigers. At least the sharks, predatory cats, and explosions won’t lock you up in a room and make you listen to gibberish and mad rhetoric. The lunacy begins on November 29 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Jason Martin

Final Fantasy XIV is going back on sale on January 25

Yep, they literally shut down digital sales because the game was too popular Last month,Final Fantasy XIVmade headlines across the globe when Square Enix informed its userbase that they weretemporarily shutting down sales of the game. It was a pretty insane time for the game, and it’s been in an interesting place ever since, with would-be new players wondering whenXIVwould go back on sale. While queues as a whole have been going down,a lot of peopleare still playing the game....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 194 words · Gina Fuller

Fire Emblem rides into Monster Hunter Frontier G

The ultimate crossover for patient Nintendo fans Fire Emblem: Awakeningis Nintendo resident tough-as-nails, patience testing magic-and-fantasy 3DS title.Monster Hunteris Capcom’s resident tough-as-nails, patience testing club-a-dinosaur game franchise. Putting them together seems like match made in “most people wont give a f*ck but a few hundred thousand people are going to freak out” heaven. Sadly, quite a few of those people likely live outside of Japan, and will miss out on this delightfulFire Emblemcontent for the Wii U port ofMonster Hunter Frontier G....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Tyler Sparks

Friday Night Fights: Another Playdate!

In case you missed theannouncementon Wednesday, Destructoid is hosting another Xbox LIVE Community Playdate on July 13! We’ll be playingHalo: Reachthis time around, so mark your calendars and hop online between 8 and 11 PM Eastern to get in on the action! Here are the representatives of Team Dtoid: What a sexy bunch of nerds! I’ll be hosting someReachtonight in preparation for the event, so feel free to join in! And if pew pew lazers and floaty gravity aren’t your thing, there are lots of other games to choose from!...

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Shaun Cabrera

Furina’s Ascension materials in Genshin Impact

Furina finally arrived withGenshin Impact‘s latest update,using Ascension materials introduced in Version 4.2. For those who’ve already recruited the Archon — and areworking to gear her— here are all of Furina’s Ascension materials and where to find them. Furina’s Character Ascension Water That Failed To Transcend These are the boss materials dropped by the Hydro Tulpa. It can be found in a cave due west of the Court of Fontaine. The cave entrance is underwater and can be accessed by swimming southwest from the southern teleporter in Annapausis....

June 7, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Charles Jacobson

GMG’s aggressive Black Friday PC game sale brings new lows on Fallout 4, Doom, and No Man’s Sky

Almost half-off No Man’s Sky? Eh… Green Man Gaming is crushing it with aggressive prices this season. We’ve been sitting on a big fat deal list in the past few days, salivating at the prices that were supposed to go live closer to Friday. But earlier today GMG jumped the gun and released its best prices onPC digital gamesfor Black Friday — a move that was probably prompted bySteam’s Autumn Salegoing live today....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Mary Dunn

Greetings from MomoCon 2016

We’ll be taking a look at the Indie Game Award Showcase I had never heard of MomoCon before (which is held in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, the same city as Dragoncon, which Ihaveheard of!), but that changes this week. As part of the Indie Game Award Showcase, myself and Darren Nakamura will be in attendance as judges — so expect some hands-on coverage for a few of the nominees....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Eric Fisher

How to check your total playtime on Diablo 4

How long have you playedDiablo 4? Blizzard knows how to make players procrastinate with its games, so it’s a good thing you can check your total playtime onDiablo 4.While there are no in-game settings telling you this stat, it’s indeed possible to check how long you’ve played the action RPG.Just know that if you’re on a PC, you’ll need an external program. Here’s how to check your total playtime onDiablo 4with a PlayStation, Xbox, or PC system....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Adam Wilson

How to hyper train Pokémon in Scarlet & Violet

Grab some bottlecaps Odds are if you care enough to even want to know what “hyper training” is, you’re probably a competitivePokemonplayer. (Very) Simply put, it’s a min-max system that allows you to train specic stats, if you want to tweak your builds. InPokemon ScarletandViolet, the system works very similarly to past games, albeit with some new wrinkles. Step one: Have at least one level 50 Pokemon One hidden step of the hyper training process involvesa level 50 minimum requirementfor party members to participate....

June 7, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Susan Cummings