$199 PS4 Spider-Man bundle, tons of Black Friday deals now live

Plus tons of other PlayStation deals as well The early bird catches the worm – or however the saying goes, is true to form for Black Friday shopping. Numerous PlayStation 4 Black Friday deals have already gone live at Walmart and GameStop and if you’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on a PS4 system – now is as good of a time as any. The popular PlayStation 4 Slim 1TBSpider-ManBundle is now available for $199....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Lisa Pitts

3D Realms is harnessing the power of the Quake engine for Wrath: Aeon of Ruin

Kill demons like its 1996 For the past few weeks, I’ve been obsessing a bit about theResident Evil 2remake. Not the game itself which I’m sure is very fine, but rather the mod community that keeps thinking of ways to absolutely blow me away. Whether it’sThomas the Tank Engine,DMX, or a completely misguidedthong, seeing how modders can drastically alter the mood of the game with a character or music swap never ceases to astound and amuse me....

July 10, 2025 · 10 min · 1999 words · Sandra Cooper

Access is Key – Starfield quest guide

InThe Elder Scrollsterms, the Ryujin Industries is sort of like the Thieves and Assassin’s Guilds rolled into one. You’re sent off on missions to steal away with company secrets or sabotage Ryujin’s competitors. It’s all in a day’s work for a corporate lackey. During the Ryujin questline, you’re tasked with stealing a Security Keycard for Imogene Salzo. The Access is Key quest can be easy to complete, and I can guide you through it so you can continue yourStarfieldadventure....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Gregory Mitchell

All of the 11 bit studios soundtracks are free today

Take them all If you’re like me and love to listen to game music, you’ll be pleased to hear that 11 bit studios has released the soundtracks from all of its games for free. All of them, from theAnomalyfranchise to Sleepwalker’s Journey, composed by the talentedPiotr Musial(Bulletstorm, The Witcher), are free for the takingtoday. What are you doing?Go! Here’s a word from Piotr:“What I really like about working with 11 bit studios is that they keep feeding me with different musical challenges....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Dominique Holt

American Pixels pays tribute to American game music

And Advent Rising! Mention a “video game music tribute album” and the first thing that usually comes to mind is a tribute to an old-school Japanese franchise, likeThe Legend of Zelda,Chrono Trigger, orFinal Fantasy. Y’know games that working composers in their ’30s would’ve played growing up. American Pixels, the result of five years of work by composer Mazedude and his collaborators, is a bit of an outlier, not because of its interest in American-made games (there are plenty of tribute albums to those these days), but also to its game selection....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Megan Small

Archie officially announces Mega Man X crossover event

Check out our full interview with Archie! Archie Comics has been busy. In addition to hosting twoSoniccomic lines, aMega Manseries, and a crossover event between the three, they’vealso added “backup” storiestoMega Man#34-35, which feature fan favorites Mega Man X and Zero. But the blue and red duo are backups no more, as Archie has officially confirmed to Destructoid that they will be joining Mega Man in a full four-part storyline titled “Dawn of X” starting from issue #37....

July 10, 2025 · 5 min · 994 words · Jose Ortiz

Best weapon combinations to use in Avowed

Avowed’sversatile combat system empowers you to experiment with any class, from a traditional fighter to a wizard armed with a gun. With countless ways to customize your loadouts, we’re here to guide you with the best weapon combinations inAvowed. What are the best weapon loadouts in Avowed? Many weapons inAvowedallow you to equip a second tool using one-handed items. However, tools like the Great Sword, Great Axe, and Bow require both hands, so you won’t see them on the list below....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 823 words · Gerald Wilson

BioShock creator Ken Levine is playable in XCOM

Find out how to play as Levine and other hidden heroes In dark times, pray upon your gaming gods and you shall receive redemption. Or, at least, Ken Levine. Irrational Games founder andBioShockcreator Levine makes a cameo in Firaxis Games’XCOMreboot as a hidden hero character. Alongside Levine stand some other notable names, including comic book artist Joe Kelly, Let’s Play YouTube producer Otto Zander, and Sid Meier (who was shown off way back at E3 this year....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Kristen Price

Bit.Trip devs on the $.99 app-ocalypse and making an RPG

[Destructoid’s Director of Communications Hamza Aziz asked Jonathan Holmes to make a show called Sup Holmes so that Destructoid could later sell a t-shirt that says “Sup Holmes” on it. This is that show] On the latest episode ofSup Holmes?Mike RoushandAlex Neusefrom Gaijin Games (developers of theBit.Trip Completeand the upcomingRunner 2) once again proved that when videogame developers don’t let publishers or PR people do their talking for them, some amazing things can happen....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Andrew Green

Call of Juarez: how a sub-par shooter achieved artistic excellence

Have you playedCall of Juarezyet? It’s a genuine question. It’s been available in Europe for quite some time now, is easily imported, and is even more easily pirated (but, for reasons that will soon be discussed, this is a game that deserves your money). With the vague “Q2 2007” US release date quickly approaching (sorta), and the recent announcement that a 360 port is currently in development, you may be interested to know some things about the game....

July 10, 2025 · 14 min · 2879 words · Austin Tucker

Check out this new Final Fantasy Explorers gameplay video

It’s Monster Fantasy Final Hunter Explorers and I love it This new gameplay video ofFinal Fantasy Explorershas me praying to the ghost of Gunpei Yokoi that Square Enix will localize this game to the U.S. The gameplay looks to be somewhat like theMonster Hunterseries and that is a good thing. The video showcases the warrior, black mage, and monk classes, and confirms that some old friends/enemies are returning — like Ifrit!...

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Sandra Brown

Come see what being abducted in Fallout 3 looks like

With the “Mothership Zeta” add-on forFallout 3releasing next week, you know what time it is. It’s time for a launch trailer, of course. Prior to today’s footage, Bethesda had kept everything except still images of the content locked away in a vault somewhere. The abduction sequence — what little of it was shown in the video — is giving me flashbacks to the love it or hate it gamePrey. Although the music in the trailer almost certainly won’t be apart of the actual “Mothership Zeta” experience, I feel obligated to comment on it....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · John Wallace

Contest: Win a Steam copy of Haimrik

The pen is mightier It’s Halloween, so let’s do a themed contest! Win a Steam copy ofHaimrik. Hey, so this looks like a fun one! When cute and macabre come together you get some really interesting results, and Haimrik definitely looks interesting. How’s about you enter our little contest here and maybe win a copy for yourself? Wouldn’t that be nice? Yes, it would be very nice. Haimrikis a delightful little game where you use The Power of Words to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and also probably die a whole bunch of times....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Steven Barnes