March 22 We are, we are VR! Are you ready to take out a second mortgage on your house and sell your car to afford the VR revolution? No? Well good luck, because people are saying it’s the bees knees, man. Sony is going to make it a bit more affordable in October when the PSVR releases though, especially if you go in on the bundle. For $500, you’ll get the headset itself, a demo disc,PlayStation VR Worlds, the camera, and two Move controllers....

‘We still haven’t thought of the future’ Today, Nintendo’s popular online titleSplatoon 2begins its biggest weekend to date. The Chaos vs. Order splatfest –known as the Splatocalypse– will see the global community come together for one final war, siding with hosts Pearl or Marina in what will beSplatoon 2‘s final splatfest. The end of an era indeed. Despite the fact that one of the Switch’s most-populated multiplayer games is winding down, it appears that work hasn’t even started on a possible sequel, or anySplatoon-related titles for that matter....

Todd Howard himself broke the news Welp! Like many of us assumed,Starfieldis no longer arriving in “Q1 or Q2” of 2023 as previously stated. Bethesda just dropped a videothat shared the new release date: June 16, 2025. The good news is that it’s an actual, firm date! Bethesda boss Todd Howard himself showed up onthe freshly minted “official launch date announcement” videoposted on Bethesda’s YouTube channel to share the news....

There are also a bunch of separate bundles if only certain things interest you Sega is sailing onto Steam with sales thissweekend. Onthis pageyou’ll find a general list of things on sale. It is deceptive because a $2.50Jet Set Radioor a $6.80Valkyria Chroniclesshare as much screen space as the “SEGA Super Bundle.” If you click the latter, you’ll find, by Steam’s math, $370 “worth” of games discounted to $80. You can call it padded because it reads like theSEGA Genesis Collectionwith a few big ticket items thrown in (Sonic Generations,Binary Domain,Alpha Protocol)....

Developer Frost Giant Studios revealed its upcoming RTSStormgate‘s third playable faction today as the Celestial Armada. An ancient and advanced civilization, the Celestial Armada traverses the universe in massive world-ships ruled by the Sovereigns, immortal beings. Frost Giant also announced an August 13 release date for the RTS Early Access to begin. Essentially space nomads, the playstyle of the Celestial Armada looks rather unique compared to the two other factions. The Celestial Armada is built around the Arcship, a flying HQ that assists with the creation of new bases rather than utilizing builder units like the other factions....

Team Fortress 2 Happy Tuesday! Welcome to another exciting edition of Team Fortress 2sdays! I may not be much of a Team Fortress 2 player (mainly because I’m awful at it), but I am super happy that this series made a triumphant return here on Destructoid. I don’t say if often so I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone involved with the Dtoid TF2 server, all the admins and everyone who joins each week to play and listen in....

On reflection, the big buff patch that arrived onHelldivers 2last week was just abouteverything the community wanted. The weapons are buffed, enemies are reworked, and things seem to be back on the rise. But what are the biggest changes from the patch? The biggest changes brought by the Helldivers 2 buff patch 1.001.100 To answer that question, I decided to get my boots dirty. No, I didn’t cherry-pick what I felt were the most significant changes from the list of patch notes....

Very excited to meet you! Video games have a fair share of legendary heroes. They’ve been around for years and their stories have spanned generations (of both consoles and humans). They are household names: Mario, Sonic, Master Chief, Solid Snake. This post is not about them. No, the characters here don’t have a legacy to fall back on. They were introduced this year and managed to capture our hearts through wit, charm, and general badassness alone....

Next-gen browser gaming ) Browser based gaming just took a giant leap forwardwith this demonstrationof the Unreal Engine 4 running in Firefox at near-native speeds. The demo you see shows Epic’s Soul and Swing Ninja, and this is the first glimpse of the Unreal Engine 4 running on the web without any plugins. “This technology has reached a point where games users can jump into via a Web link are now almost indistinguishable from ones they might have had to wait to download and install,” said Brendan Eich, CTO and SVP of Engineering at Mozilla....

‘Limited quanities’ TheXbox One S2TB model ($399) will launch on August 2, Microsoft has announced. That’s…pretty soon! If you didn’t pay attention to its E3 debut it sports a 40% smaller form factor, built-in power supply, and support for 4Kvideo(true 4K gaming isn’t allegedly coming untilScorpio, though Microsoft once again re-iterates thatGears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3,andScaleboundwill “look even better” with a higher contrast ratio) with arrangements for HDR sets....

Gecco’s SDCC 2017 exclusive Crazy armor designs are my favorite staple of the fantasy genre, so of course I had to post about Gecco’s upcoming Siegmeyer figure. I haven’t playedDark Soulsso I can only assume he is a very fat man inside that fat suit of armor. It honestly looks like the Michelin Man banged an oil drum. This is a 1/6 scale figure by Gecco, a relatively new name among figure makers....

To say thatStarfieldis huge is an understatement. There are over a thousand planets and moons to explore, which means traveling to several solar systems. More of the worlds you’ll discover are barren, though they have useful resources to help you craft. A few rare planets will hold life, and some will even be hospitable enough for humans to settle permanently. Venturing through the expanse is fun, but it’s also quite easy to get lost....

Straight from the Staples Center TheLeague of LegendsFinals have came and went, live at the Staples Center in Los Angeles among a crowd of 13,000 fans. For those who are following along, Korea’s SK Telecom T1 toppled China’s Royal Club for a major win inLeague of Legends‘ third season. $1 million is set to go to the winner, with $250,000 going to the runner-up. No matter how you feel about MOBAs orLeague of Legendsin general, there’s no denying that there’s a huge fanbase out there, and that Riot Games has made a tremendous impact in the world of competitive gaming....