God of Warmay be known to have a quite linear story, but there are plenty of optional objectives players can take on if they’re looking for a little extra something. Like its predecessor,God of War Ragnarokhas a whole host of armor sets you’re able to craft after completing quests and killing enemies out in the world, adding a fun new challenge to the gameplay and letting you craft your favorite build to unleash Kratos’ ultimate power....

Crow Country features only a handful of weapons, but about half of them can be easily missed. The flamethrower, a late-game unlockable that relies on gasoline for fuel, is no exception. Let’s quickly go over what you’ll need to unlock it, 100% spoiler-free. First, you’ll need to be sure you’ve obtained theData Disk. This is a mandatory late-game item, so if you haven’t found it yet, you don’t need to worry about missing out on the flamethrower....

The Humble Bundle is branching out! Not content to deliver bundles of games at “pay-what-you-want” prices, now comes the Humble Music Bundle, featuring collections of music from beloved geeky groups including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton and MC Frontalot. And, lest you think they’re forgetting their roots, the bundle also includes selections from one of the finest game soundtracks in recent memory,Valkyria Chronicles, as well as Christopher Tin’s debut album,Calling All Dawns, featuring the GRAMMY award-winning theme toCivilization IV....

An Octopus, a Sister, and maybe an Octopus Sister [Update: Whoa! This piece got a lot more people talking than I bargained for. What a pleasant surprise! If you want to read more about the topic of how PoC are represented in games, these pieces byTanya DePass,Gita Jackson,Shonté Daniels, andEvan Narcisseare excellent at sharing perspectives that may be different than your own. Nothing would make me happier than if this quick, stream of consciousness post about a teenageBlack octopus womanhelped people to discover much better posts about how real issues of race and the fantasy worlds of video games can sometimes intersect....

Did you ever want to spend $25 on Frosted Flakes? Not to be confused with the mega-hit film already out,Jurassic Games, a weird knockoff film calledJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomis doing whatever it can to get some sort of attention from the general public. And what better way to remind children and their parents of an upcoming dinosaur movie than cereal? The grocery store display of promotional boxes has been a time-honored tradition to make sure a child knows that a movie with dinosaurs is coming out....

Kokoromi‘s yearly Gamma event has resulted in some pretty spectacular stuff.Passage, if you don’t remember, was made specifically for entry into 2007’s Gamma256 event. If you’ve ever playedPaper Moon, you may be surprised to know it was created for last year’s Gamma3D competition. This year, the Gamma4 competition theme is “one-button games,” and the folks at Kokoromi have run into a bit of a problem; they need more money to fund the event....

InPop Cutie!, you’ll play as a fashion designer trying to make it big in the fashion world. You’ll design clothes based on what people on the streets are craving and sell your fashions in your store. You’ll compete against rival designers, hire models to walk the streets in your clothes, hire staff for your store, and more to get your fashion on everyone’s bodies. I got my hands-on the game for a bit and well, it’s cute....

This might take the crown for the bestDoomnews today. Limited Run Gamesis reissuingDoomfor the SNES. This is no mere re-release of the 1995 console port. It’s getting spruced up to run better and include more. Most of the early console ports ofDoomwere derided for various reasons. Even consoles thatshouldhave been able to play the game well couldn’t without severe drawbacks. The SNES version had many, making it pale in comparison to the original DOS version, but it held up a smidge better than some others....

Old 3DS is still rockin Afterbeing announcedin September’s Nintendo Direct video,Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarnwas listed on Nintendo of America’s official website as a“New 3DS” exclusive game. Why a port of an eight-year-old Wii title would require the New 3DS is beyond me, but Nintendo’s word was the only thing we had to go on. I guess someone finally realized their mistake, though, as that clarification has been removed from the official listing....

Hide their kids, hide their wives The launch ofMadden 16is still months away and while many of the new game mechanics and features are being kept a secret, the developers today did reveal one addition to the storied franchise that will tell gamers which NFL players will be arrested this year. “The goal ofMaddenhas always been to give players the most authentic professional football experience ever,” said producer Chad Montgomery. “Last year we took steps to make defensive play as lifelike as possible....

And bonus games in April! In the recent past, Xbox Live’s Games with Gold program has had mostly the same cadence every month: a standout title, an indie game, and a bit of filler. March breaks that mold with three superb games from 2013. March’s Xbox One title isRayman Legends, which just happened to be my game of the year in 2013. Seriously, it’s amazing. When informed of the selection, Destructoid editor Jordan Devore couldn’t control his outbursts, exclaiming “So dang good!...

Now Assembling Brand new listings on several video game rating websites suggest that Firaxis’ delayedMarvel’s Midnight Sunsis edging closer to release. The comic-book-based strategy adventure was expected to launch in the spring of this year but was pushed back to “later in 2022” to allow the developer to make a more polished product. Originally announced during the summer of 2021,Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis a grim ‘n’ edgy-looking strategy title that aims to blend the fine RTS development of Firaxis, (as realized in titles such asXCOMandXCOM 2) with the expansive and exciting Marvel universe....

Casting call documents leaked As disappointing as it was to see the survivor2299.com teaser siteend up being a hoax, Bethesda making anotherFalloutgame is a matter of when, not if. It’s really the time frame we’re more concerned about, and based on casting documents obtained byKotaku, the wait for the next series installment might not be as far off as Bethesda’s silence would indicate. The documents are for a project codenamed “Institute” which detail the game’s opening sequence — narrated by the player character, not Ron Perlman, it would seem — and the setting: Boston....