Brittany Vincent’s random assortment of Game of the Year 2014 picks

AGRAA ORS TABA ORD AVAVAGO! I’m not entirely sure what year it is. Is it 2015? That’s what I keep hearing around the internet. I’m pretty sure it’s still 2014, at least for a few more days though. Who can be sure in tumultuous times like these? Anyway, I can barely remember what I did yesterday or what happened on the last episode ofAmerican Horror Story: Freak ShowI watched before the holiday break....

May 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1664 words · Julia Davis

Bungie actively working on vault space, raid fixes, and audio options for Destiny

Bungie is ready to share a bit more of what it has in store for patch 1.1.2 and beyond, and as incremental as this game slowly updates over time, they all sound like good changes. Vault space is always mentioned every so often but it’s more in earnest this time, in addition to raid fixes for Atheon and Crota that arestillhappening, and minor fixes for Strikes to maybe better the flow of the less popular ones....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Joanne Higgins

Bungie helps out gamer that got screwed over by Microsoft’s repair center

Last week,HawtyMcBloggy brought wordof Nathaniel’s one of a kind Xbox 360 that was adorned with signatures and artwork by industry people. The 360 unfortunately broke down so Nathaniel sent the system in making sure that Microsoft would take proper care of the system so the art and signatures stayed in tact. As we all know, that didn’t happen and the 360 was sent back fixed but with all the art and signatures “cleaned” off....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Christina Peterson

Capy’s Below, Super Time Force playable at PAX East

First public hands-on for the Xbox One roguelike Next weekend in Boston, PAX East attendees will have the opportunity to play Capy’s roguelikeBelowfor the first time. It’ll be at the Capy x Double Fine booth, and another of the studio’s titles, the rad run-and-gunSuper Time Force, will be playable over at Microsoft’s booth. Just look at that little guy in the top right-hand corner of the screenshot. Heh. He’s poop. Poop with a gun....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Charles Burton

CD Projekt Red says ‘It was Keanu or no one’ for Cyberpunk 2077

Lucky for us, it was Keanu Pop culture sweetheart Keanu Reeves showed up in an unlikely place at E3 2019: In one of the world’s most anticipated video games. CD Projekt Red made a lot of headlines Sunday afternoon when it revealed that Reeves would play a prominent role in the upcomingCyberpunk 2077. But, the developer wasn’t going out searching for a way to make a splash. In an E3 interview with Destructoid,CD Projekt Red senior level designer Miles Tost admits that the developer wasn’t interested in getting a Hollywood actor for the sake of attaching a big name....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Martha Frazier

Cyberpunk 2077 will incorporate a quirky class system

Cue joke about release year Witcherdevelopers CD Projekt RED continue to plug away at upcoming dystopian RPGCyberpunk 2077. The mammoth undertaking has been rife with issues, but is shaping up to be a very exciting final product. Cyberpunk 2077‘s table-top creator Mike Pondsmith gave an interview withGameReactor, in which he touched upon some details pertaining to the much-anticipated adventure. The game will incorporate elements of the original RPG’s class system, which featured unusual roles such as Crystal Jock, Rockerboy, and Journalist....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Mary Lee

Death Stranding leads the way in GDC Awards nominations

Control and Outer Wilds have the second most Just like The Game Awards a month ago, Hideo Kojima’sDeath Strandingwill have the most chances to stack precious cargo on its back at the GDC Awards in March. At The Game Awards, it took homethree of the nine awardsit was nominated for. Will it fare better at a show voted on by industry creators? Yesterday, we learned about theIndependent Games Festival finalists, the first half of the awards show that eventually leads into the GDC Awards....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Gina Murray

Destructoid review: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

I thought the holiday season was supposed to be the most murderous, time-sucking part of the year, but I was wrong. What was once a traditionally lazy span of months before the spring blitz has, in 2008, become a thing of nightmares, with great games coming at me from every angle. And withmany of themcoming via Nintendo’s foul little handheld, there’s nowhere for me to hide — it’s too damned accessible....

May 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1372 words · Beverly Howard

Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition detailed

$49.99 to upgrade to all game content, but there’s a catch Ahead ofDriveclub‘sOctober 7 launchon PlayStation 4, here’s a video breaking down the game’s normal, full-price version on PSN and Blu-ray compared to the free-with-a-membership PS Plus Edition. The latter offering comes with access to every game mode, 11 tracks, 10 cars, and a single location, India. More than just a beefy demo, then. If PS Plus Edition players decide to upgrade to the full-fledgedDriveclub— 55 tracks, 50 cars, all 50 tour events — that’s going to cost $49....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Paul Patton

EA FC 24: How to complete Desiree Scott FUTTIES SBC

If you’re short of fodder inEA FC 24Ultimate Team, the Desiree Scott FUTTIES SBC could be worth considering. you may get a promo item for your squad for the cheapest possible prices when it comes to fodder. For most players, obtaining this card can be done for free using the cards they have in their squads. Let’s take a look at how you can unlock this special item in Ultimate Team....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Alisha Hartman

Get Packed: Couch Chaos could be your next Switch co-op game

If you’re looking for something new to play after Overcooked, Moving Out, and Tools Up It’s been a winding journey, but Nintendo Switch owners will finally have a chance to play the frantic co-op moving gameGetPacked. A new Switch version,Get Packed: Couch Chaos, launches onApril 28withextra mini-gameslike soccer and a cannon-dodging activity. Lock me in a room surrounded by a dozen cannons, and I’m gonna freak. The only thing that’s missing is a little Jigsaw puppet rolling up on a tricycle to kick off the festivities....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Mr. Arthur Blackwell

Get your Sanic on in Sonic Forces with some free DLC

Gotta go at a moderate pace TheSonicseries has seen a lot of peaks and troughs, so obviously the internet has latched onto the darker side of things and createdSonicmemes. The most prominent of those is “Sanic,” a poorly drawn MS Paint rendition of the blue blur with terrible grammar. Just looking at that image for too long makes me question my role in life. With the latestSonic ForcesDLC, Sega has included a “Sanic” shirt....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · William Smith

GOG.com now supports Linux with new and old games alike

And there’s an obligatory sale Digital distributor GOG.com haslaunched its Linux supportearlier than expected and, as of today, there are more than 50 games that feature Linux versions on the site. A number of these titlesare also on sale, because you can’t do anything in this space without also offering deals. “For both native Linux versions, as well as special builds prepared by our team, GOG.com will provide distro-independent tar.gz archives and support convenient DEB installers for the two most popular Linux distributions: Ubuntu and Mint, in their current and future LTS editions....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Erik Chambers