Spider-smasher Kill It With Fire crawls onto PS4, Xbox One, Switch and mobile March 4

Somebody call John Goodman Some of the most unnerving video games are the ones that prey on primal fears.They Breathe,for example, with its suffocating underwater atmosphere, orDoki Doki Literature Clubwith the abyss gazing back at you. But for my money, one of the smartest and most relatable scares comes from tinyBuild’s viral hitKill It With Fire, which is headed to mobile and consoles next month. Many games feature villainous spiders, usually of the super-sized form....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Matthew Greene

Stealth Bastard needs a new name for PS3 and PS Vita

Let’s brainstorm Stealth-centric puzzle-platformerStealth Bastardhas its sights set on a summer release for PlayStation Vita and PS3. Prior to the jump to consoles, the game will need a new name, as the current one is “just too rude!” Curve Studios is looking for a replacement and the winner will receive not only credit,but the game itself and a Vita. Stealth Bastard Deluxehas been doing its thing on Steam for quite a while now....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Justin Vega

Steam doing a Doom sale for QuakeCon 2010

Doom. You think of it sometimes when you’re not doing anything. It just kind of pops in your head. And then you go find one of your copies or versions and play it. I also do this withUnreal. I don’t know why. Am I alone in this? This is the only time of the year that isn’t hard to think of Doom. It’s QuakeCon time, and in order to celebrate, Steam has a sale on all Doom titles....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Jennifer Griffin

Super Bombeman R runs so much better now

I didn’t expect this from Konami! As much asSuper Bomberman Rmissed the mark in some basic, fundamental ways, the developers have stuck with it, and I have to commend their post-launch support. The latest update is abig one, offering a much-smoother frame rate (if it isn’t hitting 60 frames per second now, you could’ve fooled me), tighter controls, difficulty adjustments, and several new maps. And yeah, it’s free. The patch notes, in full: Some of these now-fixed issues were actually keeping me from coming back toSuper Bomberman R, so this is serious progress....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Lisa Michael

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD has 10 mini-games

Make ’em count A remaster of the Nintendo Wii’sSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitzmight not have been my first (or even second or third) choice on the list of things Sega should do with this underutilized series in 2019, but hey, I’ll take it. I’m far more inclined to play this game now that motion controls are out of the picture. Expanding on what we saw in theannouncement trailer, Sega has released some fresh gameplay footage ofSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HDand noted a few more details about the remaster....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Martha Woods

The 10 Best Euro Board Games of All Time, Ranked

If you love board games with remarkable strategic depth, you’re probably a fan of a few tabletop titles that fall under the “Euro” category. Whether you’re growing crops, completing objective cards, or amassing a fortune from trading, these board games are always immensely satisfying. In the list below, we’ve assembled our picks for the ten best Euro board games of all time. There are a ton of games that fall under this classification, but our choices focus on titles that clearly feel like a quintessential Euro board gaming experience....

July 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1129 words · Michelle Kelley

The Daily Hotness: Those outfits are an Injustice!

Check out everything Destructoid did today Man, I’m actually looking forward toInjustice. I mean, other than the costumes. Those are pretty terrible. Wow. A Crapton of stuff happened today. Fraser interviewed Cliff Harris, Conrad presented an Office Chat onDead Island, tons of games got reviewed and previewed (as well as the sweet-assHyrule Historiabook), and more news than you could shake a stick at (well, ok,just enoughnews to shake a stick at) happened today, January 30th, in the year Twenty Thirteen....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Diana French

The winner of Destructoid’s best 2013 adventure game

Best of 2013 I like to think of adventure games as the games that make you think. They are the ones that keep you awake at night not because your pulse is pounding but because your brain is on fire. And the winner is … The Stanley Parable HD It was never really a choice. There are no real choices, you see. Oh, sure, we could have stood around in a broom closet instead of giving the 2013 adventure game of the year award toThe Stanley Parable HD, but it would have been futile in the end....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 188 words · Kristen Berg

This Kar98k Warzone attachment makes hip fire 100% accurate, but there’s a catch

When you think of shooting accurately with a sniper rifle, you automatically think about scoping in, steadying your scope, and firing. If you use thisWarzoneattachment, however, you can hit perfect shots without aiming down the sight of your Kar98kn. As shown in a video by SkillIssue– on Reddit, adding the CS15 Scarlet Box Laser to yourKar98kmakes it incredibly accurate when hipfiring, downing enemies with one shot even at long range....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Lauren Madden

Treasure has plans for more ports to Steam and a new game

Company is focused on PC development right now Ikarugacoming to Steam by way of Steam Greenlight wasan unusual sightto behold but if that’s weirdly what it takes to get Treasure games on the platform, I’m all for it. In an interview withFamitsu, Treasure president Masato Maegawa said there’s indeed plans to port more titles to PC. “Ikarugais the first one, and we don’t intend on stopping there,” he told the publication....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Nicholas Ross

Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Split Fiction (2025) – Co-op Tips and Tricks

Couch co-op is making a comeback, and Split Fiction is the game to play if you want endless entertainment without some random teammate yelling in your ear. Whether you’re a Hazelight Studios fan or you just miss playing a great co-op game without the need for online play, Split Fiction packs in everything you could possibly want from an action-packed genre-bending adventure. Here are ourSplit Fictiontips for playing co-op; be it on the couch with a loved one, or via the Friend’s Pass....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 737 words · Jeffrey Coleman

Umamusume codes (August 2025)

Updated: August 02, 2025 We checked for new codes! We’re all familiar with horse racing, but have you heard of horsegirl racing?Umamusumeis just that. You get to watch girls run across the field in mini dresses, which is not a personal cup of tea, but you do you. Anyway, have fun. Umamusumecodes are posted on social media, but you can also obtain them by purchasing merchandise. Each code grants free carrots and other phenomenal goodies....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · John Brown

Vampyr: A new RPG from the Remember Me devs

‘Take blood, save a life’ Dontnod Entertainment has yet to release its upcoming projectLife is Strange, but it already has another game in the works. And, this one looks to be in a totally different vein (that pun will definitely make sense in a few seconds). At a London-based reveal event, publisherFocus Entertainmentrevealed Dontnod’s next game,Vampyr, an action role-playing game. According toTheSixthAxis, who attended the event,Vampyrfollows a doctor who, shortly after World War I, is bitten by a patient that has the Spanish Flu....

July 10, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Dawn Gallegos