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“Extreme” US posters are so great So I missed theSonic 2angry Tails movie poster, and I especially missed that the Japanese version had a more lighthearted happier one. While these types of changes are fairly common, it doesn’t make it any less funny.Over on Twitter, user whisperwolfbrought it to my attention, spotting the differences that I’m sure a lot of folks had already seen. Then the comparisons started coming in, calling it a “Kirby moment,” a classic example of a character that gets more lighthearted or serious depending on the region:...

Another year, another live stream Sony has announced its own live stream plans for this E3, calling the event PlayStation Live from E3 2017. Outside of streaming the press conference, Sony will also be streaming for the three days after that. Those who tune in will be able to see demos of new games, exclusive developer interviews, and potentially new trailers, directly from E3. Sony says it will be showing content from dozens of games on PS4 and PSVR over the course of E3....

Are you okay with Terry? I couldn’t be more excited forTerry Bogard’s impendingSmashdebut. AlthoughStreet Fighterwas where I really learned to be a fighting game player,Fatal Furywas the first fighter I ever played; and since then I’ve enjoyed following Terry’s journeys through theFatal Furyanime, and numerous other franchises likeCapcom vs. SNKandKing of Fighters. “Ken with a hat” (as someSmashfans are calling him) indeed. But regardless of how you feel about Terry, it was really easy for his release date (window, really) to get lost in the shuffle of a relatively explosive Nintendo Direct, especially since Nintendo was getting ready to launchZelda: Link’s Awakeningon Switch....

The results are in! Last week, we asked you in the Destructoid community topick your most anticipated games of 2013. After a week of intense vote-counting, we’re ready to share the results! The voting wasextremelyclose; so much so that the top three games were separated by only a few votes each. Keep reading to see how it all played out! Here are your top ten most wanted games, in order of votes received (and with some quotes by Destructoid commenters):...

This is the first of five upcoming chapters We’ve known for a while that the upcomingDreamfallgame from Red Thread would be split into five chapters but now we have word that the first one, entitledReborn, will arrive on October 21. I’m hoping that the studio will keep them coming at a steady rate. There’s no denying the game looks gorgeous; split between the hard sci-fi of Stark and the magical realm of Arcadia, there’s plenty of good-looking locations on show here in this trailer....

Inkle, the developers behind Overboard, Heaven’s Vault, 80 Days, and Highland Song, have released their next game,The Forever Labyrinth, in collaboration with Google Arts. You canplay it right now. Billed as a run-based narrative game,The Forever Labyrinthwill have you diving into a variety of paintings. But unlikeSuper Mario 64where you then harass the wildlife, you’ll instead solve mysteries. You enter the eponymous labyrinth looking for your friend, Professor Sheldrake, then find yourself trapped in a series of strange rooms with paintings hanging....

I’m so curious to try this in VR It has been about six months since that initialGran Turismo Sporttrailer out of Paris Games Week, and we haven’t heard a whole heck of a lot about the PlayStation VR-compatibile sim racer since. We’re fast approaching E3 (here comes that familiar combination of excitement and dread!), but we won’t need to wait until mid-June to get another update on the game. How’s next week sound?...

Get some RED on you The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kingshas been out for a while now, but it isn’t a dead document. Earlier this year we sawThe Witcher 2: Enhanced Editionreleased for Xbox 360. This version also included all of the free DLC released up to that point on disc as a means of circumventing Microsoft’s distaste for serving up free content through Xbox Live. Those enhancements the team made in the little under a year it spent to put the game on the 360 were also made available to owners of the original PC release through an enormous free patch....

So hot right now Owen Wilson has been gracing the screen since 1996 with his signature catch phrase “wow” (or, as it’s come to be known, “woooooow”) that kicked off in his very first film, Bottle Rocket, and now aWorld of Warcraftmodder is keeping that legacy alive with an add-on (mod) for the game. The gist? When you loot something in-game, it plays an audio clip of Owen Wilson going “wow....

Ring out 2K Games has confirmed thatWWE 2K19will not be launching on Switch this year. While that is unfortunate for wrestling fans, last year’sWWE 2K18was an absolute disaster on Nintendo’s platform. The industry hasn’t seen a port that bad since the 16-bit days, but somehow 2K managed to develop, certify and release the game for full price alongside the current-gen versions. As Scott Steiner so elegantlyput it one evening, “You know, they say all console ports are created equal, but you look at2K18on PS4 and Xbox One, then you look at it on Switch and you see that statement is not true....

Nostalgia for the win! Not many people realize this, butCelestehas quite the history behind it. Starting as a small project during a game jam, creator Matt Thorson later expanded the game into the release we nowknow and love. Obviously there are references strewn about the experience to remind us of the original prototype, but you’re able to also play that original version in all of its indie glory from within the new game....

Know what would go well with thatnewDream Drop Distancetrailer? A side order ofKingdom Heartscollector’s statues, that’s what! As part of its Disney Characters Formation Arts Kingdom Hearts II set, Square Enix is releasing these five figurines for you to gawk at. You’ve got Sora, Roxas, Axel, a Nobody, and Sora in his super adorableLion Kingworld form! All are rendered in an appropriately Xtreme ™ action pose. Might look nice up on your shelf, wouldn’t they?...

Another hugely successful event draws to a close We’ve come to the end of another amazing week of exciting, amusing, and heart-stopping speedruns, as the curtain falls on another amazing Awesome Games Done Quick event, which saw expert players from across the globe gather at the Double Tree Hotel in Orlando, Florida to raise a stupendous amount of money for a good cause. After a week of intense, non-stop gaming action, a whopping $3,131,475 had been raised from donors worldwide....