If you’re an Xbox Live Gold user and you’re looking for a demo to try, Square Enix has you covered. Released today is a demo forSupreme Commander 2, what this press release I’m looking at calls, “the definitive console real-time strategy experience.” That’s a bold statement. You’ll be able to find out for yourself by playing through two of the game’s tutorial levels and two missions as one of the game’s three factions, the United Earth Federation....

Yes, Handsome Jack is dead Back whenTales from the Borderlandswasfirst announced at last year’s VGX, one of the questions that came up was, “Wait, why is Handsome Jack in the trailer if this occurs after the events ofBorderlands 2? Shouldn’t he be dead?” At the end of the video above, Gearbox writer and former Destructoid ranter Anthony Burch hints at Jack’s involvement in this new story, saying “Handsome Jack is dead and he’s not coming back, but there are contingencies....

Magikarp used splash, it was super effective [Header image by Martin Wong] Shayla Wiggins, a 19-year-old from Riverton, Wyoming, was out for a stroll trying to catch ’em all inPokémon GOwhen she found something quite different than what she was looking for. “I was trying to get a Pokémon from a natural water resource,” Shayla says, explaining why she decided to jump over a fence to get to the edge of a river....

From Nidhogg developer Messhof Flywrenchis cool but hard to convey. Gifs help. You control a ship by erratically flapping and tumbling through an abstract world. Different maneuvers change your ship to different colors, allowing you to pass through obstacles. Mess up, and you’ll have to restart. Try, try again. It’s one of those games that won’t seem super appealing until you get your hands on it. But you should, whether that be thefree classicFlywrenchor theretooled Steam versionout this week....

Reach out and grab some junk The makers ofJob SimulatorandRick and Mortyare teaming up for a virtual reality game for the HTC Vive and it’s truly a thing I didn’t know I wanted until I saw it right here, right now. “We’ve been huge fans of the franchise since the beginning,” wrote developer Owlchemy Labs. “Working with [show co-creator] Justin Roiland is hilarious, and he gets us. In fact, we first met serendipitously over our mutual love ofJob Simulator, got drunk, ate Indian food, and then decided to make a video game together....

That’s it, I’m downloading the game Rocket Leagueis inescapable. Everywhere I look, people are praising the game, a fusion of soccer and cars, for being accessible, rewarding, and endlessly entertaining. I have resisted. I’m not much of a gearhead, and the closest I’ve come to liking soccer wasShaolin Soccer. That ends today. After seeing this giant gif, a change of heart is in order. I now have the game queued for download on PS4 where it is free with a PlayStation Plus membership....

So many screens To accompany ourpreview of multiplayerinCompany of Heroes 2, Relic Entertainment and THQ have a little video that shows off the variety of commanders and troops they’ll be able to lead in this anticipated sequel. Nothing too in-depth is shown here, mind you, but the game itself continues to look nice. For people like me who are afraid of attempting to earn experience points and the ensuing customization options through public multiplayer, it’s reassuring to know that points can be obtained in the single-player missions as well....

Gamers aregetting angryover a UK news report on thegame addiction clinicthat we talked about yesterday. The West Country Tonight (haha) ran a story on the clinic, based in Somerset, with the kind of “look at these crazy video’d games” attitude that one would expect from televised media. Still, it’s really not as bad as some people are making out. At the very least, it entertains both sides of the argument, which is more of a courtesy than some news outlets provide....

Though that comparison is a bit disingenuous amidst some otherwise cool straight talk The Vanishing of Ethan Carter,which Alasdair quite liked inhis review, has sold 60,000 units in its first month. Not a lot compared to usual sales stories that make headlines, like, “Rustsells a million in its first month,” or “Steven Hansen’sA la cartrdige – The second seasoningsells 69 million in its first month,” but it’s also a more typical story....

Buy the full game for 75 percent off XCOM: Enemy Unknownis free to play on Steam this weekend. The preview is available now and will end at 6pm (BST) on Sunday, June 21, 2025. If you enjoy your trial and fancy jumping into the game for realsies, you’ll be able to pick it up for 75 percent off and retain any progress made over the weekend. 2K has also confirmed pre-order incentives for the upcomingXCOM 2....

He also explained what it’ll take for a new Seaman to happen In a talk about game design philosophy at Reboot Develop 2018,SimTower,Seaman, andOdamacreator Yoot Saito revealed that he once worked on an unusual Nintendo DS game codenamedMario Motors. Saito told some heartwarming stories about his friendship with Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto,some of which he has shared before in detail. Back in the early 2000s, the three would have get-togethers in which they would “chat over tea casually” and talk about ideas for games....

You just need Shadowlands So in 2020,Blizzard announced that folks were able to vote on a new free mountthat would be added for everyone who ownedWorld of Warcraft: Shadowlands. The time has come to claim it. As a reminder, The Wandering Ancient, based on the classicWarcraft IIIstructure motif, won. At this point you can log intoWoW, and go grab it directly from your collection tab; which should be pulsing with a notification....

Photos from New York Comic-Con 2013 Sure, New York Comic-Con 2013 isn’t as big as thatotherComic-Con, but that’s not about to stop people from dressing up as the characters they love. This year Destructoid had photographerSenen Llanosat the show to take photos for us, and as you’re able to see he has a very different style from what you normally see with cosplay photography. “I love cosplay and the endlessly talented people that pour hundreds of hours into creating the perfect costume,” Senen told me....