And the cycle begins anew Despite Rockstar’sRed Dead Redemption 2walking away with the coveted Christmas Number One slot, it seems that the status quo has been restored as we head into 2019, with Electronic Arts’ footie-simFIFA 19returning to the top of the charts. If recent years are anything to go by, the next few months will seeFIFAandRed Dead, among other titles, bounce around the Top Ten for months, though clearlyKingdom Hearts IIIandResident Evil 2will both have their time in the limelight upon their respective releases....

Kickstarter rewards include a yacht party and director for a Day Shovel Knightis a new action platformer fromYacht Club Games. Headed up by former WayForward directorSean Velasco(Contra 4,A Boy and his Blob,Double Dragon Neon), the game uses an “8-bit +” art style that sticks to the original NES color pallet and resolution, but takes things further than the old hardware would have made possible with highly detailed backgrounds and multiple levels of “parallax scrolling”....

The content just keeps coming Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Editionwas afantastic expansion. I’m already eager to jump back in and start grinding away at my Legendary levels so I can be the best zombie-dropkicker in Harran. Four new community maps have been officially added to the game, so now I have another excuse to boot the game up. Under the City is a “choice-based horror story,” and Climb Down is an “arcade-style parkour experience” that looks like a combination ofMetal Gear‘s VR missions andMirror’s Edge‘s time trials....

Get your game on with the Dtoid community! Welcome to another edition of Destructoid’s Friday Night Fights! This week I’d like to highlight the new “Weekend Warriors” event that’s been going down every Saturday and Sunday in the community! Basically, it’s just a continuation of FNF throughout the entire weekend; what’s not to love? New to FNF? Read this!Each week, a bunch of us Dtoiders get together to play videogames online!...

‘Postponed to a future date’ In case you missed it, Gearbox debuted a rather significant bit of DLC forBorderlands 3recently:Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot. But that was part of the paid realm of content, and before that, Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite was provided to everyone. Billed as a sort of challenging mini-raid, teams of four have been taking on the Blacksite for roughly a month now; while one to three player outfits are clamoring for some sort of scaled difficulty slider that would allow everyone to try it out....

You’ve got a ticket to ride I absolutely love tabletop games. Whenever I’m back home to visit friends, I always make sure to hop in as a guest character in their weekly DnD session. At family vacation, I’m the one who shows up withTwilight StruggleandSplendor. The problem is that my circle of friends where I live currently is pretty small owing to my off-kilter work schedule, so outside of visiting family and friends, I must get my tabletop gaming fix through the computer....

Sales show no sign of samurai slowdown Sucker Punch Productions’ acclaimed adventure titleGhost of Tsushimais edging ever closer to the 10 million sales mark, having shifted a hugely impressive 9.75 million copies since its initial release in the summer of 2020. The new sales figures are noted as part of a wider stat report released by the developer, which details the number of times wannabe samurais have indulged in some of the title’s bloodthirsty, (and less bloodthirsty), activities over the course of the past two years....

The developers refute the claims H1Z1, Sony Online Entertainment’s zombie apocalypse survival simulator, has recently come under fire from its own community. On the day of its Early Access launch, many who had eagerly tracked the game’s development for months suddenly felt as though they’d been duped all along. And, predictably, they’re not happy about it. The controversy stems from SOE’s long-running insistence thatH1Z1would not be “pay-to-win.” The developer told various outlets and message boards this since the game’s inception....

They won’t make the campaign launch day, but they could arrive before end of year It sounds like we could be getting some playlist updates forHalo Infinite, and before the year’s out at that. Community manager John Junyszek confirmed today that playlists are in the works for Fiesta, Free-For-All, and Tactical Slayer (a.k.a. SWAT). Junyszek saysthey won’t arrive by Dec. 8, the launch date forHalo Infinite‘s single-player campaign. But the team is trying to get these new playlists implemented in the multiplayer side before the end of the year....

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeisn’t too illuminating when it comes to how to get tocertain placesin the Land of Shadow, and the Church District is no exception. The area is located on the eastern part of the Shadow Keep, but reaching it is quite a journey. By journey, I mean you have to make like Gimli and go the long way around. The Shadow Keep doesn’t offer a quick and dirty way to enter the Church District....

Also known as ‘Project Setsuna’ Earlier this year at E3, we got a glimpse at “Project Setsuna,” and damn was it beautiful. Now the game is known as Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna, and already has a release date in Japan — February 18. It’ll launch on both PS4 and Vita, and gameplay is said to be very close to Square’s ownChronoseries. For those of you who are curious, it has been confirmed that it will get a localization sometime in 2016....

Evil will always triumph because good is dumb This turn-based fantasy/strategy with city-building elements is super enjoyable. Even in Steam Early Access, it’s got a surprising amount of polish, more so than several AAA games I can think of. I have encountered no gamebreaking bugs, and the main problems right now seem to be stat balance and unimplemented art. If you enjoyed the RPG elements ofHeroes of Might and Magicand the city-building ofCivilization, there’s a lot to like in this game’s eclectic blend of gameplay....

So what’s the deal with Pikmin 4? For some players,Pikmin 4will be their first time interacting with the franchise. Naturally, there’ll be plenty of questions surrounding what Pikmin are and what gameplay should be expected. Some people may even be wondering whetherPikmin 4is a reboot or not. This guide will explain whetherPikmin 4is a reboot, and how it fits in with prior titles. Is Pikmin 4 a reboot? Not countingPikmin 4, there are three mainline entries inthePikminseries....