DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront feels like a half-assed Battlefield mod

Not the Battlefront you’re looking for Ever since the announcement that EA’s DICE studio would be developingStar Wars Battlefront, fans of the series — myself included — have feared it will be “Star Wars Battlefield” and it seems like our fears have come true. The battle of Hoth I partook in seemed unlike any other iteration of the scene from any previousStar Warsgame. The battlefield was more of a straight corridor rather than the wide open space I was used to....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 744 words · Bailey Wheeler

Does Breath of the Wild have one more GOTY award left in it?

I wouldn’t bet against it I imagine, for a certain portion of our audience,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Wildwinning another Game of the Year award is the last thing they want to talk about. Afterall, it was named the best game of 2017 by theDestructoid editors,the Destructoid community,The Game Awards,Japan Game Awards,Golden Joystick Awards, and a good chunk of the gaming websites out there. It’s the Energizer Bunny of video games because it just keeps winning and winning and winning....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Courtney Ross

Dorkly does Limbo

Limbois one of those games that works well because of its atmosphere. When you take that element away, like Dorkly did, you end up with something silly, and maybe a little bit scary, like the above video. Just be warned, once you’ve seen this video you can never unsee it. Limbowith a flashlight[Dorkly]

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 53 words · Ian Thompson

EA FC 25 Complete Winger Evolution: Best players to use

The Complete Winger Evolution is now live inEA FC 25, and you can complete it to upgrade a card of your choice. While the evolution requires you to spend 60,000 coins to unlock, the offered boosts could be well-worth your expenses. Let’s take a look at the requirements, followed by the upgrades along with the best players to use. EA FC 25 Complete Winger Evolution requirements Here are the requirements of the Complete Winger Evolution inEA FC 25....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Hannah Long

eSports tourney keeps women only event, opens men’s division to all

Now women can play Hearthstone, too The International eSports Federation recently announced, in an “effort to promote e-Sports as a legitimate sport,” its upcoming tournament would besegregated based on gender. Because, you know, that’s what the real sports do, and eSports wants to be sports as much as videogames want to be art or movies. Also, the decision was to, “avoid possible conflicts (e.g. a female player eliminating a male player during RO8) among other things....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Anthony Finley

Everything shown at the September 2023 Sony State of Play

Today’s double-header of showcase streams has come to an end, as the September 2023 Sony State of Play just wrapped. It had some ups and downs, but certainly went out with a big closer. Both today’s Nintendo Direct and State of Play ended on remakes of beloved RPGs, which is pretty rad. In Sony’s case, Square Enix brought out the big guns withFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth, locking in a launch date for the second entry of its remake trilogy that really isn’t too far off....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Kyle Larson

Forza Motorsport’s Update 5 is cool, but Update 6 should be the real deal

Early this year,Turn 10 promised to improveForza Motorsportin three key areas, one of which was its controversial car progression system. Less than a month later,the car progression revamp was outlined, but the studio also noted that it wouldn’t be released until Update 6 hits. In the interim, we just receivedForza Motorsport‘s Update 5, and though it has introduced the long-anticipated Nürburgring Nordschleife track, the simple fact that there’s no car progression revamp makes this release feel somewhat deflating....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Julia Graham

Get ready for Forza 7 with September’s Games with Gold

Confidence in Hi-speed In the lead-up to October’s launch ofForza 7, Microsoft will be giving outForza 5on Games with Gold next month. Alongside their flagship racing series comesOxenfreeon Xbox One, while 360 gamers will getHydro Thunder HurricaneandBattlefield 3(also available for backward compatibility). September’s#GamesWithGoldstarts the month off with Forza Motorsport 5 and Hydro Thunder Hurricanehttps://t.co/t636dnLbmqpic.twitter.com/EkWxiVv62x — 💬 Larry Hryb (@majornelson)June 27, 2025 While I don’t really care forBattlefield, I had a tremendous amount of fun withHydro Thundera few years back....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Ann Wang

Gigantic is a MOBA-like game I actually want to play

Hey, Monday Night Combat and SMITE fans… I don’t play most MOBAs, butGigantichas my attention. It’s not one, to be clear, but there are similarities, especially with something likeSMITE. Here, hero characters are leveling up to gain new abilities, but instead of pushing lanes to ultimately bring down the other team’s base, they’re fighting with and protecting their hulking guardian while trying to bring down the opposing team’s. This PC action game is in the works at Bellevue, Washington-based Motiga for release next year....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Valerie Dyer

Gran Turismo 6 is a game … for the PlayStation 3?

Sony Europe’s vice president quietly announces in interview Gran Turismo 6was nonchalantly announced as a current-gen PlayStation 3 game by Michael Denny, SCEE’s senior vice president, in an interview withSilicon Republic. “Look at the games coming out on the PlayStation 3, likeThe Last of Us,Beyond: Two Souls,GT6,” Denny said with confidence. He also mentioned a newAssassin’s Creedfor PS3, before today’s reveal. Denny is a real rule breaker! Considering the long development time on Polyphony Digital’sGran Turismotitles and the history of having two per console generation, this isn’t actually that surprising....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Caitlin Peterson

Guacamelee 2 pulls off the quadfecta with an Xbox release later this month

Elbow-dropping January 18 Come January 18,Guacamelee 2will have conquered every platform it could reasonably grapple with. It launched on PS4 and PC in August before swinging over to Switch in December. Now, it’s coming to Microsoft’s ecosystem. Drinkbox Studios has announced thatGuacamelee 2will release on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC on January 18. It’ll be a Play Anywhere title, meaning that buying one copy grants access to both the Xbox and Windows 10 versions....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Jason Gallagher

Here are some of the enemies you’ll face in Pid

We saw a bit of whatPidwas all about not so long ago and it seemed like a pretty interesting game. Now, with this latest trailer for the upcoming platformer from Might and Delight, you can go ahead and color me impressed — I think it’s some kind of turquoise. Said video gives us a glimpse of what kind of enemies our simple schoolboy will have to face while trying to escape the remote planet he’s somehow managed to become stranded on....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Megan Patrick

How long do you need to wait for a story mission in Spider-Man 2 (PS5)

Spider-Man 2switches things up a bit by featuring two protagonists that you can jump between at will. This allows for both Peter Parker and Miles Morales to have much more fleshed-out storylines that explore their lives as regular New Yorkers and superheroes. By completing the main story missions, you’ll unravel more of Peter and Miles’ story, but you may sometimes discover that you’ve completed a mission and there are no main missions available for you to complete....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 237 words · Christina Cox