Humble is teaming up with Codemasters to give outDiRT Rallyfor free. Available until Aug 01, 2025 (or while supplies last), this is likely being done ahead of a delisting. As with other Humble giveaways of Codemasters racers, the titles eventually became delisted from digital stores shortly after. WhileGrid 2took a good few years,DiRT 3andShowdownwere removed shortly after their free period. If you have any interest in playing this and would rather wait for a cheaper price on its sequel, ensure to grab this offer while you can....

My impatience is the death of me, again While The Daily Spelunk technically is a competition, Conrad and I have taken to rooting for one another as the series has progressed. It helps that we have such altogether different play styles, with me wanting to rush ahead whenever possible and him taking his time to pick up treasure. Today’s episode is entirely indicative of that. It’s another set of levels with an early jetpack, which is, as you faithful viewers should know by now, a recipe for disaster....

Polybius Jeff ‘Yak’ Minter is a pretty well-known figure in the indie gaming industry. He’s been coding since the ’70s and running his own company Llamasoft in recent years, and has produced a ton of colorful shooters likeNeon, Space Giraffe, andMinotaur Rescue. Now he has his sights set on a Sony platform yet again withPolybius, which is a PlayStation VR exclusive inspired by retro arcade experiences. If you’re keen, it’ll be playable at Play Expo in Manchester, England this weekend, and since the game is “nearly done,” it might see a release in the near future....

Social buzz this morning pointed us to layoffs at Obsidian Entertainment, the developers behind the upcomingSouth ParkRPG. Twitter, blogs and evenObsidian’s forumshave lit up with news of team members being dropped. Quick updates to theLinkedInpages of casualties show that theSouth Parkteam was affected by this round of layoffs. A tipster toldGameBansheethat just started on Monday has been laid off. From the looks of itan upcoming next-gen game project has also been canceled, most likely something called Project North Carolina....

Are you going to die on-stage? Comedy ain’t easy, especially in this medium, so a title that tries to game-ify creating a stand-up comedy routine sound a tad ambitious.Leave ’em Laughingfrom Australian developer Oscar Brittain is a mashup of adventure game elements with a procedurally generated comedy system. Nelson is an aspiring comedian from Freemantle in Western Australia on an adventure to find his missing dad, which will provide great material for some jokes and this is where the procedural generation comes in....

Offworlder Joel Johnson spotted this over in the Bay Area Craigslist personals while cruising for a “casual encounter”. You know: bowling shirts, some brewskis, couple games of Fumble the Crumble (peach). Reply to:[email protected][?]Date: 2025-06-02, 9:50AM PST GURHRUGHHH ROOOGH? it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 1035659475 If a meteor hit the Bay Area today, the entire Internet would go silent....

[Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] I can’t believe it’s been that long already, but this month marks the two year anniversary of one of the highest rated downloadable titles ever,LIMBO.So tonight, onMash Tactics, we’re putting on our party hats and celebrating the event, by firing up the game and running through it one more time, with the assistance of our viewers....

Remember those full Virtual Console features we were promised last year for the NES Ambassador games? Well, they’ve finally hit the 3DS forSuper Mario Bros. Along with the ability to utilize Suspend Points, you’ll get a nifty new home screen icon. Eventually, we’ll get a digital manual and multiplayer for all games (or in this game’s case, alternating multiplayer), and Nintendo will sell this “complete” version to common folk — also known as the unclean non-Ambassadors....

Publisher to capitalize on new Digital Markets Act Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed the publisher’s plans to open its own in-house app store, selling and distributing games and other software directly to mobile devices. Speaking to The Financial Times, Spencer noted that the EU’s incoming Digital Markets Act — new legislation that will force carriers such as Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores to operate on the iOS and Android service — will offer Microsoft the opportunity to distribute its wares directly, rather than through current conglomerate app stores....

Like a high budget episode of the show South Park: The Stick of Truthwas a fabulous experience. It felt like a long, interactive episode of the series that encompassed a lot of the show’s recent seasons into a unique story. Good thing every bit of footage we’ve seen of the sequel,The Fractured but Whole,seems to keep that awesome train rolling. According to this trailer, the spark that sets off the story is a missing cat, and now the main character has time farts?...

Also, Ghost Parade Luigi’s Mansion 3is clearly the big release today, on this spookiest of days. As for the other big marquee eShop titles:Just Dance 2020andMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020are out on November 5, and we’ll have a review for you soon for the latter. Also on the Switch eShop this week:64.0, Agony, Arcade Archives Mr. Goemon, Construction Simulator 2 US, Delta Squad, Flan, Ghost Parade, Mononoke Slashdown, Otokomizu, Perseverance, Race with Ryan, Ships, Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2, Spirit Roots, The Big Journey, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game, The Mims Beginning, The Wardrobe: Even Better Edition, Windmill KingsandYuri....

Also, Gunman Clive HD Collection There’s a ton of releases spanning just about every genre on the eShop: it’s a great week for the Switch. In addition toTravis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, we’re also gettingYIIK: A Postmodern RPG, NeoGeo Kzuna Encounter, Apocalipsis Wormwood Edition, At Sundown, Shots in the Dark, Bash the Bear, Bedtime Blues, Big Crown: Showdown, Bubble Shooter DX, Crazy Strike Bowling EX, Dying: Reborn, Elli, Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force, Feudal Alloy, Fit of the Gods, Football Heroes Turbo, Fragment of Marine, FutureGrind, Gunman Clive HD Collection, Guns of Mercy – Rangers Edition, Holy Potatoes!...

We had a great time last night at the New York Comic-Con Final Fantasy XIII-2 party, hosted by Square Enix in cooperation with Machinima and Destructoid. It was held at Tonic Bar in Times Square, where fans and show attendees packed it in for free drinks and a little post show relaxation. A lot of cool folks showed up to hang out, including Isamu Kamikokuryo,Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s art director. Champagne flowed, people laughed, we argued about which Final Fantasy was best [It’sFinal Fantasy VIII,by the way], and I met some great people — a really nice night....