Several of Nexon’s free-to-play games will be accessible through Valve’s Steam service. Starting today you can play real-physics-based MMOVindictus, whileDungeon Fighter Onlineand FPSCombat Armsare expected to drop on Steam later this month. In Steam, for these titles, no subscription is needed to play, and your Steam Wallet can be used to make in-game purchases. “Providing our games on Steam is about making it as easy as possible for players to access our games,” said Nexon America CEO Daniel Kim....

Mystery Musou details incoming Atlus is preparing the lift the lid on new details pertaining toPersona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers,the Warriors/Musou style game starring The Phantom Thieves, whichwas first revealed way back in April.The announcement of the announcement was made over on the game’sofficial Twitterandwebsite, although there are no details as to whether we’re getting gameplay footage, a trailer, a release date, or anything else, in fact. So my dream confirmation that Sae Niijima and Ichiko Ohya are to make their playable debutsmight have to wait for another day....

Titanfall and inFamous were the best-selling games PS4 sales topped 7 million as ofSony’s last count, whileMicrosoft saysupwards of 5 million Xbox One consoles have been shipped to retailers since launch. The former system was the best-seller for March (that’s three months in a row), according to the NPD Group.Titanfallled game sales. Hang in there, Xbox One — there’s a ton of work ahead but you’re not out of this race yet....

But only in the US File this under the “completely random” column, but PS1 classicMr. Drillerhas been delisted from the PSN store on PS3. Why is anyone’s guess, but even more curious is that only the North American version has gone missing (the title was never made available in Europe). Japanese gamers can still grabthe gameand its second sequel,Mr. Driller G, without issue. This could be an issue with licensing, but I can’t say for certain....

The above ad comes courtesy ofWired’s Game|Life blog, and it proves the old adage “sex sells, but making obtuse references to the works of Franz Kafka sells more”. How did we go from ads like the above piece of awesome, to the creepy,meta babys-as-demonsspots Sony is pushing on us today? I can only assume it has to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the subsequent modernization of the German politico-economic infrastructure....

Happy Friday, listeners! As the first of our new Retro Limbo series, we’re pleased to present to you our rhythm game episode. Chad was busybeing famous, but the rest of us were on hand to talk about some of our favorite not-so-retro button-matching music games. Highlights! Also, we forgot to mention it on the show, but Scary Womanizing Pig Mask is this week’s winner. Please contact us at retroforce -at- destructoid....

An employee of Best Buy sent Kotaku this artwork forAssassin’s Creed III, which suggests that we’ll be playing as a Native American charactercome this October. And, going a step further, that this game will at least partially revolve around the American Revolution. It sounds like Ubisoft has an announcement planned for March 5, so it shouldn’t be long until we hear what’s what from the powers that be. While a slower release schedule for the series wouldn’t have hurt my feelings, the possibilities for the narrative here are exciting, and I’m not generally the patient type....

Back we go? You can’t haveCall of Dutywithout leaks. While hardly a sure thing at this point, images acquired by YouTube user TheFamilyVideoGamerssuggest thatthe next game in the series is plainly namedCall of Duty WWII. The same images, which appear to be marketing materials, have alsosurfaced on reddit. Prior comments out of Activisionseem to line upwith this leak. In a financial report last year, the company said the next installment from Sledgehammer would “takeCall of Dutyback to its roots....

Seriously, these colors are bright It has been more than a year since we first got word thatRune Factory 5was in development for Nintendo Switch, and during today’s Partner Mini Direct, we were given our first look at the 2021 title. All the staples of the spin-off series are here. There are still crops to grow, monsters to fight, fish to catch, and partners to woo. InRune Factory 5, you play as an amnesiac who’s asked to become a peacekeeping ranger and tasked with keeping the local town safe from the various monsters that roam the expansive world....

Can the narrator die? I think Sean Bean may have finally found himself a project where he can’t possibly suffer a gruesome on-screen death — the narrator inCivilization 6. PC Gamer has confirmed that Bean is not just the presenter forthe game’s official reveal trailer. He’ll actually provide the narration for the game’s tech tree quotes, which you can get a glimpse of below. It’s not the most spirited performance ever, but it’s good enough for me!...

Samus and Pikachu, together again (on the resellers’ market) Today marks one of the bigger “Nintendo shopping events” in recent memory. This morning, thenew Switch OLED modellaunched alongsideMetroid Dread, the game’s special edition, and pair of new amiibo. The Pokémon Company also release a bunch of new Pokémon cards, including a 25th Anniversary Elite Trainer Box. I’ve spent the day checking out the stock on these hot sellers at local Targets, Best Buys, and GameStops, and from what I can tell, their rarity (from least to most common) seems to be running something like this:...

One of the first of many choices you will have to answer when jumping intoBaldur’s Gate 3is which of the two graphic interfaces you want to use: Vulkan or DirectX 11. For most players, this is a tough question because while you’ve probably heard of DirectX 11, you may not have heard of Vulkan. Basically, this choice is asking which graphics API you wantBaldur’s Gate 3to use when rendering the graphics of the RPG....

Less than a year after entering Early Access Alpha, developer Titan Forge Games and Hi-Rez Studios have announced that the sequel to the popular third-person MOBA, Smite 2, will be entering its free-to-play Open Beta on January 14. It’s been a productive Alpha forSmite 2which in that time has grown its arsenal of playable gods from 14 to an impressive 45. The number of game modes in the MOBA has also grown from just one to six, with a new mode called Joust launching alongside the Open Beta release....