Yakuza Studio focused on next project Yakuza Studio has no plans to localizeYakuza 5for western audiences, series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi recently toldEdge. Despite demand for an international release, the developer is currently focused on its next project,Yakuza Restoration, which will launch alongside the PlayStation 4 in Japan next February. “The Yakuza Studio team is a fixed size, and we have to choose between forging ahead with the next game or localizing the one that just came out....

Won’t somebody please think of the children?! Compile Heart has created a treasure trove of strange and unsavory things in its time, but this just make take the cake. Wait. Actually, no. Never mind. It’s definitely up there though. The purveyors of games such asHyperdimension Neptuniaand that other one where youstroke a Vita in a rather inappropriate fashionare back to their old tricks with a title calledGenkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle.The upcoming Vita project is billed as a “rubbing, pinching, panty-wearing RPG....

NIS America announced today at Tokyo Game Show that they will be bringing the third game of theHyperdimension Neptuniaseries to PlayStation 3 next year.Hyperdimension Neptunia Victorywill launch next spring in North America and Europe. Neptune returns in a story that takes place just a few years after the ending ofMK II. She has grown lazy enough to be returned back to level one, and in trying to get back into the business of being the CPU of Planeptune, she stumbles into another dimension....

Major content updates will roll out every three months As much as I enjoyedgoofing off in the closed beta, I fully expectThe Crew 2to have some growing pains as Ubisoft fixes, refines, and expands the open-world racer in the months and years after its June 29 release. To that end, the company has outlined its vision forpost-launch support. We can expect to see a major free update forThe Crew 2every three months along with two new vehicles added on a monthly basis....

It’s a 50/50 chance at this point James Cameron’s nine-year-old film and franchise-to-beAvatarreceived a nice shot of adrenaline last year when Disney opened a Pandora-themed section to its Animal Kingdom in Orlando. It’s an innovative take on adapting a movie to a theme park, set a good amount of time after the events of the original movie where Na’vi and humans achieved peace and Pandora can be visited by tourists. Banal commercialization of space exploration aside, it’s an ambitious and frankly beautiful area that mirrors the big plans Cameron and his team have forAvatar....

So, you’ve finally bought Valve’s handheld gaming PC –the Steam Deck– only to discover that you’ve run out of disposable income! What now? Are you all out of luck, and with a totally empty Steam account, to boot? Fret not: there’s abunchof awesome stuff available for the Deck at absolutely no additional charge. All you really need is some available bandwidth and, preferably, a somewhat speedy Internet connection! What are the best free-to-play games for the Steam Deck?...

[Destructoid is grabbing its rail gun and heading to Dallas, Texas this weekend forQuakeCon. Stay posted for game news, previews, and strange happenings from the infamous LAN room.] One of my favorite things to do at QuakeCon is stumble across the labyrinth of cables, PCs, and people contained within the BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) room, searching for the most noteworthy, custom rigs. Even with the room at max capacity, turning away an unprecedented amount of people in the event’s history, I was disappointed to find a lot less interesting rigs this year....

Last year saw Evil Empire kick off The Triple-i Initiative showcase, an event focused on announcements for indie games. Now the spotlight is back on the indie world in a second edition that promises “no ads, no hosts, just games.” There’s no date in place yet for the 2025 edition of the Triple-i Initiative, but we have some idea of what type of presentation to expect. According to thepress releaseand the teaser video below, this year’s event will feature a mix of launch date reveals, gameplay first looks, and world premieres....

It’s all right there in the headline — if you haven’t gottenAmong Usyet and you’d like to, you can play it for free. The Epic Games Store isgiving awaythe mega-popular social game until June 27, 2025. I probably don’t need to explain the appeal of this cartoonish sci-fi imposter-deducing game, and you probably don’t want to hear it at this point, so let’s just say that some players are cut out for “all in good fun” deception and some aren’t....

[Update:We raised $6,387.16 for the Extra Life children’s hospital charity marathon. More details, highlights and a list off all the winners will be coming soon. For now, SLEEP! Thanks to everyone that donated, watched and helped spread the word!] Destructoid’s Extra Life 24-hour gaming marathon is here! Streaming from Topware Interactive in the Bay Area, come watch as your favorite staff members on the West Coast play games for 24 hours straight while we ask for your donations to benefit Children’s Miracle Network hospitals....

TheFortnite Star WarsGalactic Battle season has brought plenty of unique gameplay features to the island. One of the more complex systems is Alignment, and it’s a crucial one to understand. This system is a great way to earn XP and unlock special gameplay effects and abilities you otherwise don’t have access to. It ties in quite well with the overarching storyline present in allStar Warscontent, too, so if you’re a fan, you’ll love this feature....

You can be an in-game character My dream is to be in a videogame. That, and to die as an extra in a horror movie. Even with all the friends I have in both industries, nothing has panned out. Maybe I should get into this contest for a role in upcoming gameThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. If you’re watching The Walking Dead on AMC Sunday nights, this should be easy to get into....

Following the previousAce Attorneycollections, Capcom is doing one for theAce Attorney Investigationsspin-off duology. Not only does this mean the two games will be available on modern hardware, but this marks the second game’s debut in the West. For context, the originalAce Attorney Investigations, which sees you play as prosecutor Miles Edgeworth as he solves crimes, came out in 2010. Its sequel launched just a year later in 2011, but only in Japan, with Capcom opting not to localise it....