Blink and you’ll miss it It’s the first day of December, and all through the blog, the writers of Destructoid are clearing their backlog. So in my efforts to catch up with some missed notables in the run-up to award season, I decided to boot up indie narrativeBefore Your Eyeslast night. And frankly, it’s really taken ahold of me. If you haven’t heard ofBefore Your Eyes, it’s a narrative adventure from GoodbyeWorld Games with apretty interesting premise....

Joint CEO stepping down after 30 years CD Projekt RED co-founder and joint CEO Marcin Iwiński has announced that they are stepping down from their role at the Polish studio, following a near-30-year tenure with the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer. Iwiński made the announcement via anofficial statementposted Tuesday. “I am beginning a brand new personal chapter at CD Projekt, as I will submit my candidacy for the role of Chairman to the Supervisory Board, leaving behind my joint CEO role,” writes Iwiński....

Try and look surprised As Summer Game Fest continues, the black-and-green brand is preparing to take the stage, as Microsoft’s Xbox brand prepares to regale us with all of the titles headed to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox Game Pass in the remainder of 2023 and beyond — The Xbox Games Showcase is set to kick off in about an hour from now, and we’ll be on deck to bring you all of the hot news and updates from today’s stream....

Dillon rolls into the sunset Vanpool Inc. is closing its doors. The Japanese studio, known for both its support work on Nintendo games as well as its own games, such asDillon’s Rolling Western, has announced it is shutting down. The news was posted on thestudio’s official site, saying the team has decided to disband. No overt reason was given, but the studio does express gratitude for its fans. Vanpool was one of the studios started by former Love-de-Lic developers, alongside studios like Punchline (Chulip,Rule of Rose) and Skip Ltd....

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. It’s launch day for some newDestiny 2content, but irrepressible error codes and server instability make the title impossible to access. That’s what’s playing out right now forEpisode: Heresy, with the final Episode stumbling right out of the gates. Destiny 2really needs a win right about now. The live-service game hasn’t had a good year, with mediocre,bug-filled Episodesreplacing the old Seasonal model. The hope was that Bungie was saving the best for last, thatHeresywould re-inspire some faith in players after months ofnegative press and controversies....

One of the abilities the two new protagonists ofArmy of Two: The Devil’s Cartelget is called Overkill. After filling up the Overkill meter from in-game actions such as killing others, a player can activate it to slow things down, recover health, and blow up EVERYTHING. Overkill gives a explosive effect to your bullets, and nothing stands a chance against your rampage when it’s activated. Each player gets there own Overkill meter, but only one person needs to activate it to turn on the ability for both players to use it....

[FreelancerAlex Rubenstracked down the man who plastered Gabe Newell’s face all over downtown San Francisco this past week during the Game Developers Conference. For journalism!] After mysterious pictures of Gabe Newell’s face began appearingin seemingly random placesaround Moscone Center in San Francisco this week, it understandably started some confusion. While the rumors of a Steam Box debut andHalf-Life 3unveiling were all obvious hearsay, it still left us with some questions: What are these, who put them there, and why?...

It’s entirely optional GOG.com has launchedGalaxy, its DRM-free gaming platform, in beta for Windows and Mac (with Linux support on the way). It’s comparable to Steam, at least on the surface — there’s online chat, achievements, matchmaking, stat tracking, and auto-updating. But here’s the key: everything is optional, including the client itself. Galaxy “will never be mandatory.” Should you want to use it, though, know that you’ll have control over individual features....

For most of this week,Helldivers 2players have beenreporting signings of blue lasersand beams during missions. Sometimes, these beams pass over them harmlessly, while they act like sniper fire and kill others. The common thread is that these beams are blue, which no enemy faction in the game currently fires. After much debate about how this could be the return of the Illuminate faction, Arrowhead Game Studios’ CEO has stepped up to resolve the matter, stating, “Blue beams aren’t real, it can’t hurt you....

The Mantles have made their triumphant return inMonster Hunter Wilds, giving you a variety of handy buffs. Towards the endgame, you’ll earn the Corrupted Mantle, a Rarity 4 item that excels in high damage rates. Here’s how to get and use the Corrupted Mantle inMH Wilds. How to unlock Corrupted Mantle in MH Wilds you may unlock the Corrupted Mantleafter defeating the Gore Magaladuring Chapter 5-2. This fight will be a part of the ‘A World Turned Upside Down’ quest, where you’ll have to face off against Frenzied Monsters....

Our headline character limit thanks you for not using “Christmas” Indie Royale’sXmas Bundle 2.0seems like another solid line-up of games you might not own already. For around five bucks, they’re offeringColour Bind,Offspring Fling!,Serious Sam Double D,Serious Sam: The Random Encounter,Puzzle Bots, andLittle Kingdom. Every title except for that last one is redeemable on Steam, and they all come with keys for Desura redemption. By paying $8 or more, the bundle will also include a chiptune albumRhythm’n’Bitsby Yoann Turpin and an exclusive game jam title developed byKyle PulvercalledNamiko....

One Pieceisn’t a stranger to mysterious characters, especially since the seriesstill holdsa lotof secretsdespite being on its final arc. But even for its standard, one character stands out — the former Warlord Edward Weevil. I’m not exaggerating when I say Weevil came out of nowhere. He made his debut post-time skip, claiming to be Whitebeard’s son, and all the proof he has to support his claim is his slight likeness to the former Warlord and an old hag....

Capcom producer wants us to play Ultra Street Fighter IV The recent unveiling ofUltra Street Fighter IVshould have been sign enough that, for better or worse, we’ll be stuck with the game for a while yet. Those itching for a fresh new installment should look at the series’ release history, according to producer Tomoaki Ayano. “Game development is a long and arduous process,” he toldVG247. “If you look at the history of the series, it took six years to go fromStreet Fighter IItoStreet Fighter III, and nine years to go fromStreet Fighter IIItoStreet Fighter IV....