Speaking at a GDC Online panel,GaikaiCEO David Perry has been quoted as saying next-generation consoles would be “insane” not to include cloud gaming functionality. “You don’t want to be a console that doesn’t,” he commented. “This future is coming, trust me. We’re well-funded. This is going to happen. OnLive is already making it happen. You need to be prepared for that.” Perry also mentioned that gaming has to “fundamentally” get back to being accessible, something he feels the cloud can help address....

No real specifics yet, unfortunately All throughout last month’sPlayStation 4 announcements, I was waiting for the words “PlayStation Plus” to come up. Now, thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO Jim Ryan, it has been talked about in relation to PS4 — and I think you’ll like what he had to say. “We’re very happy with the service that we’ve been able to offer with PS Plus. It’s been really well received — the value is quite extraordinary and the take-up has trebled over the course of the past year,”he said on PlayStation Blog....

PokemonScarlet and Violetwill soon be receiving DLC calledThe Hidden Treasure of Area Zeroto expand the main game. Thefirst half of the DLC is titledThe Teal Mask, and it is set to release on September 13 while the second half, titledThe Indigo Disk, will be available in Winter. In the lead-up to the launch ofThe Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, a trailer has been released that teases a 19thTera Type. Not much has been revealed about it, though it has the potential to shake up Pokemon battles....

‘A collaboration of east meets west’ CrossFireXis kind of a big deal within the global FPS community. Reworked from a mid-2000s version by Korean developer Smilegate, the “X” in the moniker denotes a new Xbox One edition that adds ina campaign from Remedy Entertainment. Wait, that (Alan Wake) Remedy? Yep. We had a chance to see a live demo during a hands-off session following Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase. While it’s not the most riveting thing I’ve seen this year, in Remedy I trust....

The studio that brought you Caligula Effect FuRyu, depending on your penchant for Japanese games, have been operating low key since 2007, publishing several semi-known games likeThe Alliance AliveandCaligula Effect. For some time it’s been business as usual branching out into multiple forms of media, even multiple platforms in the world of gaming, but that’s changing by way of a statement from CEO Takashi Mishima. Mishima explains it himself, further clarifying a statement that initially made it seem like they were getting out of games entirely, stating: “What we are describing is in regards to the smartphone games within our games business—while we have been releasing several titles each year, we temporarily suspended the development of new titles in the fiscal year ended July 03, 2025....

According toKotaku, a number of big announcements may be coming from Electronic Arts in the near future, including word thatDragon Agewill be getting a multiplayer mode. The arena-based game will feature playable dragons and make use of DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine, claims the gossip. It’s unsure if the mode will be its own game or part ofDragon Age 3, but it furthers EA’s apparent plans to put multiplayer into everything. If it’s true, of course....

What’s in the box? Despite not normally being too into unboxing videos, I’ll admit, I was eager to see what theOUYA dev kitslooked like. A work in progress,this early modelis being sent out now to those developers who ordered one. I’m having flashbacks to the days when translucent controllers were commonplace. The main highlight is the size of the unit, which is said to be about as small as a Rubik’s Cube....

But will that sense of speed remain constant? Even without a deep-rooted sense of nostalgia forStrider— okay, I do love the ridiculous Blue Dragon and always will for obvious reasons — the remake in development at Double Helix is enough to bring about feelings of uneasiness. It’s tough to know how these things are going to pan out and to that end, it’s easy to assume the worst these days....

The games of the guest characters fromSuper Meat Boy‘s PC releaseare being discountedby 50 percent this week on Steam. That list includes such notable titles asAquaria,Bit.Trip Beat,Bit.Trip Runner,Braid,Gish,Machinarium,VVVVVV, andWorld of Goo. When all of those games (plusHalf-Life 2) are purchased as a bundle, the reduction in price jumps up to 75 percent off. That’s $24.99 for a respectable library of modern favorites, in addition to the original soundtracks forSuper Meat Boy,Braid,Machinarium, and the twoBit....

Check out everything Destructoid did today Well, if you’re a PlayStation fan I’m sure you had a good day. I mean after the announcement of the PSVita TV, Slim PSVita, and more new game announcements than you can shake a dead cat at, what else is there to want? Sure, even cheaper memory cards for the Vitawouldbe optimal, but baby steps I suppose. Besides the onslaught of PlayStation news, we reviewedPuppeteer,Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, andLost Planet 3, Jim drunkenly made progress throughOutlastfor your amusement, the nextZeldatitle will not be inspired bySkyrim, and so much more happened on 30-06-2025....

Check out everything Destructoid did today SoSpencer Hayes and co. took to the streets of San Francisco to find out which Dante is best,DmCorDevil May Cry. The resulting footage is hilarious. Blood spurt is clearly the character of 2013. Though, my vote goes forever to Alighieri, but apparently he’s not in the running.Today, Jim Sterling championed Sony’s unrivaled PlayStation Plus program, user Wrenchfarm wrote a heartrending personal tale in whichDark Soulsserves as an allegory for Alzheimer’s, Fraser Brown delivered a comprehensive interview withGratuitous Space Battles’Cliff Harris, Patrick Hancock reviewedKentucky Route Zero, which I now must play,Steven Hansen talked with SWERY65 in his preview of the wildDeadly Premonition: Director’s Cut, and more!...

This weekend on Destructoid There are just days when it’s hard to eat, open doors, walk, carry things, iron, cook, and life can just be hard sometimes. Thankfully we have all sorts of wonderful products to prevent us from killing ourselves with our own inability to exist. The above video is a great tribute to doing things wrong, and if you want to lose hours of your life to seeing bad commercial portrayals of doing every day things go check outthis page on Reddit....

It could be in a gallery somewhere Zeldais one of the most conducive series for amazing fan art. It’s not just that most of the games in the series, 2D or 3D, are gorgeous, but the fact that there’s so many different art styles to choose from. Artist Raeregaopted for a classic — the Master Sword — by way of an oil painting, and it came out wonderfully. According to Raerega their father-in-law is a professional artist, and they decided to work together to create pop culture art like the above....