Persona, Zelda, & Valkyria Chronicles toy love explosion

Wonder Festival, a massive showcase of toys, figurines, and sculpts based on anime and videogame characters, just tore through Tokyo and brought along a ton of kickass goods for your eyeballs. Sister site Tomopop jumped on top of all that like white on rice, and now we bring their discoveries to you. For our roundup, we haveSelvaria BlesfromValkyria Chronicles. Next to her is an unpaintedLinkbased on hisSkyward Swordattire. The final three all repPersona 4—Yukiko and Chieon the ends and Yukiko’s PersonaKonohana Sakuyain the middle....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Norma Craig

Portal crossover coming to Rocket League

The cake is a li– er, topper Portal-themed content is coming toRocket Leaguenext month, Psyonix has announced. Starting December 1, the following items will be awarded to players at random after matches: All of the ornaments are free and will be available to both PlayStation 4 and PC users.

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 49 words · Erica Baker

Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 declares ‘the pitch is ours’ in November

CGI Mario G?tze is freaking me out I’ll be honest, I haven’t played aPro Evolution Soccergame since the PlayStation 2 days but after the series lagged behindEA’sFIFAjuggernautfor the last few years, I’m keen to try the series again on a current-gen platform.PES 2015will be coming out in November this year on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. The ‘pitch is ours’ is Konami’s slogan and in this year’s installment, there’s a promise of much quicker reaction times, which always used to be a big problem with olderPESgames....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Shirley Cervantes

PUBG Corp. explains some of the anti-cheat measures that will be coming soon

Kills 99.9% of germs PUBG Corp. has been testing out some brand new anti-cheat methods forPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundson test servers for the last week or so. Whether through test results or because of fan outcry, the developers have taken to the Steam forums to explain exactly what is going on with these new solutions. To this end, the company has established a dedicated team to tackle cheating programs and will be launching another anti-cheat method on test servers next week....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · Paul Patel

Raiden V: Director’s Cut launches on Nintendo Switch July 25

ShmupToid And the jet-fighting, space-shooting news just keeps coming. UFO Interactive has announced a release date for the Nintendo Switch port ofRaiden V: Director’s Cut, which will be winging its way to the hybrid console July 25. Already available on PS4 and PC, Raiden V: Director’s Cutis an expanded edition of the 2016 Xbox One release, which itself is the fifth title in the 25-year-oldRaidenseries.Director’s Cutfeatures all the modes of the pulse-pounding original, which includes three battle vessels, a fully-voiced story mode, and unique “cheer” system (which allows online friends to boost your weapon power), but also adds a handful of extra stages....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Cynthia Jensen

Rocket League’s Supersonic Fury DLC is cooler than I expected

Love that new pearlescent paint finish Rocket Leaguejust released two DLC packs:Utopia Coliseumis a new arena to play in and is available for free whileSupersonic Furycontains a host of new car customization options and runs about four bucks. The two new cars inSupersonic Furyare the American muscle car Dominus and the Japanese street racer Takumi. They remind me most of a Dodge Charger and a Toyota Supra, respectively (forgive me if this is way off base; I’m not a car person)....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Kyle Stevens

Scarlett Johansson Black Widow solo movie gets writer and one step closer to reality

A RomCom take on the Slavic Shadow? (Please no) Perhaps MCU show runner Kevin Feige looked at the little DCEU 2017 summer blockbuster,Wonder Woman, and finally had a realization: there is money to be made from films with fan-favorite female leads. Little known fact:Wonder Womanhelmer Patty Jenkins was briefly attached as the director ofThor: The Dark World. Whoops. The long-rumored, highly demanded film at least has Feige committing with a writer....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Terry Caldwell

Sega bringing back Sonic Boom for San Diego Comic-Con

E3 2011 was one of more memorable E3 for many of us at Destructoid thanks solely toSega’s Sonic Boom event. Seriously, just watch the above video to see the pure insanity of the entire night’s events. Sonic Boom is taking place once again during Comic-Con on Friday, July 13, and will feature musical performances by Crush 40, Alex and JP Makhlouf from Cash Cash, Takashi Iizuka from Sonic Team, and Steve Lycett fromSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Veronica Taylor

Some rushed first impressions after a fast Sonic Mania demo

A go-fast blast At PAX West, Jordan and I spent maybe five minutes withSonic Mania. Appropriate, really, given that the blue hedgehog’s whole existence is framed around the concept of speed. In and out, super quick. That’s all we needed to know that the game is shaping up quite nicely. And, when we say that it’s shaping up nicely, we mean that it’s looking like a game thatSonicfans from the Sega Genesis days are going to want to play....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Stephanie Leonard

Splitgate 2 Preview

I recently got to play a preview of the free-to-play PvP shooterSplitgate 2. After six hours, it’s clear to me that developer 1047 Games is trying things a bit differently than expected. The original shooter was celebrated as “HalomeetsPortal,” introducing portal gameplay to arena-style shooting. It worked, andSplitgateexploded in popularity. Those eager to jump into its sequel for more of the same may be alarmed to learn thatSplitgate 2won’tjustbe more of the same....

July 24, 2025 · 8 min · 1500 words · Calvin Allen

Surely the new God Eater project is a video game…right?

Not to be confused with ‘Dog Eater’ Bandai Namco released a new trailer for the newGod Eaterproject that itoriginally announcedback in September, 2016. The existence of English trailers essentially confirms a western release for the console title. Which consoles specifically, we don’t know yet. Bandai Namco producing a “God Eaterproject” on consoles with the 3D modeling seen in these trailers likely translates to “video game,” but something about the way they avoid the term “game” is slightly suspicious....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Linda Melendez

Teppen is like Hearthstone meets Magic: The Gathering, with Capcom characters

I can be Wesker? Sure, I’ll play it Capcom is a sleeping giant when it comes to properties. A lot of people forget that yes, they not only have theMega Manseries at their disposal, but they also have all of the subseries that entails likeMega Man XandBattle Network, on top of any number of iconicStreet Fightercharacters or memorable faces from franchises likeDarkstalkers, where Morrigan herself transcends the actual games. The publisher has been doing all-star games for years, but finally decided to tap into the card game market with the help of GungHo Online for a…cough…mobile card game....

July 24, 2025 · 4 min · 840 words · Michele Brady

That new Gauntlet game is coming out on September 3

Free comic with pre-order Hey! Remember how there’s a newGauntlethappening and people were excited for it yet Warner Bros. is barely making a big deal about it? Well yeah it’s still happening, set to arrive for just the PC/Steam on September 3. The online/local four-player classicis up for pre-order, and if you want to “secure” your copy now you will be given extra items and a free comic the day the game is released....

July 24, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Justin Allen