Do you want gaming and related media to be your ‘safe space’?

And if so, is there anything wrong with that? When I first started here at Destructoid, content creation was the key to maintaining a successful website; update the site as often as possible, with as much high quality, unique content as possible. These days, the story has changed. Content is everywhere. No one is thirsty for more. They’re literally drowning in it. Instead, people are looking for curation to help dam the ever rising flood of information sent into their brains each and every day into something they can control....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Daniel Porter

Echoes of Mana to end service just one year after launch

Yet another nostalgia-tinged mobile title bites the dust Square Enix has announced that it will be shutting down service for mobile RPGEchoes of Mana— The free-to-play RPG, which launched in April 2022, will hit the lights on July 01, 2025, just a pip over 12 months on from its initial launch. “We regret to announce we have made the difficult decision to discontinue theEchoes of Manaapp service,”reads a statement posted to the official website....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Aaron Rodriguez

Epic is making a free-to-play tactical RPG called Battle Breakers

Not the Quest for Epic Loot Epic Games announcedearlier todaythat it had around six games in development. It looks like one of them isBattle Breakers, a free-to-play tactical RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons from the ’80s. The game will feature all manner of characters from the likes of ninjas, dinosaurs, robots, and knights along with having cross-platform play between mobile devices and PC. In Epic’s own words, “Master the elements and defeat your enemies with strategy, smash crystals to unlock hidden treasures, and power up your hero squads to take back the Kingdom, one break at a time!...

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Ryan Phelps

Everything that happened at Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct

Breath of the Wild 2for 2022! Nintendo warned us that “most” of the announcements for E3 this year would be for “games releasing in 2021,” but uh, they were very sneaky with that “most.”Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2is slated for 2022. That’s huge! They also acknowledged thatMetroid Prime 4exists, but said nothing aboutBayonetta 3. So we got one of the trifecta, folks! We also got a newSmashDLC announcement (Kazuya fromTekken), and a few more rad confirmations of games coming in 2021, like a newWarioWarejoint....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Marcia Wood

Front Mission 2: Remake release has been pushed back

Poop Forever Entertainmenthas announcedthatFront Mission 2: Remakehas been pushed back from its announced release date of June 13, 2025. I’m not sure how to continue this article aside from just having a big ugly cry. In this case, I’ll just lean on quoting the press release while interjecting with sobbing. Important notice regarding the premiere of FRONT MISSION 2: Remakepic.twitter.com/Hw1rAmoTrN — Forever Entertainment S.A. (@ForeverEntert)July 24, 2025 “This decision was not taken lightly,” taunts the press release, “but in collaboration with the development team, we want to ensure that we have sufficient time to add as many functionalities as possible while proceeding with proper implementation and tests, to meet your expectations for a modern-day remake....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Nancy Anderson

Halo 5 grosses more on day one than Spectre in UK

7.7 million UK pounds, to be exact Halo 5: Guardiansgrossed £7.7 million on day one in the UK, Microsoft has announced. Halo 5entered in pole position in the UK chart, selling twice as many copies asAssassin’s Creed Syndicate, and twice as many as 343 Industries’ previousHalogame,Halo: Master Chief Collection. While we don’t have the exact unit sales — nor the financials from anyplace else yet, either — apparently the latest Master Chief adventure grossed more on its opening day than the latest James Bond movie,Spectre, which made “only” £6....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · James Moore

Happy Birthday, Mewtwo, you abomination

You would cry too if it happened to you Happy birthday toMewtwo, the most terrifying and fucked up Pokémon in existence. Years agoon this day, a pregnant Mew gave birth to the creature in a lab on Cinnabar Island, where a team of scientists had tampered with its genetic material in horrific experiments prior to birth. Of course, the demonic test tube baby had the last laugh, eventually using its unnatural powers against its creators to escape and destroy the secret facility where they had held it captive....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Lisa Jarvis

How to destroy fuel silos in Helldivers 2

Destroying enemy outposts is just part of the job inHelldivers 2. Most of these types of missions are straightforward, but there’s one that has been stumping some players. If you come across the “destroy fuel silos” objective inHelldivers 2, we’ll show you how to do that. How to destroy fuel silos inHelldivers 2 To destroy fuel silos inHelldivers 2, you have to call in a mission-specific Stratagem that will come up once you’re inside the objective area....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Jeff Brown

How to get the large rucksack in MW3 Zombies

Modern Warfare 3Zombies lets players tackle the open-world map of Urzikstan with tons of items to collect. If you have a hard time having enough slots in your inventory, consider getting theMW3Zombies large rucksack. How to get a large backpack: Lockers The large backpack inMW3Zombieshas two main methods for players to find them in the middle of matches: storage lockers and buy stations. Unfortunately, it is not a situations where you can bring a large rucksack with your as part of your loadout for Zombies matches....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Taylor Gordon

How To Reset Vendor Credits In Starfield

Like prior Bethesda games, most of the items you spot around you inStarfieldcan be interacted with and stored in your inventory. Some of them are useful and worth keeping while others are just junk you’re better off selling.When you need to get rid of stuff, hit up a vendor that’ll happily pay you for your goods. It’s a convenient system, but the only problem is that vendors have limited Credits, which can be a problem when your inventory is overfilled....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Robert Harris

How to unlock Fast Travel points in Palworld

Palworldis less like a pure Pokemon game and more like Minecraft; or any number of other survival titles. As such, it allows players to fast travel to get around quickly. Here’s how to unlock it, and how to use it. Fast travel points in Palworld look like giant bird statues In what looks like a mix betweenPokemon‘s Articuno andGenshin Impact‘s Statues Of The Seven, fast travel points are statues inPalworld....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Bryce Davis

How to unlock Rat Form in V Rising

Any good vampire worth its silver knows how to transform into other animals, and there are six different forms to unlock inV Rising.The first, the Wolf, is straightforward and will be found almost by accident. Learning how to shapeshift into Rat form, on the other hand, requires a few more steps and could be easily overlooked by new players. Unlocking Rat Form in V Rising Building a Vermin Nest The first step towards being a cute little red-eyed rat inV Risingentails building a Vermin Nest in your castle....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Derek Flynn

I can’t miss Ashen now that it’s headed to Nintendo Switch, Steam, and PS4

I don’t have a calendar, but if I did, I’d mark down December 9 DidAshenslip by you last year? Sometimes, that’s how it goes. We’ll get another crack when the co-op-heavy action-RPG makes its way onto more platforms. Following an Xbox One and Epic Games Store release,Ashenwill be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Steam, and GOG starting December 9. Even if you’ve already been there and done that, make sure to stick around for the end of the trailer....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Arthur Nguyen