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[Destructoid is considering adding board games (videogame-themed or not) to what we cover. Think it's a good idea? Want us to stick to videogames only? Let us know in the comments.] Themed variants of popular games like Monop... more
The winners of the IndieCade 2012 are a diverse group, the kind of groundbreaking games many of us would realistically never hear about were it not for the awards. Hopefully, you'll be curious enough to investigate further. H... more
Well damn, son! I didn't think you'd be able to top Operation: Guts Man Edition, but lo and behold, I am spellbound by Hungry Hungry Koopas! Donald "Kodykoala" Kennedy has worked wonders once again by taking a classic board g... more
Earlier this year, we told you that USAopoly, the company that takes Parker Brothers games like Risk and Jenga and incorporates popular licenses like Spider-Man and The Simpson, was working on Monopoly: Street Fighter Collect... more
At their store on the San Diego Comic-Con show floor, Capcom is selling this beautiful Street Fighter chess set. I don't play chess, but this thing is so fancy that I want one anyway. Too bad it's $400. Checkmate. This thing ... more
I remember picking up the first Rayman Raving Rabbids game when the Wii launched in 2006. While I had planned on buying Red Steel alongside Twilight Princess (a purchase mandated by Nintendo fan law), a negative early-mo... more
Your name is Hasbro and you own the rights to a well-known board game, centered about guessing where the opponent's ships are. What do you do? Naturally, you let Universal turn it into a blockbuster marketed to look like Mich... more
Hasbro has no problem whoring itself out to whatever company is willing to lend a license. Gone is the pot-bellied nudist of the classic Operation, discharged to make way for the likes of Shrek, Homer Simpson, and f*ckin' Ma... more
In a chat with Shacknews, game designer Jordan Weisman spoke about his interest in possibly working on more Crimson Skies once the chaos of Shadowrun being Kickstarted has died down. "I'm hopeful that's another property that ... more
Today, prior to their new IP slated to be shown at PAX East this month, Harmonix has premiered the trailer for their newest entry in the rhythm game series. Eagle-eyed viewers may be able to spot former Dtoid EIC Nick Cheste... more
"Another Mario Party? Good grief. Is there really any way this game could give us something we haven't already gotten from the Mario Party series? Is there going to be any reason to buy this game over the seven other Mar... more
Based on the tabletop wargame, Cyanide's Confrontation brings the fantasy world of Aarklash to the virtual realm. The over-productive French studio which used to primarily work on the Cycling Manager series has diversified it... more
Thanks to a tweet by Alan Lee, we know there is going to be a Street Fighter Monopoly board game. Not only that, but it looks like fans will be able to vote on which characters are made into playable pieces. It is worth ... more
I've somehow managed to forget that the HeroClix tabletop game existed. In the time since I last pondered the hero-centric miniatures game, they've apparently launched HeroClix Online. I'll have to start looking into that in ... more
In the last few years, videogame themed board games seem to have found a market; whether it be for the hardcore fan of the series or the avid board game collector. During the 109th New York Toy Fair this past weekend, USAopol... more
At first glance, Fortune Street may look like another Mario-themed, board game-structured mini-game collection. It's not. Anyone who picks this game up expecting another light, mindless, motion-controlled mini-game romp like ... more
As many of you are aware, my passion for games extends far beyond the computerized entertainment we all hold so dear. I was raised as much on board games as I was on videogames and I usually love it when those two worlds inte... more
[Update: Contest closed! Winner is DestroyerTZ for this haiku: Inside this Dungeon Stories beneath the city Dragons are mating] Today's 25 Days of Giving contest has us giving away DRAGONS! Wizards of the Coast rele... more
Super-fun comparison board game Apples to Apples will become a PSN and XBLA game this holiday season. THQ is adding social and online connectivity in the videogame version, which will allow for connected play, anywhere a... more
Up until today I had no idea there was a miniature fantasy wargame called Confrontation, but Cyanide (Blood Bowl, A Game of Thrones: Genesis, Of Orcs and Men) is working on a PC game based on it. I honestly have no idea what ... more
The Gears of War series needs no introduction. Though it saw its initial entry during the current generation, its popularity is undeniable, and its influence can be seen in nearly every third person shooter released since 200... more
Over the past decade, the classic board game RISK has undergone a lot of changes with the game seeing both a major streamlining of its rules in 2008 along with a number of licensed, rule-variant versions based on themes ... more
One of my favorite games of recent years is Culdcept, a unique fusion of collectible card and board game mechanics that I find absolutely enchanting. A number of Destructoid's editors and I used to play the Xbox 360 release C... more
I like to think of myself as a pretty blindly-hardcore Nintendo fanboy. I'm already lined up and allotting money for franchises that really shouldn't still be getting my money. But even I can be surprised now and again by thi... more
Do you know of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy series of interactive Gamebooks? Talisman of Death is one of the best-known (and controversial) Fighting Fantasy adventures, and it's now a PlayStat... more
If there's one thing a bunch of hormone-addled, masculinity-obsessed, spiteful Xbox Live players want to do, it's sit around a table playing board games. Esdevium Games has tapped into this cultural demand with Gears of ... more
Last week, I was a press event in Santa Monica to check out Relic Entertainment's new third-person shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. I have been a huge fan of the lore of the Warhammer 40,000 setting and even... more
TopWare Interactive showed me this strange little game, already released in Europe as "Battle vs. Chess." It's been renamed to "Check vs. Mate" for the North American release to avoid potential conflicts with Interplay's Batt... more
You know, I used to think that you had to have some sort of position of authority in order to declare days to be special. Now I realize that you only need a social networking site and a product. What a fool I was! Electronic ... more
If you're into mobile gaming as much as I am, then there is simply no way you've not heard of Angry Birds, a game in which you launch furious beaked bastards at thieving green pigs. It dominated 2010, and it's going to tackle... more
Zombies!!! is among my favorite board games. With its modular board design and lots of little zombie figurines, I have hotly anticipated the arrival of the game on Xbox Live Arcade for a couple of years now, but the proj... more
EA Mobile sent out a press release letting people know that a version of YAHTZEE is now available for the iPad. In addition to the standard game of chance and compromise, there are additional gameplay styles to choose fr... more
I think I have mentioned my love for Settlers of Catan multiple times in the past, so I won't bore you with it now. Suffice it to say that it's one of the greatest board games ever made and the version designed for Micr... more
Here is video of the special version of Settlers of Catan built for Microsoft Surface systems. Brilliant user interface stuff at work here and, while not the same as playing on a real board (and nothing like my awesome set),... more
To many, Risk is a classic, beloved board game. To me, it's kind of those things. I can see the appeal -- and recognize its greatness, even -- but I'm pretty open about my inability to sit down and play the game for any exten... more
Coming up this Wednesday on Xbox LIVE Arcade, we're getting two new equally bizarre games. First is Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project ($10), a side-scrolling run and gun, which I feel like a lot of people are going to buy merely ... more
Playing Monopoly on a game console is something you may have done before, but Monopoly Streets takes the game experience and makes it fully interactive. You're done with the little pawns, plastic houses and that paper money y... more
Remember Battle Chess? When I was a kid, that game was amazing. Watching the pieces march across the board and squeeze the life out of their opponents felt really epic. Lovechess Salvage has a different sort of spin on t... more
Electronic Arts has announced today that they'll be bringing the classic Monopoly board games to consoles in a whole new way. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Parker Brothers publishing the first Monopoly, EA is... more
I'd read about Brenda Brathwaite's Train before but, in honesty, I'd never bought any of the hype. A board game about trains with a twist ending that reveals you're actually sending your pieces to Auschwitz? Please. You're te... more
While many of us would argue that Pong in 3D is called tennis a few enterprising gamers out there thought differently. They thought that Pong in 3D should be Pong. So they went ahead and made a tabletop version of it with a ... more
In my mind, EA and Stainless Games are doing a good thing by making sure RISK: Factions isn't a simple, soulless translation of a board game like all too many Xbox LIVE Arcade titles are. With a playable cat faction, and the... more
In a lot of ways, it's kind of strange that Risk wasn't brought to Xbox LIVE Arcade in the early days of the service. I mean, a popular board game with seemingly low production costs that would likely go on to be highly profi... more
Online gaming is a very unique experience. It's comprised of a cesspool of morons that spend most of their days being insulting immature brats. So what happens when you take a douche gamer and make him play a board game? As ... more
I think the real news here is that Monopoly is only now coming to PlayStation Portable. As outed by an ESRB listing which in turn was discovered by GamerBytes, we can now say with confidence that the popular board game will b... more
You thought we reached a new low with that Spongebob Squarepants Rock Band DLC story? Hah. Hahaha. Hahahahaha. Oh, no. We haven't even begun to go low. Monopoly has been added to the Xbox 360 Games on Demand line-up, for -- g... more
The SurfaceScapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a proof of concept Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game to work on Microsoft Surface. SurfaceScapes is aiming to provid... more
Ahhh, Blood Bowl. It's been a few months since we've seen any footage of it and I'm happy to report that the drought may be at an end. After the fold, you can see a new trailer -- the first of eight -- focusing on the individ... more
Oh, how I loves me the board games. And I especially love it when board games come to videogame consoles because it means I don't have to make a mess and then clean it up or even have an appropriately-sized table to play them... more
The Culdcept series rules. If you like board games, card games and screwing over your friends, there are few games which can compare. But, apart from a PS2 release and Culdcept Saga for the Xbox 360, predominately English-spe... more
