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The Forza Motorsport series is known for its dedication to realistic physics and simulation-style race driving. Forza Horizon, released this week to Xbox 360, represents a considerable departure from the formula established b... more
Ragnarok Online had one of the best soundtracks of all time. For that reason alone, I've since gravitated to anything related to the franchise. However, while soundTeMP (the Korean sound studio responsible for RO's soundtrack... more
Deadly Premonition is, by far, one of the most polarizing videogames ever made. In fact, within the survival horror genre, it has won an official world record for its extreme split of critic opinion -- earning a 2/10 review s... more
Who knew actual physical toys would propel a videogame to become the number one selling Activision title (so far) this year and generating over $200 million in sales? Developer Toys for Bob struck gold with its ingenious idea... more
DmC: Devil May Cry has been controversial to say the least. Ever since Capcom announced a new game, developed by Ninja Theory and starring a redesigned Dante, fans have been furious, declaring this a grand travesty ... more
Ever since Double Fine enjoyed massive success on Kickstarter, eager game developers from all corners have attempted to replicate the success. Hungry upstarts and old veterans alike have seen "crowdfunding" as a way to pursue... more
We've posted quite a bit about Hiroki Kikuta's repolished Secret of Mana soundtrack released a couple months back. After seeing the album's artwork and hearing the nostalgic samples on the album's website, I was sold and wrot... more
[Every now and then, Dtoid shines its Spotlight on a games-related artist, event, or place we'd like to share with you guys. Basically, we think this is awesome. Do you think it's awesome?] When Brent Black earned ... more
Last Sunday on Sup, Holmes?, we featured the our very first guest who may be more afraid of his game succeeding than having it fail. If you've played the award-winning Antichamber before, then you're probably not surpri... more
Being a collector doesn't have to mean breaking the bank just to feed your habit, although that mantra is often lost on hobby houses that only sell to fans with the deepest pockets. Thankfully, Multiverse Studios had the penn... more
One of the greatest things about all these crossover titles and all-stars games is the chance to revisit some of the most memorable pieces of game music history and have it presented in a new light (nobody mention Turtles in ... more
Seriously. You'll need to literally cut off the left hands of your enemies in order to upgrade Raiden throughout Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Last night, I got to play the English version of the Tokyo Game Show demo Conrad... more
I recently caught up with Kit Ellis of Nintendo of America at the Wii U New York Press event to talk about the forthcoming launch of the console. We shot video of the interview, but sadly, the audio got pretty badly trashed b... more
A lot of people see Pokemon as a simple game marketed to children and young adults suffering from childhood nostalgia. That perception discounts the highly popular competitive scene that still drives millions of pla... more
Describing Johann Sebastian Joust is arguably one of the most difficult things I've had to do since I saw the game back at E3. The best I've managed to come up with is: "It's kind of like tag... But it's also got some elemen... more
I thought I was done with kart racers, but after playing Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed at E3, I think I'm up for at least one more rodeo. It's extremely fun, easy to control, and more colorful than a bag of Jelly B... more
Despite being one of the biggest influences on Japanese game development, we are only now getting a videogame out of Studio Ghibli. I am grateful that Ghibli chose to partner with Level-5, but I am also curious as to why a... more
I'd like to take you on a journey to a mystical place called 2008 in which a little game called Fantastic Contraption took the internet by storm. At this point everyone has played Fantastic Contraption but few people know th... more
I got a quick look Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on the Wii U and it looked like... Tekken Tag Tournament 2. With that established, I went hunting for news! There was no confirmation that the game would support a dedicated "off-TV... more
The biggest question on my mind while playing Fuse was "why the change?" Overstrike had the potential to be something wacky, as a game that wouldn't take itself seriously. At least that's what I interpreted from the trailer. ... more
It's safe to say that the original Bit.Trip Runner is one of my favorite running games/frustration simulators of all time. Something about its catchy music and tough-yet-fair gameplay worked its way directly into my heart. W... more
It's safe to say that Pickpocket Junction was the most unique game at E3 2012. An odd cross between pickpocketing simulator and freeze tag, Pickpocket Junction was one of the few games at the show that didn't require any electronic components. One of the developers of the game, Myles Nye stopped running the game long enough for us to figure out what caused this brilliantly baffling game. more
At E3 2012, the section of the show dubbed "Indie Cade" became my home for the week. It was here that I met up with Ben Samuels, one of the designers on Prom Week, which is purported to have the most complex social structure... more
Last weekend, Sony hosted a panel featuring members of the development team at Sony Santa Monica working on God of War: Ascension. Moderated by PlayStation.Blog's Jeff Rubenstein, the group discussed how the series has evolv... more
The first thing I checked out at PAX this year was Twisted Pixel's Lococycle, which was just revealed (in terms of gameplay, at least) a few days beforehand. At a glance, the game is pretty ridiculous, and upon closer inspec... more
Torchlight II's release is right around the corner, and after hearing how well it's coming together from our hands-on at PAX last week, I've been anxiously waiting to hear composer Matt Uelmen's music in-game. We already revi... more
With less than three weeks left until its release, Borderlands 2 had by far the most popular booth at PAX this year. After giving media and fans a chance to go hands-on with one of the arena side quests, I grabbed the game's... more
Sean "Day[9]" Plott has become a very popular person within the StarCraft II community. He runs his own stream over at day9.tv and has become one of the most prolific SCII commentators (read: casters) on the scene. ... more
Fan games are amazing. So amazing that my first Destructoid article ever was about fan games. So amazing that I wrote a second article nearly four years later. So amazing that I'm following up that last article with another o... more
Hailing from Norway, Audun Sorlie is passionate about game music as an editor on OSV and writer for various magazines around the world. Following up on his post earlier this month about Project Giana, Audun's been able to spe... more
I have to agree with Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, when he says that "leaderboards are very dead to most people. We've all gotten used to the fact that we're not going to be at the top of leaderboards so they're not re... more
Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, is a very honest and forthcoming man when it comes to talking about the original Joe Danger. One specific thing that has bothered him about the original is the game's level editor, bluntly... more
Did you play the original Joe Danger? We gave the racing puzzle platformer a 9 out of 10 when it was first released on PlayStation Network, and then later a perfect 10 when it arrived on Xbox Live Arcade. Great scores, right?... more
I was both excited and scared when I learned Harmonix would be swinging by the studio last week to show off some of Dance Central 3's new Story mode. Excited at the prospect of upholding my reign of internet humiliation... more
Many of us at Destructoid have been looking forward to Hawken for a very long time now. How could we not? The mech genre was seemingly dead in the water until Adhesive Games revealed the teaser video which showed us a mech ga... more
I'm still reeling from this morning's Mega Man shenanigans. I can at least take comfort in knowing that some companies still give a damn about the little blue dude. Like Archie Comics, for example... As you are already aware ... more
I had the pleasure of speaking with Media Molecule's Technical Director, Alex Evans, and Creative Director, Rex Crowle, about their newly revealed Vita title, Tearaway. Some are already calling the title the PlayStation Vita'... more
I didn't get to fly out to Gamescom this week to experience a literal sausagefest firsthand, but thankfully, Ubisoft put on a press event last week in San Francisco. While I was there, I checked out the big boats in Ass... more
I had a chance to interview game design director, and mad genius, David Vonderhaar on all that we can expect out of the livestreaming and SHOUTcasting features they're cramming into Black Ops II. David goes over the new game... more
While many "hardcore" gamers continue to look down on mobile gaming, there are a number of studios who view it as a legitimate gaming platform, capable of the kind of "AAA" experiences we're used to. Phosphor Games is one of ... more
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is dramatically changing the multiplayer formula in a big way, specifically with the new Pick 10 system over the traditional Create-a-Class feature. It's not a decision the team just decided overnig... more
Horn developer Phosphor Games won itself some enemies when it announced its new iOS game by saying mobile phones were "replacing" consoles. During an interview with game director Chip Sineni, we asked about the reaction to th... more
Martin Hollis, director and producer of GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64, gave a postmortem on the development of the critically acclaimed shooter here at GDC Europe today. One of the more fascinating, and somewhat hilarious,... more
This year was my first at E3 and one of the things that I had never heard about was the inclusion of the Indiecade. Indiecade is a separate section of E3 that focuses entirely on the best indie games of the past year a... more
Hey guys! Sleeping Dogs drops tomorrow, and in addition to Allistair posting his review of it on Destructoid.com, I'll be posting my video review over on our YouTube channel. In the meantime, check out this interview I did with United Front Games' Jeff O'Connell, the game's senior producer. more
The Paradox Development Studio has been keeping me ruling over peasants, fighting holy wars, and forging empires for over a decade. Their latest game, Crusader Kings II, was recently on Metacritic's "best games of 2012 s... more
There is a reason why strategy and adventure games faded away in the late '90s. It's the same reason why publishers are bringing franchises back and hamfisting them into more popular genres. It's about money. We used to call ... more
Last week, we headed down to Nvidia headquarters and got our first look at the free-to-play, Cryengine3-powered Mechwarrior Online from Piranha Games. I got to chat with the game's creative director, Bryan Ekman, and he told ... more
[Editor's note: Hailing from Norway, Audun Sorlie is not only passionate about game music as an editor on OSV and writer for various magazines around the world, but he's also a big Kingdom Hearts fan. To commemorate the relea... more
After my brief hands-on demo with Dead Space 3 earlier this week, I had a chance to talk with the game's Executive Producer, Steve Papoutsis, to get a better idea of Visceral's direction for the series. In addition to f... more
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