I know War Thunder only as 1) the heavy armour sim Emily Gera somehow penned erotic poetry about - "O succulent tank porn and its lusty armour"... Emily! What r u doing. STAHP - and 2) an unofficial information arm for the world's militaries, fuelled by the power of pedantry. Back in July 2021, an actual tank commander posted classified documents for the Challenger 2 tank on the game's forums in order to prove that the game's representation of said tank is inaccurate. Now, somebody's done likewise for the pride of the United States Air Force: the British-made Harrier Jump Jet. Read more View the full article
Chances are if you like the SteamWorld series that this won't matter very much to you, but for those of you (like me) who've never touched a single game, here's something neat: SteamWorld Dig is completely free on Steam right now. That's free to keep forever, to be clear, not one of those free weekend types of deals. It's not free for that long, mind, only from now until June 26th, and I can't give you a specific time on that day, so if you're remotely interested you might as well just add it to your library. Read more View the full article
Helldivers 2 has just shared the patch notes for its June 2025 update, which brings important weapon fixes, Leviathan balance changes, and other improvements to gameplay. Helldivers 2 first came out in February 2024, and since then, developer Arrowhead Game Studios has regularly released new updates to keep the game fresh and engaging. View the full article
The total mash-up mod Fortress Connected has been announced for a Steam release where the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 collide. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Meta has revealed its new Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition VR headset bundle, finally giving gamers an option other than white for their Meta VR headset experience. It's not cheap, but this bundle arguably makes up for its price tag with the inclusion of matching wireless Xbox and Touch Plus controllers, a proper strap, plus three months of Meta Horizon+ and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate access. This is the first-ever Meta Quest brand collaboration, and it features one of the latest headsets on the market. The Meta Quest 3S has always been a great budget headset, and it has a deserved place on our buying guide to the best VR headset designs on the market. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Best VR games 2025 Best Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S games 2025 The Meta Quest 3S is an even better deal with this huge discount View the full article
If you're looking for a new grand strategy game to while away the hours, Gilded Destiny is for you. An upcoming rival to Paradox's Victoria 3, everything about this industrial spin on the genre sounds impressive. With a colossal map and a focus on giving you complete control, developer Aquila Interactive has a huge experience on its hands. Now, I'm hoping Gilded Destiny can get even *******, as Manor Lords and Against the Storm publisher Hooded Horse signs the game to its portfolio. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
It's a tough time to be a new multiplayer game, whether that be a competitive PvP title or a co-op PvE affair like Amazon's upcoming dungeon crawler, King of Meat. But the most successful tend to do at least one of these two things: deliver experiences that make you smile, or keep you hooked with high ceilings of challenge. After going hands-on with King of Meat at Summer Game Fest in LA, I can say with confidence that it'll do the former, and that it has the tools in its arsenal to achieve the latter, too. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: King of Meat is co-op Dark Souls mixed with Fall Guys, and you can try it early New Amazon game King of Meat deftly blends Dark Souls and Helldivers 2 View the full article
In another frustrating blow to videogame preservation, Crytek's classic first-person shooter, Crysis, is no longer available to purchase on Steam. While the original was delisted in 2021, you could still purchase it via the Crysis Maximum Edition bundle, which included the game's standalone expansion, Crysis Warhead. However, that bundle has now been removed as well. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Rumoured Starfield like space game from Crysis 4 dev is fake Can it run Crysis? You bet this RTX 3090 Crysis gaming PC can Ex-Hitman 3 and Far Cry 3 dev is the new Crysis 4 lead View the full article
Microsoft are reportedly gearing up to lay off more staff next week, in what would be the fourth round of major job cuts at Xbox in 18 months. This is according to a report from Bloomberg, which says that Xbox managerial staff are "expecting substantial cuts" across Microsoft's gaming arm. Read more View the full article
"There's a lot of times where you'll see games where they allow infinite respec, and at that point I'm not really role-playing a character"View the full article
Ubisoft has just released another update for Star Wars Outlaws, which addresses multiple bugs and glitches in the base game and its two DLC campaigns. Last year, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment released Star Wars Outlaws, the first bona fide open-world game set in the expansive Star Wars universe. As aspiring scoundrel Kay Vess, players were tasked with exploring the Outer Rim and putting together a rag-tag crew for a major heist in the heart of Imperial territory. View the full article
If ever there was a game I didn't expect to spawn a horde of spiritual successors from startup companies of varying dubiety, that game was celebrated ******* hangover simulator Disco Elysium. And yet here we are with yet another claimant to the dance floor, Pera Coda. In fairness, it takes inspiration from a lot more than just ZA/UM's RPG, but Disco Elysium is mentioned rather prominently in the marketing. Created by Falan, a Turkish team founded by three architecture students, Pera Coda is a timeloop story set in a "surreal", "neon-noir" Istanbul, in which you play an attorney, Deniz, who is navigating a purgatory inspired by Bardo in Buddhism. The city is described as "both a stage and a mirror, where East meets West, chaos meets calm, and each district reflects a piece of your fragmented self." Certainly sounds quite Revacholian. Here's a teaser trailer. Read more View the full article
There are lots of epic superhero items you can find around the island in Fortnite Chapter Six, season three. One of the most useful ones for getting around quickly is the Surf Cube, so it's a strong item to use if you know where to find it. With so many items available to find around the island, tracking down the Surf Cube can be tough. It's also a tricky item to get used to since there's nothing else like it, so here's how to find and use the Surf Cube in Fortnite. Where to find Surf Cube in Fortnite Screenshot by Destructoid The Surf Cube can randomly be found anywhere around the island, like most other loot. If you want a guaranteed chance of finding one, though, you can meet up with Lightrider to buy one. Lightrider can be found hanging out slightly south of Shiny Shafts. She's one of the many NPCs you can find around the island and has one Surf Cube for ***** in each round, which costs 300 gold bars. It's not too pricey, but it's a bit tough to earn gold this season, so you may need to work on saving up for it. If you don't have the gold bars required but still want to add this item to your inventory, get to work looting around the island. You have a better shot at acquiring it if you take on certain challenges, like damaging Overlord Spires and Scout Spires. Opening hero caches is another great way to find this item. Otherwise, you just have to loot around the island until you're lucky enough to find one. How to use Surf Cube in Fortnite This guide is a work in progress and is receiving live updates as we test this item. The post How to find and use Surf Cube in Fortnite Chapter 6, season 3 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Destructoid, I have gone down a rabbit hole I can't bring myself out of, and I'm writing this article in hopes others can join me. As I can't stop watching how insane some Mario Kart World tricks are, mere weeks after release. Most videos of people competing for world record speed times on tracks appear innocent enough at first. A few tricks here and there, some good Mushroom usage, and then suddenly a player is launching themselves off a map to get speed boosts of a single pixel of a tree or go to areas of the stage that feel out of bounds but actually aren't. [Hidden Content] Take, for example, Great ? Block Ruins, where near the end of the map, the player does a leap of faith into a pit, tricks off a lone tree onto a wall, and then hits a cloud to jump back onto the stage, essentially riding beneath the track but coming out of it fine. It's one of many examples where players have been able to create impossible jumps. [Hidden Content] There are also tracks like Faraway Oasis that take advantage of weird water mechanics to launch racers into the air to get on platforms and places they wouldn't usually be able to, while still finding time to do a trick off a beam or something you wouldn't even consider accessible. [Hidden Content] There's even a ******* shock when, in stages like DK Spaceport, you find out it's actually faster to not do any tricks at all and go in a straight line rather than wall riding off platforms or doing small jump dashes. Every second adds up, so after seeing some of the wilder tricks on other stages before, realizing sometimes it's quicker to do 0 tricks becomes equally baffling. These are just some of the many tricks and tracks I have been scrolling on YouTube shorts or in my spare time, and it makes me wonder what else players will discover as the game gets optimized over time. Also, what is your favorite track or trick you've seen so far!? Let me know in the comments below! The post Have you seen the wild tricks Mario Kart World players are pulling off!? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
As players begin marking their calendars and getting ready for the release of Resident Evil Requiem in 2026, Capcom has shared that the ninth entry in the hit survival horror franchise has already surpassed 1 million wishlists. Resident Evil Requiem is set to once again lead the series in a brand-new direction, and early audience enthusiasm is already bolstering support for the highly-anticipated title. View the full article
Bad news: after over six years in development, Nightdive's remaster of System Shock 2 has been hit by one last delay, for old times' sake. Good news: since you're reading about it on this website, it almost certainly doesn't matter to you... Read more.View the full article
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has one of the best stories we've seen in a video game in recent years, but the lack of a direct in-game explanation for a few details has left fans a bit confused. In particular, there are two specific scenes where the characters Lune and Sciel are able to defeat and/or resist major bosses while the other characters are seemingly unable to, and it's never clearly explained why this is the case. View the full article
Battlestate Games has released Escape from Tarkov's June update, bringing a greatly improved sound system, better AI behavior, and several quality-of-life changes. With patch 0.16.7.0 now available, the multiplayer tactical shooter Escape from Tarkov continues to evolve with its brutal gameplay set in the war-torn Norvinsk region of northwestern Russia. View the full article
It's Tuesday, so Helldivers 2 has gotten a fresh patch. This one makes the Illuminate's flying death slugs easier to battle and looks like it might have laid the groundwork for the game's long-awaited review bomb cape. Those Leviathan balancing tweaks have come after players continued to struggle to beat the airborne enemy, despite Arrowhead having previously added a spotlight effect to the attack it can use to one-shot your bottom into oblivion. Read more View the full article
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I know War Thunder only as 1) the heavy armour sim Emily Gera somehow penned erotic poetry about - "O succulent tank porn and its lusty armour"... Emily! What r u doing. STAHP - and 2) an unofficial information arm for the world's militaries, fuelled by the power of pedantry. Back in July 2021, an actual tank commander posted classified documents for the Challenger 2 tank on the game's forums in order to prove that the game's representation of said tank is inaccurate. Now, somebody's done likewise for the pride of the United States Air Force: the British-made Harrier Jump Jet. Read more View the full article