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- Comments of the Week 05: The Best There Is(?!?!?!?)
- 2064: Read Only Memories headed to Switch next year
- Vote now for Destructoid's E3 2017 Community Choice Award!
- Far Cry 5's story will need to do the heavy lifting
- You'll have a separate save for Zelda: Breath of the Wild's 'Master Mode'
- EA is giving out Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault for free on Origin
- Here are the nominees for Destructoid's Game of the Show at E3 2017
- A second opinion on Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
- A Dragon Quest XI Nintendo Direct is coming this week
- Dream Daddy is a hot dad-on-dad dating sim from Game Grumps
- What? Atari is working on a new console
- We administered the ultimate gamer quiz to E3 attendees
- Devil May Cry director's project 'progressing smoothly,' apologizes for no show at E3
- Dragon Ball FighterZ could come to Switch if demand is high
- Capcom and Bandai Namco join forces yet again, this time for online play
- Catch all the E3 2017 spectacle with our video walking tour
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 dated for Switch in Japan
- Here's concept art, music from the Final Fantasy creator's new game
- The saga of Take-Two versus Grand Theft Auto modders continues
- Dragon Ball FighterZ feels like playing the show
- Niantic announces raids for Pokemon Go
- Here's what's on the horizon for Nintendo
- Review in Progress: Nex Machina
| Comments of the Week 05: The Best There Is(?!?!?!?) Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT Hey there dudes and dudettes! It's your friendly neighborhood loaf of bread, Lawman, here to provide you with another week of heart-pounding, head-kicking comments! You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll scream bloody murder! You'll do all of the above! Or maybe none of it! I don't know, I'm not hiding in your bushes outside your window watching what you do on your own computer. I'm in one of the trees instead, and from this angle it's really hard to make anything out. Now I know that people love their comments segmented, compartmentalized, split and stripped and cuffed and - I might be going a bit too far here. Either way, I have your comments separated into handy-dandy sections! We'll start with: |
| 2064: Read Only Memories headed to Switch next year Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:30 AM PDT It feels like forever ago, but 2064: Read Only Memories (which was originally known as Read Only Memories) shipped nearly two years ago on PC. Since then developer Midboss has made its mark on PS4, and as of next year, Switch. Low key announced during E3, the cyberpunk Neo-San Franciscan adventure will be arriving on Nintendo's newest console sometime in 2018. Now that all of the indies are coming out of the woodwork and seeing that the Switch is a viable platform, expect to see a lot more of these kinds of announcements. The real test is if publishers like Ubisoft will actually stay in beyond a one original game commitment, or if firms like EA will dip their toes in the water at all. 2064 [Twitter] |
| Vote now for Destructoid's E3 2017 Community Choice Award! Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:15 AM PDT Whew - another year, another E3! It seems like moreso this year than any previous in recent memory, the developers, publishers, and whatever the hell you'd call The PC Gaming Show really hunkered down and focused not on flashy presentations and forced attempts at meme-appropriation, but instead on the games themselves. Whether or not you found that to make for a particularly memorable show, it was at least refreshing to see actual games in the spotlight again. Now that we've had time to settle down and let the hype, reaction, over-reaction, denial, anger, sexual longing, and acceptance (The Seven Stages of E3 Grief, as it were) pass over us, let's start arguing again! Tell us, dear Destructoid Community: Which game is your Dtoid Community Choice winner?! |
| Far Cry 5's story will need to do the heavy lifting Posted: 19 Jun 2017 11:00 AM PDT "Have you played Far Cry before?" That was the first thing a Ubisoft rep asked me behind closed doors as I picked up a controller, selected a gun-fetching dog as my companion, and waited to load into Hope County, Montana. "Most of them," I said, before attempting to tally them up one by one. "Wait, actually, what was the last one? Was it Primal? Yeah. I've played them all." It's easy to forget. From Far Cry 3 on, everything blurs together in my mind. It's really just the individual stories and settings that spark my memories, not the running, gunning, hunting, and outpost clearing that make up so much of our time in these worlds. Far Cry 5 will be the same way for me. |
| You'll have a separate save for Zelda: Breath of the Wild's 'Master Mode' Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:30 AM PDT For some unexplained reason, playing through Zelda: Breath of the Wild only allows you one save per profile, thus making restarts a bit of a chore. You either have to kiss your current progress goodbye or create a new profile on your Switch/Wii U to replay the intro. Next week's DLC pack for the game not only includes a brand new difficulty mode, but allows you to make separate progress in said mode. I don't know why Nintendo isn't just putting out an update to allow for multiple saves, regardless of DLC ownership, but this is better than having to jump through weird hoops to try out the "Master Mode". It would be kind of ridiculous to have people pay for a new mode and then erase their previous saves, so thankfully Nintendo isn't being too pea-brained. Zelda: Breath of the Wild hard mode has its own save slot [Eurogamer] |
| EA is giving out Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault for free on Origin Posted: 19 Jun 2017 10:00 AM PDT It may be one of the lesser known and liked games in the series, but Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault was an okay time. Even if the game did nothing to innovate on the plethora of World War II shooters we had seen back in the day, it provided a look at the Pacific Theater that rarely gets discussed in media. It also wasn't the trash fire that is Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, so it gets points for being playable. If you fancy brushing up on your history of historical gaming before the launch of Call of Duty: WW2, then EA has got a treat for you. Starting today, you can nab Pacific Assault for free on Origin through EA's "On the House" promotion. I'm mostly surprised to hear that still exists, but free is free. Dealing with Origin may not be great, but the service has improved a lot over the years. I don't know that EA will ever make for a proper competitor to Valve's Steam service, but at least they're trying. Its better to be weak than to let one company form a monopoly. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is free on Origin [Rock, Paper, Shotgun] |
| Here are the nominees for Destructoid's Game of the Show at E3 2017 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:30 AM PDT If there's one defining thing about E3 2017, I don't think it's the obvious answer: That this is the year the convention opened its doors to the public. That was notable, but it didn't really change the show. It was more packed, yes, but this is clearly the direction things are headed. With some PAX-style crowd management, E3 might feel close to normal next year if they find a way to make everything less disorganized. Instead, I think the defining thing is that this is the year that (nearly) every major publisher and platform-holder figured out how to hold an E3 conference. Just about every event was good, especially given where the bar has been set in recent years. This is a much-welcomed development that hopefully turns into a trend. The winning formula for a good E3 conference? Show us games. Crazy, huh? E3 2017 had a ton of games, which meant that we were scrambling around the show floor to see as many as we possibly could. It was no easy feat, but we're confident that we saw the best of the best. Which brings us to this list. Here are Destructoid's nominees for Game of the Show at E3 2017 as chosen by our editors. No categories sprawling all genres this year. Just the best of the best, 12 games that we were most impressed by. We'll hold a staff vote and announce the winner in the near future. They're all winners in our minds, but The Robot demands we choose only one. |
| A second opinion on Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Posted: 19 Jun 2017 09:00 AM PDT [Chris already gave us his thoughts on Stormblood, but now that early access has cooled a bit, here's another opinion.] To say Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood caught the eye of newcomers, intermediate and advanced players alike might be an understatement. Four weeks ago, my mid-population server of Lamia saw an influx of new and returning players and as of Friday's early access the place is so packed there are waiting queues to log in. Not long in my case, but still there. Stormblood is a big turning point for the FFXIV saga and the addition of Samurai and Red Mage only makes it more enticing. From the inception of FFXIV, the plight of Ala Mhigo and its refugees has been known to players. The nations of Eorzea have not been in a strong position to push the Garlean Empire from Ala Mhigo when the Empire and primals (Ifrit, Titan, Shiva, etc.) have been threatening their own lands from the original release to present. As the Warrior of Light, you even become something of a refugee yourself in the Heavensward expansion. At the close of the story, you are found innocent of your alleged crimes, have gained the Eorzean Alliance a new ally in Isghard and due to someone instigating a fight with the Empire, the Alliance has been dragged into a direct conflict and now seeks to liberate Ala Mhigo. As with the initial attempt to liberate Ala Mhigo, the Stormblood early access was not without its tremendous roadblocks. |
| A Dragon Quest XI Nintendo Direct is coming this week Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:30 AM PDT To keep up the momentum of its Direct-esque Spotlight during E3, and its numerous miniature Directs before it, Nintendo is dropping another Japanese Direct on us this week. It debuts on June 21 at 8PM JST, will clock in at 14 minutes, and will deal with none other than Dragon Quest XI. Evidently this one will focus on the 3DS edition, but either way we've yet to officially see Switch footage. Dragon Quest XI is aiming to be Square Enix's next big thing while the Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III are still in the hopper, and launching it on the 3DS, PS4, and the Switch, three of the most popular systems out right now, is a very smart move. Right now the former two are due out next month, but the Switch version is still in limbo in terms of a firm release date. Nintendo [Twitter] |
| Dream Daddy is a hot dad-on-dad dating sim from Game Grumps Posted: 19 Jun 2017 08:00 AM PDT Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator was announced yesterday on Daddy's Da--erhm, Father's Day (thankfully I get gifts on both). It is exactly what it sounds like. From the Steam page: "you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads." You're a dad and you've just moved to a small neighborhood where, by coincidence, everyone else is also "a single, dateable Dad." Dads abound in Dream Daddy. "Teacher Dad," "Goth Dad," "Bad Dad." You can ask any one of them if you can borrow a feeling. Now, whether or not any of these dads eat crackers, I don't know, and frankly I don't want to know. Here's what Dream Daddy boasts:
Dream Daddy will be out out July 13. |
| What? Atari is working on a new console Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:30 AM PDT A lot of you probably didn't even know Atari had put out a teaser for a new console, much less confirmed it at E3, but that's just what they did. According to CEO Fred Chesnais in an interview with VentureBeat, Atari is "back in the hardware business" with a new machine dubbed (for now) the "Ataribox." Yes, that video earlier this month hasn't a hoax. While we're set to get details "at a later date," Chesnais explains that they've been making a lot of moves lately, including licensing their name for Blade Runner 2049 that you undoubtedly saw in the trailer. We don't know much about the box yet other than that it's PC-based, or what it'll even play, but it exists. It's probably not even worth disparaging at this point, but Atari might be back in some capacity at some point? I don't know I'm still processing all of this, and the decline of Steam Boxes, which were supposed to be the next big thing. Ataribox [Atari] |
| We administered the ultimate gamer quiz to E3 attendees Posted: 19 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT With E3 open to the public this year, I figured this was a great chance to talk to the people. To ask the real, salt of the earth gamers: what's on your mind? Why did you come to E3? What has impressed you so far? I immediately shelved that idea when I realized I could instead ask people, "What sound does Mario make?" because it made me laugh. Kenny helped me brainstorm a few more questions -- an important one of which was left off, due to time constraints, but here's a hint -- and I sent him and Myles out on the showfloor to pull aside unwitting strangers and grill them on some of the hardest questions that only a true gamer can answer. How did you do? |
| Devil May Cry director's project 'progressing smoothly,' apologizes for no show at E3 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:30 AM PDT Hideaki Itsuno is a pretty interesting guy. He directed the "we generally don't acknowledge this exists" Devil May Cry 2, but learned from his mistakes and ended heading up Devil May Cry 3, one of the best action games ever made. He then went on to helm Devil May Cry 4 and the beloved Dragon's Dogma. My dude has low key worked on a ton of great games, and is constantly pitching ones I want to see, like new entries for Capcom vs. SNK and Rival Schools. Another one that's in the rumor mill is Devil May Cry 5, which Itsuno may be working on, and was expected at E3 this year. Well, nothing came of that, and Itsuno himself took to Twitter to announce, "Sorry to not announce anything at E3. Please wait as my project is progressing smoothly." Good news to be sure, but we'll have to wait and see what that actually is. Hideaki Itsuno [Twitter] |
| Dragon Ball FighterZ could come to Switch if demand is high Posted: 19 Jun 2017 06:00 AM PDT The jaw-dropping Dragon Ball FighterZ (it's good!) from Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue) is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC in "early 2018." It may also come to Nintendo Switch, but if it does, it'll come late. And only if fans demand it. Speaking to French outlet GameBlog, Dragon Ball FighterZ producer Tomoko Hiroki explained that porting Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 has been smooth and that it isn't a lack of power that kept Arc System Works from developing this new fighter for Switch. If fans demand it, it'll be done (there's an online petition with over 1,800 signatures at time of writing), but it understandably will not release at the same time as the PS4/Xbox One/PC version. For fans of recent Nintendo consoles, feeling like a third-party afterthought might be familiar. Dragon Ball FighterZ : Roster, mode histoire, version Switch, la productrice nous répond [GameBlog] |
| Capcom and Bandai Namco join forces yet again, this time for online play Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:30 AM PDT Years back, and I mean around five years ago, Capcom and Bandai Namco teamed up for Street Fighter X Tekken. Despite not hitting sales goals the two firms seemed to enjoy their partnership, including the announcement of Tekken X Street Fighter (which is on hold now) and the inclusion of Akuma in Tekken 7. In other words, in the last five years they've maintained a good relationship, which includes this new development this week, Capcom has announced that they've entered a "cross-licensing agreement" with Bandai Namco, specifically as it relates to "online matching" in games like Street Fighter. According to Capcom, "The purpose of this agreement is to improve the user experience while accelerating the production of titles and reducing development costs for both parties. Further, with this cross-license for online matching, Capcom aims to effectively utilize the patents it has been granted in game series such as Street Fighter in order to deliver even more exciting content to game players." Whatever behind the scenes deal this might entail, that's probably good news for all of us. Plus, it might lead to more crossovers in the future, which is fine with me. Capcom enters into cross-licensing agreement [Capcom] |
| Catch all the E3 2017 spectacle with our video walking tour Posted: 19 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT E3 was more crowded than ever this year with it being open to the public. If you didn't shell out the cash to brave perpetually-under-construction downtown Los Angeles, that's okay! I took some time from my packed schedule to do a full video tour. In fact I took multiple times, because sounds issues made the first one unusable. At least I had Skateallday101 give the back of my head an emergency line up the day before I flew out. I did not anticipate anyone having to look at it this much. Kenny Redublo came out from behind the camera to help me with our shambling, already-exhausted play-by-play and the much taller Myles Cox managed an impressive piece of camera work, only running into two people, tops. If static images are your bag, we have a lil gallery, too. |
| Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 dated for Switch in Japan Posted: 19 Jun 2017 04:30 AM PDT Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 already came and went on multiple platforms last year, but Bandai Namco has revealed that the Switch version is now set for a firm September 7 release date in Japan. Wait, Switch version? Yeah, I forgot all about that one! Don't worry, it's confirmed for the west too and will likely drop around that same timeframe. According to the V-Jump magazine reveal it'll have the Time Patrol campaign DLC packed-in, as well as a quick unlock for all 70-ish characters. It's a bummer that it's not all of the DLC though. Seeing as this is basically a GOTY edition a year later it really should have everything -- and there's been a lot of DLC so far (four major packs, to start, one of which is still incoming according to PC datamining). Dragon Ball [V-Jump via Siliconera] |
| Here's concept art, music from the Final Fantasy creator's new game Posted: 19 Jun 2017 04:00 AM PDT The "father of Final Fantasy" Hironobu Sakaguchi is still making Japanese RPGs, albeit no longer with Square Enix, but with the company he founded in 2004, Mistwalker (Lost Odyssey, The Last Story). As we reported last week, the company will unveil its newest project since the cell phone game Terra Battle on June 22, but here's some concept art and some music to hold you over. The woman's name is Sara. There's also three sometimes-crying-boys called "The Triplets" who look too young to crack open a cold one with, unfortunately. Hopefully the 3D elements in the art (versus the fully 2D Terra Battle) imply a new console RPG. The art does seem to line up with concept art debuted a year and a half ago that was, according to Sakaguchi, a current gen console game that'd probably be revealed in a year's time. |
| The saga of Take-Two versus Grand Theft Auto modders continues Posted: 19 Jun 2017 03:30 AM PDT Recently, Take-Two did the unthinkable -- it dropped the hammer on its modding community. Well it's not really that unfathomable given that the publisher noted that it wanted to monetize its userbase more, but people are understandably pissed. The key issue? Take-Two has been handing out cease and desist letters out of nowhere to modders and modding groups, citing issues with security measures and the sanctity of Grand Theft Auto Online, which the publisher understandably wants to regulate. Unfortunately they went a step further and put sanctions on single player mods, which is where most people draw the line. This lead to a deluge of negative Steam reviews, and now the entire outfit is in damage control. Speaking to Game Informer, Rockstar (who has previously promoted mods on their official channels), has stated, "Take-Two's actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. Unfortunately OpenIV enables recent malicious mods that allow harassment of players and interfere with the GTA Online experience for everybody. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players." At the very least they're looking for a solution that perhaps benefits all parties, and mods might be back in action at some point. Or maybe not. It depends on if Take-Two and Rockstar decide that it's worth to delineate between solo and multiplayer mods within the framework of their game. Whatever the case it's an ill portent for Red Dead 2. Rockstar Issues Statement On Shut Down Of Grand Theft Auto Modding And Cheat Tool [Game Informer] |
| Dragon Ball FighterZ feels like playing the show Posted: 19 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT While I haven't played anything from Arc System Works since 2012's Persona 4 Arena and haven't watched a full episode of Dragon Ball Z since VHS was the go-to home video format, I was immediately jazzed for Dragon Ball FighterZ. Some of it is nostalgia. After all I was pretty high on that awesome fan-made, sprite-based DBZ fighter. But let's put it this way: at least three times last week did Brett make a point to mention how cool DBFZ (yep, I'm going with that) looked despite the fact that: 1) Brett doesn't like anime and 2) Brett doesn't like fighting games. And after playing DBFZ -- having just played Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite a couple hours earlier -- we left with the same feeling we went in. This game is dope as hell. |
| Niantic announces raids for Pokemon Go Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:30 AM PDT It seems Niantic not only drip feeds updates to its once mega-popular Pokémon Go, but also likes to doll out news about updates in the same manner. We now know that the big summer update for the game doesn't exactly remove gyms, but transforms them into raids. Up to 20 players can now participate, at once, to topple ultra strong Pokémon with a chance to capture it for the player who downed it. To join a raid, you'll need a raid ticket. Those can be picked up from Pokéstops, but you'll only receive one a day. Obviously you can buy more, because this is a mobile game after all. Participate in enough raids and you'll eventually earn a "special" raid ticket, which allows you to battle at a certain gym for the chance to earn a Legendary Pokémon. |
| Here's what's on the horizon for Nintendo Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT Nintendo had a damn good E3, Diane. Damn good. Now that the dust has settled they're keen on actually showing you everything that's coming out this year, and it's a hefty release schedule for the 3DS and Switch (RIP Wii U, I won't stop doing it, don't at me). While it's clear that Nintendo is more dedicated to growing the Switch at this time the 3DS isn't a slouch either, as it's getting several big RPGs, a new 2D Metroid, a set of mainline Pokemon games (albeit sequels), and several other big releases. The Switch on the other hand has its hands full, and although several of the listings are ports of old games (really old in the case of Skyrim), there's a few huge ones on there like Mario Odyssey and Splatoon 2. There's probably no early adopter woes going on if you picked up a Switch. Nintendo [Twitter] |
| Review in Progress: Nex Machina Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:00 AM PDT A few seconds into Nex Machina, I knew Housemarque had nailed it. Fundamentally, it just works. The studio has won over a lot of arcade lovers with games like Super Stardust HD and Resogun. I liked 'em and the team's newer title, Alienation, quite a lot. But Robotron: 2084 was always my main jam. That's what I wanted to see someone base their game on. That's what gets me fired up. Nex Machina is the same "shoot the robots, save the people" concept but modernized through the lens of Housemarque and Robotron's own Eugene Jarvis, who served as a creative consultant. It rules. |
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