News:: The next big 'Destiny 2' update involves a revamped mobile app

Bungie only just released Destiny 2's "Go Fast" update, but it's already set to talk about its next releases -- and this time, the most important moves are outside the game itself. The studio is readying updates to both the Companion mobile app and its website that will make them decidedly more useful when you're away from home. An April 4th update to Companion for Android and iOS will bring back the 3D models available in the original Destiny era. You can not only see what your Guardian looks like with equipped gear, but explore your weapons, vehicles and ghosts. It's helpful for bragging rights with your friends, of course, but it also gives you a better reason to dig through your equipment when you aren't playing.

Source: Bungie

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News:: The King of Fighters '97 Global Match will launch this week on PS4 and PS Vita

Playstation blog The Drop has announced that SNK's King of Fighters '97 Global Match, which was revealed earlier this year at EVO Japan, will be hitting PS4 and PS Vita in just a few day's time.

The re-release is expected to be a straight port of the Neo Geo fighter. But will, of course, include online support, even allowing PS4 and PS Vita players to throw hands with each other in crossplay action.

As I've stated previously, it's a bit of a random release. The KoF titles have been made available again and again over the last ten years. Whether through Hamster's Neo Geo Classics range, PSN store releases, actual retail compilation discs, or the top-tier '98 Ultimate Match and '02 Unlimited Match titles. But ehh, I'm not SNK's dad, they can do as they please.

The King of Fighters '97 Global Match launches April 5 on PS4 and PS Vita. It's a safe bet that the PC release will follow presently.

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News:: How has no one made a killer gun movie yet?

The upcoming release of Vampire Clay, a movie in which possessed clay comes to life with flesh eating gusto, has had me wondering about movies in which inanimate objects kill people. We have dolls, cars, tomatoes, refrigerators, beds, video tapes, tires—the list goes on and on. Pretty much anything that can kill someone has been filmed killing someone. Except, oddly enough, for one household object.

The humble gun.

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News:: Interview with Totally Real Indie Studio dev who judges good and evil based on how you play video games

Today, we have a very special interview for our loyal Destructoid readers. We’ve reached out to head of Totally Real Indie Studio Bledi Bleino, who happens to look exactly like myself but with a funny mustache, to talk about TRIS’s first project on the day of its public reveal.

Bleino’s magnum opus, Mor’Al Choisses, is a divergent narrative-driven tactical action Japanese RPG featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series, themed around moral choices. While the preview build I played and all the footage I took is still under embargo, I can say the build reminded me of sensational hits like inFamous: Second Son and Mass Effect Andromeda.

This completely professional discussion revealed a lot about his deep understanding of intertwining game design with narrative design. He demonstrated a masterful demonstration of demonstrating moral choices in video demonstration games. Just talking with him gets me excited for choosing between binary moral compasses!

_{Disclosure: Bledi Bleino is my third cousin twice removed. I barely even remember he exists, so no bias here. Also disclaimer, he paid me $100,000 in exposure to talk about his game.}

Read on for the full interview with Bledi Bleino.

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News:: Review: Sherlock Gnomes

I’ve never watched Gnomeo and Juliet, the first entry in the British Garden Gnome Public Domain Property Parody Adventure series, but apparently they opted not to end the first film with mutual suicide.

If you’re looking for a mystery or surprises, this movie isn’t for you. There’s two twists that are painfully obvious, and it’s largely just the gnomes moving between strangely empty setpieces looking for clues that make sense to nobody but Sherlock. The story is incredibly simplistic, which makes it strange that there’s still plotholes every step of the way.

When I was in the box office line, the family in front of me had the following conversation:

Mom: Honey, you want to see Sherlock Gnomes, right?
6yo Daughter: NNNNOOOOooOOOOOOOooOO!!!
Dad: Uhhhh 3 for uhhh Pacific Rim, I guess?

So if you’re wondering who this movie appeals to, the answer is literally nobody. I saw this alone in an empty theater.

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News:: Bethesda Spring PC Sale: dirt cheap Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout 4, and more

Since earlier this week, a number of digital retailers are discounting large swath of Bethesda PC games from the publisher's catalog. You'll find discounts at DLGamer, Fanatical, GamersGate, and Green Man Gaming. The sale is essentially the same discount across most retailers, but GMG has up the ante against other stores by offering a sitewide 20% off coupon code that stacks with the Bethesda sale. This means ridiculously cheap Skyrim, Fallout 4, Dishonored, and more.

Our personal pick would be $16 The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Special Edition (just in case you're one of the few who only owns 2 version of Skyrim), $16 The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (gets you all ESO content and no subscription fee), or $11 Doom.

All deals listed below are Steam key, and except for Doom, everything else must use coupon code PAYDAY20 at checkout to get the prices shown below. If you spot a Bethesda title that we neglected, let us know and we'll add it to the list below. As far as we can tell, the sale is running through Tuesday morning next week.

Bethesda PC Games Sale

Use coupon code: PAYDAY20

Doom, Prey, and Quake

• Doom (Steam) — $10.99  (list price $30)
• Doom 3: BFG Edition (Steam) — $4  (list price $20)
• Prey (Steam) — $16  (list price $40)
• Quake IV (Steam) — $3  (list price $15)

Dishonored

• Dishonored (Steam) — $2  (list price $10)
• Dishonored 2 (Steam) — $16  (list price $40)
• Dishonored: Definitive Edition (Steam) — $8  (list price $20)

Elder Scrolls

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (Steam) — $16  (list price $40)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — $16.07  (list price $30)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Digital Collectors Edition — $21.43  (list price $40)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Digital Collectors Upgrade — $16.07  (list price $30)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind: Upgrade — $10.71  (list price $20)

Note: ESO keys are activated on ElderScrolls.com and are not Steam key.

Fallout

• Fallout 3 (Steam) — $3  (list price $15)
• Fallout 3: GOTY Edition (Steam) — $7.04  (list price $22)
• Fallout 4 (Steam) — $12  (list price $30)
• Fallout 4: Far Harbor (Steam) — $11.99  (list price $25)
• Fallout 4: Nuka World (Steam) — $9.59  (list price $20)
• Fallout 4: Season Pass (Steam) — $20  (list price $50)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Steam) — $2  (list price $10)

Wolfenstein

• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Steam) — $24  (list price $60)
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Deluxe Edition (Steam) — $31.20  (list price $80)
• Wolfenstein: The New Order (Steam) — $8  (list price $20)
• Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (Steam) — $8  (list price $20)

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News:: Recommended Reading: Saving Stephen Hawking's voice

The quest to save Stephen Hawking's voice
Jason Fagone,
San Francisco Chronicle

There's no doubt Stephen Hawking will be remembered for his work on black holes and relativity, but he will also be remembered for his distinctive voice. San Francisco Chronicle tells the story of the Silicon Valley team that helped create, and later save, the physicist's iconic sound.

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News:: A creepy and lewd hands-on impression with Lust for Darkness

I had the chance recently to sit down and play an early preview build of Lust for Darkness on PC from developer Movie Games, which oddly enough, was also the final Steam Greenlight game. Successfully Kickstarted last year, the game is set to release later this year on PC and after having survived the preview build... let's just say I've been places and seen things I wish I could forget.

Lust for Darkness at its core could basically be described as a horror game somewhat in the same vein as the Amnesia series. You walk around creepy old-timey interiors (or in this case, a Victorian mansion) in a first-person perspective, fidget around with the mouse back and forth to open doors, and sometimes you run into a humanoid penis monster.

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News:: New Splatoon 2 splatfests announced for Europe and America

Nintendo have unveiled details on not one, but two new splatfests, which will see players unleash colour-soaked hell in Switch shooter Splatoon 2 in order to answer life's big questions.

Next weekend, North America will fight it out over a question of sport. Do you prefer Baseball or Soccer? Pearl prefers Baseball, probably because she gets to cave in heads with the bat, while Marina is choosing Soccer, which I assume Nintendo picked because, had they chosen U.S. Football, it probably would've been a whitewash.

In fact, Marina, a proven fitness-freak, seems a little lost on the whole "Sports" concept. I hear ya, sister.

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News:: Star Trek Online's ship printing service is live, is pricey

If you've ever wanted to bring your own customized Star Trek Online ship to the physical realm, now is the time, as it seems that the game's partnership with Mixed Dimensions' GamePrint service is now live. As previously reported, GamePrint is a system that 3D-prints 12-inch physical models of players' custom ships based on the in-game 3D models.

Based on the debut video below, PC users can now simply place an order directly from the in-game ship tailor. The pricing, though, might inspire some second thoughts. A fully-painted custom model with details and shading will run customers a cool $350, with single-color and primer-only versions costing $225 and $200, respectively. That's kind of a lot for a ship model, though having it customized will probably be worth it to some folks.

Sadly, not every ship in Star Trek Online's hundreds-strong collection is available for printing, likely for licensing reasons (the Star Trek: Discovery ships) or practical concerns (the Iconian "Herald" ships defy the laws of physics). Check out a list of them here.

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News:: The Morning After: Weekend Edition

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

Welcome to the weekend! We have more information about last week's Model X crash and a status update on Google's link shortening service.

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News:: 'PUBG' will start testing its tiny 'Savage' map next week

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds continues to ramp up the changes as it fights back against Fortnite for the battle royal crown. One part of the plan that we'd already heard about is a smaller map option called Codename: Savage measuring at 4x4 Km, which is just a quarter of the size of Erangel and Miramar, the two maps already included in PUBG. The smaller play area should add even more tension to the game's fast-paced action.

Source: Savage Map, Flare Gun Event Mode, Event Mode FAQ

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