Monopoly GO: All Electric Escape rewards and milestones

Monopoly GO’sElectric Escape is your last opportunity to get Parade Partners event tokens before its end on May 1. Alongside Parade Partners tokens, you’re able to get thousands of dice, cash prizes, and sticker packs to help you progress through your Making Music card albums. Let’s check out the complete list of Electric Escape tournament rewards. AllMonopoly GOElectric Escape tournament rewards Monopoly GO’sElectric Escape tournament has 30 rewards you’re able to obtain until Jul 06, 2025....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Seth Manning

Overwatch 2 Calling All Heroes celebrates LGBTQIA+ community pride

Overwatch 2 News The world could always use more heroes. Here’s why Aramori, CeeBee, AV2RY, and Grandma are heroes of the Overwatch 2 community! Overwatch 2’s Calling All Heroes initiative is celebrating LGBTQIA+ pride by featuring four members of the community! Read on for the journeys of Aramori, CeeBee, AV2RY, and Grandma. “Be like Reinhardt — be their shield.” Overwatch 2 Calling All Heroes community spotlight Calling All Heroes, an initiative that supports marginalized gender identities and champions gender inclusivity, is showcasing four members of its community....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1002 words · Thomas Weaver

Palworld looks wonderfully unhinged in shotgun-toting gameplay footage

Pokémon Legends on bath salts We first summed upPalworldas “Pokémon meets guns,” and that line still rings true — but the more I see of this ridiculous survival crafting game with monster befriending (andbutchering!), the more I think it’s something I’d actually bother to play. After watching the newPalworldfootage out ofIndie Live Expo 2022, I’m becoming weirdly invested. This isn’t even a full minute-long clip, but it’ll stick with you....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Richard Frank

Podtoid 159: Voldemort’s Opium Den

On this week’s edition of Podtoid, the crew commissions a remake of Miamia Vice, officially declares that heroin isn’t a big deal, and puts Voldemort in charge of an opium den with his good friend, Emperor Palpatine. You really can’t get much better than that! Oh wait, you can! We also discuss John Carmack’s assertion that his job isn’t to innovate, and whether or not we truly despise the Nintendo 3DS....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Robert Johnson

Podtoid 257: Pikmin’s Secret Dick

Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! This week’s Podtoid is naturally led by the megaton announcement of Microsoft’s Xbox One DRM removal policies. Be amazed at how we can talk about it without getting all smug! There’s also plenty of obligatory post-E3 talk, and the all-important plan to crown Jonathan Holmes the king of the expo. Elsewhere, the Pikmin do a secret naughty on Jonathan’s body. There’s also talk ofYaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z,Killer Is Dead,Metal Gear Solid 5, and so much bloody more!...

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Shirley Campos

Pokémon GO Shared Skies: What we know so far

News Mega Rayquaza is back! The next season of Pokémon GO will be called ‘Shared Skies’. It will release on June 1, at 10am local time wherever you are in the world. Niantic are starting to release their first teasers and small bits of information for Shared Skies. FULL DETAILS HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED, SEE BELOW FOR ALL SPAWNS, EGG ROTATIONS AND MORE: Tom Bull Ultra Beasts will feature once more This should come as no surprise, but Shared Skies will see Ultra Beasts continue to feature....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Sean Steele

Resident Evil’s Shinji Mikami shares his thoughts on he and his creation’s legacy in Archipel interview

The Godfather of Survival Horror Shinji Mikami has now been a part of the video game industry for 30 years. Over those three decades, Mikami has been involved with the creation of a lot of excellent projects, such asGod Hand,Vanquish,The Evil Within, andDino Crisis, but his strongest legacy will forever remain one of the most enduring and genre-defining franchises in gaming history:Resident Evil. Continuing its series of video interviews with some of gaming’s greatest auteurs,Archipel Caravansat down for an interview with the 55-year-old as he reflects on his 30 years within the industry....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · William Donovan

Sayff wins Red Bull Kumite Canadian Qualifier: “Approaching SF like an athlete is the right path for me!”

Street Fighter 6 News Sayff is the winner of Red Bull Kumite Canadian Qualifier 2025. Here’s what he had to say about his journey to the top. Sayff is the winner of the Red Bull Kumite Canadian Qualifier, which means he’ll be flying to Paris, France for a chance at a Red Bull Kumite World Final 2025 spot. Sayff wins Red Bull Kumite Canadian Qualifier After going 3-1 against Michael “Riddles” Kim’s Terry with Ken, Sayff became the champion of the Canadian Street Fighter 6 event....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Craig Shannon

Switch 2 announces GameCube Online with a list of games and a release date

Guides News The Switch 2 just revealed it will be getting a GameCube Online service with its release. Here is everything you need to know. The Switch 2 just got quite a bit of information revealed about it during a Nintendo Direct, from new games, such as a new Mario Kart, to various other updates. One of these big reveals was that GameCube Online will be coming to the Switch 2, exciting players everywhere....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Stephanie Owens

Team Tidebound bring a new Dota 2 threat from China

DOTA 2 News Chinese Dota 2 fans have a new team to cheer for, as Team Tidebound finally make their way into a Tier 1 tournament. Once upon a time, in years long forgotten, Chinese Dota 2 was one of the most feared. Teams such as PSG.LGD, Wings Gaming, and Newbee dominated the professional scene. But, for quite some time now, CN has fallen off from its perch. More recently, we have seen a small resurgence with the likes of Azure Ray (AR) and Xtreme Gaming (XG), but nothing has stuck, and nobody has made the impact of before....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Daniel Martinez

The best and worst games of the week – Xbox One is here!

Review Round-up: Week ending 11/23 After last week’s PlayStation 4 review domination, Microsoft finally got it’s chance to strut its stuff with the Xbox One.Forza Motorsports 5,Dead Rising 3,Killer Instinct,Crimson Dragon,Ryse, and a handful of other exclusive titles flooded our pages this week. But regardless of all the Xbox One hype, their games were far from the biggest titles of the week. Two titles, fin fact, garnered our coveted 10 out of 10 score....

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1775 words · Theresa Osborne

The Great Dark Beyond expansion goes live in Hearthstone with Draenei and Starships

Hearthstone News The Great Dark Beyond expansion is now live with 145 new cards. Hearthstone’s new expansion, The Great Dark Beyond, is now live! This expansion includes 145 new cards, and some of them feature the Starship keyword plus Draenei minion type. Hearthstone theorycrafting event features The Great Dark Beyond decks and Draenei galore! Invited players just took part in a Hearthstone theorycrafting event. Read on for some featured Great Dark Beyond decks and deck codes!...

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Emily Stout

The hardest maps to retake in CS:GO

CS:GO News What are the hardest CS:GO maps to retake? According to Leetify, Inferno is closed for business and Nuke is the easiest. Recently, Leetify released a study that showed which maps were the hardest to retake in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). The portal pointed out that Inferno has the two bombsites with the lowest percentage of successful retakes. Counter-Strike 2 Maps: Here are all the maps in CSGO2 Here are all the changes coming to maps in Counter-Strike 2....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · Adrian Price