Month: May 2023

Take-Two’s label will publish the new IP, codenamed Project Bloom

Game Freak and Private Division are teaming up for a new title. Take-Two’s publishing label will work with Game Freak to publish a brand-new title, currently codenamed Project Bloom.

No details are available about the collaboration yet, as it’s still in early development and has no confirmed release date.

Dash and leap

Atari is showing off their upcoming platformer, Mr. Run and Jump, which is set to launch this year on PC and consoles.

Mr. Run and Jump allegedly started its life as a homebrew experiment for the Atari 2600 at Graphite Lab, a frequent partner of Atari’s. Afterwards, the publisher liked what they saw and commissioned a more modernized take on it. It appears to be a fast-paced, die-and-retry platformer with neon visuals.

Nothing beats a classic dungeon

Dungeons are the time-honored challenge of many Zelda titles. Whether it’s a giant mechanic contraption, a hidden temple, or the literal insides of a giant fish, the Zelda series has many dungeons we remember, fondly or not.

As part of our Zelda Week coverage, I asked the Destructoid staff to choose a favorite from among the many, many dungeons of The Legend of Zelda series, and to write a little bit about why.

The raids stop for no one

You know, I gotta hand it to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. These games ensure I’ll never run out of things to do.

I mean, this Friday only has The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and a beta for Diablo 4 coming out, so I was worried that I might fit some sleep in sometime this weekend. Sure enough, Game Freak had decided to throw its hat into the ring and give us another Tera Raid event for trainers to bash their head against too.

Talk about a jetpack joyride

The Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, has released its rating for Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield. There’s little surprise that it garnered an M for Mature rating, but it’s the details of this rating that have been fun to read about today.

As part of its rating process, the ESRB lays out both its letter grading and reasoning.

I’ve lost count of how many times I let Ganon return

[Note: This piece was originally published in 2021. We’re bumping it now, as part of our Zelda Week coverage in May 2023, in the lead-up to Tears of the Kingdom. Enjoy!]

Thirty-one years ago, The Legend of Zelda became the first video game I ever beat. A year later, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link became the first video game I ever quit.

To be fair, I didn’t finish too many games in my elementary school days.

Totally Warhammer

If Total War: Warhammer III was somehow not big enough already, Creative Assembly has pulled back the curtain on their plans for the rest of the year and beyond. It’s a lot, but I’ll do my best to give you the rundown.