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[As Zelda Week winds down here at Destructoid, I wanted to dig back into the archives and resurface an oldie-but-goodie. This 2011 piece from Noir seems like a fitting companion to the weird shenanigans of Tears of the Kingdom, and it’s also a good blog. So we’re bumping it up the feed again today, in 2023, to celebrate that.

Get your tiles drawn out

SNEG is soon releasing an absolute buffet of classic Strategic Simulations Inc. DOS games onto GOG and Steam. Four, to be specific. Do you remember when GOG was all about preserving retro PC games? They still do. It just isn’t as much of a focus anymore. It’s always exciting to see when classic games get ported over.

The first is Veil of Darkness. Originally released in 1991 by Strategic Simulations Inc.

It is ok not to expect the Spanish Inquisition

For the longest time, people have criticized video games for deriving too much from Hollywood. It’s true. We know Solid Snake’s design from the original Metal Gear is a copy-pasted Kyle Reese from Terminator. We also know Solid Snake’s look from MGS 2 is Snake Plissken from Escape From New York. Still, the tides are changing.

The Shockmaster

Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden have announced that they’re bringing Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman to the West for the first time as Cyber Citizen Shockman. Heck. Yes.

Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman was the first game in the series that started on the PC-Engine in Japan. We received the second game (named Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2) in North America on the Turbografx-16, but no other titles. Renamed Shockman, this second title eventually made it to the Virtual Console.

Week of cool freebies reportedly incoming

Usually on a Friday morning, I take the time to give you all a heads-up on the next free title being offered on digital dashboard Epic Games Store — But this week, the publisher is keeping its cards close to its chest, and will be offering up a “Mystery Game” to all users as of Thursday, May 18.

Clean Sweep

FuturLab’s unique and strangely compelling rub-a-dub-dub title PowerWash Simulator has officially welcomed seven million players to its hot water action — as opposed to its hot, water action — since its release in the summer of 2022.

It’s 550 Platinum Points

As we continue with the trend of major first party releases getting My Nintendo goodies at some point: one of the biggest (the biggest?) games of the year, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, is stepping up to the plate.

Nintendo has unveiled the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Glow in the Dark Keychain over at My Nintendo, where you can pick it up for 550 Platinum Points.

There’s a lot more to wrap your head around this time

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s powers completely reinvent the way you interact with Hyrule. It took me a few hours to acclimate to them, and even then, I forgot how useful some of Link’s new abilities were. Here’s a quick primer in case you hit a wall early on!

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Mystery project now has a ‘new framework’

CD Projekt RED has confirmed that it is now continuing development of ‘Project Sirius‘, an as-yet-untitled spin-off set with the high fantasy universe of The Witcher. The project, first announced in October of 2022, was paused in March, with CDPR telling investors it required re-evaluation.

It’s raid time, come Hell or Hyrule

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are committed to launching 7-Star raids every two weeks, and the launch of 7-Star Chesnaught proves nothing will stop that train. Who cares if potentially the biggest game of the year is launching on the Nintendo Switch? We got Pokemon to catch!

But hey, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom costs $70, which is more than what trainers who own Scarlet & Violet need to spend on this event.