Call of Duty: Warzone Finally Gets 120FPS Upgrade on PS5

Call of Duty: Warzoneplayers are always looking for a way to get a leg up on the competition, and a smoother frame rate can certainly help with that. WhileCall of Duty: Warzoneplayers on PC and Xbox Series X have been enjoying a 120 FPS performance for months now, those on PlayStation 5 have had to wait. Call of Duty: Warzone’s performance boost patcharrived back in November for Xbox Series X. The patch allowed the battle royale game to run at 120 FPS on the newest Xbox platform, and while there were some occasional dips to 100 FPS, the upgrade was noticeable....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Daniel Obrien

Contest: Win a PDP LVL50 Headset

Wired or wireless — your choice! Upgrade your gaming setup with today’s contest: Win a PDP LVL50 Headset for your PS4 or Xbox One! Winning free games is pretty cool, but honestly I much prefer the times when I can give away cool physical stuff. It’s just so much more fun! Except the shipping part. That’s not all that much fun. But I do it anyway, because I love you guys....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Jeremy Martinez

Cult Satirical Puppet Show Spitting Image to Return Next Month!

Classic British satirical puppet sketch showSpitting Imagewill be returning next month to streaming service Britbox as their first original commission. This latest version will include over 100 new puppets with the likenesses of famous figures in politics pop culture and sport specially made for a brand new season of 10 episodes. Long rumored to be planning a comeback, the latest revival ofSpitting Imagewas confirmed in Sept 2019 when new puppets for contemporary figures such as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Russian president Vladimir Putin and the current president of the United States Donald Trump were revealed....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · John Peterson

Daybreak bans thousands of H1Z1 cheaters

Boo hoo, you’re breaking my heart Nearly 25000 cheaters just got the permanent boot fromH1Z1. According to Daybreak president John Smedley’s Twitter, the purge targeted cheaters using ESP hacks, a cheat designed to reveal other player’s location and status and is generally used alongside an aimbot and other dirty tricks to ruin everyone else’s day. Smedley specifically called out TMcheats, suggesting that they have a way of identifying players using those hacks....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Austin Brooks

Emiru is Now Co-Owner of OTK

Twitchstreamer Emily “Emiru” Schunk was recently named co-owner of entertainment company One True King (OTK). Shejoined OTK a year ago, and has worked with other prominent streamers like Mizkif, Asmongold, and Esfand. RELATED:Pokimane Pays People to Block Twitter Trolls for Her During the recent OTK Shareholders Meeting stream onTwitch, it was announced that Emiru would be the new co-owner of the company through a fantasy-inspired video where the streamer played a princess who defeated her foes, played by other OTK members, to retrieve her crown....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Elizabeth Reid

Final Fantasy 16: Severian Hunt Location (How to Find & Beat Severian)

In a JRPG likeFinal Fantasy 16, players will know that there will always be side content to enjoy, whether it be more quests or difficult combat challenges that bring rewards of XP, Gil, Renown, and much more. Getting Clive more powerful is always a helpful thing, and the hunt for Notorious Marks is a great way to do just that. With differing ranks and all sorts of creatures to pick from, these hunts will indeed be a great way of testing out a player’s knowledge of combat....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Joseph Aguilar

Final Fantasy XI shuts down on consoles next month

In case you are somehow still playingFinal Fantasy XIon PlayStation 2 or Xbox 360, well, it’s about time todownloadthe PC version or, you know, actually find something new to play. Square Enix has confirmed plans to cease support for the game’s console versions on March 31 at 6am PST, after which time the servers will no longer function on those platforms. For now, the faithful have the option to continue their adventures in Vana’diel by switching over to the Windows edition....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Caitlin Todd

First RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Benchmarks From MSI Show Worse Performance Than 8GB Variant

Summary MSI has shared the first benchmarks for the controversial Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, and it performed worse than the 8GB variant in most of the games it tested. The latest offering from Nvidia wassilently launched on July 18with the company’s own slew of benchmarks, which showed barely any performance improvements over the 8GB variant, except for more memory-heavy games likeA Plague Tale: Requiem. Nvidia’s 16GB variant of the RTX 4060 Ti broke cover yesterday and to no one’s surprise, there wereno day 1 benchmarksor performance comparisons....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Jennifer Moore

FUZE Announces Retro Coding Competition

While computer programming has been around since the 1940s, the ability to write code remains a fairly niche skill. On the flip side, gaming tournaments have become so popular that celebrities likeJason Sudeikis are involved inFIFA 21tournaments, and millions of people tune in to watch. With this in mind,FUZE4decided to host a programming competition with tons of prizes and well-known video game industry judges in order to bring coding into the forefront....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · David Cline

GDC 2007: Morning after pills (June 10, 2025)

Yesterday here at GDC was pretty epic for Destructoid. We started the day with Miyamoto’s less-than-stellar keynote and then ended with some uber drunken times with Chobot and the Dtoid crew. We can easily say for GDC: We came, we saw, we conquered. Here’s some of the really cool stuff from the crew here in San Francisco yesterday: GDC 2007: Sitting down with SonyGDC 2007: N-Gage interviewGDC 2007: Prince of Persia: Rival Swords PSP (all the best stuff is at the end)GDC 2007: Gods and Heroes; shakycam interview and new screen shotsGDC 2007: Mark Rein and Unreal Engine 3GDC 2007: Crytek2 Engine; thus, I saw the glory of God … and it was goodGDC 2007: Miyamoto keynote — will people accept my games in the future?...

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Susan Li

Grandma Who Put Over 3,500 Hours Into Animal Crossing: New Leaf Is A Character in New Horizons

As many will no doubt know,Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis mere days away, with the next entry in Nintendo’s adorable life sim coming this Friday.Current reviews for the game are glowing as well, with many praising the Switch followup’s new creative tools as well as it’s numerous small improvements. It appears there’s a number of small secrets in the game too, with one of the game’s brand new villagers seemingly linked to a viral social media post....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Jose Campbell

Hilarious Overwatch Animation Highlights Every Annoying Tank Meta So Far

Summary A hilariousOverwatchanimation highlights how the tank meta has unfolded between both games.Overwatchtanks can range from annoyingly good to frustratingly bad, and this animation shows how they stack up next to each other. Like its predecessor,Overwatch 2has different categories of heroes; damage, support, and tank. Tanks are responsible for leading the charge, while damage dealers fire on enemies from a distance, and support heroes heal and power up their teammates. A standard game will require a mix of the three hero types, with one tank hero, two damage, and two support....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Brandon Pearson

Koei announces Nobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Triangle for PS2

I first discoveredNobunaga’s Ambitionon the NES back in the day, and I remember I was about as good at it then as I am at strategy games now, which is to say, devastatingly terrible at them. I’ve never quite gotten over my fascination with this particular series however, forcing me to plod through the games at the pace of a snail and enjoy myself in a strangely determined way. My next chance to do so comes this January 2009, whenNobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Trianglehits store shelves....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 539 words · Melody Allen