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Blast Bowser straight to hell A North Carolina arms manufacturer is facing backlash today after it posted a picture on Instagram of its new shoulder mounted rocket launcher modeled after the SNES Super Scope. The man-portable air-defense-system, known as the Blitzkrieg Bazooka, was designed by Biton Industries as a one-off custom build for a prized client. “One of our most faithful customers, whose name I can’t disclose right now as he is currently wanted by 13 different nations for drug trafficking, asked us to design a weapon that would appeal to his son, to get him excited about joining the family business,” explained Biton spokesman Cecil Carver....

Mobile News Brawl Stars teams from four major regions are ready to boost their positions in Split 1. Early qualification for Brawl Cup 2025 is a wonderful achievement! The regional standings of the Brawl Stars Championship 2025 are formed with points earned at Monthly Qualifiers and Finals events. The esports teams receive the most points in the Final brackets, so such events are super important. The goal is qualification for the Brawl Cup and World Finals....

I may not post much news on the Destructoid front page, but I do, occasionally, have my moments. I’ve been known toinvestigatethings. I oncereportedsomething. Every so often, when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in just the right direction, Ijournalize. This is one of those moments. What initially began as a seemingly innocent e-mail conversation with Tommy Refenes, one third of theSuper Meat Boyteam, quickly turned downrightnewstasticonce I started asking about the identities of the other, unannounced playable indie characters (thus far the only announced characters are Alien Hominid, Tim fromBraid, Commander Video fromBit....

News The Blood Harvest is here. Diablo 4 players can donate their blood to get some in-game rewards. Read on for everything to know about these Diablo 4 blood donations and more. Diablo 4 blood donations unlock in-game rewards Between Oct. 20 and Nov. 20, Diablo 4 players who are over 18 and in the states can visit any blood donation center and donate their blood. After logging their contribution for this Blood Harvest event, they can get some in-game rewards based on the amount of blood donated by all participants....

Some straight gameplay out of gamescom The lastDishonored 2trailer out of QuakeCon was Corvo-heavy, which is fine, if you’re into that sort of thing. That’s fine, no judgment. Some of my best friends are Corvo. But this gamescom trailer shifts the focus back to the other protagonist, Empress Emily Kaldwin, whom I am jazzed to play as. I’ve kind of been sleeping onDishonored 2, which is steadily approaching its November 11 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC) release....

News Here are the full DTI Halloween event patch notes! More than 1 million players are currently playing Dress to Impress (DTI) on the popular platform Roblox following the release of the highly-anticipated Halloween event update. This is DTI’s biggest patch yet and they’ve brought many new items, products, and features to try. Check out the complete DTI Halloween patch notes below! Near a million players eagerly awaits the Dress to Impress Halloween event Almost a million players are waiting for the DTI Halloween event and it may break the Roblox platform!...

Esports News The esports community reacted to the invasion of Ukraine with an huge show of support for the nation. On February 24th, the world awoke to news of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. So naturally, many esports fans, professionals, and talent’s minds immediately turned to their colleagues from Ukraine, whose lives will have been turned upside down by the outbreak of conflict. Across the esports space, players reacted with shock, organizations reached out with messages of support, and personalities attempted to make sense of what was happening....

Gaming News GUNNAR Optiks teams up with 2K Games to release Borderlands 4-inspired Ripper glasses. Available Aug. 6, built for gaming, chaos, and eye protection. Forget the pain of Kevin Hart in the Borderlands movie with gaming sunglasses inspired by Ripper from Borderlands 4, courtesy of GUNNAR Optiks' latest collab. The collab launches on Aug. 6, with the release of two sets of Borderlands 4-themed glasses. The design and color palette takes inspiration from the Rippers, the bandit horde faction on planet Kairos....

Tekken 8 News The community actively disagrees with the decision to sell fighting stages. Heihachi Mishima returns to fighting action withTEKKEN 8 update 1.08, and the character arrives with some extra content. Players can experience a new story episode, Unforgotten Echoes, which explains the mystery of Heihachi’s disappearance. Also, Genmaji Temple is a new stage in TEKKEN 8. It’s where Heihachi trained his new abilities. However, why are people unhappy about it?...

As evidenced inour reviewfor the recently releasedGod of War, Sony and Santa Monica Studio have managed to craft an action-adventure epic that not only evolves the character of Kratos, but also delivers a technical and narrative powerhouse that pushes the PlayStation 4 to its absolute limits. Of course, in order to truly appreciate a work of art, one must also be able to poke fun at it, which is why Smosh Games has decided to give the PS4 exclusive the Honest Trailer treatment....

Hearthstone News Each Hearthstone Masters Tour will now get a $50,000 prize pool instead of nothing. Hearthstone Masters Tour will now feature a $50,000 prize pool instead of nothing at each event. After much community feedback, the Hearthstone esports team updated the prize pool distribution. Read on for the Hearthstone esports 2023 details. Hearthstone Masters Tour prize pool Similar to the Battlegrounds Lobby Legends Championship events, the Masters Tour side of Hearthstone esports will get a $50,000 prize pool....

Counter Strike 2 News Can one technical tool improve your playing skills and help with cool clips from your matches? Most, if not all, Counter-Strike 2 players want two things: get better at the game and show off their skills in the community. Can one technical tool help with both? This is the promise of Scope.gg, a CS2 clip recording tool that also provides users with match analysis and stats tracking....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid community blogger CousinDupree shares a beautiful epiphany. Want to see your own work appear on the front page?Go write something!–Mr Andy Dixon] “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.“I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before....