The video game industry is filled to the brim with familiar names that are known for delivering some truly exciting games. One such name isKoch Media, which is known for being the parent company of big titles like theSaints RowandDead Islandseries. Like many other game companies during this time of year,Koch Mediais using the summer announcement season to give gamers some exciting news. Not only is Koch Media going to be delivering a slew of new games over the next couple of years, but they will all be under a brand new publishing label known as Prime Matter....

Yesterday’s Switch firmware update expanded its list of blacklisted words. This latest batch includes several terms found in online discourse. Profanity filters are commonplace among online gaming services, andNintendohas prided itself on maintaining a family friendly platform. As such, it has historically been rather aggressive with its lists of banned words. This has led to some frustrating experiences for Nintendo fans. In 2019, user Galatea posted on theMario Maker subredditabout their run-in with the filter, which flagged the words “is expected” in the title of their level....

Roronoa Zoro is the combatant and the swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates. Being the first person Luffy recruited in his journey to theOne Piece, Zoro holds paramount importance in the story. Although Zoro is Luffy’s subordinate, he has great ambition himself, much like the other members of the crew. He aims to become the greatest swordsman of his time and reach the very top to keep his promise to his best friend, Kuina....

While fans ofOverwatchare now eagerly awaiting the eventual release of the recently announced sequel,Overwatch 2, Blizzard’s first hero shooter is far from inactive. Blizzard still has plans to keepOverwatchactive even after the release of the sequel. In fact, yesterday Blizzard elaborated further on the backstory and lore of the angelic medic, Mercy. In addition to this added history to Mercy, players have the opportunity to unlock some new cosmetics related to everyone’s favoriteOverwatchhealer....

The first week of February is about to come to a close and that triggers the first major Mega Battle Raid rotation inPokemon GO. As players finish recovering from their toughbattles against Mega Aerodactylover the last month, it’s time to start preparing their battle rosters for the next Mega challenger to arrive in the mobile AR game. The second week of February’s event calendar puts Mega Houndoom into rotation and offers players another chance to stock up Mega Candy for one ofthe most powerful Dark-type Pokemonin thePoGOmetagame....

Once again, Giratina is back in the Legendary Battle Raid spotlight. Although somePokemon GOplayers may think the mobile AR experience is becomingtoo reliant on Giratina as a challenge and a reward, there’s no denying its power in the metagame. Giratina is a frequent top pick for Battle Raid counters, so players can always use another powered up, good IV version of the legendary creature. This time around Giratina is back to help celebrate the introduction to the spooky scary Halloween season inPokemon GOand it will be featured in Battle Raids now through October 23....

Much time has passed since Ubisoft’s multiplayer pirate gameSkull and Bonesgot an official status update, and at this rate it’s likely that much time will pass before one finally arrives. But until that happens, fans eager to explore theGolden Age of Piracycan look to a reliable source that has shared details potentially painting a picture of how the gameplay is taking shape. It goes without saying in 2021 that development on this swashbuckling adventure has been rougher than usual....

Gameplay mods are an important offering from theSkyrimmodding community, especially given how long in the tooth the vanilla game is at this point. When it first came out,Skyrimdidn’t have the best gameplay mechanics right out of the box, but it’s even worse at this point. As Bethesda preps for production on theElder Scrolls VI,one can only hope they will take this into account. RELATED:Skyrim: 10 Secrets About The Setting That Most Players Don’t Notice...

Electronic Arts has helmed a number ofStar Warstitles as a publisher since the 1990s. While not every game appeals to all fans, there are titles that players would claim to be definitive parts of theStar Warsmythology.Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic,Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader,Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, andStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderhave elevated storylines and debuted characters that players adore. Set at the height of the Clone Wars,Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s protagonist Cal Kestis is a Jedi Padawan who flees from the Imperial Inquisitors and Emperor Palpatine’s order to execute all Jedi....

Few video games command as much hype these days asThe Last of Us 2. The first game’s impact was huge, and the continuation of Ellie’s tragic tale has players anxious with anticipation. Even the massivegameplay leaks have not dampenedLast of Us 2’s demand. Many players have either abstained from watching the leaks or have let the gameplay hype them up even further. One of the reasons behind this is that if it is anything like its predecessor,The Last of Us 2will only be best experienced through play....

To describeWe’re All Going to the World’s Fairas a darker, depressingEighth Gradefeels like a disservice to what Jane Schoenbrun has created with their feature debut: a movie which explores the internet’s attractiveness to alienated teens and adults alike. Yet, comparisons are simple, and words fail to encapsulate this atmospheric, experimental hidden gem. Part coming-of-age story, part horror,We’re All Going to the World’s Fairfollows chronically-online teenager Casey (Anna Cobb), who, in an attempt to deal with her loneliness, immerses herself in an online role-playinghorror gamenamed the World’s Fair....

The Callisto Protocolwas announced at The Game Awards, wearing its role as a spiritual successor toDead Spaceon its sleeves. Little has been revealed about this new horror game since then, although perhaps the oddest confirmation is thatit’s set in thePUBGuniverse.The Callisto Protocolis the brainchild of the originalDead Spacecreator’s new studio, Striking Distance, and as such, there’s a lot of expectations. It would seem the game is embracing those, however, as the developer wantsThe Callisto Protocolto be the scariest game on next-gen consoles....

World of Warcraft’sPublic Test Realm for its upcomingEternity’s Endpatch is under way, meaning dataminers are already trying to crack its coding to find all the goodies coming in the impending release. Simaia, one suchWorld of Warcraftfan, has discovered an interesting line of code within the game’s files that could hint at gender options being added to the game in the future. Simaia discovered a file called “unitsexconstatntsdocumentation.lua,” which has four different gender options: male, female, both, and none....