Hololive VTuber Game Aquarium Adds Houshou Marine To Its Cast

Aquarium, the upcoming Hololive game starring VTuber Minato Aqua, will be including another virtual streamer in its cast: Houshou Marine alias Senchou. Aquarium was first announced on July 29, 2025, by Hololive and Entergram. While pretty unknown outside Japan, Entergram is a developer and publisher who regularly releases console ports of PC visual novels. The studio is also behind the newestUminekoconsole port on PS4 and Switch. Working with Umineko’s main author Ryukishi07, Entergram also developed from the ground up a new IP,Kaleidoscope of Phantasm Prison....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Katie Mills

It Takes Two Director Says Next Game Will Be "A Surprise In A Good Way"

In an effort to promote the upcomingIt Takes TwoNintendo Switchport, which releases November 4, Hazelight Studios director Josef Fares spoke withVideo Games Chronicleabout the game’s monumental success and the studio’s future plans, teasing that its next project will be “a surprise in a good way.” Firstly, Fares expressed how pleasantly surprised he was with how well It Takes Two runs onNintendo’s hybrid console. “A lot of people forget,” Fares said, “that in it It Takes Two, everything has to be rendered twice in a split-screen....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Robert Davis

JGOD Reveals New MW AUG SMG Meta Class For Warzone Season 5

Season 6 ofWarzoneis right around the corner, and there’s expected to be plenty of weapon nerfs and buffs. But whilst we still have a week left of Season 5, check out JGOD’s recommendation for an OP SMGWarzoneclass using the MW AUG. The AUG SMG fromModern Warfarenever really got the love it deserved inWarzone, but with the weapon meta being incredibly well balanced at the moment, JGOD decided to give the AUG another try and found out that it’s actually an incredibly viable weapon to use....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · Taylor Chen

Kingdom Come: Deliverance And Aztez are The Epic Game Store's Next Free Games

While some may see multiple game storefronts as bothersome, more options are definitely good for competition. Everyone has to stand out in some way - the Epic Games Store does so by offering up free games every week. The next pair of free titles hitting the platform is the hyper-realistic medieval RPGKingdom Come: Deliveranceand the brutal 2D beat-em-upAztez. WereviewedKingdom Come: Deliverancea while back, and while it didn’t impress initially, it hasvastly improvedin the time since....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Grant Parker

League Of Legends Studio Is “Trying To Broaden” Gameplay Modes To Accommodate Aging Demographic

League of Legendsis a 2009 online battle arena showing no sign of slowing down in 2024. Its charismatic lore has even inspired the popular animated seriesArcane, which is set to debut its second and final season this year on Netflix. While the series pulls more of the uninitiated into the player pool, developerRiotis devising a plan to satisfy the game’s loyal but aging demographic. In April, Riot announced a newBullet Heaven PVE modethat will be released during the game’s mid-year event this summer....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Nicole Sanchez

Old Haunts: DualShockers' Picks for the Places in Games That Scare Us the Most

Halloween season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by playing scary games? There has been no shortage of great horror games to look forward to, such as the upcomingResident Evil 2remake or the terrifyingNickelodeon Kart Racers. However, aside from the creepy monsters, horrific visuals, and moody atmosphere that make horror games so much fun (and such a fright) to play, one of the key components of a good horror game is a scary setting, and plenty of games have had terrifying locations over the years....

August 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1894 words · Ashley Mueller

One Piece: There’s No Way Shanks Is a Villain as Oda Is Yet to ‘Redeem’ Another Major Character After Kuma’s Backstory

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed The question about Shanks’ role inOne Pieceis still a major point of concern for many fans, as Oda has not yet officially revealed Shanks’ true goal within the narrative. Thus, the debate about whether he is an antagonist or not is still making rounds on the internet, and it will continue to do so until Oda makes it clear by bringing Shanks into the central storyline....

August 12, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · Samantha Edwards

Opinion: EA's Annual Press Conferences at E3 Were Great and It's a Shame There Won't be One This Year

Say what you want, but I love EA’s press conferences that kick off the E3 festivities every year. Is it typically boring? Yes. Is it awkward? Almost always. And is there ever any real substantial news to be revealed about upcoming games? Not really. Objectively, most of the conferences that EA has held over the past few years have been largely terrible, but that’s precisely why I love them. The past three years, in particular, have been some of my favorite press conferences I have ever seen EA put on....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1147 words · Steve Barrera

Palworld: Hardest Tower Bosses, Ranked

WhilePokemonhas a gauntlet of Gym Bosses that players are meant to work their way through in order to become the Pokemon Champion,Palworldhas its own style: a series of Bosses that you candiscover in their towersscatteredall around the map. While there isn’t a story that you are meant to follow quite like the Pokemon games have, there is a specific order that you are meant to take these towers on as you progress through the game....

August 12, 2025 · 5 min · 926 words · Jimmy Lester

Pokemon Dark Edition Fan Trailer Shows Pokemon Trafficking and Illegal Fights

If you thought Pokemon was always meant to be a cute and adorable bundle of fun, then the team at noOne wants to show you how it can be turned into a dark drama. Titled,Pokemon Dark Edition, the trailer shows realistic-looking creatures in a totally different way to howPokemon Detective Pikachuintroduced them. However, despite the quality behind the trailer, it doesn’t appear as if the team plans to progress any further than the trailer....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Marcus Johnson

PS6 Reportedly Bringing Back One Feature That Is Every Game Collector’s Dream

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed As gamers, we are hardly ever satisfied with the available technology and always look forward to what’s coming next. While debates go on about which gaming console is better, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are already developing new systems. That’s right, the PS6 is currently in development, but Sony still hasn’t shared many details about the console or what it could deliver when it finally hits the shelves....

August 12, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Kristen Nelson

Roblox All Star Tower Defense Update Today (July 25)- Patch Notes, New Codes, Summer Fest

Roblox has been one of the most popular games on various platforms for a long time now. After the likes of Adopt Me, one Roblox game that has been immensely popular over the years is All-Star Tower Defense. The developers have been regularly adding updates to the game to keep it fresh, and that has ensured consistent growth of the game. Roblox All-Star Tower Defense has received an all-new update today, which adds the Summer Event in the game....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · David Holloway

Sonic Frontiers Japanese Ad Reveals A November 2022 Release Date

As the first open-world Sonic game, there is already a huge hype around Sonic Frontiers and its brand new trailer which is supposed to be premiered later today at Gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live stream, but it seems like the marketing team in Japan has accidentally leaked an important piece of information about today’s show. As spotted by Nibel, a Japanese ad was recently shared for Sonic Frontiers on YouTube, which reveals the official release date of the game at the end....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · David Gray