As Halloween approaches,Overwatchis celebrating the spooky season with a new edition ofthe Halloween Terror event. Ever since the game launched back in 2016,Overwatchhas been known for its collection of seasonal event skins, particularly those for Halloween. While the developers have released skins for many different heroes over past events, some of the most iconic skins belong to Mercy. Part of the original cast of heroes, Mercy is a Support character. While her Caduceus Blaster fails to output a lot of damage, her team utility makes her a viable pick....

Online action RPGBabylon’s Fallwill shut down in February 2023, but PlatinumGames wants to keep creating live service games despite its recent failure according to CEO Atsushi Inaba.Babylon’s Fallwill have lasted just a year in the market once the game servers shut down. However, PlatinumGames could learn from the failed endeavor to create a compelling new title. In an interview at VGC, PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba broke his silence a month after the announcement ofBabylon’s Fall’simpending shutdown....

Summary A cleverPokemonfan recently built their own Pokedex out of a Nintendo DS and a Game Boy. In the mainlinePokemongames, the Pokedex serves as an encyclopedia for the many creatures players can capture, train, and battle along their journey to become the world’s greatest Pokemon Master. Each Pokemon’s backstory, personality, and elemental abilities are cataloged, and players are often given aspecial reward for filling the Pokedex out, which is done by catching a specimen of each species in a givenPokemongame....

Summary Bulbasaur is undoubtedly one of the most famous and easily-recognized creatures in the world ofPokemon, and another creative member of the franchise’s artistic community gave the Grass-type Kanto starter and its evolutions a new look inspired by some of the Paradox Pokemon introduced in the Gen 9 games. These mysterious new Pokemon have raised no end of questions since the launch ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet, and have also gone on to provide tons of inspiration for artsy Pokemon fans....

A talented artist combined Armarouge and Ceruledge fromPokemon Scarlet and Violetand shared the result with otherPokemonfans.Pokemon Scarlet and Violetintroduced players to Paldea, a region based on the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to featuring Pokemon from previous generations,Pokemon Scarlet and Violetfeature over 100 all-new Pokemon. Among these new critters is Charcadet, a Fire-typePokemon with a humanoid appearance. Charcadet’s body is mostly black, with red details on its torso and extremities. Its forehead is covered by a black plate-like mask, and a fire-like feather on top of its head makes it look like Charcadet wears a medieval helmet....

InPokemon GO, Giovanni serves much the same purpose he does in the main games and anime. He is one of the main bosses of Team Rocket GO, and the player can face off against him once they’ve collectedall six pieces of the Rocket Radar. Once the Rocket Radar has been assembled, Giovanni can appear at corrupted Pokestops or in a Team Rocket GO balloon, accessible by tapping it on the Home Screen....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violetfans are having an online discussion about the latest evolutions of some previously known pocket monsters.Pokemon Scarlet and Violethave hit the global markets, but their reception has not been the best. Gamers have encountered multiple performance issues andbizarre glitches inPokemon Scarlet and Violet, making them unplayable at times. At the same time, many fans enjoy the latestPokemontitles for the gameplay and story. The Pokemon Company introduced manynew pocket monsters inPokemon Scarlet and Violet, including legendaries like Koraidon and Miraidon and many others like Fuecoco, Smoliv, and Bellibolt....

Valve has good news for gamers who are interested in thePlayStation 5’s DualSense controllermore than the console itself. As of this weekend, Steam now supports Sony’s new gamepad, allowing PC gamers to take advantage of its next-gen features from the comfort of their computers. This support comes courtesy of an update to the Steam client, which makes any game using the Steam Input API fully compatible with the DualSense by default, “no developer updates required,” according to Valve....

Ides of March will be the first mission inReady or Not’sCommander mode, where players face off against heavily armed suspects. The area of operations itself is small, but there are a lot of doors that can quickly complicate things. Plus, players also need to verify that they don’t end up incapacitating all the extremists in the level if they want to get a perfect score. This mission is going to be more difficult than the earlier ones if players don’t commit to a strategy....

ASonic Frontiersfan has discovered an unused beta island in the game’s Nintendo Switch files which offered its own open area to explore but didn’t go gold like the levels in the main game.Sonic Frontierswas Sega’s first attempt atbringing Sonic into bigger open areasthan in previous titles in the franchise, and although it had many skeptics ahead of launch, its success suggests that it may be a direction that the series continues to take....

While gender identity has rarely been a major point of discussion inStar Trek, it comes up more often than fans think — and in very interesting ways. Back in the 1960s, such topics weren’t allowed to be explored on a mainstream TV show. Then the Stonewall Riots of 1969 happened, and suddenly LGBTQ+ people were all over everyone’s screens. This push toward progress eventually led to powerful scenes like Adira (Blu Del Barrio) coming out as non-binary inStar Trek: Discoveryin 2020....

If recent rumors are to be believed, the next saga inStar Warswill take place in a previously unexplored time period known as the High Republic. Rumored to be called “Project Luminous,” this next saga will be a transmedia presentation of big-screen films, books, comic books, andmay even possibly kick off with aStar Warsvideo gameset in the High Republic Era. While many video game fans are probably very familiar with the Old Republic time period ofStar Warsthanks to theKnights of the Old RepublicRPGs andThe Old RepublicMMORPG, the High Republic is uncharted territory....

When players ofStarfieldfirst arrive in Akila City, a group of Shaw Gang banditsare holding up the local branch of GalBank. Resolving the standoff opens the way to the Freestar Rangers faction missions, Sam Coe’s main mission, and also a certain side mission. This side mission comes from one of the former hostages, who reunites with his wife after he leaves the bank. Marko Jansen is in some trouble that goes beyond a bunch of trigger-happy bandits, and players who press him can get theStarfieldside mission “Rough Landings....