YoYo Games was acquired for ‘approximately $10 million’ Opera – as in, the people behind that web browser you might’ve used years ago – is in the gaming industry spotlight this week. The company picked up YoYo Games, the owner of GameMaker Studio 2, for $10 million as it looks to expand its gamer-leaningOpera GXbrowser and Opera Gaming division. Come again? If this is the first you’re hearing about any of this,same....

You no longer need Stadia It sure is nice to seeOrcs Must Die 3in the top sellers list on Steam. Some of us have been counting the days until the trap-setting action game shed itsStadia timed exclusivity, and I’m sure plenty of people didn’t even know therewasa newOMDgame, much less one that’s playable today. While we’ll still have to wait for the proper PS5 version “later this year,”Orcs Must Die 3is out now onSteam,PS4,Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S....

Meet The Wastelander As part of today’s Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase live stream, Activision Blizzard dropped a new trailer from its epic upcoming team-shooterOverwatch 2. As part of the presentation, the publisher announced that the barrel-blazing sequel will enter Early Access on October 4 as a free-to-play title. Alongside the above info, we also got our first look at the next character headed to the hugeOverwatchroster. The Junker Queen — described accurately by our own Chris Carter as “a Moyse design” — is a long-time loreOWcharacter, who fought their way up through the Australian outback to become ruler of the Junker haven known as “The Pitt” — home toOverwatchheroes Junkrat and Roadhog....

Nintendo has kicked off itsPokemon BlackandWhitemarketing for the rest of us, and some people aren’t too happy aboutthe English namesfor the starter Pokemon. And by that I mean they’ve taken to the streets as if the end is nigh. I’ll let you decide if that’s a reasonable reaction or not. From left to right, our starters are Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott.Oh God,rapture! But seriously, doesn’t everyone just opt for custom names for their team anyway?...

Digital Extremes revealed today that Protea Prime Access is coming toWarframeearly next month with all sorts of improvements that make it well worth picking up. Warframe‘s next highly anticipated Prime form, Protea Prime, is less than a month away for all fans to purchase or grind for as they play across all platforms. What makes Protea so interesting is that she was assigned to an incredibly important role: protecting Parvos Granum, the Founder of the Corpus Faction, which is why she’s imbued with abilities that allow her to manipulate time....

[Destructoid is grabbing its rail gun and heading to Dallas, Texas this weekend forQuakeCon. Stay posted for game news, previews, and strange happenings from the infamous LAN room.] Turns out those 17 years spent begging on your knees, like the dirty Nazi-monk you are, paid off! Rise of the Triad, the zany 1995 first-person shooter helmed by post-id Software Tom Hall, will receive a sequel developed by Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment....

Last call Xbox Design Lab was quietly one of the neatest offerings of the Xbox One generation. Microsoft built a portal where users could create their own controllers and every component’s look could be customized. No longer restricted to official models on store shelves, players could design a controller to look however they wanted. Design Lab is going offline for a bit. On October 14, Microsoft is temporarily pulling the plug on the whole Design Lab service and it won’t return until sometime next year....

Fusion Frenzy Atlus has dropped a gameplay trailer and a release date for the highly anticipatedShin Megami Tensei V,which willfinallyhit the shelves November 12, exclusively on Nintendo Switch. Players will step into the role of yet another hapless high school student, thrust into an alternate Tokyo besieged by demons, monsters, and other shady beings. “The time for creation has come, follow your will and decide the world’s fate,”revealed Atlus on Twitter....

Wubbing in first position Following this morning’s official reveal of thelong-leakedGuitar Hero Live, Activision’s talking a bit about the core of any music game: the music. Of the 13 announced artists, one sticks out like a sore thumb: Skrillex. The kids love you, Sonny, but this all feels a bit forced. I mean, it’ll be tough to mimic the sound of two 18-wheelers colliding head-on. Apart from Skrillex, the remaining 12 musicians are the type of mix we’ve come to expect from these games — a lot of popular faces along with some classics....

Kratos in My Pocket? Sony is in the midst of opening a new unit within PlayStation to focus on mobile output – with hopes of converting some of the biggest PlayStation brands for the mobile market. As spotted by VGC, PlayStation Studios is currently in the process of hiring a “Head of Mobile” to work at its Californian studios, with the successful applicant expected to deliver a program of PlayStation mobile titles over the next three to five years....

Haha, penetration The sad ballad of thePlayStation Vitacontinues toring its mournful tunein taverns across the kingdom, with Sony now lowering its sales forecast in light of its failure to achieve “market penetration.” This is not the first time this has happened. In May of last year, Sony expected the Vita and PSP to sell a combined 16 million units, which was lowered to 12 million in August, then 10 million in November....

‘But the soul still burns…’ Namco Bandai has released the second part of their mini-documentary series looking at classic fighting titleSoulcalibur,the latest edition of which goes ongeneral release tomorrowon multiple platforms. In part two of theSouls and Swordsvideo series,Soulcaliburpro-players and commentators including Kayane, Maximilian, MarkMan, and Aris continue to provide soundbites on the steel-clashing one-on-one fighter and its enduring legacy. This part is a bit less documentary and a bit more commercial, spending its entire run-time just talking about how great the new game is, over discussing any real series history....

Desperate to get your hands onGhostbusters? Trust me, I’m right there with you — that short demo I played at last year’s San Diego Comic Con was nowhere near enough.Gametrailershas an exclusive sneak peek at the game’s opening cinematic posted now, so if you’d like to go watch that to ease the pain of waiting a bit, hit the jump and take it all in. The voice acting sounds pretty solid, which is a relief....