February2022
News Finished Ring Fit Yet? Blast Your Quads With Switch-Exclusive 'Let's Get Fit' This Spring
Let's get fit-sical
If you've pumped untold quantities of iron and wrung every ounce of sweat from Ring Fit Adventure, it's possible you're on the look out for your next fitness fix on Switch. There are several to choose from, but it looks like there's a new challenger on the block: enter Let's Get Fit. Freshly announced for "Spring 2022" from...
June2021
E3 2021 Dates, Conference Times, How To Watch, Badges, Everything You Need To Know
E3 2021: All the publisher times and details
Following a year off in 2020 due to restrictions brought about by COVID-19, E3 is back in 2021 in all-digital form with four days of streams, conferences, reveals — all the things you'd expect from the Electronic Entertainment Expo, only this year as an online event rather than the traditional...
April2021
News Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice Releases On Switch In May
Larry On Regardless
Note: The following trailer contains mature, sexual imagery. No, please don't make me write about Leisure Suit Larry - yeah, I said I was sorry about not rinsing out my mug in the sink, but I hardly think this is fair punishment, just - ugh. Ok. Fine. Hello, dear Nintendo Life readers! What a wonderful Friday it's turning out...
January2021
News Several Huge Games Publishers Were Fined £7 Million For Geo-Blocking Sales
Someone get Phoenix Wright on the case
The EU is cracking down on sales practices that disadvantage customers, according to a report by BBC News. Six publishers have been fined €7.8 million (£6.9 million) for restricting cross-border sales, including Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, ZeniMax, Focus Home, and Koch Media. The practice, known as...
June2020
News Amazon France Strikes Again With Another Mystery Nintendo Switch Game Listing
This time for Koch Media
Amazon France is the gift that keeps on giving right now. The online retailer posted multiple mystery product listings for upcoming Switch games last week, with with Bethesda, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., Take 2 and even Nintendo
May2019
News The First Patch For Saints Row: The Third On Switch Rolls Out Later This Week
"We have seen your feedback over the weekend"
If you've played the Switch version of Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package since it was released last week, you might have noticed the open-world sandbox is a bit rough around the edges. To make the experience more enjoyable on Nintendo's hybrid device, Deep Silver is issuing its first patch for...
August2018
News THQ Nordic Acquires TimeSplitters Series, Suggests A New Game Is On The Way
Also acquires Second Sight
Koch Media - a publisher and distributor owned by THQ Nordic - has announced that it has acquired the arcade shooter series TimeSplitters, suggesting that a new game could well be on the way in the process. Released across the early 2000s, TimeSplitters is a series of three shooters that feature a cartoon-like...
February2018
News THQ Nordic Acquires Deep Silver Owner Koch Media In $150 Million Deal
Former THQ brands all united under one roof
Publisher THQ Nordic is set to acquire Koch Media in a deal understood to be worth €121 million ($149.6 million). The deal is for the entirety of Koch's business, which includes the video game publisher Deep Silver. Deep Silver oversees franchises such as Saints Row, Dead Island and Metro, and is acting...
May2015
May also own the brand, as well
German publisher Koch Media - the parent company of Deep Silver - has recently filed a video game-related trademark for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which would appear to confirm that the company is handling publishing duties for the forthcoming title. Created by Koji "IGA" Igarashi, Bloodstained is the...
March2013
News Saints Row 4 is Skipping Wii U
Will only be on "current-gen consoles" and PC
When THQ sold off its assets at auction earlier this year, Volition ended up in the hands of Koch Media, which has naturally now taken on the Saints Row franchise as a result. Koch Media denoted the series to Deep Silver, which has now confirmed the first game to be released post-THQ will be Saints Row...
