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Monday11th Mar 2019
News Save 50% On Top Nintendo Switch LEGO Games For A Limited Time (North America)
Available from $14.99
The Switch is slowly but surely gathering a mighty collection of LEGO games - some franchise-based, others original ideas - and a selection of these are currently on offer on the North American Nintendo eShop. Not all LEGO games have been included (with the recently released The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame understandably missing...
Wednesday28th Feb 2018
Rumour A Trio Of LEGO Games Are Getting A 3-In-1 Collection On Switch
Danish blocks en masse
Nintendo Switch's first year is almost complete, and the console already has a slew of LEGO games to its name. And if you were thinking of adding one of them to your collection, then this next rumour might give you reason to hold fire: according to Nintendo 'insider' Pixelpar, a new collection is on its way that packs in LEGO...
Tuesday18th Apr 2017
News Evergreen Nintendo Switch Titles Stay in UK Charts as Yooka-Laylee Makes a Mark
Playtonic's game fares relatively well on PS4
The UK charts are out following this week's Bank Holiday, and the results are relatively predictable, with an absence of major retail releases allowing established titles to shift around in the top 40. Perhaps most notable, albeit irrelevant from a Nintendo perspective, is that the retail version of...
Monday10th Apr 2017
News LEGO City: Undercover Sells Best on Switch in UK as Yo-kai Watch 2 Endures Poor Launch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild continues to sell well, too
Last week brought some notable releases to the UK market, and there are a couple of positive Nintendo Switch stories that are sadly joined by a bit of a flop on 3DS. First of all, top spot goes to Persona 5 on PS4, which has been generating a lot of hype that has evidently paid...
Thursday6th Apr 2017
Video Let's See How LEGO City: Undercover on Switch Stacks Up Against the Wii U Original
Facelift or faceplant?
LEGO City: Undercover enjoyed its long loading time in the sun as a Wii U exclusive, but now the game is going full multi-platform. To see how the Switch port of the game stands up we decided to pit it side-by-side against the original on Wii U. Make sure you check out the video above where you can see both versions of the...
Nintendo Download 6th April (Europe)
LEGO City Undercover! Graceful Explosion Machine! Yo-kai Watch 2! More!
The Download Update is here for another week in Europe; the formal press release was slow to roll out (again), so we teamed up with the ever-generous Daan Koopman and NL user KJ85. There are some highly promising releases on the Switch, while the 3DS and Wii U aren't left behind...
Nintendo Download 6th April (North America)
Graceful Explosion Machine! LEGO City: Undercover! Animal Gods! More!
It's Nintendo Download Update time, dear readers, and the North American line-up includes three download-only options on the Switch along with a retail release and demo. The Wii U is quite well served too, including two Virtual Console release, while the 3DS also has a couple of...
Wednesday5th Apr 2017
Video Here's How Lego City: Undercover On Switch Compares To The PS4 Version
Not too shabby, to be honest
Lego City: Undercover is the next big Switch retail release, and despite the age of the title it's well worth getting excited about - it was easily one of the stand-out games on the Wii U, horrendous load times notwithstanding. While it was intended to be a Nintendo exclusive Lego City: Undercover also came to the PS4,...
News A New Patch Is Live for Lego City Undercover
And it's not 13 GB!
Many of you will no doubt remember the panic that erupted about a week ago, where an evidently misprinted box for Lego City Undercover mentioned that the game would require an eye-watering 13 GB install to play. Fortunately, WB was quick to dismiss this, though perhaps an update of that size might've been useful. All the same,...
Tuesday4th Apr 2017
News Lego City Undercover Still Has Ridiculous Load Times on Switch
*groans*
Lego City Undercover was certainly a bright spot in the Wii U's library, bringing fun, open world gameplay to the classic Lego template. Still, it wasn't a perfect game by any means, and one aspect that received universal negativity was the positively heinous load times that continuously plagued it. Essentially, if you re-entered the...
Wednesday29th Mar 2017
News Warner Bros Issues Full Statement Regarding Lego City: Undercover Install Confusion
"The information is listed incorrectly on the packaging"
Yesterday we reported on the news that the Switch packaging for Lego City: Undercover appeared to state that a mandatory 13GB install was required to play. Warner Bros issued a short statement to Eurogamer shortly after this news broke which appeared t
Tuesday28th Mar 2017
News Lego City Undercover Box Reveals a Mandatory 13GB Install
UPDATE: Publisher says you don't need to install to play
Update: Warner Bros has issued a statement to Eurogamer regarding this news: Players who purchase Lego City Undercover on Nintendo Switch at retail do not need to download the game to play. We've also heard from another source that the information on the box is actually incorrect. We'll...
Thursday23rd Feb 2017
News Lego City Undercover Makes The Jump To The Nintendo Switch On 4th April
Co-op mode included
The former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover now has a release date for its Nintendo Switch debut: 4th April 2017. The trailer below is via the Kotaku channel. The updated version also brings with it a couple of new additions, most notably the ability to play the whole game cooperatively with a friend. The trailer shows off...
Thursday12th Jan 2017
Video LEGO City: Undercover Re-Release Gets a Shiny New Trailer
Coming to Nintendo Switch, remember
Back in November last year Warner Bros. added another game to the list of confirmed Nintendo Switch titles, including the system for a re-release of LEGO City: Undercover. Originally a Wii U exclusive, it's coming to the Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC in Spring this year. A new trailer gives a reminder of the...
Tuesday22nd Nov 2016
News Lego City Undercover Is Coming To Nintendo Switch And Other Platforms Next Year
No longer Wii U exclusive
Warner Bros. Games has just announced that it is porting Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam and - most importantly of all - Nintendo Switch next summer. The game launched to critical acclaim back in 2013 and was accompanied by a 3DS prequel. It made excellent use of the Wii U GamePad as...
