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News Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged Speeds Onto Switch This October
Beat that
After being rumoured last weekend, Milestone has today confirmed that Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged will be bringing even more toy car racing to Switch on 19th October. Aside from the new cinematic trailer (above) which showcases the continued idea of miniature races carried over from the first game with the fresh addition of...
News Switch eShop Reduced To "Limited Service" In Russia, Says Nintendo Of Europe
Effectively
Nintendo of Europe has sent an email to publishers informing them that the Switch eShop in Russia will be operating on a "limited service" as of 31st May 2023, according to a report by Game Developer. The eShop has been in "maintenance mode" ever since Russian payments were suspended in March 2022 and today's change marks the latest...
News Taito Milestones 2 Collects Even More Arcade Archives Titles On Switch This August
Back at it again
Publisher ININ Games has today announced that it will be releasing Taito Milestones 2 — the follow-up to last year's Taito Milestones — worldwide on Switch on 31st August in both digital and physical form. Much like the former game, this collection will bring together a series of the studio's classic arcade titles, many of...
News The Next Two Pokémon Squishmallows Have Been Announced
Make room for Piplup and Winking Pikachu
After the immensely popular release of the Snorlax and Togepi Squishmallows earlier this year, the company has now revealed what is next for its creature-catching collection — Winking Pikachu and Piplup. This was shared on the official Squishmallows Twitter and Instagram accounts last night, with the...
News Turn-Based Wrestling RPG 'WrestleQuest' Pins Down August Release Date In New Trailer
Are you ready to rumble?
It has been a little while since we last heard about WrestleQuest, the turn-based wrestling-meets-fantasy RPG from developer Mega Cat Studios that was initially slated for release this month. That release date was pushed to "Summer 2023" just a few weeks ago, but we now know that the game will in fact be coming our way on...
News Original Stitch's Pokémon Shirts To Close Down Next Month Following Business Termination
"Thank you once again for being a part of our story"
Original Stitch, the company behind the wonderful Pokémon Shirts range of clothing, has today announced that it will be closing its doors on 11th June following the termination of Original Stitch's business. Established in 2019, the brand has consistently provided eye-catching Pokémon-themed...
News Jam Out To Splatoon 3's Jazzy New Battle Song Before Sizzle Season Kicks Off
Yoko's back
We are nearing the release of Splatoon 3's Sizzle Season 2023 later on this week, and to get us all in the mood Nintendo has released one of the fresh new tracks that will be backing up our splatting from 1st June. Titled 'Rockagilly Blues', this jazzy little number sees the former front-woman of in-game band Ink Theory teaming up with...
News Good Smile Company Reveals Two Hollow Knight Nendoroid Figures, And They Look Brilliant
"No cost too great"
Good Smile Company has today revealed the first images of two upcoming Hollow Knight Nendoroid figures as a part of its WonHobbyG 2023 Spring event. Posted from the @GoodSmile_US Twitter account, we got a sneak peek at both The Knight and Hornet — the protagonists of Hollow Knight and the much-anticipated Hollow Knight:...
News Part Two Of The Wonderful 101: Remastered's Free Stretch-Goal DLC Is Available Now
Update: Download the second part now
Update [Fri 26th May, 2023 15:00 BST]: After dropping part one last week, PlatinumGames has today released the second section of its stretch goal DLC for The Wonderful 101: Remastered titled, 'The Wonderful One: After School Hero'. The latest expansion carries the same side-scrolling gameplay as its predecessor...
News Mario Kart Tour Puts Peach And Daisy In The Spotlight With Upcoming Princess Tour
GBA and Wii circuits return
With the Mii Tour entering its final lap in Nintendo's mobile racer, we have got our first proper look at what is around the corner for Mario Kart Tour. The game's next chapter will focus on Peach and Daisy, as the Princess Tour gets off the starting line on 31st May. This one brings back two classic courses to fit with...
News 'Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire' Is A Skies Of Arcadia-Inspired JRPG Coming To Switch
The sky's the limit
PQube and Octeto Studios have today revealed a brand new JRPG set in the open skies, as we got our first look at Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire which will be "coming soon" for Nintendo Switch. This one wears its Skies of Arcadia inspirations proudly on its wing (still waiting for that Switch remake, by the way). You take on the role...
News The Pokémon Company Reveals Next Scarlet & Violet TCG Set, 'Obsidian Flames'
Unpack this August
The Pokémon Company has today revealed the next set of TCG cards in the Scarlet and Violet series. The collection is titled 'Obsidian Flames' and is lined up to release on 11th August. This news was shared by Serebii.net, which noted that the collection will consist of over 190 cards including 15 Pokémon-ex cards (holding...
News Rogue Legacy 2's Final Content Update Is Now Live On Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
New game modes, subclasses and more
After releasing on PC earlier this month, Cellar Door Games has now announced that Rogue Legacy 2's meaty 'Swan Song' update has now made its way over to Switch. As the name suggests, this is the final content update that will be coming to the game and, we must admit, it's a pretty good one to go out on. There...
News Haiku The Robot's Final Content Update Adds New Area, Bosses And More Later This Month
More metroidvania magic
Developer Mister Morris Games has today announced that the final content update for the wonderful Game Boy-inspired metroidvania Haiku the Robot will be making its way to Switch on 31st May. Titled 'Obscure Information', the update will add two new brutal bosses, a brand new area, the 'Trial of Steel' boss rush mode, a...
News Cosy Puzzler 'Skye Tales' Brings Gentle Dragon Adventures To Switch This Week
Try the demo now
Phrases like "gentle" and "low-stress" are hardly thrown around in gaming descriptions these days, but it is exactly how we would describe developer Puny Astronaut’s debut title Skye Tales, which flies onto Switch on 26th May. In this cosy puzzle game, you take control of Skye, a magical dragon who explores a fantasy world and...
News Embracer Group Shares Plunge After $2 Billion Deal Falls Through "Late Last Night"
The stock market reacts
Embracer Group — the owners of huge IPs including The Lord of the Rings, Tomb Raider, and Borderlands — has seen its shares drop by a whopping 39.28% in the past day after it announced the surprise "negative outcome" of a potential $2 billion contracted development deal. The drop occurred this morning following the...
News Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania Physical Edition Launches This August
Pre-orders are now open
Merge Games and Motion Twin have today announced that physical copies of Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania are heading our way from 11th August. We had a great time with this latest batch of DLC when it launched back in March, awarding it a 9/10 in our review and describing it as "an intense, brilliant nostalgia trip to...
News Samba De Amigo: Party Central Shakes Its Way Onto Switch This August
Digital pre-orders are now open
After being revealed at the jam-packed Nintendo Direct showcase back in February, Samba de Amigo: Party Central has spent the ensuing months without a firm release date outside of 'Summer 2023'. However, SEGA has today shaken things up as it announced that the game would be boogying over to Switch on 29th August...
News Zelda: TOTK Playtimes Start To Appear, And Some People Haven't Been Getting A Lot Of Sleep
Wake up, Link
For many of us, it's fair to say that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has taken over our every waking moment. This was all well and good when you could pour endless hours into exploring, blissfully unaware of the total playtime racking up behind the "Played in the last 10 days" message on your Switch Profile screen. But, if...
News Devolver Is Shooting Weird West: Definitive Edition Over To Switch
"Keep a look on the horizon, gunslinger"
Weird West — a gun-slinging action RPG from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey — released in March 2022 on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One before heading to next-gen consoles earlier this month, and publisher Devolver Digital has today announced that the game will be shooting its way over to Switch...
News The Blind Prophet Brings Point-And-Click Action And Comic Book Visuals To Switch This Week
Helpful Hellboy
RedDeer Games has announced that the gloomy, comic book-inspired The Blind Prophet will be making its way over to the Switch eShop on 26th May. The game will see you take on the role of Apostle Bartholomeus, as you venture into the grimy streets of Rotbork to purge the city and its inhabitants of the Great Evil. All of this is...
News Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus Slots Into Hamster's Arcade Archives Next Month
Line 'em up
Hamster has today announced that the second game in Arika's tough Tetris series, Tetris The Absolute Grandmaster 2 Plus, will be dropping down onto the Switch via the Arcade Archives collection on 1st June (thanks, Gematsu). The game's predecessor, Tetris The Grand Master, was
News Wahoo! The Mario Movie Is Now Available To Buy Or Rent Digitally In The UK
VODiddy Kong
After getting its digital premiere in the US last week, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is now available to rent or buy digitally in the UK too (thanks, VGC)! If you are eager to watch Universal's record-breaking picture from the comfort of your own home, then you can now do so from the likes of both
News LEGO Expands Its Retro Gaming Collection With A $270 PAC-MAN Arcade Set
Waka waka waka
After being spotted online at the end of last month, LEGO has today given us our first proper look at the upcoming PAC-MAN Arcade set, and it's a beauty. Joining the likes of the Atari 2600 and the much sought-after NES in LEGO's collection of retro gaming goodies, t
News Pokémon HOME Support Release Date For Scarlet And Violet "Mistakenly Announced"
Update: The Pokémon Company makes a correction
Update [Fri 19th May, 2023 20:22 BST]: Well... that was exciting for just over a day, wasn't it? The Pokémon Company has just revealed that yesterday's announcement — Pokémon HOME support for Scarlet & Violet will be live next week — was actually a mistake. On Twitter, the company revealed...
News Current Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Events Suspended Due To Reward Bug
Great Tusk, Iron Treads and Chesnaught all put on pause
The current Tera Raid Battle Events in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been put on pause after a seemingly game-breaking bug was found in the battles' rewards section. From what we have seen so far, the bug seemingly granted a faulty "None" reward upon completing the battle, with the game...
News Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope Wins Award For Best Original Video Game Score At The Ivors
BWAAAH!
We had a good time with Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope when it was released on the Switch in late 2022, and the game has just been recognised for its excellent soundtrack at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, where it took home the prize for Best Original Video Game Score. The award was presented to Gareth Coker, Grant Kirkhope and Yoko...
News Devolver's Bleak Sword DX Brings Pocket-Sized Monster Battles To Switch Next Month
Lo-fi fighting
Devolver Digital has today announced that the diorama-set creature battler Bleak Sword DX will be swinging its way onto the Nintendo Switch from 8th June. The title first appeared on Apple Arcade back in 2019, and we were impressed by what we saw when it was first announced for the Switch in February of this year. The new release...
News Award-Winning Murder Mystery 'The Case Of The Golden Idol' Is Coming To Switch Next Week
And the new DLC too!
Towards the end of last year, many of us donned our stovepipe hats and set about solving a series of grisly murders in 18th-century England in The Case of the Golden Idol on PC. At the time, we kept our fingers firmly crossed that the game would be making its way over to Switch (it even made our list of Switch ports we'd love to...
News New Shadow Raids Are Coming To Pokémon GO Next Week
Rounding out season 10
It was today revealed that Shadow Raids will be making their debut in Pokémon GO as of 22nd May. These will see Shadow Type Pokémon taking part in (you guessed it) raids, for the first time in the game's history. This all comes as a part of the Team GO Rocket plan (isn't it always?) to take over all of the gyms across the...
News New Game From Save Me Mr Tako! Dev Is A GBA-Inspired ARPG, Kickstarter Opens Soon
"like if Golden Sun met Illusion of Gaia"
You might remember Deneos' adorable Save Me Mr Tako! from a few years back. The definitive edition on Switch is now celebrating its two-year anniversary (how time flies) and the developer has today revealed that there is more to come from the Tako saga as it provided a first look at Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of...
News Zelda: TOTK Is The Sixth Game Ever To Get Perfect Scores From Edge And Famitsu
Joins another three Zelda titles on the list
With the reviews rolling in thick and fast, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has joined an exclusive club of six games to be given a 'perfect' score in both Famitsu and EDGE magazines (thanks, VGC). The latest review came from Famitsu, which granted the game a perfect 40/40 after receivi
News The Master Ball Is Coming To Pokémon GO Next Week
Get on that upcoming Special Research
The Pokémon Company has today announced that the iconic Master Ball will be granting a 100% catch rate in Pokémon GO as it makes its way into the game for a limited time from 22nd May at 10:00am (local time). If you have ever played a Pokémon game before (which we assume most of you will have done) then you...
News The Legend Of Nayuta: Boundless Trails Adventures Over To Switch This September
Check out the new story trailer
It was back in 2021 that we first heard about developer Nihon Falcom's plans to bring 2012's Japan-only action RPG The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails to Switch, and we have today found out that the game will be officially heading our way on 19th September. There is a fresh story trailer for the game (found above)...
News Splatoon 3 'Sizzle Season 2023' Update Revealed - New Weapons, Stages, Game Modes And More
Splatting onto Switch next month
Nintendo has today announced that a brand new season will be inking its way onto Splatoon 3 next month, as Sizzle Season 2023 kicks off on 1st June. Much like the recent Fresh Season (and the opening Chill Season before that) there is a whole lot of new content that will be heading to the game with this update,...
Random Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Contains A Cute Nod To BOTW's Champions' Ballad DLC
Hylian housewarming
We have known for a good while now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild (heck, we all called it 'Breath of the Wild 2' for long enough) and this means that there are, of course, a boatload of references to the former games. One that we have caught today, however, is a little more...
News Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Event Revealed For This Weekend
With a version-specific focus
The next Tera Raid Battle event has been announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and this one is set to be slightly different to those that we have seen in recent weeks as the headlining 'mon will vary depending on which version of that game you are playing. For those with Pokémon Scarlet, Great Tusk will be...
News Speedrunner Beats Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom In Just 94 Minutes
Zooming for Zelda
The release of a new Zelda game means that we are going to be hearing about a whole lot of speedruns over the coming days/weeks/months and today's Tears of the Kingdom launch is no exception. Yes, somebody has already managed to beat the game in an eye-watering 94 minutes (thanks, VGC). On the day of the game's launch, Zelda...
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's New Ascend Ability Started Life As A Dev Cheat Code
"Cheating can be fun"
For many of us, today is a pretty big day. After many years of waiting, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is finally here, letting us dive into a new (but also, kind of the same) version of Hyrule once again and get to grips with a whole bunch of fresh abilities and powers. One of these abilities, Ascend, was revealed...
News Time Between Switch's Announcement And Launch Was A "Special Case", Says Nintendo
Could the gap be shorter for the next console?
The official translation of Nintendo's financial Q&A for the recently-released figures is now available to view online, in which the company's president, Shuntaro Furukawa, discusses the time between the Switch's announcement and its release, hinting that the same may not be applied to future...
News Mario Kart Tour Brings Back Mushroom Bridge For Upcoming Mii Tour
Little bit of Mii time
After seeing the King of the Koopas take the limelight for the past few weeks, the Bowser Tour is entering its final lap in Mario Kart Tour. As we have come to expect, the next tour has now been revealed and it looks like the focus is all about Miis this time around. The aptly-named Mii Tour will be speeding off the start...
News Stunning Watercolour Adventure 'Dordogne' Flows Onto Switch Next Month
Très chic
Focus Entertainment has announced that it will be bringing Umanimation and Un Je Ne Sais Quoi's Dordogne onto Switch on 13th June — just in time for summer. We first heard of the game back in 2020 and the road to release has not been the smoothest, but looking at the above release date trailer, we can't help but still be impressed by...
News Zelda Boss Wanted Certain Tears Of The Kingdom Areas In BOTW, Prevented By Wii U's Limitations
What could have been
We all wish that we could dive into Tears of the Kingdom's new world a little sooner, but it looks like series producer Eiji Aonuma has been waiting much longer. Before the release of Breath of the Wild, in fact. This was explained in the third part of the game's 'Ask the Developer' interview, where the team touched on how some...
News Piggyback's Official Guide For Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Releases This June
Lending an (Ultra)hand
Piggyback, the company behind the official guide for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has announced that it is again working with Nintendo to bring us all of the answers for Tears of the Kingdom. The official Tears of the Kingdom guide is expected to ship on 16th June and is now available to pre-order in either a...
News Latest Game From Pokémon GO Dev Niantic Lets You Raise Adorable Pets In AR
Introducing Peridot
The developer behind Pokémon GO, Niantic, has today revealed its latest game, Peridot. This is another AR-based title, it is true, but it looks to be a marked step from the 'mon-based gameplay that we all know the studio from (thanks, Eurogamer). Instead of catching fantastic creatures and using them in battle (which really...
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's "Key Theme" Is Hands, Says Developers
From mechanics, to story, to music - it's all hands
We are just days away from the official release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on 12th May, and Nintendo has just published a special 'Ask the Developers' interview to provide a better insight into what's in store. The interview discusses a range of topics from building on Breath of...
News Atari's Neon Action-Platformer, Mr. Run And Jump, Leaps Onto Switch This Summer
VVVVVVibes
Atari has today announced that it is bringing Graphite Lab and Heavy Horse Games' Mr. Run and Jump to Switch later on this year. This is an action-platformer that seems to put the stress on 'action' (and on 'platformer', now that we think about it). You will play as the titular Mr. Run and Jump, a fluorescent stick man who embarks on a...
News Nintendo Switch Surpasses One Billion Software Sales
Now that's a lot of games
As a part of the latest financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2023, Nintendo has provided updated figures for both its hardware and software sales. While the Switch's hardware numbers started to slow as the console reached 125 million units sold (as of March 2023), the big milestone this time around is on the...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Upcoming Switch Games, And It's Slim Pickings
Tumbleweed
As a part of its last financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2023, Nintendo has reconfirmed the release dates for some of its most-anticipated upcoming titles. "Some" is doing a fair amount of heavy lifting there, because this list is looking particularly sparse... It will come as no surprise that Tears of the Kingdom tops...
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of March 2023
A Wii U favourite returns
Nintendo has released its final financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2023, giving us an updated look at the best-selling games on Switch. With the last report back in February, we were impressed to see Pokémon Scarlet and Violet bursting into the top-ten list despite only one month of data being available for...