505 Games News Articles
Saturday6th Sep 2025
News Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition Brings Match-3 RPG Fun To Switch This Month
"The classic Puzzle Quest game is back"
Puzzle Quest is returning to its roots, with 505 Games and Infinity Plus 2 announcing Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition. This "definitive" version of the Match-3 RPG classic features "brand new content and all previous adventures", and it's arriving on 18th September 2025. It will be available across multiple...
Friday14th Mar 2025
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Second Story Expansion DLC Now Available
"The Chapter of Seign"
Following the arrival of Marisa's story at the end of last month, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has now rolled out "The Chapter of Seign". This is the second chapter and will set you back $7.99 / £5.99 (or your regional equivalent). Once again you'll need the main game to access this new prequel story content. This DLC...
Friday28th Feb 2025
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes First Story Expansion DLC Out This Week
"A prequel to the epic saga of the Hundred Heroes"
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes was one of the many RPGs to arrive on the Switch in 2024 and developer Rabbit & Bear Studios has now started its rollout of the story expansion DLC. As previously revealed, this all kicks off with "The Chapter of Marisa" which arrives on the eShop this week. It...
Thursday6th Feb 2025
News 'Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes' Story DLC Lands New 2025 Release Dates
Wave one arrives this month
After a pretty meaty delay, developer Rabbit & Bear Studios has announced revised release dates for the three upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes DLC packs, the first of which arrives later this month. The JRPG was supposed to land its story expansions last year, but a last-minute delay put the whole thing on...
Saturday31st Aug 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes First Story Expansion DLC Delayed
Marisa's chapter "delayed beyond August"
If you were wondering where the first story expansion DLC for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is, you might want to read on... In a new Kickstarter update on the last day of the month, the developer Rabbit & Bear Studios has announced the Marisa DLC will be "delayed beyond August" with a new release...
Tuesday30th Jul 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night To Address "Switch Crash" In Next Update
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
There have been some concerns raised about the state of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on the Nintendo Switch in recent times, and it seems the development team is looking to resolve some problems in the next update. In a brief post on social media from the official account, the team apologised to players for...
Friday26th Jul 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Outlines Upcoming Story Expansion DLC
Three more chapters are coming soon
Following another game update earlier this week, the Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes social media account has shared a reminder about the upcoming story expansion DLC, which will be released between now and the end of 2024. The expansion content will kick off in August 2024 with Marisa's story: "Adventure...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Receives A New Switch Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
More improvements to frame rate and stability
The RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes wasn't in the best state when it first arrived on the Switch but the team behind the game has slowly improved the experience over time. Following a patch earlier this month, the "DAY60 Patch" has now been rolled out for all platforms including the Switch. This...
Friday5th Jul 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Receives Another Switch Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Addressing performance mode issues and more
The RPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has this week received another update for the Switch, dealing with some performance mode issues, graphics issues, and various other problems. Here's the full list of what's been resolved in the latest patch update as of 3rd July 2024: [Patch scheduled for July 3,...
Tuesday11th Jun 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Final Content Update Is Out Now
End of an era
Five years after its initial release, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has just received its final content update in the form of 'Classic II: Dominique's Curse', available now for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99. Building upon the first Classic mode (which essentially arranges the game's environments into a more linear, 'classic' format),...
Tuesday4th Jun 2024
Includes two other graphics settings
Last week the team behind Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes announced the game would be getting a major Switch patch in "early June" featuring a new performance mode. This same update is now officially live, bumping the game up to Version 1.0.5. Here's a translation of the latest patch (which also adds a...
Thursday30th May 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Switch Update Adding Performance Mode
'Graphics Mode' and 'Balanced Mode' are also on the way
505 Games and Rabbit & Bear Studios last week revealed a major Switch patch was on the way for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, and we've now got some more details about what to expect. In a patch scheduled for "early June", the Switch version will receive "performance mode", "graphics...
Saturday25th May 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Reveals DLC Roadmap For 2024
Get ready for more adventures
Rabbit & Bears Studios, the team behind the Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has shared a look at the new JRPG's DLC roadmap. If the team manages to stay on schedule, all three add-ons should arrive this year. The first half of this roadmap showcases items already available including...
Wednesday22nd May 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Team Gearing Up For "Major Switch Patch Announcement"
The JRPG had a lot of performance problems at launch
The Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has offered up quite an enjoyable RPG experience, but admittedly had some issues at launch on the Nintendo Switch. Although the teams at Rabbit & Studios and 505 Games have already acknowledged this, there's apparently...
Wednesday24th Apr 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Patch Updates Are Already Rolling Out
Update: 505 Games issues statement
Update [Wed 24th Apr, 2024 10:30 BST]: 505 Games has issued a press statement to directly acknowledge the performance issues for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes on Switch while reassuring fans that developer Rabbit & Bear Studios is working on ironing out the problems. It said the following: We are aware...
Tuesday23rd Apr 2024
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Here's what the critics think
This week sees the arrival of spiritual Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. If you happen to be interested in this one and haven't already read our review here on Nintendo Life, be sure to take a look. We gave the game 6 out of 10 stars and said it...
Wednesday17th Apr 2024
News The First Review For Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Is In
SaGa Emerald and new Demon Slayer tag along too
We are rapidly closing in on the release date of Rabbit & Bear Studios' Suikoden spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Set to land on Switch on 23rd April, this upcoming RPG dazzled us when we went hands-on with it last month and we have been excited to see more ever since. As...
Friday12th Apr 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Is The Next Nintendo Switch Online Free Game Trial (Europe)
Rising up
Are you curious about Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising? Do you have an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription? Well you're in luck because 505 Games' muddled metroidvania has been announced as Europe's next free game trial. The trial kicks off on the Switch eShop today (12th April) and you can play as much as you'd like for free until 18th...
Saturday16th Mar 2024
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Physical Switch Edition Delayed
"In Americas & EMEA"
If you were hoping to pick up a local physical copy of the upcoming release Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes on the Switch, you might have to wait a little longer. In an official update from 505 Games, it was revealed the hard copy for Switch has been delayed in the "Americas & EMEA", with all backers to receive a digital...
Friday1st Mar 2024
News 505 Games Shuts Multiple Offices As Remedy Acquires Rights To Control IP
Total control
505 Games, an Italian video game publisher responsible for multiple releases on the Switch including Ghostrunner and a cloud version of Control, has announced it will be shutting down offices located in Germany, Spain, and France. This information comes from Gamereactor via Eurogamer, and it's reportedly part of the previously...
Thursday14th Sep 2023
News Suikoden Creator's New JRPG, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Out April 2024
Expand your headquarters next year
Surprise, RPG fans! Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has an actual release date. The upcoming RPG from Yoshitaka Murayama, the creator of the Suikoden series, is launching on Nintendo Switch and other consoles on 23rd April 2024. Today's announcement during the Nintendo Direct came as a bit of a surprise to us...
Wednesday6th Sep 2023
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night To Share Details On Two New Modes Next Week
Game reaches 2 million sales worldwide
We were promised a "big year" for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night back in December 2022. And it's been a bit of a wait, but, developer ArtPlay has released a new blog update on Kickstarter along with a video to tease the future of the Metroid
Thursday29th Sep 2022
News Terraria's Huge New 'Labor Of Love' Update Is Now Live, Here's What's Included
And it's entirely free
Although Re-Logic issued its 'Journey's End' update for Terraria on the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, it's not done with the game just yet. The team behind this 2D crafting, survival and exploration experience has now released a brand new 'Labor of Love' update. It bumps the game up to Version 1.4.4 and includes new...
Monday19th Sep 2022
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Tokyo Game Show Trailer Is Its Best Yet
Voice acting included
Last week, we were a bit swept up in all of that Suikoden news from Konami, weren't we? However, the series' spiritual successor also got its own time in the spotlight during the Tokyo Game Show too. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes got a brand new trailer, and this is the most detailed look we've seen of the upcoming...
Wednesday24th Aug 2022
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Continues To Look Stunning In New Trailer
With returning characters from Rising
We now know that Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the turn-based Suikoden successor from series creator Yoshitaka Murayama, is coming to Switch thanks to a Kickstarter update back in May. But we haven't seen much of the game for a while except through continued monthly development updates — and in part...
Saturday20th Aug 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting A New Crossover Next Week
"A new boss area inspired by Journey"
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has received a number of updates and crossovers since it originally launched on the Nintendo Switch in 2019, and the development team has today announced another one. This time around, it's collaborating with Journey - an indie adventure title, originally co-created by...
Friday3rd Jun 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Just Got A New Character Update
Aurora from Child of Light is ready for battle!
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night didn't exactly start off life on the Nintendo Switch in the best state, but since then, the experience has been improved with regular patches and updates - including some new content. In a crossover we didn't see coming (at least until March 2022), Bloodstained has...
Thursday28th Apr 2022
News Terraria Version 1.4.3 Introduces 'Don't Starve' Crossover, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Out today
A brand new update for the hit pixel sandbox game Terraria launches today, publisher 505 Games and developer Re-Logic has announced, and it's a big one. This update adds a brand new world seed called The Constant, which is inspired by the whimsical, creepy worlds of Don't Starve Together, the multiplayer expansion to the survival game...
Friday8th Apr 2022
News Ghostrunner DLC 'Project_Hel' Slashes Onto Switch Today
Blade Runner 2022
Cyberpunk parkour game Ghostrunner's long-awaited DLC Project_Hel launches on Switch today! While PC and console owners have been able to dive into this new content since the beginning of March, we've had to be just a little bit more patient to see what Project_Hel has in store for us. This DLC is a prequel to the base game and...
Thursday3rd Feb 2022
News Terraria Has Received Another Update On Nintendo Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
Download it today
Earlier this month, developer Re-Logic rolled out the long-awaited 'Journey's End' update for Terraria. It added new ways to play the game, over 1000 new items to find and craft, new bosses to challenge and more. If this wasn't already enough, the developer has now updated the game (again) - and it includes some Switch-specific...
