Devolver Digital News Articles
Thursday25th Aug 2022
News Cult Of The Lamb Version 1.0.3 Live For Switch, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixes softlock and temple issues
We think Cult of the Lamb is pretty darn good, but if there's one issue we highlighted with the cult-forming roguelike, it's the game's various performance bugs. Fortunately, we haven't had to wait long for a patch that will fix these issues, and the developer has shared what to expect in version 1.0.3. Sharing...
Tuesday23rd Aug 2022
News Return To Monkey Island Gets A Release Date And A Horse Armour Pre-Order Bonus
P-arrrr-ty time
The long-anticipated next entry to Monkey Island series, cleverly named Return to Monkey Island, has just been provided with a release date and brand new trailer at Gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live. Excitingly for fans of the classic point-and-click adventure series, the game is landing on Switch less than a month from now, on 19th...
Thursday18th Aug 2022
News Cult Of The Lamb Shepherds In 1 Million Sales In Just One Week
Slaughtering the competition
Cult of the Lamb, the cute but evil Animal Crossing cult simulator, seems to be slaughtering the competition on the scene right now. Publisher Devolver Digital has bleated about the game's success today, revealing that Massive Monster's not-so-cuddly (or maybe very cuddly, depending on what your tolerance for sheep...
Friday1st Jul 2022
News Learn How To Run Your Own Successful Murder Cult In New 'Cult Of The Lamb' Trailer
SHUN the non-believers!
One of the games we're most excited about this summer is Cult of the Lamb, a gory-cute simulator that's a bit like if Animal Crossing went totally off the rails, and was about forest critter Satanists instead of forest critter capitalists. Ahead of the game's August 11th release date, a new trailer has just gone live,...
Friday10th Jun 2022
Random Devolver 'Invents' Tom Clancy's Animal Crossing, And Now We Need It
Okay, we're in
Trust Devolver Digital to give us a very unique showcase. The publisher hosted its annual Digital Showcase yesterday, which gave us a few fun announcements — including James Turner's adorable-looking new game. But what people remember from Devolver Digital is its ridiculous tongue-in-cheek presentations which do everything from...
News Former Pokémon Art Director Reveals 'Plucky Squire', The First Game From His New Studio
A new 2D & 3D storybook adventure
Yesterday, Pokémon artist James Turner - known in recent times as the art director of Pokémon Sword & Shield - announced he had moved on from Game Freak to form a brand new game studio with his old friend (@onebitbeyond), known as All Possible Futures. Turner at the time teased the studio'
Friday22nd Apr 2022
Random Devolver Cheekily Prods Sega Over Sonic Origins Pre-Orders
To promote Trek to Yomi
Ahhh, you can always count on Devolver Digital to take the bull by the horns and have fun with any kind of situation. And this time, Sega is the butt of the joke. Earlier this week, Sega's long-awaiting Sonic compilation, Sonic Origins, got an official release date of 23rd June after a few days of leaks. And while some...
Thursday24th Feb 2022
News Devolver Nails Down Launch Window For Cutesy Blood Sacrifice Game, 'Cult Of The Lamb'
Shun the non-believer! Shhhhhunnnn
Haven't you always wanted to run a cult with adorable forest animals? Of course you have! It's number one on most people's wishlists! Thanks to Devolver (who else, really), Cult of the Lamb will be welcoming you into its fold "soon", although we don't have a release date yet. Here's the game spiel: Cult of the...
Thursday28th Oct 2021
News Devolver Digital Is Bringing The Indie Gem Death's Door To Switch Next Month
From the creator of Titan Souls
At Sony's State of Play livestream today, the focus was on third-party and indie offerings. While it was a PlayStation event, some of the announcements were for other platforms, too. As highlighted by our colleagues over at PushSquare, the highly-rated fantasy action-adventure
Wednesday11th Aug 2021
News Loop Hero Is A Timeloop Game, Looping Its Way To Switch Later This Year
Loop de loop
Pixel art, timeloops, and the ability to make the screen look like a CRT monitor: these are all excellent reasons to enjoy things, and Loop Hero has all three. Set in a world where everything has been forgotten, and almost all is lost, players will be cursed to walk around a procedurally-generated loop, which fills with monsters as the...
Sunday20th Jun 2021
News Hotline Miami Appears To Be Getting Another Physical Run On Switch
The super brutal collection is back
In August 2019, the super brutal Hotline Miami Collection got a bit of a surprise release on the Nintendo Switch. Special Reserve Games followed this up with a two-in-one physical release in 2020. If you didn't manage to get hold of a hard copy last year, the good news is there'll soon be a more widely available...
Sunday13th Jun 2021
News Wizard With A Gun Brings Online Co-Op Sandbox Survival Action To Switch In 2022
Embark on a magical journey alone or with friends
Devolver Digital held another absolutely crazy E3 presentation this year. In between all of the skits, was a handful of video game announcements. Some of them were even for the Nintendo Switch. Apart from Demon Throttle one of the other surprises was Galvanic Games' Wizard with a Gun. It's described...
News Devolver Digital Is Publishing A Physical-Only Nintendo Switch Game
Update: And pre-orders are now live
Update (Sun 13th Jun, 2021 07:15 BST): During Devolver Digital's E3 broadcast, it gave fans a proper look at Demon Throttle - a physical-only release coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2022. Here's a bit about it, along with a first look. "Demon Throttle tells the story of a beautiful vampiress and dusty...
Thursday3rd Jun 2021
News Devolver Digital's New Game Has Been Banned In Australia
Was it the double butthole cat?
Devolver Digital and Doseone's latest release Sludge Life - a game about graffiti, vandalism and double butthole cats - has been refused classification in Australia. Although we don't have the details from the Australian Classification Board just yet, according to the rating of the game in other locations like the US...
News Move Aside Nintendo, Devolver Digital's Broadcast Returns On 12th June
An E3 show like no other
Sure, Nintendo has announced it will be airing its E3 presentation on 15th June, but have you ever watched one of Devolver Digital's broadcasts? It's one hell of a ride - with plenty of action, drama, swearing, a lot of blood and of course many video game announcements. Hmm, that does sound a bit unusual but for Devolver...
Sunday23rd May 2021
News Devolver Digital Will Reveal Four New Games At This Year's Summer Game Fest
What could they be?
Earlier this week, we found out the Geoff Keighley-led Summer Game Fest would be returning on 10th June. It's set to include a spectacular live world premiere showcase and will also incorporate other events such as Days of the Devs. Publishers involved in this event include companies like 2K, Activision, Bandai Namco, Blizzard,...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News Devolver Digital Reportedly Planning To Go Public With IPO At Around £1 Billion
Will officially stop being an 'Indie' at that point, right?
Devolver Digital is one of the biggest 'Indie' video game publishers in the world, though in reality the company has been rubbing shoulders with traditional industry giants for a good while. It's much loved and admired for good reason, however, as it's become a huge success from download...
Tuesday18th May 2021
News Devolver Digital Brings Sludge Life To Nintendo Switch Early Next Month
Avert your eyes, children
Back in February, the edgy publisher Devolver Digital announced the quirky low-fi 3D adventure Sludge Life for Nintendo Switch. Months on, it's now locked in a release date of 2nd June (so that's early next month). The trailer is still just as crazy and confusing, so below is some PR to explain what exactly is going on...
Tuesday30th Mar 2021
News Carrion's Free Christmas DLC Is Finally Available On Nintendo Switch
Better late than never
Last year's reverse horror game Carrion recently rolled out an overdue update for the console versions of the game. It's the Christmas update and "The Greatest Time of the Year" DLC. It arrived on PC on time (around XMAS last year) and has now been released for Switch and Xbox, entirely for free. "Our beloved Master may...
Thursday25th Feb 2021
News Devolver Digital Is Throwing Boomerang X Onto Switch This Spring
Giving Ty a run for his money
Devolver Digital has brought some fantastic indie experiences to Switch over the years. Publishing acclaimed hits like GRIS, that streak look set to Carrion (I'm not sorry) into 2021. Alongside Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Card Shark, it has just announced Boome
Thursday21st Jan 2021
News New Trailer For Action-Platformer Olija Gives Insight Into The Spooky Story
Coming to Switch on January 28th
Olija is coming up on its 28th January release, and this new story trailer gives us a better idea of just exactly what it's all about. The Devolver Digital-published game begins with a young lord named Faraday getting shipwrecked on a mysterious island, and having to explore the monster-infested lands around him to...
Tuesday19th Jan 2021
News Fall Guys Adds Super Mario 64 Easter Egg
It's still not been announced for Switch, though
We know what you did. You're supposed to take the baby penguin back to its mother in winter-themed Super Mario 64 level, Cool, Cool Mountain. But some of you dropped the little guy off the edge of the world, and you're all monsters. Monsters. Fall Guys - the multiplayer party game that was a 2020...
Thursday31st Dec 2020
News Devolver Digital Teases Five Unannounced Games For 2021
What could they be?
Devolver Digital has shown ongoing support for the Switch throughout 2020, and it's likely set to continue in the new year. With this in mind, the company's social media account - which is known for being one big tease - has shared the following tweet, announcing it has at least "five" unannounced titles arriving in 2021...
Thursday17th Dec 2020
News Piratical Action-Adventure Game Olija Confirmed For January Launch
Magic hats? Magic hats.
Get ready for some pixel pew-pew platforming - the stylish action-adventure-platformer Olija has finally been given a release date! On January 28th, we'll all be able to figure out the various mysteries that the trailer presents. What's that shipwreck all about? Where exactly is this strange place filled with monsters? And...
Wednesday25th Nov 2020
News Skeleton Crew's Enchanting Action-Adventure Olija Washes Up On Nintendo Switch In 2021
Explore, escape and survive
Update [Wed 25th Nov, 2020 00:15 GMT]: It seems the action-adventure Olija will no longer be released this year. Skeleton Crew and Devolver Digital have now confirmed it'll wash up on the Switch in 2021. Above is an updated trailer. Original article [Sun 12th Jul, 2020 08:45 BST]: Apart from Carrion, one other Switch...
Tuesday6th Oct 2020
News Devolver Digital's Disc Room Slices Up The Switch On October 22nd
Gulp, this isn't going to end well...
Devolver Digital has announced it will be releasing Disc Room on the Nintendo Switch and PC on 22nd October. The aim of this action game is to avoid getting sliced in half by giant discs while clearing room after room. Here's the premise, along with a video rundown from the four-person development team (some of...
Sunday30th Aug 2020
News Mediatonic Wants To "Build Trust" With Community Before Releasing Fall Guys On Other Platforms
Ports are not a priority right now
Ever since the 60-player battle royale party game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was released, there's been a number of stories about the game potentially coming to the Switch and other platforms in the future. While there have been some promising signs so far, it seems Mediatonic (the UK developer behind the game)...
Sunday9th Aug 2020
News Mediatonic Would Love To Bring Fall Guys To Other Platforms Further Down The Line
The Switch might be part of this plan
One game the video game world has completely fallen in love with this week is the 60-player battle royale party title, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. It's developed by the British developer Mediatonic (Murder By Numbers), published by Devolver Digital and is inspired by hilarious television game shows such as...
Sunday12th Jul 2020
News Devolver Digital Brings Reverse Horror Game Carrion To Switch On 23rd July
Assume the role of an amorphous creature
During yesterday's Devolver Digital broadcast, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer made a surprise appearance and announced a release date for the upcoming reverse horror game, Carrion. It will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch on 23rd July. So, how exactly does a reverse horror game play out? Instead of taking...
Thursday2nd Jul 2020
News Save The Date, Devolver Digital's Direct Broadcast Airs On 11th July
Filling the void
With E3 cancelled this year, every video game company is doing its own thing. Admittedly, it's not that much different for the publisher Devolver Digital. As usual, it'll be hosting its own pre-recorded and presumably violent conference. Take a look below: As noted, it'll air next week (via Twitch) on 11th July at 12 pm PST / 3...
