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Sunday7th Apr 2024
News Dragon Quest 12 Reportedly Suffers Delay, Producer "Steps Down" Following Reshuffle
Square Enix has supposedly found a candidate to replace him
Square Enix is currently undergoing a large-scale organisational "overhaul" and it seems Dragon Quest has been impacted. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Dragon Quest's "top producer" Yu Miyake, who is now 56 years of age (and has contributed to "numerous" Dragon Quest titles over...
Saturday4th Feb 2023
News Square Enix Planning "Multiple New Titles" And New IP
Following a slump in sales
Square Enix has had a solid run on the Nintendo Switch over the past year with releases such as Live A Live, NieR:Automata, Tactics Ogre: Reborn and more recently Crisis Core, but it seems it's not been enough. The Japanese publisher and developer has reported a drop in net sales in its latest financial results period (up...
Wednesday4th Jan 2023
News Here Are Metacritic's Highest-Rated Switch Games Of 2022
An eclectic mix
We're a few days into 2023 now, but many places are still looking back at last year's biggest and best games. And review aggregate site Metacritic is joining in, compiling multiple lists based on compiled reviews from multiple publications. Today, the site has revealed the Switch's best-reviewed games of 2022. The top 40 has some...
Saturday26th Nov 2022
News NieR: Automata Sales Soar To Seven Million Following Switch Release
Square Enix provides a sales update
One of the many third-party highlights on the Switch this year was Platinum's action role-playing game NieR: Automata. Following this title's release in October, Square Enix has provided an update for the lifetime sales of NieR - revealing the combined amount of sales total of seven million units (this includes...
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
Video New Switch Hardware Won't Stop Bad Ports
Port-ability
There's been a fair number of Switch ports this year alone. Some are surprising, others long-awaited and requested, but every time a game on another system makes its way onto Nintendo's hybrid console, there's always a bit of a debate that often leads to a discussion of the Switch 2, Switch Pro — whatever you want to call it. The...
Thursday27th Oct 2022
Japanese Charts Persona 5 Royal On Switch Steals Hearts
Splatoon 3 still retains the crown
The latest weekly Japanese charts from Famitsu have dropped, and you know what that means? Splatoon 3 is at the top again! Sales are slowly beginning to creep down though, with the ink-based shooter shifting 66,036 copies this week. However, snapping at its heels is this week's highest-charting newcomer —...
Thursday20th Oct 2022
Japanese Charts Dragon Ball: The Breakers Pushes Through To Top Ten
But no surprises at number one
The weekly Famitsu Japanese charts show little signs of change this week, particularly up the top. For the first time since its release, Splatoon 3 has dipped below 100k sales, selling just (big air quotes here) 97,071 units in the week of 10th to 16th October. NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition has remained...
Friday14th Oct 2022
UK Charts NieR:Automata And No Man's Sky Switch Ports Make Decent Debut
FIFA 23 stays up top
We're at the tail end of the week already, but last week's UK chart data from GfK has just come in, and there's no change at the top as FIFA 23 retains the top spot. Not surprising in the UK — though the Switch version only makes up 8% of those sales given that it's the Legacy Edition — but Splatoon 3 is still comfortably in...
Thursday13th Oct 2022
Japanese Charts Splatoon 3 Cleans Up As NieR:Automata On Switch Places Second
Shooter reaches 3 million physical sales in Japan
The weekly Japanese charts from Famitsu have landed, and Splatoon 3 is still taking everyone to the cleaners. it's another week where the multiplayer shooter has sold over 100k copies, which means the game has now sold 3 million copies — that doesn't include physical sales, however. Geez. However,...
Sunday2nd Oct 2022
Round Up The Reviews Are In For NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition
Here's what the critics had to say
We're back once again with another review round-up and this time it's for NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition, which is arriving on the Switch next week. This action RPG first made its debut back in 2017 on PS4 and Steam. This latest version of the action RPG gives players access to all of the previously...
Saturday1st Oct 2022
Video 9 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In October 2022
Mario + Rabbids, Bayonetta 3, Persona 5 and more!
September wasn't a bad month at all with games like Splatoon 3 and Return to Monkey Island, but October is shaping up to be even better. This month we've got a lot of heavy-hitters ranging from Switch versions of NieR:Automata and No Man's Sky to Persona 5 Royal. The Bayonetta
Monday26th Sep 2022
News NieR: Automata Anime Will Not Follow The Game's Story, Says Director
'I brought up the idea of changing things around'
It was way back in February of this year that we learnt NieR: Automata would be getting its own anime series. As a sword-swinging action JRPG set in a dystopian future, this decision made a lot of sense. After seven long months of silence on the project, however, this weekend's Aniplex Online Fest...
Tuesday20th Sep 2022
Video NieR:Automata For Nintendo Switch Gets A New Trailer
See the game running on Nintendo hardware
NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition will make its debut on the Nintendo Switch next month, and ahead of release, Square Enix has shared a brand new trailer at the 2022 Tokyo Game Show. It's another look at the Switch version in action. This port of the game is being handled by the team over at Virtuos...
Thursday1st Sep 2022
News Square Enix's Lineup For Tokyo Game Show 2022 - Final Fantasy, Harvestella & More
TGS starts later this month
This year's Tokyo Game Show kicks off later this month on 15th September, and ahead of the event, TGS has started revealing the publishers and developers that will be in attendance. Square Enix will be at the event, and as part of this, it'll be showcasing a long list of games. Fans can expect to see all sorts of games...
Tuesday30th Aug 2022
News Nier Automata Switch Trailer Puts The Focus On 'Scanner' Android 9S
"Call me Nines"
Square-Enix has posted a new trailer for the upcoming Switch release of NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition, putting the focus squarely on supporting protagonist 9S (or 'YoRHa No.9 Type S', to use the full name). As a Scanner model android, 9S prefers more investigative measures over brute force. He's also keenly curious about...
Tuesday23rd Aug 2022
News Combat Android 2B Stars In New NieR: Automata Switch Trailer
"Everything that lives is designed to end"
Square Enix and PlatinumGames' masterpiece NieR: Automata launches on Switch in early October alongside some exclusive costumes, and Square is reintroducing the game's central characters to the world before we make our journey to the future to fight a war with the machines. Today, we get to meet 2B (or...
Tuesday5th Jul 2022
News NieR:Automata For Switch Handled By Nintendo Port Specialist Virtuos
It was meant 2B
Throughout the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch, there have been a number of "impossible" ports released. We're talking games like The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt and the new version of DOOM, developed by specialist teams such as Saber Interactive and Panic Button. One other developer who is also known to work miracles on Nintendo's...
Monday4th Jul 2022
News Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope, NieR: Automata File Sizes Seemingly Revealed
Glory to Rabbids
October is looking like a pretty stacked month for Switch owners if last week's Nintendo Direct Mini is anything to go by. During the Partner Showcase, we got a confirmed release date for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and confirmation that PlayStation 4 classic NieR: Automata would be getting a port called NieR: Automata The End of...
Thursday30th Jun 2022
News Here's A First Look At The NieR: Automata Physical Switch Release, Pre-Order Now
Game launches October 6th
One of the many highlights of the latest Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase was the announcement NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition would be coming to the Switch on 6th October. If you've been wondering if this game would also receive a physical release, Square Enix has now officially confirmed a packaged version...
Tuesday28th Jun 2022
News NieR: Automata Confirmed For Switch, Coming This October
The End of YoRHa Edition
Update #2 [Tue 28th Jun, 2022 17:20 BST]: The official Japanese NieR Twitter account has shared the specs for the upcoming port of PlatinumGames and Square Enix's massively popular sequel to the original NieR. On Switch, docked, you'll get to play as 2B and 9S in 1080p, while undocked the resolution will be at 720p. The...
