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Monday13th Jul 2020
News Ubisoft Forward: All The Nintendo Switch Announcements From Ubisoft's 'E3-Style' Show
And rewatch the event here
Just in case you missed the Ubisoft Forward showcase, we've put together a handy list of all the announcements related to the Switch, as well as one or two other important things of note. Before we jump into those, though, let's kick things off with the full video. If you're wanting to jump in without anything being...
Thursday2nd Jan 2020
News Ubisoft's Trials Rising Is Getting Five New Wintery Tracks Today
'Polar Expedition'
Trials Rising is being treated to five brand new tracks today as part of its Season 4 offerings, all bundled together in the game's third track pack. Called 'Polar Expedition', this pack will have you wrapping up for the winter as you soar across snowy landscapes and ride on ice. We have details on all five tracks for you below,...
Wednesday21st Aug 2019
News Get Ready To Eat Some Dirt When The Second Trials Rising Expansion Arrives Next Month
And break every bone in your body, again
Trials Rising on the Switch might be a little rough around the edges, but it's still an incredibly fun game with a large number of challenging courses to complete. If you have been chipping away at the game since its February release, you've probably seen everything it has to offer by now, including the first...
Tuesday16th Apr 2019
News Trials Rising's First Expansion Lets You Cruise And Crash Down America's Route 66
Available today
Today, Ubisoft has released 'Trials Rising Sixty-Six', the first expansion for the latest entry to the series which launched on Switch in February. This new expansion allows players to ride along the most legendary road in the United States: Route 66. You'll be performing your usual backflips and racing to the finish line, but this...
Thursday7th Mar 2019
Video Digital Foundry Looks At The Cutbacks In Trials Rising On Switch
"Still looks great on its own terms"
After a few weeks, Digital Foundry has now released a Trials Rising comparison video. While the performance and visual "cutbacks are quite extreme" in the Switch version, fortunately, the gameplay is fundamentally intact. It's apparently a miracle the game has even landed on the Switch at all. This port uses...
Monday4th Mar 2019
UK Charts Trials Rising Squeezes Into Top Ten, But Sales Were Lowest On Switch
Pokémon Let's Go sales on the rise
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 2nd March, revealing that three new games have made it into the top ten this week. Out of these, The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame charted highest, master-building its way to number four in its opening week. Dirt 2.0 managed to grab sixth spot, and Trials Rising somersaulted...
Thursday28th Feb 2019
Nintendo Download 28th February (Europe)
Trials Rising! LEGO Movie 2! Rad Rodgers!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Trials Rising (Ubisoft, €24.99 /...
Wednesday27th Feb 2019
News Trials Rising Screenshots On The Switch eShop Look Better Than The Actual Game
Dirty practices
If you've viewed any screenshots of the recent Ubisoft release Trials Rising on the Switch eShop, you might have noticed these images don't match the quality of the visuals in the game. As pointed out by Kotaku, this is because these are clearly shots from another version. Unfortunately, this is a common practice within the...
Tuesday26th Feb 2019
Video Digital Foundry Puts The Trials Rising Open Beta On Switch To The Test
Extreme in more ways than one
Prior to the release of Trials Rising, Ubisoft ran an open beta allowing players on all platforms to get a soil sample. Digital Foundry took this opportunity to see how the Switch beta stacked up against the competition. If the beta is anything to go by, the image quality and frame rate are the main concerns. The game...
Thursday21st Feb 2019
News Trials Rising On Switch Doesn't Rise Up To The Challenge Of Its Rivals
Shocking differences between versions on other platforms
Anybody who's been playing video games for a few decades will probably recall draw distance 'fog' with a little nostalgia nowadays. The trick of disguising just how close to the player the game was drawing in objects by dousing the level in a thick mist was prevalent in the Nintendo 64 era,...
Nintendo Download 21st February (North America)
Trials Rising, LEGO Movie 2, Caterpillar Royale!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch Retail: Trials Rising (Ubisoft, Tue...
Nintendo Download 21st February (Europe)
Mutant Football League! Steins;Gate Elite! Aragami!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Mutant Football League:...
Thursday7th Feb 2019
News Ubisoft Outlines Extreme Post-Launch Plans For Trials Rising
Eat more dirt than ever before
Trials fans are in for an extremely challenging treat on 26th February when Trials Rising arrives on the Switch and multiple other platforms. To kill some time before it crash-lands, Ubisoft has shared new information about the future for the title, in the form of a post-launch plan. The idea is to release an...
Wednesday30th Jan 2019
Video 10 Exciting Games Coming To Switch In The Month Of February
What will you play?
February is upon us, so what’s there to look forward to in terms of video game offerings? Following on from the releases such as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes in January, our bubbly video producer Alex Olney has taken time to compile a list of ten exciting games being released on the...
Tuesday21st Aug 2018
News Ubisoft's Trials Rising Secures February Switch Release Date And Special Gold Edition
Expansion pass and more!
Today at Gamescom, Ubisoft has announced that Trials Rising will receive a simultaneous worldwide release on Nintendo Switch - as well as other platforms - on 12th February 2019. We first heard about this one coming to Switch in June thanks to an announcement at E3, although a specific release date hadn't been set at...
Monday11th Jun 2018
News The Two-Wheeled Terror Of Trials Rising Hits Switch In February 2019
The legendary series finally arrives
Ubisoft has announced the latest entry in the Trials series, Trials Rising, will be heading to Nintendo Switch in February 2019. The announcement was made at E3 2018 as part of Ubisoft's annual keynote. The game is being developed in co-operation between Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kiev, and will see you...
