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Wednesday8th Feb 2023
News Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Dev Announces Hot Wheels Follow-Up
A Nintendo release would be cool
Velan Studios last week made a tough announcement - revealing it would be shutting down its free-to-play multiplayer title Knockout City on 6th of June this year. In the same update, it said it had other IPs and products it was "very excited about". If you were wondering what's next, it seems the American developer...
Friday3rd Feb 2023
News Live Service Game Knockout City Will Shut Down This June
Velan Studios is "very excited" about what's next
After more than two years, the Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit developer Velan Studios today announced it would be shutting down its free-to-play multiplayer brawler Knockout City on 6th June this year - with Season 9 to be the "final season" for the game. Although it's had over 12 million players, it...
Monday23rd May 2022
News Knockout City Celebrates Its First Anniversary, With Free-To-Play Imminent
Don't dodge it
The Switch has some rather good free-to-play options, and June will add more to the ranks. On 1st June, as a reminder, Knockout City will be going free-to-play; developer Velan Studios (also well known for Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit) will also be parting ways with EA and taking on publishing duties. The same date will
Friday25th Feb 2022
News Knockout City Is Going Free-To-Play, Velan Studios Will Replace EA As Game's Publisher
"Strap in, brawlers"
Some changes are coming to Knockout City - with developer Velan Studios announcing the game will be dropping the "price tag entirely" and going free-to-play as of Season 6. In the same announcement, the studio also revealed how it would be taking over EA's responsibilities as the game's publisher under this new model. Velan...
Monday28th Jun 2021
News Knockout City Roadmap Details Upcoming Content - Season 2, New Map And More
Season 3 and 4 to come later this year
EA and Velan Studios have shared a tease of things to come in Knockout City, the multiplayer dodgeball game that smashed its way onto Switch back in May. The biggest news is that starting on 27th July, the game will be thrown into its second season. The new season brings with it a new map, a new Special Ball,...
Monday31st May 2021
News Nintendo Shares Its May eShop Highlights
How many have you played?
We're at the end of another month, and May brought some rather fun games to our charming little Switch systems. A number in our team have been solving the mysteries in both Famicom Detective Club titles, while Miitopia picked up on the strong momentum - and excitement over its Mii creation tools - to have a pretty good...
Thursday20th May 2021
Nintendo Download 20th May (North America)
Miitopia! Shin Megami Tensei III etc! King of Seas!
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! Switch eShop - Highlights: Miitopia (Nintendo,...
Nintendo Download 20th May (Europe)
Miitopia! Layers of Fear 2! Knockout City! Xylophone!
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 eShop - New Releases: Kowloon High-School...
Saturday15th May 2021
News Knockout City Goes Live On Switch Next Week With A Ten-Day Free Trial
A special launch promotion
EA has announced it will offer a 10-day free trial for Velan Studios' upcoming release Knockout City when it arrives on Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms on 21st May. This is the "full game" - allowing you to try out everything. "Remind your friends to set their alarm clocks for noon UTC on May 21 so the...
Wednesday12th May 2021
News EA Play Live Returns Later This Year On July 22nd
"Save the date"
2021 sure is going fast, and now that it's May, it means E3 is just around the corner. The main all-digital event is scheduled to take place between 12th-15th of June, but not every publisher and developer is necessarily participating in the main show. One company that will be doing its own thing again is Electronic Arts. This year...
Saturday3rd Apr 2021
Exclusive Velan Studios Reveals Knockout City’s Switch Frame Rate And Resolution
Docked and handheld specs, plus beta tips
As you might have heard, Velan Studios (the team behind Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit) is currently hosting a beta weekend for its new team-based dodgeball-style game, Knockout City. You can download it right now from the Switch eShop. Ahead of the beta going live this week, we got some excl
Thursday1st Apr 2021
Nintendo Download 1st April (North America)
Star Wars! Ty The Tazmanian Tiger! Train Station Simulator!
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! Switch eShop - Highlights: STAR WARS...
Nintendo Download 1st April (Europe)
Narita Boy! Knockout City (Beta)! I Saw Black Clouds!
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 eShop - New Releases: A Long Way Down (Forever...
Thursday18th Feb 2021
News Introducing Knockout City, A New Dodgeball Game From The Developer Of Mario Kart Live
Launching on Switch this May
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville wasn't the only EA game on show during Nintendo's latest Direct broadcast. Knockout City was also announced. It's handled by Velan Studios. If that name sounds familiar it's because this is the same team behind last year's Nintendo game, Mario
