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Thursday18th Oct 2018
News NBA Playgrounds Is No Longer Available To Purchase From The Switch eShop
Bye-bye
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is now available on the Nintendo Switch. In the lead up to its release, Saber Interactive said it was hoping to bounce back from the original NBA Playgrounds game which had an incredibly bumpy launch on the Switch. To help recover from this troubled period, the original game (including the DLC) is now no longer able to...
Tuesday5th Jun 2018
News Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Is Free For Anyone Who Bought NBA Playgrounds Pre-Update
Shaq things up
NBA Playgrounds has had its fair share of problems - including a complicated and convoluted wait for the online update on the eShop that left plenty of players and potential owners confused - but there was a silver lining to all that bother. Those that owned and played the game prior to its big update will be able to pick up Shaq Fu:...
Tuesday17th Apr 2018
News NBA Playgrounds 2 Will Take To The Court On Switch In 2018
Ballin'
Following a listing by the Australian Classification Board - which all but confirmed its existence - Saber Interactive has finally made it official. NBA Playgrounds 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch, although it's currently got a vague 2018 release window attached. The original NBA Playgrounds - which offered a cross between NBA Street and
News NBA Playgrounds 2 Rated By The Australian Classification Board
Say what?
Saber Interactive's NBA Playgrounds had a bumpy launch on the Nintendo Switch, with no online play available on release. Eventually this mode was patched in months later – after owners had been compensated with a free game – and at the start of this year the updated
Wednesday21st Mar 2018
News SteamWorld Dig 2 And Stardew Valley Are Some Of The Best Selling Indie Games On Switch
Celeste, Kamiko and Golf Story also performed well
As part of a press briefing at GDC 2018 - where it was also revealed that the Nintendo Switch eShop will receive an update to improve game visibility - Nintendo revealed the top ten selling indie games, and it's a who's who of independently-developed hits. Here's the list (in no particular order):...
Tuesday9th Jan 2018
News Everything You Need To Know About NBA Playgrounds' Complicated Enhanced Edition
It's an update, but not as we know it
On Thursday we reported on NBA Playgrouds' new Enhanced Edition, a welcome refresh of an already enjoyable arcade basketball title. We did, however, pick up on the strange means by which developer Saber Interactive was introducing it. It was a new edition, but also an update, with more content, but in two...
Thursday4th Jan 2018
News NBA Playgrounds Ups Its Game With New Enhanced Edition Update
Ballin'
With NBA 2K18 now patched into fine form, it's finally time for Switch's other basketball experience to get its due with a nice new update. So now we have NBA Playgrounds Enhanced Edition, which bundles together all the game's free post-launch content, adds in 100 new players and a brand new three-point shooting mode. The addition of all...
Tuesday25th Jul 2017
News More Free Content Is on the Way to NBA Playgrounds
500,000 units sold and counting
NBA Playgrounds has been a somewhat divisive game for the Nintendo Switch. On one hand, it’s offered an enjoyable local multiplayer arcade experience that showcases the strengths of the Switch quite well, but it also suffered a bit from offering less features than other versions and these features have been slow to...
Monday10th Jul 2017
News The Nintendo Switch Update for NBA Playgrounds is Now Live
Online matches! Gameplay tweaks! New players!
It's fair to say that Nintendo Switch owners with a copy of NBA Playgrounds have had their patience tested, with the wait for the game's much-needed major update going on for longer than expected. Appeased in early June with the promise of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn for free, now the update for the game...
Thursday1st Jun 2017
News NBA Playgrounds Switch Early Adopters to Get Free Copy of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
Compensation for the long wait for online play
NBA Playgrounds on Switch has disappointed in one notable way, in that it's the only version of the game without online play or any updates so far. Developer Saber Interactive has taken some heat for this, and last week promised a huge announcement as a reward for Switch owners' patience to date. Well...
Saturday27th May 2017
News NBA Playgrounds Developer Promises a 'Huge Announcement' on 1st June
Is it heating up?
Earlier this week we highlighted the somewhat painful wait for a major update of NBA Playgrounds on Nintendo Switch. It launched without online play which was promised for 'a few days' after launch, but over two weeks after release the key feature is still absent. Developer Saber Interactive has been acknowl
Monday22nd May 2017
News There's Still No Date for the All-Important NBA Playgrounds Update on Switch eShop
"In a matter of days / week"... uh-huh
A short while before NBA Playgrounds arrived on Nintendo Switch the developer's representatives told us that an update adding online play would come a 'few days' after launch. Not an ideal scenario, but reasonable - we can practice for a few days and then play online, right? We're pretty sure 'a few days'...
Thursday11th May 2017
Nintendo Download 11th May (Europe)
Minecraft: Switch Edition! Dark Witch Music Episode! Eliot Quest! More!
The Nintendo Download Update is here, once again, and it's a busy line-up in Europe. We have four titles on the Switch eShop (though one actually arrived on 9th May), along with a whole lot of DLC. There are also varied options across 3DS and Wii U including a lot of...
Thursday4th May 2017
News NBA Playgrounds Will Feature Full Online Play on Switch, A Few Days After Launch
To include the "exact same functionality"
NBA Playgrounds looks like a promising release for next week, with some recent demo events bringing impressions and footage of the game to the web. With regards to the Switch version, however, we've been a tad nervous due to Nintendo's own official gamepage pointedly avoiding any reference to the game's...
Nintendo Download 4th May (North America)
NBA Playgrounds! Infinite Golf! Blaster Master Zero demo! More!
It's that time again, dear readers, for the North American Nintendo Download Update. This week brings two Switch eShop titles (one out already, one early next week), and a range of options across both New 3DS and Wii U. Let's get to it. Nintendo Switch eShop: NBA...
Wednesday3rd May 2017
News NBA Playgrounds Is Slam Dunking The Switch eShop Next Week
Takes up more storage space than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, too
Saber Interactive's NBA Playgrounds is hitting the Nintendo Switch eShop next week, it has been revealed. We already knew that this NBA Jam-style title would be coming this month, but now we have a solid release date: May 9th. The game will cost $19.99 in North America. Interestingly,...
Friday21st Apr 2017
News Here Are The Players Lining Up For NBA Playgrounds On Switch
Full roster of basketball legends revealed
The spirit of NBA Jam is set to live on in NBA Playgrounds, a new title from Saber Interactive, the team behind Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Quake Champions. It's coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this May at a digital price point of around $20, and the developer has just...
Wednesday5th Apr 2017
Video NBA Jam Fans Might Like the Look of NBA Playgrounds, Coming to Nintendo Switch
A slam dunk?
When Nintendo had its Switch Nindies Showcase shortly before the console launched and then produced a crowded infographic, we picked through the many logos to provide a breakdown of downloads due in 2017. A couple of games on there were mysteries, frankly, including NBA Playgrounds. Well, now we can actually see what it's all about,...
