February2024
News Critically-Acclaimed Metroidvania 'Ender Lilies' Is Getting A Sequel
Ender Magnolia launches later this year
Publisher Binary Haze Interactive and developers Adglobe and Live Wire had a lovely surprise for us during today's Partner Showcase — ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the mist, a sequel to the acclaimed dark fantasy Metroidvania Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. Launching on the Switch later this year, Ender...
December2023
News Score 50% Off Radiant Silvergun And Other Select Shmups In Live Wire's Christmas Sale
Pew pew
Publisher Live Wire has today revealed a handful of shmup titles that are seeing tasty discounts throughout the holiday season of up to 50%. The publisher's Christmas sale is now live on the Switch eShop and will be running until 3rd January 2024 — plenty of time to pick up any of the ones that catch your eye, we'd say. Chief among the...
June2023
News Live Wire's Early Summer Sale Slashes Price Of Shooters On Switch eShop
Radiant Silvergun included
Tokyo-based publisher and developer Live Wire is holding an Early Summer Sale on the Switch eShop. A small handful of the studio — which is most famous for porting multiple Cave-developed shooters to the system — have been reduced worldwide, and you can't really go wrong with any of them. The sale started on 16th June...
March2023
News Score Up To 30% Off Selected Shmups In Live Wire's Spring eShop Sale
Radiant Silvergun, Mushihimesama and more
Publisher Live Wire has announced its Spring Sale for the Switch eShop across all regions, with up to 30% off selected shmup titles. The savings are available right now and will be sticking around until 16th April, so you have plenty of time to snag one game at a discounted price and play it through before...
November2022
Video Check Out 12 Minutes Of Harvestella Gameplay Footage
Harvestella-r stuff
Harvestella is out today on Switch, and while we're still busy ploughing the fields for our review, we have got something to show you lovely readers today — some gameplay! Our wonderful Felix has put together a lovely 12-minute slice of footage from the game, and it features a heck of a lot in it. You might expect that given...
News The First Review For Square Enix's Farming RPG Harvestella Is Now In
Reaping and sowing
Update [Fri 4th Nov, 2022 14:35]: Reviews for Harvestella should be dropping from today, but we're still working on the NL verdict here. So we'll be just a few more days while we finish off the game and polish up our thoughts. Keep checking back here until our review sprouts! <related ids="140446" label="Further Reading">...
October2022
News Harvestella To Get Improvements Based On Switch Demo Player Feedback
Plus, winter is coming
Just weeks away from its 4th November release date, Square Enix has shared more details about Live Wire's upcoming RPG farm sim, Harvestella, which include tweaks being made to the game following feedback from players of the Switch demo. Gematsu has shared the list of updates the companies are making to the game — reducing...
News Superb Shmup Radiant Silvergun Is Getting A Physical Release On Switch
Update: Pre-orders on LRG go live
Update [Sat 15th Oct, 2022 06:55 BST]: Pre-orders for Radiant Silvergun have gone live on the Limited Run Games website. Original article [Thu 13th Oct, 2022 01:25 BST]: If you're a fan of shoot 'em ups, one game you can't go past on the Switch is Radiant Silvergun by Treasure. It made its debut in 1998 and was...
September2022
News Radiant Silvergun Is Back Up On The North American eShop
Update: You can now shmup to your heart's content
Update #2 [Tue 20th Sep, 2022 14:30 BST]: Treasure fans, shmup fans, rejoice — Radiant Silvergun is now available to purchase from the eShop once again! It appears that the game was re-uploaded to the store earlier today. The web store hasn't updated yet, but we've double-checked the eShop on the...
Out Now Treasure's Classic Arcade Shmup 'Radiant Silvergun' Surprise Drops On Switch
Update: Currently unavailable on the North American eShop
Update [Wed 14th Sep, 2022 09:35]: Radiant Silvergun has randomly disappeared from the North American Switch eShop. The trailer has also been made private on YouTube. We've popped the Japanese reveal trailer up top for now so you can still get your shump goodness. For more information on the...
August2022
News Nintendo Treehouse: Live Presentation Set For This Thursday
Featuring Splatoon 3 and Harvestella
Nintendo has announced a presentation — no, not a Direct, but a Treehouse: Live presentation. These presentations normally take place during and around E3 or other Directs, but it looks like this will be a stand-alone one, taking place on 25th August. The Treehouse will be split into three segments; the first...
