Games by Skybound Games
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions Switch
- 15th Oct 2019 (UK/EU)
- 15th Oct 2019 (NA)
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Switch
- 3rd Dec 2019 (UK/EU)
- 3rd Dec 2019 (NA)
Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition Switch
- 15th Oct 2019 (UK/EU)
- 15th Oct 2019 (NA)
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Switch eShop
Skybound Games / Telltale Games
- 21st Jan 2020 (UK/EU)
- 21st Jan 2020 (NA)
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Switch eShop
Skybound Games / Manavoid Entertainment
- 5th Oct 2021 (UK/EU)
- 5th Oct 2021 (NA)
Skullgirls 2nd Encore Switch eShop
Skybound Games / Lab Zero Games
- 22nd Oct 2019 (UK/EU)
- 22nd Oct 2019 (NA)
The Walking Dead: Season Two Switch eShop
Skybound Games / Telltale Games
- 21st Jan 2020 (UK/EU)
- 21st Jan 2020 (NA)
Reviews of Skybound Games Games
Review Goodnight Universe (Switch 2) - A Supernatural Adventure, Quirky & Heartwarming
Don't blink
In 2021, publisher Skybound Games put out Before Your Eyes on PC and Mac (later on mobile and PSVR2), which offered an innovative control mechanic in which you primarily interacted with the game through eye movement and blinks. Alongside this cool gimmick, Before Your Eyes was lauded for its gripping emotional story, quickly turning it...
Review Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Switch) - A Novel And Very Twee Paper Mario-Alike
Billy Yes Mates
We’ve seen some twee stuff here in the Nintendo Life zeppelin, but Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan may be the twee-est thing ever created by human hands. It’s so ruddy twee that it might as well have been coded by the Teletubbies, all crowded ‘round Po’s little belly computer trying to punch in line after line of...
Nights into screams
Imagine if you bumped into an old friend you hadn’t seen in 17 years. You spent ages with them back in the day and over time you just drifted apart, but now you’re finally face-to-face with them again and you realised you’re delighted to see them after all this time. Now imagine if you and your newly-reunited chum went out...
Review Skullgirls 2nd Encore (Switch) - A Western 2D Fighter That Might Surprise You
It’s (show)time!
It’s a wonderful thing to think of almost any genre and see how well it’s represented on Nintendo Switch. Take the ever-competitive arena of modern fighting games; as the console continues to roll through its third year we’ve got full-fat ports of the biggest names in virtual hand-throwing, including Mortal Kombat 11, Street...
Review Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition (Switch) - Two Very Different RPG Gems
Mouse and keyboard no longer required
Black Isle Studios’ Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale are two classic RPGs built on the same game engine that really couldn’t be more different from one another. On the one hand, you’ve got the almost completely narrative focus of Planescape, where combat is mostly an afterthought and pretty much every...
Review Baldur's Gate And Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Switch) - Two RPG Classics On The Go
Bhaal of the Lights
The Switch has seen some excellent RPG action in recent months, with Pillars of Eternity and Divinity: Original Sin 2 to name just two of the heavy hitters landing on the eShop in quick succession. Nintendo’s portable platform certainly feels like a perfect home for these epic adventures, with players able to dip in and out of...
Latest Skybound Games News
Thursday15th Aug 2024
News Darkest Dungeon II Physical Switch Release Announced, Pre-Orders Live
Out this October
In a new accolades trailer for the recent release Darkest Dungeon II, Red Hook Studios and Skybound Games have announced a physical edition of the game will be coming to consoles on 22nd October 2024. The Switch release will come with a physical game card, a stagecoach papercraft with assembly instructions, and an original...
Tuesday8th Aug 2023
News Wrestling RPG 'WrestleQuest' Delayed To Later This Month
Tapping out of the former release date
Those looking forward to Mega Cat Studios and Skybound Entertainment's turn-based wrestling RPG, WrestleQuest, are unfortunately going to have to wait an extra couple of weeks as the studios have today announced that the game is getting pushed back to 22nd August. Fortunately, this isn't too much of a delay...
Tuesday30th May 2023
News Turn-Based Wrestling RPG 'WrestleQuest' Pins Down August Release Date In New Trailer
Are you ready to rumble?
It has been a little while since we last heard about WrestleQuest, the turn-based wrestling-meets-fantasy RPG from developer Mega Cat Studios that was initially slated for release this month. That release date was pushed to "Summer 2023" just a few weeks ago, but we now know that the game will in fact be coming our way on...
Wednesday25th May 2022
News Retro-Styled RPG Eastward Gets Physical Edition, Vinyl Soundtrack, And TWO Board Games
Now available to buy from iam8bit and Amazon
[Update: Wed 25th May, 2022 19:00 BST] The day is finally here! Eastward's physical release is available to purchase from iam8bit, with limited inventory — so if this is a game you want to get your physical mitts on, here are the links: Amazon — Eastward Physical Edition (includes game cartridge,...
Wednesday16th Mar 2022
News WrestleQuest Is A Turn-Based Wrestling RPG That Suplexes Onto Switch This Summer
Sabin should be jealous
Mega Cat Studios and Skybound Games have revealed WrestleQuest, a brand new RPG for the Nintendo Switch. And, with a title like that, your imagination is not fooling you. This is an RPG that combines the genre with the wrestling world, and it looks like a Royal Rumble. Coming out this summer, WrestleQuest sees you attempt to...
Monday4th Oct 2021
Exclusive Rainbow Billy: The Curse Of The Leviathan Is Out Tomorrow, Here's The Launch Trailer
What a lovely day to have a curse
Tomorrow marks the launch of accessible, colourful platforming adventure Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan, and we here at Nintendo Life have gotten our eyes on the lovely-looking launch trailer a bit earlier than expected. As you can see above, it showcases Rainbow Billy's world and his quest to best the...
Tuesday3rd Aug 2021
News Spiritfarer Physical Edition Is Out Today
A cosy management game about death and boats
Spiritfarer is one of those games that you can't help but call "wholesome". It's all about ferrying the dead to their final resting place, but only after completing various tasks and fetch quests that help them fulfil their last requests. Sometimes, it's something as simple as tasting a particular food...
Sunday5th Jul 2020
News Untitled Goose Game Might Be Getting A Physical Release On Nintendo Switch
Honk!
If you've been holding out for a physical release of Untitled Goose Game on the Nintendo Switch you just might be in luck. This exact listing has recently been spotted on Amazon Germany. As you can see below, it seems to reveal it will be published by Skybound Games - best known in recent times for The Walking Dead: The Final Season. It's...
Wednesday20th May 2020
News Skybound Stamps Out Rumours Of A Fifth Season Of The Walking Dead Video Game
"we currently have no plans for a Season 5"
While many video game rumours turn out to be true, a lot of them also end up getting completely out of control. One that's gained traction over the past week is about a potential fifth season of the Skybound and Telltale Games' video game series, The Walking Dead. It was even believed to be called "A Fatal...
Tuesday3rd Dec 2019
News Classic RPG Neverwinter Nights Brings Vintage D&D Adventuring To Switch Today
Finally joining stablemates Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale
After both original Baldur's Gate RPGs and Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale dropped on Switch back in October, it's finally time for the similarly Enhanced Edition of Neverwinter Nights to join its brethren on consoles today. Tak
Tuesday22nd Oct 2019
News Skullgirls 2nd Encore Smashes Its Way To Switch Today With A Launch Day Trailer
Always leave 'em wanting more
Coming from Lab Zero and Skybound Games, lovely looking 2D fighter Skullgirls 2nd Encore is dropping on Switch today after ducking and diving out of the reach of Nintendo consoles since its debut way back in 2012. Yes, the game got an 'Encore edition' two years later, but this is the first time it's appearing on a...
Saturday7th Sep 2019
Feature Beamdog On Bringing Baldur's Gate And Classic D&D RPGs To Switch
"Anyone that’s sick of codes in a box is going to be in for a treat"
There was a ripple of excitement amongst old-school RPG fans at the end of May when it was announced that a raft of D&D classics were heading to consoles, including your favourite Nintendo handheld hybrid. Beamdog, the developer behind the Enhanced Editions of Baldur's Gate,...
Friday31st May 2019
News Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights And More D&D Classics Coming To Switch
Enhanced Editions of five games arriving this year
Fans of classic Dungeons & Dragons RPGs are in for a treat: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale and
Wednesday20th Feb 2019
News Cheeky Brawler Skullgirls 2nd Encore Lands On Switch This Spring
Limited Edition boxed version up for grabs
Previously released across a whole bunch of platforms stretching all the way back to 2012, we knew that 2D beat-em-up Skullgirls 2nd Encore was coming to Switch after the game was announced at Anime Expo 2018 without a release window, but Skybound Games has now narrowed it down to spring this year. Not...
Friday8th Feb 2019
News Skybound And Beamdog Bring Six Classic Dungeons & Dragons Games To Switch In 2019
Each one is enhanced
Skybound Games - best-known in recent times for taking over the development of The Walking Dead video game series from Telltale - has announced it is teaming up with Beamdog to bring a selection classic role-playing computer games to the Switch and multiple other platforms later this year. The publishing partnership between the...
Sunday9th Dec 2018
News Skybound Releasing Episode Three Of The Walking Dead: The Final Season On 15th January 2019
Still not bitten
After Skybound Games CEO Ian Howe mentioned how disappointed he would be if episode three of The Walking Dead: The Final Season wasn't released this year, the company behind the former Telltale project has now revealed the next chapter will launch on 15th January. This announcement was made during the 'Kinda Funny Video Game...
Tuesday20th Nov 2018
Back from the dead
Following Telltale's demise, some of its existing projects continue to live on through Skybound Games. The company recently issued an update on its website, revealing "a ton" of logistical and legal issues have finally been sorted out and development on The Walking Dead: The Final Season has officially started up again. Here's the...
Saturday10th Nov 2018
News Team Cherry Has Cancelled The Physical Version Of Hollow Knight
"We will investigate other ways to deliver physical versions"
Given the success of Hollow Knight on the Switch eShop, it made sense for its developer Team Cherry to consider a physical edition in order to continue sales momentum. To make this happen, the talented people behind the title partnered with Skybound Games - a division of Skybound...
Thursday18th Oct 2018
News Skybound Games Expects Episode 3 Of The Walking Dead: The Final Season To Be Released This Year
Miracle workers
Earlier this week, Skybound Games announced it would be hosting a Reddit AMA focused on The Walking Dead: The Final Season. Now that it’s wrapped up, here’s what we found out. According to the company’s CEO Ian Howe, production of episode three and four is at a standstill. New release dates for the episodes will be announced...
Tuesday16th Oct 2018
News Skybound Games Hosting Reddit AMA For The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Ask anything
Following the news of mass layoffs at Telltale last month, Skybound Games announced it had acquired the rights to publish and develop the remaining episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season. The Walking Dead: Season Two and
Wednesday10th Oct 2018
News Skybound Games Unsure It Can Secure Original Telltale Team To Help Finish The Walking Dead
Fingers crossed
Last weekend, the creator of The Walking Dead and also the founder of Skybound Entertainment Robert Kirkman confirmed Skybound Games would be taking over the publishing and development of The Final Season. When this announcement was made, Kirkman also stated how the aim was to keep the original development team intact, as Skybound...
Sunday7th Oct 2018
News Skybound Games Will Finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season
It's happening
Since mass layoffs at Telltale Games, the company has been trying to work out a way to finish The Walking Dead. Not long ago, it was revealed Telltale had potentially been thrown a lifeline when multiple partners stepped forward and expressed interest in helping see
Tuesday21st Aug 2018
News Skybound Games Handling The Physical Release Of Hollow Knight
"The definitive version"
A while ago, Australian developer Team Cherry said a physical release of Hollow Knight was "absolutely" on the cards. The subject got raised again in a Reddit AMA, with the team once again confirming it was working on making it happen. Following the recent
