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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...

• Thu 18th Oct 2018
• Switch eShop
• Nintendo Switch

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:...

• Tue 5th Jun 2018
• Switch eShop
• Upcoming Releases

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

• Tue 17th Apr 2018
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases

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

• Tue 17th Apr 2018
• Switch eShop
• Classification
• NBA Playgrounds

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):...

• Wed 21st Mar 2018
• Switch eShop
• Upcoming Releases

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...

• Tue 9th Jan 2018
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop

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...

• Thu 4th Jan 2018
• Switch eShop
• NBA Playgrounds

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...

• Tue 25th Jul 2017
• Nintendo Switch
• Updates
• NBA Playgrounds

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...

• Mon 10th Jul 2017
• Switch eShop
• NBA Playgrounds
• Update

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...

• Thu 1st Jun 2017
• Switch eShop
• Shaq Fu
• NBA Playgrounds