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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (30th November)

Monkeying around

The weekend is here, which means it's time to relax and dive into a few games after what has no doubt been another busy, busy week. Before we do, however, let's recap some of the week's biggest stories. First up, it was revealed that Tencent would be bringing an end to online services for the Nintendo Switch in China in 2026. Just...

• Sat 30th Nov 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

News Ex-Rare Composer David Wise Says He Would Be "Delighted" To Be Involved With Another Donkey Kong Country Game

And we would go bananas for a new entry

If there's one series we would love to see make a return, it's gotta be Donkey Kong Country. The last mainline outing was the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Wii U in 2014, and it was then enhanced for the Switch in 2018. So, who is willing to help out on a new Donkey Kong Country game?...

• Wed 5th Aug 2020
• Donkey Kong
• David Wise
• Music

Reminder Snake Pass Limited Edition Physical Pre-Orders Go Live Today

Only 4,000 copies available!

If you're a fan of your physical editions, and just so happen to want a copy of Snake Pass on Switch, then boy do we have the article for you. Yes, Sumo Digital's slithery 3D platformer has made its way into a physical edition, and pre-orders are set to go live on Super Rare Games very soon indeed (or have just gone...

• Thu 11th Oct 2018
• Nintendo Switch

News Pre-Orders For Snake Pass Limited Edition Physical Release Go Live On 11th October

Shipping in early November

Super Rare Games and Sumo Digital have revealed pre-orders for the Snake Pass limited edition physical release go live on 11th October and ship in early November. In total there'll be 4,000 copies available for $34.98 / £29.98. Each one includes the limited edition Switch game (including all of the DLC), interior artwork,...

• Sun 7th Oct 2018
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases

News Sumo Digital's Snake Pass Is Receiving A Physical Makeover On Switch

Let’s get physical

Despite the widespread industry push for digital releases, there’s still plenty of demand for physical video games. Since the arrival of the Switch, a number of publishers have specialised in converting small-sized eShop games to physical releases. The London-based team at Super Rare Games are one of these publishers...

• Sat 18th Aug 2018
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop

News Snake Pass Is Going For Speedrunning Gold With Its New Arcade Mode Update

Slither me this

For a week or more, developer Sumo Digital has been teasing fans on Twitter in regards to some Snake Pass related news. Was the physics-based platformer getting new DLC, a brand new sequel or some mysterious update? Turns out it was the latter, and it's patching in a brand new mode that adds a speedrunning element to each of its 15...

• Tue 27th Mar 2018
• Switch eShop
• Updates

News Sumo Digital Is Teasing Some New Content For Snake Pass

Look out for an update today

Sumo Digital's Snake Pass was one of the surprise hits on Nintendo Switch in its first few months of life, and now the developer is now alluding to some potential new updates for the physics-based platformer. The tease came through the game's official Twitter - which has recently been giving away free code's for the game...

• Wed 7th Mar 2018
• Switch eShop
• Update

News Sumo Digital Teases More Reptile Antics As Snake Pass Emerges From Hibernation

Slytherin for a treat

Snake Pass, with its cute '90s platformer looks and devilishly tricky physics, was one of the most surprising and rewarding games of 2017 on Nintendo Switch, but now it looks like the little critter might have more slithering to do in 2018. A recent tweet from the official Snake Pass account broke out the ol' parseltongue with...

• Mon 15th Jan 2018
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop

News Snake Pass Is Half Off on the North American eShop

Get it before it's gone!

One of the standout releases of the early Switch library was that of Snake Pass, the 3D platformer starring a cute snake. It may not be to everyone’s tastes, but Snake Pass is certainly a unique experience, yet due to the massive influx of quality games to the eShop over the last few months, it’s likely been pushed down...

• Tue 24th Oct 2017
• Switch eShop
• Snake Pass

News Sumo Digital Will Change the Snake Pass Logo on Switch in Its Next Update

A reaction to fan demand

We do like our Switch logos to be nice, don't we? On the one hand it's understandable, as like all of our gaming systems it's a big part of our life - we want it to be as good as possible, and that includes the 'look' of our download collection on the HOME screen. A few developers have fallen foul of this, with iffy logos...

• Fri 29th Sep 2017
• Nintendo Switch
• Snake Pass