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News Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Is Refused Classification In Australia
Recent refusal bans it from sale
Switch owners won't be receiving Disco Elysium: The Final Cut until this Summer, but there's already trouble ahead for Australian players. Launching on March 30th for PlayStation and Stadia owners, the Australian government has refused to classify it, which bans it from s
News Following Its Delay, Say No! More Says "Yes" To A Switch Launch Next Month
Living the dream
There's something about corporate satire that hits differently during a pandemic. With many still working from home - something Going Under recently touched upon - that lack of socialising almost makes you miss the office at times. Almost. Thankfully(?), Studio Fizbin are here to remind us of that daily stress with Say N
News Maneater Takes A Bite Out Of Switch This May
She's a maneater
Maneater's slowly been making the rounds this last year. First released in May 2020, Tripwire Interactive's "shARkPG" was first announced for Switch in 2019, but saw a significant delay last September, one that pushed it back until the first half of 2021. Having received next-gen ports back in November, Maneater's finally swimming...
News Jackbox Party Pack 8 Gets Formally Confirmed, Arriving On Switch This Fall
New party games will be revealed across the next few months
Jackbox Party Packs have been a local hit since they first launched. Now up to seven annual entries, they offered us a set of party games playable through your phone, all of which are available on Switch. Given its recent success, it's no surprise then that Jackbox Games just confirmed
Video Square Enix Shows Off Balan Wonderworld's Local Co-Op Mode
Face your fears, together
We had high hopes for Yuji Naka's upcoming game Balan Wonderworld, but admittedly weren't too impressed by the demo. Still, the show must go on, and with this in mind, Square Enix has now debuted its new trailer titled, "A Hero or Two". This particular video focuses on the local co-op mode and "stars of the show" Leo and...
News Rustler Is A Medieval GTA Coming To Switch This Year
Grand Theft Horse
GTA V is one of the all-time greats and all that, but did you ever wish it was, you know, just a bit more historical? Of course you did! Everyone loves the mucky, stinky grime of Ye Olden Days, which is why we all love The Witcher! We just can't get enough of it. Cyberpunk? No thanks. Steampunk? Too modern. Horsepunk? Now that's...
News Townscaper Is An Idyllic Toy-Like Game That'll Melt All Your Worries Away
Also, several hours of your life
As the top Steam review of town-building toy Townscaper says, "bloop bloop game make depression go away". Indie developer Oskar Stålberg first made Townscaper as an experimental thing, which he showed off on his Twitter as he added new features. Its instantly likeable style and the clever design made it a hit,...
News Blue Fire's Getting A Switch Physical Release This June
I see fire
It's been a month since Blue Fire landed on Switch. Brought to us by ROBI Studios, this game offers a more challenging platforming experience than we've come to expect. We had high opinions of it, so it's welcome news that publishers Graffiti Games has just confirmed a physical Switch release. Launching on June 25th for $29.99, it won't...
News FMV Title I Saw Black Clouds Eyes Up A Switch Release On March 30th
Wales Interactive's latest game gets an extended trailer
Wales Interactive is well known for publishing interactive movie-games on Switch. With past efforts including The Bunker, Late Shift, and The Complex, we've enjoyed its efforts so far, and they're a world apart from
News Cross-Platform Shooter Afterpulse Scouts A Switch Launch Later This Month
Along with a "Nintendo Switch Fast Pass"
We've seen some colourful third-person shooters on Switch like Splatoon 2 and Fortnite, but outside of Sniper Elite and Rogue Company, players after more realistic experiences haven't had a tremendous amount of choice. That's set to change, however – developer BlitWorks' has
News Konami's Beat 'Em Up Crime Fighters Joins The Arcade Archives This Week
Save the day
If you enjoy retro side-scrolling beat 'em ups, this week's Arcade Archives release by Hamster might be of interest. Konami originally launched Crime Fighters in arcades in 1989 and it arrived in the same year as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game. Your job is to go undercover as a police officer and rescue hostages from a...
News Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1 Offers 10 Handheld Classics For Your Switch
Out today!
Update: SNK has confirmed the titles that will be included in its Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1 – four of which are all-new releases that haven't been seen on Switch so far. The games included are: SNK Gals' Fighters Samurai Shodown! 2
News Disco Elysium: The Final Cut's Lead Writer Hints At A Potential Sequel
"We’ve spent years designing the world and we’re not ready to leave yet"
Switch players are in for a treat with Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. Bringing us a murder mystery detective RPG, Disco Elysium pays tribute to classic isometric RPGs like Planescape: Torment, while providing a fresh take on the genre. Set inside the fictional city of...
News Genesis Noir Is Bringing Stylish Cosmic Jazz To Switch Next Week
Nice
Genesis Noir's been a long time in the making. Developed by Feral Cat Den, this "non-traditional" point-and-click adventure was announced back in 2017 and was due to launch last year before facing delays. Originally planned for PC and Xbox One, publisher Fellow Traveller has now revealed that a Switch version is joining them on March 26th...
News Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Getting Patched, A Lot
The developers are feeling sheepish
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town came out last month in Japan, and quite a few players were disappointed with the way the game felt a little... unfinished. Common problems included bad framerates on the farm, long loading times, villagers with nothing to say, and not being able to submit more than one item...
News Worms Rumble Is Bringing Its Arena-Based Mayhem To Switch
In a 'very exciting' year for Team17
Worms Rumble, the 32-player cross-platform arena battler that launched on PlayStation and PC towards the end of last year, is coming to Nintendo Switch. The announcement comes from new comments shared by Team17 CEO, Debbie Bestwick MBE, who has called 2021 a "very exciting and busy year" for the company (thanks,...
And it'll be free-to-play
Konami has revealed that Super Bomberman R Online, the Super Bomberman R spin-off previously exclusive to Google Stadia, will soon be coming to Switch and other consoles. Taking inspiration from Bomberman R, which you may remember was actually a Nintendo Switch launch title, this battle royale game first appeared on Stadia...
News Ape Out Is Getting A Fittingly Stylish Physical Edition On Switch
Pre-orders go live today
Devolver Digital's super stylish beat 'em up, Ape Out, is being treated to a lovely physical release on Nintendo Switch. Limited to just 3,000 copies, the release is going up for pre-order later today over on Special Reserve Games' website. It comes with a Steelbook, special outer box, reversible jacket, instruction manual,...
News Danger Scavenger's A Dystopian Twin-Stick Shooter That's Coming To Switch Next Week
Launches on March 25th
Danger Scavenger's been out for a little while on PC. Launched last June on Steam via early access, developer Star Drifters has revealed that not only is their cyberpunk-themed twin-stick shooter getting a full release on March 25th; it's also coming to Switch. You'll be leading a group of scavengers, playing solo or in...
News PT-Inspired First-Person Psychological Horror Evil Inside Comes To Switch Next Week
There's evil inside, too
We've got a good selection of horror games on Switch, but one title that never made its way over was Bethesda's The Evil Within, or its sequel. However, JanduSoft might be providing the next best thing, confirming through a new trailer that Ev
News "Relaxing" RPG Littlewood Launches In Australia And Europe Next Week
Better late than never!
Last month, Sean Young's indie gem Littlewood landed on the Nintendo Switch in North America. Now roughly a month on, dates have finally be locked in for some other regions. The creator has announced, this "relaxing" RPG will be arriving across Europe and Australia on 25th March, as everything is finally approved. We take it...
News Get Ready For Zelda: Skyward Sword HD's "Smoother And More Intuitive" Controls
Another reason to buy it (again)
Since announcing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for the Switch, Nintendo has been continually reminding fans on social media that this version of the game will be a better experience than the original Wii release. In its latest post on Twitter, it notes how the controls in the game have been recreated and are...
News Nira Is A Island Survival Game Where You Can Fly Planes
It arrives on Switch this Spring
You know, survival games can be a lot of fun, but they tend to not let us leave the forbidding wasteland that we've found ourselves stuck on. But Nira, the debut game from one-man studio Baseline Games, has planes. And that means we can escape. Sort of. Nira's simple pixel style gives us Atari vibes, but from the...
News It's 1990, And The City Is Ablaze In Fire Tonight, A Narrative Puzzle Adventure
Don't you just hate it when things you live in are on fire
Honestly, we quite like the intro to Fire Tonight that's on the Steam page, so let's start with that: Maya and Devin are separated in a city on fire, in the year 1990, before cell phones or internet. They’re on their own, wondering about the choices that brought them here, how they met,...
News SkateBIRD Gets New Trailer, With Dev Commentary
Tiny Hawk
You are a bird. And you are a pro skater. That's the pitch behind SkateBIRD, folks: a game which takes the grindathon of a Tony Hawk game and mixes it with the concept of also being a bird. With a vague release date of 2021, after being pushed back last year, SkateBIRD will be coming to the Nintendo Switch "soon", according to the...
News Later Alligator Is Streaming Tomorrow To Celebrate The Launch, With Guest Stars
The devs, writers, musicians, and contributor Neil Cicierega will feature
The snappy, lovingly-animated Later Alligator comes to the Nintendo Switch tomorrow, and to celebrate, the Emmy Award-winning SmallBu and narrative game studio Pillow Fight are teaming up once more to stream the launch. With guest stars 2Mello, who made the music, clean-up...
News 32-Bit Horror Chasing Static Creeps Onto Switch Later This Year
An audio-based spookfest set in North Wales
You know that feeling you get when the decade in which you were born suddenly becomes fashionable again, and teens start wearing the sort of outfits that you are embarrassed to have ever worn? Well, in video games, the equivalent is watching indie game aesthetics go through 1-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit and now...
News From The Designer Of Goat Simulator, Just Die Already Offers "Old People Mayhem"
And it's coming to Switch soon
We're no strangers to dark comedy in gaming, but even before release, Just Die Already is pushing that boat even further. Having seen a successful demo on PC last year, DoubleMoose and Curve Digital have just revealed its now coming to Switch through a new trailer. Bringing in Goat Simulator designer Armin Ibrisagic,...
News Godstrike Brings Twin-Stick Shooter Action To Switch Next Month
Launches on April 15th
We've seen a few twin-stick shooters on Switch so far. Between entertaining experiences like Assault Android Cactus+, SYNTHETIK: Ultimate, and Monkey Barrels, we'd never say no to one more and – published by Freedom Games – Godstrike is up next, releasing on April 15th, Developed by OverPowered Team, we'll be playing as...
News Fall Guys Season 4 Adds Among Us Crossover
Costumes will have "something unique" about them
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout developer Mediatonic has released a brand new trailer for the game's upcoming fourth season, teasing the arrival of an Among Us crossover. As seen at the very end of the PlayStation trailer above (remember, Fall Guys doesn't arrive on Switch until this summer), a quick...
News Balan Wonderworld Is Getting A Day-One Patch To Address Demo Feedback
"There’s been a wide range of opinions..."
Back in January, Switch owners were able to download a demo for Balan Wonderworld, Square Enix's upcoming 3D platformer directed by Sonic lead, Yuji Naka. Unfortunately, despite the hype surrounding the game up until that point, the demo didn't exactly impress. All's not lost, though, as the game's...
News 2064: Read Only Memories Sequel NEURODIVER Is Coming To Switch Next Year
2064: Read Only Memories' upcoming sequel was announced back in 2019
It's been three years since 2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL first arrived on Switch and since then, we've been left wondering whether the upcoming sequel Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER would follow suit. Initially telling us it had "
News Run-And-Gun Shooter Mighty Goose Takes Aim At Untitled Goose Game's Waterfowl Crown
Can the eShop handle another pesky goose?
The adorable Untitled Goose Game has already become a champion of gaming geese on the Switch eShop, but there's always room for one more, right? This spring sees the launch of Mighty Goose, a fast-paced run-and-gun shooter from Blastmode Games and Playism. Unlike Untitled Goose Game's cheeky titular...
News Wonder Boy - Asha In Monster World Director Explains Why He Chose That Divisive 2.5D Art Style
"I would be able to produce higher quality work in 3D"
Wonder Boy - Asha In Monster World's seen criticism since getting announced. Offering us a remake of Monster World IV in a similar fashion to The Dragon’s Trap, this latest entry has dropped the previous 2D visuals for a 2.5D art style, placing 3D characters into 2D gameplay. That's proven...
News Free-To-Play JRPG Caravan Stories Is Coming To Switch Via A "Cloud Version"
Over 2 million players in Japan so far
Update: Caravan Stories has a release date for Japan (thanks, Nintendo Everything), and we now also know that it will use the power of the cloud on Nintendo's console. It launches on March 18th in Japan (that's this week, in case you were wondering), and, like
Feature Clockwork Aquario Developers On The Restoration Of Westone's Lost Arcade Gem
We speak to the team, including Wonder Boy creator Ryuichi Nishizawa
For video game fans who have been playing in arcades and at home for several decades now, the topic of preservation has become a pressing one in recent years. As ageing technology inevitably fails and we sadly begin losing the creators who were there at the dawn of digital...
News '80s-Inspired "Skateboating Game" Wave Break Splashes Onto Switch This Spring
It's a little bit of everything
What would happen if you mixed Wave Race 64 with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and then added in violent gun-wielding animals and threw them into an arcade-style arena together? You might just get Wave Break. It's really a little bit of everything, although it's described as a "skateboating game" set in an "80s Miami Vice"...
News No More Heroes 1 & 2 Physical Releases Announced For Switch, Pre-Orders Are Now Live
"Travis Touchdown gets physical"
Update [Sat 13th Mar, 2021 01:00 GMT]: Limited Run pre-orders for the physical editions of No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle are now live. As noted below, you have until 11th April to secure your own copies. Original article [Fri 5th Mar, 2021 00:35 GMT]: Before Travis
News Very Very Valet, The Couch Co-Op Car-Parker, Gets Physical On Switch This May
That's a great idea - I'd love to park
If you like a little co-operative couch play as much as we do (get your minds out of the gutter, people — we're talking about the fine selection of couch co-op games on Switch, of course), then you may well already have your eye on Very Very Valet, a chaotic multiplayer game pitched as Overcooked but wi
News Immortals Fenyx Rising's Second DLC Expansion Launches Later This Month
A free "special primer" quest is now available for all players
Ubisoft's post-launch DLC for Immortals Fenyx Rising is gradually rolling out. After the first story expansion, A New God, launched back in January, we'd been waiting on Myths Of The Eastern Realm to follow.
News Outer Worlds' Second Expansion Won't Launch On Switch Next Week, But We've Got New Information
Still no word on a Switch release date
Let's start with the good news here. Obsidian Entertainment's just confirmed that The Outer Worlds' second expansion, Murder on Eridanos, will launch next week on March 17th. The bad news? That's only for non-Nintendo platforms. Despite appearing on the eShop
News 'Square Enix Presents' Promises News On New Life Is Strange, Tomb Raider, And Balan Wonderworld
Switch news? Well, we can hope
Well, well, well. It seems like Nintendo's Directs are truly trendsetting - and although Ninty certainly isn't the first to invent "company makes video of upcoming releases", it really seems like they made it popular, because now Square Enix is getting in on it, too. Square Enix Presents is a 40-minute...
News The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk Reminds Us Of Divinity: Original Sin 2, And It's Coming To Switch
Felicia Day has a starring role in this mouthful of a game
Dungeons and Dragons fans, unite! Okay, now all four of us are here, how's it going? How much money have you spent on really expensive dice Kickstarters in the past few months? Yeah, us too. It's becoming a real problem. Wait, why did we call this meeting? Oh yeah: The Dungeon of...
News The Creator Of Broken Sword Is Bringing Cyberpunk Thriller Beyond A Steel Sky To Switch
"A thrilling story of loyalty and redemption"
Broken Sword studio Revolution Software has announced a new publishing deal with Microids that will see cyberpunk thriller Beyond a Steel Sky land on Nintendo Switch. Beyond a Steel Sky is a sequel to 1994's point-and-click adventure, Beyond A Steel Sky, and has been made by Broken Sword creator Charles...
News Farm-And-Fight Game, Kitaria Fables, Details Its Multi-Class Combat System
We really hope it takes some inspiration from CATS (2019)
Many of you have been eschewing the Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons offerings this month in favour of waiting for Rune Factory 5's release later this year - and we're not too surprised. Rune Factory offers all the farming and foraging of the former two games, but with the added bonus of a...
News Cancelled Game Boy Color RPG Infinity Is Finally Getting Released 20 Years Later
Kickstarter campaign launches this June
For an unreleased Game Boy Color game, Infinity's got quite the history behind it. Developed by Affinix Software between 1999 to 2001, it wasn't far off completion, but due to the Game Boy Advance's launch, got cancelled due to publishing struggles. An unfinished ROM emerged five years ago – alongside a
News Sick Of Waiting For A New F-Zero? Far S Ultra Might Tickle Your Fancy
Comes to Switch this month
As we continue lamenting the lack of a new F-Zero game, Switch owners have got a few racers to choose from, but not many futuristic ones. Between Fast RMX, Redout, and the upcoming BallisticNG
News ESRB Rating For Shin Megami Tensei III Remaster Suggests A Local Release Is Imminent
It's about time
Japan already has its hands on Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster, but here in the west we're still waiting on a local release date. The good news is there's been some development. According to Gematsu, the title was recently rated for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 by the ESRB in America: As you can see above,...
News Wipeout "Love Letter" BallisticNG Is Speeding Onto Switch
"it will be ready when it's ready"
If you're looking for a fresh take on the fast and futuristic anti-gravity racing genre, one game worth keeping an eye out for is BallisticNG by Neognosis. It's described by the developer as a "love letter" to the original Wipeout trilogy. It's been around on PC for some time now, but in the latest update over on...
News Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
Explore a "massive interactive map"
Launching next week on the Nintendo Switch eShop is Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure, an action-packed kart racer developed by Vector Unit. With all the kart racer elements you'd expect like split-screen racing, multi-event Championships, skill-based modes and more, this new entry looks to be a bigger and...
