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News Metallic Child Is Getting Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin Crossover DLC
Rogue-lite hits Switch this month
Forthcoming Switch title Metallic Child is getting a generous helping of crossover DLC from rice farming game Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, it has been revealed. While details are somewhat thin on the ground at present, publisher Crest has stated that Princess Sakuna will appear in the "Rogue-lite Core-Action" title,...
News Sensible Soccer's Spiritual Successor Signs For Nintendo Switch
The former Apple Arcade exclusive arrives next April
Looking for a football fix that's not FIFA or PES? Then why not hold out for the arcade-style game Sociable Soccer - which is currently scheduled for a Nintendo Switch release on 17th April 2022. Yes, that's right, "Sociable Soccer" - the spiritual successor to the classic Sensible Soccer series...
From the creator of the DOOM II mod Total Chaos
If you're craving more action inspired by old-school 3D shooters such as Duke Nukem, DOOM and Quake, then keep an eye out for Trigger Happy Interactive's upcoming release Turbo Overkill - a "brutal cyberpunk FPS" coming to the Nintendo Switch (and other platforms) in 2022. This ultraviolent cyberpunk...
News Hollywood Voice Cast Revealed For 'The Last Worker' At The Venice Film Festival
Hello to Jason Isaacs
We've had our eye on Jörg Tittel's enigmatic game The Last Worker for a while now. We talked to the director earlier this year and discussed the themes and ideas behind the project, but a minute-long introduction trailer is all we've seen of the game itself, and it's more a tone-tease than a typical game trailer. Now, though,...
News Square Enix To Show More Of Project Triangle Strategy At TGS Next Month
Xbox, Capcom, Sega and more also confirmed
We're only a few weeks away from Tokyo Game Show 2021, which will be held as an online-only event this year starting on 30th September. Several publishers have now confirmed their attendance, including Square Enix. As revealed in the event's preliminary schedule, Square's lineup will be of particular note...
News 'Beyond A Steel Sky' Is A Spiritual Successor To A Beloved 1994 2D Adventure Classic
Secure the Steel Sky Steelbook on Switch!
Every now and again, it pays off to be a fan of a cult classic, and today is that day for anyone who was hoping for a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky, Revolution Software's dystopian point-and-click adventure game from 1994. You held out for almost 30 years, and finally, you're about to get your just deserts...
News Crysis 2 & 3 Remastered Are Both Headed To Switch, But Only Individually
The Trilogy skips Switch in favour of standalone launches
Crytek has today unveiled its launch plans for Crysis Remastered Trilogy, an upcoming collection of Crysis, Crysis 2, and Crysis 3 remasters. The collection launches for PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on 15th October as an all-in-one package, but Switch is...
News Now Suezo From Monster Rancher Is Confirmed For Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Ok...
The Monster Rancher series isn't particularly well known outside of Japan, with long gaps between releases and Europe being skipped entirely for a DS release 11 years ago. Recently, though, Koei Tecmo confirmed that Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is bringing the revamped PlayStation originals to the Switch on 9th December, which should be intere
News Kokopa's Atlas Is About Gardening And Exploring With A Tiny Bird Friend
Tweet about it
Tiny birds are having a moment, aren't they? There's the Spiritfarer tiny owl update, and Haven Park's tiny bird, Flint, and last year's A Short Hike... and now, Kokopa's Atlas, a game about exploring, farming, and building a life as Kokopa, a cat-person-astronaut-expl
News Big Brain Academy: Brain Vs. Brain Arrives In Time For The Holidays
A surprise comeback
Nintendo likes to serve up some surprises, and today it's revealed a Holiday-season release that makes a lot of sense while also coming out of nowhere. Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain will bring back a series that enjoyed multiple entries and success in the DS era - it arrives on 3rd December on the eShop and at retail, and...
News THQ Nordic Teases Six New Game Announcements In Geoff Keighley-Hosted Showcase
Celebrating 10 years!
THQ Nordic has announced an upcoming digital showcase that'll feature no less than six new game announcements. The showcase arrives in celebration of the company's tenth anniversary and will air on 17th September at 12pm PST / 8pm BST/ 9pm CEST. The seemingly inescapable Geoff Keighley will be there to host the event, because...
News The Serpent Rogue Brings Potion Crafting Adventure To Switch Next Year
Yes, it's The Serpent Roguelike
It's pleasing to still see a steady stream of game announcements for Switch that look rather good, and we think The Serpent Rogue falls into that category. Developed by Sengi Games and published by Team17, it's an action adventure game that seems to have some intriguing possibilities. Its medieval fantasy setting is...
News Marvel's Midnight Suns Gameplay Shows Card-Based Strategy With A Bit Of Fire Emblem
Marvellous
Marvel's Midnight Suns was arguably a highlight from the recent Gamescom Opening Night Live event; though it was a cinematic reveal it was a flashy title confirmed to be coming to Switch alongside other systems. Developed by Firaxis, perhaps the previous ports of the studio's big releases - XCOM 2 Collection and Sid Meier's Civilization...
News Inti Creates Narrows Down Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 Launch To "Summer" 2022
"please wait just a little longer"
Apart from the announcement of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 for Switch and multiple other platforms, Inti Creates has also provided an update about Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 during this year's BitSummit event. It has now narrowed down the launch window from "
News Sol Cresta Brings More Shmup Action To Switch This December, DLC Too
Platinum's next release is en route
At BitSummit 2021 today, PlatinumGames announced a release date for its new shoot 'em up Sol Cresta. It'll be released on all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, on 9th December this year for $39.99 / €39.99 or your regional equivalent. It's also been revealed how the game will be receiving "Sol Cresta...
News New Fighters Revealed In Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl eShop Leak
Spoilers ahead!
Much like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it seems the developer of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is planning on drip-feeding fans new fighter announcements leading up to the game's release. Unfortunately, though, there appears to have been a leak. The Switch eShop has revealed a handful of additional fighters ahead of schedule. If you...
News Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 Blasts Onto Switch Next Year
And it's "more satisfying than ever"
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, a follow-up to 2019's Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, has been announced for Nintendo Switch and other platforms. A direct sequel to that first game, Luminous Avenger iX 2 sees the return of Copen and Lola for more high-speed action. Copen, who can seamlessly...
Video 18 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In September
Sonic, Dragon Ball, Wario and more!
Can you believe it, we're now in September! The year has rolled by so far with game releases such as Monster Hunter Rise, Mario Golf: Super Rush, and more recently No More Heroes III. What's on the menu for this month, you ask? There's Sonic the Hedgehog, Dragon Ball Z and even Wario is back with a crazy new...
News Play Detective In Outer Worlds DLC 'Murder on Eridanos', Landing Next Week On Switch
New weapons, outfits, and a higher level cap
Outer Wilds was announced for Switch in February with a release date window of "Summer", and since we've only got about 20 days left, it's-- sorry, what? Outer WORLDS? Oh. Right. The Outer WORLDS, not to be confused with the other game about space, is already out on Nintendo Switch, and soon, Switch...
News Stealthy Escape Game 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted' Stalks Onto Switch Next Year
Sir, You Are Being Ported
Kickstarter-funded procedural open-world survival-horror stealth video game Sir, You Are Being Hunted is bringing its ten thousand genre prefixes to the Nintendo Switch. But wait — Sir, You Are Being Improved, too, with a restored multiplayer, a new patch, and a full remaster, known as "Sir, You Are Being Hunted:...
Feature 12 Switch Games Confirmed In The asobu Indie Showcase - BitSummit
Lots of intriguing titles from or inspired by Japan
Today brought us the asobu Indie Showcase, which serves as a rather enjoyable build-up to BitSummit, the Kyoto-based expo and online event. It was an excellent video showcasing 60+ games, 20 of which were BitSummit selections, and pleasingly a good number of them were Switch projects. In this...
News Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania Will Have Hello Kitty Paid DLC
Sure, if you really want it
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is going to have a surprisingly broad variety of free extra content, with SEGA bringing in iconic characters from its library. There will also be paid DLC though, with Hello Kitty confirmed to be one option when the game lands on 5th October. It'll cost $4.99 USD, which seems quite high for...
News Forget Professor Layton And Phoenix Wright, Switch Is Getting Its Very Own "Butt Detective"
Popular anime and book series comes to Switch in Japan
Oshiri Tantei might not be a household name in the west, but in Japan, this unusual character has starred in a wide range of books and TV shows since his inception in 2012, and comes courtesy of Yoko Tanaka (writer) and Masahide Fukasawa (illustrator), a duo known professionally as 'Troll'...
News Ratchet & Clank-Inspired Adventure Game 'Effie' Is Getting A Special Boxed Edition On Switch
Update: Release date announced
Update: It's now been announced that Effie's special edition will launch for Nintendo Switch on 1st October 2021 and will include a specially designed case, a concept art book with concept drawings from the dev team, and a poster of the game's hero, Galand. You'll be able to get your hands on it from selected European...
News Tower Defence Meets Beat 'Em Up In The Last Friend, Coming To Switch This Month
Update: Release date revealed
Update: Skystone Games and Stonebot Studio have confirmed that The Last Friend is coming to Nintendo Switch and PC on September 30th, 2021. As you can see from the story below, it was originally supposed to be with us in 2019. A special free demo of the final game - The Last Friend: First Bite - is coming soon to...
News Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Release Date And File Size Seemingly Revealed
Get ready to rumble
Less than a week after finding out CatDog and April O'Neil would be joining the battle in the upcoming fighter, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the game's release date and file size for the Nintendo Switch hasve now seemingly been revealed. According to a North America eShop listing and Nintendo's website,
Round Up All The Switch News From The Indie Houses Direct
New DLC, new games, and more!
The Indie Houses Direct just finished airing, bringing together seven different indie publishers (Akupara Games, Fellow Traveller, Neon Doctrine, Raw Fury, Those Awesome Guys, Toge Productions, and Whitethorn Games) to share their bounty of game news over the course of an hour. "When indie games succeed, video games...
News Aztech Forgotten Gods Is Now Arriving Q1 2022
Demo arrives on Steam soon
First unveiled in a Nintendo Indie Showcase back in the Spring, we've been keeping an eye on Aztech Forgotten Gods. Described by the developer as a "Latin-Futurism cyberstone colossus fighter", it has an intriguing style and potential for exciting action gameplay. Developer Lienzo has now confirmed that we'll have a...
News Hot Wheels Unleashed DLC Will Add Cars Based On Street Fighter, DC, Barbie And More
First pack arrives on launch day
Hot Wheels Unleashed isn't even out yet, but that isn't stopping Mattel and Milestone from unveiling their DLC plans. Three passes will be released in total following the base game's launch at the end of September, each unlocking DLC inspired by Hot Wheels' original designs or in partnership with some big...
News Atari's Classic Arcade Shooter Returns When Centipede: Recharged Fires Onto Switch
With all-new power-ups
Centipede: Recharged, a reimagining of classic Atari arcade hit Centipede, is blasting onto Switch and other platforms on 29th September, it's been announced. The game is the first in a new initiative from Atari which will see several of its classic arcade titles get the revamp treatment for modern audiences. "We’re so...
News Cruis'n Blast Hits The Throttle In New Vehicle Showcase
Including a dinosaur and unicorn?!
Cruis'n Blast is only a couple of weeks away on the Switch, and another rather fun trailer has been released to showcase what this arcade-style racer is all about. Yes, that is a dinosaur and a unicorn in a vehicle-centric video. The press release says there will be "over 20 upgradeable vehicles, from licensed...
News Turn-Based RPG 'Galaxy Of Pen And Paper +1 Edition' Is Getting A Physical Switch Release
Orders go live this week
Red Art Games and Plug In Digital have today announced that Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1 Edition, a turn-based RPG that first launched on the eShop last year, will soon be treated to a physical edition. Available directly from Red Art Games' website, orders for the physical edition on Switch will be going live on Thursday...
News Charming Photographic Adventure TOEM Gets A Switch Release Date
Snappy
TOEM is a rather lovely-looking game from development studio Something We Made that emerged in the Summer and featured in Nintendo's Indie World showcase a few short weeks ago. Pleasingly it now has a release date just around the corner for Switch (plus PS5 / PC), arriving on 17th September priced at $19.99USD with a 10% launch discount. It...
Reminder Today's Your Last Chance To Claim Zeraora For Free In Pokémon Unite
Zeraora only available for a limited time
Update: As a quick reminder, today's your last chance to get Zeraora as a free gift in Pokémon Unite on Nintendo Switch. All you need to do to claim the mythical Pokémon is simply log in to the game, so if you haven't yet given Unite a go, today wouldn't be a bad time to get stuck in. More details can be...
News Cursed To Golf Is A 'Roguelike Golf Adventure' Out Next Year
Expect a 'hole-some story'
It's surprising just how many fun and varied video games come out of golf, a famously sedate and skilful sport. The Switch eShop has some fantastic games on this front, and Cursed to Golf is hoping to join the ranks when it arrives next year. Published by Thunderful, this is a game from Chuhai Labs that aims to deliver a...
News Steampunk City Builder 'Airborne Kingdom' Is Swooping Onto Switch This November
Like clockwork
We love it when someone innovates on a well-trodden trend with new and exciting ideas. Airborne Kingdom, you see, is not just your average city builder. It's not even just your average steampunk city builder. Airborne Kingdom — as you can, er, probably guess from the name — is a city builder in the sky. Your city will be a...
Feature Tomorrow Corporation Turns Publisher With Star Trek-Style Adventure 'The Captain'
"Sysiac Games has built such a gorgeous, funny, sci-fi point-and-click adventure"
Tomorrow Corporation is a studio and team that's familiar to plenty of indie game fans. Back in the days of '2D Boy' key members produced the brilliant World of Goo, an early part of the download revolution on the Wii Shop. Since Tomorrow Corporation later formed...
News Grow: Song Of The Evertree Sprouts A Switch Release Date Later This Year
Explore the Worlds of Alaria this November
Prideful Games' world-crafting sandbox, Grow: Song of the Evertree, was announced a little earlier this year and now it's got itself an official release date of November 16th on Switch. In the game players take on the role of an Everheart Alchemist who must save the Evertree from a malignant entity known...
News Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Moves Closer To Switch Release With Age Rating
Hopefully not long now
Confirmation of the expanded Disco Elysium: The Final Cut brought much delight to fans of the RPG, with its storyline and choice mechanics earning the original iteration plenty of plaudits. It's also been known for quite some time that the Switch is in line to get this version of the game, which has already graced PC and...
News Golf Club: Wasteland Comes With A 2-Hour Soundtrack And A 55-Page Graphic Novel
And it's out this week!
We're just days away from the launch of Golf Club: Wasteland on Nintendo Switch, and if you've been thinking of picking it up later this week, you'll be pleased to know that it includes some very welcome extras. The game, which combines environmental storytelling with some lovely-looking golf puzzle action, is headed to the...
News Aeon Drive Is A "Cyberpunk Speedrunning Platformer" Heading To Switch Soon
From the team that made Dimension Drive
A title that was recently showcased by Microsoft in its 'ID@Xbox' livestream showcase now has a release date and, pleasingly for us, confirmation it's landing on Switch at the same time. Aeon Drive - from the 2Awesome Studio, which previously brought us Dimension Drive on the eShop - is due to launch on 30th...
News Fire Emblem Style Turn-Based Tactical RPG Dark Deity Comes To Switch In 2022
Prepare for battle!
Fans of turn-based tactical RPG might want to be on the lookout for Dark Deity, developed by Sword and Axe and published by Freedom Games. The "highly-requested" Nintendo Switch version was this week confirmed for a 2022 launch. The game apparently draws inspiration from Nintendo's Fire Emblem series and has been highly praised...
News Bandai Namco's Digimon Survive Has Been Rated In Australia
But when will it be released?
Digimon Survive has been delayed on multiple occasions but now we've got some more promising news about this long-awaited strategy RPG. While the game was recently spotted in TOEI Animation’s latest financial report under a section titled 'Fiscal Year 2022 Q3 and Beyond', it has now been rated by Austral
News PlatinumGames Reveals Arcade Cabinet For Upcoming Shmup 'Sol Cresta'
Will be at next week's BitSummit event
During its 'Super Summer Festival' livestream, PlatinumGames' lifted the lid on its Sol Cresta arcade cabinet. Yes, that's right - the sequel to the arcade shoot 'em-ups Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta - is getting its very own cabinet. Hideki Kamiya explained how the cabinet - which still appears to be in the...
News Seven More Switch Games To Watch From Gamescom's Awesome Indies Showcase
From prehistoric farming to puzzles to reimagining classics, and more
Yesterday we had the second major showcase from Gamescom with the Awesome Indies Show, which was hosted by IGN. As we've now come to expect from Indie-centric shows there was solid support for Switch, and in some cases Nintendo's system was the only console confirmed - it was a...
News Fantastic Metroid Dread Trailer Shows Off Frantic Gameplay And A New-Look Kraid
October can't come soon enough
Nintendo has dropped a brand new trailer for Metroid Dread, and wowzers is it looking good. The clip shows off some brand new gameplay footage, as Samus skates and dances around each murky area at lightning speeds. We also get a great look at some of the characters you'll meet along the way including what appears to...
News Two New Characters Have Been Revealed For Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
CatDog and April O'Neil join the battle!
Update [Fri 27th Aug, 2021 02:00 BST]: The new roster additions have been revealed as CatDog and April O'Neil. It's been quite the week for April in particular - having also been confirmed for the upcoming TMNT game. Below are trailers for both of these new characters: Original story [Tue 24th Aug, 2021...
News Sandwalkers Is A Beautiful Exploration Roguelike In A Troubled World
From the team behind Legend of Keepers
The Gamescom Awesome Indies Show, which was presented by IGN, had quite a few intriguing games that are heading to Switch. One that caught our eye was Sandwalkers, which is from the team that brought us Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager. A big part of the experience is exploration, with traveling...
News Blasphemous 'Final Chapter' Arrives Soon As Free DLC, Sequel Confirmed For 2023
Get ready for 'Wounds of Eventide'... no, not that Eventide
Blasphemous is, in this scribe's humble opinion, a standout Metroidvania / Souls-like / insert-iffy-comparison-here game on Switch. It's moody, at times overbearing and excessively gory, and certainly rather immersive. It's had some meaty free updates and content additions since its launch...
News Dying Light Platinum Edition Is Heading To Switch
We're dead serious
In what was one of the most off-the-cuff major announcements we can remember, Techland concluded a Gamescom show talking about Dying Light 2 by confirming that Dying Light Platinum Edition is coming to the Switch. Dying Light's first-person sandbox zombie-killing action won plenty over on other systems, helped by the fact you can...
