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Video New Saints Row: The Third Switch Trailer Shows Off Its Over-The-Top Comedy
All footage from Switch version
A brand new trailer has been released for Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package, treating us to a look at the game's signature comedy. The video above is called 'The Memorable Moments 1 - When Good Heists Go Bad' and is actually the first in a series of gameplay trailers set to be released over the coming weeks...
News Pre-Order Super Mario Maker 2 From Nintendo UK To Get Dioramas, A Switch Stylus And More
Updated with even more goodies!
Update: The Nintendo Official UK Store has added even more options to its Super Mario Maker 2 pre-order range and upgraded one of its existing offers to include a stylish Nintendo Switch Stylus (existing customers are already upgraded to receive the stylus). We've updated the listings below. Original Article:...
News OPUS Collection For Nintendo Switch Arrives In North America On 28th May
Two-in-one
Towards the end of last year, PM Studios revealed OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers would arrive in physical form on the Switch. It's now been confirmed the two-in-one collection will be released in North America on 28th May. This is
News Team Sonic Racing Is The Same Experience Across All Platforms
"There are no Switch specific features"
When it comes to multi-platform video game releases, certain systems often receive bonus content such as extra items, exclusive characters and additional modes. When Sega's Team Sonic Racing arrives on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in May, there won't be any favouritism. During an...
News Overpass Brings Off-Road Simulation To Switch This October
Hit the skids in buggies and quads
If there's one genre where the Switch is arguably lacking, it's racers. Sure, we've got Mario Kart, but there's not much in terms of quality, realistic racers. Overpass is a new off-roader coming to all platforms including Switch this October, and the trailer above may prove interesting to anybody looking for a...
News European Conqueror X Moves Troops To Switch In Early May
My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Turn-based strategy fans may have something to look out for next week. Coming to Switch on 7th May courtesy of CIRCLE Entertainment, European Conqueror X will soon have you reenacting (and we daresay rewriting) history as you direct battles from key periods in the late 18th and early 19th century. Developed...
News Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Will Have A Whopping 27 Pieces Of DLC At Launch
Would you like some DLC with that?
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is just over a month away from launching on Nintendo 3DS, but there's a whole lot of extra content set to be tucked away as paid DLC. Amazingly, available immediately on its 4th June release date, the game will have 27 different pieces of DLC to buy. These range from Sub-Personas...
News Zelda-Inspired The Swords Of Ditto: Mormo's Curse Arrives On Switch Thursday
Includes Mormo's Curse content update
Coming this Thursday 2nd May, 'compact' action RPG The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse channels 2D Zelda-style dungeons with co-operative play and charming animation. Coming from developer Onebitbeyond, The Mormo's Curse content adds extra locations, new weapons and baddies, and various tweaks to the original...
News Layton’s Mystery Journey For Nintendo Switch Rated By The ESRB
Another sign it’s on the way
Following a rating by the Australian Classification Board in February and a listing on the G4F Localisation website in March, Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy - Deluxe Edition has now been spotte
News Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland Will Have Key New Battle Features
Plus new pre-order bonus info
Koei Tecmo has released some brand new details for Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland, the latest entry in the Atelier series which is landing on Switch next month. You can see some of the game's combat in action for yourself thanks to a newly released trailer (we've shared that for you above) but we also have some...
News Pokémon Sword & Shield Are Being Developed With A Focus On Switch's Handheld Mode
The opposite of Let's Go
We haven't really heard a great deal about them since their reveal in February, but Pokémon Sword and Shield are still expected to launch later this year. The games will introduce the series' next generation of locations and Pokémon, thrusting players into a new region and seemingly throwing some new ideas into the mix,...
News Steal To Your Heart's Content When Thief Simulator Creeps Onto Switch Next Month
Don't try this at home
Forever Entertainment has revealed that Thief Simulator will be plotting and stalking its way to a Switch near you next month. A release date has been set for 16th May. The game allows players to walk around in a free roam sandbox environment, stealing from people's houses to make a living. Players must observe their target...
News Project Nimbus: Complete Edition Brings High-Speed Mecha Combat To Switch
With brand new modes
Japanese publisher GameTomo has revealed that Project Nimbus: Complete Edition will receive a worldwide release on Switch on 16th May, bringing new content never-before-seen in the US and Europe along for the ride. This Switch release is the latest version of the cult mecha game, originally designed and developed by...
Video A First Look At Among The Sleep's Award-Winning Horror Running On Switch
Out next month
Publisher Soedesco has released a brand new video showing off the very first footage of Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition on Nintendo Switch. If you feel like getting spooked ahead of its 29th May release, make sure to check out the video above. Soedesco Community Manager, Marten Buijsse, takes us through the first ten minutes of the...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For The Biggest Switch Games Of 2019 And Beyond
Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Animal Crossing, more!
Nintendo has released an updated schedule of its upcoming releases, providing us with the most up-to-date info on the games coming our way in 2019 and beyond. Very little has changed since the last update we received, although Super Mario Maker 2's release date announcement has, of course, made the...
News Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Officially Confirmed For Switch
Not the Persona you were looking for?
After all the rumours, curiosity and questions surrounding 'Persona 5 S', we finally have an answer as to what the thing actually is. The good news is that it is a Switch game after all, the other - different - news is that it is not a port of Persona 5. The game's full title is
News Super Mario Maker 2 Launches For Switch On 28th June
Let your imagination run wild, again
Earlier this year during a Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed it was bringing Super Mario Maker 2 to the Switch this June. In the latest update, a release date has now been locked in. According to Nintendo of America and Nintendo Japan, the game will be arriving on 28th June. This date may be slightly...
News Hindsight 20/20 Is A New Zelda-Inspired Action-Adventure Coming To Switch In 2020
How convenient?
Triple-I Games - a development studio made up of veterans from BioWare, ArenaNet, and Sucker Punch - is bringing a new action-adventure game to Switch called Hindsight 20/20. The game is a single-player affair with morality-based decisions seemingly at its core. These decisions you make will have long-lasting repercussions and the...
News Ark: Survival Evolved Spin-Off PixARK Roars Onto Switch Next Month
Release date confirmed
Snail Games has announced that its upcoming open-world sandbox-survival game PixARK will launch on Nintendo Switch and all other major platforms on 31st May. A new trailer for the announcement has been shared above, and you can learn more about the game, which is based on Ark: Survival Evolved, below: To survive in this...
News Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Is Coming To Switch After All, THQ Nordic Confirms
New and improved
THQ Nordic has officially revealed Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered for Nintendo Switch, with a release date of 2nd July already firmly in place. Fans of the title will likely remember that Switch controller icons were spotted in the Windows version of the game last summer. We suspected that a Switch version mus
News Hyperlight Ultimate Will Blast Onto The Shoot 'Em Up Scene As A Switch Exclusive
More intense than ever before
CatfishBlues Games has revealed that it will be bringing Hyperlight Ultimate to Nintendo Switch, exclusively for the platform. The game is a definitive version of Hyperlight EX, a shoot 'em up which fired its way to the New 3DS back in 2016. This new, shiny version is said to feature "refined gameplay and enhanced HD...
News Doraemon Story Of Seasons Heads West On Switch This Autumn
Published by Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco has announced that Doraemon Story Of Seasons will be launching on Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe in autumn 2019. You might remember our story from earlier this month, in which we shared all we knew about the upcoming title. Essentially, the game is a crossover game between Story of Seasons
News Shalnor Legends: Sacred Lands Arrives This Week Channelling The Legend of Zelda
Who needs a Link's Awakening remaster, eh?
Top-down action adventure Shalnor Legends: Sacred Lands is coming to Switch this Friday 26th April and it's looking just a little bit familiar. As you can see from the trailer above and the screenshots below, Johnny Ostad's game takes a hefty dose of inspiration from Nintendo's premier action RPG series -...
News Roguelike Platformer Dig Dog Surfaces On Switch This Friday
Does Dig Dog dig Dig Dug?
Coming from Wild Rooster (helmed by the wonderfully named Rusty Moyher, the one-man developer behind Astro Duel), action roguelike platformer Dig Dog will arrive on Switch this Friday 26th April. From a very simple premise (you're a dog, and you're searching for bones), the game features two modes: Bone Hunt, a roguelike...
News Puyo Puyo Champions Ditches Tetris And Lands On Switch In May
Sega's Puyo Puyo e Sports comes to the west
Sega has announced that the game released last year as Puyo Puyo e Sports in the east is finally getting a western release with the title Puyo Puyo Champions and it's coming to all platforms, including Switch, on 7th May. Looking for all the world like the developers have simply stripped the Tetris bit...
News Shakedown: Hawaii Finally Gets A Launch Date On Switch
Only two weeks to wait
Shakedown: Hawaii, the successor to Vblank Entertainment's open world retro game parody Retro City Rampage, will finally see a Switch release on 7th May after slipping from its initial projected release way back in 2017. Vblank has has released two new trailers to get you back in the mood. From the look of the videos (see...
News Gyro Boss DX Brings 360 Degrees Of Bullet Hell To Switch Next Week
Be the boss
UK developer Chequered Ink has announced that Gyro Boss DX is coming to Switch next Friday 3rd May and the above trailer (from the PC version which released in March this year) gives you a good idea of what to expect. Coming from the Bath-based developer, it appears to mix the 360° avoidance gameplay of mobile hit Super Hexagon with...
News Picross S3 Brings Colour Puzzles To Switch This Week, But There's Still No Touchscreen Support
But why?
The third Picross game in the 'S' series is launching on Switch later this week, aptly named Picross S3. If you're a fan of the puzzle series, you'll no doubt be interested in picking it up, and this time it comes with a neat new feature. In addition to the three usual game modes - Picross, Mega Picross, and Clip Picross - Picross S3 adds...
Video SteamWorld Quest's Launch Trailer Has Us Hyped For Its Release This Week
Mark your calendars
SteamWorld Quest, the latest instalment in a series which has been something of an indie favourite on Nintendo consoles in recent years, is just two days away from release. To get ready for the big day, developer Image & Form has shared an official launch trailer. With its gorgeous looking art and brand new turn-based...
News Sega Ages Virtua Racing Speeds Onto The Japanese eShop Next Week
No release date yet for regions outside of Japan
About the only problem with Sega's retro line of games on the Switch eShop is how it seems to take ages to localise each one. At the start of the year, Yosuke Okunari - one of the talents behind the revival of these classic games - said the team was aiming to roll out at least one title per month...
News WayForward And Arc System Works Announce River City Girls
Joining forces to work on a classic IP
Earlier this month, a game rating was spotted for a new title called River City Girls. It has now been officially confirmed the independent game development studio WayForward (responsible for Shantae) and Arc System Works (known for game series like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear) will be collaborating on this brand...
News Remake Of Stylish Cel-Shaded Shooter XIII Coming To Switch This November
Nobody was expecting this
In 2003, Ubisoft released the cel-shaded first-person shooter XIII (pronounced thirteen) on the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Now, a remake of this unique-looking game is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year on 13th November. For those who haven't played it before, it's loosely...
News Shadows Of Adam Is A Modern Take On SNES-Era JRPGs, And It's Coming To Switch Next Month
With all DLC included
CIRCLE Entertainment and Something Classic Games have revealed that Shadows of Adam will be bringing its stylish take on the JRPG formula to Switch early next month. You'll be able to get your hands on it from 3rd May. The game features multiple playable characters, fast-paced battles, SNES-style graphics, a soundtrack made up...
News After More Than Two Years Of Waiting, Anti-Grav Racer Redout Finally Gets A Switch Release Date
Worth the wait?
Developer 34BigThings has announced that Redout, a game first announced for Nintendo Switch before the console was even on sale, will finally launch on the platform on 14th May. Back in January 2017, Nicalis revealed that it would be bringing the futuristic racer to Switch that spring, around the time of the console's launch...
News Cricket 19 Secures May Release Date On Switch
The official game of the Ashes
Big Ant Studios has revealed that Cricket 19 will be bowling its way to victory on a Switch near you next month. The game's release date has now been confirmed as 28th May. Launching just in time for the 2019 Ashes, cricket fans will be able to play along with all the action that will take place throughout England and...
News Katana Zero Is Devolver Digital's Most Pre-Ordered Switch Game So Far
Serious demand
Although the Switch version of Kantana Zero was refused classification in Australia and New Zealand yesterday, it's unlikely to impact the overall sales of the game elsewhere. In fact, the game's already done incredibly well in terms of pre-orders. According to its publisher Devolver Digital, Katana Zero has quickly become the...
Video Here's The Mortal Kombat 11 Gameplay Reveal For Nintendo Switch
Cutting it fine
For months now, Switch owners have been begging NetherRealm Studios to share some proper footage of Mortal Kombat 11 running on Nintendo's hybrid device. Last week, we got a measly three-second look at the game up and running on this platform and now a slightly more substantial clip has been uploaded to YouTube the week before the...
News Capcom Home Arcade Is A Plug-And-Play Arcade Stick, But Is The Emulation Legit?
UPDATE: Confusion over licencing of Final Burn Alpha emulator
Update #2: We’re hearing reports that while the version of Final Burn Alpha emulator that ships with the Capcom Home Arcade stick has been properly licenced, some of the developers currently involved with the software haven’t been contacted. Initially, reports suggested that FBA was...
News Saints Row: The Third Gets New Switch Trailer And Fancy Physical Deluxe Pack
"Super excellent!"
Note: This trailer contains a small amount of bad language. A brand new trailer for the upcoming Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package has just been released, coming alongside the announcement of the game's Deluxe Pack which is available to pre-order from GAME starting today. The game is set to launch on 10th M
News Explore And Save An Underwater World In Koral, A New Puzzler Coming To Switch
Developed entirely at sea
A brand new puzzle game is on the way to Switch next month called Koral, allowing players to explore a "beautiful" underwater world. A release date of 16th May has been confirmed. To be a little more clear, the player's goal is actually to bring life back to coral reefs underwater. You'll need to solve puzzles to heal the...
News Samurai Shodown V Special Is Your Next Switch Retro Fix From Hamster
Available tomorrow
Hamster has revealed that Samurai Shodown V Special is fighting its way to Switch incredibly soon. So soon, in fact, that you'll be able to get your hands on it tomorrow, 18th April. The ninth entry in SNK's Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits series of fighting games, Samurai Shodown V Special is an upgraded version of the original...
News Katana Zero Refused Classification In Australia And New Zealand
No issues outside of this region
Katana Zero is due out worldwide in less than two days and the Switch release has just been banned in Australia and New Zealand. The indie game's publisher Devolver Digital revealed this over on its official Twitter account earlier today. "Heads up to folks in Australia / New Zealand - Katana ZERO has a...
News Natsume Announces Indie Partner Program, Cosmic Defenders Revealed As First Game
Working alongside indie devs
Natsume, the publisher behind franchises such as Harvest Moon and Reel Fishing, has today announced the creation of the 'Natsume Indie Program', an initiative which "partners the company with independent developers around the world to introduce creative, innovative games to a wider audience". Further details - such as...
News Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Operations Brings Tactical Shooter Gameplay To Switch Next Week
Adapted especially for Switch
Beyond Enemy Lines: Covert Operations is firing onto Nintendo Switch on 23rd April, it has been confirmed. That means we have just one week to go to check it out for ourselves. We first mentioned this one just a couple of months ago, with its tactical twist on the shooter genre leaving us feeling rather intrigued. The...
News New GRID Autosport Trailer Shows Off Its 'Freedom Of Control'
Different ways to play
A new trailer has been released for the upcoming GRID Autosport on Nintendo Switch, showing off the multiple ways players will be able to enjoy the new racer. As you can see for yourself, there are plenty of different options for you to choose from. Whether you're a fan of traditional racer controls, motion steering, or...
News Switch Exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Secures A July Release Date
Switch players, assemble!
Nintendo Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has just received a confirmed release date. You'll be able to get your hands on it from 19th July. The game was initially revealed at The Game Awards back in December and will have players assembling their ultimate team of Marvel superheroes from a huge...
News Dawn Of Survivors Is An Intriguing Online-Based Zombie Survival Switch Game, And It's Only $2
A potential bargain
Releasing in just two days' time on Nintendo Switch is Dawn of Survivors, an online-based zombie survival game that could turn out to be something of a steal thanks to its low price point. The game is a survival of the fittest, with each player scavenging for resources in the wastelands of a zombie apocalypse. From decaying...
News Iron Snout Brings "Fast-Paced Bacon-Flavoured Combat" To Switch This Week
A button-mashing beat 'em up
SnoutUp Games and Ratalaika Games have revealed that Iron Snout will be fighting its way to Nintendo Switch later this week. One of very few games said to offer "fast-paced bacon-flavoured combat", Iron Snout has you taking on the role of a porky protagonist who isn't afraid to deal some damage to his pesky enemies...
News Sunnyside Brings Action-Shooter Towaga 2 To The Nintendo Switch This Summer
A sequel to the mobile sensation
Sunnyside Games has announced it is releasing a sequel to its Android and iOS hit Towaga on the Nintendo eShop this summer - with the assistance of Forever Entertainment and TA Publishing. Towaga 2 is described as an action-shooter where the fate of your tribe lies sorely in your hands. Using your focus, accuracy...
News Looks Like There's A New LEGO Star Wars Game On The Way
And it all sounds rather exciting
Fans of animated plastic bricks and intergalactic battles, rejoice! It would appear that a brand new LEGO Star Wars video game is in the works. This weekend played host to Star Wars Celebration - which you can likely guess is a fan gathering that celebrates all things Star Wars - and during the event, Skywalker...
