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News Freedom Planet Devs Tease The Game For Switch Once Again, But Properly This Time
"Are we doing it right yet?"
You may recall that, way back in Janurary, Freedom Planet developer GalaxyTrail provided us with a cheeky Facebook tease, suggesting that the game might be headed to Switch. As it turns out, that happened to be a joke that got ou
News You Can Pre-Order Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee! for Switch Already
Go! Go! Go!
Updated: Pre-orders in the UK are now open for both games and Poke Ball Plus. If you've so much as touched a computer or smart phone today, you'll likely be aware of the official announcement for Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! that took place just a few hours ago. These new games will be the first RPG Pokémon...
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:...
News GameStop Has Leaked 10 Unannounced Full-Price Switch Game Listings
E3 could be huge
With E3 just around the corner, the biggest game publishers will no doubt be sitting on some juicy, as of yet unrevealed, games ready for public consumption - assuming they haven't all been leaked already - and this leak hints at a particularly strong showing for Nintendo. The following image, shared by a store employee, shows the...
News B-Ball Fans Rejoice, NBA 2K19 Is Dribbling Its Way To Nintendo Switch
Coming this September
NBA 2K19 is coming to Nintendo Switch, marketing materials have revealed. Standees have been sent to retailers which show the Switch listed as one of the formats. A 7th September launch is expected, and if you purchase the 20th Anniversary Edition you'll get to play it four days before its official release. 2K Games...
News Mega Man 11 Is Only Receiving A Digital Release In Europe
*Wily laughter*
One of Capcom’s most anticipated upcoming releases for the Switch is that of Mega Man 11, the latest entry in the Blue Bomber’s long legacy. Given the cult status of the character, it stands to reason that many fans will want to have a physical copy of the game to display right alongside their shiny new amiibo when the game (and...
Rumour Hastily Updated Amazon Listing Suggests Fallout 76 Will Arrive On 31st July
Vault into action
Bethesda knows how to get itself making headlines, and with E3 set to kick off later this week, of course we're all talking about Fallout 76. Is it another single-player Fallout? Is it an MMO in the same vein as The Elder Scrolls Online? Whatever it's going to be we should hear more about it on Sunday during the Bethesda keynote...
News Limited Run Games Will Hold Its Very Own E3 Press Conference On 11th June
More eShop games going physical?
Following in the footsteps of fellow indie publisher Devolver Digital, Limited Run Games has announced it's going to hold its very own press conference during E3 2018. The keynote will take place at 3pm Eastern Time (8pm GMT) on Monday 11th June. The North Carolina-based publisher has already made a big splash on...
News Your New Pokéball Plus Will Take Three Hours To Charge
Gotta charge 'em all
Last week we got a peek at the Pokéball Plus - the new peripheral that will bring Pokémon Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu (as well as Pokémon GO) to life in new and exciting ways - and now we've learned a little more details about the controller's specifications. The official Nintendo UK website confirms the Pokéball...
News SEGA Live Stream Provides More Details About Team Sonic Racing
E3 will reveal more
After the initial Walmart leak earlier this week, followed by the official announcement including a trailer, there’s been much buzz surrounding SEGA and Sumo Digital’s new game, Team Sonic Racing. With only a limited amount of information about the tit
News Shinyuden and Ratalaika Games Announce Heroes Trials Is Coming To The Switch
Arrives this summer
In partnership with Ratalaika Games, Japanese-based studio Shinyuden has announced it will be bringing its brand new adventure game – Heroes Trials – to the Nintendo Switch this summer. Heroes Trials promises to incorporate only the best elements of traditional role-playing games in order to deliver a compact and frantic...
News Arc System Works Lays Down The Law With Streaming Guidelines For BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Restrictions in place for Episode Mode
In preparation for the western launch of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Arc System Works has announced its streaming guidelines in an attempt to restrict the amount of campaign spoilers floating about the internet. Streamers will not be allowed to broadcast the game’s Episode Mode. At most, players can display...
News GungHo Online Entertainment America Announces GALAK-Z: Variant S For Switch
A space-shooter action-RPG experience
The GALAK-Z universe will soon be expanded from mobile to the Nintendo Switch, with developer 17-BIT and GungHo Online Entertainment America announcing GALAK-Z: Variant S. If you’re lucky enough to be heading to this year’s E3, you’ll be able to have a hands-on session with the game from the 12th to...
Hands On Getting Our Just Deserts With NAIRI: Tower Of Shirin
We get an exclusive preview of the new demo
Whether you’re a slightly more seasoned gamer with memories of the Broken Sword series, or a relative newcomer who’s found their love for the genre through the likes of Night in the Woods, there’s nothing quite like the casual yet immersive storytelling of a visual novel/adventure. So that’s why we...
News Things Are About To Get Sketchy As Drawful 2 Heads To Nintendo Switch
It's party time
Looking for a silly multiplayer party game to add to your collection this summer? Well, publisher and developer extraordinaire Jackbox Games has revealed Drawful 2 will be getting a Nintendo Switch port later this month. The announcement was made during a recent livestream. It works a bit like the board game Pictionary, where you or...
News Arena Of Valor's Closed Beta Kicks Off This Summer With Rewards Galore
A MOBA on Switch, you say?
We've known portable MOBA Arena of Valor has been Nintendo Switch bound for some time, and that it's due a beta in the US and the UK, and now we can confirm said closed test will take place shortly for players in both North America and in Europe. You can follow the link in the embedded tweet below to be taken to a short...
News Mushroom Wars 2 Brings Fungal Warfare To Switch In July
Short-session RTS action on-the-go
Nintendo Switch is set to get a new real-time strategy title in the form of Mushroom Wars 2, which is due to make war upon the Switch eShop on 5th July. The cross-platform title already has 1.8 million players on other platforms, so Ninty's console is about to join the short-session fungal warfare party... There's...
Reminder The Mario Tennis Aces Pre-launch Online Tournament Begins Today
Check out the times for your area
With Mario Tennis Aces' release just around the corner, Nintendo is giving fans the chance to try out the game in a pre-launch online tournament. In case you'd forgotten, or in case you hadn't heard about the event at all, here's a friendly reminder to show you when you can start playing. For European players,...
News Chameleon Run Sprints Onto Nintendo Switch With A Deluxe Edition
Its due on 14th June
Indie developer Hyberbolic Magnetism has announced award-winning smartphone autorunner Chameleon Run is headed to the Nintendo Switch eShop on 14th June with a new Deluxe Edition. This new version will include six new levels unique to Switch, and a special fourth objective to complete on each level (although you'll need to...
Rumour Leaked E3 Document Suggests Fortnite, Dragon Ball FighterZ And More Are Switch-Bound
Who needs surpises, eh?
While Wednesday was the day for seemingly every official game announcement on the planet -including a ton of new Pokémon games - Thursday followed suit with a megaton of leaks and swiftly unveiled secret games. While the next Assassin's Creed was revealed by a keyring, a document has surfaced that suggests some heavily...
News MUSYNX's Song Library Grows As It Prepares To Rock Out On Switch
Three more tracks!
Nintendo Switch has already had a decent run of musical-minded games action-rhythm titles, and it's set to another this year in the form of MUSYNX. We already know its due to get a physical copy with limited edition art, and know we've learned its library of songs has grown three new tracks. These challenging compositions include...
Video Feeling Hungry? Learn How To Play Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido With This New Trailer
Only a week until lunch- er, launch!
We're just one week away from the launch of Nintendo's latest Switch and 3DS offering Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido, and this brand new trailer has arrived just in time to teach you the basics. You'll get to see the setup of conveyor-belt sushi lanes, plate-colour matching, and how to utilise the different...
Video Sega Shows Off First Shining Resonance Refrain Trailer For Nintendo Switch
Just over a month to wait!
With little over a month before Shining Resonance Refrain hits western shores, Sega has released the very first trailer showing the game running on Nintendo Switch. For anyone who needs a quick catch up, Shining Resonance Refrain is an expanded, remastered version of Shining Resonance, a JRPG that was released exclusively...
Video Here's A Glimpse Of Battle Princess Madelyn's Swashbuckling First Level
Girl power
Nintendo Switch has so many exciting new indie titles headed its way in the months to come, we're practically spoiled for choice. One such awesome looking title, Battle Princess Madelyn, is shaping up nicely with its Ghouls N' Ghosts-esque gameplay and developer Casual Bit Games has unveiled an exciting glimpse at the game's opening...
News Iro Hero Brings Throwback Vertical Shmup Action To Nintendo Switch On 7th June
I can be your hero, baby
Nintendo Switch is getting a brand new shump next week, one that aims to hark back to the classic days of the genre's heyday, while adding in a handful of modern systems for a veritable smorgasbord of things to shoot. Iro Hero is its name, and its due to arrive on the Switch eShop from 7th June with a price tag of $12.99...
News Samurai Defender: Ninja Warfare Arrives On The Switch eShop 7th June
Pre-order for a discount
Previously released on the 3DS eShop in 2015, Samurai Defender: Ninja Warfare - developed by Link Kit - will be arriving on the Switch eShop on 7th June for $7.99USD / €7,99, with a 10% discount for anyone who pre-orders. If you didn't play the original release by Flyhigh Works and CIRCLE Entertainment, this is a...
Talking Point What Do You Make Of The Three Big Pokémon Games Coming To Nintendo Switch?
Team Nintendo Life has its say
The Pokémon Company almost broke the internet earlier today when it unveiled three - yes, count them three - new games for Nintendo Switch and smartphones. Pokémon Quest (which is out right now) brings a cute, cuboid take on the franchise; Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee! and its motion-control wonder...
News NIS America Announces Yomawari: The Long Night Collection For Nintendo Switch
"A childhood horror experience"
NIS America has announced Yomawari: The Long Night Collection for Nintendo Switch, a bundle of two survival horror games previously released on Steam and PlayStation platforms. The two games in question are Yomawari: Night Alone and Yomawari: Midnight Shadows, both of which centre around the horrors which lurk...
News Team Sonic Racing Arrives This Winter With Sumo Digital In The Driving Seat
Er, surprise?
Surprise, there's a new Team Sonic Racing game! Perhaps one of the worst kept secrets in gaming this year has been a new Sonic the Hedgehog racer from Sumo Digital, and after toymakers letting slip secret details and Walmart basically all-out revealing it, SEGA has finally officially announced Team Soni
News Fallout 76 Straps On Its Pip-Boy With A Mysterious Teaser Trailer
We'll learn more at E3...
While most people are still picking pieces of their blown minds off the walls following the reveal of no less than three new Pokémon games earlier today, there was still that mysterious 'Please Stand By' stream that Bethesda had recently launched. Well, to no one's surprise it's been revealed to be a new Fallout game,...
News LEGO DC Super Villains Finally Gets Official Reveal, Headed To Switch In October
"Everything is not OK"
After the initial rumours that a LEGO game featuring DC villains would be releasing at some point, last week saw a tease be shared with the world hinting at an official release. Now, just a few days later, the reveal is finally here - LEGO DC Super Villains is definitely a thing, and it's coming to
Feature Unravelling The Crossover Fisticuffs Of Blade Strangers
Diverse roster aims to cut its teeth among the genre's elite
Studio Saizensens new fighting game, Blade Strangers, brings together a diverse and interesting mix of established characters in their own respective universes, but are new to the fighting game genre. Teaming up with publisher Nicalis has further bolstered the roster to include the...
News Hyper Light Drifter Will Feature Exclusive Content On Switch With 1080p Docked Resolution
Exclusive new area, new weapon, 60fps
It has been confirmed that Hyper Light Drifter, the Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past and Diablo-inspired action RPG, will feature some exclusive goodies when it arrives on Switch this summer. We've known that the title is coming to Switch for a couple of months now - after the
News Team Sonic Racing Leaked By Walmart Before It Leaves The Garage
Take one for the Team
SEGA has been teasing the return of Sonic Racing for a while now - as have plenty of toy makers at trade shows - but it looks like North American retailer Walmart has rained on the publisher's parade with what appears to be a new entry in the series, Team Sonic Racing. According to the details leaked with the images and box...
News Just Shapes And Beats Brings Musical Bullet Hell Action To Nintendo Switch On 31st May
Throw some shapes
Musical rhythm games are coming thick and fast on Nintendo Switch, with Just Shapes and Beats preparing to add to the beat this week. Developer Bezerk Studios had teased a release for the Switch version last week, and finally we've got a concrete release - and it just so happens to be tomorrow! Check out the release date trailer...
News Pokémon Core Series RPG Will Arrive In The Second Half Of 2019
Even more Pokémon!
Following the announcements of Pokémon Quest, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! at the 2018 Pokémon Video Game Press Conference, The Pokémon Company has revealed the beloved core series will make its grand return in the second half of 2019.
News Meet The Pokéball Plus, A New Tool For Aspiring Trainers With Pokémon GO Or A Switch
Just try not to throw it at real animals
Alongside the announcement of Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu! and Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee!, Nintendo and Game Freak showed off the Pokéball Plus. Functioning as both a Joy-con for catching Pokémon in the freshly unveiled console games and as an updated version of the Pokémon GO Plus from Nintendo’s mobile...
News Nintendo Announces Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee! For Nintendo Switch
Launching worldwide on 16th November
A few weeks ago, leaks started coming out for the Pokémon games that Nintendo promised would be coming this year, and indeed, those leaks seemed to be a little out of left field. Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee were the rumoured names, and there was plenty of talk about how the two games would...
Turn it up to 11
Following on from an unfortunate leak on a Singapore branch of the PlayStation Network, Capcom has officially confirmed that Mega Man 11 is arriving on 2nd October, 2018 with a new trailer and the ability to pre-order the game as you count down the next six months until the full return of Rockman. You can watch the trailer...
News You Can Play As Either A Male Or A Female Octoling In Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion
Pick your poison
While you can choose to play as either a male or female inkling in a regular multiplayer match-up in Splatoon 2, it was less clear if there would be the same gender diversity in the upcoming Octo Expansion, a DLC add-on that introduces a huge number of new solo missions. While going hands-on with the recent expansion in a
Hands On Breaking Racquets and Hearts in Mario Tennis Aces
Ace in the hole
Let's be honest - Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash on Wii U wasn’t exactly what we all wanted, and that’s putting it gently. On the opposite end of the spectrum, when Mario Tennis Aces was announced not too long ago it looked like it could hold some real promise. Now we’ve had a chance to have a ruddy good go at...
Hands On Prepare For the Fight of Your Life in Octopath Traveler
Eight ways to die
JRPGs have been having a bit of a renaissance recently haven’t they? The genre’s been dying for a good bit of mixing up, and we’ve seen a bit of that in games such as Bravely Default, but with Octopath Traveler things have really begun getting refreshed. The same basic mechanics you’d expect from a turn-based JRPG are...
Hands On Getting Tubular in Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion
Tenticular fortitude
Single-player gubbins in the Splatoon series has always been ruddy good fun, but always feels like it’s playing second fiddle to the online multiplayer, which is largely to be expected but it’s still a shame that it gets forgotten from time to time. Splatoon 2’s Hero Mode was a strong evolution on the first game’s...
News Get Ready For The World Cup With World Soccer Pinball, Shooting Onto Switch This Week
Featuring online leaderboards for bragging rights
EnjoyUp Games and Super Power Up have today announced that World Soccer Pinball will soon be pinging itself onto the Nintendo Switch eShop. World Soccer Pinball aims to be a perfect reproduction of a real pinball machines, with all the graphic details and sounds you'd expect from the real...
Exclusive Shelter Generations Is Getting A Wild New Physical Edition On Nintendo Switch
But it's limited to 3,000 copies...
The really wild world of Shelter Generations will be getting a special console-exclusive physical edition on Switch, we can exclusively reveal. The set (which is limited to just 3,000 copies) will include both Shelter 2 and its expansion content alongside two soundtracks and two 'living' books. Some...
News Control Two Characters At Once In Night & Day, A Narrative-Driven Runner Headed To Switch
"Complexity never seen before in the genre"
Madrid-based development studio Ikigai Gameworks has unveiled information surrounding its very first title Night & Day, a narrative-driven runner game coming to Switch early next year. The game mixes environments in which day and night collide, containing your usual gameplay elements such as...
News Physical Release Of SteamWorld Dig 2 Gets Delayed In North America
The wait continues
One of the best indies available on the Nintendo Switch eShop right now is SteamWorld Dig 2, the seminal follow up to Image & Form’s popular 3DS Metroidvania. A couple months ago, Rising Star Games revealed that it had partnered with Image & Form to bring SteamWorld Dig 2 to retail, releasing it on 27th April in Europe...
News Two-Wheel Insanity Simulator Road Redemption Is Switch Bound
Polish those old steel pipes
If you happen to be missing a certain rash on the road and happen to be a Switch owner, this news will certainly make you grin. The once Wii U bound Road Redemption is making the natural jump the Nintendo Switch, according to a recent Twitter reply by developer Pixel Dash Studios. The game has been under active...
News You Can Now Register Your Email For News On Pokémon For Nintendo Switch
Pokémon are coming
Well, here's an exciting little turn of events. A brand new page for Pokémon on Nintendo Switch has popped up on the official US Nintendo Store page. There's very little detail to glean from it, but it does include the following tease for things to come: Enter your email below to register your interest in our pending title...
News Datamine Reveals 26 Potential Characters For Mario Tennis Aces
Spoilers ahead
Mario Tennis Aces, the next big first-party Switch game from Nintendo, is a mere month away so we're naturally in full-on rumour mode. One of the big questions doing the rounds right now concerns the as yet unconfirmed full roster for the game, but one datamining effort could have the answers. As always, the names listed below might...
