Tag: Upcoming Releases - Page 132
News Newly-Announced Point-And-Click Adventure Life Of Delta Is Coming To Switch
He's no Riley
Last night's Future Games Show brought a few announcements for Switch owners. Confirming a release window for Axiom Verge 2, console versions of Embr and
News Epic Chef Is Bringing The Main Course To Switch Later This Year
Food Fight!
Team17 is no stranger to cooking shenanigans. Having just brought Switch owners Overcooked! All You Can Eat earlier this week, players seeking a solo experience will be pleased to know that Infinigon Games' Epic Chef is now getting a console release. Previously confirmed for PC last May, news came during last night's Future Games Show...
News "Lost Classic" Clockwork Aquario Gets Its First Teaser Trailer
From the creator of Wonder Boy
The first teaser trailer for Clockwork Aquario, the 1993 "lost" classic which is being resurrected for modern console this year, has been released. Created by Wonder Boy studio Westone, Clockwork Aquario was originally destined for early '90s arcades but never saw the light of day – a casualty of the coin-op...
News Curve Digital's Frenetic Firefighting Multiplayer Embr Lights Up Nintendo Switch This Summer
Featuring crossplay functionality
Publisher Curve Digital has announced Muse Games will be releasing its local and online multiplayer game, Embr, on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms this summer. It's described as a comedic take on the fire fighting, the gig economy and courier services, that charges you and your friends with coming...
News Axiom Verge 2 Is Launching On The Nintendo Switch This Spring
Check out this new gameplay footage
At the Future Games Show, Axiom Verge creator Tom Happ opened up about the second game in a special developer presentation. Unfortunately, there's no release date just yet. In saying this, the game is apparently launching "this Spring" on the Nintendo Switch and Epic Store, so there's not long to wait now. As...
Video Here's A Sneak Peek Trailer For The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum
Arriving in 2022
At the Future Games Show, Daedalic Entertainment showed off a "sneak peek" of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. In case you missed the original announcement, this is a story-driven action-adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novels. It was originally revealed for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms in...
News C14 Dating Is A New Otome Dating Sim Looking For Love On Switch Next Week
With bonus, optional minigames
Ratalaika Games and developer Winter Wolves Games have announced that C14 Dating will be swooning over the Switch eShop next week. The game is an otome dating sim that's said to combine friendships, love, and archaeology?! Players will take on the role of third-year anthropology student Melissa Flores who travels from...
News RWBY: Grimm Eclipse - Definitive Edition Slashes Onto Switch This May
Featuring an exclusive local co-op mode and new Volume 7 outfits
It's been eight years since Rooster Teeth introduced us to RWBY. Taking us to the world of Remnant, it gained a huge following and in 2016 on PC, received a video game adaptation with hack-and-slash entry RWBY: Grimm Eclipse. Eventually arriving on other consoles, it never came to...
News Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition Crafts Its Way Onto Switch Next Month
Pocket Farmer
Originally launched for PC and PS4 in 2018, Chibig's Deiland didn't get huge attention at the time. Offering us an adventure-RPG with sandbox elements, it reviewed somewhat positively and now, they've just confirmed Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition will launch digitally for Switch on April 15th. Following a successful
"There are only fragments of the data that remain. We couldn’t salvage them"
Last month brought news that Ryu Hayabusa was making a comeback on Switch with Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection. Featuring the three rebooted entries - Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge - some fans aren't happy this trilogy...
News Smelter Blends Side-Scrolling Action With Top-Down Strategy, And It's Coming To Switch
April release date locked in
Launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop next month is Smelter, a game that looks like your usual side-scrolling platformer on the surface, but mixes things up with a strategy twist. Inspired by 16-bt era classics, this one has you playing as Eve – you know, as in the Garden of Eden's Eve – as you head out on a quest...
"By Jupiter, by Teutates... These Gauls are crazy!"
It's fair to say that the world of gaming was pretty shaken up by the news that Tribute Games (Scott Pilgrim) and Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4) are teaming up to create Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Reveng
News TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2 HD Launches On The Switch eShop Next Week
Fair dinkum, mate
Krome Studios has announced its Kickstarter project TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue HD will land on the Nintendo Switch eShop next week on 30th and 31st March. "The time has come to talk about the release dates for TY2HD on Nintendo Switch systems. We've completed the submission process with Nintendo and the eShop and are...
News Zen Studios Announces "Next-Gen" Pinball FX Game For Switch, Introduces New Battle Royale Mode
Will launch this year
Digital pinball experts Zen Studios - known for games like Pinball FX3 and Star Wars Pinball - has announced its next-generation entry in the series Pinball FX will arrive on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms later this year. It's touted as Zen's "most ambitious pinball project to date" and will introduce a new...
News Cozy Grove, The Animal Crossing-Inspired Island Life Game, Makes Its Home On Switch In April
Guess it's time to scrap our idea for a game called "Grozy Cove"
Heck yeah, another game about sedate pastoral life! We know that there have been a few lately, but we just can't get enough of them. Cozy Grove is the newest game from Spry Fox, who you may recognise from hit mobile games Alphabear and Triple Town, and it takes a lot of inspiration...
News Capcom Announces Monster Hunter Rise Day One Update, Unlocks Pre-Order And amiibo Bonuses
Comes in at just 600MB
When CEOs are letting employees take a day off for Monster Hunter Rise, you can tell people are excited for Capcom's latest entry. Just ahead of launch, Capcom has revealed it will be releasing a day one patch for Rise. Coming in at 600MB, it's thankfully quite a small one, and if you've opted for a digital copy, that adds up...
News Fatal Twelve Brings A New Visual Novel Mystery To Switch This Spring
Previously launched on PC and PS4
There's been a few announcements within the latest Weekly Famitsu. Following news that RPG Astoria Ascending is coming to Switch later this year, this week's issue also revealed that mystery visual novel Fatal Twelve is now receiving a Switch
News Twin-Stick Puzzle-Platformer World-Splitter Leaps Onto Switch Next Month
See it in action
World-Splitter, a quirky puzzle-platformer from Bumble3ee Interactive and developer NeoBird, will launch on Switch on 21st April, it's been confirmed. As you can see from the new gameplay trailer above, World-Splitter revolves around a cool-looking twin-stick control scheme that has you manipulating two parallel rifts to progress...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Switch File Size Seemingly Revealed
It's bigger than Monster Hunter Rise
Monster Hunter Rise is obviously the focus this week, but we've also got a little bit of news to share about that other Monster Hunter title, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. As spotted by My Nintendo News, Nintendo Australia's official game page for this upcoming release appears to have revealed the...
News This Pikmin-Inspired Cultist Game Could Be Coming To Switch In 2022
"Control the hordes" was always a bit culty anyway
In a time where nothing makes sense and everything seems futile, why not worship one of the unknowable Old Gods? In newly-announced Kickstarter project, Worship, you can play as a cult leader, corralling your followers around like Pikmin, drawing symbols in blood, and building up a village to suit...
News 8-Bit Horror RPG Sunshine Manor Creeps Onto Switch This Fall
Here's a sneak peek
Fossil Games' upcoming horror RPG Sunshine Manor isn't landing on Switch until later this year, but we've been treated to an early sneak peek at what's to come in a brand new video. Described as "a true love letter to classic horror films of the 1980s", Sunshine Manor has you taking on the role of Ada whose night of...
Deals Pre-Order Monster Hunter Rise At A Whopping 30% Off In The UK
The best deal on this week's biggest release
If you're still hunting down a great deal on Monster Hunter Rise for Nintendo Switch, you'll want to check out this monster reduction currently available in the UK. Sorry, we'll stop with the puns. UK retailer ShopTo currently has the game available for just £34.85, taking a mighty 30% off the RRP...
News Monster Harvest, A Pokémon-Meets-Stardew Valley Game, Is Ploughing Its Way Toward Switch
Harvest Moon-ster
How many more ways can we invent to say that a game is coming to Switch with a cute play-on-words that references the game's genre? The answer may surprise you. Anyway, Monster Harvest (not to be confused with Monster Hunter, Monster Rancher, or Harvest Moon) is coming to the Switch on the 13th May, with a physical release...
News Hori's Monster Hunter Rise Split Pad Pro Gets A Western Release Next Month
Pre-orders are live with Amazon US
You may recall that last month, accessory maker Hori revealed it will be launching a Monster Hunter Rise edition of their popular Split Pad Pro controller. Previously, it was only confirmed for Japan, but now, a new Ama
News Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster File Size Revealed
Digital deluxe owners also get early access
Atlus finally locked in a release date for the Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster earlier this week. It'll land on multiple platforms, including the Switch, on 25th May. If you're planning on picking up the "Digital Deluxe Edition", which allows you to start playing the game four days early, you...
News Activision Confirms Original Dev Is Handling Tony Hawk Switch Port
"Vicarious Visions is on the case"
When it comes to third-party games on the Nintendo Switch, a lot of companies call on support studios or specialists such as Panic Button to do the heavy lifting. We recently saw this with Respawn Entertainment's title, Apex Legends. With the upcoming release Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 , Activision has confirmed...
Video Check Out This Unboxing Of The Monster Hunter Rise Collector's Edition
Including a look at the game card and amiibo
Next week sees the launch of Monser Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch. For those of you planning on picking up the collector's edition, you might be interested in taking a look at Nintendo Minute's latest unboxing video. The collector's edition, in case you forgot, comes with a physical copy of the...
News TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue HD Gets A New Switch Launch Trailer
TY and his friends are back!
If you're a fan of 3D platformers of yesteryear, one game you might want to keep an eye out for in the future is TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue HD. At the start of this year, Australian developer Krome Studios launched a Kickstarter for this HD version, and it reached its goal of $75,000 USD in just 8.5 hours. To...
News Shin Megami Tensei III Remaster Launches This May On Switch
Pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition to get access four days early
We've been waiting patiently for news on Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster's Western release for some time. Originally launched in 2003 on PS2, Atlus revealed an HD Remaster last year, which Japan's had since October. Last week's
News Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection's Getting A Fancy Digital Deluxe Edition
And pre-order bonuses are coming
If you're thinking of picking up Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection when it slices its way onto Switch this June, you might want to consider this newly-revealed Digital Deluxe Edition. Koei Tecmo Europe has announced that this special digital-only release will include a 70-page digital artbook and a digital soundtrack...
News ZA/UM Releases New Songs By British Sea Power For Disco Elysium's 'Final Cut'
Excellent news for fans of music that triggers an existential crisis
Disco Elysium, the political narrative/visual novel adventure/supernatural karaoke simulator/role-playing game that took the world by storm when it came to PC in 2019, is making its way to consoles this year as the new "Final Cut" version, which will add full voice-acting and new...
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...
