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News Check Out The First Gameplay Footage For Wreckfest On Switch
Start your engines
Publisher THQ Nordic is currently gearing up to release the high octane racing title Wreckfest on Switch, due to launch on June 21st. As an appetiser, it has provided a brief glimpse at some gameplay captured directly from the Switch, showcasing how the game will run on the hybrid console. Naturally, the resolution takes a bit of...
News Inkle's Ink-redible Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game 'Sorcery!' Pencils In Release Date
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Fantastic news for fans of books that make you write your own story: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA Inkle's adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA No Gravity Games' console port of Inkle' adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Initially released for mobile devices, Sorcery! is a four-part...
Feature Zero Escape Creator Discusses The Cast Of 'AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative'
A deeper look at new and returning characters with Kotaro Uchkoshi
We're just a little under a month away from the unexpected murder mystery, AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. This sequel to Spike Chunsoft's 2019 original, AI: The Somnium Files, sees the return of everyone's favourite pipe-wielding badass Mizuki, now an ABIS special agent...
News Grab Both 'STAR WARS: Knights Of The Old Republic' Games In One eShop Bundle
The force is strong with this one, er... these two
STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, one of the most revered RPG sequels of all time, is getting the remaster treatment from Aspyr, with the upcoming Switch port boasting optimised gameplay and a bump in overall visual quality. If you happened to miss out on the first title,...
News Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia Turns Ocarina Of Time's Fishing Into A Full Game
Gosh! That's a strange fish you caught there!
Publisher Baltoro Games has announced that Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia will be launching on Switch eShop very soon - June 10th, in fact! The game itself is all about fishing; as a young boy, you'll be spending your time at Lake Ophelia in search of over 30 different types of fish to catch. You'll be...
News 'Old Skies' Is A Time-Travelling Point-And-Click From The Developer Of 'Unavowed'
Eyes to the skies
Indie point-and-click powerhouse Wadjet Eye Games is bringing its next point-and-click game straight to the Switch! The developer of Unavowed and Primordia has teased its upcoming title Old Skies, which is set in the same universe as the developer's Blackwell series. Originally born out of a game jam in 2019, Old Skies features a...
Hands On Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Is Looking Like A Mighty Meaty Hunk Of DLC
More than just new monsters and new quests
Monster Hunter Rise is tremendous — if you haven't played it, you only have to look at our review to see how much we loved it — so when Capcom asked if we fancied having a pop at the honking new DLC expansion titled Sunbreak, we couldn't say no. We got to have a go at just two of the quests on offer...
Random The New Hog Pokémon Lechonk Has Already Become An Internet Superstar
"all that matters is Lechonk"
One part of the new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer that seems to have everyone talking is the reveal of the new hog Pokémon Lechonk. Forget about the new professors and legendaries, this new pig-like creature is the real star of the show... according to social media and certain other parts of the internet...
News Warhammer 40K's New Game Boltgun Is A Love Letter To Classic FPS From The '90s
Get ready to shoot, shred and slice in 2023
If you're a fan of games like DOOM and even Duke Nukem 3D, you're definitely going to want to keep an eye on the upcoming Warhammer 40K title, Boltgun. As you can see in the 'Skulls Showcase' reveal trailer above, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is channelling all the classic retro first-person shooters from...
News Limited Run's June Showcase Will Feature "Over 30 Game Announcements"
TMNT will be one of them
One company that will be participating in the summer gaming fun this year is the physical distributor Limited Run Games. It's back once again with another presentation, and it's expected to be as busy as usual. Ahead of the event, taking place on 6th June, it's revealed there'll be over 30 trailers and game announcements...
News Piofiore: Episodio 1926 Gets Fall Release Date And Physical Edition Details
Thankfully you don't have 1925 prequels to play
Earlier this year Aksys confirmed a Western Switch release for Piofiore: Episodio 1926, a sequel to 2020's Piofiore: Fated Memories. The former is a visual novel adventure that falls into the 'Otome' category, and the next release is likely to be similar. Another notable feature of the first is how...
News Undertale's Toby Fox Returns To Compose More Music In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
And it's more than one track this time!
The creator of Undertale and Deltarune, Toby Fox, has frequently shown off his plethora of skills during his time in the industry — from writing to game design, and even composing music! And it's that last one that's brought him particular attention from Game Freak and The Pokémon Company. Toby Fox has...
News Chucklefish's Spellbinding 'Witchbrook' Resurfaces With New Screens
Just a bunch of hocus pocus!
Witchbrook, an isometric RPG that combines a school of witchcraft with the farming mechanics of Stardew Valley, has resurfaced after a long period of silent treatment. The game now has a Steam page along with its own Twitter handle. Along with that, some new screenshots of the game have been showcased, displaying some...
News Base Building And Coding Game 'Autonauts' Heads Onto Switch Soon
An auto-download?
If you enjoy base building and resource management, and fancy having a bit of coding and automation thrown into the mix, then there's good news. Autonauts, from developer Denki and publisher Curve Games, is arriving on the Switch and other consoles on 16th June, so it's just a couple of weeks away. An award-winning title and...
News New Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Trailer All But Confirms A Past Vs Future Theme
Red means old-timey and purple means new-timey
Ooooh, we do love a good Pokémon rumour, especially when there's so much evidence to go on our board of crazy theories. The latest Pokémon Scarlet & Violet trailer just dropped, and it seems to confirm that Scarlet and Violet will somehow be tied to the past and the future, so let's dive in to all...
News Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Multiplayer Will Let You Explore With Up To Four People
Four times the catching power?
In a first for the Pokémon series, you'll be able to play Pokémon Scarlet And Violet with up to four friends, and we're talking more than just trading Pocket Monsters. Tucked away on the game's official website, The Pokémon Company has revealed that you'll be able to explore the open world of Scarlet and Violet...
News Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Described As "The First Open-World RPGs In The Series"
"Explore at your leisure—not in an order dictated by the story"
After the great success of Pokémon Legends: Arceus and its experimental first steps for the Pokémon series into semi-open-world environments (discounting the limited Wild Areas from Pokémon Sword and Shield), the question of whether Pokémon Scarlet and Violet would continue this...
News Meet Koraidon and Miraidon, Your Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Legendaries
And stars of the box art
A brand new trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet dropped earlier today, and we got lots of little bits of information for the upcoming 9th generation of Pokemon games, including a November release date. However, we also got our first look at the game's brand new legendaries who will adorn the box art and (likely) will be...
News Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Trailer Introduces New Professors And Your Rival, Nemona
And the internet seems to like them
The new trailer for the upcoming Pokémon Scarlet & Violet has revealed not only the 18th November release date for the upcoming pair of mainline Pokémon games, but also some new characters you'll be meeting along the way. The trailer, which also revealed box art and Koraidon and Miraidon, the headlining Le
News Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Releases 18th November
New Pokémon, new professors, and new legendaries abound!
As promised yesterday, The Pokémon Company has dropped a brand new trailer for the upcoming 9th generation of Pokémon games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, along with a confirmed 18th November release date! The trailer gives us a really good look at the upcoming pair of games, showcasing two...
News Classic Maze RPG 'The Tower of Druaga' Is This Week's Arcade Archives Game
No need for a key to play this
Did anyone else play Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean and think to themselves during a particular dungeon, "huh, what is that pixelated maze room full of slimes a reference to?" Well, maybe it was just this writer here, but you can now find out the game that inspired that dungeon! The Tower of Druaga is...
News HeistGeist Brings Cyberpunk Deck-Building Action To Switch In 2023
Play your cards right...
Developer Doublequote Studio has announced its new project: a deck-building cyberpunk game called HeistGeist, due for launch on Switch in 2023. Its story seems to be pretty typical of cyberpunk narratives, involving a group of specialist thieves who join forces to hack into secure corporate systems. You'll be planning...
Video Bandai Namco Releases New Commercial For Digimon Survive
Landing on Switch this July
Next month sees the long-awaited arrival of the turn-based tactical RPG, Digimon Survive. We've already seen some trailers and new gameplay footage, and now we've got a commercial to add to this. It shows a little bit of everything - including new cutscenes and gameplay, along with some characters and Digimon. Bandai...
News Anime And Manga Series 'Made In Abyss' Locks In September Release For Switch
Physical pre-orders now live
Following on from an update in April - revealing Akihito Tsukushi's long-running anime and manga series Made in Abyss would be coming to the Nintendo Switch this Fall, Spike Chunsoft has now locked in a date. This game will be arriving on Switch, PlayStation 4 and Steam in both North America an
Video 16 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In June 2022
Mario, Sonic, Fire Emblem and more...
We've finally made it to June, and we're incredibly excited about what's ahead over the next 30 days. The Mario Strikers series is making a return on 10th June. Fall Guys is finally getting a release on the Switch as a free-to-play title on 21st June. Sonic is back with another collection on the 23rd.
News Lovecraftian Point-And-Click 'Saint Kotar' Will Spook On Switch This October
Unsettling horror for Halloween
Publisher Soedesco and developer Red Martyr Entertainment have announced that their point-and-click horror game, Saint Kotar, now has a release date! Saint Kotar was funded via Kickstarter back in 2020 and received a successful PC release last October. The Croatian-developed game also had the honour of being named...
News Metroidvania 'Souldiers' Gets A Stylish Launch Trailer And Physical Release Details
Soul power
Souldiers has been on our radar for a while - it's an extremely promising pixel-based Metroidvania with three playable classes, challenging combat and puzzles to suit the genre. After a brief delay it's almost here, landing on the Switch eShop on 2nd June. As you can see above it now has a snazzy launch trailer to get you in the mood. In...
News White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Is Set To Haunt Your Dreams This Year
Physical edition also on its way
Published PQube Limited has announced that the Korean survival horror title White Day: A Labyrinth Named School will be launching on Switch this coming September. A physical edition is also available for pre-order now at participating retailers v
News Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Will Get A Brand New Trailer Tomorrow
What will we see?
We'll be getting more information on Generation 9 tomorrow, Pokémon trainers. The Pokémon Company has announced that a brand new Pokémon Scarlet And Violet trailer will be dropping tomorrow, 1st June at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST / 3pm CET. This will be the first look at the upcoming Switch game since its announcement on...
News New Indie Game Funding Initiative, 'Bright Gambit', Introduces Its First Five Recipients
Including our fave, Lonesome Village!
A new indie funding initiative is on the rise: Bright Gambit, a collective of industry veterans that have come together to provide financial and industry support to indies that need it. Their announcement today covers the first five indie games to receive funding, and here's what Bright Gambit had to say about...
News Sonic Origins File Sizes For Standard, Digital Deluxe Versions Seemingly Revealed
Update: Digital Deluxe size is smaller
Update [Tue 31st May, 2022 12:45 BST] It seems like some wires have crossed between the My Nintendo Store and the eShop. The file size for Sonic Origins' Digital Deluxe edition is much smaller than what's recorded on the web version. Instead, the Digital Deluxe version comes in at a much more reasonable 3.8GB...
News AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative Reveals Brand New Somnium Features
And even more characters
With AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative launching next month, we're taking another dive into the minds of Spike Chunsoft to see what improvements are being made to the game. Unique to this detective game is the ability to dive into a character's "Somnium", a dream world where a person's memories manifest. You must...
News Horror Game 'MADiSON' Shines In First Switch Gameplay Trailer
Get your fresh underwear at the ready
Independent developer Bloodious Games is gearing up to launch its first-person horror title MADiSON on Switch in the coming weeks, with a physical edition due a month later (if you can wait!). We've yet to see any Switch-centric gameplay for the psychological horror, but that thankfully ends today, and boy is...
News Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II Switch File Size Seemingly Revealed
Make some space
During Star Wars Celebration last week, publisher and developer Aspyr announced it would be releasing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords on Nintendo Switch in June. It'll be arriving next week on June 8th, and ahead of the release, the game's file size has also been shared. According to a listing on Nintendo's...
News Local Party Brawler 'KnightOut' Catapults Onto Switch Later This Week
Knight takes rook
Love Angry Birds, but wish that you could chuck things at real people instead of fake pigs? Enter KnightOut, a local party game that's all about destroying your pals' hard work. You'll begin each match by building your castles, outfitting them with weapons and traps, and then in the next phase, you'll take it in turns to shoot...
News 'Pretty Girls Game Collection' Brings Four "Lewd Puzzlers" To Switch This Summer
Comes with free stylus!
A new physical bumper pack of four "lewd puzzlers" has been announced by publisher FunBox Media, including "exclusive nude" content and a branded stylus as part of the package. Pretty Girls Game Collection is now available for pre-order, and will release on Friday, 5th August. The collection includes: Pretty Girls Panic...
News Frigato: Shadows Of The Caribbean Will Bring Stealthy Pirates To Switch
"Command a crew of sea dogs"
The Switch has a good number of strategy games, but next year we'll get a real time strategy title - a subgenre a little less represented on Nintendo's system. Frigato: Shadows of the Caribbean is coming in 2023, developed by Mercat Games and published by Ultimate Games S.A., but will make its debut with a demo on 13th...
News Moonrise Fall Is An Intriguing Exploration Puzzle Game That Drops On Switch Soon
"A brain teaser-filled world"
The Switch eShop is home to plenty of interesting smaller games, a number of which slowly made their way across from Steam. Another one for the list is Moonrise Fall, developed by Made from Strings and originally released on Steam back in 2019; it hits the eShop on 3rd June. As you can see in the video above it has a...
News Nintendo Shares New Music Track For Splatoon 3, Have A Listen
Introducing Front Roe - "Sea Me Now"
Splatoon 3 will arrive on the Switch this September, and ahead of release, Nintendo has been building up excitement by sharing new information and footage of the game. Today is a little different though, with the reveal of a new in-game music track - "Sea Me Now" by the rock outfit, Front Roe (the song and title...
News Mario Strikers: Battle League Will Be Supported With Free Post-Launch Updates
Datamine hints at 10 additional characters
In case you missed it, Nintendo has announced it will be supporting the upcoming release Mario Strikers: Battle League with free post-launch updates, including new characters. It seems now we've got some additional information courtesy of Twitter user and dataminer 'Wipeoutjack7' - revealing the game's...
News Aspyr Is Bringing Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II To Switch This June
Includes The Sith Lords Restored content DLC
It's Star Wars Celebration this week - with the launch of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series and various other announcements. As part of this, Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games have today announced the 2004 game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on 8th...
News Vampire: The Masquerade Getting New York Double-Pack Physical Release "Soon"
Take a bite of the Big Apple
Vampire The Masquerade: The New York Bundle is a newly-announced physical double-pack of vampy games, both set in — you guessed it — New York City. (Can you imagine if they were set in, like, upstate New York? Suburban vampires? Maybe some day.) The double pack includes Coteries of New York and Shadows of New York,...
News Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Trailer Sees The Golden Deer Charge Into Action
The Leicester Alliance aren't upside down
We promised you we'd be back with another Fire Emblem Friday, didn't we? Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes' latest trailer features the third and final of the main three houses from Fire Emblem: Three Houses — The Golden Deer, led by the charismatic Claude von Riegan. The yellow banner follows the Blue...
Hands On Mario Strikers: Battle League Makes A Furiously Good First Impression
Where Mario can kick Yoshi in the face
Yep, we’ve only gone and played Mario Strikers: Battle League (Football) by invitation of Nintendo UK. We’re not boasting or anything, we just didn’t know how else to open the article. Fittingly, we had a good 90 minutes with the game and have been able to get a fairly decent idea of what we can expect...
News Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony Will Get An 'Extra Easy Mode' For Newcomers
Plain sailing
The upcoming remaster of Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony is due for launch worldwide on July 28th, 2022. As part of the release, the game will be getting an 'Extra Easy Mode' to help newcomers get to grips with the often tricky difficulty. Here's some more info on the announcement from publisher CFK: The higher the difficulty...
News 'The Hand Of Merlin' Looks Like Heaven For Fans Of Intricate Strategy
It's got turn-based combat, cards, AND difficult choices!
Early Access games can be scary — ever heard of "too many cooks", except all the cooks are gamers? — but they can also result in some lovingly-polished games that don't make it to Switch until they're really, really good. It sounds like The Hand of Merlin is one of those games, having...
News New Dragon Quest Treasures Teaser Drops For Series' 36th Anniversary
No platforms announced, but surely?
It's 27th May in Japan, which means the Dragon Quest series is celebrating its 36th anniversary! And to kick things off, Square Enix has dropped a brand new teaser for its previously announced spin-off, Dragon Quest Treasures. Revealed last year for the series' 35th anniversary, Dragon Quest
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R To Launch This September On Switch
It was me, remaster!
Grab your fate by the hands! Bandai Namco's upcoming JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R, a remaster of the PlayStation 3 beat 'em up based on the hugely popular anime and manga series of the same name, will be punching its way onto Switch on 2nd September! The game will feature all of the fighters that were available...
News Jack Move Is A Cyberpunk RPG With Traditional Turn-Based Mechanics
Coming later this year
If you're a fan of cyberpunk aesthetics and turn-based RPG combat, then the upcoming Jack Move may well be up your street. From publisher HypeTrain Digital and developer So Romantic, the game follows on from a Steam-only prologue called Jack Move: I.C.E Breaker, which reached an impressive 100K+ downloads with 95% positive...
News Nature Sim 'Cloud Gardens' Gets A New Release Date After A Short Delay
Phew!
Update: Thu 26th May, 2022 16:15 BST: Publisher Coatsink has provided an update on the release date of Cloud Gardens on Switch. After its indefinite delay due to a "minor backend issue", the game will now launch on June 16th, 2022. Hopefully, that will be the last delay! Original Article: Wed 11th May, 2022 09:45 BST The intriguing nature...
