Canari Games, the studio behind 2023’s fantastic cinematic platformer Lunark, revealed an adorable Link’s Awakening-inspired adventure earlier this year. Back then, the game was only confirmed for PC, but today, the developer has revealed that the game is indeed coming to Switch — and soon!
Castaway launches on Nintendo Switch and all other platforms on 16th August 2024 and will only set you back USD $7.99 / GBP £6.99. In the game, you play as Martin, an adventurer who crash-lands on an island. His pet soon gets kidnapped (pet-napped?) and he has to go and save him.
MLB The Show 24 is gearing up to be your source for all things All-Star. From the Futures Game and Skills Showcase to the 2024 Draft, Home Run Derby, and All-Star Game, you can count on finding all-new content, including Programs, Moments, and Missions that let you relive some of the biggest plays from All-Star Week, as well as plenty of brand-new player items featuring some of the biggest 2024 All-Star athletes. So be sure to pick up those sticks and get into a game with MLB The Show 24 during All-Star Week to experience All-Star excitement from the comfort of your own home.
Team Affinity Season 2: Chapter 2
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Diamond Dynasty* rolls out the red carpet in Team Affinity Season 2: Chapter 2 as we celebrate the 2024 All-Stars!
Find 2024 All-Star Series players like Marcus Semien, Juan Soto, Christian Yelich, and one player from each of the 30 MLB clubs in TA S2:C2. Play different single and multiplayer** modes to earn the player card rewards in the six division programs.
Complete 2024 All-Star content, including missions for PXP, multiplayer stats, and more, to start earning TA points towards progression in each division reward path. Other ways to earn All-Stars in Team Affinity include exchanging players from your inventory. Plus, play the fan-favorite single-player mode – Conquest – where you grow your fanbase on a map to take over opposing teams in 3-inning games against the CPU.
Earn extra TA progress by delivering in the clutch during key games in March to October. If you’re up for a difficult challenge, try your hand at the Optional Extreme Moments featuring the Bosses in some of the most exhilarating plays of their careers. Start playing today to earn those shining All-Stars for your Diamond Dynasty squad.
Attending All-Star Week
If you’re in Arlington, TX, attending the 2024 All-Star Week festivities, be sure to stop by the MLB The Show booth to learn about current and future game content, and play games with friends and other attendees for a chance to take home some MLB The Show prizes.
Hall of Fame programs
For an encore to All-Star Week festivities, get ready to honor the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 in MLB The Show 24! Relive various moments from Adrian Beltre’s, Todd Helton’s, and Joe Mauer’s careers through their own Hall of Fame programs, arriving on July 21 in Diamond Dynasty mode. As you experience their journeys and complete moments and missions, you will unlock a Diamond 99 OVR version of each new Hall of Famer.
*Internet connection required to play Diamond Dynasty mode and for content updates. **Console-specific online multiplayer subscription required.
Official Nintendo Switch Joy Cons aren’t discounted very often, but Walmart is bucking that trend. Walmart is offering the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Bundled with Super Mario Party for only $69. This bundle usually retails for $99, and the cost goes up even more if you were to purchase each item separately. It was originally part of Walmart’s larger sale that competed with Amazon Prime Day. That sale has now ended, but this deal is one of few that are still avaialble. We are pretty certain that Amazon will not match or beat this deal on Prime Day proper.
Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons + Super Mario Party for $69
This bundle includes a pair of Nintendo Joy-Con controllers and the Super Mario Party game. The Nintendo Joy-Con controllers are functionally identical to the ones that came with your Switch console. A nice bonus is that the Joy-Cons are decked out in a colorway that’s exclusive to this bundle; there isn’t any other easy way to secure a pair of Mario Red and Mario Blue controllers.
Anyone who owns a Nintendo Switch console should be familiar with the Joy-Con controllers. The Joy-Cons are unlike any other controller on the market. There are three ways to use them; connected to the Switch console, separated with each Joy-Con as its own controller, and combined into a gamepad with the Joy-Con grip that came with your console. They have a lot of fun features like a built-in accelerometer, gyro sensor, independent motion controls,. HD rumble, and NFC touchpoint for amiibo compatibility. Most 3rd party controllers don’t support amiibos at all.
The included Super Mario Party game is the definitive party choice for the Nintendo Switch, with up to 80 mini games that take full advantage of the quirky tech of the Switch controllers to keep things feeling fresh. The game supports up to four players, and in most cases a single Joy-Con controller is needed for each player. That means, alongside your original Joy-Con controllers, this bundle is all you need to max out the player count in Super Mario Party.
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In a brief teaser today, the official Call of Duty account revealed both the crossover and the release date for Season 5, but stopped short of showing exactly what the crossover entails.
At the very end of the teaser, we see silouettes of what appear to be multiple wrestlers, though it’s unclear exactly who. But a lack of details hasn’t stopped fans from speculating. The community is throwing out their guesses: could we be getting skins for wrestlers like Roman Reigns? Cody Rhodes? Seth Rollins? Rhea Ripley? John Cena? There are tons of exciting possibilities here. And it’s not clear just yet if the wrestling ring in the teaser will make an appearance or, if so, how.
Earlier today, the International Olympic Committee announced that the first-ever Olympic Esports Games will take place in Saudi Arabia in 2025.
In its announcement, the IOC revealed that the Olympic Esports Games is part of the organization’s 12-year partnership with the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia. However, the particular details for the Olympic Esports Games, such as its city, date, qualifications for prospective players, and game titles, have yet to be hashed out.
“As a ‘first’ ever Esports Olympic Games, obviously there is still much to consider and plan with the IOC, but we are committed to hosting a special event that respects and celebrates the Olympic values while boldly seizing the momentum to drive esports forward with the international platform the sport and its athletes deserve,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee said. “The world will have an open invitation to join us in 2025 and celebrate this moment together.“
“We are very fortunate to be able to work with the Saudi NOC on the Olympic Esports Games, because it has great – if not unique – expertise in the field of esports with all its stakeholders. The Olympic Esports Games will greatly benefit from this experience,” IOC President Thomas Bach wrote. “By partnering with the Saudi NOC we have also ensured that the Olympic values are respected, in particular, with regard to the game titles on the programme, the promotion of gender equality and engagement with the young audience, which is embracing esports.”
In its announcement, the IOC also revealed plans for the International Federation and the National Olympic Committees’ “e-version” of sports to include in the Olympic Esports Games. According to Engadget, this edict coincides with the organization’s esports “trial event” from last year, which saw athletes compete in Gran Turismo, Just Dance, and Fortnite.
While the Olympic Esports Games’ games have yet to be announced, the IOC is reportedly eying partnerships with prominent video game publishers like Epic Games, Capcom, and Riot Games to have Rocket League, Street Fighter, and League of Legends take part in the inaugural event, according to L’Equipe.
While the announcement of the first-ever Olympic Esports Games comes as an exciting surprise to gamers around the world, it also comes with a bit of dissent. Particularly with Saudi Arabia’s controversial human rights record, which includes allegations of unjust treatment of women and members of the LGBTQ community.
This isn’t the first time Saudi Arabia has invested heavily in the gaming sphere. Back in 2021, Prince Mohammed bin Salman invested over $3 billion in Take-Two, EA, and Activision Blizzard. As of 2022, Mohammed bin Salman’s Electronic Gaming Development Company has 96.18 percent of King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Samurai Shodown developer SNK’s company shares, according to The Verge.
Persona has become one of the most recognisable RPG series of the modern era. Starting life as a Shin Megami Tensei spin-off in 1996 with Revelations: Persona on PS1, Persona took a while to reach a wider audience. A shift in tone, some more slice-of-life and school elements, and a gradual upgrade and explosion in style and aesthetics put Atlus’ turn-based RPG series on the map. It’s far eclipsed SMT in popularity nowadays, with Persona 5 being one of the most recognisable games in the genre.
While Shin Megami Tensei has a storied history with the Big N, Persona took much longer to make the jump to Nintendo systems. A few years of spin-offs on the 3DS and Switch paved the way for Persona 5 Royal and, eventually, the other “modern” Persona games to come to Switch.
We can hardly believe at Antstream Arcade HQ that it’s been twelve months since Antstream gloriously returned to Xbox owners. Now, from the comfort of the sofa, controller in hand, anyone with this modern console can enjoy hundreds of retro games. What’s more, Antstream Arcade’s constant commitment to bringing a variety of games to fans means downloading Antstream Arcade to your console instantly brings over ten new retro systems to your fingertips.
Still on the fence about Antstream Arcade? Since the service returned to Xbox, we’ve added dozens of games; here are ten of our favourites across ten different systems, making Antstream Arcade a whole gaming history inside your console!
System: Arcade
Game: Kung-Fu Master
From the arcades of the mid-eighties comes this classic scrolling brawler from Irem. Heavily inspired by the movies of Bruce Lee and the Jackie Chan comedy “Wheels On Meals”, Kung-Fu Master is the tale of Thomas and his battle to rescue his girlfriend, Sylvia, from the clutches of the evil Mr X. Playable and intense, Kung-Fu Master was a refreshing smash in the arcades back in the eighties and set a new template for the beat-em-up genre. Now, you can play it on the Xbox via Antstream Arcade.
Ant-ernative: The Age Of Heroes: Silkroad 2 is another superb addition to Antstream Arcade’s arcade library.
System: Atari 8-Bit
Game: Henry’s House
Like his peer Miner Willy, Henry lives in a bizarre house full of deadly creatures and everyday items. Our hero just wants to shrink back into his bed, but he needs to clean up all the mess, and he’s been literally shrunk, making his house even deadlier. Loosely based upon the recently-born Prince Harry, Henry’s House is a challenging platform game with a twist.
Ant-ernative: Henry’s House – on the Commodore 64!
System: Commodore 64
Game: Way of The Exploding Fist
It’s time to break out the crunching punches and high-flying kicks with this famous beat-‘em-up from down under. A complex set of athletic moves is at your disposal in Fist, from the gut-wrenching mid-punch to a low sweep and the dramatic round-house kick. Way Of The Exploding Fist is a C64 game that’s as playable today as it was almost 40 years ago.
Ant-ernative: Battle Yaemon, the Grand Master of Flame in Gremlin’s gamebook adaptation, Avenger: Way of The Tiger II.
System: Commodore Amiga
Game: First Samurai
Vivid Image’s brilliant Eastern adventure is another recent addition to Antstream Arcade. The player is the titular swordsman thrust across time in pursuit of the evil Demon King. Fast-paced, beautiful, and smooth, this technically impressive effort by Mev Dinc and his team is the perfect slice of Amiga gaming.
Ant-ernative: Take on the Demon King again in Second Samurai.
System: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Game: Nightshade
The violent Sutekh has Metro City in his vice-like grip. The city’s heroic defender, Vortex, is vanquished. Up steps the mysterious Nightshade, ready to track down and foil Sutekh in this remarkable platform/point-and-click hybrid. First, however, he needs to free himself from his chair, preferably before that fizzing bomb goes off…
Ant-ernative: Explore a magical 8-bit kingdom as a famous 18th century author in the fantastic homebrew NES game, Jane Austen’s 8-Bit Adventures.
System: Nintendo Game Boy
Game: BurgerTime Deluxe
This renowned arcade platformer got a smart handheld upgrade in 1991, and you can play BurgerTimeDeluxe on Antstream Arcade now! Chef Peter Pepper stars once more as the under-fire cook, and this Game Boy game features most of the gameplay that made the original such a compulsive experience, now with greater variety in its levels.
Ant-ernative: Another arcade-to-handheld upgrade: Super Hunchback
System: Sega Mega Drive
Game: Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Welcome to the manic, vicious and violent world of Speedball! Based in spirit on the 1975 James Caan movie, “Rollerball”, Speedball 2 is one of the finest futuristic sports games of all time. The objective is simple: catch and throw the ball into the opposition’s goal. But watch out: the other team is likely to slide tackle or even punch your players – all within the game’s rules!
Ant-ernative: Super Kick Off. More football, less violence.
System: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Game: Saboteur!
Clive Townsend’s heady mix of ninjas and James Bond is a true ZX Spectrum legend that we’re honoured to host on Antstream Arcade. Your task as the eponymous mercenary is to infiltrate the enemy HQ and steal a set of computer disks before escaping in a helicopter. Free-roaming and boasting huge graphics, Saboteur! has rightly become revered among 8-bit fans.
Ant-ernative: You can also play the C64 and Amstrad CPC versions of Saboteur! on Antstream Arcade.
System: Sony PlayStation
Game: Glover
Gaming decisively entered the third dimension in the nineties with the advent of powerful new consoles such as the PlayStation. Antstream Arcade is proud to present one of the finest arcade adventures on the Sony machine, the story of a cute four-fingered glove named Glover, who’s on a mission to collect lost crystals and restore his kingdom to its former glory.
Ant-ernative: Re-Loaded. Slightly less cute 3D action.
System: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Game: Rival Turf!
Fans of Final Fight and Streets of Rage will find plenty to get their pulses going in this scrolling brawler from Jaleco. In a totally unoriginal development, rival gang The Street Kings has kidnapped your girlfriend Heather, forcing Jack and his friend Oozie to take to the streets to get her back. Punch and kick past a horde of dangerous gang members before facing off against their leader, Big Al. Let’s fight!
Ant-ernative: Brawl Brothers, also from Jaleco.
To keep up to date with all things Antstream Arcade, check us out on Discord, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) @AntstreamArcade. Pick up Antstream Arcade on Xbox today.
Your ultimate gaming arcade is here with over 1300 classic games from the 80s, 90s, and 00s. Get a full year’s access to the world’s largest official retro gaming catalog of games. Antstream Arcade gives you unrestricted access to some of the best games ever made and new games are added every month. Feel the nostalgia by playing games from your childhood or discover new gems you never knew existed. Experience a world of gaming in a new way with:
* Over 600 original mini-game challenges, with new challenges every month. Take on your friends or the global leaderboards, or just try to earn gold in your favorite games.
* Participate in global weekly tournaments. Take on the world and show everyone your elite gaming skills.
* Set a community challenge with Giant Slayer. Take on the global community of retro gamers by setting a high score and challenging them to beat it. Will the community slay your score or will you be a giant amongst them?
* Pick up that second controller and enjoy some classic couch co-op action with some of the best Beat’em ups, Shmups, Fighters, Platformers, and more at your fingertips.
* Save your game at any point and pick up where you left off. Multiple people playing the same game? No problem, you have 4 save slots on every game to play with and a continue to pick up wherever you left off.
* Leave your mark by immortalizing yourself in the high score table of any game or challenge.
* Challenge a friend in Duel. Play any challenge and see if they can beat you.
Antstream Arcade is the largest Retro Gaming platform with the biggest catalog of classic games that can be streamed straight to you. The Arcade is constantly being updated with new games, challenges, features, and game modes. This purchase gives you a full year’s access and can be extended with 1-year subscription.
Last week, we players to travel the world through their favorite games, and highlight real-life tourist locations using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:
call_me_xavii shares Aloy taking in the Golden Gate Bridge in Horizon Forbidden West.
BBSnakeCornshares Ellie navigating the Seattle public transit system in The Last of Us Part II.
Amianan_NiRaGuBshares the Palace of the Green Dome in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
krazydriver88shares Delsin gazing up at the Space Needle in inFAMOUS Second Son.
gra_o_pada shares Deacon looking out at Wizard Island in Days Gone.
Couch_Gamer2k23shares Jin riding through the beautiful forests on the island of Tsushima in Ghost of Tsushima.
Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week?
THEME: Sailing SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on July 17, 2024
Next week, get your towels ready, it’s about to go down. Share moments sailing on a boat in the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.
Mithril Interactive have announced that their (deep, rasping breath) first-person player-versus-player-versus-enemy dungeon crawler extraction sim (FPPvPvEDCES) Dungeonborne will launch into early access on Thursday July 18th. Here are some more intuitive, albeit no more elegant, ways of summarising what you do in Dungeonborne than “FPPvPvEDCES”: sword go clang, goblin go eek, treasure chest go jingle-jangle, other player go stab-in-the-back.
