“Join us on August 21”.
Cult of the Lamb was one of the indie highlights of 2022 and since its successful launch on the Switch last updates, it’s received multiple updates and even DLC.
The next batch that’s been teased is a collaboration with the ‘Don’t Starve‘ series. Here’s the line attached to the latest trailer: “The portal has opened but will the Lamb survive?”. This update, whatever it happens to be, is dropping early next week on 21st August.
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Pre-orders open next month.
If you’ve been holding out for a physical version of the 2019 Switch release Castle Crashers Remastered, today is your lucky day!
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A real gunslinger.
Red Dead Redemption is out on the Switch eShop today — with a physical release coming later in the year. There’s been controversy around the port’s price point and concerns over the game’s quality (given the state of the GTA Trilogy‘s launch…), so what is this port like?
We’ll have a review of the Switch version of the game out soon here at Nintendo Life, but in the meantime, the venerable Felix over on our YouTube channel pulled a fast draw on the eShop and rode into the Wild West today to check out just how Rockstar’s critically acclaimed Western runs on the console.
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Whoever wins, we all win.
2023, eh? What a year for games.
We’ve still got several months to go before we say hello to 2024 but during internal discussions between the Nintendo Life team, we’ve all acknowledged that 2023 may go down as one of the best years in gaming history, proudly standing alongside the likes of 1998 and 2007.
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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood! Die After Sunset!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Quake II (Bethesda, 10th Aug, $9.99) – Originally developed in 1997, Quake II is a first-person shooter that built on its predecessor by introducing a new science fiction narrative and setting. Experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of Quake II, now with high-definition widescreen support, enhanced models and cinematics, improved enemy animations, the original heavy rock soundtrack and more. Quake II is available now. – Read our Quake II review
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Temtempting.
Developer Crema has today released a brand new update for the Pokémon-inspired MMO Temtem, bringing the game up to ver.1.4.2.
While this latest update does tackle some bugs that had been flagged by the community in recent months, the biggest changes this time around appear to be in balancing the ‘Tems’ themselves. 59 different in-game creatures have been tweaked in this patch, with attack powers, HP and skills being changed accordingly.
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Here’s what the critics think.
Red Dead Redemption isn’t the only big release arriving on the Switch this week. One other game that’s well worth a look is the roguelike shoot ’em up Vampire Survivors, which originally made its debut on Windows and Xbox platforms last year.
Now, this indie success story has finally made its way across to Nintendo’s hybrid platform, so how does this version hold up? Firstly, here’s a bit from our own review here on Nintendo Life, where we awarded it an “excellent” nine out of ten stars:
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“Maybe one day”.
Developer Sabotage Studio launches its new RPG Sea of Stars on the Switch later this month, and while it’s got its hands full right now with this upcoming release, it hopes to possibly revisit its 2D platformer / Metroidvania title The Messenger.
Speaking to Game Informer, Thierry Boulanger mentioned how “there’s more to be told” about The Messenger, and “that specific arc” and “maybe one day” it could be returned to.
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Get ready for another “world premiere”.
Ahead of Opening Night Live at Gamescom next week, the show’s host Geoff Keighley has teased a “world premiere” for the upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 1.
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon will apparently be taking to the stage for this reveal. Although nothing else is attached to this latest update, it’s expected to be another character reveal – with the Mortal Kombat 1 social account sharing the following line alongside this announcement:
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Give it away, give it away now.
We’ve all done it. Whether through necessity to fund a new purchase or streamlining our collection during a spring clean, we’ve all sold, traded, donated, or just given away a game or console at some point and then wished we hadn’t.
Sometimes cold hard cash was required, other times we were just in a different mindset or feeling particularly altruistic towards our fellow gamers — and a broken heart has caused us all to do things we later regretted. When am I ever going to want that again?
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