Strategy, RPGs, and penguins galore!
The Future Games Show returns once again for its third showcase of the year, which as always, takes place at Gamescom.
Hosted by Alex McKenna (Sadie Adler from Red Dead Redemption 2) and Ned Luke (Michael De Santa from Grand Theft Auto V), there were over 50 games on show. And while Switch offerings were on the slight side, there’s a better showing here than last night’s ONL.
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Money where your Meowth is.
We know that the ‘Switch 2’ is real. We know an announcement is coming this fiscal year. We know “Switch successor” is the most accurate description of it. All of the other big details — what form it will take, how big it will be, whether it will finally give us that flipping Wind Waker port — are all up to speculation and analysis for the time being.
Take, perhaps, one of the biggest questions of them all: How much will ‘Switch 2’ cost? In the absence of an official announcement, we still have no idea, but that hasn’t stopped certain analysts from throwing out predictions and it won’t stop us from looking to the past to try and determine the future.
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One for Mii, please.
When the Nintendo Museum opens up on 2nd October 2024, we’re sure a bunch of fans will be piling through the doors, eager to get a look at all of the beautiful exhibits and play with the interactive stations. But, if you’re one of the lucky ones who manages to snag a ticket, there will be a delightful little surprise even before you enter the museum.
Spotted by Nintendo Wire, your unique entry ticket — if you get one, that is! — will show your Mii on the front. That’s a superb little touch, especially given that you need a Nintendo account to grab tickets to the museum.
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Latest entry launches February 2025.
The upcoming Switch title Sid Meier’s Civilization VII was confirmed to launch for Switch on February 11th 2025 during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase. It’s also been revealed that the in-game narrator will be none other than English actor Gwendoline Christie.
Christie has become pretty well-known in recent years thanks in large part to her exceptional role as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones. She also played the underutilised Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, and more recently appeared in TV shows such as Wednesday and The Sandman.
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Could an announcement be on the way?
Following the release of Gothic Classic and Gothic II Classic on the Nintendo Switch, it looks like the third entry in the fantasy-themed open-world RPG series is also coming to the Nintendo Switch in the future.
A new (and now removed) rating for Gothic 3 Classic has been spotted on the ESRB. Below is a look, courtesy of Gematsu. It will be rated ‘T’ for teen and contains “blood and gore, language, mild suggestive themes, use of drugs and violence”.
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She also played Chun-Li and Major from Ghost in the Shell.
There’s some incredibly sad news coming out of Japan today about the passing of Atsuko Tanaka – the voice actor behind many major video game and anime roles. This was revealed by her son Hikaru Tanaka on social media – with Oricon News noting how she was 61 years of age.
Some of her most notable roles included the voice of Bayonetta in the Japanese version of the game, Chun-Li from the Street Fighter series, Lara Croft, and the protagonist of the famous anime series Ghost in the Shell, Motoko “The Major” Kusanagi. In addition to this, she played characters from games and anime like NieR Replicant (Kaine), Devil May Cry (Trish) and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Lisa Lisa).
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Update: Nintendo has released two new amiibo trailers.
Update #2 :
Following last month’s reveal of new Splatoon 3 amiibo, Nintendo has now released two new trailers in Japan, giving fans a sneak peek of these figures in-game. You can take a look in the trailers below. Once again, they’ll be launching locally next month on 5th September 2024.
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A quiet show for Switch.
Gamescom: Opening Night Live 2024 has been and gone, and it was a pretty eventful show… if you have multiple consoles!
We knew going in things would be light for the Nintendo Switch — it’s in its eighth year, after all! But Nintendo is also skipping the event. Zelda is coming soon folks, don’t worry…
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Here’s the first gameplay trailer.
We were more than a bit surprised when Sid Meier’s Civilization VII was confirmed to be coming to Switch at Summer Game Fest 2024. And at Gamescom, we found out when we can expect to play the game on all consoles — 11th February 2025.
Debuting alongside the release date was the first-look at the gameplay, nd it looks absolutely stunning. Of course, we don’t have Switch footage yet — and we’re sort of staggered that they’ll be able to squeeze the game onto the console — but hopefully it’ll look nice on the hybrid console. Well, we’ll find out early next year.
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Includes interviews with Suda51 and Shinji Mikami.
Book publisher Lost in Cult has announced it will be launching a comprehensive book celebrating Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture.
Written by Blake Hester and clocking in at over 400 pages, Kill the Past: 25 Years of Grasshopper Manufacture will launch in Q2/Q3 2025 with pre-orders available now until 18th October 2024.
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