Category: Nintendo

Platforms also haven’t been confirmed.

After weeks of rumours, Xbox has finally confirmed that it will be bringing more Xbox exclusives to other consoles. What consoles, and what games, is anyone’s guess.

During today’s Official Xbox Podcast, the Head of Xbox and CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer confirmed that four titles that are currently exclusive to Xbox and PC will be coming to “other consoles”. Weirdly, the games haven’t been named, and Spencer is leaving it up to the developers behind those games to make the announcements.

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Everything we’ve scored 9/10 or higher.

What’s that? Another Switch eShop sale, you say? Oh why not, let’s have it.

Yes, Nintendo’s back with another sale, and this time it’s knocking off up to 70% from a whole bunch of eShop games (though we’ve spotted quite a few higher discounts) . Dubbed the ‘Play On Sale’, it’ll last until 25 February, 2024, so you’ve only got ten days at the time of writing to make the most of some awesome bargains.

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Check out the launch trailer.

Whitehorn Digital is bringing the narrative mail simulator Lake to Nintendo Switch — and it’s out today, 15th February for $19.99 / £17.99 on the eShop.

Lake focuses on Meredith, a woman in her 40s who takes a well-deserved vacation from her big city job and returns to her hometown of Providence Oaks in Oregon. To help her pass the time, Meredith fills in for her father’s mail carrier job, which allows her to reconnect with friends and form new relationships in the beautiful lakeside town.

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Pre-orders are now open.

After being revealed at the end of last year, SelectaPlay has today announced that the stunning Collector’s Edition physical of Blasphemous 2 will be slashing our way on 29th May.

Pre-orders for this beefy bundle are now available through select retailers (including Amazon) for £86.99. Yes, this does seem like a pretty hefty price tag, but there are a lot of goodies included in this one.

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And there’s also some new DLC.

The sandbox game Minecraft continues to expand and the latest reveal is a new hostile mob. It’s called “The Bogged” and is a new poison skeleton mob that will be added in the upcoming 1.21 Update. It’s available now in testing as well.

Here’s a bit about it from the official announcement, along with a look in the video above:

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Gotta roll fast.

You might have seen our sibling site Time Extension talking about a new Sonic-style Kickstarter project known as Rollin’ Rascal. The upcoming 3D platformer developed by Curiomatic was already locked in for PC and as of this week, it’s now been officially confirmed for the Nintendo Switch.

This is all thanks to the Kickstarter project reaching its 100k stretch goal. Here’s the official announcement and artwork:

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Metal as…

If you’ve been finding platformers to be a bit on the, shall we say, chill side, then you might want to keep an eye on Krimson, launching on the Switch eShop on 21 March, 2024.

Described as a ‘gritty, heart-pounding journey through a nightmarish hellscape’, Krimson sees you navigate a series of frankly ridiculous environments that pulse and move in time with the music. You must keep in time with the beat if you’re to survive, but judging from the trailer, you’ll also need sharp eyes to keep track of everything that’s going on.

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Is 2024 the year we finally get it?

You read the headline correctly — Hollow Knight: Silksong was officially revealed to the world five years ago today, on 14th February 2019.

The sequel to Hollow Knight, Silksong follows your rival-turned-friend Hornet, who is captured and taken to the kingdom of Pharloom, where she must escape and reach the top of the kingdom to find a “shining citadel”. Hornet’s adventure was originally planned as DLC for the acclaimed indie hand-drawn Metroidvania, but developer Team Cherry eventually expanded it into a full-blown sequel.

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‘Rebel Transmute’ launches next month.

Publisher Jandusoft has announced that Rebel Transmute will launch on the Nintendo Switch on 14 March, 2024.

If you’re unfamiliar with the title, it’s a pixel art Metroidvania that takea a few cues from the likes of Metroid and Axiom Verge in which you explore a vast world filled with weird and wonderful creatures that you’ll need to blast to smithereens. Lovely.

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“What’s here is generally very well done”.

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered arrives on the Switch this week and the tech experts at Digital Foundry have already got a video up about the performance and frame rate across each system.

In case you missed it, the Switch version of this remaster runs at a native 1080p and 60 frames per second in docked, and 720p at 60 frames per second in portable mode. Digital Foundry also notes how it did not encounter a single frame rate hiccup, so it really is a silky smooth and “near perfect” experience in terms of performance.

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