“First come, first served”.
We’re getting closer to the Switch 2 and Nintendo has now revealed its plans for the launch events at its stores in the US.
If you’re planning on heading to either the Nintendo New York store or the newly-opened San Francisco store, you’re going to want to show up on June 4th. Entry to both events is “first come, first served”.
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Others are “at risk” of losing jobs.
A handful of staff at UK-based studio Playtonic, best known for creating Yooka-Laylee and for forming the indie publishing label Playtonic Friends, are sharing messages on social media as they have been made “redundant” at the developer.
We were first alerted to the news by a Bluesky post from former community manager Steve James, who left the company just two weeks ago (on his own terms).
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Ready to join the Shuten Order?
Here we go, then — after last week’s teaser, we now know that Shuten Order, the next game from Danganronpa creator and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy‘s co-director Kazutaka Kodaka is launching on 5th September 2025. The Steam page went live earlier today (thanks Wario64) with a trailer and some screenshots.
While publisher Spike Chunsoft has yet to drop the news itself, it has been teasing an official reveal on its YouTube channel, with the latest video saying “2 remaining”. Sounds like Steam went live a little early. Thankfully, Gematsu has uploaded the trailer for us.
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Nobody was hurt in their confusion.
Pokémon scalpers going to insane lengths just to secure a new card collection isn’t anything new, but this story might just be the craziest we’ve heard for a while (thanks for the heads up, Polygon).
Reddit user Expensive_Age_3406 took to the r/GameStop group last weekend to share their experience of trying to nab the latest Prismatic Evolutions Super Premium Collection — a new bundle spun out from the immensely popular Eevee-focused set. As we’re sure you can imagine, it doesn’t sound like the most pleasant experience.
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First look at the all-important prices.
Earlier this month, LEGO lifted the lid on a fresh batch of upcoming Mario sets featuring a whole bunch of familiar faces. Today, those sets have finally cropped up online, giving us a closer look at the builds as well as the all-important price and release date.
The big news is that all of the following sets will launch on the LEGO website on 1st August 2025. The bigger news is that it finally sees the debut of LEGO Wario (bum chin and all). There’s also MiniFig debuts for Captain Toad, Mario Wonder‘s Prince Florian and a Wonder Flower-ed Bowser Jr.
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Just in time for Switch 2.
The Switch 2 generation is making updates and changes all over the shop, but one of the major talking points has been the redesign of Donkey Kong. He’s sporting a new look in Mario Kart World and the new release Donkey Kong Bananza and as we found out last week, Diddy Kong is also getting a slight refresh.
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The Wii adventure lives on.
Good Smile Company has announced it will be bringing back a pair of Metroid: Other M figures, which were originally released in 2012 and 2016.
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Blade of glory.
When Onimusha: Warlords launched for Switch all the way back in 2019, we had optimistically assumed that its sequel would be right around the corner. How naïve. A bit of patience has been required, but now, more than six years later, Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny has finally been given the same remaster treatment. We can’t be too mad at the long wait, mind you; with Capcom looking to fully revive the series with Onimusha: Way of the Sword in 2026, now might be the best time to remind players of what could well be the best entry.
In terms of what’s new with the Switch remaster, you can look to the original for a pretty solid benchmark. Visuals have been given a nice boost, and while there are no enhancements here akin to what the Resident Evil franchise has enjoyed in the past, the bump up to HD is still pretty nice. Certain areas can look a little muddy in handheld mode, but it’s a fine-looking game for the most part, bolstered by strong art design.
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Neo City showcased in new trailer.
We’ve got another new trailer from Sega and Lizardcube of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, the upcoming brand new 2D action platformer in the long-running Shinobi series.
Today, we’re getting a look at Neo City, a neon-lit industrial city where danger lurks in the shadows; this is the second locale we’ve seen after Oboro Village, which dropped on the official Sega channel last week (and in Asia back in April).
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Along with ‘The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow’ and ‘Immortality’.
Lost in Cult has confirmed that its upcoming physical games label will kick off with three tantalising titles; two of which will be available on the Switch.
The three games are Thank Goodness You’re Here, The Excavation Of Hob’s Barrow, and Immortality (PS5). All will be available mass market via standard editions, but Lost in Cult is also releasing a line of limited editions known as, uh… ‘EDITIONS’.
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