No need for salt.
Just over a month after it disappeared from the Switch eShop, Triangle Strategy is available to buy once again on the storefront.
Square Enix announced earlier today that the HD-2D strategy RPG is back and ready for you to spend your hard-earned pennies (or gold points) on if you haven’t already.
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Back with a vengeance.
Those after a bit more Batman on the go might be in luck since it seems that Gotham Knights is still set for a couple of console releases, and speculation is already leaning in Switch 2’s favour (thanks, UniversoNintendo).
That is according to the LinkedIn resume of former QLOC Senior Programmer Łukasz Łoziński (spotted by YouTuber Doctre81), where the 2022 action game is still listed for two “unreleased platforms”. Łoziński lists his work on the Unreal Engine 4 “cpu/gameplay optimisation” for the PS5 version of the game, but he also claims to have done the same — as well as “lead, vulkan rendering” duties — on two further, unspecified platforms.
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Black and blue, not white and gold.
Fresh images of what looks to be the left Joy-Con controller from the upcoming ‘Switch 2’ hardware have been posted online, supposedly originating from China.
Hosted over on Reddit by ‘thisSubIsAtrocious‘ and subsequently shared all over social media, the Joy-Con sports the new magnetic rail with which to attach the controller to the main body of the Switch 2. In an effort to differentiate the hardware from the current Switch systems, it looks to be mainly black in colour, with the rail itself sporting a light blue.
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Battle of the Bandicoots.
Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl — the first of 2025, no less!
Last week, we matched up a pair of beauties from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (yep, we were shocked that we hadn’t covered it already too), and after a week of voting, the results came back with a clear winner. The classic gold variant from Europe and North America walked away with 66% of the vote and the win, leaving the hand-drawn Japanese design with the remaining 34%.
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Returning next week.
The former PlayStation Vita exclusive and action RPG Freedom Wars Remastered is launching next week on the Switch eShop and if you’re planning on downloading this one, you might be interested to know the file size.
According to Nintendo’s official website, it will require around 4.6 GB of free space on your system. If you want a physical copy, the option right now is to import the Japanese release. This particular version of the game will also contain English language support.
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Galarian Rapidash arrives.
The free-to-play MOBA Pokémon Unite is still adding new Pokémon and the next one joining the roster will be Galarian Rapidash.
This psychic/fairy-type evolves from a Galarian Ponyta and was originally introduced during the Pokémon Sword and Shield generation. This new pick in Unite is scheduled to join the fray on 23rd January 2025 – so later this month.
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Life comes at you slow.
Reformatted and revised with a couple of new additions. Enjoy!
If you’re looking for a change of pace and some welcome distraction from everyday life, few mediums offer such engrossing, ongoing escapism as video games. Even the best books have an ending, but some games can go on almost indefinitely and come to form a calming part of our daily routines.
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A fourth movie is already on the way.
Sonic’s movie career started as a nightmare but quickly turned around when the team behind the original live-action movie changed his look. It’s now morphed into three entire films and following the release of Sonic 3 late last month, this series has just hit another big-screen milestone.
According to Box Office Mojo data (via Reddit), the Sonic 3 movie has now made an estimated $280 million worldwide – and combined with previous sales of the franchise (close to $320 million for Sonic in 2020 and $405 million for Sonic 2 in 2022) this apparently makes it a billion-dollar movie franchise!
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With a special focus on “2D action games”.
2025 is just kicking off and various video game companies and industry figures have been sharing their plans for the year ahead.
As for the Japanese developer Inti Creates, it hopes to announce “several titles” this year. Unsurprisingly a major focus will be placed on its signature style “2D action games”. Here’s exactly what the CEO and president Takuya Aizu had to say about this in a new year message on social media:
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2024 marked a year-long celebration.
2024 is now over and that means the “Year of Shadow” and all of the celebrations related to the “Ultimate Lifeform” are winding down.
Sega originally announced this annual campaign in April 2024 and followed it up with all sorts of announcements, merchandise, and toys. Sonic fans got new Shadow-themed LEGO, toys, comics, and promotional events.
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