Bubble Ghost! Shadow of the Orient! I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream!
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!
Switch eShop – New Releases
Alice in Dinerland(Marginalact, 27th Mar, $9.99) – Alive in Dinerland is a gripping garden game. Alice dropped through the rabbit hole, but in the end, she found herself in the role of a small diner owner. Now she needs to plant and grow some food to feed cute rabbits from the Dinerland. In this cozy building game, you will: Features:- Build your own diner. – Plant a lot of different foods like tomatoes, pumpkins, carrots and more. – Travel through the Dinerland world, going between procedurally generated locations. – Fight characters from the original novel. – Craft weapons, hats, and glasses. – Meet some friends and foes.
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for March 31 to April 4
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Interact with Beryl, investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, and find your way out of a strange-looking room!
Strategically choose from a variety of buffs and spend coins to unlock up to 15 frogs with unique gear and armaments. Increase movement speed, max out weapon power, and take advantage of other enhancements. As you earn permanent upgrades, additional challenging stages become available. Can you survive them all?
Little Ant Adventure is a charming 2D platformer where you guide a brave ant through three vibrant worlds filled with traps, enemies, and challenges. With 15 hand-crafted levels, hand-drawn animations, and an immersive soundtrack, even the smallest hero can overcome great obstacles!
A retro pixel art platformer that delivers intense action and precise challenges. With stylized, green-toned visuals, it captures the essence of classic games as you control a swift ninja trying to escape from a deadly dungeon filled with traps. Use your sword to defeat enemies and your dash to evade deadly hazards. Quick reflexes and precision are essential to survive in this unforgiving world.
Show everyone who is the best in polygon shape in games and collect all the unique pictures in the one poly artbook! All you need is to swipe to rotate the poly puzzle and find the correct angle at which the figure will be complete. Create unique poly art masterpieces and challenge yourself inside a polysphere world!
After waking up with amnesia, Alex Thorn finds herself lost and confused in a room she doesn’t recognize. A weird flashback tells her that she somehow has been robbing casinos with a mysterious criminal known as The Silent Ace. The police are now on her tracks, and The Silent Ace is about to rob the biggest casino in town: The Sol Dorado.
Play a middle-aged pathologist whose life has taken a turn for the worse. After a career downfall and the loss of your beloved wife, you live each day shattered and exhausted. One day during a routine post-mortem, you find a relic of your past hidden inside a body. Now, it feels like something just won’t let go…
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Bee Flowers, a delightful puzzle game where you guide busy bees through hexagonal grids to pollinate vibrant fields of flowers. With its relaxing mechanics and progressively challenging puzzles, the game offers the perfect blend of strategy and serenity.
An atmospheric walking simulator where you must look and listen. Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it’s something different. For some it’s a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation. One thing is certain however: everyone will have to answer one big question.
A horde of horrible monsters is attacking your kingdom. Build your towers fast and survive all the waves. If arrows or stones are not enough, use elements to your advantage and slay them all. Build towers on the free spots and they will automatically attack monsters that come near them. Use different combinations of towers and elements to your advantage. If you still feel pressured, use spells and upgrade your towers to maximum.
Embrace the excitement of the world’s favorite sport in Sociable Soccer 25, appearing on Xbox for the very first time this season. With its vast array of features, extensive real-world player roster and intuitive gameplay, the game sets the stage for a footballing adventure like no other.
Get ready for an amazing adventure on an alien planet, full of dangers, puzzles and unexpected allies in the game Alien Cat Story. Only you can help the cat fix his ship and leave this dangerous world.
Winter is coming, and Chippy, the cleverest squirrel in the forest, needs to stash his precious acorns! In Chippy’s Stash, a charming tile-based puzzle game, you must help Chippy push acorns into hollow tree stumps, overcoming obstacles that will test your wit and strategy.
A mix of horror and first-person puzzler. You are trapped inside a cabin deep in the forest, and its owner offers to play a computer game in exchange for freedom. But the cabin and the game are much more connected than you might think. Traps from the game begin to appear in reality, and your actions in the cabin affect the computer game. And very soon you realize that the stake in this game is your life!
In this big, dark world, you’re a little stickman with a huge mission. Get ready to ignite the excitement and light your way through an epic adventure! Light up each figure, bringing it to life with vibrant colors. Get ready to test your reflexes and agility as you navigate through this colorful world of shapes and light!
The universe is vast and filled with adventures, mysteries to solve, and enemies to fight… who knows, you might even meet a few friendly faces along the way. Better yet, invite up to three of your friends to join you in the split-screen local co-op mode because it’s always more exciting with friends!
An intense and immersive game experience where you take on the role of an Observer tasked with guarding the Motherbase of the Project 13 Organization. Your mission is clear: prevent any “Observator Prisoner”, each potentially containing a dangerous anomaly, from infiltrating the Project 13 Headquarters. Equipped with a high-tech binocular, your keen observation skills are the key to success.
The Renovator: Origins is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysterious world of art, where each exhibit contains the mysteries and secrets of its era and its creator. The game will immerse you in the past and another world that is behind the paintings. You play as the son of a restorer, a museum worker who died tragically. While searching for the memorabilia, the door suddenly closes, and strange things begin to happen. The hero is waiting for immersion in the world of art and the paranormal.
With the power to command the dragons, the Chosen One could be a great hero… or foe! Old friends, a settlement of fairies, and many ancient creatures will come to your aid as you explore the magic forest and search for hidden objects in your quest to restore splendor and tranquility to the kingdom. See all there is to uncover in this magical world and be the force to tip the scale of fate!
The wait is over! Masters of Light is now one of the first games to introduce full hand tracking on PlayStation VR2, pushing the boundaries of immersive gameplay like never before. As the creator of Masters of Light and co-founder of Coven, I’m beyond excited to bring this revolutionary update to PlayStation fans.
Learn specific gestures to teleport, block meteors and fight!
Harness magic with your own hands
Imagine stepping into the world of Masters of Light and casting spells with nothing but your hands—no controllers needed. This is the power of PS VR2’s new hand tracking technology, allowing you to unleash beams of light, summon shields, and control energy like a true celestial warrior. Every flick of your wrist, every precise movement, translates into real-time spellcasting, making battles feel more intuitive, immersive, and exhilarating than ever.
Masters of Light features high energy first person combat where focus, timing and strategy are keys to victory.
A new standard for immersion
When we first envisioned Masters of Light, our goal was to make players feel truly empowered. From the very beginning, we built our combat system around fluid, natural gestures—inspired by self defense moves. Now, thanks to PlayStation VR2’s advanced tracking capabilities, players can experience the game as we originally imagined: with pure hand movement, free from controllers.
Frantic hand tracking moves will keep you physically engaged in the fights. You WILL break a sweat!
The evolution of Hand Tracking in VR
At Coven, we’ve been developing hand-tracking games for years, pushing the technology forward with every project. Bringing this feature to PS VR2 was an incredible challenge, but also a dream come true. This would have not been possible without the support of our incredible porting team, VR Monkey. Here is what they have to say:
“Implementing the hand tracking in two and a half months was a challenge, since officially Unity hasn’t added PS VR2’s hand tracking support. So one of our developers (Thanks Eric Gregory) created an in-house plugin that took advantage of Sony’s new state of the art tracking system to make hand tracking run at 60 frames per second (currently the highest available on the market).
After that, we could harness the powerful gesture detection system of the PlayStation 5 to recreate all of the game’s powers and interactions in a week’s work.
We’ve refined the system to make sure every motion is responsive, every action feels powerful, and every battle is a seamless blend of strategy and skill.“
New enemies and superpowers are unlocked as players progress in the game, climaxing in insane battles that will leave you breathless.
Play your way
With this new update, Masters of Light now offers multiple control options:
Hand tracking mode – No controllers, just pure hand movements for spellcasting and navigation.
PS VR2 Sense controller mode – Experience the game with the precision and feedback of adaptive triggers and haptics.
Whether you prefer the tactile power of controllers or the freedom of true hand-tracked gameplay, the choice is yours.
Use the “shockwave” gesture to push away all the enemies at once. Reactivate ancient crystals with your inner light to open Gates to other constellations.
A galactic battle awaits
If you haven’t joined the fight yet, now is the perfect time. Step into the role of The Wanderer, a being of light battling against the encroaching darkness. Travel across stunning cosmic landscapes, uncover ancient secrets, and challenge the black hole’s core in a fight to save the galaxy. With 36 action-packed levels, leaderboards, and the intense Grand Master difficulty mode, there’s always a new challenge to conquer.
Hidden in the 36 levels are ancient ruins that can be reactivated by the player to unlock pieces of the lore.
Join the revolution
Hand tracking on PS VR2 marks a huge leap forward for virtual reality, and we’re honored to be among the first to bring it to PlayStation fans. Whether you’re a longtime VR player or diving in for the first time, Masters of Light delivers an experience that’s intuitive, thrilling, and truly next-gen.
Are you ready to wield the power of light with your own hands? Masters of Light is available now on PlayStation VR2—download the update and step into a new era of VR gaming today!
Is there a Marvel supervillain themed around PC game memory requirements? Let’s assume that there is, and that her name is Dr RAMsbottom. For too long has Dr RAMsbottom – aka the Bottlenecking Belle, aka Zero Sub Sixty – plagued the lives of Marvel Rivals players. For too long has she reduced our superheroic exploits to an unsightly stop-motion parade.
Be of good heart, ye Rivals, for the boffins at NetEase (the ones that weren’t suddenly laid off in February) are devising some countermeasures. Specifically, they’re thinking about adding a box you can tick to somehow cut back the game’s memory usage “significantly” and improve your frame rate.
Horizon: Zero Dawn composer Joris de Man has expressed a tentative interest in the return of Guerrilla’s Killzone shooter series, which was once touted as PlayStation’s answer to Halo, Call Of Duty, and Gears Of War.
Nintendo dropped a load of new surprises as part of its latest Direct presentation, including a brand-new mobile app called ‘Nintendo Today!‘.
In it, the app describes how to set up one of its two widgets on your phone homescreen, and it’s here that we can see something quite interesting. In the accompanying screenshots, an app icon for ‘My Nintendo’ can be seen in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Nintendo has shared all sorts of new and exciting reveals for the Switch this week, but it’s not the only company that’s been busy. Third-party developer and publisher Ubisoft has announced it will be “accelerating its transformation” with a new dedicated subsidiary for Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six series, and it’s backed by Tencent.
The Chinese video game company will be investing €1.16 billion (approximately 25%) for a “minority stake in the new subsidiary” valued at around €4 billion. The focus will apparently be to build and create gaming ecosystems that are “truly evergreen and multiplatform”.
Springtime savings have been popping up left and right on a variety of items lately, and if you’ve been looking to score some sweet deals on video games, now’s your chance. Not only are there some great deals on games in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, but other retailers like Woot (an Amazon-owned online retailer) and Walmart are offering discounts you definitely don’t want to miss.
Woot, in particular, has some of the best deals we’ve seen so far this year on games, including 53% off Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth for PS5 and 64% off Metaphor: ReFantazio for Xbox Series X. You can see those deals and so many more of our favorites at the moment below.
Spring Sale Video Game Deals
A lot of the Woot deals are only available for a limited time, though. So if one of the games above has caught your eye, you’ll want to act fast to pick it up now at its discounted price or before it sells out for good. There are several more games on sale right now at Woot that are worth looking at as well. Have a look at the retailer’s ‘Spring Video Game Sale!‘ page to see what else has been marked down.
More Deals in Amazon’s Spring Sale
Outside of video game deals, there are plenty of discounts worth exploring in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. This includes some stellar price drops on 4Ks and Blu-rays and a “3 for 2” offer that can be used on a selection of books, comics, movies, and more. Some of the items included with that offer are also on sale, so it’s a win-win to stock up and save on certain items that catch your eye. It’s also worth checking out our breakdown of the best deals under $25 to see even more of our favorite items from the sale that fall on the cheaper side.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.
Everything is IP, all of the time, everywhere you look now, because big wigs in suits have got it in their heads that original, uniquely appealing content just can’t win over a combination of pixels that resemble something someone already likes. Sea of Thieves is no stranger to crossovers, with big, thematically relevant ones like Monkey Island and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as some smaller ones like Halo and Banjo Kazooie. Today’s crossover is one of the smaller ones, this time with, uh… Destiny. The sci-fi, first-person shooter. Huh.
