About Kirk Hiner

Save for perhaps the local bowling alley or truck-stop, it’s hard to find good, well-kept pinball machines these days. That’s why we turn to the fine folks at Zen Studios for announcements such as the release of Star Wars Pinball, a collection of 19 Star Wars-themed tables for Nintendo Switch.
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I had the chance to sample XSEED Games’ BurgerTime Party back at E3 this summer, and it certainly whet my appetite. Now, hungry gamers can accept their invitation to the party by preordering the game which will be released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on October 8th.
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Vambrace: Cold Soul is a hard game to review because it had no interest in whether I liked it. It has no interest in whether you’ll like it. It’s one of the meanest, most spiteful games I’ve ever played. Should it concern me, then, that I had fun with it anyway?
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You like knights, you like quests, but maybe you’re tired of all that retro-action from indie devs? Well, then you may want to embark on A Knight’s Quest this fall.
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Whether you prefer your vampires to be old, pasty, Europeans or teenagers who glisten in the sun, I think we can all agree they’re cooler when they spell “vampire” with a “y.” And this is why Switch owners can all look forward to the release of Vampyr on October 29th.
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Available September 19th, Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns features the next chapter in the popular match-3/RPG series along with 1080p remasters of Challenge of the Warlords and Revenge of the Plague Lord.
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During today’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that Aspyr is bringing two classic Star Wars games to the Switch—Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy and Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast—and you won’t have to wait long.
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The Tiny Bang Story transports players to a hand-drawn fantasy world filled with hidden-object puzzles and machines to repair, all in an effort to restore peace to Tiny Planet.
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The demo for Frozenbyte’s newly-released Boreal Blade offers players the chance to hone their team-based combat skills with basic weapons and armor. Players can join any type of game and even host their own with default settings.
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Outright Games has announced they’re bumping the release date of Jumanji: The Video Game up a week to November 8th, and they’ve released a new gameplay video to celebrate.
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It’s because of games like the award-winning Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise that I fully embrace ports from mobile devices. What was a wonderful little puzzle game for mobile devices is now a wonderful large-screen puzzle game for the Nintendo Switch.
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Considering the success Nintendo has had with the mobile versions of some of their key franchises, it was only a matter of time before Mario Kart made its way to iOS and Android devices. It’s now just a matter of a month, as Mario Kart Tour will get the green flag on September 25th.
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If you’re looking for a game to squeeze a little more life out of your Nintendo 3DS, look elsewhere. Squarcat feels incomplete, and I’m not sure finishing it would’ve made it that much better anyway.
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BIGBEN and Varsav Game Studios have unveiled a new gameplay video for Bee Simulator, and it certainly looks to be one of the more unique entries that should find its way onto your Nintendo Switch wishlist.
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Doughlings: Invasion provides a modern take on Space Invaders, complete with updated graphics, varied gameplay, and a clever nod to social media. But is it enough to overcome the inherent monotony of its forefather?
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One of the more exciting announcements to come out of Nintendo’s E3 Direct this year was that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition is getting a Switch release. We now have a release date accompanied by some Switch-specific gameplay.
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We’ve followed the talk about Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD from rumor to confirmation and now on to preorder. Available October 29th both digitally and physically, SEGA is now accepting preorders on the physical release that will also come with sticker sheets featuring AiAi and his friends.
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Ah, the ’60s, when spies were super and sexy and did the majority of their work out of briefcases. Switch gamers will get to relive a bit of that later this month when Yak & Co. releases Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise in the Nintendo eShop.
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