About Kirk Hiner

Playing Theatre Tales is like buying a volume of classic fairy tales with the pages of all but one story glued shut. The presentation is fun, but you’ll feel cheated after Red Riding Hood gets her happily ever after.
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It’s been a long time coming—a looooong time coming—but the release of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is nearly upon us. 505 Games has announced when Switch gamers can expect this side-scrolling action RPG from Koji Igarashi, but it’ll be behind the other console releases.
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You’ve got a katana. You face hordes of furious Yakuzas. You’re probably going to die. But that doesn’t mean you can’t first teach a few of them a lesson. Akane, a “brutal arena arcade slasher based on one-hit-one-kill gameplay mechanics,” will be released for Nintendo Switch on May 17th for $4.99.
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Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive have announced the hardcore driving sim has received a new map, new vehicles, and brand new add-ons as part of the “Old-timers” DLC released yesterday.
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Rising Star Games has announced that the latest title from Game Freak’s “Gear Project,” Giga Wrecker Alt., will be available digitally for Nintendo Switch on May 2nd, and it comes with plenty of content not offered in its original Steam release.
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Full disclosure: I have not finished Mechstermination Force. I will, but it’s going to take some time. I’ve played more than enough, however, to tell you to get this game, get a partner if you can, and get ready to save the world. You’re going to frequently die trying, but the process will be a blast.
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Daedalic Entertainment has been championing point-and-click adventures for quite some time, and they’ve now brought 2016’s Silence: The Whispered World 2 to the Nintendo Switch as, simply, Silence. Adventure fans will be delighted, although perhaps for not as long as they’d like.
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Lyrica for Nintendo Switch comes together quite well in presentation and gameplay, but its focus on Chinese poetry and literature is going to limit its audience. Whether you fit into that will largely depend upon what you ultimately want out of a rhythm game.
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Nintendo Switch gamers will get a limited-release skin and free DLC when the side-scrolling rhythm/action game Muse Dash arrives this June.
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We’re a couple of days late on this news, but want to make sure fans of the physical Warhammer Age of Sigmar trading card game know they now have cross-play capabilities with the newly released Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions video game on Nintendo Switch.
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Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry for Nintendo Switch arrives in stores this summer…in Europe, anyway. For now, at least, U.S. gamers are stuck with a digital download.
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Masquerada features Baldur’s Gate style gameplay in a fantasy world inspired by Renaissance-era Venice, presented in a vibrant, hand-drawn art style that looks to be a good match for both docked and portable play on the Nintendo Switch.
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Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive have announced that they will “strengthen their collaboration,” and that bodes well for Nintendo Switch gamers. Along with starting up two ambitious new projects, the studios will work together to develop Switch ports of Call of Cthulhu and Vampyr.
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Artifex Mundi has reannounced their forthcoming cold war, communist, comedy adventure game, Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka With Love with a new trailer.
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The genre you never knew you wanted will hit the Switch on May 2nd when Ysbryd Games and developer Sukeban Games release VA-11 HALL-A, a “… booze em’up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.”
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The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince tells a somewhat gentle fable of love and adventure with the underlying darkness you’d expect from a fairy tale, but your overall enjoyment will depend upon whether you prefer story or gameplay.
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PlayFusion and Games Workshop are bringing their modern take on collectible card games to Nintendo Switch, and they’re doing it in the form of Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions. The popular TCG will launch on April 16th.
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Golf Peaks is not a golf game. I point that out early because I imagine it’ll affect whether some of you bother to continue reading. It’s a puzzle game for Nintendo Switch that uses a golf ball and a hole. And cards. And a good portion of your brain.
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