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The night that Igavania fans have been waiting for since May of 2015 is finally upon us. 505 Games announced today that digital and retail pre-orders are now being accepted for Koji Igarashi’s side-scrolling RPG Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night…with a nice perk for early buyers.
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505 Games and Turn Me Up Games have announced that Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons will be released for Nintendo Switch on May 28th, and for the first time will include a two-player local cooperative mode.
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Sephirothic Stories is a JRPG published by KEMCO, and that means retro graphics, derivative stories, and terms such as “world tree,” “verge of destruction” and “unlikely band” written right there in the game’s description. Is it still an adventure worth taking on the Nintendo Switch?
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Fans of survival horror games (particularly those who aren’t fans of jump scares) may want to add Darkwood to their list of new games to check out this weekend. Set in “… a bizarre version of mid-80s Poland,” Darkwood is a story-driven horror game that places the player in a forest possessed by evil forces.
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Fans of mech combat (think Macross and Gundam) should ready their Nintendo Switch for Project Nimbus: Complete Editon, now available for Nintendo Switch. Even better, its $19.99 asking price is being reduced by 10%.
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Pokémon Rumble Rush is available now on Android mobile devices in Australia, with an iOS version and full worldwide release coming shortly.
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Nintendo’s E3 2019 schedule includes two competitions, a Nintendo Direct, and a Nintendo Treehouse live daily stream throughout the event to focus on their recent and upcoming game releases. Excited yet?
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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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