Nintendo is setting up a Pokémon Play Zone! during Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle the weekend of March 14-17, and everyone is invited! Even folks that don’t have a badge to the convention can attend. The Pokémon Play Zone! will be set up at the Hyatt Regency a couple of blocks away from the Washington State Convention Center. Visitors to Nintendo’s family-friendly zone can play the hit Nintendo Switch games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, take memorable photos, meet iconic Pokémon Pikachu and Eevee, and have the chance to receive special branded items, while supplies last. Pokémon GO Trainers who are looking for a one-of-a-kind Pokémon GO experience can stop by the Pokémon Play Zone! for some limited-time in-game surprises.Pokémon GO Trainers who demo the Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! or Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! games will also have the chance to encounter Meltan, a newly discovered Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! are the latest […]
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Vanquish Mythical Monsters and Go Island Hopping on Nintendo Switch Online in March
After falling from Angel Land, the NES™ games launching on Nintendo Switch Online this month have landed on a tropical paradise. On March 13, classics Kid Icarus™ and StarTropics™join dozens of other NES games as part of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ – Nintendo Switch Online collection. Kid Icarus – The evil goddess Medusa has stolen the Three Sacred Treasures and imprisoned the goddess of light, Palutena, in her evil plot to control all. Play as Pit, a young angel who has been entrusted with a magical bow and arrow. Fight against hordes of enemies that swoop from above and below. Secure the Three Sacred Treasures from their evil guardians, equip them and face Medusa in the final battle. StarTropics – Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle, who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archaeologist uncle, Dr. Jones. After being told that his uncle has been abducted, Mike begins a […]
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SABER INTERACTIVE AND 2K ANNOUNCE NBA 2K PLAYGROUNDS 2 UPDATE TO BENEFIT SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALEX INITIATIVE
SABER INTERACTIVE AND 2K ANNOUNCE NBA 2K PLAYGROUNDS 2 UPDATE TO BENEFIT SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALEX INITIATIVE NEW YORK, NY (MARCH 5, 2019) – Saber Interactive and 2K today announced the tip-off of the partnership to raise awareness and support for the Safe Schools for Alex initiative through the March 7 content update in NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. The free in-game update will feature a special basketball court highlighting Safe Schools for Alex, a non-profit dedicated to keeping children safe in schools across America. Safe Schools for Alex was created by Max Schachter, whose son, Alex, was one of the seventeen victims of the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The nonprofit is creating a safe school rating system to assist schools in assessing and mitigating risk. Additionally, Safe Schools supports the creation of a clearinghouse for national school safety best practices, ensuring schools will have guidance nationwide on […]
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She Remembered Caterpillars Inches onto Nintendo Switch March 28
KASSEL, Germany – March 5, 2019 – She Remembered Caterpillars, the dreamlike, abstract puzzler exploring love and loss with painstakingly hand-drawn art from Ysbryd Games and Jumpsuit Entertainment, will launch on Nintendo Switch on March 28, 2019. She Remembered Caterpillars, a nominee in the 2017 Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Visual Art, is a somber experience set in a beautiful world. Explore fractured relationships, loss and grief in a scientist’s experiment to save her father. Chapter by chapter, discover the intricacies of this strange dreamscape filled with adorable little creatures called Gammies, while eavesdropping on her heartbreaking tale. Solve 40 brain-teasing puzzles by leading the charming Gammies, each with a distinct color, through matching gates and to their goals. Difficulty builds in every act with challenging new color-based mechanics ingrained in the living architecture of the world, including bridges and flora that can only be passed by Gammies of certain hues. Designed with accessibility in mind, […]
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AMERICAN FUGITIVE BREAKS OUT IN 2019
FALLEN TREE GAMES ANNOUNCES ITS MODERN TAKE ON CLASSIC SANDBOX ACTION, STEAM WISHLIST NOW AVAILABLE Break out with American Fugitive, the new action open-world sandbox game from Curve Digital and developers Fallen Tree Games launching on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2019. https://youtu.be/IbbW7lqKOKs Find the trailer here! Set in a sleepy American country town in the 1980s, American Fugitive invites you to play as Will Riley. You’re no angel, but you’re not a killer. Yet the cold-blooded murder of your dad is the crime they’ve locked you up for. Fuelled by grief and a burning desire for vengeance, you must break out of jail to find the real culprit. It’s payback time. American Fugitive is the latest creation from Fallen Tree Games, an independent studio made of AAA talented developers previously known for working on titles such as TimeSplitters, Crysis, and Goldeneye 007: Reloaded. With their latest release they are looking to establish a new era in […]
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OVERWHELM BLASTS ONTO NINTENDO SWITCH ON APRIL 4TH
Tackle the horrors of the hive on the go and with a friend in an exclusive co-op mode NEW YORK CITY, March 5th 2019 – Ruari O’Sullivan’s OVERWHELM, the suffocating action platformer where enemies get power ups and you don’t, is coming to Nintendo Switch on April 4th featuring an exclusive co-op mode. Play through the whole game locally with a friend, reviving each other when you go down. Defeating each of the five bosses will give the hive’s creatures additional abilities, so choose wisely: which one will you take on first? Features Bosses Give Enemies Power-Ups: As you defeat each of the five unique bosses, their abilities get distributed to the enemies of the world with escalating difficulty. Tactile, Tense Combat: Combat is crunchy and fast. One hit and you die. Three deaths and the run is over. Defeat bosses in different orders to optimize your playthrough. Intense Soundtrack & Soundscape: The sparse but powerful soundscape […]
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RICO to Kick Down the Doors and Shoot Its Way on to Consoles and PC Next Week
First-person buddy cop shooter RICO to crack down on crime next week on Nintendo SwitchTM, Xbox One, PlayStation® 4 and PC Gothenburg, Sweden – March 5th – Publisher Rising Star Games and developer Ground Shatter are excited to announce that RICO, the buddy cop shooter inspired by modern action cinema, is set to release on consoles next week. Action fans can join the RICO team on March 12th on PlayStation®4, March 13th on Xbox One, and March 14th on Nintendo Switch™ and PC. RICO allows players to step up as a member of the elite RICO taskforce, where they have twenty-four hours to solve a case and bring an end to organized crime. Prepare to kick down doors and shoot your way through randomly generated levels that make every case new and unique. Gamers can also team up with a friend to play the role of a pair of loose-cannon police partners and support each […]
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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Announced
Gainesville, Fla. — Trendy Entertainment, now fully employee owned and operated, announced today that it is rolling out an all-new brand identity as Chromatic Games, and has begun work on a new game title: Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. Augi Lye, one of the original co-founders of Trendy Entertainment, is now the CEO of Chromatic Games. Shortly after becoming CEO, Mr. Lye and Colin Fisher, a key Dungeon Defenders developer and new Creative Director, established a new vision for the studio and a reinvigoration of their popular Dungeon Defenders franchise. As part of their new vision, Colin Fisher says: “I want to refocus the franchise on maintaining a player-first mentality and delivering games that we know our audience wants.” About Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, a complete reimagining of the eight-year-old indie sensation that combined third-person combat, action-RPG mechanics and tower defense strategy to create a charming, addictive blueprint for success. Made with Unreal […]
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Will you Chicken out or Learn How to DUCK? Boxing Adventure ‘Pato Box’ Joining eastasiasoft Limited Edition Line-Up
Pre-Orders for Nintendo Switch and PS Vita Physical Editions Opening on March 7th Hong Kong – March 4, 2019 – Independent developer and publisher Eastasiasoft Limited today announced that the innovative boxing adventure Pato Box, developed by Bromio, will join the eastasiasoft Limited Edition line-up in Q2/2019. Inspired by the “Punch-Out!!” series, you play as Patobox, a boxing champion with a special distinction of having a duck’s head on a man’s body. You have been betrayed by members of Deathflock, the same company that has been sponsoring you during your career. Find retribution by hunting down Deathflock’s henchmen while discovering the dark secrets the company hides and the truth behind his treason one fight at a time. Watch the Pato Box trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQl_2dlYWs The physical release of Pato Box will be available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation®Vita system. The PS Vita version will be available as Limited Edition for US$34.99 […]
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince Arrives this Fall Alongside Trine: Ultimate Collection
Frozenbyte and Modus Games confirm the beloved adventure platformer series will return to gorgeous 2.5D, with the biggest and best entry in the series Moonlit Forest, Calif. – March 4, 2019 – Developer Frozenbyte and indie video game publisher Modus Games today confirm first gameplay details and reveal an official announcement trailer for the upcoming and highly anticipated Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince, coming to PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Steam, Discord and other PC platforms this fall. Alongside the series’ new installment, Modus will release Trine: Ultimate Collection. Packed with bonus content at retail, the bundle will include Trine: Enchanted Edition, Trine 2: Complete Story, Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, and Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince and will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC both physically and digitally. Watch the Trine 4 announcement trailer here. Featuring an all-new story that reunites Amadeus, Pontius, and Zoya, Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince returns to the magic of 2.5D with the puzzle-platforming gameplay that defined a genre in Trine 1 and 2. Play as the three iconic heroes […]
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