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Nintendo Switch Online Surpasses 100 Classic Games With New Batch of Classic Titles!

On May 26, the Nintendo Switch Online service passes a milestone. Five additional titles are being added, which will bring the number of classic games available to all Nintendo Switch Online members to a grand total of 104! This month, get ready to deploy some dino demolition with the addition of Caveman Ninja (also known as Joe & Mac)! Take a trip to gaming pre-history with these radically retro pair of cavemen ninjas from the Stone Age. Or you can create some effortlessly cool combo chains in Magical Drop2. Change over to Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 to complete a blistering baseball pennant race, or maybe try chasing down an evil witch in Spanky’s™ Quest. Top it all off by riding a giant frog in Ninja JaJaMaru-kun for an offbeat odyssey through these action-packed adventures from the archives. A Nintendo Switch Online membership grants instant access to large libraries of Super NES™ and NES™ games, jampacked with beloved titles […]

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A Little Golf Journey

Whoever Called Golf A Good Walk Spoiled Never Played A Little Golf Journey

Playtonic Friends and Okidokico invite you to embark on a journey of relaxation If there’s one thing the last year living through a global pandemic and lock down conditions has taught us all it’s that we need to switch off from the world and look after our own state of mind more often than we probably were before.  But what has that got to do with golf and video games? Playtonic Friends has partnered with Okidokico, creators of the chart topping OK Golf, to announce the third title under its new publishing label which sets out to answer that very question. A Little Golf Journey is a relaxed, playful experience built around a stripped back version of the game of golf where it’s all about the journey, not the driver.  Explore diverse destinations, uncover each course’s secrets and tee off on the most relaxing round you’ve ever experienced. “With our previous […]

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Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale

Relaxing puzzler Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale releases on May 28th

A world of puzzles awaits to be discovered on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam Good news for puzzle games players! GrimTalin announced today the release of their latest game, Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale, on Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One and Steam on May 28th. With 80 levels to solve in a set of relaxing ambiances, lots of mechanics to uncover as you progress and a fully voiced story told in rhyme, this one feels like more than your average puzzler. “I wanted to make the kind of puzzle game that I feel would’ve been almost a AAA puzzle game back in the day, when the genre was still a major one in the industry.” explained Catalin Marcu, the game’s creator. “Now the grid based puzzle genre feels over-represented by games with 2D cartoony esthetics and a list of levels to scroll through. Not that there’s anything wrong with those, but […]

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Geminose: Animal Popstars

Geminose: Animal Popstars Dances its Way Onto the Nintendo Switch eShop!

Form a band, cook delicious meals and decorate a popstar mansion with fun, talented animal musicians Majesco Entertainment, Ultimas and Silver Bullet Studios, are pleased to announce that their family-friendly music game, Geminose: Animal Popstars is now available on the Nintendo eShop. In the game, players will meet ten unique animal musicians from all over the world. They’ll form a band with them, learn about their cultures, cook their favorite dishes and head out onto the stage for each of their performances. With over 20 original songs and 30 different instruments to rock out on, no concert will be the same! Players can also help the Geminose with their wardrobes so they’re always ready for the spotlight. Decorate their rooms with hundreds of collectible items including special decór from each of the band members’ diverse cultures. Move around and interact with each item until it’s perfect and invite fellow bandmates over […]

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Maneater

Maneater Expands to New Waters, Coming Soon to Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and Nintendo Switch on May 25

Tripwire Interactive Brings World’s First Action-RPG Where You Play as a Shark to All Major Platforms Developer and publisher Tripwire Interactive announced today that Maneater, the award-winning action-RPG where you play as a shark (aka shARkPG), is expanding its hunting grounds and is launching on May 25, 2021 for PC (via Steam). In addition, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to exploring the waters of Port Clovis on both PC and Xbox consoles for six months, starting on May 25, 2021 when Maneater releases on Game Pass. As previously announced, the Nintendo Switch version of Maneater also releases on May 25, 2021 digitally and in stores from retail partner Deep Silver. Soon, players can eat, explore, and evolve their way to the top of the food chain on their gaming platform of choice as the ultimate apex predator of the seas – a terrifying shark! Maneater is a single player, open-world action-RPG (ShARkPG) where YOU are the shark. Starting as a small bull […]

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LOVE - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories

Thalamus Digital to Bring LOVE – A Puzzle Box Filled With Stories to Nintendo Switch May 28

Critically acclaimed PC puzzler makes its home console debut, pre-orders available now Following the success of earlier Switch publishing efforts including Lumo and Death Ray Manta, Thalamus Digital Publishing has today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Rocketship Park to bring LOVE – A Puzzle Box Filled With Stories to the Nintendo Switch. First released in late 2020 on PC and Mac, LOVE – A Puzzle Box Filled With Stories takes players on an emotional journey through both the past and present as they rotate an apartment building to help the people living inside, solving puzzles and completing stories along the way. The game focuses not on love itself, but the warm corner of sadness that comes with it; longing and regret, the lingering ache of moments unresolved. “Building a game that tugs on your heartstrings is an incredible challenge; you need to balance the emotional focus […]

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Mighty Goose

Mighty Goose Unleashes Honkslaught June 5 on PS4/5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC

Goose Gets Gun, Goes “Game” Hunting Mighty Goose, the over the top, run-and-gun, titled goose game, developed by Blastmode and published by PLAYISM, gears up for its Saturday, June 5, 2021 release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Hunt “down” fiends across a fowl galaxy as Mighty Goose. Waddle and gun as fast as any heavily-fortified goose can through five stages, each with their own bounty waiting to be plucked. Flaunt Mighty Goose’s feathers to show off collectible upgrades and weapons like Sprint Boots and Chonker Bombs. Bring rescued companions and their abilities under Mighty’s wing, then team up with local co-op mode for a full goose and gander playthrough. In this epic adventure, Mighty Goose brings the fight to the Void King. Gun your way through hordes of minions and mechanized machines under the evil conquerer’s command. Free Commander Vark and friends to form your own […]

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West of Dead

West of Dead Dons Its Spurs for a Limited Run Physical Edition

Pre-orders open tomorrow for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch versions PM Studios was thrilled to announce that a brand new physical edition of Raw Fury’s hit western roguelike West of Dead is being prepared for a May 18 physical release with the ace-high partners at Limited Run Games. Both the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation versions will include the Crow DLC in all its glory. Both versions of the Crow DLC will arrive on disc and cartridge for players’ mint collections as well. This is all the Ron Perlman you could ever want. West of Dead turns players into a dead man walking (voiced by the renowned actor Ron Perlman) in Purgatory, Wyoming in 1888. It is a place of gun smoke and darkness, sin and damnation, wendigos and witches. The goal is to outgun enemies in this dark version of the Old West with twin-stick shooter action that will reveal who the fastest gun […]

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Icy Puzzle Platformer 0 Degrees Slides onto Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One this week!

Announced today 0 Degrees will arrive on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One May 19th. This chill new puzzle platformer will be available digitally for US$4.99/€4.99. Offering 40 levels of single-screen challenges, 0 Degrees is designed to be a simple but challenging affair, made deeper and more dynamic by unique physics-based elements. Players can form ice blocks to negotiate the wide variety of environmental puzzles. Blocks can be stacked, thrown, laid on top of traps or used to trigger switches. It’s up to the player to get creative and find a path from each stage’s entry to the exit portal. About 0 Degrees A snow-covered wonderland of platforming action awaits in 0 Degrees, a chill puzzle experience for players of any age or skill level! Take control of a bundled-up pixel art climber as they make their way across icefields, up frosted peaks, through dark caves and over treacherous pitfalls! […]

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Ships 2022 announced for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4/5, and XBox consoles

The new game will combine strategy and simulation Next year, Ships 2022, a new game combining an economic strategy game and a simulator with elements of an action game, will debut on PC and consoles – announced Games Box S.A. The title will allow you to manage your own port and set out on various independent sea expeditions. After the PC premiere, Ships 2022 will also hit consoles: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. Ships 2022, a mixed genre game focused on single-player gameplay, will be produced by Games Box S.A. The game will be published by Games Box S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A. “Ships 2022 is a continuation of Ships 2017 and at the same time a completely new and fresh opening for the brand. We are preparing very diverse gameplay, which will consist of a strategic and a simulation part. In the first […]

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