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Doom & Destiny

Doom & Destiny has been around for several years and has appeared on various platforms. It’s now set for release on Switch, a listing on the eShop reveals.

Doom & Destiny is a JPRG-inspired game with parodies and cameos throughout. Find some additional details and a trailer below.

Nintendo and Microsoft already share a relationship through Minecraft and its support of cross-platform play between Switch and Xbox One. However, it seems this can be taken a step further.

At GDC next month, Microsoft will be hosting a panel to discuss its goal of having Xbox Live cross-platform play on additional titles outside of Minecraft. As Window Central notes, “Developers will be able to bake cross-platform Xbox Live achievements, social systems, and multiplayer, into games built for mobile devices and Nintendo Switch, as part of its division-wide effort to grow Xbox Live’s userbase.”

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Glass Masquerade is set for its Switch debut on February 28. For a look at the game, check out the footage below.

5pb. has issued the boxart for YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love At The Bound Of This World. Have a look at the packaging image above.

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love At The Bound Of This World is slated for March 14 in Japan.

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Digital Foundry has taken a different approach to its latest Switch technical analysis. Rather than focusing on one game, the outlet has instead examined four: Travis Strikes Again, Octahedron, Battle Princess Madelyn, and Firewatch.

Here are some of the more interesting tidbits:


Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for the coming week has started to populate. A couple of sessions are currently planned, both related to Switch.

The schedule – as of now – is as follows:

Giga Wrecker Alt., a new title from Pokemon developer Game Freak, was confirmed for Switch last week. Rising Star Games is getting involved and will even offer a physical version through Limited Run Games.

Giga Wrecker Alt. actually came out on Steam previously. However, for its console release, new content has been added.

Pocket Academy

According to listings on the Switch eShop around the world, Kairosoft will have another game planned for Switch next week Pocket Academy will be out in all regions on February 7.

Here’s an overview of the simulation game:

Another Splatfest for Splatoon 2 is in the books. This weekend, Nintendo had its latest event running in Japan. A comedy duo theme from the original Splatoon returned in which one person is known as the funny man and the other is the straight man.

After a day of battles, the Splatfest has concluded. Here’s a look at how things panned out:

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It’s been announced that the Indie Gamer Chick Collection is in development for Switch. Ratalaika Games will be publishing the release, which will feature “a compilation of over a dozen of the most famous, most memorable, and the downright very best Xbox Live Indie Games from 2008 to 2016.” A release is planned for late 2019 / early 2020.

No word yet on which games will be included, as the lineup is still under consideration. More news should be coming later in the year.

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