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CounterAttack: Uprising

The side-scrolling space shooter CounterAttack: Uprising is on the way to Switch, it’s been announced. A release is scheduled for Q3 2023.

The Switch version of CounterAttack: Uprising will include 25 new attachments and two new levels, “Anomaly” and “Gate”. Also included is support for up to eight players online and four-players in local co-op.

Elements Destiny

Publisher Deck13, along with developer ShrooMoon UG, have announced that Elements Destiny will be released on Switch. It’s currently targeting a 2024 debut.

Elements Destiny is a fantasy RPG with pixelated retro visuals and has players engaging in turn-based combat. For more information, check out the following overview:

Sonic Superstars trip

Sonic Superstars is taking a different approach to the story, including with new enemy trip. The developers behind the game have now given insight into its creation.

Sonic Team creative officer Takashi Iizuka told Game Informer that the team “wanted to have a new story,” which required a new character. It was also important to have an enemy “with some kind of unique characteristics, some character backgrounds, some storytelling elements that are going to make the character unique and stand out and be a character that people can kind of relate to and empathize with and enjoy as a character in the world”.

Iizuka said:

Die After Sunset release date

The Switch version of Die After Sunset is almost ready to go and has secured a release date. It’ll be launching on August 17, 2023, publisher PQube and developer Playstark have confirmed.

Die After Sunset, a roguelike shooter, was first announced for Switch in April. We initially had a general 2023 launch window.

What the Golf? Special Events

What the Golf? is about to release its new Among Golf update on Switch. It will be available for all players on August 3, 2023.

The mini-campaign is full of over 35 new Among Us-inspired levels. Here’s some additional information:

Ratatan

Ratata Arts and TVT just opened a new Kickstarter campaign this week for Ratatan, and a Switch version has now been secured.

The upcoming game comes from director Hiroyuki Kotani (Patapon game designer), producer Kazuto Sakajiri (The Eye of Judgment), and composer Kenmei Adachi (Patapon, LocoRoco, Gran Turismo). It’s a rhythm action title in which “the player takes the role of a conductor controlling the actions of a cute army of Ratatan characters.”

The Kickstarter campaign was funded in its first day, and a console stretch goal – which includes Switch – has been surpassed. Over $500,000 has been raised thus far.

Creepy Tale: Ingrid Penance

Sometimes You will be publishing Creepy Tale: Ingrid Penance on Switch this month, the company announced today. A release is planned for August 16, 2023.

The original Creepy Tale released on Switch back in 2020. You can read more about it here.

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2 release date

Trinity Team, Buddy Productions, and ININ Games have nailed down a release date for Bud Spencer & Terence Hill – Slaps and Beans 2. The game arrives for Switch on September 22, 2023.

It’s been about a year since the Switch version was confirmed. Originally, the plan was to have it out in Spring 2023, but something changed along the way. Regardless, it’s finally coming out next month.

Here’s an official overview:

Best selling games US June 2023

Circana has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June 2023.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was still the top-performing Switch title. After coming in at #1 last month, it slips to #4. Outside of that, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life manages to crack the list.

Here’s a look at the complete list of best-selling games in the U.S. for June 2023:

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Arcade Archives Bakutotsu Kijutei

Hamster revealed today that it will be putting Bakutotsu Kijutei on Switch as its latest Arcade Archives game. Fans can pick it up on August 3, 2023.

Bakutotsu Kijutei, which was developed by Namco, released in 1988. Interestingly, it never left Japan. The scrolling shooter is a sequel to Baraduke which did originally receive a worldwide release.

Arcade Archives Bakutotsu Kijuutei will cost $7.99 on the Switch eShop.



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