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2021 World Video Game Hall of Fame

During an online ceremony today, the Strong National Museum of Play announced the inductees for the 2021 World Video Game Hall of Fame. Animal Crossing, Microsoft Flight Simulator, StarCraft, and And Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? have been chosen.

The finalists were announced last month. Call of Duty, FarmVille, FIFA International Soccer, Guitar Hero, Mattel Football, Pole Position, Portal, and Tron were also nominated, but will not be inducted.

Inductees of previous years can be found below.

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

The classic action RPG Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is about to return on Switch, Interplay Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast have revealed. It’ll be out digitally tomorrow, May 7.

Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:

The Amazing American Circus

Klabater and Juggler Games are delaying The Amazing American Circus, their single-player circus empire-building title. Originally planned for this month, it will now launch on August 12.

Here’s the latest on The Amazing American Circus:

The Pokemon Build-a-Bear line expands today with its latest addition. Scorbunny, who was first featured in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, is now up for grabs.

The online bundle includes:

Skate City

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Rise of the Slime

Playstack and Bunkovsky Games have nailed down the release date for Rise of the Slime, a roguelite deckbuilder. The game will be launching for Nintendo’s console on May 20.

We have the following overview of Rise of the Slime from Playstack:

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix – $29.99

E3 2021

With E3 2021 just a few weeks away, another set of companies have been confirmed for the big digital event. Notable names include Bandai Namco, SEGA, Square Enix, and XSEED.

Here’s the latest list of participants for this year’s E3:

More:

Super Animal Royale

Modus Games and Pixile’s popular top-down 2D battle royale Super Animal Royale is on the way to Switch, the two companies revealed today. A release date was not announced.

Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:

RiMS Racing

The motorcycling simulation title RiMS Racing was announced for Switch last month, but the first trailer didn’t show any actual gameplay. We now have a follow up video that provides a proper look.

Here’s the new gameplay trailer for RiMS Racing:


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