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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered

Skunkape Games is developing Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered, the studio just revealed. It will be available sometime in 2023.

This follows re-releases of other entries in the series. A remastered version of Sam & Max: Save the World came to Switch at the end of 2020 followed by Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space the following year.

Cult of the Lamb update Heavy Attack

Massive Monster has shared some early information about a new content update it has in the works for Cult of the Lamb, including the addition of a Heavy Attack.

The developer said that it’s now focusing on “adding more depth to the game”, and the team is concentrating on combat and dungeon gameplay. Other fixes are also planned that will be applied in a patch at the start of 2023.

Here’s a rundown of the Heavy Attack in Cult of the Lamb:

The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy

Retailers have listed The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy, a new book for the upcoming Switch title. It contains over 200 pages delving into the creation of the game.

Going into more of the specifics, the book goes over how the settings, characters, costumes and creatures of the game were conjured, and allows players to pore over the details of this magical new realm of the Wizarding World. It has developer interviews, concept sketches, renders, illustrations.

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED

Rumor has it that a new Switch OLED design is on the way for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Reddit user AyoadeNBN shared the photos without much context. However, this person claims that the model was leaked by a worker at a Chinese factory or someone else within the manufacturing line. Apparently the Splatoon 3 Switch OLED had leaked in a similar manner.

502's Arcade

502 Studios has announced that 502’s Arcade, an anthology of fast-paced arcade games, is in the works for Switch. Other than “coming soon”, we do not have a release window at this time.

502’s Arcade tasks players with reaching the top of the leaderboards (Daily, Weekly, and All time) in the different included titles. Gameplay types include a dungeon crawler set in a procedural generated temple where you have to seal spirits, a puzzle where you have to prepare the orders of a hectic potions shop, and more. Difficulty varies by game, though players can earn lots of achievements along the way.

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 375,665 / 4,338,931
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 121,173 / 3,687,814
3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 44,465 / 887,722
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 41,887 / 5,014,375
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 37,935 / 2,960,006
6. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – 25,727 / 71,900
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures – 23,097 / 198,403
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 22,148 / 5,065,191
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 22,001 / 1,114,132
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,426 / 2,782,933

Onion Assault

Original (11/28): Gunman Clive developer Bertil Hörberg is wrapping up his next project Onion Assault, and it’s coming to Switch pretty soon. We don’t have an exact date, but the title is slated for January.

While Hörberg hasn’t shared much in the way of details, we know that Onion Assault is a 2D platformer, and it has a key mechanic of picking things up and throwing them. All sorts of objects can be tossed around – onions, barrels, enemies, and bosses.

Fury Fight: Gangsters of City

RedDeerGames will be starting off the new year with another Switch release, Fury Fight: Gangsters of City. The publisher confirmed today that the title is due out on January 13, 2022.

The game is a beat ’em up experience with four playable characters: Boris, Sofia, Harvey, and Maria. Players will go on a mission to take down crime lords who have taken over the city.

The Lost and The Wicked

Top Hat Studios has announced a partnership with Isaac Torres to publish The Lost and The Wicked, a “twin-stick psycho-thriller”. The game will launch on Switch in 2023.

The Lost and The Wicked picks up following a shipwreck in which the main character wake up in a wicked world with no memory of who he is. Players will learn about the past and how they ended up there while battling enemies along the way.

Below is an overview with additional information:

Humungous Classic Collection

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:


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