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Runestone Keeper

In partnership with developer Cimu Games, Circle Entertainment announced today that it’s bringing Runestone Keeper to Switch. The roguelike dungeon crawler is due out on August 20 via the eShop.

We have the following overview and trailer for Runestone Keeper:

Adome

BadLand Publishing and Timsea Studios today announced that Adome, an action adventure game, is on the way to Switch. It will land on the console this fall.

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

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

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A new summoning focus has dropped in Fire Emblem Heroes and this one features heroes that have gained new skills. These heroes will be featured alongside the new weapon skills Setsuna’s Yumi & Tome of Order and a new weapon to refine- Bright Naginata. 

The Resplendent Hero Olwen is also available to Feh Pass subscribers. Olwen brings with her some new Feh quests that will run until August 24, 11:59pm PT. 

Finally, the Bound Hero Battle: Morgan & Morgan will be live for one more day as well as the summoning event featuring Morgan: Lad from Afar, Morgan: Lass from Afar, and Robin: High Deliverer.

The newest raid event Doomsday Getaway is now live and an epilogue is coming to it soon. Players must complete episode 6 of the event story to access this, but this will be all new story to the raid event and it will be live August 10, 11pm PT. 

On top of this, the all-new story event Twinkling Twilight will be live at the same time and more information of what will be included in this event has been detailed. These details have been added below. 

GungHo has shared the third developer diary for Volta-X. Below, senior gameplay engineer Thomas Lu and senior animator Cristian Thompson offer up a deep dive into the core gameplay, including the battle system.

Previous developer diaries can be found here and here. Volta-X launches for Switch on August 12.

Bayonetta 3

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Bayonetta 3 takes the top spot for Nintendo titles as Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 slips a few spots.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between July 22 and July 29.

A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix, Mortal Kombat 11, Picross games, and more.

Here are the full highlights:

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Two more entries in the G-Mode Archives series were added to the Japanese Switch eShop with Omohide Series Omatsuri Dukushi and Senbazuru. We have trailers for both titles below.

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo has outlined its maintenance schedule for the next month or so. There’s actually nothing coming up this week, but a number of sessions are planned leading into September.

Here’s the current schedule:


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