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Hellpoint

Hellpoint will no longer be releasing on July 30 for Switch, tinyBuild and Cradle Games have announced. It will now launch later in 2020.

In a statement, Cradle Games explained that more time is needed “to make the Switch port as high quality as possible”. Adapting the title for Nintendo’s console has been “pretty challenging, especially for a small team such as ours, and especially under the current circumstances.”

The full statement reads:

Othercide

Focus Home Interactive and Lightbulb Crew have shared a 9-minute gameplay video for Othercide, the upcoming tactical RPG for Switch. View it below.

Othercide launches on Switch this summer.

Crysis Remastered

The Switch version of Crysis Remastered is nearly here, as the game is set to launch tomorrow. Digital Foundry has examined the game in great detail, revealing that overall, Crytek and Saber Interactive have done an admirable job.

Here are the notable tidbits:

Nintendo has published new data that reveals the best-selling games on the Japanese Switch eShop during the first half of 2020. We have two charts: one for retail releases and another for download-exclusive titles.

Below are the full results:

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Cosmic Defenders

Natsume and Fiery Squirrel have updated Cosmic Defenders to version 1.0.2. It includes a number of improvements as well as bug fixes.

Below are the full patch notes:

Bite the Bullet

After it was announced last year, Graffiti Games and Mega Cat Studios have set a final release date for Bite the Bullet, the roguelite RPG shooter. It’ll be out on Switch as an eShop download starting August 13.

We have the following overview and trailer for Bite the Bullet:

Star Renegades

Raw Fury and Massive Damage Games have confirmed that Star Renegades will be launching on Switch later in 2020, the two companies announced today. The strategy RPG will be sold digitally via the eShop.

Here’s an overview of Star Renegades, along with a new trailer:

Ninjala

Starting today, Ninjala is featuring a new Ippon Matsuri event. Players will earn more rewards post-battle, and everyone will be given additional rewards based on the total number of IPPON achieved by all players. All users will receive 30 Gold Metals if ten million IPPON is generated.

A Twitter campaign has also started. 100 users who follow and retweet messages tagged with #IPPON_MATSURI from the @PlayNinjala and @Ninjala_JP accounts will be randomly selected to receive 1,000 Jala.

Finally, Ninjala Season 2 has been announced for August 26 (PDT). Here are all of the relevant details:

Anomaly Hunter

Hook Games has announced that Anomaly Hunter, a “sci-fi hidden object game with unique puzzle and time-traveling mechanics”, is currently in the works for Switch. A release is planned for Q4 2020.

Here’s an overview of the game:

Publisher Yogscast Games and developers Catastrophic_Overload today announced the Wacky Physics Sports(-ish) Hotseat Party Game, Drink More Glurp will launch for Nintendo Switch on August 6. Check out an overview and the launch date announcement trailer below.


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