We now have a release date for Wings of Bluestar, the story-driven shoot ’em up from publisher Eastasiasoft and developer Shinu Real Arts. According to an eShop listing, it will be dropping on January 18.

Wings of Bluestar was announced for Switch nearly a year ago, with Eastasiasoft confirming it for Nintendo’s console in February 2022. There was some sort of delay along the way as it was initially planned for Spring 2022.

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Switch eShop charts – December 31, 2022

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This week’s Switch eShop charts are as follows:

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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered announced

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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.

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502’s Arcade lined up for Switch

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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.

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Gunman Clive dev bringing Onion Assault to Switch

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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.

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Beat ’em up game Fury Fight: Gangsters of City hitting Switch in January

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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.

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The Lost and The Wicked, a “twin-stick psycho-thriller”, heading to Switch

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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: