Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 Classic Edition revealed
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Last July, Limited Run Games revealed that it would be producing a physical release for Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. The company has now followed up with additional information.
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 will be sold as both a standard copy and collector’s edition. With the Classic Edition, you’ll be getting the game, a reversible poster, CD soundtrack, and retro dust sleeve in an NES-style box with art by Tom duBois.
Pre-orders for the physical release of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 open on February 26 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET. Limited Run Games will take reservations here.
Development Switch system from April 2016 spotted in the wild
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Forest of Illusion, with an assist from Akfamilyhome, has managed to obtain a development Switch system from around April 2016.
There’s nothing that can be gleamed from the device’s files at present, but there are at least a couple of interesting cosmetic changes. The development version has different screws and volume buttons, as shown below.
Overcooked! All You Can Eat coming to Switch in March
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Overcooked! All You Can Eat is coming to Switch, Team17 and Ghost Town Games have announced. A release is planned for March 23.
Overcooked! All You Can Eat features all 200 levels from the series’ two titles. It also comes with new features like an assist mode.
Here’s an overview of the game, along with a trailer:
UK software sales – February 14, 2021
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Update (2/15): Post updated with the top 40.
Original (2/14): This week’s UK software sales are as follows:
Killer Queen Black update out now (version 1.64), patch notes
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Killer Queen Black has been updated to version 1.64. It includes a rank reset, more optimized Switch build, and more.
The full patch notes are as follows:
Famitsu’s most wanted games – February 14, 2021
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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. Monster Hunter Rise is still going strong with over 1,000 votes while New Pokemon Snap enters the top ten for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 28 and February 3.
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SnowRunner Switch boxart, tentative release date
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SnowRunner was one of a few new Switch games that was recently rated by Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee. If you needed further evidence that an announcement will be happening soon, it’s now been listed by Belarusian retailers.
Those store listings have provided the Switch boxart for SnowRunner, which we have above. Additionally, according to Gamestore, it will launch on June 12.
Focus Home Interactive and Saber Interactive should be officially announcing the Switch version of SnowRunner soon.
Pre-order updates – February 14, 2021
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UK: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury launch is three times bigger than Wii U original, third biggest Mario platformer launch on Switch
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Early data is in for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, which shows that the Switch release is off to a good start. It’s been revealed that the game’s launch was three times bigger than the Wii U original based on physical sales.
As of now, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is the third biggest Mario platform launch on Switch. It’s behind Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury was the top seller in the UK this past week, and we should have more rankings soon. We’ll post the full chart on the site when it’s available.
Panic Button on decision to cap Doom Eternal Switch cutscenes at 20 FPS, improvements planned
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Many would agree that Doom Eternal is one of the most impressive ports on Switch. However, Panic Button did implement a number of changes to ensure that the game could properly run on the console. One such change is that when watching cutscenes, the frame rate drops to 20 frames per second.
Panic Button lead engineer Travis Archer spoke about why that was done in an interview with Digital Foundry, explaining the need to preserve a high level of detail for cutscenes – which “are sometimes the most graphically intensive scenes in the game”. Interestingly, Archer also mentioned that improvements are planned to boost cutscene performance.
His full words:
