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Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity characters

In an extensive interview with Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream, select members of the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity development team have discussed key aspects of the game’s Expansion Pass DLC, including the new characters and maps. The talk featured director Ryouta Matsushita, producers Yosuke Hayashi and Masaki Furusawa, and artist Yu Oboshi.

Our translation of the interview regarding the Expansion Pass for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is below: 

Chocobo GP physical

Chocobo GP won’t have a physical version in North America, but in Asia, it’s a different story. Square Enix has confirmed that it will have a boxed version ready to go for launch in March. Additionally, it will support several different language options.

Below is some information about Chocobo GP:

Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games are once again delaying the release of Evil Dead: The Game. It is now slated to release on May 13, 2022, while a trailer and pre-order information for the game will release this February.

The team is delaying the game to further polish it “in order to deliver the best possible experience”.

The official statement for the delay reads:

Pokemon Legends: Arceus arrives on Switch today. In celebration of the event, Nintendo and Game Freak have rolled out a launch trailer for the game. Check it out below the break.

Mario Party Superstars review

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

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 20,340 / 814,023
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 13,696 / 2,468,151
3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 13,347 / 4,726,811
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,340 / 4,387,139
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,892 / 2,485,415
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,257 / 7,158,271
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,668 / 3,052,106
8. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 6,994 / 230,422
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,948 / 2,577,427
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 5,301 / 911,313

Croixleur Sigma physical

Red Art Games is readying a physical version of Croixleur Sigma for Switch, the company has announced.

The title initially appeared on the eShop in 2018. It had never been offered as boxed version, but that’ll soon be changing.

Yacht Club Games Presents 2022

The third Yacht Club Games Presents broadcast will air on February 1, it’s been announced. It will be about 60 minutes long.

The event will feature “a selection of games that have brand new content currently in development”. Further teased by Yacht Club Games, “Sean Velasco, Alec Faulkner, Nick Wozniak, Sandy Gordon, and Celia Schilling will pull back the development curtain to share a boatload of new updates, never-before-seen gameplay sneak peeks, DLC, and a groundbreaking announcement”.


AI Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative release date

Spike Chunsoft has announced a final release date for AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative. The game is heading to Switch on June 24, the company just confirmed.

AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative was announced for Switch at the end of June 2021. It previously had a vague Spring 2022 launch window.

Writer Kotaro Uchikoshi has shared the below information about the game’s story as well as a message for fans:

Hot Wheels Unleashed Monster Trucks

Mattel and Milestone are continuing their support for the Switch racer Hot Wheels Unleashed having just announced a new Monster Trucks Expansion. It will be available for all players on April 21, 2022.

The Monster Trucks Expansion includes five new vehicles, a themed Track Builder Module, and themed customizations items for the Basement and the Player’s Profile. It’ll also include a brand-new environment where players can race and build tracks, which is known as the Stop Motion Studio. The Jungle, the Quarry, the Desert and the Ice Mountain will be offered up as this environment’s dioramas.

Sonic Team creative officer Takashi Iizuka has spoke further about Sonic Frontiers as part of a new interview with GamesRadar.

There’s still much to be learned about the game even though it was technically first announced last May. At The Game Awards last month, SEGA unveiled a proper teaser trailer.



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