May 15: QUByte Interactive today announced Extinction Rifts, a new boomer shooter for Switch. It will be available in the second half of 2024.
Extinction Rifts, which is inspired by classic titles and with graphic style of the original PlayStation, sees your power of destruction increasing as you shoot enemies and destroy objects. Fighting adds energy to your special glove that can take out all enemies in an entire stage with a single punch.
To cap off its special presentation for Shovel Knight’s 10th anniversary, Yacht Club Games confirmed that a new entry in the series is in development.
Nothing concrete was shared during the presentation. However, we did get to hear a bit about the general visions from Yacht Club’s Sean Velasco.
During an online presentation today, Yacht Club Games showed off Mina the Hollower with a brand new trailer. This is the latest look at the title following its 2022 announcement.
Here’s an overview of the game:
Yacht Club Games just unveiled Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX, a new version of the original game. The studio didn’t confirm launch timing.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX is the same game fans came to love, but it’s now been enhanced. The game adds new playable characters, online multiplayer, rewind and save states, and cheats.
Here’s an official overview:
The fun isn’t finished for Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, as more DLC is lined up for the game in the form of the Paradox Pack. A release window wasn’t provided, but it’s coming soon.
New characters are planned as part of the DLC. There’s also new stages, new challenges, items, and more. That’s on top of secret quests and cheat codes.
More information can be found in the following rundown:
Yacht Club Games today provided an update on Shovel Knight Dig, revealing new DLC for the game in the form of Wicked Wishes. The DLC launches this summer.
Wicked Wishes includes new challenges, missions, mini-games, secret locations, and more. There’s also been a rebalance to the algorithm, fixes, and other aspects.
May 30: Feardemic continues its run of horror games on Switch, and has now announced Garten of Bantan I, II, III, and IV for the console. There’s no release date yet, but they’ll be arriving soon.
Garten of Bantan I, II, III, and IV are a series of horror adventure games made by Euphoric Brothers. We have more information about the set below.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance features two separate story routes, the Canon of Creation and the Canon of Vengeance. Which path you go down will be decided at the very beginning of the game, as after the opening cutscene you’re presented with a choice – to take the girl’s hand, or to not take her hand. If you’re wondering what choice you should make, we’ve got you covered with this spoiler-free guide.
Tavern Talk has secured a release date on Switch. As announced by developer Gentle Troll, it’ll be ready to go on June 20, 2024.
The visual novel was previously confirmed for Switch after a successful Kickstarter campaign last year. Gentle Troll ended up hitting its target of a 2024 launch, and now the title is only a few days away.
The 7 Star Emboar Tera Raid Battle event for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is now live, and we have a guide for it ready to go. For this event, Emboar is running Tera Electric, so it’s only weak to Ground-type attacks. The first wave of the event ends on June 16, but it comes back from June 21 to June 23 – this should give you plenty of time to prepare a counter as per one of our recommendations.
