January 18: Kadokawa will release an art book for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 titled Xenoblade 3 Official Artworks Aionios Moments, the company just announced. In Japan, it’s slated for April 1, 2024.

The book features content from both the main game and Future Redeemed DLC. There’ll be a ton of content here as 448 pages will be in the final product.

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Publisher Zerouno, in partnership with developers Thunder Zebra and Lokaweed, today announced The Zebra-Man. This Switch game is planned for early 2024.

The Zebra-Man is a top-down pixel art action game inspired by classic Grindhouse films. More information is included in the following overview:

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XSEED, in partnership with GalaxyTrail, today unveiled the final Switch release date for Freedom Planet 2. It’ll be available on April 4, 2024.

Freedom Planet 2 has been delayed on Switch a couple of times. Most recently, it was given a Spring 2024 launch window.

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Nintendo just issued a new Princess Peach: Showtime trailer showing transformations in the game, and has revealed Ninja Peach and Cowgirl Peach.

Ninja Peach has the character calling upon her sneaking abilities as she uses shadows, shrubbery, and makeshift bamboo snorkels to surprise and thwart her enemies. Cowgirl Peach involves courses where you need to be a little more brash. Along with her horseback-riding expertise, Peach can use a lasso, and you’ll need both to make sure Peach rides off into the sunset.

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Blowfish Studios, along with One Man Left Studios, today passed along the release date for Hex Gambit: Respawned. Switch will be receiving it on March 6, 2024.

It’s been a long wait for the game as it was confirmed for Switch following a Kickstarter campaign way back in 2017. Now it’s less than two months out.

Here’s some information about the quirky and competitive digital tabletop game:

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A massive 1.1.4 update has been made available for the Switch version of My Time at Sandrock.

The update contains all content in the PC full release, and includes all PC hotfixes up to December 10. There’s a lot here, but some of the highlights include new quests, features, and a more stable frame rate – with more improvements planned for version 1.2.

Here’s the full rundown:

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Today, we’re continuing our coverage of Legendary Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet with a Zekrom location guide for Zekrom with its exact location on Paldea’s map. We also have instructions on spawning it via the Indigo Disk DLC.

Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem form the Tao trio, which first appeared in Pokemon Black and White back on DS. None of these Pokemon are version exclusive this time around, which means you can catch all three regardless of the game you’re playing! Let’s go right into how to find Zekrom in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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Two Atlus games could end up on the Switch successor as it’s claimed that both Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor: ReFantazio are coming to the system.

Persona 3 Reload has been a particularly curious case as Atlus has been supporting Switch more than ever before with the series. It took some time, but Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, and even Persona 3 Portable are all available. You can also throw in Persona 5 Strikers and Persona 5 Tactica.

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Today, Aksys Games announced plans to host an All Aksys 2024 presentation. It will go live on February 1 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe.

Like previous All Aksys events, the show will cover new game announcements and updates on previously-known titles. Fans will be able to watch it on Twitch here.

We’ll be bringing you all of the Switch-related news as it happens next month.

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System: Switch
Release date: January 18, 2024
Developer: Snoozy Kazoo
Publisher: Graffiti Games

It’s not very often that you find a game that will actively encourage you to commit crimes, with most that even give you the option of doing so attaching a suitable punishment: placing a bounty on your head so that authorities will attack you on site, changing your name to “THIEF” so that everyone knows your true nature, or even outright killing you if you return to the scene of the crime in future. Turnip Boy Robs a Bank sees the titular hero returning to commit further crimes after his successful tax evasion, this time in the form of a roguelite experience that, despite its flaws, is as delightfully charming and nonsensical as its predecessor.

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