Playtonic Games, the studio known for its Yooka-Laylee Games, today announced the establishment of Playtonic Friends. It’s a new publishing label “designed to bring scores of fresh, creative, and compelling games to the market in the years ahead.” The move “will allow the company to use its experience of developing and launching both Yooka-Laylee and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair to enable those hidden-gem games, developers, and new businesses to reach the best audience possible.”
Awe Interactive, Fabraz, and okidokico are on board thus far. Games coming from the Playtonic Friends brand will be announced soon.
Here’s the announcement in video form:
Knight’s Retreat, a puzzle title from Minimol Games and QUByte Interactive, lands on Switch today. View some footage in the video below.
Knight’s Retreat can be purchased digitally from the Switch eShop.
Nintendo has put out a new trailer to celebrate the launch of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury on Switch. Get a look at the video below.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is out today on Switch.
Thunder Lotus Games have released the version 1.5.0 update for Spirtfarer. Check out the patch notes below.
Action title UltraGoodness 2 launches on the Switch eShop today. Check out some gameplay footage below.
Fire Emblem Heroes is continuing its 4th anniversary celebration with a new summoning event and a Grand Hero Battle revival. The summoning event is the Legendary Hero Remix, a focus that features Ike: Vanguard Legend and Fjorm: Princess of Ice as well as eight other legendary heroes. This event gives an initial appearance rate of 6% and lasts until February 18, 2021 at 10:59pm PT.
Also live now is the Grand Hero Battle for Galle: Azure Rider. He is available to battle in various special maps and there are exclusive missions to go along with his reappearance. This Grand Hero Battle will be live until February 14, 2021 at 10:59pm PT.
Dragalia Lost has refreshed its content with a new Gala Dragalia Remix, an onslaught event, and an epilogue to Caged Desire. The Gala Dragalia Remix features the five star versions of the adventurers Valentine Chelsea (wind/bow) and Gala Ranzal (wind/sword), as well as the dragon Menoetius (wind). This summoning event will last until February 15, 2021 at 9:59pm PT.
Also live now is the new onslaught event Romance Under Siege. Players can fight against the Dyrenell Empire’s invasion in exclusive missions that will unlock rewards such as water tomes and wind tomes. This event will run until February 18, 2021 at 9:59pm PT.
Finally, the crossover event between Persona 5 Strikers, Caged Desire, has a new epilogue. This addition will also be available until February 18, 2021 at 9:59pm PT.
Pokemon Home has received a new update on iOS and Android devices. This update adds various accessibility options (such as the ability to search for Pokemon by language) as well as streamlining features.
