Earlier this year, Warhawk director Dylan Jobe joined Metroid Prime 4 developer Retro Studios. He’s on board as director of development.
Jobe has over 25 years of development experience in the gaming industry. Aside from Warhawk, he previously contributed to Doom, Twisted Metal: Black, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
As for his new role at Retro, VGC points out that Jobe “is responsible for Metroid Prime 4’s schedule, scope and product quality”. He’s additionally expected to “handle performance evaluations of development team members and act as the liaison between departments to meet production goals.”
When the Past Was Around, an upcoming point-and-click adventure game for Switch, has received a new trailer. View it below.
When the Past Was Around was last planned for a summer release on Switch, though it’s unclear if that window is still planned.
Nintendo has released a new trailer for Cadence of Hyrule that shows what’s included in the season pass. Get a look at the video below.
Given the massive popularity of Undertale, many fans are looking forward to Deltarune, the next project from creator Toby Fox. Switch owners were given a taste of the game with the release of Chapter 1 for free back in February 2019. Since then though, there hasn’t been much in the way of updates.
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Undertale, this week’s issue of Famitsu has a big feature on the game. The same article provides a development update for Deltarune as well as a new look at Chapter 2.
As translated by Nintendo Everything’s Oni Dino:
Team17’s adventure-filled, survival sandbox The Survivalists has secured a final release date. The game is launching on October 9, an eShop listing reveals.
A demo for The Survivalists is currently live in Australia. Other regions should have access soon. If you want to access the demo immediately, simply create an Australian Nintendo Account and register it with your Switch.
Here’s some information about The Survivalists as well as a trailer:
THQ has announced Chronos: Before the Ashes, which by all accounts should be Gunfire Games’ atmospheric RPG originally released in 2016. Although it was designed for VR, this version will presumably ditch that feature.
Here’s an overview of Chronos, along with a teaser trailer for the new “Before the Ashes” version:
Warcave today revealed Black Legend, a dark turn-based strategy RPG with an alternate take on history. A release is scheduled for 2021 on Switch.
We have the following overview and trailer for Black Legend:
Natsume and Lucid Dreams Studio are bringing the action adventure game Legends of Ethernal to Switch this month, according to an eShop listing. It will release on September 24.
Here’s an overview of the game:
The golf platformer Golf Zero is slated for Switch this week. Get a look at some gameplay footage in the video below.
Golf Zero is planned for a September 11 release on the Switch eShop.
With a new update today, the narrative-driven puzzle platformer Inmost is now at version 1.0.2 on Switch. It includes improvements, adjustments, fixes, and even a new home menu icon.
The full patch notes are as follows:
