If you watched the previous Indie World Showcase back in March, you may remember a little game called I Am Dead. It’s an upcoming puzzle adventure game from Ricky Haggett and Richard Hogg, the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse.
After it’s reveal earlier in the year, I Am Dead will be releasing on Switch in September. Those looking to get up to speed on what the game has to offer can read up on our new interview with Haggett and Hogg below. The two developers chatted with us about the actual gameplay, making their first 3D title, working with Switch, and more.
The Future Games Show was held in June as one of the many replacement events for E3 2020. Recently, GamesRadar announced that the presentation will be returning for a second time in just a few weeks to tie in with Gamescom.
The next Future Games Show will air on August 28 at the following times:
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated update incoming for Switch, patch notes
THQ Nordic and Purple Lamp have announced that a new SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated update is inbound for Switch. We don’t have an exact release date yet, but it’s targeted for arrival within the next ten days.
The upcoming update adds more concept art to the Theater, makes adjustments, fixes bugs and other issues, and more. Continue on below for the full patch notes.
Nintendo has announced the next major event for Mario Kart Tour. The Pirate Tour starts on August 11 at 11 PM PT / August 12 at 2 AM ET, the company has announced.
We should have a trailer for the Pirate Tour next week. For now, you can get a look at a teaser image above.
Kawano announced today that the adventure game Noel The Mortal Fate will be landing on Switch later in 2020. We have a look at the new title screen above.
Outside confirming plans to launch this year, it’s been announced that Noel The Mortal Fate will include an exclusive “Season 3.5” episode on consoles. In the extra content, Caron and Noel take a seven-day break in LaPlace, and players can enjoy daily life in the city. It previously appeared in the game as fragmented segments.
Minoria is just a month out from launching on Switch. The Metroidvania game and Momodora series spiritual successor will arrive on September 10, developer Bombservice revealed today.
We have the following overview and trailer for Minoria:
Publisher PQube and developer The Gentlebros have announced that a “Mew World Update” is now live for Cat Quest II. It includes many quality of life changes – some of which will be implemented straight away, while the Mew Game mode and its meowdifiers will require you to have finished the game once already.
Also announced today is that the Cat Quest franchise has now sold over 1.3 million units worldwide.
Here’s a full rundown of the Mew World Update and a trailer:
Deadly Premonition 2 received its first major patch last month. That update dealt with transgender misrepresentation issues, improved the frame rate, fixed bugs/glitches, and changed the icon.
Another patch for Deadly Premonition 2 went live today, and the game is now at version 1.0.3. Aside from adding an inverted camera option, we’re hearing that there’s another big performance improvement. There’s also one player report of a mini game progression issue having been fixed.
Here’s a look at the frame rate while outside:
Nintendo has prepared a couple of additional commercial for Mario Kart Tour. We’ve attached the latest adverts below.
For those that missed them earlier in the week, we have the first wave of “How will you kart?” commercials here.
