Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today revealed the first of three upcoming character skin packs for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath. With the Summer Heat Skin Pack, players will gain access to Kitana dressed in seasonal Edenian attire as “Endless Summer Kitana,” Baraka prepping his barbecue as “Off the Bone Baraka,” and Erron Black donning a red, white, and blue patriotic suit and top hat as “Fireworks Erron Black.”
The first skin pack launches August 6 for all Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath owners. The Klassic Femme Fatale Skin Pack follows on August 25, and the All Hallows’ Eve Skin Pack drops on October 8. The next packs will also include three new character skins each. More information will be announced at a later date.
Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR
Lion Castle and GS2 Games today announced Speed 3: Grand Prix, a new action-packed arcade track racing game. It will launch for Switch at the end of 2020.
Here’s an overview of Speed 3: Grand Prix, along with a trailer:
nWay has announced that a collector’s edition for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid will be distributed at retail in October. It’ll include the never-been-released new character, Lauren Shiba. Those that pre-order the game can receive two copies of the Green Ranger V2 skin (players will get one for themselves and one for a friend).
The Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Collector’s Edition releases on October 8 for $29.99 / €29.99. View a trailer for the game below.
Source: nWay PR
New footage is in for Ageless, the story-driven puzzle platformer. Get a look at the gameplay in the video below.
Nintendo has put out a new Japanese Animal Crossing: New Horizons commercial, which promotes the new fireworks event in the game. Check it out below.
Nintendo has detailed the second part of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ summer update.
The first part of the update will add fireworks shows, which take place each Sunday. A dreams feature will also be made available in which you can visit other islands, though nothing there is permanent. And most significantly of all, players will finally be able to back up their save data if they’re a Nintendo Switch Online member, though you’ll have to go through Nintendo customer service to recover anything that’s lost. Nintendo is working on a function to move users and save data to another system, which will launch later in 2020.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Summer Update – Wave 2 goes live on August 30. We have more details and a trailer below.
Team17 and One More Dream Studios’ story-driven puzzle-platformer Ageless is out today on the Switch eShop. For a look at the launch trailer, continue on below.
Ageless is available for Switch via the eShop.
Aksys Games has unveiled the set of exclusive cards that will be included with the first run of Piofiore: Fated Memories. As shown above, each card features one of six main characters and artwork.
Here’s some information about Piofiore: Fated Memories as well as a trailer:
Although Othercide isn’t launching on Switch until later this summer, Lightbulb Crew and Focus Home Interactive have released a new trailer celebrating its launch on other platforms. Check it out below.
Aardman Studios has just announced that its puzzle platformer, Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition, will be getting a physical release in the UK on September 1 for £9.99. Though this offer is only available in the UK with no word on a physical release in North America, Switch games are not region locked, and can be imported and played from other regions.
Additionally, the developer and publisher announced that Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition would be released via the Switch eShop in Japan this week, on July 30th.
Home Sheep Home: Farmageddon Party Edition is currently available in North America and Europe on the Switch eShop. You can check out an overview and trailer for the game here.
Source: Aardman Studios PR.
