Sky: Children of the Light is only out on mobile at present, but that’ll be changing soon. Developer thatgamecompany announced earlier this month that a Switch version will be released in the near future.
Over on mobile, Sky: Children of the Light is free-to-play. It sounds like for the Switch version, the payment model won’t be transferred over 1:1. thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen told GamesIndustry that the plan is to offer something that’s a hybrid of premium and free-to-play.
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Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 3 has returned in Fire Emblem Heroes. 5-star Heroes who showed up before the start of Book II appear as focus Heroes, and the focus lineup changes each week.
You’ll be able to partake in Summoning Focus: Weekly Revival 3 until April 5.
Atlus confirmed speculation that it’s bringing Catherine: Full Body when it announced the port in this week’s Nintendo Direct Mini. While we published the reveal trailer a couple of days ago, Atlus actually shared a lengthier trailer for its Japanese audience. We have that below, along with a bit of footage.
Tri-Heart Interactive’s action party shooter The Otterman Empire has been dated for Switch. The game will launch digitally on April 2, an eShop listing reveals.
Here’s some information about The Otterman Empire as well as a trailer:
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is receiving another update on Switch soon. Version 1.03 will include fixes as well as balance adjustments and improvements.
For the full patch notes, continue on below.
When we last heard about the holypunk brawler Obey Me, it was a planned for a Q3 2019 release. Blowfish Studios provided an update this week and stated that the game is now planned to hit Switch later in 2020.
Here’s a new trailer:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger HD, Clubhouse Games, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
Yacht Club Games has been fully independent since it was originally founded. However, that doesn’t mean the studio’s status will remain that way forever.
During a recent Reddit AMA, Yacht Club’s David D’Angelo revealed that the company has received offers to be bought out by larger companies. It’s not something that’s entirely off the table, but it would only happen “if it made sense”. Yacht Club currently favors having “control over how the company is run and what kind of games we make.”
D’Angelo’s full words:
Earlier this week, Ikari III: The Rescue made it to Switch as the system’s latest Arcade Archives game. Check out some footage below.
