IGN recently spoke with Animal Crossing: New Horizons director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami. During the interview, one of the topics discussed was the collaboration art that fans have been making for the new Switch game and Doom Eternal. These two titles technically only share the same release date, but the internet has really run with the idea of Animal Crossing and Doom coming together.
Kyogoku told IGN:
Curious Expedition, a a roguelike expedition simulation game, is due out for Switch on April 2. View some early footage in the video below.
Quiplash 2 was known for its appearance in The Jackbox Party Pack 3. Now it’s getting a standalone release, and with new language support to boot.
Quiplash 2 InterLASHional will contain support for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. All of these languages aside from English come with 100 extra prompts.
During a live stream earlier today, Famitsu showed off Arcade Archives Formation Z with plenty of footage. Watch the full recording below.
Octopath Traveler has sold over two million copies worldwide, Nintendo has announced.
To celebrate the news, Square Enix’s RPG is now half off on the eShop. This applies to both North America and Europe.
The new Octopath Traveler sale will be live until April 2.
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that Echo will be joining Overwatch as the game’s 32nd playable hero.
“An evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, Echo represents the cutting edge of technology,” the studio says of the new character.
We have an original story trailer for Echo below.
GameXplain has put together a new video comparing Trials of Mana on Switch and PlayStation 4 from a graphics and load time perspective. Check it out below.
Most Switch games make use of cloud saves through Nintendo Switch Online. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, however, isn’t one of those.
Speaking with IGN, director Aya Kyogoku and producer Hisashi Nogami explained that the lack of compatibility is in place to preventing cheating. Nogami noted how Animal Crossing: New Horizons is an online game, and cheating is a concern with such titles. Kyogoku, meanwhile, also said that the in-game economy could be abused if cloud saves were enabled.
During the N64 era, Acclaim released a well-regarded action-adventure game known as Shadow Man. That same game is now returning on Switch as Shadow Man Remastered, Nightdive Studios has revealed.
Shadow Man Remastered will offer improved shadow mapping, per-pixel lighting, and anti-aliasing. Nightdive also promises that cut content from the original game, and we’ll be seeing other enhancements.
Here’s some information about Shadow Man as well as a trailer:
Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe was rated for Switch in Taiwan last month, suggesting that a release on Nintendo’s console was coming soon. The 2D fighter now has a listing on the Japanese eShop confirming the news. Arc System Works is bringing Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe on March 26.
Here’s an overview of Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe, along with a trailer:
