Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King is out today on Switch. Find some footage showing the retro titles below.
Halo artist Kyle Hefley has joined Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios. His new role with the company has him serving as lead character artist.
Previously, Hefley spent nearly a decade at 343 Industries where he was a senior character modeler for the Halo series. He handled many of the armored super soldiers and alien warriors that appeared in Halo 4, Halo 5, and Halo Infinite. Hefley was directly involved with Master Chief in Halo 5.
Hefley has worked on a number of other titles throughout his career, including Call of Duty: Black Ops and Sleeping Dogs.
Night School Studio is celebrating the initial release of Afterparty with a new trailer. Get a look at the video below.
Fortnite is kicking its Fortnitemares 2019 event as of today. It features the Gun Fright community game, a battle against the Storm King, and more.
Below are the full details:
The New York Videogame Critics Circle has announced that it will honor former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime with its Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 9th annual New York Game Awards ceremony. The event will take place on January 21, 2020 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan.
Reggie said in a statement today:
Merge Games is turning 10 years old this year. In celebration of that milestone, the company is hosting a big Switch eShop sale. Discounts can be had for up to 90 percent off.
Aragami, Solo: Islands of the Heart, and Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure are just some of the games on sale. You can find the full lineup below.
Publisher Eastasiasoft and developer Behind the Stone announced today that the adventure-platformer Sir Eatsalot is heading to Switch. It’ll launch in January 2020, the two sides confirmed.
We have the following overview of the game:
The horror-adventure Close to the Sun debuts on consoles today, including Switch. We have a new launch trailer for the game below.
The co-op shooter Earthfall: Alien Horde makes its way to the Switch eShop today. Have a look at the game’s launch trailer below.
System: Switch
Release date: October 29, 2019
Developer: SEGA
Publisher: SEGA
The Super Monkey Ball franchise naturally yields many questions. For instance: why are these monkeys locked in see-through balls? Why do they roll around at hundreds of miles per hour? Why do they live in hellscapes made up of floating physics-based obstacle courses? And perhaps most importantly, why would SEGA decide to remaster Banana Blitz, one of the series’ less popular entries, instead of the much more beloved titles on GameCube? Yet SEGA has indeed brought Banana Blitz back onto modern platforms with this new HD re-release after its first appearance more than a decade ago on the Wii. So now that everyone’s favorite primate-rolling franchise has finally debuted on current-gen hardware, the most pertinent question remains to be answered: does this new edition address the issues that plagued Banana Blitz’ first release, or does it merely monkey around?
