Golf Story developer Sidebar Games has unveiled its next project. Building off of the success of its previous game, Sports Story is coming to Switch.
As the name implies, Sports Story isn’t just about golf this time. Other sports and featured, and there will be other elements such as dungeons and mini-games.
Sports Story launches on Switch in mid-2020. View a trailer for the game below.
Update: Steins;Gate 0 also received a stealth release on Switch for the same price. We’ve updated this post accordingly with the proper information.
Original: Spike Chunsoft has just stealth-released the visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace for Switch. It’s out now digitally on the eShop for a launch price of $26.99 (regularly $29.99).
Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace originally released on Xbox 360 in Japan several years ago where it was known as Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling. The title was also included with Steins;Gate: Divergencies Assort, which came to Switch in Japan back in March. This is the first English release.
Today’s Indie World Showcase will be starting soon. Nintendo will kick off the live stream at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe.
You can watch the broadcast as it happens below. We’ll have coverage taking place throughout the presentation and after it ends with news updates, trailers, and more.
Now that Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown are finally here, Yacht Club Games has prepared one last trailer for Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. We have it below.
Risk of Rain 2’s big Skills 2.0 update is officially live on Switch. There are plenty of new elements such as Loader as an additional Survivor, a new set of Survivor-specific Challenges that come with individual skills and skins, Siren’s Call, and further items and equipment. The Switch version also now supports local multiplayer.
Below are the official patch notes:
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled will kick off its Winter Festival Grand Prix on December 12, publisher Activision and developer Beenox has announced. It will feature a new track, characters, items, and challenges. A full rundown of included content can be found in the graphic above.
Here’s an intro video for the Winter Festival Grand Prix:
Wired Productions has issued a new trailer for the rhythm-action game AVICII Invector, which is slated for a 2020 launch on Switch. Give it a look below.
Twirlbound has announced that a new 1.03 update for Pine is live on Switch. It updates the main menu icon, fixes villages and objects that were wrongly popping out (and sometimes blocking progression), and includes camera invert.
It’s also been confirmed that another patch is in the works. The update will heavily reduce loading times, increase draw distance, fix lots of smaller bugs, and improve graphical quality. It will be submitted to Nintendo for approval “soon.”
The boss-focused platformer Sacred Stones is due out for Switch on December 23. For a look at some early footage, check out the video below.
NIS America has issued a new Langrisser I & II trailer that specifically highlights the story of Langrisser I. View the video below.
