Gearbox Publishing and Hopoo Games surprised fans this week by releasing Risk of Rain 2 on the Switch eShop. For a look at how the title runs on Nintendo’s console, check out the footage below.
Kairosoft is continuing its rollout of titles on Switch with Pocket Clothier, another sim title. It’ll arrive in both North America and Europe on September 5.
Here’s an overview of Pocket Clothier, along with a trailer:
The Legend of Heroes: Akatsuki no Kiseki Mobile recently made it to the Japanese Switch eShop. Get a look at some footage below.
Amazon has posted the Japanese boxart for Contra Rogue Corps. You can see what the packaging image looks like above.
To compare, here’s the overseas boxart:
It’s no secret that Starlink: Battle for Atlas underperformed. Compared to Ubisoft’s big franchises like Assassin’s Creed, the game failed to meet sales expectations. The disappointing performance also resulted in physical toys no longer being produced.
Ubisoft EMEA executive director Alain Corre told MCV that the company was “expecting more of Starlink”. That being said, he had plenty of positive things to say, including the fact that current players have been happy with the final product.
My Nintendo has updated with its latest set of rewards in North America. Members can spend their points on discounts, 3DS themes, and more.
Below is the full lineup of additions:
Daemon X Machina was first announced at E3 2018. The game then returned again for this year’s show, where a final September launch was announced. That comes off of a demo from earlier in 2019 in which players were able to share feedback with the development team.
A little while back, 4Gamer spoke with producer Kenichiro Tsukuda about Daemon X Machina. Before giving a brief status update on development progress and how the story is being treated, Tsukuda went in-depth about improvements and changes that have been implemented after fielding comments of those who tried out the demo. Tsukuda shared some interesting tidbits here, such as how the small text in Prototype Missions only happened due to an error in the code.
Remakes and re-releases are showing no sign of slowing down in the gaming industry. For its part, Nintendo has produced quite a few remakes of its own. Zelda: Link’s Awakening, a redone version of the Game Boy classic, will soon be coming to Switch – and that’s just one example. Zelda has certainly seen its fair share of remakes, but other IPs like Metroid and Pokemon have been given the same treatment.
Is there an older Nintendo game that you hold near and dear to your heart that you’d like to be revitalized for the current era? That’s what the focus of our Let’s Talk topic this week. If you have any thoughts on the subject, please do share them with us in the comments.
At PAX West 2019 earlier today, Nintendo and Square Enix held a special panel for Dragon Quest XI S. We now have a full recording of the event below.
Obsidian Entertainment published a new video for The Outer Worlds today. Watch a video below for Halcyon, the solar system in which the game takes place.
The Outer Worlds will be launching on Switch in the future, but currently does not have a release date for the platform.
