Bakeru makes its debut outside of Japan today, and to celebrate, Spike Chunsoft readied a launch trailer. This new title from from Good-Feel, who most recently made Princess Peach: Showtime on Switch.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Astroneer has received a number of free updates previously, but the game is now getting its first-paid DLC titled Glitchwalkers. It will be available later in 2024.
Glitchwalkers is highlighted by Aeoluz as a new planet. Here players can explore new surface and cave biomes, access new tech tree and modules, and more.
Further information can be found in the following rundown:
Dear Villagers and Draw Distance provided the release date for Vampire: The Masquerade – Reckoning of New York today. On Switch, it’s slated for release next week – September 10, 2024.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Reckoning of New York was revealed back in June. No release window of any sort was provided at the time.
For a rundown of the game, read the following overview:
The countdown continues for Yars Rising, and now we have another look at the game focusing on the story. Players can take a closer look into the characters, narratives, and anime-inspired world.
Here’s some additional information, courtesy of Atari:
Drova: Forsaken Kin now has a release date, and it’s heading to Switch in a month. Publisher Deck13 Spotlight and developer Just2D announced today that it’ll be ready to go on October 15, 2024.
It’s been a little over two years since we first reported on Drova: Forsaken Kin. No release date window was given when it was originally revealed in June 2022, but now it’s only a few weeks away.
Here’s an overview of the game:
Starting today, if you’re a Nintendo Switch Online member, you can redeem new icons based on The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
There are a total of five icons available. Each one is a character and costs 10 Platinum Points on My Nintendo in order to redeem.
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending August 31, 2024 is now available.
Nintendo released Emio – The Smiling Man – Famicom Detective Club this week, but it saw a quiet debut. The title comes in at #22, behind longtime sellers like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Hogwarts Legacy has typically been high up on the charts. After a somewhat quiet week last week, it now climbs back up to #2.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending August 31, 2024:
Nintendo shared new data today revealing the top 20 best-selling games on the Japanese Switch eShop for August 2024.
A few new games manage to make the list. Gundam Breaker 4, Castlevania Dominus Collection, and Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash all appear for the first time. Meanwhile, Suika Game manages to appear on top.
The full lineup of Japan’s best-selling games on the Switch eShop for August 2024 is as follows:
CounterAttack: Uprising was updated on all platforms today, including Switch, to version 1.1.5.
The update features improved cross-region online cross-platform matchmaking, bigger player controllable capital ships, and lots of small improvements and enhancements. A new global lobby will help pilots find each other more easily.
Here’s the full rundown:
Nintendo just revealed a new round of Mario & Luigi: Brothership details covering characters, islands, and battles. This comes ahead of the release in a couple of months.
You can find the full rundown below. Note that a number of English names are currently TBA.
