David Haddad, the president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, spoke at the 2019 GamesBeat Summit in Los Angeles today. At the event, he shared a bit of news about Mortal Kombat 11.
According to Haddad, Mortal Kombat 11 has had the best launch in the franchise’s history. Haddad did not go into specifics, including any actual sales data. However, he also mentioned that “years of content” are planned, so it looks like support will continue in the long term.
Switch has reached a new milestone in Japan. For the week of April 15, the console sold another 40,338 units. That puts it at 8 million units total in the region.
Switch has sold more this year than last year in Japan from a year-to-date respective. In 2019 so far, 1,110,512 systems have been sold. 772,632 units were sold through the first four months of 2018.
It’ll be a bit longer until the game is out in the west, but SEGA Ages Virtua Racing landed on the Japanese eShop earlier today. Have a look at some footage below.
Activision and Beeonix put together a new video for Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. Below, you can get a closer look at the various content included with the game’s Nitros Oxide Edition.
You pesky Earth Slugs like to race eh?! Check out all the in-game content available in the Nitros Oxide Edition! pic.twitter.com/Rt7tXMjQrW
— Crash Bandicoot (@CrashBandicoot) April 24, 2019
This week’s issue of Famitsu has an update on Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In the magazine, the latest details on the game’s characters and gameplay systems are shared.
Here’s the full roundup, courtesy of BlackKite:
Ubisoft has announced that Starlink: Battle for Atlas will receive a significant content update centered on the mysterious appearance of the Crimson Moon in the Atlas star system. It will launch on April 30. New Switch-exclusive Star Fox DLC will arrive on the same day.
Here’s the full rundown:
Activision has unveiled new cover art for Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. What you see in the image above will be used on the packaged version at retail.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is slated for June 21.
Inti Creates has made a new update available for Dragon Marked for Death. With version 2.1.0, new features and content have been added.
Dragon Marked for Death’s level cap has been increased to 70, new dragon contracts for each character have been added, and there are now stick shortcuts. The free quest “Cavern of Torment” can be experienced as well.
Here’s a trailer for the update:
Thanks to a listing on the eShop, we now have a final release date for 39 Days to Mars. The game will launch digitally on May 16, the store confirms.
Here’s an overview for the game, along with a trailer:
This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Samurai Shodown, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game, Oninaki, and To All Mankind. Scans of all games can be found below.
