Battle Princess Madelyn was originally slated for release on December 6. While that happened on a couple of platforms, the Switch version was bumped back to December 13. Unfortunately, another delay has just been announced.
Battle Princess Madelyn has yet to receive a new date on Switch. The game “is now pending clearance from Nintendo, along with the release date, with new patches having been completed and submitted.” We should know when we’ll be getting it “within the next week.”
Doom received a new update yesterday on Switch. As part of this, the game was given some performance enhancements. Check out docked and portable comparisons between versions 1.2 and 1.1.1 below.
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a news update on Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland. The magazine covers returning character Sterk, new characters Maana and Setia, and gameplay systems.
Here’s the full roundup:
2K and Saber Interactive have announced that new DLC is live for NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. Players can access Christmas-themed content, including a new playground, and festive vanity items.
That’s not all, as 35 new players are also available. Highlights include legendary ballers from the classic 90s NBA era like Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman.
The Christmas DLC in NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is free for all players.
Source: 2K PR
Bandai Namco has set the Japanese release date for Super Robot Wars T. In Japan, it’ll be arriving on March 20.
Fans will be able to purchase a “Premium Anime Song & Sound Edition” featuring 35 extra songs for 12,600 yen. Standard copies will go for 8,600 yen.
While Super Robot Wars T hasn’t been announced for the west, an English version will be sold in Asia.
Curious as to how much Switch has sold in the UK? Since launch, the console has moved roughly 1.4 million units.
If you’re interested in comparisons, PlayStation 4 has sold six million units in the UK in five years. Xbox One is just under five million.
The UK has been a notoriously tough market for Nintendo to crack in the past. However, we are seeing Switch games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate having their best series debuts in the country.
This week’s issue of Famitsu has an early report on Hamster’s releases for Switch. On December 13, Arcade Archives Athena will be added to the eShop.
If Athena sounds familiar, that’s because it was recently included in SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. The side-scrolling platformer has players jumping, climbing, and swimming to reach new areas. In the game, players collect armor and weapons along the way after Athena starts out with only a red bikini.
Arcade Archives Athena will cost $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29 on the Switch eShop.
A new update is now available for the Switch version of Arena of Valor. Among other changes, it adds motion controls to Hook Wars. Here are the full patch notes:
Adding motion controls to Hook Wars. You can now Shake the Joy-Con to fire the hook.
Changing the lobby background image to Airi.
Rumble can now be enabled or disabled in Settings.
Maloch, Slimz and Kahlii can now be obtained from Lucky Draw.
This update will also prepare for our upcoming Snow Festival events which will begin on December 18th
A Switch version of YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World was revealed earlier this year. Since then, we’ve heard very little about the game. Today, we can finally share some news thanks to early reports of this week’s Famitsu coverage. The visual novel is set to be released in Spring 2019 in Japan. An anime adaptation is also set to air during Spring.
Version 7.01 of Fortnite is now available. Highlights include a new melee weapon, the Infinity Blade, as well as lots of changes to Creative Mode:
UI
- Players are no longer brought to the Battle Royale lobby when clicking “Creative” in the game mode select screen.
Battle Royale
Limited Time Mode: Close Encounters
Summary
Close quarters combat with Shotguns & Jetpacks!
Mode Details
- The only weapons in this mode are Shotgun variants.
- Jetpacks & Heavy Shotguns can be found in chests & Supply Drops.
- Other Shotgun variants are spawned as floor loot.
- The Storm moves in more quickly than normal at mid to late game.
- Typical match length is about 15 minutes.
- Stats are enabled for this mode.
Weapons + Items
- Infinity Blade
- This Mythic melee weapon can be found on Polar Peak.
- Primary Fire delivers a powerful sword slash. It deals big damage to enemies and destroys structures in one blow (75 damage to players).
- Alternate Fire allows the player to leap great distances, destroying objects in its path. Upon landing, it delivers damage and a knock-up to nearby players (25 damage).
- The wielder of the sword is also granted additional abilities:
- An increased pool of max Health and Shields (200 Health/200 Shields).
- Regeneration of effective Health over time up to max Health and Shields (1 HP per second).
- An instant burst of effective Health upon elimination of an enemy (50 HP).
- Increased movement speed (130%).
- The first player to pull the Infinity Blade from its pedestal will be instantly healed to full Health and Shields.
- If a player picks up the Infinity Blade, all other inventory items aside from building materials will be dropped.\
- When the wielder of the Infinity Blade picks up an item (aside from building materials), the Infinity Blade will be dropped.
- The Infinity Blade will be dropped when the wielder is knocked out or eliminated.
- Only one Infinity Blade will appear per match.
Gameplay
- X-4 Stormwing
- When a plane is shot down, the driver and all passengers of that plane will now take 25 damage from the explosion.
Bug Fixes
- Speculative fix for players moving after being eliminated.
- Fixed players being ejected from vehicles if they lost the icy feet effect.
