11 bit studios has finally nailed down a specific date for the Switch version of Moonlighter. It’ll be released on November 5, the developer announced today.
Moonlighter is “an action RPG with rogue-lite elements that shines a light on the daily adventures of Will, an devoted shopkeeper who secretly dreams of becoming a hero.” View a new trailer for the game below.
Moonlighter will be sold both physically and digitally on Switch.
Following up on the recent release of Valkyria Chronicles 4, the original Valkyria Chronicles arrives on Switch today. We have a launch trailer below.
Later this week, Devolver Digital will be publishing I Hate Running Backwards on Switch. Have a look at some footage below.
Nintendo and Cygames have issued an update for Dragalia Lost. Players can now access version 1.0.6, which includes additional features focused on the new event plus various improvements and fixes.
Below are the full patch notes:
Warriors Orochi 4 is out in the west today, and Koei Tecmo has readied a new trailer to celebrate. You can view it below.
2K Sports and Saber Interactive has shared a short trailer to highlight today’s launch of NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. Watch it below.
Eurogamer has come forward with its own interview for Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee. Once again, director Junichi Masuda and designer Kensaku Nabana have shared some comments about the new entry and other topics. They discussed the post-game Master Trainers, the handling of Meltan’s reveal, the possibility of an open-world game like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more.
We’ve rounded up some of the more notable excerpts from the interview below. Read the full discussion on Eurogamer here.
Ghost Town Games and Team17 have released a new update for Overcooked 2, which “improves the way your progression is saved in online games.” According to Team17, “progress is now being saved for any player logged into a profile, which means that everyone saves campaign progress when joining others online.”
The full patch notes are as follows:
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition, which was revealed to be coming to Nintendo Switch at Tokyo Game Show last month, now has a concrete release date, at least for Japan. The game will launch on February 7, 2019. BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition is essentially the definitive version of BlazBlue: Central Fiction and will contain a lot of the DLC that was previously released for the base game.
Fortnite version 6.10 is now available. Among other things, it adds the Quadcrasher, a two-seater vehicle.
General
Weapons+Items
Bug Fixes
- Fixed small props accidentally blocking Trap placement.
Performance
- Physics optimizations for cosmetic items.
Battle Royale
Limited Time Mode: Disco Domination
Summary
It’s time for the ultimate dance-off. Dance Floors have spawned around the Battle Royale island. Take them over by clearing out any enemies and then dancing to raise a disco ball up from the floor. The team that fills their meter the fastest by capturing and defending the dance floors will win the match!
What’s New?
- Reduced all bandage spawns by 50%.
- Removed all Common weapons.
- increased the variability of where you can spawn by 30% along your sides storm circle.
- Brought in the side dance floors closer to the Storm edge.
- Reduced max respawn distance by 20%.
Weapons + Items
- The Port-a-Fortress has been disabled as we work to resolve some issues related to this item.
- Drop rate for Port-a-Fort increased from 3.05% to 4.89% while Port-a-Fortress is disabled.
- The goal is to keep the drop rate of Port-a-Fort the same as if both items were enabled to help with the completion of Challenges.
- Drop rate for Port-a-Fort increased from 3.05% to 4.89% while Port-a-Fortress is disabled.
Bug Fixes
- Guided Missile no longer fires the wrong direction
- Players will no longer permanently attach to a Supply Drop when grappling to it.
- Attempting to fire while reloading the Double Barrel Shotgun will no longer interrupt the animation.
- Weapon equip animations no longer skip when simultaneously attempting to sprint and target.
Gameplay
- Quadcrasher
- Seats two players.
- You build boost just by driving. Unleash that speed with the hotkey once you’ve filled your boost meter.
- Smash through buildings while boosting.
- Boost off ramps or cliffs to catch sick air.
- Launch players into the air by smashing into them.
- You can now view and change Edit Controls separately from Combat and Build Controls in the controller menu.
- You can now set building mode sensitivity for controllers in the options menu. It is a multiplier on the default controller sensitivity and allows up to a 2x increase.
- Controller sensitivity slider in the options menu now allows for more than 10 values.
- Added an option to Builder Pro that allows for building as soon as you switch to the piece, instead of selecting first and then placing. This allows for faster building without a preview.
- Added an option that allows for edit hold timing to be adjusted.
- Opening the Emote Picker with a controller will happen when the button is released, while holding the button will replay the emote that was last played.
