The Thunderful Group, which is made up of Image & Form and Zoink Games plus Thunderful Publishing, announced today that it has acquired publisher Rising Star Games with offices in the UK and US. Thunderful Publishing managing director Ed Valiente will hold the same role at Rising Star Games.
Thunderful shares the following information about its acquisition:
Assault Gunners HD Edition was rated for Switch in Taiwan several months ago. It took quite awhile, but we finally have confirmation that the game is coming to the eShop. Even better, it’s launching this week.
Assault Gunners HD Edition, a mech based third-person shooter with support for all of Switch’s playstyles, releases on July 5. It’ll be sold at a 10% discount during launch week.
Three purchase options will be available:
Super Volley Blast is heading to Switch next Thursday as a digital download. Check out some gameplay footage in the video below.
Runbow is out on Switch today, and Headup Games has prepared a launch trailer to celebrate. Have a look at the video below.
As part of last week’s update, Fortnite added in the new Playground mode. But shortly after it was made available, the feature was pulled following connectivity issues.
Nearly a week later, Playground has returned and is fully up and running. You can find the full notice from Epic below.
Gamescom 2018 is roughly two months off, but Bandai Namco has already announced its lineup for this year’s show.
The company will have eleven games at its booth, located in HALL6 – B 41. They include My Hero: One’s Justice, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Jump Force, Soulcalibur VI, One Piece World Seeker, Code Vein, Ace Combat 7, and Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker.
You can find more information about each game below.
Last month, All-Star Fruit Racing developer 3DClouds.it said that the Switch version wouldn’t have online play. Essentially, the studio mentioned that it would be tough to implement as an Unreal Engine 4 title and would require a lot of time and money to make it happen.
Regardless of what was originally the case, publisher PQube today announced that online play is coming to All-Star Fruit Racing on Switch. Fans can expect the functionality “around the launch week or shortly thereafter”.
Here’s the full statement from PQube:
Another somewhat unexciting Super Smash Blog update today; it’s a look at the returning veteran Falco:
He’s a talented aerial fighter with amazing jumping ability, but Falco is a bit slower on the ground. His Final Smash is an all-out attack using an unorthodox formation of Arwings!
Nekopara Vol. 1 for Nintendo Switch launches tomorrow. Publisher CFK published a new trailer for this occasion:
Nintendo and HAL Laboratory are teasing the third new Dream Friend to be added to Kirby Star Allies’ with the free Summer update with the image above.
The silhouette of this character looks exactly like Kirby, so who could this be?
