Update: Bumped to the top. Pre-load option is live in North America now as well.
Original: Payday 2 is just a few weeks away from launching on Switch. To prepare for its release, the game’s pre-load option has gone live on the European eShop. Pre-loading will let you download most the necessary data so that you’ll be ready to begin playing on launch day.
Payday 2 is due out for Switch on February 27. The digital version takes up 9.8GB of space.
Source: Switch eShop
For the most part, Kirby Star Allies appears to run primarily at 30 frames per second. Barring any last-minute changes, the gameplay itself will hold steady at the count. This includes cut-scenes as well.
The only exception pertains to the menus. When on the title screen or anywhere else inside menus (including the pause menu), Kirby Star Allies goes up to 60 frames per second.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is heading to Switch, according to Game Informer. A release is planned for this holiday.
Obsidian is developing the main game. Red Cerberus is in charge of the console ports, including Switch.
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition is out now on the Switch eShop. Have a look at some footage in the video below.
Scarlet Moon Records and PM Studios have released the Superbeat: Xonic Extra Soundtrack. The 15-track album is a compilation of music from the rhythm game. Artists from around the world are featured, including Hitoshi Sakimoto’s Basiscape team, electronic master Shinji “MEGATEN” Hosoe and his SuperSweep studio, trance artist bLiNd, EDM artist Steven Silo, and the UK’s sentimental synth-pop sensation, Bentley Jones.
Here’s the full track listing:
Rumors of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for Switch reemerged this weekend from a somewhat random place. Hidden away inside the Spring 2018 edition of Licensing Source Book Europe was a comment from GB Eye, a European supplier of licensed merchandise. That’s where a five-year plan for Crash Bandicoot was mentioned, which would encompass a Switch port of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and a new game entirely next year.
Eurogamer is now backing up GB Eye’s claim. The site has heard from its own sources that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is lined up for Switch. That still doesn’t count as confirmation, but adds more fuel to the fire that an announcement could be coming soon.
This week’s issue of Famitsu has new details on Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, one of Nippon Ichi’s newly-confirmed Switch games. It’s launching in Japan on May 31 for 6,980 yen.
Famitsu also brings us the following information:
Image & Form’s hit Switch eShop title SteamWorld Dig 2 is getting a retail release. Today, Rising Star Games announced that a physical version will be sold this spring in both North America and Europe.
SteamWorld Dig 2’s boxed version will naturally include the game on a cartridge. You’ll also find an exclusive double-sided poster featuring iconic artwork along with a reversible inlay with never-before-seen artwork.
Curve Digital has scooped up a new game for publishing, and it’s coming to Switch. Announced today is Smoke and Sacrifice, a project from Solar Sail Games.
Smoke and Sacrifice features a handanimated story of motherhood and survival. The open-world, narrative-driven RPG will have you playing as a young mother who is on a quest to discover the fate of her son after he was sacrificed.
Smoke and Sacrifice will launch for Switch later this year. We have some additional information and the debut trailer below.
