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This week’s ARMS update is going to be pretty extensive. In addition to adding Max Brass, his ARMS, and a new stage, a new versus mode is also incoming.

Producer Kosuke Yabuki spoke about the new mode with Eurogamer:

“I can talk about it a little bit now – Max Brass is the main part of tomorrow’s update, but there is a new versus mode where in a fight between two or three players there’s a Hedlok mask players battle over, and when you get the mask your own character can turn into Hedlok. If one player turns into Hedlok it’ll be up to the other players to take him down. The Hedlok mode won’t just be available in one v one versus modes – it’ll be available online and in every multiplayer mode.”

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2K Sports has a new trailer up for WWE 2K18 to promote the game’s pre-order bonus, which will let you play as two versions of Kurt Angle. You can check it out below.

Headup Games announced its full schedule of games the company intends to publisher during the second half of 2017. Four Switch games are included.

Slime-san will start things off when it launches in August. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, finally coming to Europe, is next up on September 7. Earth Atlantis is slated for Q3 2017, and Panzer Party drops in October.

Most of these titles we’ve heard about previously, but Panzer Party appears to be a new project for Switch.

Here’s some early information about the game:

Take your tank, aircraft or ship and fight against up to 3 players on your couch or around the world in this fast paced action arena brawler. Win round after round and take advantage of the items you will be given in return. Battle at various locales from the Desert, the Andes or even Venice, but be aware of the dangers each setting will confront you with.

• 6 settings, each packed with its own unique events
• 9 vehicles split into 3 classes: Water, ground and air
• More than 20 equippable upgrades and pick-ups combined

Source: Headup Games PR

Troll and I will be available for Switch on August 15, Maximum Games has confirmed. The game had been announced for Nintendo’s console earlier this year.

The Switch version of Troll and I lets players use the Joy-Con controllers for both solo and split-screen co-op gameplay.

Here’s the latest trailer:

A patch for Troll and I will be issued on other formats with a number of improvements:

– Addition of a mini-map
– Additional checkpoints
– Easy, Normal and Hard difficulty settings
– Increased crafting speed
– New tutorials
– Additional text hints
– Increased resources for crafting and survivability
– Overall balance improvements

According to Maximum Games, the Switch version will receive these changes when it launches in August. The game will be priced at $29.99.

Source: Maximum Games PR

2K Sports appears to be taking the Switch version of WWE 2K18 seriously. When a fan claimed that the game would likely be based off an older release in the franchise from the Xbox 360, the official WWE 2K Twitter account noted that it’s “not based on previous gen versions”.

The tweet reads:

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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French website Jeuxvideo was recently able to speak with ARMS producer Kosuke Yabuki. Plenty of topics were brought up, including the original prototype and how the team approached development, the most popular characters / modes, update plans (including an interesting tease coming with Max Brass’ patch), interest in a sequel, and more.

We’ve rounded up some of the more notable excerpts below. Note that the responses were automatically translated with Google, so some of the comments are a bit rough in spots. However, it’s mostly understandable on the whole.

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UK retailer GAME is now taking pre-orders for the Metroid: Samus Returns Legacy Edition. You can reserve a copy here. Note that supply is expected to be extremely limited.

A fairly sizeable patch is hitting Pokemon Duel tomorrow, and it’ll bring with it quite a few balance updates. Here’s what’s changing:

Snorlax:

• Changed the effect of Still (Snorlax can’t be affected by any special conditions other than Sleep)
• Increased the power of Body Slam to 110; can now paralyze
• Increased the power of Pound to 70; increased wheel size
• Decreased miss wheel size

Typhlosion:

• Changed the effect of Flame Acceleration (adds plus 10 to the damage value for each Pokemon in your PC)

Ho-Oh:

• Increased the wheel size of Fire Blast
• decreased the wheel size of Gust

Genesect:

• Techno Charge’s effect now lasts until the next time Techno Blast is used

Pinsir:

• Increased the Power of Vice Grip to 50
• Increased the wheel size of Guillotine and Seismic Toss
• decreased miss wheel size

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It’s Tuesday, meaning that new content has gone live in Pokemon Shuffle. First up, a special stage for Alola Cap Pikachu is now available. You have until July 18th to clear it.

A Mew Escalation Battle will be available until July 25th. Beating it repeatedly nets you rewards, up to level 500.

Until July 18th, you can take part in the Shiny Mega Rayquaza competitive stage. As always, earning more points and getting a higher rank gets you better rewards.

Finally, the Registeel event is back, giving you another chance to obtain the Steel type Pokemon.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Cars 3: Driven to Win (NSW/PS4) – 8/8/8/8
Farming Simulator 18 (3DS) – 6/7/7/6
GoNNER (NSW) – 7/7/7/8
Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy (3DS) – 9/9/8/8
MXGP3: The Official Motocross Videogame (PS4) – 7/8/7/8
Portal Knights (PS4) – 8/8/8/7
Rabi Laby: Puzzle Out Stories (PSV) – 6/7/6/6
StarBlood Arena (PS4) – 7/7/7/8
Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Dokonan Desu? (3DS) – 7/8/7/7
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
World Election (PSV) – 8/7/8/7