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The Rise of the Golden Idol trailer

Playstack and Color Gray Games put out a launch trailer for The Rise of the Golden Idol. The game, a follow-up to The Case of the Golden Idol, arrived this week.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

Balatro Friends of Jimbo (Pack 2) DLC

Balatro just revealed a new wave of DLC with the Friends of Jimbo (Pack 2). More collaborations are in store.

Players will be able to add some visual flair to your decks with these new cosmetic card skins inspired by fan-favorite characters. Cyberpunk 2077, The Binding of Isaac, Slay The Spire, and Stardew Valley are featured in the next pack.

The Rise of the Golden Idol release date

The Rise of the Golden Idol secured its release date today. On Switch, the game is launching on November 12, 2024.

The Rise of the Golden Idol was announced at The Game Awards last December. Only a general 2024 launch window was shared at the time.

Here’s an overview of the game:

The Case of the Golden Idol Redux update

The team behind The Case of the Golden Idol has revealed a new Redux version that will be launching on Switch. It will be available on October 10, 2024.

If you already have the game, it will be automatically updated to the Redux edition. The original release will be removed from the eShop and replaced for new players.

AK-xolotl 2.0 update local co-op

AK-xolotl just received a new version 2.0 update, which adds local co-op as well as lots of new content.

Players can now team up with a friend as they battle hordes of enemies, share power-ups. If that wasn’t enough, the game received new weapons, items, a new biome and boss, new enemies, and new room types.

Here’s the full rundown of everything in the update:

Balatro The Witcher III, Dave the Diver, Among Us

Balatro just revealed a number of collaborations with The Witcher III, Vampire Survivors, Dave the Diver, and Among Us. This is part of a brand new “Friends of Jimbo” update, arriving today.

Here’s a trailer:

We’ve got the latest on the performance of Balatro, with sales surpassing two million and a gameplay update is planned for 2025.

Publisher Playstack and developer LocalThunk are planning a “Three-of-a-Kind of Surprises” campaign. The first announcement, as already stated, is that there’ll be a major update next year. This will add “new ideas and strategies to the game” at no extra cost.

Balatro physical

Balatro is getting a brand new physical release as part of a “Special Edition”, and pre-orders are starting to go live.

The rollout of the announcement took place in a bit of an odd fashion. PlayStack technically shared the news during a Giant Bomb at Nite show a couple of weeks back. The publisher itself still never put out an official announcement, but now that the news is out there, perhaps that isn’t important.

Upcoming Switch game The Rise of the Golden Idol just received its first proper trailer. The title was announced at The Game Awards at the end of last year, but only with a brief teaser. Today’s trailer gives us actual gameplay.

Here’s an overview of the game:

AK-xolotl Beach Episode update

A new content update for AK-xolotl, which is known as the “Beach Episode” has been released.

A bunch of content is included here – a new biome, more enemies, new axolittles, and a new challenging boss. That’s along with the latest round of fixes.

The full rundown of the update is as follows:


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