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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

Today, publisher Thunderful and developer Tag of Joy announced that Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is slated for Switch. The mystery adventure game is set for September 28, 2023.

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is a point-and-click adventure experience. For more information, check out the following overview:

Phantom Spark

Thunderful, Coatsink, and Ghosts today announced Phantom Spark, a new arcade racer for Switch. A release window has not yet been announced.

Phantom Spark features weaving, rollercoaster-like levels with a full single-player campaign and the option to compete via local split-screen and online asynchronous multiplayer. More details are included in the following overview:

SteamWorld Build release date

Today, Thunderful and internal development studio The Station announced a final release date for SteamWorld Build. On Switch, it’ll be out on December 1, 2023.

SteamWorld Build originally announced in January. Thunderful confirmed a general 2023 launch window at the time.

LEGO Bricktales gains Summer 2023 update

Original (7/12): A new Summer 2023 update has just come to LEGO Bricktales which adds new content to the game.

A new summer-themed diorama is now available for players, along with five new construction puzzles, including speaker scaffolding, animated stage LEDs and a fireworks display, one traversal puzzle, three new wardrobe items and two new music tracks.

Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine gameplay

Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine dropped on Switch this week, and we have gameplay from the final Switch version. Fans can get a closer look at the new puzzler.

Here’s a lengthy overview with lots of details:

Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine trailer

Thunderful and Headup have issued a launch trailer for Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine. The explosive match-4 puzzler, which is set right after Super Meat Boy Forever, lands on Switch today.

Additional information is included in the following overview:

Laika Aged Through Blood

Today, publisher Thunderful and developer Brainwash Gang revealed Laika: Aged Through Blood. We’ll be seeing it on Switch in the future.

The official description has it pinned down as a “motorvania” with a western-inspired, post-apocalyptic setting. Learn more about it in the following overview:

Cursed to Golf physical

If you’ve been holding out on a physical version of Cursed to Golf, you’ll be happy to hear that this is now happening. Limited Run Games confirmed today that it will produce a boxed release.

Note that only a standard version will be available. There are no plans for any special editions.

Cursed to Golf originally arrived on Switch last August. Up until now, it’s only been sold as an eShop download.

Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine release date

Thunderful, Headup, and Team Meat today shared the release date for Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine. The game launches on June 22, 2023, the three sides announced.

The match-4 puzzler was first announced back in March. We most recently had a general 2023 launch window for the game.

Swordship update 1.1 Arranged Mode

The dodge ’em up game Swordship just went live with a new version 1.1 update featuring an Arranged Mode and more.

Arranged Mode has situations that stay the same for a full week around the world. All enemies, upgrades, levels, weather, obstacles, boss patterns keep their position and timing to be fully optimized.

The update also reworks the progression system and a tracker will now display everything that has yet to be unlocked. The classic score based unlocks are now supported by brand new persistent objectives. 

This is only scratching the surface – you can find the patch notes for the Swordship version 1.1 update featuring the Arranged Mode and more below.


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