Reports are emerging regarding serious trouble at Telltale, developer of The Walking Dead and Batman adventure games, among others. The company is facing significant layoffs, with some outlets claiming that the company could be closing entirely.

Forbes’ Joe Parlock says that Telltale is seeing “a total closure due to bankruptcy.” Only a “skeleton crew” remains at the company to complete The Walking Dead: The Final Season and will then be shuttered.

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Nintendo fulfills wish of terminal cancer patient to play Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Update: We’ve added some photos of Chris’ experience below.

Original: Sometimes we can forget how cruel the world can be. Chris Taylor, who goes by the alias SpookyWoobler on Twitter, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer after battling the disease successfully in the past.

Unfortunately, Chris was told that he only has a few months left to live. He recently expressed fear on Twitter that he won’t make it to the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which is still some ways out as it’s planned for an early December launch:

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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 devs – no more content, designing Blades, talk about the ending

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Nintendo Life recently had the chance to speak with some of the developers behind Xenoblade Chronicles 2. These include Monolith Soft executive producer Tetsuya Takahashi, producer Koh Kojima, and Nintendo director Genki Yokota.

We have some excerpts below, which confirms that there won’t be any additional content for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, talk about designing Blades and the ending (spoilers of course), and more. You can read the full discussion here.

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Risk of Rain gets surprise release on Switch

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Update: Risk of Rain is also out now in North America, priced at $9.99.

Original: Despite never being announced for Switch, Risk of Rain has just been added to the European eShop. We expect a release in North America soon as well, if not today.

Risk of Rain has seen a fair amount of acclaim, and has been very popular on Steam. The action platformer with roguelike elements features permanent death as its main feature. Local and online multiplayer are supported.

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Nintendo Download (9/20/18, Europe) – SEGA Ages, Undertale, Scribblenauts Mega Pack, more

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk – €49.99 (available September 21)
Legendary Fishing – €29.99
Little Dragons Cafe – €49.99
Scribblenauts Mega Pack – €29.99

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Nintendo Download (9/20/18, North America) – Valkyria Chronicles 4, The Gardens Between, Hover, more

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Legendary Fishing – $29.99
This is the Police 2 – $29.99 (available September 25)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 – $59.99 (available September 25)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country – $39.99 (available September 21)

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NIS talks Switch support, says Disgaea 6 is “very early” in development, more

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At the Tokyo Game Show, Game Informer caught up with Nippon Ichi president Sohei Niikawa. Niikawa had a few interesting things to say about supporting Switch and more.

During the interview, Niikawa mentioned that NIS “wants to continue to release more and more games” on Switch. He said the following about releasing games on the platform: