Nintendo announces Super Smash Bros. Invitational and Splatoon 2 World Championship for E3 2018
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Two special tournaments are planned for E3 2018, Nintendo announced today. The Super Smash Bros. Invitational & Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018 will both be held at the expo in June. Both will be live streamed online.
For the Super Smash Bros. Invitational, Nintendo will be inviting a select group of players to compete in the tournament. It’ll be the first exhibition tournament hosted for the Switch game.
ARMS producer shows off prototypes, concept art, and more
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Splatoon wasn’t the only Nintendo game with a panel at GDC today. ARMS producer Kosuke Yabuki was also at the event to talk about ARMS.
During his panel, Yabuki showed prototypes, concept art, and more. We’re even able to get a glimpse at the comic that will be provided out on Free Comic Book Day.
Manticore – Galaxy on Fire delayed
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Manticore – Galaxy on Fire is seeing a last-minute delay on Switch. Originally scheduled for launch tomorrow, it has been pushed back to an unspecified date.
Deep Silver says fans will be updated with “more details as well as the new release date in the coming days.” If you pre-loaded from the eShop, your purchase is still valid and you’ll be able to access the game when it’s ready.
Source: Switch news
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ARK: Survival Evolved – Switch gameplay clip (off-screen)
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At the Unreal keynote at GDC today, the first off-screen footage debuted of ARK: Survival Evolved running on Switch. You can watch the clip below.
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ARK: Survival Evolved dev on Switch’s power, cramming down the file size, more
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At GDC today, a Switch version of ARK: Survival Evolved was announced during the Unreal keynote. This was all possible thanks to Abstraction Games, who is handling the port. It’s in such an advanced stage that it was demoed live in front of attendees. Abstraction CEO Ralph Egas mentioned to GamesIndustry that the team “created something you could almost send for certification.”
Egas shared the following regarding the team’s progress when it comes to ARK: Survival Evolved on Switch:
ARK: Survival Evolved announced for Switch
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ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Switch, Survival Evolved has announced. The news was just shared during an event at GDC.
Studio Wildcard said that ARK: Survival Evolved on Switch will look visually comparable to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. Also, the same features and way of delivering multiplayer will be similar.
ARK: Survival Evolved launches on Switch this fall. We have details and a trailer for the title below.
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More details from the Splatoon GDC 2018 panel
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Splatoon producer Hisashi Nogami just wrapped up his panel at GDC 2018. Aside from showing some very interesting development images, Nogami also spoke about user trends, development, and more.
We’ve rounded up the latest information below:
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Ys VIII launches for Switch on June 26 in North America, June 29 in Europe
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NIS America revealed the western release date for Ys VIII on Switch today. The game is arriving on June 26 in North America and June 29 in Europe.
On Switch, content from both the PS4 and PS Vita versions will be included. Also, he Day One Adventurer’s Edition contains a reversible cover, an exclusive foil pack of three character cards featuring Adol, Dana, and Dogi, as well as a double-sided poster featuring Dana and the Map of the Isle of Seiren.
We’ve included a new trailer for Ys VIII below.
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Nintendo shows off original Splatoon prototypes
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At GDC today, Splatoon and Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami is hosting a special panel. The talk was highlighted by showing prototypes for the first game.
When Nintendo was first developing Splatoon, we heard in an Iwata Asks interview series that the team messed around with various concepts and ideas like tofu and rabbits. We now have new images and details about what took place during development.
Here’s the roundup:
Rocket League’s Tournaments Update with Switch improvements going live in April
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Next month, Rocket League will be getting its next big update. Psyonix shared new details on what’s to come with the Tournaments Update today.
Once the update drops, players will be able to create and join in-game tournaments, restrict entry into tournaments by minimum and maximum Competitive Rank, and more. The patch will also contain the following additions and improvements:
