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Video: 12 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In April 2022

LEGO Star Wars, Nintendo Switch Sports and more… We’re up to the fourth month of 2022 already, and the releases are starting to ramp up. April is wasting no time getting underway with the release of the new LEGO Star Wars game on 5th April. Following on from this we’ve got something for sports fans […]

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Random: Have Your Cake And Murder It Too With The Latest Among Us Tie-In

*shoves cake into vent*. Remember that trend where everything was cake? You’d see a video of someone’s dog on Twitter, and then they’d stick a knife into it and BOOM. It was cake, stupid. Or you’d go to your mum’s house for Mother’s Day only to find out that some wily pâtissièr had replaced her […]

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Round Up: 14 Switch Games Showcased In The New Game+ Expo

Prinny Presents Vol 3! Amnesia! Azure Striker Gunvolt 3! More! It seems that online expo season is here, and New Game+ Expo has brought a whole bunch of interesting game announcements. It’s often a good show from a Switch perspective, with the participating developers and publishers typically being from the Indie scene, which still very […]

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Less is More. Balancing Narrative and Action in Frightence

As a solo developer and producer who has released several titles for all consoles before, Frightence holds a special affection for me because it is the first title that I did with a team, albeit a tiny team of three talented first-time developers who helped me shape the narrative aspects of Frightence. I’ve developed three […]

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Kitsune Tails Is Getting A Prequel, And It Looks A Lot Like Super Mario Bros

Tanookitsune? Right, this story gets a wee bit confusing. Here are the brass tacks: Kitsune Tails is a platformer inspired by games from late in the 8-bit generation, and it’s coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2023. Developer Kitsune Games has just announced that they’re also making a prequel: Kitsune Zero, which will be released […]

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Welcome to the Festival of Ages

Celebrate with us as we prepare to welcome you to the Season One update to Age of Empires IV: Festival of Ages! Coming soon, the first major update of 2022 brings Ranked Seasons, the Content Editor beta (and Mods!), Seasonal Events, Major Balance changes, as well as a ton of quality-of-life changes to Age of […]

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Among Us Gets A Friends List As Part Of New Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

Make friends! And then kill them! Among Us has just been updated, and the update brings one of the most requested features yet: A Friends List! There are also other changes too, including new cosmetics — on the Switch, you can get Ghostface cosmetics, but Xbox gets an exclusive Master Chief look and PlayStation gets […]

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Heart Machine Reveals Open-World Hyper Light Drifter Sequel, ‘Hyper Light Breaker’

It’s a roguelite! Heart Machine, the original makers of indie darling action-adventure RPG Hyper Light Drifter, announced today that they’ve already begun work on a sequel — just three months after the release of their last game, Solar Ash. It’s called Hyper Light Breaker, and it takes the gorgeous 2D pixel-art look of the original […]

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Looks Like E3 2022 Is Officially Cancelled

Geoff Keighley, what did you do. It’s not hugely surprising, but it seems like E3 is cancelled this year for good. Not just cancelled as in “we’ll do it digital instead”, but cancelled cancelled, as in, “no E3 this year at all”. E3 never specifically announced a digital conference this year, but it’s been in […]

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Xbox Game Pass Members Can Play MLB The Show 22 Early with Early Access Bundle

Play four days early, double daily rewards, and more with the Early Access Bundle. MLB The Show fans, we’re less than a week away from MLB The Show 22’s launch and MLB The Show’s return with Xbox Game Pass. This year, though, we’re trying something new — we’re offering a new bundle for Xbox Game […]