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During today's Arcade Archives livestream, Hamster announced it will be bringing Taito's '90s football title Hat Trick Hero to PS4 and Nintendo Switch on July 18th in Japan. Hat Trick Hero was released in arcades in 1992 and is a slightly altered version of the 1990 Taito arcade game Football...

It seems like we're in the age of weird, oft-forgotten platforming mascots making a return. We say that because today, Ratalaika Games announced that "the bat is back!" No, not that bat — Aero the Acro-Bat. The circus performer will be making his grand return on Switch (and all other consoles)...

Games inspired by the Game Boy Advance era are currently on trend, and I'm not mad about it. For example, an unfinished Shantae game for the handheld console is now being completed for launch (on both GBA and modern consoles). Action RPG Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of Secrets is a brand new game from...

Developer Eighting, which is most well-known for developing licensed fighting games on Japanese tokusatsu shows and anime has revealed it led the development of the Basketball update for Nintendo Switch Sports. A post on the developer's website revealed that it was "in charge of planning and...

Following an announcement in May about Taito Milestones 3 coming to the West in "Winter 2024", Taito has now shared an update about the collection's Japanese release. It will be arriving later this year on 28th November and comes with a total of 10 titles: This collection also includes a...

Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition is out now on Switch and, by and large, it's turned out to be a successful release for Ubisoft, boasting upgraded visuals from the original alongside some meaningful bonus material. Naturally, however, with multiplatform games such as this, the...

Following its announcement the June 2024 Direct, Nintendo has today revealed that basketball will be hitting the court on Nintendo Switch Sports on 10th July in Europe and on 9th July in North America (thanks to the magic of timezones). The new sport will come as a free add-on for the game...

Meridiem is excited to announce that it will be publishing a physical boxed edition of Papetura, the intriguing action-adventure game handcrafted with paper cutouts. Developed by Petums and digitally published by Feardemic, the physical Papetura Craft Edition will be available later in 2024...

If you've been wanting to give the Switch Online service another shot, but don't necessarily want to fork out the monthly sub for it, Nintendo is now offering Switch users a free 7-day trial. This allows you to "retry the benefits" of this membership service, even if you've tried it out in the...

Dungeon RPG Tokyo Clanpool is the sixth time Eastasiasoft is collaborating with Idea Factory to bring games to Western audiences; others include fanservicey titles like Seven Pirates H and Mugen Souls. Originally developed by Compile Heart (a subsidiary of Idea Factory), Tokyo Clanpool has you...

Nintendo of Europe has launched a sweet new deal for those looking to pick up a pair of Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers in the next two weeks. Until 14th July, those with a European eShop account can earn a whopping 4x the number of My Nintendo Gold Points they'd usually get when purchasing two...

The original Bustafellows is going to be a difficult act to follow. In his review, Matt gave the game five stars and wrote, "The serialized, sustained, character-driven nature of it helps make the narrative arcs as compelling to follow as anything Law & Order has ever offered fans, while the...

Indie publisher and distributor SelectaPlay is thrilled to announce a new publishing deal to release a physical 5-Year Anniversary Standard and Limited Collector's Edition of the acclaimed Metroidvania Touhou Luna Nights for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 later in 2024. The physical...

Moonstone Island has managed to do that very rare thing, stand out amongst a sea of cozy sims. Launching a new cozy sim can be a somewhat cutthroat experience. It feels as if there's a new one landing every other week which, yes, is exciting to an extent. For those of us who are fans of the...

Those subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online can get their hands on a free download of one brutal RPG they may have missed the first time around. First released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018, Darkest Dungeon is a "challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of...

Happy Friday! I'm delighted to tell you that early review code is now available for the delightfully chaotic management sim, Let's School, launching on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X | S and PlayStation 5 on 16th July. Would you like to take a look? Let's School is an accessible, adorable and...

Back in July last year, the Gex Trilogy was officially announced for the Nintendo Switch, confirming three of his retro games Gex (1995), Gex: Enter the Gecko (1998) and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (1999) would be returning. In case you missed this initial announcement, his new collection is...

Greetings, Later today the colourful seafaring adventure Ylands launches for Nintendo Switch. I thought I'd send you this announcement early just in case you wanted to cover the game's launch. The press release is below with the Out Now launch trailer. Ylands: Nintendo Switch™ Edition ($24.99...

Hi! This is a demo/proof-of-concept release of 90spot. The code in its current state is only capable of doing two things: Authenticate with Spotify using your login info Play Bad Apple!! At 1.0.0, I would like 90spot to be a Spotify Connect client that you can use to play music. In a future...

Taito's arcade hack & slash adventure Rastan Saga II is set to be reissued on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on June 20th as the latest Arcade Archives release (as reported by Famitsu). Rastan Saga II was originally released in arcades in 1988 and was later ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega...