Much as we all want it.
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Gavin ponders his instinctual desire for backwards compatibility and why, perhaps, it’s really not needed this time around…
First things first, I would love ‘Switch 2’ to be backwards compatible.
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DOOM Eternal meets… Bayonetta..?
Publisher Humble Games has revealed an upcoming ‘mini-campaign’ DLC expansion for the excellent FPS Prodeus.
All we know at the moment is that the DLC is ‘coming soon’, so we don’t have a release date in place just yet, but we’ll certainly keep an eye out. In the meantime, the above debut trailer showcases what players can expect from the expansion’s gameplay.
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Mario Wonder! Sonic Superstars! Metal Gear!
Believe it or not, October is finally upon us. Yes, the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder, but that doesn’t mean that the release schedule is any less stacked with quality titles making their way to Switch.
Undoubtedly the biggest name heading our way in the next few weeks is Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but October also brings us similarly heavy-hitters like Sonic Superstars and Detective Pikachu Returns as well as gorgeous indies including Wargroove 2 and Dave the Diver.
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Our picks for the best Switch eShop games in September.
Another month, another onslaught of games — it’s eShop Selects time for September.
Yep, we’re closing in on the end of the year, and with only three months left to go until 2024 hits us, our backlogs are full-to-bursting from this month alone.
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This little kitty went to market.
Editor’s Note: As described in the text below, a glitch towards the end of Mineko’s Night Market prevented us from 100% completing the Switch review build. We’re told that the development team is working on fixes, and patches applied pre-launch resolved other issues we initially encountered.
While irritating, the bug didn’t affect our enjoyment up to that point, so we’re publishing this review based on our time with it prior to that late-game issue (approximately 16 hours). We’ll update the review should this problem not be resolved.
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Mlem!
Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Let’s check in with what went on last week, shall we? We took a look at Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for the Game Boy Advance to celebrate the announcement of its arrival on Nintendo Switch Online. It was a reasonably close battle, but ultimately Europe and Japan triumphed over North America with 58% of the vote. Seems folks weren’t quite enamoured with angry Kirby.
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Ion Fury, Phantom Fury & more.
It’s Realms Deep this weekend – a celebration of retro shooters in both old and new ways. It’s hosted by 3D Realms, the legendary publisher behind series such as Duke Nukem. As part of the 2023 event, 3D Realms and friends once again hosted a show filled with world premieres, special guests in interviews and even some delays.
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Just don’t expect an Omni-Man “game play trailer”.
If you’ve been wondering when we’ll be seeing more Mortal Kombat 1 reveals, it could potentially be at New York Comic Con 2023 in a few weeks.
In some new posts on social media, the game’s director and co-creator Ed Boon mentioned how a new patch would be rolled out early next week. As highlighted by fighting game website EventHubs, fans couldn’t help but notice the abbreviation ‘NYCC’ hidden within this message:
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Atooi boss talks Hatch Tales’ delays and reviving a cult classic.
Over 15 years since its initial release on the Nintendo DS, horror FPS Dementium: The Ward is getting a re-release on the Nintendo Switch eShop, utilising the 2015 3DS remaster as its foundation.
While its creepy low-fi visuals and disturbing creature design have attracted a cult following over the years, Dementium remains a fairly niche title that, until now at least, has been fairly difficult to get hold of since the closure of the 3DS eShop earlier this year.
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Sub-Zero to ‘Hero.
When you think back on the significant controversy caused by Mortal Kombat back in the ’90s, it’s almost incredible that the series not only survived such choppy waters but managed to flourish into one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time.
Over the course of the next 30 years, Mortal Kombat would reinvent itself numerous times, shaking off the limitations of past hardware to introduce new and more disturbing ways to push the boundaries of video game violence to its absolute limits, and we’re all here for it.
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