‘Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon’ is coming later this year

Game Boy titles may be appearing on the Nintendo Switch’s Switch Online service “really soon”, according to new rumours.The source, as spotted by Nintendo Life, is the latest episode of the ‘Nate the Hate’ podcast, where the “known insider” presenter speculates that games from Nintendo’s original Game Boy and its successor, the Game Boy Color, will be joining the subscription service as soon as September 2021.Switch Online is Nintendo’s answer to Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus, allowing

Techland has officially announced that the original Dying Light is coming to Nintendo Switch.Revealed at the end of its Dying 2 Know broadcast yesterday (August 26), Dying Light: Platinum Edition is the 2015 open-world survival horror game in its most complete form, including the full season pass that offers a whole suite of extra DLC beyond its base game that the developer said makes “100 hours of gameplay” for a single playthrough.The physical version of Dying Light: Platinum Edition, which

Jumanji: The Curse Returns brings back the iconic cursed board game in an upcoming co-op adventure game from Marmalade Games.Announced during Gamescom’s opening night, Jumanji: The Curse Returns is coming soon to both PC and Nintendo Switch.“Jumanji: The Curse Returns brings up to 4 players together to take on the game and face the creatures and plants it sends into our world.

Capcom has revealed that Monster Hunter Rise is getting a Street Fighter crossover, with Akuma coming as hunter layered armour.While hunter layered armour is a cosmetic that’s worn over the player’s stats-based armour, the trailer shown for this ‘Capcom Collab’ appears to have a twist.Without wielding a weapon, it appears that Akuma will be able to fight monsters performing his signature fighting moves from the Street Fighter games, including his ‘Goshoryuken’ dragon punch and ‘Tatsumaki

Microsoft Flight Simulator segment of the Xbox Gamescom 2021 live stream, it was revealed that the game will be getting competitive multiplayer later in the year.This will come to the game via the Reno Air Races free expansion in autumn of this year. It will also be the game’s largest expansion since it launched, allowing players to compete against friends and other pilots in competitive races.

Xbox consoles, as revealed during the Gamescom 2021 Xbox Livestream this evening (August 24).The update will be coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles sometime toward the end of the year, introducing cloud gaming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Knockout City’s second season, EA’s online dodgeball brawler is giving players superpowers for a limited time.While taking part in the new 3v3 ‘Superpowers! Playlist‘ mode, players will receive a random superpower every time they respawn in what developers are calling “our most transformative game mode yet.”The powers, according to a press release, are as follows:And you can see them all in action, with the trailer belowThe event starts tomorrow (August 24) and runs through to September 7.

Pokemon Legends: Arceus has led fans to compare the game to the 2006 RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.Following the reveal of a new Pokemon Legends: Arceus trailer yesterday (August 18), fans have begun dissecting the video frame by frame (thanks, GAMINGbible).

Disney Classic Games Collection is returning to the Nintendo Switch – this time, with The Jungle Book, too.Classic Disney games have appeared on the Nintendo Switch before. In fact, the Disney Classic Games: Aladdin & The Lion King came to the Nintendo handheld back in 2019.Now, the emulated Disney games are back as the same collection gets a new release.

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites will be released September 9.A reworked version of the classic hack and slash game, BloodRayne Betrayal was originally released in 2011 as a 2-D side-scrolling spin-off to FPS games BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2.There was even a trilogy of live action BloodRayne movies directed by Uwe Boll (who also did the film versions of Far Cry, Alone In The Dark and House of The Dead).The series has laid dormant ever since BloodRayne Betrayal was released but retro video game

No More Robots turned four last Friday (August 13) and founder Mike Rose took to Twitter to share some numbers about the last year.Despite not releasing any new titles, No More Robots still made over £10 million ($12million) which was up 240 per cent year-on-year.

Pokémon to join Pokémon Unite is Blissey, and they’re arriving in the MOBA game this week on August 18.The Pokémon Company confirmed the addition of Blissey today (August 16) via its Twitter, a Supporter battle-type Pokémon who will be joining the MOBA’s playable roster.Blissey has supportive moves that can heal or increase basic attack speed.

Kitfox Games has announced that Boyfriend Dungeon will be updated with a “more accurate” content warning, after noting that the current warning is inadequate.Boyfriend Dungeon will receive “a more accurate” content warning with an update next week, according to a tweet from Kitfox Games.The studio states that the current content warning “inadequately describes the events of stalking and emotional manipulation that exist in the story”, adding that “we apologize for any hurt inflicted by our

Spelunky and Spelunky 2 are finally coming to Nintendo Switch – in Australia, at least.According to the Australian Nintendo eShop, a new release date has been added for both Spelunky and Spelunky 2 – seeing them arrive on the Nintendo Switch on August 26, 2021.“Both Spelunky 1 and Spelunky 2 will be released, at least in Australia, on August 26th – just a couple weeks away,” said Daniel Vuckovic from Australian Nintendo Community, Vooks.

Not Tonight 2, set to launch on Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year.Not Tonight 2, from developer PanicBarn, is the sequel to the 2018 post-Brexit simulation game by the same name which was experienced by 400,000 players.The sequel explores an alternative, defective America, where capitalism and political greed have taken centre stage, and democracy is a thing of the past.The game follows the lives of Malik, Kevin and Mari as they race across the USA on a mission to save their friend

Tetris Effect: Connected was announced for the Nintendo Switch with a release date of October 8.Tetris Effect: Connected is the latest Tetris game to come to the Nintendo Switch after the battle royale Tetris 99 was released in February 2019.

Metal Slug Tactics, a turn-based take on the classic Metal Slug run-and-gun franchise, is heading to Nintendo Switch.Previously announced for PC, Metal Slug Tactics has been on the cards for a while.But now, it looks as though the tactical version of Metal Slug, the long-standing sidescrolling franchise, will be heading to Nintendo Switch.Officially announced during Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, Metal Slug Tactics brings the first new instalment to the Metal Slug franchise since Metal Slug XX

Loop Hero will be coming to Nintendo Switch later this year.Loop Hero was originally released on PC in March this year. Players use cards to build looping dungeons to challenge AI heroes.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – the Jet Set Radio inspired skating adventure from Team Reptile – is coming to Nintendo Switch as a timed exclusive.During Nintendo’s Indie World Stream, developers announced this afternoon that Bomb Rush Cyberfunk will be a Nintendo exclusive when it launches next year, sometime in 2022.Described as a “graffiti-action-adventure”, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk tasks players with grinding and graffitiing their way to becoming an All City King – one of the game’s legendary graffiti

Dontnod Entertainment has announced that Life Is Strange: Remastered Collection has been delayed until early 2022.In a tweet today, Dontnod revealed that the remastered version of Life Is Strange and Life Is Strange: Before The Storm has been delayed to early 2022.