New Retail Releases: Extinction

Posted on April 9, 2018 by John Scalzo

Another week… another new retail release that’s launching all by its lonesome.

This time, Iron Galaxy (the developers behind the Killer Instinct reboot) will bring Extinction to the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Published by Maximum Games, Extinction follows a soldier that might protect his kingdom from a rampaging horde of ogres:

Legend calls them the Ravenii, encroaching armies of bloodthirsty monsters standing 150 feet tall that once threatened to destroy humankind. Now the threat has returned, and only those trained in the ways of the ancient order stand a chance at defeating the ogres. You are one of the world’s last sentinels, a soldier named Avil equipped with the skills to battle the endless wave of Ravenii. Fight massive brutes and their minions across a sprawling countryside, defending cities and rescuing innocent villagers torn from their homes. This is no longer a war. It is an annihilation. And you are all that stands between humanity and extinction.

That’s all for now, but we’ll be back in a few days with a look at all the upcoming additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.

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NIS America will bring SNK 40th Anniversary Collection to the Switch in Fall 2018

Posted on April 8, 2018 by John Scalzo

SNK has given NIS America a peek inside their archives, and the niche publisher has announced plans to bring the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection to the Switch this Fall.

Compiling “many of SNK’s classics from the 1980s,” the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will include unlimited save points, a Rewind feature to replay tricky scenes, redesigned control schemes, and updated graphics at 1080p resolution. An SNK Museum will also feature unlockable “high definition artwork and original promotional assets.”

So far, NIS America has confirmed the inclusion of 13 games in the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection:

  • Alpha Mission (Console/Arcade)
  • Athena (Console/Arcade)
  • Crystalis (Console)
  • Ikari Warriors (Console/Arcade)
  • Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road (Console/Arcade)
  • Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue (Console/Arcade)
  • Guerrilla War (Console/Arcade)
  • P.O.W. (Console/Arcade)
  • Prehistoric Isle (Arcade)
  • Psycho Soldier (Arcade)
  • Street Smart (Arcade)
  • TNK III (Console/Arcade)
  • Vanguard (Arcade)

More titles for the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will be announced at a later date.

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Campo Santo will bring Firewatch to the Switch soon

Posted on April 8, 2018 by John Scalzo

Developer Campo Santo has announced (via their official website) that Firewatch is in the works for the Nintendo Switch. A launch date for the wilderness adventure has yet to be locked down, but Campo Santo is rebuilding the game from the ground up for the Switch, and they hope to release it “soon”:

Firewatch is coming to the Nintendo Switch!

When will it be out? All we can say is “soon!” Reengineering the sprawling meadows and towering trees of Firewatch’s wilderness to play perfectly on new hardware is no small engineering task. We’ve been hard at work stripping much of Firewatch’s tech down to the studs and rebuilding it to render the world more quickly, to stream and load faster, and to generally be more responsive. Nearly everyone in the Campo Santo office has a Nintendo Switch (and the rest want one). We know what a good Switch game feels like, and want to make sure Firewatch feels like one too.

Plus, we’re hoping to throw in a couple surprises just for the Switch release.

Campo Santo added that the “low-level optimizations and tech clean-up” that are being put into the Switch version of Firewatch will also find their way to the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in a future performance update.

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Don’t Starve will make its way to the Switch on April 12

Posted on April 7, 2018 by John Scalzo

Klei Entertainment has announced that Don’t Starve, their procedurally-generated survival game, will be released for the Nintendo Switch on April 12. Hey… that’s next week.

The Don’t Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition will include a Switch port of the original game, as well as the Reign of Giants and Shipwrecked expansions.

An Announcement Trailer for Don’t Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition has been embedded above.

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You Don’t Know Jack will return in Jackbox Party Pack 5

Posted on April 7, 2018 by John Scalzo

Jackbox Games will bring back “You Don’t Know Jack” in this Fall’s Jackbox Party Pack 5 on the PC, consoles, and other “major digital platforms.”

An announcement on the developer’s official website lays out all the details, and it looks the trivia game will include many of the features and question types that fans have come to expect. But it’ll also get a change of scenery so that Jackbox can mock “binge” culture:

We didn’t want to do another YDKJ just because we could. We wanted to wait until we had a fresh take on the classic formula. This version sees the game (and Cookie) acquired by the friendly corporate overlords at Binjpipe, your premiere media bingeing streaming service. It’s a big scenery change that’s led us to update the game in really fun ways, and given us a ton of new stuff to make fun of.

“You Don’t Know Jack” will also include support for up to eight players, as well as “new question types, audience integration, brand new fart sounds, a lot of old fart sounds too, streaming features, begrudging meme references,” and “more than one Frasier joke for some reason.”

Like the previous Jackbox Party Pack collections, Jackbox Party Pack 5 will also include four other games that’ll be announced at a later date. For now, check out the C2E2/PAX East Trailer embedded above. It’s a hilarious takedown of binge-y buzzwords.

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Impact Winter, The King of Fighters ’99, more added to Xbox Store

Posted on April 6, 2018 by John Scalzo

Microsoft has updated the Xbox Games Store with a handful of new Xbox One games on this fine Friday afternoon.

Impact Winter is a snowy survival game from Bandai Namco that asks players to help a team of people survive until help arrives. Also available to download today is The King of Fighters ’99, the sixth game in SNK’s fighting franchise, and the latest NeoGeo re-release from Hamster Corporation.

You can learn more about the rest of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break.

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Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will be released on June 5

Posted on April 6, 2018 by John Scalzo

Shaquille O’Neal’s glorious return to video games is almost upon us… Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will be released for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One on June 5. Developer Saber Interactive announced the launch date earlier this week alongside a new trailer, which has been embedded above.

A Legend Reborn is a reboot of the original Shaq Fu, and it once again showcases the martial arts mastery of the legendary NBA center, this time in a side-scrolling brawler:

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is an action-packed beat ‘em up starring the one and only Big Diesel himself: Shaquille O’Neal. Battle the hordes of Hollywood and hell on a one-man journey to avenge your fallen home and martial arts master. Beat down foes with devastating combos, face off against outlandish celebrity bosses, and unleash your fury with a variety of hard-hitting weapons and power-ups.

A special Retail Edition of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will come bundled with a Season Pass, and it’ll also be available on June 5 for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Further details about the post-launch DLC included with the Season Pass will be revealed at a later date.

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SNK Heroines gets a September 7 release date and Shermie joins the roster

Posted on April 6, 2018 by John Scalzo

Developers from SNK hosted a special 40th Anniversary panel at PAX East earlier this afternoon, where they confirmed that SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy will be released for the PS4 and Switch on September 7. Fans of the King of Fighters franchise will also be pleased to learn that Shermie has been added to the game’s roster:

Meet Shermie, a beautiful and hard-hitting grappler making her graceful return to the ring. Since first appearing in The King of Fighters ’97, she has remained a popular pick among players and is ready to take her place as the belle of the brawl with her devastating suplexes and bone-crunching drop kicks! Be careful, because one wrong move and you’ll get a taste of her Dream Finish, the Inazuma Leg Lariat!

Shermie’s Debut Trailer has been embedded above.

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