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Samoa Joe DLC coming to AEW Fight Forever on May 8th, 2024
The Champion arrives
AEW Games has announced that Samoa Joe will be added to AEW Fight Forever next month, on May 8, 2024. He’ll be available as part of the new “World War Joe” DLC, which also coincides with the start of the game’s Season 4 content.
Samoa Joe is currently the AEW World Champion. If you’re not a wrestling fan, you might also know him from his role as Sweet Tooth on the Twisted Metal TV show. Presumably, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with once he’s added to the game.
Check out the announcement trailer for World War Joe below:
Free Comic Book Day is an awesome event that takes place on the first Saturday of every May, and it’s exactly what it sounds like. Local comic book stores will be stocked with special free comics from various companies for any and all customers to grab as they like.
This year, fans have some video game themed comics to look forward to! As reported by Video Games Chronicle, two of the comics on offer will be based on games that are available on Nintendo platforms: ‘Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire’, and ‘Street Fighter vs. Final Fight’.
The Pokémon comic will also come with a short feature based on the world of Splatoon 3, so you’ll get two Nintendo comics for the price of one (again, free)! Meanwhile, the Street Fighter vs. Final Fight comic is Issue #1 of a special Capcom crossover series, so there’ll be more coming from them later on.
Click here to find the full list of free comic store locations, and see below for official descriptions of the two Nintendo related issues.
Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
“Awesome Pokémon adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire video games!
“Sapphire and Emerald need Ruby’s help to stop a crisis of planetary proportions-a meteor hurtling toward their home! Can three Hoenn Pokédex holders stop a crisis of epic magnitude?
“Paired with all-new adventures featuring the beloved characters from the hit Nintendo Splatoon video games! Goggles is back with new friends and new battles! Goggles travels to the Splatlands, meets an inkling named Braid, and embarks on a fresh series of adventures set in the world of Splatoon!”
Street Fighter vs. Final Fight
“The fighters of two fantastic video game franchises collide in Street Fighter vs Final Fight!
“In this special Capcom crossover issue, the World Warriors come to blows with the heroes of Metro City across multiple eras of fighting game history!
“It’s a martial arts-fueled feud that reaches from the time of the original Final Fight 1, all the way up to the modern day Street Fighter 6!”
Player Ratings Update #9 has been released for NBA 2K24. You can find the update notes below.
Atlanta Hawks:
- Vít Krejčí: 72 OVR (+1)
- Dylan Windler: 72 OVR (+1)
- Mouhamed Gueye: 70 OVR (+1)
Brooklyn Nets:
- Mikal Bridges: 83 OVR (-1)
- Cameron Thomas: 83 OVR (+1)
- Cameron Johnson: 79 OVR (-1)
- Trendon Watford: 75 OVR (-1)
- Lonnie Walker IV: 75 OVR (-1)
- Noah Clowney: 75 OVR (+4)
Boston Celtics:
- Payton Pritchard: 79 OVR (+1)
- Luke Kornet: 77 OVR (+1)
- Xavier Tillman Sr.: 76 OVR (+2)
- Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk: 73 OVR (+1)
SteamWorld Heist II comes to Switch August 8th, 2024
Time to get the gang back together
SteamWorld Heist II has been announced for the Nintendo Switch. This long awaited sequel to the original 3DS game (which has since been brought to Switch and other platforms) is scheduled for a launch on August 8th, 2024. This side scrolling strategy game will feature a bevy of new options for customization, crafting, and honing your personal pirate crew.
In SteamWorld Heist II, players set off on a humorous and thrilling adventure on the high-seas, taking charge as Captain Leeway alongside a ragtag crew of Steambots. Players will explore vast horizons, above and below, as they set sail to solve the mystery of a deadly water crisis that’s causing metal limbs and mechanical hearts to corrode. SteamWorld Heist II plunges players into a handcrafted world with intense turn-based combat, where bullets ricochet with deadly precision, a hilarious cast and story that’s unique for the strategy genre, and a toe-tappingly catchy musical universe.
“Millions of players have gravitated toward SteamWorld Heist’s unique gameplay and art style, and fallen in love with its original story, characters and music,” said Brjánn Sigurgeirsson, SteamWorld Universe & Franchise Director. “We’re excited to bring our dedicated fanbase on a new adventure with us in SteamWorld Heist II, where players will experience a hilarious expansion of the original set in the high seas.”
Key gameplay features that await players in SteamWorld Heist II include:
Turn-Based Ricochet Gameplay – Command your crew in this turn-based 2D strategy game, setting up trick shots with ricocheting bullets to take out enemies.
New Job System – Customize your crewmates’ abilities and equipment with a new job system that provides a greater level of customization and endless ways to strategize.
Interactive World Map – Explore the high seas between missions by controlling the crew’s submarine in real-time naval combat, uncovering secrets and gathering reputation along the way.
Handcrafted Story & Style - Enjoy the handcrafted art, music and story in an epic new high-seas adventure offering 35+ hours of gameplay.
Cat Quest III coming to Switch on August 8th, 2024, demo releases today
A purr-fect release date
Cat Quest III has been given an official release date of August 8th, 2024 on Nintendo Switch. Check out a brand new trailer above, and see below for more details and screenshots.
The vast open seas of the Purribean are both bountiful and dangerous for any would-be pirates. Explore unique picturesque islands and meet a bevy of meow-sterious characters as you set sail in pursuit of the legendary North Star. Pounce on the opportunity to explore dark caverns and mysterious dungeons as you search for clues or sail on your own purr-fect ship complete with full sails and explosive cannons with a bounty of different ammunition types. Don’t panic when you encounter a horde of nasty Pi-rats, me hearties – play with another buccaneer in local co-op and turn the tables on these would-be plunderers intent on taking your booty for their own.
Curious cats can test their sea legs and download the Cat Quest III playable demo now on Nintendo Switch. Featuring the game’s opening areas, take your first steps onto tropical islands and meet some of the cast of colorful characters that await you in the full game. Pass a Joy-Con Controller to a friend and enjoy seamless local co-op and begin your epic adventure together.
Europa coming to Switch in 2024, demo available today
Over the moon for this one
Europa has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, with a launch scheduled for sometime in 2024. Additionally, a free demo will be available on the Switch later today! Stay tuned for more info.
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive.
Europa is a peaceful game of adventure, exploration and meditation. As you travel you’ll gradually upgrade the capabilities of your Zephyr jetpack, boosting yourself further through the air until you can flow freely into the sky.
- A breathtaking world of lakes, meadows and mountains to explore, scattered within the remains of a fallen civilisation
- Free-flowing movement that empowers you to glide serenely from boost to boost, building power and momentum over time
- Uncover secrets, solve puzzles, and navigate hidden dangers in the ruins
- An intimate story about growing up and humanity’s relationship with nature
Valley Peaks coming to Switch later in 2024
Frogtastic!
Valley Peaks has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, launching later this year.
In this ribbiting first-person climbing platformer, each mountain is like a puzzle, and it’s your job to make your way to the top of every ridge to place radio towers for the froggy inhabitants of Valley Peaks. Overcome challenges such as crumbling rocks, perilous spikes, moving minecarts, and much more as you strive to complete your mission—all while escaping the hustle and bustle of the city!
Along the way, explore this gorgeous, wholesome mountain paradise while getting to know the amphibian folks who call Valley Peaks home. Join a climbing club and fill up stamp cards to snag some sweet upgrades such as a glider, while earning golden mushrooms to trade with as you strive to complete every mountain route. It’s time to climb!
FEATURES
- A unique climbing mechanic that tasks you with honing your climbing skills to overcome various obstacles, such as fake rocks, swinging lanterns, and much more.
- Place all of the radio towers atop these steep peaks while escaping the city for a mountain paradise.
- Complete climbing routes to fill out stamp cards and earn rewards from the local climbing club.
- Explore a beautiful and relaxing miniature open world complete with gorgeous backdrops.
- Unlock an array of gadgets, including a glider to soar around this beautiful world and give your arms a rest.
- Meet an array of froggy friends, from shop owners to laidback dudes to fellow climbing enthusiasts.
- Master fun minigames and repair broken machines around the world between climbs.
- Earn as many golden mushrooms as you can, the currency of choice in Valley Peaks.
Sticky Business launching on Switch today alongside 'Plan With Me' DLC
Now that's what I call a sticky situation
Sticky Business is is available today on Nintendo Switch, as a timed console exclusive. It will also be launching alongside the paid DLC known as ‘Plan With Me’. A combined bundle will be available at some point as well. Check out the new trailer above, and more info below.
The shop is now open, this time on Nintendo Switch! Developer Spellgarden Games and Publisher Assemble Entertainment are thrilled to announce that the cozy business sim Sticky Business has surprise-launched for Nintendo Switch today, April 17th, 2024. Create your own beautiful stickers, organize your storefront, package orders, read customer sentiments, and more – all on Nintendo Switch, as revealed during today’s Indie World Showcase. With the Nintendo Switch version, you can take your business on the go, while also utilizing touchscreen or traditional control schemes. In addition, you can enjoy the Plan With Me DLC, which adds even more cozy sticker creations to your portfolio but with a new office theme!
Who says that work can’t be fun? In Sticky Business, you start as a brand-new small business owner, and you’re able to use thousands of customization options to embrace your creativity and share your personal style with the world. Once your stickers are made, orders will start coming in, and you will have to pack them up and ship them off to customers. Wait patiently as customers’ kind words and even personal stories will come in as they share the impact your creations have had on their lives.
Sticky Business isn’t just about making stickers and packing orders. You’ll also be able to create an eye-catching online storefront, upgrade stickers using experience points from past orders, and manage sales – All parts of running an efficient and successful business. The more you create and deliver, the more stickers you’ll unlock, leading to more customers.
Key Features:
- Create and Share: Get creative and build the cutest stickers out of thousands of possible combinations. Mix and match them to fit your personal style!
- Meet Your Customers: Businesses always start small and work their way up. Watch as your business grows and experience stories from the customers who place orders.
- Relax and Vibe: Enjoy a lovely pastel palette and a relaxing soundtrack to help inspire your perfect creations.
- Earn and Upgrade: Use your hard-earned revenue to buy upgrades for your shop, get more sticker graphics and effect foils to make your products even more enticing.
Yars Rising from WayForward and Atari announced for Switch in 2024
The sequel to a beloved classic
A brand new game has been announced for the Switch from developer WayForward and Atari. Yars Rising is a side scrolling action platformer, and sequel to the classic Atari game Yars’ Revenge. It’s scheduled for release sometime in 2024 on the Nintendo Switch.
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
In WayForward’s experienced hands, the Yars franchise becomes an expansive mystery solved through 2D platforming action. Take control of the young hacker Emi Kimura, who is hired by a mysterious patron to infiltrate the shadowy QoTech corporation. Run, jump, sneak, and hack your way through challenges as you slowly unravel a complex secret shrouded in intrigue.
Emi grows in power throughout her adventure, allowing her to retrace her steps and reach previously inaccessible and secret areas. Her evolving hacking skills are critical to solving stimulating minigames that reference the innovative gameplay from the Atari 2600 title Yars’ Revenge.
The deeper into the QoTech facilities Emi ventures, the more expansive the sci-fi mystery becomes. A colorful cast of hacker allies help Emi discover her connection to a distant alien race and unlock powers unlike anything she could have imagined.
Yars Rising celebrates the Yars franchise in WayForward’s distinct style of anime art, humor, retro game mechanics and storytelling virtuosity.
Features:
- 2D Platforming Action: Emi must jump, blast and sneak her way past waves of robotic and alien enemies. Her latent powers are revealed as the game progresses, granting her wild augments and biohacks that let her reach previously inaccessible areas. A sprawling, interconnected map allows for hours of exploration
- Sci-Fi Intrigue: A seemingly bottomless mystery takes Emi from drab office buildings into hidden underground labs, and even to the farthest reaches of space as she uncovers the dark truth behind the QoTech corporation and discovers her own personal connection to an alien race.
- Challenging Retro Minigames: A series of hacking minigames pay homage to the original Yars’ Revenge, which fans love for its top-down, quick twitch gameplay.
- Stealth Traversal: Emi can’t always shoot or jump her way out of a jam – tense sections of stealth gameplay force her to duck into the shadows to hide from relentless security guards.
- Classic WayForward Aesthetics: With fantastically rendered 3D environments and an ensemble of captivating characters, the WayForward team brings Emi’s story to life as only they can.
- Play the OG: Discover the first game in the Yars franchise by playing WayForward’s modern take on the Yars’ Revenge, accessible right from the main menu.
REVIEW: Princess Peach: Showtime! is jack of all trades, master of few
All the world is a stage
Peach has come a long way since her days as a damsel in distress. Sure, she still occasionally gets kidnapped by Bowser, but now she also gets to play sports, drive karts, and even join Mario on some of his adventures. Plus, she had a pretty great outing in last year’s Super Mario Bros. Movie courtesy of Anya Taylor-Joy. Still, when it comes to the video games, she’s typically relegated to a secondary role (with the exception of 2005’s less than beloved Super Princess Peach on the DS).
Princess Peach: Showtime! (the exclamation mark is mandatory) is looking to change all that by finally giving Peach the spotlight that she so rightly deserves. After all, she’s the princess of the entire Mushroom Kingdom! Surely, she gets up to some fascinating business when Mario’s not around. She could be managing matters of state, overseeing additions to her famous castle, or perhaps traveling to faraway lands as a visiting dignitary…
As it turns out, the area that Showtime! Chooses to focus on is Peach’s leisure time. Our heroine is on a trip to the local theatre to see a production being put on by a new species of character called Theets (get it?!). When Peach arrives however, it turns out that the theatre has been taken over by a villain even more treacherous and frightening than Bowser - Madame Grape and her Sour Bunch (they’re kind of like the Raisinets, but less wrinkly). With all the plays in disarray, and their lead characters missing, it’s up to Peach to take on their starring roles and restore order to the place.
This is definitely a new angle for Princess Peach to tackle, and the theme allows for a wide variety of gameplay possibilities. Whether or not that variety makes for an overall satisfying game experience is a different story…
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door gets new screenshots and graphics comparison
Twilight Town has been remodeled
The Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake is on its way to Switch soon, and fans are hungry for any new details they can find. The latest new offering is a couple of screenshots that were found buried in a listing for the game on a Japanese retailer’s web site.
The two new screenshots depict areas of Twilight Town and Twilight Trail. In addition to seeing all the upgrades to graphics and lighting, they also show off a couple of new features. Namely, it looks like the remake will include a ‘hint’ option, as well as an easier way to switch between partners while exploring the world.
GameXplain put together a quick analysis video comparing the new screenshots to the same areas in the original version on the GameCube. You can watch that video up above, or check out the new images on their own here:
EDGE review scores for issue 397
Settling some scores
The latest review scores from EDGE magazine have come in, and there are a handful of Switch games covered, including Princess Peach: Showtime!. Check out the full score rundown below from issue 397, all Switch titles are displayed in BOLD.
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 9
- Rise of the Ronin - 6
- Children of the Sun - 7
- Harold Halibut - 5
- Open Roads - 5
- Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles - 6
- Pepper Grinder - 6
- Shiren The Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island - 9
- Alone in the Dark - 4
- Mars After Midnight - 8
- Princess Peach: Showtime! - 7
Fortnite's 'Rebellious' emote will uncensor the word 'devil' in future update
The devil made them do it
This week, Fortnite got the new ‘Rebellious’ emote, which features Doja Cat’s song “Paint the Town Red”. Strangely, the word “devil” was censored when the emote was used in game. This meant that a good portion of the song’s lyrics were muted out from the song clip, which was only a few seconds long to begin with.
According to the official Fortnite Status account on Twitter, this censoring was a mistake. They have confirmed that they’ll be restoring the word ‘devil’ to the song, so that it matches the version of the song found elsewhere in the game as a Jam track.
No word yet on exactly when this fix will be in place, but they’ll most likely just drop it in whenever the next update comes. Soon, you’ll be able to hear the word ‘devil’ with impunity once more. Stay tuned.
Fitness Boxing feat. HATSUNE MIKU rated by ESRB for Switch
Time to get in shape
Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku has yet to be officially announced for a Western localization, but the evidence is piling up. Last month, it was rated by the Australian gaming classification board, and now the ESRB has gotten in on the fun as well.
The ESRB has officially given Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku a rating of E for Everyone. No other details can be gleaned from the rating other than a basic description of the game. Still, this should be a good sign that the game is much closer to a localized release! Stay tuned as we await an official announcement.
Trackline Express arrives on Switch April 18th, 2024
Get your tickets ready
Bubblebird Studios has announced that their chaotic railway manager Trackline Express will be launching on Switch on April 18, 2024. You can find it now on the Switch eShop, where it’s listed for $12.99.
Alongside the release date announcement, a brand new trailer has been shared, which you can find up above. See below for more info!
Embark on a thrilling journey through an unforgiving desert. Gather scarce resources and utilize your strategic skills to build a train capable of overcoming attacks and fires.
ALL ABOARD
Get your tickets to ride the Trackline Express today! Small disclaimer: there might be some missing rails sections. And occasional barbarian attacks. But don’t worry, our trains are the most reliable out there. Some just require a few upgrades here and there. Other than that, a perfectly fine ride is awaiting for you! Did we mention wildfires?
Trackline Express is a train builder where you need to reach the stations while keeping your passenger safe from attacks and wildfires. Gather wood, rocks, ores, coal, and then transform them into various resources to create new buildings and equipment using blueprints that you unlock along the way.
The game offers a unique blend of gameplay elements that could appeal to players who enjoy strategy and resource management and to those looking for a more relaxed and cozy gaming experience with occasional exciting twists.
GATHER RESOURCES
There aren’t many resources in the desert, so you’ll have to think about how to use them in the best possible way.
UNLOCK BLUEPRINTS
You’ll need to collect enough coins to unlock blueprints in order to build anything. Once a blueprint is unlocked, it’s freely available. Coins are rare around there, so use them wisely.
BUILD
With enough resources and the right blueprints, you can create multiple buildings and equipment to help you keep going forward and survive. What will you build first? A mine to get the coal for the train? Or maybe a well for your water tank? Unless you choose equipment to defend yourself against an upcoming threat… Each game is different and might require different prioritizations. Adaptation is key.
DEFEND
Attacks are frequent. You’ll have to fight to protect your convoy. Fortunately there are a few items you can use. As more passengers arrive, you’ll have to be more creative with how you use them.
KEEP THE TRAIN GOING
Feed your train with fuel, build new wagons and new equipment to defend against, well, basically everything. Try to automate things to keep moving as the game gets harder and harder with time and distance.
FEATURES
- High replayability value
- Many items to gather and craft
- Multiple game modes
- Mini quests to complete
- Random deterministic map generator