Europe - This week's digital releases (Oct. 18th, 2018)

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (2K, €29.99 / £24.99) - NBA arcade action is back with NBA 2K Playgrounds 2! This sequel adds a new roster of current and retired NBA players, dedicated servers, four-player online matches…

Dark Souls: Remastered (Bandai Namco Entertainment, €39.99 / £34.99) - Re-experience the game that started it all with this remastered version. Dark Souls: Remastered includes the main game plus the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. - Read our Dark Souls: Remastered review

Big Buck Hunter Arcade (MADCOW, €34.99 / £29.99) - Travel around the globe and take down wild game alone or with a friend to compete for the highest score, or try to beat the numerous bonus challenges.

Rapala Fishing Pro Series (Game Mill, €34.99 / £29.99) - Compete in world-class tournaments and daily challenges, all to improve your skills. Earn bonus money to climb the ranks and become a professional angler. Build your reputation, gain sponsors, and battle for awards and trophies in iconic fishing locations in North America.

LEGO DC Super-Villains (WB Games, €59.99 / £49.99) - It's good to be bad… Embark on an all-new adventure by becoming the best villain the universe has seen. Players will create and play as an all-new super-villain throughout the game, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed story.

Season Match HD (Joindots, €9.99 / £8.99) - Something terrible has happened in the magic kingdom. The Snow Queen is furious about her mirror to be broken. She decides to make winter stay forever in the fairy-land. Now, you are the one to save everybody and beat the wicked Queen.

Syberia 3 (Microids, €49.99 / £44.99) - Kate Walker is found dying on the banks of a river by the Youkol tribe, a nomadic people accompanying their migrating snow ostriches. Together, stuck and imprisoned in the town of Valsembor, they must find a way to continue their journey in a race against their enemies and unexpected obstacles.

Warriors Orochi 4 (Koei Tecmo Europe, €69.99 / £54.99) - A collaboration starring heroes from Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors with a roster of 170 playable characters, new magic moves and online multiplayer. - Read our Warriors Orochi 4 review

Valkyria Chronicles (SEGA, €14.99 / £11.99) - In the world of Valkyria Chronicles, the year is 1935 E.C., and the continent of Europa has been plunged into the Second Europan War between the Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance and the Atlantic Federation over the precious resource Ragnite.

Exorder (Fat Dog Games, €10.39 / £9.19) - A fantasy turn-based strategy game, fight for Cerulean and claim the crown as her rightful heir! Enjoy hours of our single-player campaign and battle your friends with cross-platform multiplayer. Expand your skills as a commander with the challenge mode.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas - Deluxe Edition (Ubisoft, €99.99 / £89.99) - With the Deluxe edition, get all the pilots, starships and weapons available at launch! Combining these modular toys in combat will help you adapt to challenges as you save Atlas. The Deluxe edition includes the digital version of : * Starlink Game * 5 Starships : Zenith, Neptune, Pulse, Lance, Nadir * 9 Pilots : Mason, Judge, Chase, Hunter, Shaid, Levi, Razor, Eli, Kharl * 15 Weapons: Flame Thrower, Frost Barrage, Shredder, Levitator, Volcano, Imploder…

Starlink: Battle for Atlas - Standard Edition (Ubisoft, €79.99 / £69.99) - In Starlink: Battle for Atlas, lead a group of interstellar pilots as you build your own starship, explore the Atlas star system, and battle the vile Grax and his Forgotten Legion.Includes: * 4 Starships: Zenith, Neptune, Pulse, Lance * 6 Pilots: Mason, Judge, Chase, Hunter, Levi, Razor * 12 Weapons: Flamethrower, Frost Barrage, Shredder, Levitator…

Starlink: Battle for Atlas - Collection Pack (Ubisoft, €69.99 / £58.00) - Game description: With the Collection Pack, complete and enrich your experience with the other Starships, Pilots and Weapons of the game, and benefit from each of their special capacities! The collection pack includes the digital versions of : * 4 Starships : Neptune, Pulse, Lance, Nadir * 8 Pilots : Levi; Razor, Eli, Kharl, Chase, Hunter, Judge, Shaid * 12 Weapons : Levitator, Volcano, Imploder, Nullifier, Iron Fist, Alt. Freeze Ray, Crusher, Super Gatling, Shockwave, Alt. Gauss, Hailstorm, Alt. Meteor

LEGO DC Super-Villains Deluxe Edition (WB Games, €74.99 / £59.99) - This version includes the original game + the season pass.

The Jackbox Party Pack 5 (Jackbox Games, €21.57 / £19.91) - It’s the biggest Party Pack yet with five party-saving new games! Play using your phones, tablets or computers. No extra controllers needed!

Black Bird (Onion Games, €19.99 / £14.99) - This is the tale of a young girl who dies one day on a street corner and is reborn as the ominous Black Bird. The bird is one of the great calamities, spoken of in the kingdom since ancient times.

Color Zen Kids (Cypronia, €3.99 / £3.49) - Color Zen Kids is a fun new twist on the puzzle game franchise. With simpler puzzles, larger shapes, and a kid-friendly animal theme, it's a great way to teach problem-solving with a game.

Drift Legends (LUXTRADE, €4.99 / £4.49) - Drift racing is back! Drive legendary drift cars on different tracks, beat records, take part in different drift racing events, rise from Beginner to Professional League driver.

Momonga Pinball Adventures (Plug In Digital, €5.99 / £5.39) - Momonga is a pinball game where you bounce through different worlds. On the way, you team up with friends to defeat enemies and conquer boss fights.

Passpartout: The Starving Artist (Flamebait, €9.99 / £8.99) - Experience the life of a struggling artist! Passpartout puts you in the shoes of a French artist trying to navigate the beautifully confusing art scene. Paint and sell your own art to survive your expensive wine and baguette addiction.

Personality and Psychology Premium (Crazysoft, €8.99 / £7.99) - The Personality and Psychology Premium app aims at giving you an analysis of your personality, psychology score. It has a series of tests which you have to go through to achieve your personal score.

SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption (Another Indie Studio, €18.99 / £17.09) - Rise from the depths a crumbling kingdom and to the challenge of defeating increasingly difficult demonic bosses. Choose aspects of yourself to weaken before defeating the avatars of Sin in the action-RPG Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption. Inspired by classic boss-battlers and modern skill-based action RPGs…

Spencer (EntwicklerX, €6.99 / £6.29) - Spencer is an intergalactic traveller who crashed his spaceship on Earth. Alien monsters, stowaways, have broken out and stolen important parts to repair the spaceship. Help Spencer to get the missing items for his ship. Destroy enemies, collect coins and diamonds to cover all tracks on earth.

The Room (Team17, €8.99 / £6.99) - Following a trail of mysterious letters, you find yourself entangled in a journey shrouded with secrets and deception. Trapped in The Room with only an elaborate puzzle box, you must delve into the unknown using only your wits to unlock the answers you desperately seek. - Read our The Room review

WILL: A Wonderful World (CIRCLE Ent., €11.99 / £10.95) - A young girl wakes up, groggy and in an unknown room. A talking dog appears before her and she becomes startled by his revelation: They are gods and it is their duty to change the fate of any humans that ask for their help. Letters appear in the mail and with pen in hand she begins her job.

Warriors Orochi 4 Deluxe Edition (Koei Tecmo Europe, €99.99 / £79.99) - This edition includes the original game, a season pass and deluxe edition bonuses.

I Hate Running Backwards (Devolver Digital, €14.99 / £13.49) - I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline-packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never-ending waves of enemies while time-travelling through procedurally generated, fully destructible worlds!

Pizza Titan Ultra (Breakfall, €9.99 / £8.99) - Pizza Titan Ultra is a fast paced 3rd-person action platformer focused on fighting and smashing through a futuristic city, in a giant mech, to deliver pizza. Experience arcadey action with speedy attacking and dodging, while attempting to control the massive weight of a 10-story mobile pizzeria - just try not to make too much of a mess!

The Legend of Evil (SPRINGLOADED, €5.99 / £4.99) - With two main modes, enjoy countless hours exploring, destroying and corrupting the world of humanity in this strategic tower offence!

Tied Together (Headup Games, €14.99 / £11.99) - One fine day a bunch of scientists created four tiny monsters. But for what? To test their cooperation skills of course! So they tied them together to a tiny monstrous chain and let them make their way through colourful, tricky, cooperative experimental set-ups that only scientists can think up.

Zarvot (snowhydra games, €19.99 / £19.99) - This is a game of cubes. Tiny, adorable cubes with hopes, dreams, unrequited loves… and unlimited destructive power.

Disgaea 1 Complete (NIS America) - To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Disgaea series, the original game that started it all returns for modern consoles in HD. Relive the expanded adventures of Laharl, Etna, and Flonne in Disgaea 1 Complete! - Read our Disgaea 1 Complete review

Switch - Demos
Tetra's Escape Demo (Ratalaika Games, Free) - Blocks named Tetras and it is down to the players to all that they can, to save them and make the most out of their special ability. Via the means of shape-shifting, Tetras can turn into different Tetrominos and used to fill holes and master puzzles, in an attempt to reach the portal on the other side of the level. - Read our Tetra's Escape review

3DS Retail - New Releases
Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo, €39.99 / £34.99) - Nintendo GameCube classic Luigi’s Mansion has been remade for Nintendo 3DS family systems! Fans of Luigi’s Mansion 2 can now explore the original mansion where Mario went missing. Luigi’s something of a scaredy-cat, but these classic ghosts and traps are no match for his vacuum cleaner! Besides, the mansion’s map will be displayed on the bottom screen. If you work up the courage, fight the ghosts of your past battles in the new boss rush mode! - Read our Luigi's Mansion review

Switch eShop - Pre-Orders
Moonlighter (11 bit studios, €24.99 / £22.49, pre-order from 15/10/2018) - During a long-passed archaeological excavation, a set of Gates were discovered. People quickly realized that these ancient passages lead to different realms and dimensions – providing brave and reckless adventurers with treasures beyond measure.

SkyScrappers (Ant Workshop, €8.99 / £7.99, pre-order from 15/10/2018) - Select from a diverse range of extreme sportspeople, to fight and race your way to the top of a falling skyscraper… as it is being demolished.

Trailblazers (Rising Star Games, €26.99 / £22.49, pre-order from 15/10/2018) - Get ready for high-speed thrills with an explosion of colour in Trailblazers. Paint the track as you go to dynamically change the racing line, boost on your team's colour and outwit the opposition in a sprint for the finish. The more you paint, the faster you can go!

Knock-Knock (Ice-Pick Lodge, €5.94 / £5.34, pre-order from 17/10/2018) - Three generations of Lodgers have occupied the cabin, but lately, the walls seem to undulate, skittering unknowns shift in the darkness, and an unruly growl seeps from the attic. Are they hallucinations pecking at the insomnia-afflicted Lodger, or the gnarled remnants of a darker secret?

7 Billion Humans (Tomorrow Corporation, €14.99 / £11.99, pre-order from 18/10/2018) - Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people.

Aqua TV (EM Studios, €9.99 / £8.99, pre-order from 18/10/2018) - Want to turn that big screen TV into a stunning virtual aquarium? Then get Aqua TV - a fully customisable virtual aquarium that lets your Nintendo Switch do just that!

Battlezone Gold Edition (RebellionInteract, €29.74 / £25.49, pre-order from 18/10/2018) - Blast through a thrilling rogue-lite campaign for 1-4 players where different environments, enemies and mission types are blended together. No two playthroughs will be the same!

SpiderSolitaire (G-mode, €3.56 / £3.21, pre-order from 18/10/2018) - Classic Solo play card game "Spider Solitaire" has been arranged in cool style! 300 stages in Stage mode, and also Random mode is playable!

Halloween Pinball (EnjoyUp Games, €1.99 / £1.79, pre-order from 19/10/2018) - Enjoy Halloween Pinball, a reproduction of a real pinball machine, with all the graphic details and sounds. Discover all the secrets, complete all the missions and become number 1 in the world or the best among your Friends, posting your high score on the online leaderboard.

Speed Brawl (Kongregate, €19.99 / £17.99, pre-order from 19/10/2018) - Speed Brawl is a 2D combat-racer about moving fast and hitting hard! Maintain your momentum, build your combos, and unleash powerful special moves. Find your own fighting style, and assemble the finest team of brawlers ever seen. Then do it all again faster... faster... FASTER!!!

Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San (Nicalis, €12.90 / £11.50, pre-order from 20/10/2018) - Mr Tako will solve puzzles, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his mission to end the war between the undersea octopus kingdom and the terrestrial human world.

Swap This! (Two Tribes Publishing, €1.19 / £1.09, pre-order from 19/10/2018) - You may have matched colours before, but never like in Swap This! To master this puzzle game you need real skills, quick wits and tactical thinking. In no time you’ll orchestrate screen-clearing chain reactions and use super-charged power-ups.

3DS Themes

Saro and Stegoin Egypt (Animundi, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
Saro e Stego in Egitto (Animundi, Theme) - €0.99 / £- / CHF -
Bronto in Transylvania (Animundi, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
Bronto in Transilvania (Animundi, Theme) - €0.99 / £- / CHF -
Halloween withJurassic Cubs (Animundi, Theme) - €1.49 / £1.39
Halloween con i Saurini (Animundi, Theme) - €1.49 / £- / CHF -
JC 3packNumber 17 (Animundi, Theme) - €2.49 / £2.29
I Saurini 3packNumero 17 (Animundi, Theme) - €2.49 / £- / CHF -
SmileyWorldHalloween 01 (SmileyWorld, Theme) - €1.49 / £1.39
SmileyWorldHalloween 02 (SmileyWorld, Theme) - €1.49 / £1.39
SmileyWorldRock 01 (SmileyWorld, Theme) - €1.49 / £1.39
SmileyWorldRock 02 (SmileyWorld, Theme) - €1.49 / £1.39
Ball in the centre! (Atlantyca, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79
Geronimo StiltonAre you ready to enter? (Atlantyca, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79
Tea Sisters:ice emotions (Atlantyca, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
Join Hello Kitty Club (Sanrio, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
Hello Kitty is having fun (Sanrio, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
The original Hello Kitty (Sanrio, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
Hello Kitty in a retro style (Sanrio, Theme) - €0.99 / £0.89
DIA DE MUERTOS (Umusic online France, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79
HALLOWEEN #2 (Umusic online France, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79
PUNK MUSIC (Umusic online France, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79
UNICORN #2 (Umusic online France, Theme) - €1.99 / £1.79