Netflix recently announced more games coming to its service in the coming months, but an unannounced (as far as I’m aware) casual Bust-a-Move-like game in the form of SpongeBob: Bubble Pop has gone up for pre-order on the App Store and pre-registration on Android. SpongeBob: Bubble Pop (Free) from Tic Toc Games and Nickelodeon is due on September 17th going by the App Store listing, and it aims to offer players hundreds of puzzles where you match colors and free sea snails to save Bikini Bottom. It will include boosters, various unlocks, SpongeBob cosmetics, a skill crane to earn even more costumes, and more. Check out some screenshots from it below:
If you’d like to play SpongeBob: Bubble Pop at launch, you can pre-order it on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. If we get a gameplay trailer, Ill post about it, but I think everyone knows what to expect from a game like this. I’m curious if we see more games announced at Netflix Geeked week in the near future. What do you think of SpongeBob: Bubble Pop and Netflix bringing more casual games like this to its service?
HoYoverse has begun pre-installation for the major Genshin Impact (Free) version 5.0 “Flowers Resplendent on the Sun-Scorched Sojourn” update for on supported platforms. If you’ve not followed the game recently, Genshin Impact 5.0 brings in the sixth nation: Natlan, new characters like Mualani, reruns for Raiden Shogun, and much more. The update will launch beginning August 28th for mobile, PC, PS5, and PS4 with the game launching on Xbox Series X this November. The first Genshin Impact 5.0 banner features: Mualani, Kachina and Kaedehara Kazuha while banner 2 has Kinich and Raiden Shogun. This update is also supposed to bring in updated visuals. Read about that here. Watch the new Genshin Impact trailer for Kachina below:
You can pre-install it by tapping the pre-install resource package button. The download size is 2.67GB on iOS and about 16GB on PC. If you’d like to play Genshin Impact and don’t own it yet, you can download it for free on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. The PC version is available on the official website here and the Epic Games Store. If you play on iOS, with iOS 14.5 or iPadOS 14.5 and later, you can use PS5 and Xbox Series X|S controllers to play Genshin Impact. We featured Genshin Impact as our Game of the Week when it released and awarded it our 2020 Game of the Year. I also featured it as one of the best iOS games to play with a controller. What do you think of Genshin Impact 5.0 so far?
Hi guys, we are back with another new Rush Royale Guide, and Today we will tell you Rush Royale Bosses Guide & How to Counter All Bosses in Rush Royale. I have seen so many new players asking these questions that How to Counter Tribunal In rush royale, How to beat Badlam In rush royale.
If you don’t know how to play against particular bosses then this guide is for you, this Rush Royale Bosses Guide will help you to counter all boss in rush royale so without wasting any time let’s get into it.
Tamer,
Gorgon,
Bedlam,
Warlock,
Tribunal.
Currently there are 5 bosses in rush royale and every bosses has it’s unique ability, for me Tamer and Gorgon are very easy to counter in game but when you are playing against Warlock, Bedlam, and tribunal you should use some strategy which I am going to to tell in this post.
How to counter All Bosses in Rush Royale:
1.) Tamer:
Tamer is one of the easiest boss in the game, The ability of tamer is very simple he summons a portal which spawns minions these minions do spawn behind tamer, you can easily kill him with your level 1 dps cards. If tamer is your first boss that appears during pvp it’s very easy to counter but if tamer is like the 4th or 5th boss then It’ sis going to be very though to counter tamer.
2.) Gorgon
Gorgon is also a very easy to kill, her main ability is she truned you units into rocks, that mean when the units are turned to stone they can’t do any damagemand those units can’t attack gorgon so keep in mind that scince she truned your two units into rocks make sure you have filled your board with as much as possible having more units on the board.
I will recommend you to fill your board with High DPS units, Like Enigineer, Sharpshooter etc etc..
3.) Tribunal:
Tribunal is one of the most hated boss in rush royale and I am sure you are looking for How tribunal works ? how to counter trinbul without loosing your units on board, so now let’s talk about how to counter tribunal & tribunal ability.
Tribunal ability is very diffrent from other bosses, He downgrades half your units by 1 level so more units on the board means more units downgraded or lost.
Basically Tribunal lowers 50% of your cards by 1 tier
Tribunal doesn’t destroy units, it lowers their merge rank, and if their merge rank is 1, they die
if their merge rank is 2, tribunal will downgrade them to rank 1
If you have 11 cards on boards so it will attack on 6 cards instead of 5 cards so make sure you have an even number when he uses his ability also there is one more trick to beat trinbul in rush royale.
When you are playing against tribunal, you can save your mana and Once Tribunal uses his ability you can spam units with the mana you saved up to kill him easily this trick is used by many players and It works well.
4.) Warlock:
This boss is easy to kill in compare to tribunal, If I talk about warlock ability He throws a 1 fireball and that fireball targets and destroy your 1 random unit.
5.) Bedlam:
Just like tribunal, Bedlam is also one of the most hated boss in rush royale, and many people don’t know how to counter bedlam and what kind of deck and cards works well against him.
First of all let’s talk about his ability is He changes your every cards/units on your board into an alternative random cards/units, It’s very difficult to defeat bedlam in rush royale but not impossibe even if you are lucky enough you can kill Bedlam before he uses his ability.
yes it is possible to kill bedlam before he uses his ability, you just need Bombardier and few high DPS cards in your deck. why we need bombarider ?? because Bombardier has ability to stun a boss for few seconds, and when Bombardier will stun the bedlam, you high DPS cards can kill him before he uses his ability.
6.) Puppeteer:
You’ll be able to meet Puppeteer in the PvP mode and on the 60th wave in Co-Op mode. Unlike the other bosses, Puppeteer features not one but two nasty abilities that he will use in turns to affect your units.
First ability: Reduces the mana power-up level of all units by 1.
Second ability: shifts your field in one direction by one cell. Units on the edge in that direction are moved to the other side.
In conclusion. I will just say if you are a new player or begginer in rush royal, just wait because you will learn everything by time & experience. The more you will play, the more you will learn so that’s it for
I hope you all liked reading this Rush Royale Bosses Guide | How to Counter All Boss in Rush Royale post.
I’m a simple man. Give me an old-school first-person dungeon crawler and I’m a pretty happy guy. Make one centered around rescuing a cat and, oh boy, now you’re really speaking my language. Throw in a really unique touchscreen control scheme that I’ve never seen in a game of this type before and we’ve got a winner winner chicken-that-you-found-in-a-barrel dinner. That accurately describes Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat from developer ZombiSoft, who appears to be just a single person named Anders Gustavsson. There are some rough edges here, and some negative things to note, but by and large I’m just having a super good time with Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat and I’m excited to see where it takes me.
So as the story goes, you’re an apprentice wizard who is tasked with finding the runaway cat of your mentor wizard, and you graduating to become a full-blown wizard hinges on you completing this mission. Just when you think you’ve cornered the adorable little feline you find yourself transported to a dungeon labyrinth filled with traps and enemies. You also spot the kitty roaming around and so your mission now becomes more difficult as you try to make your way through this dungeon alive as well as rescue your boss’s pesky little cat.
Now, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat isn’t a highly complex game by any means. There’s some light RPG elements in the form of leveling up and finding cool new weapons and gear, but there’s no party system or any extensive character progression. It reminds me a lot of Questlord in that it’s a pretty simple affair mechanically but the story, the visuals, and the personality of the game compel you to keep moving forward. Also, just because this game is bright and colorful and has a fairly straightforward design don’t think it’s some pushover. The game actually gets rather difficult rather quickly, but thankfully you can save anytime and anywhere, which is something you should practice doing often.
The really neat feature here is the control scheme. You can choose between virtual arrows or swipe gestures for directional movement, which is pretty par for the course. But if you lay a second thumb down on the screen you can free look in any direction. It takes a little getting used to but the swipe gesture movement coupled with the free look gesture combines to make for a very satisfying touchscreen control scheme. It almost feels like you’re playing a first-person shooter at times, once you get comfortable and start zipping around to and fro, but you’re actually still playing a game with grid-based movement.
My small nitpicks are that I really wish this game had an option to play in portrait, and the swipe detection for movement is a bit finicky. It recognizes short, fast swipes as opposed to longer ones, and before I figured that out I was having a really frustrating time thinking the game wasn’t detecting my inputs. Probably something that can be smoothed out in an update. Overall though, despite being a bit basic overall and having some rough edges, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat is a very enjoyable retro dungeon crawler, which is something we don’t get too many of nowadays. If that’s not worth a couple of bucks then I’m not sure what is.
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Steam Deck Weekly. I delayed publishing this because Gamescom 2024 is on right now with news from Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live, game announcements, show floor information, and more. If you missed my Black Myth: Wukong Steam Deck review, read it here. Today’s article has Steam Deck impressions for Bakeru and Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, reviews of a few notable indies, Shaun’s take on the Warhammer 40K: Boltgun DLC, bundles, new Steam Deck Verified games, and more. Let’s get into the reviews and impressions first.
Steam Deck Game Reviews & Impressions
Bakeru Steam Deck Review
When Bakeru was released in Japan, a friend of mine imported it and praised it quite a bit. I tried the demo and was turned off by the technical issues. It was charming, but not enough to put up with no localization and performance issues on Switch. When it leaked on the eShop, I was hoping we’d see performance improvements or a port to PC. We ended up getting both more or less. Bakeru’s Switch release in the West is improved over the Japanese launch version, and it is also now on PC with an excellent port.
Bakeru is an action platformer from Good-Feel who are most known for the Yoshi games and also more-recently Princess Peach Showtime from Nintendo. The studio has done some games outside Nintendo brands, and the newest in this line of non Nintendo games from Good-Feel is Bakeru. Shaun will be doing a full review for this one, but so far Bakeru feels and plays great on Steam Deck.
On Steam Deck and PC, Bakeru lets you adjust display mode (windowed and borderless only), resolution (with full 16:10 support), toggle v-sync, adjust frame rate cap (Note that v-sync off means the game runs at 60fps. Turn it on if you would like to play at your monitor’s refresh rate or at 90fps on Steam Deck OLED), anti-aliasing (off, FXAA, SMAA), adjust filtering quality (trilinear, 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x), and draw distance (low, medium, high).
I played Bakeru on both my Steam Decks. My LCD is running the newest SteamOS beta. On that, I had zero issues with the game and it ran at a locked 60fps at maximum settings. On Steam Deck OLED running the public build of the OS, I only had some issues at 90fps. This seemingly wasn’t related to the settings, but something in the game because I had some shader-related or traversal stuttering in parts, but they only happened initially. I imagine Bakeru will be Steam Deck Verified soon as it runs perfectly if you play at 60fps and near-perfectly at 90fps.
The one issue I ran into pre-release that Spike Chunsoft and the developers already fixed is button prompts being incorrectly displayed. This had the game showing Switch positions instead of Xbox ones when using my 8BitDo Xbox controller or the Steam Deck itself. I’m glad this was resolved pre-release as the game has no port issues, and it is dramatically better than the Switch version. When using a DualSense, it correctly showed PlayStation prompts with the proper labels and positions as well.
Bakeru is a good platformer that I recommend playing on PC over Switch right now. The Switch version, despite performance improvements over the Japanese demo, still has too much variance in its performance to be an easy recommendation. The HD Rumble there is nice, but everything else holds it back. On PC, you miss out on the HD Rumble, but Bakeru runs a lot better across the board, and I’ve been enjoying digging into it over the last week. Stay tuned for Shaun’s full review of the Switch version in the near future.
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Steam Deck Review
There have been many game franchises that I completely missed out on over the years. The Sam & Max series of games is one of those. When I was offered a code to play Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, I figured now was the time to finally play these games with the new remasters. If you’re just here for the game itself, I urge you to read Shaun’s Switch review here. I’m going to focus on how it plays on Steam Deck.
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is the final game in the episodic Sam & Max main trilogy. This new remaster is amazing in basically every way. This includes how it controls, looks, sounds, and feels. It even has many accessibility options to make things go smoothly if you’re new to this kind of adventure game. You can toggle different hint levels and disable flashing in the accessibility settings.
On the graphics and display side, you can play Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse at higher resolutions when docked on Steam Deck, but performance doesn’t hold close to 60fps if you play at 4K. I recommend sticking to it in handheld mode for a 60 or higher experience. You can adjust the graphics quality, texture quality, anti-aliasing, toggle v-sync, and adjust display mode and resolution in the graphics settings.
With Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, I’m glad I finally got around to playing these games. Not only are they all absolutely worth your time and money, but they play superbly on Steam Deck. I’d love for the remasters to hit iPad, but until then the Steam Deck is my favorite way to play Skunkape Games’ remasters.
SCHiM Steam Deck Review
Given the sheer amount of releases lately, I didn’t get around to playing SCHiM much at launch. I’m glad I finally rectified that because it is equal parts charming and gorgeous, and it has been the perfect game to relax with as a break from the longer upcoming games I’m playing for review right now. Developers Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman have released a brilliant take on a 3D platformer using light, shadow, and more for puzzles, and it is all elevated by excellent audio.
Aside from the striking aesthetic, what really carries SCHiM through its four or so hours long runtime is the animation work and sound design. As you work towards solving the various puzzles in the game, every interaction has a lovely little animation, and it all feels beyond polished when played at a rock solid 90fps on Steam Deck OLED. The blend of the shadows and lights for puzzles also are enhanced by the screen in handheld mode.
So SCHiM runs perfectly out of the box on Steam Deck at 90fps, but how about docked? When played at 720p docked, it nearly does a locked 144fps. Playing at 1080p results in well over 100fps at all times. SCHiM supports 16:10 as well which is great to see on Steam Deck. I have no complaints with it aside from the fact that it might seem short for its price to some, and that there really is no evolution of the mechanics over the course of the game. While this isn’t a dealbreaker, it does hold SCHiM down from perfection.
SCHiM is a lovely abstract take on games like Frogger for the modern era. Come into this expecting a work of art with excellent audio design more than a complex puzzle game. I enjoyed just about every level despite the mechanics not really evolving. I enjoyed it enough on Steam Deck to order a physical copy of the Switch version from Japan already. This is definitely worth your time if you enjoy delightful, gorgeous, and relaxing puzzle games.
SCHiM Steam Deck review score: 4.5/5
Gestalt: Steam and Cinder Steam Deck Review
Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is another game I wish I got around to playing sooner like SCHiM above. It has been on the review backlog for a bit now, but having played it, this action platformer is fantastic. Not only does it nail the aesthetic with its blend of 16 and 32-bit visuals, but the sound design, story, and gameplay are sublime.
What initially drew me to Gestalt: Steam and Cinder, is the steampunk visual style in pixel art. I adore the character designs, but wasn’t sure another action platformer would be able to hit hard enough for me in recent years. Having played it, the story is very good, but without getting into spoilers, I feel like there’s more to this tale. Hopefully we see some story DLC in the future.
On the gameplay side, Gestalt: Steam and Cinder felt a bit easier than I expected outside of two bosses I had trouble with. Nothing major though, and the responsive controls help across the board.
Gestalt: Steam and Cinder ships Steam Deck Verified, and it is perfect on Valve’s handheld. The only thing I’d like to see, if feasible, is support for 90fps. Right now, the game is capped at 60fps and 16:9. I tested this on both my Steam Decks docked and in handheld mode.
Given how crowded the genre is, I know most people roll their eyes when they see another action platformer, but Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is one you cannot afford to miss. It is one of the best in the genre with its excellent gameplay, narrative, music, and slick visuals. Gestalt: Steam and Cinder is also perfect on Steam Deck from start to finish.
Gestalt: Steam and Cinder Steam Deck review score: 4.5/5
The original Boltgun was a refreshing surprise for me when it was released last year. While I’m not as into first-person shooters as deeply as some, I can certainly enjoy a good boomer shooter. Give me fast, furious action with some interest levels to explore, a satisfying selection of weapons, and challenging enemy encounters and I’m there. Boltgun had all of that, all dressed up in a Warhammer theme that if nothing else helps the world feel like it extends outside of the borders of the game. A thoroughly enjoying game to play through, and one that left me properly sated… or did it?
While I thought I had had my fill of Boltgun, I was actually quite happy when Forges of Corruption was released. I guess I was still hungry. This expansion gives you five more levels of carnage to engage in, and they run on the larger side. You get two new guns to play with, one being an enhanced flamethrower and the other a rocket launcher. Sure, can’t argue with that. You also get some new enemies to try those toys out on, and you’ll need every edge you can get to deal with them.
When compared to the original game’s levels, Forges of Corruption‘s stages favor more wide open spaces. This puts your mobility skills to the test, as you’ll have to keep on moving to avoid getting surrounded or cornered. If you haven’t mastered the dash already from playing the main campaign, you’ll need to get up to speed fast here. It’s an interesting change-up from the more compact design that the base game relied on so much. The enhanced flamethrower’s spread can really help you out here, and rockets always prefer open spaces.
Difficulty-wise, these levels are mostly going to be a relative breeze for those who played through the first game. The last one is a real beast though, and you’re going to have to use everything you’ve learned to overcome it. Which is to say that while you can play this expansion without finishing the main game, you really should leave it for after. All-up, it takes a few hours to get through it all.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Forges of Corruption keep the party rolling with a set of new stages that show off a slightly different design intent than those of the original. The new weapons and enemies are appreciated, and the level design makes the most of both. I do wish there was something more interesting going on visually here, and the difficulty curve isn’t as smooth as it was in the base game. Still, those looking for more Boltgun challenges to tackle will find them here.-Shaun Musgrave
Let’s begin the massive (and fast-paced) news section of this week with a brand-new trailer for my most anticipated game of 2025: Monster Hunter Wilds. The trailer has the game looking better than before, and I’m getting more excited reading all the details from hands-on gameplay sessions people have at Gamescom. Watch the third Monster Hunter Wilds trailer below:
The next bit of news I’m excited for is Final Fantasy XVI, the best singleplayer Final Fantasy game since XII, is coming to Steam in a few weeks with pre-orders and a demo now live. It is sadly pretty rough on Steam Deck, but I hope things improve.
Terry Bogard launches on September 24th in Street Fighter 6 as the second DLC for the Year 2 Pass. His gameplay trailer looks incredible.
While not directly Steam-related, Capcom is also bringing Resident Evil 2 to GOG on August 27th. I couldn’t get Resident Evil 1’s GOG release to work on Deck, but I hope this one works.
Capcom also released a demo for the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection on Steam and consoles. Check it out here. Read my preview of the full game here.
Silent Hill 2 from Konami got a new story trailer, and this is the first trailer that’s been liked by a friend of mine who is a huge fan of the series. This will be my first Silent Hill game, so I’m excited to try it.
Square Enix released a new “Final” trailer for Visions of Mana ahead of its launch next week. I can’t wait to talk about the full game soon.
A few days ago, Cygames released the big Version 1.50 update for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising on Steam and consoles bringing in big balance adjustments, the new DLC character Versusia, and in-game content included with Battle Pass Round 5. Watch the trailer below:
Persona 3 Reload’s expansion Episode Aigis is adding Joker as a boss fight. I didn’t expect that one, but I’m looking forward to playing the DLC very soon.
Atlus will host a new ATLUS Exclusive showcase for Metaphor: ReFantazio on August 28th at 8 PM. It will be on YouTube. I’m looking forward to playing this hopefully soon for review. Atlus also revealed the English voice cast for the game. Check it out below:
Protagonist – Caleb Yen
Strohl – Stewart Clarke
Hulkenberg – Kristin Atherton
Gallica – Alejandra Reynoso
Heismay – Phillipe Spall
Junah – Emma Ballantine
Eupha – Emily Burnett
Neuras – David Monteith
Louis – Joseph Tweedale
More – Greg Chun
Grius – Gordon Cooper
A new trailer for Metaphor has also gone live, and it is the best one yet for the game ahead of its launch in October. Watch it below:
SEGA released a new trailer for Sonic X Shadow Generations that makes me wish the game was out sooner. We need anime music videos based on this for sure.
Tempest Rising from 3D Realms got a new PvP teaser trailer this week at Gamescom 2024. It looks superb. Check out the footage below:
A game I’m excited to play later this year, Slitterhead from Bokeh Game Studio, got a new story trailer this week. Watch it below:
A game most thought wouldn’t release this year, The Plucky Squire from Devolver Digital, launches on September 17th with a lovely new trailer you can watch below. I’m excited to try this out on Steam Deck and Switch.
Devolver Digital is also launching Sumerian Six, the real time tactical stealth game via Steam, on September 2nd.
Raw Fury is releasing the horror survival game Post Trauma on October 29th. Check out its release date trailer below:
Blizzard is celebrating Warcraft’s 30th anniversary in Overwatch 2 with a new skin for Widowmaker as Sylvanas next month. Check it out below:
Action adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening from Bandai Namco launches on October 18th for Steam and consoles. Pre-orders are now live with a new gameplay trailer you can watch below:
Eternal Strands, set to launch in 2025, got a new gameplay trailer at Gamescom 2024 from Yellow Brick Games. Watch it below:
Superhero-themed visual novel Sacrifice Villains from Shiravune is set to release on Steam this year. It will be priced at $19.99. Check out the Steam page here.
Little Nightmares III also had a new trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024. It releases on Steam and all consoles next year.
Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred expansion got a new trailer showcasing the Mercenary companions ahead of the expansion’s launch this October.
Inti Creates is releasing a demo for Card-en-Ciel on September 4th for Steam. Alongside this news, a new gameplay trailer has been released. Watch it below:
A sequel to Wilmot’s Warehouse is set to release on Steam on October 23rd in the form of Wilmot Works It Out. I loved the original and cannot wait to play this.
Risk of Rain 2’s Seekers of the Storm DLC launches on August 27th for PC and consoles. I’ll be checking this one out on Steam Deck.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II launches on February 11th, 2025 and a new gameplay showcase this week makes me wonder if this will even run on Steam Deck with how good it looks. I’ll definitely try it. Watch the showcase below:
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves from SNK launches on April 24th, 2025 for Steam, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X. The launch price is a special edition with the first pass. Watch the new trailer showing off the amazing Mai Shiranui and the release date showcase below:
Level Infinite streamed its recent “Into the Infinite” showcase featuring updates from its partners covering games like Soulframe, Warframe, and much more. Watch it below:
Sharkmob’s Exoborne had a new trailer released during the showcase above as well. Watch it below:
Civilization VII from Firaxis and 2K launches for Steam and all consoles on February 11th, 2025 with pre-orders now live. Check out the gameplay trailer below:
2K also revealed two other games for 2025, and they’re big ones. Borderlands 4 and Mafia The Old Country are in development for Steam and consoles for 2025 release. Watch the trailers below:
Arc System Works has revealed new details for Double Dragon Revive including the composers and story details. The composers include Raito and many more. Check out the website here.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches on Steam and Xbox on December 9th with pre-orders now live on Steam. I’m looking forward to playing this.
The newest Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream trailers focus on Leafa and Sinon. Watch them below:
Delta Force, the first person multiplayer shooter, previously known as Delta Force: Hawk Ops launches later this year for PC via Early Access on Steam from Level Infinite. It is also set to come to iOS and Android and consoles.
Amazon Prime is doing a series on video games titled Secret Level with a focus on specific games over 15 episodes. These include Armored Core, Spelunky, New World: Aeternum, and more. It is set to begin streaming this December.
Speaking of New World: Aeterum, a new video series based on the game can now be watched ahead of the game’s launch on October 15th:
Marvel Rivals from NetEase Games launches as a free to play game on December 6th for Steam and consoles with all heroes included for free.
Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC launches on September 30th for Steam and Xbox. A new update is also available now on all platforms.
Akatsuki Games released a new trailer for the extreme action game Tribe Nine ahead of its launch on Steam and mobile.
Free to play third person MOBA Predecessor is now available on Steam and consoles from Omeda Studios. Watch the trailer for it below:
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO gets another trailer showing off more of the game in its “50 days from now” trailer. Watch it below:
Path of Exile 2 launches on Steam and consoles via Early Access on November 15th. Watch the new trailer from Grinding Gear Games below:
Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone open world game that’s free for owners of Dying Light 2 Ultimate Edition. It is set to release in the future.
Idea Factory International announced that Date A Live: Ren Dystopia releases on September 5th for Steam. I’ll be reviewing this one. Check it out on Steam here.
Torn Banner Studios (Chivalry 2) announced that the UE5-powered shooter No More Room in Hell 2 will launch in Steam early access this Halloween. Watch the trailer below from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024:
Warner Bros Games also showcased a new Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns gameplay trailer focussing on Cyrax who is a part of the new DLC.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer from Genki is a new entry in the long-running series coming to Steam in 2025. I’m glad to see this because a friend of mine is a huge fan. Watch the trailer below:
Square Enix released a new trailer for Life is Strange: Double Exposure showcasing Max’s powers. Watch it below:
New Steam Deck Verified & Playable games for the week
This week, Yakuza 4 and Devil Blade Reboot are the highlights for new Verified games, and EA’s anti-cheat issues continue to make more games unplayable on Steam Deck. Check out every notable game tested by Valve since the last article below:
#BLUD – Verified
Atlas Fallen – Unsupported
Battlefield 1 – Unsupported (new anti-cheat issues)
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT – Verified
EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25 – Unsupported (new anti-cheat issues)
Eastward – Playable
Flatout 3 – Playable
hololive treasure mountain – Verified
Isles of Sea and Sky – Verified
LISA: The First – Unsupported
Metropolis: Lux Obscura – Playable
Mika and The Witch’s Mountain – Verified
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition – Unsupported (new anti-cheat issues)
Pocket Bravery – Playable
shapez 2 – Playable
Skull and Bones – Playable
SNK VS. CAPCOM SVC CHAOS – Playable
SPY×ANYA: Operation Memories – Playable
Squirrel with a Gun – Verified
Sword of Convallaria – Unsupported
Teeny Tiny Trains – Playable
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker – Playable
THE LAST BLADE – Playable
Tomba! Special Edition – Playable
Wild Bastards – Verified
Yakuza 4 Remastered – Verified
Steam Deck Game Sales, Discounts, and Specials
The highlights of the week when it comes to sales and discounts are the Steam Rhythm Fest until August 26th with discounts on games like Crypt of the Necrodancer, Trombone Champ, and DJ MAX RESPECT V, and also the new Capcom Resident Evil Humble Bundle.
Next week, following the Rhythm Fest, the Isometric Games Sale begins with many discounts from publishers and developers including Owlcat Games. Check out a trailer for the event below:
That’s all for this edition of the Steam Deck Weekly. As usual, you can read all our past and future Steam Deck coverage here. If you have any feedback for this feature or what else you’d like to see us do around the Steam Deck, let us know in the comments below. I hope you all have a great day, and thanks for reading.
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 23rd, 2024. It’s the end of another week, and we’re creeping ever closer to the end of the month and the season. In the world of Switch, sometimes a slow Thursday means a big Friday. Well, not this time. We’ve got a few new releases to look at amidst the junk, plus the usual lists of new sales and expiring discounts for you to consider. Things will be busier next week, but only a little. September can’t come soon enough. Let’s finish up the week!
Select New Releases
Operation: Polygon Storm ($14.99)
A relatively basic real-time base defense game, just from a slightly different point of view than the one we usually see in this genre. I wouldn’t exactly call it visually impressive, but the destructible environments do add a little spice to an otherwise straightforward take. Not my genre of choice, but if it’s yours then you might want to give it a closer look.
Thermonuclear ($7.99)
Set in a distant future where a third World War has broken out, Thermonuclear casts you as a member of a megacorporation out to claim victory. You have access to a powerful new technology called Thermonuclear, an advanced combat cyborg. Guide your cyborg through procedurally-generated stages, engaging in turn-based strategic combat with the enemies found within. You’ll upgrade your cyborg as you go, and if you’re lucky you might just be able to take down the Allfather AI and save the world. If not? Well, you can always try again. Seems decent from what I’ve seen so far.
Magnus Trilogy ($8.99)
A series of visual novels in the Magnus series, bundled together in one simple package. These lean more towards the bizarre and psychological end of the curve. At the very least, you can’t argue with the price per title here. Not for everyone, but some will get a lot out of this.
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
An intriguing assortment of new sales, but a short enough list that I’ll mainly leave it to you. What I will mention is that PowerWash Simulator is not only featuring a discount on the main game, but also all of its paid DLC packs. Now is the time to stock up if you don’t already own them. In the weekend outbox, Team 17’s got a round of titles finishing up their sales. They’ll certainly be back on sale again soon, but maybe you want them now? Choices to make.
Select New Sales
Botany Manor ($22.49 from $24.99 until 8/29)Puddle Knights ($2.99 from $9.99 until 8/30)Batman: The Telltale Series ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/30)Batman: The Enemy Within ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/30)Fuga: Melodies of Steel ($19.99 from $39.99 until 9/2)Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 ($23.99 from $39.99 until 9/2)Kingdom Come Deliverance ($29.99 from $49.99 until 9/4)Outward Definitive ($23.99 from $39.99 until 9/4)Metro 2033 Redux ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/4)Metro Last Light Redux ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/4)Kona II: Brume ($11.99 from $29.99 until 9/4)F1 Manager 2024 ($27.99 from $34.99 until 9/5)Adventure Bar Story ($15.99 from $19.99 until 9/5)Anomaly Agent ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/5)Ambition: A Minuet in Power ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/6)
Skulls of the Shogun ($3.99 from $19.99 until 9/6)Galak-Z The Void Deluxe ($2.99 from $14.99 until 9/6)PowerWash Simulator ($17.49 from $24.99 until 9/6)Fear Effect Sedna ($1.99 from $19.99 until 9/6)Suhoshin ($4.49 from $14.99 until 9/6)Ty the Tasmanian Tiger HD ($10.49 from $29.99 until 9/6)Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/6)Hampuzz ($3.49 from $6.99 until 9/11)Yeah! You Want Those Games, Right? ($7.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)Carry Onward ($2.99 from $4.99 until 9/12)Abyss of the Sacrifice ($11.99 from $39.99 until 9/12)Starward Rogue ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/12)Commandos 2: HD Remaster ($14.99 from $19.99 until 9/12)Commandos 3: HD Remaster ($20.99 from $29.99 until 9/12)Incredible Mandy ($5.99 from $14.99 until 9/12)4 The Elements ($7.19 from $8.99 until 9/12)Lunar Axe ($3.99 from $4.99 until 9/12)
TMNT Wrath of the Mutants ($17.99 from $29.99 until 9/12)Frogue ($3.99 from $4.99 until 9/12)Toridama2: Brave Challenge ($3.99 from $7.99 until 9/12)The Fall of Elena Temple ($2.39 from $2.99 until 9/12)Omega Labyrinth Life ($17.99 from $59.99 until 9/12)Funghi Explosion ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/12)A Dark Room ($2.79 from $6.99 until 9/12)Samurai Maiden ($29.99 from $59.99 until 9/12)Beholgar ($2.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)Raccoo Venture ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/12)Time Rift ($2.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)Doomsday Hunter ($8.99 from $17.99 until 9/12)Super Trunko Go ($2.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)WorldNeverland: Elnea Kingdom ($8.99 from $29.99 until 9/12)Zero Tolerance Collection ($4.99 from $9.99 until 9/12)The Tale of Clouds & Wind ($2.49 from $4.99 until 9/12)
Sales Ending This Weekend
All Noobs Must Die ($1.99 from $12.99 until 8/24)Demon Turf ($12.49 from $24.99 until 8/24)Full Metal Sergeant ($7.99 from $9.99 until 8/24)Mystic Academy: Escape Room ($5.49 from $10.99 until 8/24)Right and Down and Dice ($5.99 from $11.99 until 8/24)Venari Escape Room Adventure ($4.19 from $5.99 until 8/24)Blasphemous ($6.24 from $24.99 until 8/25)Blast Brigade vs. The Evil Legion ($11.99 from $19.99 until 8/25)DREDGE ($16.24 from $24.99 until 8/25)Overcooked 2 ($6.24 from $24.99 until 8/25)Rack and Slay ($5.09 from $5.99 until 8/25)
That’s all for today and this week, friends. We’ll be back next week with more new games, more sales, more reviews, and some news. I have a lot of things I need to get done this weekend, so wish me luck in doing them. I hope you all have a fantastic Friday, and as always, thanks for reading!
For our next dive into the retro games available on Switch, we’re going all the way back to 1989. Er, and then to 1998. We’re heading back to the old monochrome beast and its colorful successor: the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. While there is a robust selection of games from these handhelds in the Nintendo Switch Online app, we’re instead looking at those games that dare to exist in the wilds of the Switch eShop. We’ve got ten of our favorites here, plus five more games that we’d like to see. No particular order, of course. Time to Play It Loud!
Shantae ($9.99)
Once a genuine scarcity that would cost you hundreds of dollars to get your hands on in any legal capacity, Shantae is now quite readily available in digital form. This game is considerably rougher than its sequels, but it pushes the Game Boy Color hardware in a lot of interesting ways, providing a platformer with a bit more to it than the average Game Boy hop-and-bop. Wow, I haven’t seen the term “hop-and-bop” in something like twenty-five years. Well, there you go. Shantae: it’s pretty good fun.
Trip World DX ($19.99)
Here’s another game that would have cost you a pretty penny to play officially until very recently. Trip World is an interesting platformer from Sunsoft that offers up a short but sweet experience. This release of the game does a full-on colorization job while also including a number of extras to dig into. It’s an excellent way to play this quirky, charming tale.
Final Fantasy Legend II – Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend ($19.99)
Time to wade into the compilations, and we’ll start with one that is all Game Boy games: Collection of SaGa. You get all three games in the Final Fantasy Legend series here, and they’re all really good handheld RPGs. I’m picking out Final Fantasy Legend II to highlight here, simply because I think it’s the best of the three. It has plenty of the weird mechanics that make SaGa games so interesting, but feels more well-rounded and approachable than the first game. Probably the best turn-based RPG on the system pre-Pokemon.
Final Fantasy Adventure – Collection of Mana ($39.99)
Going hand in hand with the Final Fantasy Legend games, Final Fantasy Adventure is the game that kicked off the long-running Mana series. As such, you’ll find it in the Collection of Mana with the two Super NES follow-ups. Again, all games worth playing. This action-RPG provided an excellent alternative to the superb Link’s Awakening on the system, with a snappy pace and some surprisingly ambitious storytelling. It’s been remade a couple of times, but there’s nothing quite like the original.
TMNT III: Radical Rescue – TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection ($39.99)
Konami did some great Game Boy games, and it has made a handful of them available through its various collections. The Cowabunga Collection has all three of its original Game Boy TMNT games included, and I think they all have their merits. The open-ended, pseudo-Metroidvania TMNT III: Radical Rescue is the pick of the bunch, though. Plenty of action as you would expect, but the additional layers from exploring the world, rescuing your brothers, and finding all the upgrades makes this one you can really sink your teeth into.
Operation C – Contra Anniversary Collection ($19.99)
After the somewhat tepid attempt to bring Castlevania to the Game Boy via Castlevania: The Adventure, one would be forgiven for thinking there was little hope the tense run-and-gun action of Contra would survive the transition. Surprisingly, Operation C turned out to be really awesome. Sure, you can’t play with another player. Strictly a solo affair. But it’s fast, fun, and challenging in the way you want a Contra game to be. Perhaps there was hope for Konami action-platformers on the handheld after all!
How’s that for foreshadowing? Yes, after mostly biffing the first Game Boy Castlevania game, Konami turned things around in a big way with Belmont’s Revenge. This is an excellent Castlevania game, one that easily hangs with the home console entries even if it can’t quite surpass them. Given it was sandwiched by some less-than-great games, it’s possible many players skipped out on this one thinking it would be the same. If you haven’t played it yet, here’s a handy way to do that.
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great World Adventure – Ninja JaJaMaru: Retro Collection ($14.99)
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great World Adventure isn’t the best game in this bunch by any means, but I think it’s an important representation of some of the more off-beat titles that filled out the library around the releases from huge publishers. Some proper work was put into this reissue, too. It has a new localization and has been colorized, giving a nice spit-shine to a game that might not have topped anyone’s lists for such an effort. While The Great World Adventure is the only Game Boy game in the lot, this collection is an interesting one to poke at in general.
Xtreme Sports ($9.99)
WayForward’s most famous wholly-original property on the Game Boy Color is obviously Shantae, but Xtreme Sports is no slouch either. Essentially a collection of sports mini-games tied together with an open world, Xtreme Sports is a lot better than it has any right to be. The graphics are good, the gameplay is great for pick-up-and-play grazing, and those looking to completely finish everything will find a stiff challenge ahead of them.
The Rescue of Princess Blobette – A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection ($9.99)
Another game that is here more for its unique feel than anything, The Rescue of Princess Blobette brings the home computer-esque puzzle-adventure gameplay of the NES original to the small screen quite well. In some ways it’s a more polished game than its predecessor, delivered in a more compact and well-paced form. If you like games that take some figuring out due to occasional bits of opacity, you’ll love this one.
And… 5 Game Boy and Game Boy Color Games We’d Like to See on Switch
Batman: The Video Game
Yes, it’s kind of weird that Batman is using a gun the whole way through this early Game Boy action game. But it’s also weird that Keaton’s Batman gleefully murders bad guys, so let’s just call it a sign of the times. The important thing is that this is another really great Sunsoft Batman game, and while I know the odds of any of these movie-based Batman games ever resurfacing are next to nil, I will never stop asking.
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
I’m generally avoiding games that I think might show up on Nintendo Switch Online at some point, which means most first-party Nintendo stuff is out. I really hope I’m wrong about this, but something tells me that while the Pokemon spin-offs will probably keep appearing in the subscription service, the mainline games won’t. Thus, I formally request the ability to purchase and play these fine Game Boy RPGs on my Switch.
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault
I waffled between including this or the excellent R-Type DX, but ultimately we have R-Type Dimensions on Switch to scratch that itch, whereas Gradius: The Interstellar Assault only exists in Game Boy form. For a platform whose display should have made it terrible for shooting games, the Game Boy had a good handful of excellent ones. This was Konami’s second kick at the Gradius can on the platform, and while that first one was fine this one really kicked things into gear. Honestly, I just kind of want a Gradius collection in the vein of Konami’s Contra, Castlevania, and TMNT ones. If that happens, this game ought to be in there.
Metal Gear Solid
Lots of Konami in this article, I’m coming to realize. Anyway, this is arguably the best third-party Game Boy Color exclusive. Just about everything that was great about the PlayStation Metal Gear Solid was somehow squeezed into this completely original adventure. This game completely blew me away at the time thanks to that fidelity, and it still impresses me today. Yes, much of the template was laid down in the MSX2 Metal Gear 2, but it’s cool to see something like this on a Game Boy Color. Maybe this will show up in the next Metal Gear collection?
Dragon Warrior Monsters
Pokemon spawned a lot of imitators, but to be fair to Dragon Quest it had monster-catching elements in the main games before Pokemon arrived. So, you know. We forgive you, King. Dragon Warrior Monsters is one of the better Game Boy games inspired by Pokemon‘s success, and I think it would be terrific to see it available on Switch. And you know what? It is available on Switch, but only in Japan. Come on, Square Enix. Just drop the Western ROM in the wrapper and help some Dragon Quest fans out!
And that’s the list, friends. Are there any Game Boy or Game Boy Color games you enjoy on the Switch? Any you would like to see? Feel free to sound off down in the comments and let us know what you’re thinking! It’s always interesting to hear the opinions of others on this kind of thing. As always, thanks for reading!
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 22nd, 2024. In today’s article, we continue to bear witness to the slow yet clear decline of Switch releases in this eighth year. It’s Thursday, but we don’t even have a dozen games worth mentioning today. Even among the ones we have, there isn’t anything that is jumping out. Sure, it’s August. Things are going to pick up soon. But it’s still odd to see such dry Thursdays, even at this time of the year. At least the sales are healthy. Let’s have a look at all of that!
Select New Releases
Verne – The Shape of Fantasy ($14.99)
Play as Jules Verne, who has been brought into a world sprung from his own imagination, in this adventure game. He’ll join forces with Captain Nemo as they try to fend off an evil force determined to destroy all imagination, which I reckon would be pretty bad. Solve puzzles, engage in dialogue, and enjoy the story. An interesting premise, and that’s a big part of the battle when it comes to this genre.
Rise Eterna War ($9.99)
A prequel story to Rise Eterna, this looks to be a base defense-style game to me. Build your team and use your limited resources to deploy them against the enemy. Seems fine for what it is, even if what it is isn’t terribly novel. With more than forty stages to play, it will keep you busy for a few days at least.
As Per My Last Email ($6.29)
One of those stress relief games. You’re an office worker and you have a sledgehammer. You can break pretty much everything in the office. Go for it. Play the ten-level campaign mode, or enjoy the infinite Mayhem Mode as you like. The affordable price is about right for the experience on offer.
Ring Sculptors ($14.99)
A choice-based narrative adventure where you pick from nine different characters and try to survive a trip to the Ring Sculptors’ base. On top of making choices at various points, there are also stats to manage, dice rolls to try to luck out on, and plenty of endings to uncover as a result.
Argol – Kronoss’ Castle ($8.99)
This is a side-scrolling action-platformer in the vein of games like Castlevania or Valis. You play as a sword-wielding warrior on a quest to vanquish evil. Or at least I presume that’s the story, anyway. All I know is that there is a fellow named Kronoss and his castle must be stormed. A decent game with a pretty lively soundtrack backing it. Nothing I’d run down the street yelling about, but it might scratch an itch.
Ataraxie ($4.99)
An affordable Metroidvania-style game starring a mummy. It’s really rough around the edges, but for the price you might not mind. I at least appreciate the novel protagonist. Shame about the ropey collision detection, though.
Arcade Archives The Ninja Kids ($7.99)
Taito’s 1990 beat ’em up featuring puppet ninjas is the latest Arcade Archives release. Up to four players can join in on the fun via local multiplayer, and that’s probably the best way to enjoy this one. Even going alone, the wacky tone makes this an enjoyable game to play through. The mechanics aren’t as tight as in the better titles in this genre from Capcom or Konami, but there’s some charm in the janky nature of it all.
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch ($29.99)
Here’s a visual novel with some simulation elements. Maybe it isn’t right to call it a visual novel because of those elements? Forgive me if my choice of words isn’t on point. Your character ends up homeless on a mysterious island, and soon runs into a witch that is having some problems of her own. They decide to work together, and they’re eventually joined by several others. Can this rag-tag group survive Toyotoki Island and grow along the way? Play to find out! I should write box copy, I swear.
EGGCONSOLE Star Trader PC-8801mkIISR ($6.49)
When you think of Nihon Falcom, you definitely think of… shoot ’em ups? Okay, maybe not. But this one did happen back in the day, and as you might expect it’s not an orthodox take by any means. There are adventure game scenes mashed in with the shooting action here, and your skill at handling trading will determine your available funds for upgrades. Naturally, this is all in Japanese. EGGCONSOLE and all that. If I think it’s even remotely playable for someone who can’t understand the language, I’ll do a review soon.
Sales
(North American eShop, US Prices)
Another sale for 1000xRESIST. Buy 1000xRESIST. Maybe Freedom Planet 2 and Haiku, the Robot too, depending on your tastes. The latest sales from id Software and Inti-Creates are finishing up today, so fill your boots while you can. Check those lists!
Select New Sales
1000xRESIST ($15.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Times & Galaxy ($17.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Super Mutant Alien Assault ($1.99 from $9.99 until 8/28)The Pale Beyond ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Suzerain ($4.49 from $17.99 until 8/28)Paradise Killer ($5.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Genesis Noir ($4.49 from $14.99 until 8/28)Citizen Sleeper ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Haiku, The Robot ($9.99 from $19.99 until 8/28)Ebenezer & the Invisible World ($13.99 from $19.99 until 8/29)Freedom Planet 2 ($18.74 from $24.99 until 9/5)Deadcraft ($5.99 from $19.99 until 9/5)Silent Hope ($13.99 from $39.99 until 9/5)Untitled Goose Game ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/5)Corpse Party ($9.99 from $19.99 until 9/5)Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed ($14.99 from $29.99 until 9/5)Wing of Darkness ($5.99 from $29.99 until 9/5)SCHiM ($17.49 from $24.99 until 9/5)Marchen Forest ($6.99 from $34.99 until 9/5)Violet Wisteria ($7.49 from $14.99 until 9/6)Oops, I Said Yes?! ($20.99 from $29.99 until 9/9)even if TEMPEST Dawning Connections ($34.99 from $49.99 until 9/9)Pirate Bloopers ($1.99 from $9.99 until 9/11)
Sales Ending Tomorrow, August 23rd
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 ($14.99 from $29.99 until 8/23)Berserk Boy ($14.00 from $20.00 until 8/23)Blaster Master Zero 3 ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/23)Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2 ($5.99 from $14.99 until 8/23)CounterAttack: Uprising ($4.49 from $14.99 until 8/23)Dead End City ($9.89 from $14.99 until 8/23)DOOM ($7.99 from $39.99 until 8/23)DOOM 3 ($3.99 from $9.99 until 8/23)DOOM 64 ($1.99 from $4.99 until 8/23)DOOM Eternal ($9.99 from $39.99 until 8/23)Dragon Marked for Death ($7.49 from $14.99 until 8/23)Fireside ($11.99 from $14.99 until 8/23)For The Warp ($1.99 from $17.99 until 8/23)Froggie ($2.99 from $4.99 until 8/23)Gal Guardians: Demon Purge ($13.74 from $24.99 until 8/23)Gunvolt Records: Cychronicle ($10.49 from $14.99 until 8/23)Little Kitty, Big City ($19.99 from $24.99 until 8/23)Luminous Avenger iX 2 ($12.49 from $24.99 until 8/23)PuzzMiX ($2.99 from $3.99 until 8/23)QUAKE ($3.99 from $9.99 until 8/23)Quake II ($3.99 from $9.99 until 8/23)Sally Face ($8.99 from $14.99 until 8/23)TES V: Skyrim ($29.99 from $59.99 until 8/23)TES V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition ($34.99 from $69.99 until 8/23)Umbraclaw ($17.49 from $24.99 until 8/23)Wolfenstein II: TNC ($5.99 from $39.99 until 8/23)Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue ($20.39 from $29.99 until 8/23)
That’s all for today, friends. We’ll be back tomorrow with the remaining releases for the week, plus whatever sales and major news items roll in during the course of the day. We’ve been getting so many thunderstorms lately around here. Hot and sunny during the day, stormy in the evening. Very odd, and not conducive to the laundry schedule. Oh well. I hope you all have a thrilling Thursday, and as always, thanks for reading!
Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes constantly, so the need for everyone to release all on the same day has diminished. Still, we’ve kept our weekly Wednesday night format as for years that’s the time people knew to check TouchArcade for the list of new games. And so without further ado please check out the full list of this week’s new games below, and let us know in the comments section which games you’ll be picking up!
Auto Pirates: Captains Cup (Free)
iTunes Description
Auto Pirates is a competitive player vs world strategy game where you choose your crew, equip your ship and battle, earning plunder based on your global rank. Earn plunder and collect trophies for your exploits on the seas and create the perfect pirate hideout for your crew.
Combine pirates from four fantasy factions with magical relics and a multitude of ships to optimize your strategy or create crazy hijinks. You can shoot, board, blast, burn, sink or push your opponents to get the upper hand and go for the top 1% prize.
Forum Thread: Auto Pirates: Captains Cup (by Featherweight Games)
Baron of Blood (Free)
iTunes Description
Baron of Blood is a 2D pixelart platformer game in which you have to fight your way through numerous levels and defeat different monsters. Collect coins to buy powerful items. 24 different levels in 5 different zones and boss fights await you and offer an exciting and varied gameplay. Hidden diamonds and various achievements will keep you busy even longer after you finish the game.
Forum Thread: Baron of Blood (by Castle Village Games)
Cube Farm (Free)
iTunes Description
-no ads or pay-to-win mechanics-quick sessions, break from scrolling-endless progression with prestige bonuses-time slows at higher layers, with larger harvests-dynamic produce market with supply and demand-pets to collect, feed, train, and battle
Forum Thread: Cube Farm (by Tarot Focus)
Dadish Collection ($8.99)
iTunes Description
Three great games in one!
He’s a dad AND a radish! Join Dadish on his quest to rescue his missing kids in three classic platforming adventures. Dadish Collection combines Dadish, Dadish 2 and Dadish 3 in one rad package.
Forum Thread: Dadish Collection (by Tomas Young)
Demon Squad (Free)
iTunes Description
A long time ago, the demons had lost the war and scattered away.“Now, they shall gather for the revival of the Demon Lord and the demon race”
1. Team idle RPG that takes strategy to new levelsTrain 3 demons to form the ultimate squad!Auto or manual control. Utilize both options to conquer the battlefield!
Forum Thread: Demon Squad (by SuperPlanet)
Fish Hero! (Free)
iTunes Description
Discover a world as a fish outta water!
A physics, parkour adventure! Launch yourself up a collection of biomes as a lonely fish to become Fish Hero! Explore a unique world as a fish out of water. Good Luck!
Forum Thread: Fish Hero! (by Henry Mead)
Going Up ($1.99)
iTunes Description
Going Up is a strategy game where you control groups of lifts in a skyscraper to deliver passengers before they lose their patience. Optimise elevator movement as you deal with a fussy cast of passengers—impatient CEOs, mean soldiers and confused tourists. There is no one solution to elevator optimisation: every stage will have its unique bottlenecks, passengers and problems.
Forum Thread: Going Up (by Dylan Kwok)
Jenny LeClue – Detectivu ($6.99)
iTunes Description
Jenny LeClue is a thrilling story of mystery, adventure and growing up. Set in the sleepy town of Arthurton, the game is filled with memorable, complex characters and rendered in a unique aesthetic.
Embrace the choosiness and shape the metanarrative. You are not the only guiding hand shaping Jenny’s destiny, but your choices will help her unravel the tangled mystery and become the detective she was born to be.
Forum Thread: Jenny LeClue (by Mografi)
Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat ($1.99)
iTunes Description
Enter the dungeon and help the master wizard to find his missing cat in this oldschool dungeon crawler game with nice retro pixel art graphics.Make your way deep into the dungeon. You will explore levels filled with challenging enemies and various traps & puzzles.Discover powerful magical items and weapons and fight your way through hordes of enemies in this real time combat dungeon crawler.
Forum Thread: Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat (by Anders Gustavsson)
LEVELS II (Free)
iTunes Description
This is a dungeon where treasures slumber.Level up and strengthen adventurers, defeat monsters blocking your path, and gather treasures.
# New Feature: Tile Appearance RulesIn previous LEVELS, the color and level of appearing tiles were determined randomly.However, in this game, the next appearing tile is determined based on how the player moves the tiles.
Forum Thread: LEVELS II (by flow Incorporated)
Lyra 2 (Free)
iTunes Description
Lyra 2 is the sequel to a simple, relaxing, minimalist puzzle game that offers endless levels. The only goal is to clear the level, there are no timers, no achievements, no distractions, just the number of cleared levels going up.
Are you looking for a game that you can just relax and play without thinking too much, a game that you can play anytime, anywhere? Lyra 2 is here for you.
Forum Thread: Lyra 2 (by Cold Hours)
Overboss ($3.99)
iTunes Description
Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!
Forum Thread: Overboss (by Goblinz Studio)
Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire (Free)
iTunes Description
Unique roguelike deckbuilding adventure. Explore, fight, and collect powerful cards.
◆ A Special Card AdventurePhantom Rose is an indie game by solo developer & artist makaroll. Craft your deck with cards obtained by defeating Phantoms. There’s no random card draw during battle. Instead, manage your card’s cooldown to defeat your foe swiftly and efficiently.
Forum Thread: Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire (by Studio Maka)
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (Free)
iTunes Description
You’ve spent your whole life living in the confines of your overbearing mothers garage, your father mysteriously vanished before you were born. But hey, you had plenty of time to work out and dream about the wonders of the world. Sucks to be you though, people eat slime, corruption is rife and everyone wants to fight you… But maybe you can find your father and become the ‘dark fist’ people whisper about, somehow you could actually be humanity’s savior, the one who uncovers the super secret secrets of the Goodness Corporation… Or not. It’s a choose your own adventure, stay in the garage if you want.
Forum Thread: Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (by TinyBuild)
TENSEI ($2.99)
iTunes Description
An experience of self-discovery set in soothing Zen landscapes.
“Tensei” is an ultra-casual endless action game.Leap and fall over and over in the style of a brush flowing across paper,and go on a relaxed journey into the sky. Leave the hectic routine of life behindfor a chance to enjoy this deeply immersive experience.
Forum Thread: TENSEI (by NEURON AGE)
Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York ($4.99)
iTunes Description
**Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York** is a visual novel set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade, and is the continuation of the story started in **Coteries of New York.** You don’t need to have played **Coteries** to appreciate and understand the story behind **Shadows of New York.** While Coteries was a general introduction to the world depicted in the 5th Edition of the hit tabletop role-playing game, Shadows presents a more personal and unique tale.
Forum Thread: Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York (by Plug In Digital)
Back in October last year, Feral Interactive announced that cross platform multiplayer was in the works for Company of Heroes ($14.99) on iOS, Android, and Switch. If you’ve not played it yet on mobile or Switch, read my iOS here and Switch review here. Today, Feral Interactive confirmed that the first Company of Heroes mobile multiplayer beta will take place only on Android from August 29th until September 3rd. A full FAQ is here covering what you need to know about the test. Watch the Company of Heroes Collection Switch trailer below:
The FAQ also confirms that the update with full multiplayer will be shipping simultaneously on Switch, iOS, and Android using learnings from the Android test. The test is only on Android since the Google Play Store has a better functionality for opt-in betas. As of now, the multiplayer update has no release date. If you’ve not kept up with the game on Switch and mobile, read my interview with Feral Interactive here. If you’ve not bought the base game yet on mobile, Company of Heroes is available on the App Store for here and on Google Play here. Check out our forum thread for it here and the official website for the mobile conversion here. Have you played Company of Heroes on mobile or Switch yet and will you be checking out the Android beta next week?
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