Publisher No Gravity Games’ annual free game giveaway signals the holiday season, and 2023 is no exception. The Switch eShop will offer one game for free each day from December 11 to 21 as part of the ‘Switchmas Wonderland’ Christmas giveaway. This offer is usually limited to North American eShop accounts. The giveaway offers 12 free games, with two on ...
Read More »Switch Gets Indie Horror Hit Choo-Choo Charles Early Next Year
Choo-Choo Charles by Two Star Games, an indie hit, will release locally on the Switch on January 18, 2024, for horror, spiders, and train fans. The Japanese eShop says the game will release on December 21, 2023. Players must upgrade an old train with scraps to defeat Charles, a spider train nightmare, in this open-world island horror game. It costs ...
Read More »Discover This Weekend’s Pokémon Scarlet & Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle Event
The next Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 7-Star Tera Raid Battle event is scheduled for December 22–24 (thanks, @SerebiiNet). This weekend’s event will feature Gen IX’s Iron Bundle, the robot bird. The mechanical monsters will have Ice Tera and the Mightiest Mark. As usual, this little guy can only be caught once per saved file. Wait—there’s more raid news for today! ...
Read More »Over 10 million copies of Persona 5 have sold
Atlus announced that Persona 5 has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The Persona 5 series includes the original Persona 5, its comprehensive Royal sibling, Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, and Persona 5 Tactica. Still, 10 million is impressive and shows the franchise’s rapid rise in popularity. Persona 5 was announced for October 21, 2022, after years ...
Read More »Pocket iRecatcher Reconnects Pokémon GO ‘Auto Catch’ Devices for Continuous Play
Since the Pokémon GO Plus wristband was released, a few ‘auto-catching’ imitators have tried something new to catch them all. Many, including Pokémon GO Plus +, disconnect from the game after a while. This problem was previously fixed by manually reconnecting the device, but Brook Gaming’s Pocket iRecatcher will automate this process. PhotoFast’s 247 Catcher had the same feature late ...
Read More »More than 4 million players joined Sea of Stars in 4 months
Sabotage Studio reports that over 4 million users have played Sea of Stars across all platforms since its August 29, 2023, launch. It’s important to note that this includes Xbox Game Pass figures, not copies sold, but 4 million is still a remarkable achievement. On the official press release, game director Thierry Boulanger said: “Sea of Stars is the game of ...
Read More »Spike Chunsoft’s Latest Sale: 80% Off Switch eShop Titles in Europe
Spike Chunsoft has sneaked into the 2023 ‘Festive Offers’ eShop sale, offering big discounts on select titles after Black Friday. Danganronpa and AI: The Somnium Files are among the games discounted up to 80% this time. If either has been on your wishlist for a while, now may be the time to try. The sale runs until December 31, 2023, ...
Read More »New Shiren The Wanderer Trailer debuted new roguelike features
In October, Spike Chunsoft confirmed that Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island would head west on February 27. What will the latest roguelike RPG bring? What new features are expected? I wish there was a trailer to answer these burning questions! There is. Spike Chunsoft revealed some of Shiren the Wanderer’s new mechanics and a brief story ...
Read More »New Update Brings Dave The Diver’s Dredge DLC, Full Patch Notes
Dave, the rogue dive/restaurant manager The Diver hooked us when it swam onto Switch earlier this year, but its collaborative Dredge DLC (yes, the Lovecraftian fishing game) has sailed into view today, making things even scarier. Have you had enough nautical puns? We have more… Today, we can see what’s going on with this collaboration, which was announced at the ...
Read More »Hideki Kamiya Explains PlatinumGames Departure
Hideki Kamiya shocked fans by leaving PlatinumGames this year. He now watches streaming content and makes YouTube videos, but after talking to IGN, we know why he left the company. In a previous YouTube video, he said, “I left the company because I wanted to follow my beliefs as a game creator and to choose the path I think is ...
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