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Electronic Arts announced today that it will split its studios into EA Entertainment and EA Sports. CEO Andrew Wilson said this “evolution” gives studio leaders “creative ownership and financial accountability to make faster and more insightful decisions” about development and other areas. President Laura Miele will oversee many of EA’s key studios. Vince Zampella will lead Apex Legends, Star Wars, ...

Square Enix will host an Octopath Traveler 5th anniversary live stream. Next month’s event on July 13th at 8 pm JST will feature SE producer Masashi Takahashi and Acquire director Keisuke Miyauchi, a “memorial corner,” and user survey results. We’ll let you know if we hear anything special. This special anniversary live stream follows Octopath Traveler 2’s Nintendo Switch release ...

Live Wire, a Tokyo-based publisher and developer, is holding a Switch eShop Early Summer Sale. A few of the studio, best known for porting Cave-developed shooters to the system, have been reduced worldwide, and you can’t go wrong with any of them. Four great games are included in the 16th June–6th July sale. DoDonPachi Resurrection, Mushihimesama, and Espgaluda II—three Cave ...

NASCAR Arcade Rush, a new arcade-style racer from GameMill Entertainment, will hit the track later this year. NASCAR Arcade Rush, coming to Switch later this year, adds an arcade twist to NASCAR’s most famous tracks and cars. The game honors stock car racing’s 75-year history. We have some exciting screenshots and GameMill info, but no trailer yet. We think the ...

Update :Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster will arrive on Switch on September 15th for European fans. Bandai Namco EU tweeted the above trailer to confirm. The physical version is currently only available in Asia (PlayAsia) and the UK (GAME). If anything changes, we’ll let you know. Original article: Bandai Namco announced Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster ...

Last week’s Ubisoft Forward teaser for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – The Last Spark Hunter revealed more about this second DLC update. The Switch news channel posted this. Mario and the Rabbids must save the Melodic Gardens from Kanya, “the Last Spark Hunter,” who has created a “Mecha King Bob-omb”. The promotional artwork below introduces Mecha King Bob-omb. ...

Square Enix announced at the end of last year that its racing game Chocobo GP would receive “no further large scale updates” and that it would stop selling the paid currency Mythril in January 2023. Chocobo GP’s US eShop listing now has a “release date” of June 15, 2023. What’s up? It seems related to Chocobo GP “Lite,” which was ...

Update: North American Legend of Zelda amiibo are back in stock. Depending on where you live, Best Buy and Amazon are restocking them in waves. The Tears of the Kingdom Link and Breath of the Wild Bokoblin are available (thanks, Amiibo News). In North America, you may be able to complete your Legend of Zelda amiibo collection. The Best Buy ...

Pikmin 4 download cards with screenshots of new features have appeared in Japan. The new screenshots, posted to Twitter by @TokyoGameLife, show that two-player split-screen will return in the upcoming title (our fingers are still crossed for online capabilities) and that player two can play a support role as a shooter, controlling the Pikmin while you control the space explorer. ...

Shadow the Hedgehog will return, but not in Sonic Superstars. Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka was asked about Shadow’s appearance in Sega’s upcoming multiplayer platformer during a Shacknews interview this week. The “classic” characters are the focus of this 3D entry. “Unfortunately Shadow’s not in the game – sorry all you Shadow fans, this is a classic series game, so do ...