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Krakow, Poland – August 6th, 2020. All in! Games has announced that Red Wings: Aces of the Sky will receive a patch including new content on Nintendo Switch.

Some of the upcoming features are:

• New match types (Hide N’ Seek, Time Battle, and Score Battle)
• The Mossy Volcano battleground
• Etrich Taube and Bristol M1 planes and new skins

A sale is approaching, too! Starting August 6, Red Wings: Aces of the Sky will be 33% off on the Nintendo Game Store.

Take to the skies over the Great War!

Dive into this dynamic action game that puts players right in the middle of thrilling battles with a fresh take on arcade air combat. Travel back in time to the breakthrough period of flight, when the courage of pilots was unmatched and death could come at any moment.

Main features:

• Play 50 story-driven campaign missions and relive the epic aerial combat of World War I
• Use 4 unique skills to gain an advantage in battles and take down enemies
• Pilot 10 historical warplanes of the Entente Powers and the Triple Alliance
• Upgrade your pilot progression skill tree to improve your stats and skills
• Fly through different game modes with a friend in local co-op (split-screen)
• Learn the story of the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen—the fighter ace of the war
• Read quotes from real letters of WW1 pilots on your way to becoming an ace of the sky

Source: PR Email

BURBANK, Calif. – August 6, 2020 – Adventures of Pip, the charming retro-inspired platformer where a single pixel evolves (and devolves!) between three forms to become a hero from Tic Toc Games, spreads nostalgic cheer on the Nintendo Switch™ system Thursday, September 10. The Nintendo Switch version of Adventures of Pip improves on previous editions with new features, optimizations, and quality-of-life improvements.

Embark on a rollicking platforming adventure through Pixelonia, a kingdom where those rendered with more pixels lead more luxurious lives. When the evil Queen DeRezzia from a rival empire steals the kingdom’s pixels and princess, the King and Queen of Pixelonia tell the 1-bit Pip to find someone who can help. Pip soon learns he is a prophesied hero able to connect with the Bitstream and evolve into higher-res forms.

Shift between 1-, 8-, and 16-bit to find the perfect form for defeating each type of enemy, unleashing abilities appropriate for different challenges. Move through tight spaces as 1-bit Pip, whose light frame glides through the skies. Gracefully jump off walls, slam the ground, cling to ledges, and punch and kick as the more acrobatically-inclined 8-bit Pip. Slice through foes and obstacles as 16-bit Pip, a sword-wielding form whose power matches his noble frame.

Learn to weave back-and-forth between the three forms in seamless combos to soar through five themed worlds ranging from lush forests to murky swamps. Travel from stage to stage on a gorgeous overworld, then return to Pip’s home town to purchase new abilities and consumables unlocked by rescuing 108 wayward residents. Become ever-stronger and take down screen-filling world bosses on the way to saving Pixelonia.

Tic Toc Games set out to improve Adventures of Pip on Nintendo Switch™ to make it the best possible version of the game. View Achievements any time in the Pause menu, access the Town quicker with a shortcut on the map, auto-collect dropped gems, and travel more quickly as 16-bit Pip. It has never been easier to enjoy the sweet nostalgia of Pixelonia while bopping along to Jake Kaufman’s (Shovel Knight, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero) triumphant soundtrack.

“Adventures of Pip is our homage to the classic pixel-art games that inspired us as a studio,” said Marc Gomez, director, Tic Toc Games. “We’re thrilled to bring Adventures of Pip to Nintendo Switch™, so players can “Switch” between Pip’s forms on-the-go.”

Adventures of Pip releases on the Nintendo Switch™ system on September 10 in North America, Europe, Great Britain, and Russia for $9.99, with pre-orders available starting today. It features English-language support and is also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.

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Gold Coast, Australia – Thursday 6th August, 2020 – The Binary Mill is delighted to announce the imminent release of their adrenaline filled Mini Motor Racing X on Nintendo Switch! Mini Motor Racing X will launch September 17th 2020 on the eShop and will be priced $19,99 / €19,99.

Welcome to the world of Mini Motor Racing X! Jump into a nitro fuelled world where little cars mean BIG fun! Spanning across reclaimed ruins and scorched outbacks through to rain soaked docks and sun-kissed tropical islands – Mini Motor Racing X will take you on a micro driving journey across the globe like no other.

Take control of these tiny racers and battle for big bucks and bragging rights across over fifty gorgeous environments! Powerslide around tropical islands, nitro boost through neon cityscapes, and travel the globe as you prove yourself to be king of the micro muscle cars!

With a massive career mode, dozens of cars to unlock and upgrade, and four fiendish championships to conquer, you might want to bring a friend and try out the local couch co-op.

Or, if you just want some quick-fire action, hit up the online multiplayer and race against friends or randos in any of the 52 stunning environments. And if that’s not enough, you can face off in wild party modes.

Following the massive success of Mini Motor Racing on mobile, Mini Motor Racing X was reimagined for PlayStation and Oculus platforms. These initial iterations allowed the development team to take in consideration all the feedback in order to craft with love and passion the Nintendo Switch edition. With dozens of improvements and unique features, this new version is an absolute masterpiece. Ingmar Lak, The Binary Mill CEO says “We’re so excited to be bringing Mini Motor Racing X to the Nintendo Switch. We’ve always felt that Mini Motor Racing and Switch is a match made in heaven, not surprising seeing as the game was inspired in so small part by past Nintendo classics. With Mini Motor Racing X we focused on features that bring out the best in the Switch, such as local splitscreen co-op career modes as well as a myriad of online unique modes. We can’t wait to jump in some online games with Switch racers!”.

Feature list:

• Massive career mode: Collect dozens of cars and race on over 50 tracks in hundreds of races with vibrant, rich visuals, day and night and in varying weather conditions.
• Type X’ battle mode: The same fast-paced racing action, but with the added chaos of weapons. Available for both career mode and multiplayer races.
• Upgrade your rides: Unlock dozens of cars and pump your hard earned winnings into turning them into high-performance beasts.
• Multiplayer: Full online multiplayer with up to four friends and local campaign co-op.
• Multiple ways to play: Play in 1st person, 3rd person, from above or a variety of other camera options.
• Online cross play with other platforms, including VR

Nintendo Switch exclusive features:

• Easily invite your friends to play via the new Online Play Invites system
• Up to 4 player local splitscreen (support for 2 and 3 also)
• New in-car cockpits
• Enhanced Type X mode

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Baltimore, MD  – August 5th, 2020 – Independent developer EVC in partnership with independent games publisher Versus Evil are excited to announce that tactics RPG Wintermoor Tactics Club will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on September 10th.

Wintermoor Tactics Club is a tactics RPG with a narrative inspired by visual novels, set in high school during the 1980’s, and combines its contemporary setting with tactical fantasy RPG combat.

In their exploration of Wintermoor Academy, players will write tabletop campaigns to help students overcome their personal problems, and discover their fantasy selves as the club grows. All of which is tempered by a warm and light hearted approach, and earnest sense of humor, a core pillar of the game’s tone and presentation.

The story will unravel the sinister truth behind the War of the Clubs as players look to break down the walls of high school cliques, make new friends and unlock their true potential. With dozens of unlockable upgrades and seven playable characters across more than 40 battles, Wintermoor Tactics Club merges a highly visual story with customized tactical combat.

“Wintermoor is really accessible for first-time tactics game players, with a puzzle-like take on the tactics combat, while at the same time giving long-time players a charming challenge to sink their teeth into,” Said Steve Escalante, GM of Versus Evil. “After launching on Steam and receiving a lot of love for the game, we’re excited to present this wonderfully funny, wholesome RPG experience to console players around the world.”

“We’re excited to work with Versus Evil to put this game on consoles, and we’re especially excited to see more people enter the world of Wintermoor”, added Ben Walker, Team Lead at EVC.

Wintermoor Tactics Club is launching in English, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and simplified Chinese. Wintermoor Tactics Club is also available on Steam for PC.

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The newest title announced for NIS America’s lineup is Saviors of Sapphire Wings and Stranger of Sword City Revisited, coming to Nintendo Switch and PC in 2021. The latter title is bundled with Saviors of Sapphire Wings as an extra DRPG adventure brimming with additional content such as expanded character creation options, in-game events, and new items and equipment.

In Saviors of Sapphire Wings, the world is plunged into ruin after the Overlord of Darkness defeats the Knights of the Round. A fallen hero returns to a new life a century later and leads a new bastion of heroes to restore light and hope to the world.

Preorder the Limited Edition for the Nintendo Switch here!

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Cologne, Germany / Giebelstadt, Germany, August 4th, 2020: Have you ever seen a Spitling before? Colorful, rectangular, spitting teeth? You haven‘t? Well, then it’s about time! A Spitling is a peaceful and happy little creature, but the utopian tranquility of their skyscraper town has been violently disrupted, and their friends are entrapped by all-consuming slime blobs.

So brush your teeth, grab your friends, and embark on a rescue mission of a different kind! The hardcore arcade co-op game Spitlings pits you against bouncing bubbles. Jump, bob, and weave to avoid their touch and spit your teeth at them to make them pop. Clear all of the 100+ levels and free the trapped Spitlings!

Spitlings is available starting today, August 4th, on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch for $ 14.99 / € 14,99 / £ 13,49.

Spitlings is a challenging frenzy – perfectly suited for playing with friends both locally and online. Prepare for intense moments and a lot of shouting, as you and your friends will beat level after level by the spit, uhm, skin of your teeth. Always keep an eye on your limited supply while you evade the bouncy bubbles and try to split them. Beat the time challenge of each level to unlock its harder b-side version, plus even more playable Spitlings and color themes!

About Spitlings

Spitlings is a chaotic action arcade game for one to four players. It puts you in control of the titular Spitlings: charming rectangular creatures with teeth they can spit at bubbles or use to jump!

Your goal is simple, but hard to achieve: Get rid of all the bubbles bouncing around the screen!

Key Features

• Action-packed, highly engaging, scream-at-your-friends multiplayer fun
• Play the whole game with up to four people
• If one fails, all restart: It‘s co-op with all the outrage of versus on top!
• Play 100+ levels and beat the clock to unlock the challenging b-side versions
• Unlock 70+ themes and 100 Spitlings to play with
• Experience the story through detailed, interactive comic cutscenes
• Increase the chaos in party mode with several unique mutator sets

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Angoulême, France July  31st – Freshly plucked from the fiery depths of the deepest darkest abyss, Headbang Club is pleased to announce that Double Kick Heroes will be released on August 13th on Nintendo Switch and Steam, to follow on Game Pass for PC and Xbox One and the Xbox and Microsoft Store on the 28th, with pre-orders opening up on the 5th of August for Nintendo Switch and Xbox one.

It’s time to jump out of the mosh-pit and into your Gundillac, Sheila, and take on the baddest of badasses and survive in this metal moshing and mayhemic post-apocalyptic nightmarish wasteland.

“Man, it’s been a long journey but we’re pumped to be finally sharing Double Kick Heroes with you all” David Elahee – Headbang Club. “We hope that you love our game as much as we do and enjoy the kick-ass soundtrack we’ve put together to celebrate all things metal. We can’t wait for people to try out air controls for Nintendo Switch which is a heap load of metallic fun, but please drum responsibly”.

Features:

• A full story mode that’s accompanied by 50 kerranging songs, including the OST Volume 2 Update, by top artists such as Ultra Vomit, Volkorx, Gorod, Jinjer, Carpenter Brut and Gojira!
• Unique Rhythm shooter mashup with incredibly detailed pixel art
• 5 difficulty settings to test even the most metal of metal head’s skills
• Tons of accessibility options
• USB drum and guitar support on PC and Xbox One
• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Alternative Motion Control Methods
  1. Air drumming – Joy-Con used as drumsticks, keeping in the rhythm of the game
  2. Air beat – Can’t drum? No Problem! Stomp to the beat with your Joy-Con
  3. Want the all-out motion-controlled experience and really put that double kick pedal to the metal? Then it’s time to use two sets of Joy-Con, one in your socks and one in your hands and drum and stomp your way through the apocalypse!

Double Kick Heroes will launch priced at  €21.99 / £19.79 / $21.99 on Nintendo Switch & Xbox One and $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.49 on Steam and the Microsoft Store.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan – July 30th, 2020 – Underbite Games’ turn-based tactics adventure Sentinels of Freedom launches today on the Nintendo eShop for $24.99 /€22.39 / £20.19. Ripped from the pages of Sentinel Comics, this story-driven campaign has you join forces with an ever-growing team of heroes to face a wide variety of villains.

Sentinels of Freedom is a superhero adventure that lets you fight the forces of evil in your own unique way. Create your own custom hero, crafting the character’s backstory, personality, power source, abilities and costume. Choose whether you want to focus on melee brawling, support, or nifty gadgets. Refine your heroic identity throughout the game – changing everything about how your hero looks, all the way down to your hero’s body type, between any mission.

As with any great superhero squad, your team will have to work in tandem with one another to survive harrowing encounters with supervillains. Forge a plan of attack with Sync and Vigilance actions allowing you to string together combos with your various teammates.

Embark on a series of large scale missions penned by the writers of Sentinel Comics. What seems like a typical bank heist reveals itself to be just the beginning of a much more sinister plan! Each mission is broken up into groups of engagements – each offering unique objectives, enemy types and player choice on where to go next – keeping each feeling fresh and unique.

New content will regularly be added, with many new levels, heroes and villains, and upgrades planned.

“Sentinels of Freedom is the perfect blend of superhero comics and tactics games,” said Cory Heald, founder of Underbite Games. “It’s got a gripping story and colorful characters, but it also lets you control the carnage as these superpowered heroes and villains face off in increasingly epic fisticuffs!”

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Oslo, Norway – July 30th, 2020 – Inconspicuous Creations is proud to reveal that its jive puzzler about a boogie-woogie worm wriggling its way through a series of mazes, Worm Jazz, is coming to the eShop for Nintendo Switch and Steam this summer. Can you dig it?

Worm Jazz is a unique, wriggly puzzle game that combines the elongating body mechanic of Snake with the explosion-heavy demolition of Bomberman. You take control of Mr. Mark, an earthworm with a particular fondness for smooth jazz and dapper headwear. Writhe your way through the many intricate, mind-bending mazes filled with mines, wormholes, and powerups! Shrink when you blow yourself up and expand when you scarf down some chow. Are you able to gobble up all the food on each stage and reach the highly coveted golden apple?

The game might appear simple at first glance, but you are quickly presented with some painfully perplexing puzzles. Fear not, as Worm Jazz aims to offer a challenge for every type of player. While puzzle aficionados and completionists will want to gobble up 100% of the food on each stage, casual players can easily unlock and progress through each of the game’s 50+ hand-crafted stages without much difficulty. The open-ended overworld offers branching routes, so you can choose which challenges to tackle first. As you venture through the world, new game elements such as wormholes and boulders are introduced along with new environments. Worm Jazz can be played at your own pace. There are no timers and every move can be undone.

This laid back atmosphere is complemented by a swank soundtrack composed by jazz maestro Oliver Getz, who painstakingly put together loops of calming, upbeat tunes to chill out to. Worm Jazz can at times be a devious head scratcher for completionists, so the snazzy soundtrack offers a welcoming vibe in this labyrinth of brain busters.

The initial prototype for Worm Jazz was created for the NM i Gameplay 2020 game jam, where it took home the grand prize. “It’s certainly not a coincidence that the game was conceived at a game jam. In many ways, Worm Jazz feels a lot like a jam session,” said Inconspicuous Creations founder and sole developer Yu He. “I think it’s important that the game is instantly familiar, but at the same time be open to new elements that mix things up.” He is hopeful that this is just the beginning and that the game will have a long tail ahead of it.

Launching on the eShop for Nintendo Switch this summer Worm Jazz will be available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

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London, UK – July 30th, 2020: Curve Digital is excited to reveal that the very first game based on the award-winning Peaky Blinders TV series – Peaky Blinders: Mastermind – will launch across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on 20th August.

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind – which can be pre-ordered on Xbox One and Steam for PC from today – is a puzzle-adventure game based on the multi-award-winning TV show, developed by celebrated independent studio FuturLab, in collaboration with the creative and production teams behind Peaky Blinders, the independent production company Caryn Mandabach Productions.

Taking place immediately before the events of the show’s very first season, players will join the Shelby family’s criminal organization as they discover a sinister plot to put Tommy out of business.

Players must plan and enact strategies by taking direct control of key members of the Shelby family simultaneously over the same timeline, moving characters into position at exactly the right moment in order to navigate challenging scenarios.

To celebrate the announcement, developer FuturLab has produced a brand new trailer featuring the vocal talents of Cillian Murphy, who plays the show’s lead, Tommy Shelby. You can check out that trailer here – https://youtu.be/PQLvM8IwBkA

According to James Marsden, Game Director at FuturLab, the game is a creative interpretation of the world the TV show has created.

“It’s been an honour to be trusted with the Peaky Blinders license,” says Marsden. “our team has created a game that reflects the heart of what makes the show compelling: Tommy Shelby’s ability to manipulate friends, family and foes in the pursuit of his master plan.”

In Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, players will be able to freely set and rewind each character’s path in order to tune all of their actions for perfect coordination, tactically utilising characters and stealth to solve increasingly complex puzzles. It’s a bold take on the series that suitably impressed the show’s distributor Endemol Shine.

Anil Mistry, Director of Gaming & ECommerce, ESG said “We are thrilled to be partnering with Curve and FuturLab in making the first official Peaky Blinders game. Futurlab has faithfully re-created the Peaky Blinders’ universe and having Cillian provide the voiceover adds a real sense of authenticity to this game. Hopefully, fans of the show and gamers alike will be excited to get their thinking caps on and enjoy this compelling puzzle adventure like no other.”

In Peaky Blinders: Mastermind players will:

• Witness the rise of Tommy Shelby as the true leader of the Peaky Blinders in early 20th century Birmingham
• Utilise Tommy’s prowess for planning to set up complex scenarios
• Control Tommy, Arthur, Polly and more on the ground as they pull off mission after mission

Caryn Mandabach Productions’ Jamie Glazebrook, executive producer of all five series of Peaky Blinders, who was involved in reviewing the creative for the game, said “The trailer dropped in my inbox, and I watched it five times in a row. It blew me away. And it’s Peaky Blinders through and through. I can’t wait for players to experience this incredible game“.

FuturLab has collaborated with Feverist, the U.K. art-rock band who were involved in the soundtrack to Peaky Blinders Season 1, to create an original bespoke soundtrack for the game. The single Reveller, from the game’s upcoming soundtrack album, will be revealed tomorrow as will the track The Secret, which features in the reveal trailer.

Peaky Blinders Seasons 1 to 5 are available on Netflix in the UK. The fifth season launched on BBC One in autumn 2019 to its highest ratings yet.

Created and written by Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises and Locke), the multi-award-winning BBC One is produced by Peaky Blinders official brand owner Caryn Mandabach Productions and by Endemol Shine Group’s Tiger Aspect Productions.

Endemol Shine Group represents a range of global ancillary rights for Peaky Blinders which is distributed by Endemol Shine International. Peaky Blindershas sold across 189 countries and aird widely on Netflix Internationally including USA.

Peaky Blinders: Mastermind will launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam for PC on 20th August 2020 for $24.99/€24.99/£19.99. You can pre-order the game on Xbox One and Steam for PC with a 20 percent discount for all formats from today.

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