Twinworld Game Reviews

KENSINGTON, MD — Dec. 10, 2020 — Evolution Board Game, the strategy game of adaptation from North Star Digital Studios with more than 3 million players worldwide across physical and digital editions, now stalks the untamed wilds of Nintendo Switch.

Evolutionists who purchase Evolution on Nintendo Switch by Sunday, Jan. 10 will receive the Arms Race Promo Pack add-on for free, along with the Nintendo Switch-exclusive Tiger Skin. Five additional trait cards and a Nintendo Switch exclusive tiger skin create new strategic opportunities while offering deadly stripes to show off in local and cross-platform matches.

Dive into the new version of the critically-acclaimed Evolution at home or on the go with lightning-quick Joy-Con support or touchscreen controls. A robust feature set provides everything digital board game fans could ask for with online play* and local pass-and-play alike.

• Conquer a single player campaign with 21 levels, bosses, and distinct A.I. opponents
• Chat or start real time and asynchronous games from your friends list
• Find new opponents with skill-based online matchmaking
• Climb the online multiplayer rankings and single player progression ladder
• Keep cards close to the chest with pass and play optimized for Nintendo Switch
• Test yourself against weekly challenges
• Discover gorgeous hand-drawn species hidden throughout the game

An intuitive learn-while-playing tutorial trains humble scientists to adapt species with new traits adorned with gorgeous watercolor style artwork. Experiment with millions of genetic combinations to survive the harsh realities of the natural world. Climb the leaderboards to become the best digital board game biologist in the world, earning new avatars and other rewards as the fruit of your labors.

“Evolution on Nintendo Switch is silky smooth using the Joy-Con controllers and is the fastest way to play. We’ve listened to what fans want and have added a ton of features and content to the game to make Evolution the best digital tabletop experience available,” said Scott Rencher, co-founder, North Star Digital Studios.

Evolution Board Game is available on Nintendo Switch everywhere except Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong for $19.99 USD.

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IRVINE, Calif. – December 8, 2020 – SEGA today launched Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, sequel to the beloved crossover of two iconic puzzle series, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One consoles, and will be bringing the game to PC via Steam in the new year. Blending Puyo Puyo, one of Japan’s most widely recognized puzzle game brands, and Tetris, the worldwide puzzle phenomenon, this colorful adventure is a unique crossover gameplay experience for fans of any age or skill level.

With a brand-new RPG-inspired Skill Battle mode, a colorful new story and characters in Adventure mode, a slew of online features, and much more, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 continues the successful legacy of its predecessor while adding a fresh take on the reunion of two puzzle legends.

A Mashup Made for Mayhem

With endless ways for newcomers and veterans alike to showcase their skills, these are just a few highlights featured in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2:

• Colorful crossover puzzle play for up to 4 players, online and offline
• Navigate a new overworld map in Adventure Mode and follow the all-new story adventure, as the characters traverse the merged worlds to rescue their pals from a dark corruption
• Replay stages for more rewards, experiment with different difficulty levels, test out your favorite playstyle, and unlock new characters, backgrounds, bonus stages and more
• 28 playable characters, both new and returning, each with their own unique abilities and stats
• Select characters with complementary skills in Skill Battle Mode to strategize and create the most powerful team possible and see how they stack up against your opponents
• Test out your skillset with the new online features, including challenging Puzzle Leagues, or play with up to four players in a variety of customizable matches in Free Play for a more casual experience
• Challenge modes including endless Tetris and Puyo Puyo add still more variety to solo and online play

Post-Launch Support

December 8 is just the beginning of SEGA’s plans for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. After launch, players can look forward to more game features, additional characters, and more in an ongoing stream of free content updates!

Limited Time Launch Edition

Boost your strategy and power your team in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2‘s brand-new Skill Battle mode with this pack of rare Item Cards–including 3 special cards featuring items from the Sonic the Hedgehog series!

Day 1 Patch & Update Info

To ensure that all players have the best experience possible when playing Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, there will be a Day One Patch available. Replay data will not carry over when you apply the Day One patch, so we recommend performing the update before you start playing the game. While there is a free upgrade from the PS4 to PS5 version of the game, save and trophy data cannot be carried over.

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is now available for purchase on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One for $39.99 USD. The Steam version will be available in the new year.

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IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 8, 2020 –Persona 5 Strikers is coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam on February 23rd! Digital and physical pre-orders will be available for all platforms on December 10^th at 4PM PT.

Persona 5 Strikers takes players on an epic road trip with the Phantom Thieves, where they strike back against the corruption overwhelming cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn as a distorted reality emerges; reveal the truth and redeem the hearts of those imprisoned at the center of the crisis!

New story and sights – Persona 5 Strikers features a deep story campaign and thrilling combat that makes for a true Persona experience. Visit 6 different cities across Japan, cook tantalizing regional recipes, and lend a helping hand to those in need; then fight against the Shadows to uncover the source of the corruption within the Metaverse dungeons. Jump into the story whether you are a newcomer to the series or a longtime fan!

Fight with Style – Attack enemies in the hybrid battle system that fuses explosive action-combat with pause-and-plan sequences to decide your next strategic move. Gain an advantage over your enemies by ambushing them, striking their elemental weaknesses to knock them down, and deal the finishing blow with an All-Out Attack!

Harness the Phantom Thieves’ full strength – All Phantom Thieves are fully playable, so utilize each character’s specific skills and summon their Personas for smooth, elegant combat! Strengthen their skills and abilities and fight with your own style. Each character has their own unique suite of wide-ranging, flashy spells and magic to clear out big hordes. Have you ever wanted to fight as a giant cat bus? Well, look no further. Persona 5 Strikers is purrfect for you.

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Plenty of enigmatic individuals surround Adol Christin during his latest adventure in Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, coming to PS4 on February 2, 2021 (Nintendo Switch, PC in Summer 2021). To unveil the secret of the curse that binds him, Adol must first uncover the even greater mystery of Balduq Prison.

The Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Pact Edition (also available for Nintendo Switch) comes with a “Monstrum Memoirs” mini art book, reverse coversheet, and “Melodies of the Macabre” soundtrack alongside the game. Preorder today!

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SANTA ANA, California, December 7, 2020 — Nicalis, Inc. today announced that HyperParasite, an infinitely replayable twin-stick shooter/brawler from developer Troglobytes Games, is getting a physical release for Nintendo Switch on February 19, 2021. Fans can preorder the physical edition starting today at store.nicalis.com.

It’s entirely fitting that HyperParasite should be released in physical form, as the game’s aesthetic is deeply rooted in the 1980s, when every game had a physical edition. The collectible package features over-the-top artwork with neon highlights and includes a full-color instruction manual along with a reversible cover insert.

HyperParasite is a rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler with procedurally generated levels, so it never plays the same twice. As a body-snatching alien parasite with a grudge against humanity, players can collect and control 60 different characters, each with different stats, weapons and special attacks. Team up with another parasite in two-player cooperative mode and fight to the top of the food chain: Possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

The physical edition of HyperParasite for Nintendo Switch will be available on February 19, 2021 for $39.99 MSRP.

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SYDNEY – Dec. 4, 2020 – Nine Witches: Family Disruption, the comedic alternate-history occult adventure game from developer Indiesruption and publisher Blowfish Studios, manifests today on Nintendo SwitchTM, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC via Steam and GOG. Beep Company and DMM Games will also distribute the IndieCade-nominated Nine Witches: Family Disruption for Nintendo SwitchTM and PlayStation 4 in Japan this winter.

Something strange is happening in the remote Norwegian village of Sundäe, best known for its delicious, three-testicled salmon. As World War II rages on, Sundäe finds itself an unlikely home to the Third Reich’s Okkulte-55 Division. These devious belligerents seek to harness the region’s supernatural energy to secure Germany’s victory in the global conflict.

As the Okkulte-55 spreads through the once-sleepy hamlet, paranormal researcher Professor Alexei Krakovitz and his trusty assistant Akiro Kagasawa arrive at the Allies’ behest. Guide the pair on an investigation transcending the mortal realm, commune with spirits, chat with colorful locals, and fight back against the Third Reich as they attempt to raise literal Hell.

Switch between characters to harness their innate abilities. Astral project as the Professor to uncover otherworldly information and hold court with Sundäe’s departed souls to aid the duo’s investigation. Chat with locals and scour for clues as Akiro, solving puzzles and piecing together the town’s mysteries, and prepare to flex Akiro’s muscles during combat if the Okkulte-55 catches wind of the duo’s operation.

Prepare for surprises, shocking revelations, and hearty laughs as Krakovitz and Kagasawa explore Sundäe while interacting with more than 50 characters. Experience a story steeped in paranormal activity and absurdist humor set against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest hours. Soak in Sundäe’s charms and quirks, brought to life with retro-inspired pixel art.

“Throughout my life, I’ve been fascinated by the intersection of the otherworldly and human history,” said Diego Cánepa, designer, Indiesruption. “Nine Witches: Family Disruption is my chance to share my interests and sense of humor with the gaming world.”

Nine Witches: Family Disruption is now available on Nintendo SwitchTM, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam and GOG for Windows PC for $19.99 USD / €17.99 / £15.99. It features English, Spanish, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) language support with Japanese coming alongside the Japanese release.

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Los Angeles, December 3, 2020 – Arcade Distillery are thrilled to be bringing Death Tales, the new action RPG follow-up to Plague Road and War Theatre to the Nintendo Switch today! The new adventure is now available for purchase on the Nintendo e-shop, with a 40% launch discount in the U.S., Canada and Mexico that will run until December 23rd.

Arcade Distillery are also very pleased to announce that Death Tales will be coming to PlayStation 5 in late January 2021, with a limited physical release planned for later in the year.

About Death Tales

Embark on an epic adventure, playing as a new reaper of death gone rogue! Protect your harbinger of doom with cool equipment and deadly spells. You can learn powerful attacks, perfect for shuffling your enemies off this mortal coil. Complete quests for a cast of quirky characters, who will force you to make difficult choices in this grim yet richly illustrated 2D world. Play alone or with a friend in local co-op and serve up a buffet of death upon your enemies together!

Game Features:

• Over 40 pieces of equipment for you to acquire to customize your Reaper and aid in battle!
• Find equipment in a variety of well-hidden chests, or use the souls you collect as currency to buy items from the local vendor, Fiona.
• Mix and match armor and harness the power of the unique skills such as fireballs, the ability to freeze enemies, angel wings allowing you to glide to safety, summon meteors from the sky, and even stampeding unicorns!
• Join forces with a friend locally. While in local co-op, Player 2 controls Spaura, the Reaper’s Soul Bearer. Online co-op will be coming after launch, players can play as their own customized Reaper.

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Montpellier, France – December 1st 2020: Having built up a cult following on PC and mobile, Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition sets its sights on the Nintendo Switch™. This special edition launches early next year, on February 2nd 2021, and will cost $19.99 / €19.99.

The Nintendo Switch™ edition includes the base game and first three DLCs as standard: the Dancer, the Priest, and the Ghoul. Strip yourself of your skin. Fan the fervor of zealots. Paint the invisible arts in the colors of the dead.

The Nintendo Switch™ version will launch along with an optional add-on, the Exile DLC. The Exile is the latest and largest expansion to Cultist Simulator, adding a whole new game mode and a third more content. The Exile also launches on the Nintendo Switch™ on the 2nd of February 2020, and costs $6.99 / €6.99.

• Challenging roguelike gameplay – Cultist Simulator doesn’t hold your hand. Experiment, expire and transcend death with a story-driven legacy system
• Intense, immersive narrative – Combine cards to tell your own story. There are many paths through this game of ambition, appetite and abomination, and many ways your tale can end
• A rich Lovecraftian world – Corrupt your friends and consume your enemies. Cultist Simulator brings the peripheral horror of Lovecraft’s tales to an entirely new setting
• A revamped interface – The game’s interface has been entirely reworked to better suit the Nintendo Switch
• Choose the way you play – With a controller or touchscreen, using buttons only or a cursor, make you comfortable while you work on summoning ancient deities
• Dancer, Priest & Ghoul DLCs – Earn immortality in an obscure cabaret, open the minds and hearts of your congregation or consume the corpses of your followers to gain a little extra from their more interesting scars
• Exile DLC – New world, new foes, new rules. Disappear into the mists of the Nameless Name of the Velvet; use your lethal loot to win favour and wealth and build a new life; or choose defiance, and attempt the impossible

Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories. Perhaps you’re looking for knowledge, or power, or beauty, or revenge. Perhaps you just want the colours beneath the skin of the world.

In this roguelike narrative card game, what you find may transform you forever. Every choice you make, from moment to moment, doesn’t just advance the narrative – it also shapes it.

Become a scholar of the unseen arts. Search your dreams for sanity-twisting rituals. Craft tools and summon spirits. Indoctrinate innocents. Seize your place as the herald of a new age.

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November 26th, 2020 – Sekai Games is pleased to announce that Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is released today on the Nintendo Switch eStore.

It’s Different, it’s Compelling, it’s Root Double
Best described as a visual novel, it conveys a breathtaking adventure that offers gamers a unique and scintillating experience, which has already been described as unique! Its dramatized plot and interaction between the in game characters together with the gripping storylines will captivate fans of this genre! Highly engaging, with an emotional story, 40 endings and in excess of 50 hours of gameplay Root Double offers a mature storyline, unique gameplay – Senses Sympathy System – which sets it apart from conventional visual novels. Fully voiced in Japanese by famous voice actors and directed by world renowned Ever17 Creator Takumi Nakazawa and displayed in full HD, the look of the game has a distinguished and polished ambience.

The year is 2030. Business is as usual in the isolated research city of Rokumei–that is until several explosions suddenly go off in the nuclear research facility known as “LABO.” The city sends in “Sirius,” an elite rescue squad, to deal with the situation. But the situation only gets worse when LABO’s nuclear reactor melts down, sending the facility into lockdown–with members of Sirius and survivors still trapped inside. With lethal radiation leaking everywhere and not enough anti-radiation medication to last until lockdown lifts, the survivors make more and more grim discoveries. In their struggle for survival, in a deathtrap full of fire and radiation, they learn that doubt is their greatest enemy, and trust their greatest asset.

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Stuttgart, Germany – November 25th, 2020 – TAITO and ININ Games are proud to announce the sensational Space Invaders Forever that will be released on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation4 both through the Nintendo eShop and PlayStation Store as well as boxed versions in retail on December 11th. Space Invaders Forever will be released in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

In around two weeks, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch owners can immerse themselves in a fantastic collection of games of its kind.

An Iconic Experience
Young or old, novice or hardened gamer, everyone knows the name Space Invaders! Perhaps it is one of the most famous brands ever! Some say it launched the video gaming scene into a new stratosphere/era. It’s simple, but revolutionary game design was so addictive it was cloned in many other forms over the years but the original Space Invaders is still the benchmark for all that followed.

The Space Invaders Forever Collection

1. Space Invaders Extreme – Featuring greatly improved graphics and interactive sound to deliver a new immersive experience! Packed with vibrant visuals and a pulsing soundtrack. Space Invaders Extreme comes with 16 stages, packed with devious Invaders and fiendish boss fights. Practice individual stages in Free Play, then boost your high score to new heights in Arcade Mode! Can you find all the countless, hidden bonuses?
2. Space Invaders Gigamax 4 SE – Team up with up to 3 friends to shoot down the Invaders to clear the stages as fast as possible. This brand new 4-player-coop-experience offers new stages, gimmicks and new music written by TAITO’s in-house sound team ‘ZUNTATA’.
3. Arkanoid vs Space Invaders is the perfect union of two Arcade Kings. Two of TAITO’s most iconic and beloved video game series clash on console and combine elements from both arcade classics. Players are controlling the Arkanoid Vaus paddle ship to defeat waves of Space Invaders. Beat all 150 stages with your skills and unlock 40 different characters from the TAITO legacy. Each character has unique abilities – use more than 20 different skills, including power-ups and protective fire. Are you ready to defeat the huge 3D Invader bosses and save the galaxy?

The Ultimate Space Invaders Experience!

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