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Staffordshire, UK – Lightwood Games is proud to introduce its newest picture puzzle game on Nintendo Switch – with a free playable demo!

The trial version of Block-a-Pix Deluxe is available on the Nintendo eShop today, allowing players to sample this type of picture puzzle ahead of its full release next week.

Developed by Lightwood Games and featuring puzzles by Conceptis, Block-a-Pix Deluxe is the newest picross-style game from the makers of Pic-a-Pix Deluxe and Pic-a-Pix Pieces.

In this full-colour picture puzzle, players must divide the grid into smaller rectangular blocks to create a colourful mosaic and reveal the final image.

As always, these puzzles are hand-crafted, uniquely solvable logic problems. They can always be solved by using deduction – you never have to guess.

The full version of Block-a-Pix Deluxe will be available to download on March 21st, 2019 on the Nintendo eShop. It contains 120 puzzles, including new pictures which were not previously included in the Nintendo 3DS version. Pre-orders are now open.

Lightwood Games will be supporting Block-a-Pix Deluxe with new monthly DLC puzzles packs throughout 2019.

Block-a-Pix Deluxe supports English, French, German and Spanish.

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TOKYO – March 14, 2019 – TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE, a turn-based strategy wargame of intrigue with a distinct Japanese flavor from the AAA veterans at AREA 35, Inc., reports to the Nintendo Switch for duty in spring 2019.

TINY METAL marks its return with FULL METAL RUMBLE packed to the brim with bigger, better, and more metal content. A new engrossing wartime narrative and beloved tactical gameplay return as TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE revisits the core of what made the first franchise entry a beloved and intense, turn-based strategy experience.

FULL METAL RUMBLE cranks things up a notch from the original TINY METAL, offering 77 skirmish maps, 21 of which are available for intense multiplayer showdowns. An expanded army fields more than 23-unit types, with additional Hero and Commander units, to lead into battle across 39 campaign missions. The addition of bonus challenge conditions on every map encourages commanders to fight for goals outside of the main objective. Four new difficulty modes enable veterans and recruits alike to find thrills in the heat of battle

TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE follows a familiar face but new protagonist, the fiercely independent leader of the White Fangs, Commander Wolfram. Search for her brother and stage defenses on multiple fronts against the Dinoldans to stop their excavation of dangerous, ancient technology and restore peace to a land ravaged by the horrors of war.

AREA 35, Inc. has crafted an engaging world with rich history, adding intrigue to every firefight. The writing talent of Hirotaka Inaba (I Am Setsuna) and composing genius of Tomoki Miyoshi (I Am Setsuna, Lost Sphear, STEINS;GATE) bring the characters, world, and action to vibrant life.

“Our all-star team of developers have expanded on the features of the first game and crafted a compelling new narrative to make for an even more thrilling tactical experience,” said Hiroaki Yura, producer, AREA 35, Inc. “We will test the strategic mettle of Switch with an adventure that evokes Nintendo classics like Advance Wars while pushing the genre forward.”

TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE will be available to demo at GDC on March 18-22 in booth #S327 and PAX East on March 28-31 in booth #21103. Additional TINY METAL collectibles will be available for giveaways at the shows while supplies last.

TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE will be available for Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe. It will support English text and audio localization.

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SANTA ANA, California, March 13, 2019 — Nicalis, Inc. today announced a new partnership with Japanese developer Studio Saizensen to bring Umihara Kawase Fresh! to Nintendo SwitchTM in North America and Europe on July 9, 2019. A fresh new chapter in the storied series, Umihara Kawase Fresh! features open-world platforming gameplay starring a young girl who uses her fishing lure as a grappling hook, allowing her to progress through the quaint frontier town of Kingness.

Kawase is a traveling chef who has embarked on many magical adventures in the past. In Umihara Kawase Fresh!, she will put her navigating, grappling and cooking skills to the ultimate test as she completes various quests and discovers the secrets of Kingness, a town that is new to her yet somehow familiar.

Players will need to jump, climb, swing and slingshot their way across platforms all over town in order to clear goals and reach a specific destination to advance to the next quest. Each completed quest can be replayed in Time Attack mode, where a timer is added to let players compete for the best times in online leaderboard rankings.

Along the way, Kawase can use the lure to collect enemies and various food ingredients to store in her magical backpack. Combining ingredients with special recipes creates dishes that can be consumed to earn temporary special abilities, like jumping higher or being able to survive underwater for a longer time. The game also includes two additional playable characters: Cotton from the scrolling shooter Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams and another storied character yet to be announced.

Nicalis and Studio Saizensen continue their close working relationship, as the two companies previously collaborated on the crossover fighting game Blade Strangers and the hack-and-slash RPG Code of Princess EX.

Umihara Kawase Fresh! for Nintendo Switch will be available digitally and physically (NA only) on July 9 for $39.99 MSRP.

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What started as an escape from reality doesn’t turn out exactly as hoped in The Caligula Effect: Overdose, available today in North America, March 15 in Europe, and March 22 in Australia and New Zealand! Instead of delving further into this false utopia, it’s now imperative to break free and return to the real world…or is it? Determine the answer after watching the thrilling Launch Trailer!

Stick with the Go-Home Club and leave Mobius, or side with the Ostinato Musicians and preserve it—whatever the decision, many facets will be revealed about the world along the way.  Also, learn more behind The Caligula Effect: Overdose‘s release and development in an interview with game director
Takuya Yamanaka!

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London, UK, March 9, 2019 – Just last week, gaming company and Pixelated Milk revealed the Darkest Dungeon inspired WARSAW with a haunting and heart stopping trailer. Now, they want to give everyone a behind the scenes look at what it took for the talented team at Human Ark animation studio to bring this gut wrenching trailer to life. You can see the reveal trailer above and watch below to see how Human Ark’s ‘special task force’ came together to create the truly emotional WARSAW reveal trailer.

Set during World War 2, gaming company and Pixelated Milk’s WARSAW is a beautifully hand-painted tactical role-playing game set in the Nazi-invaded Central European capital city of the same name. Featuring a group of characters coming from all walks of life gathering together to rise up against their oppressor, WARSAW will be arriving in Q3 2019 on Windows, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Developed by the talented team at Pixelated Milk, alongside efforts from publisher gaming company over the past 15 months, WARSAW brings to light Poland’s historic 1944 uprising providing an immersive experience of tactical urban warfare. Setting the tone of love, friendship, loyalty, and the invariable struggle against overwhelming odds the haunting teaser trailer, created by animation studio Human Ark with a song performed by acclaimed Polish singer, Brodka is a chilling early look at what’s in store for WARSAW.

Features:

• A mix of tactical RPG with a touch of strategy
• Team and equipment management
• A deep system of interlocking skills
• Flanking, cover, positioning, weapon range and ammo consumption – all need to be taken into account during firefights
• A fully realized city to traverse
• Leave the safety of your hideout to scout the streets, collect resources, recruit new members, and engage with enemy assailants

Players will be able to get their hands on WARSAW for the first time at PAX East 2019 in Boston from March 28 – 31, 2019.

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Bratislava, Slovakia, March 8, 2019 – Fatbot Games and Merge Games are pleased to announce the unique steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum is on its way to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Arriving April 9th thru 11th, depending on platform, Vaporum is an award-winning grid-based, single-player dungeon crawler game that uses a first-person perspective in an original steampunk setting. The game is inspired by old-school games like Dungeon Master I and II, the Eye of the Beholder series and the more recent Legend of Grimrock I and II.

Prepare to fight – you’ll encounter many enemies along your path. Each type has a distinctive set of strengths, weaknesses, and attack and defense mechanisms, so you’ll have to employ different tactics to beat them. Choose wisely when equipping yourself with gear; weapons differ from one another not only by damage levels and appearance, but also in terms of their unique bonuses or behaviors.

Use a wide range of skills thanks to the gadget-based RPG system: direct attacks, area attacks, offensive and defensive buffs, etc. But be careful, because while they are powerful, they also drain your energy. Remember that some enemies are immune to certain types of attack, so you will have to figure out the best way to deal with every encounter the game throws at you.

Solve intriguing puzzles and level-wide objectives where you will need to use both your wits and reflexes. While most riddles are contained in a single room, progression objectives can span entire levels, or even multiple ones.

Instead of increasing the abilities of your human character, improve your exoskeleton. Equip yourself with various items and define your own playstyle. Change your loadout at any time to adapt to all kinds of unexpected situations. As your exoskeleton becomes more powerful by absorbing a special substance – fumium – from defeated enemies, you will be able to unlock useful areas of the exo-rig, gaining significant permanent attribute bonuses and passive skills. Simply put – prepare for tonnes of customization.

VAPORUM – MAIN FEATURES:

• Fight in real time – First-person real-time combat with deadly foes with varied abilities and behaviors
• Be tactical – Use various attacks and read your opponents – each enemy has a different set of strengths and weaknesses
• Fully voiced main characters – Find out what happened to the inhabitants of the tower with fully voiced phono-diaries kept by the main story’s protagonists
• Tons of customization options – The gadget-based RPG system allows you to evolve your exoskeleton and define your own playstyle
• Absorb fumium from defeated enemies – Unlock additional circuits in your exoskeleton and gain new bonuses and skills
• Keep your wits about you – Solve level-wide objectives and puzzles that vary in difficulty
• Explore and loot – Look for optional passages filled with additional challenges and rewards
• What happened in the mysterious tower? – A storyline full of dark secrets and unexpected twists
• Immersive steampunk setting – Beautiful graphics, stunning sound design and an atmosphere that makes you aware of the constant danger lurking around every corner

Vaporum will be released on the following dates/ formats:

• Nintendo Switch: April 11th, 2019 ($24.99 / €24.99 / £19.99)
•  Xbox One: April 10th, 2019 ($24.99 / €24.99 / £19.99)
• PlayStation 4 EU: April 10th, 2019 (€24.99 / £19.99)
• PlayStation 4 NA: April 9th, 2019 ($24.99)

 

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BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND – March 8, 2019 – Assault Android Cactus+, the action-packed arcade-style twin-stick shooter by Witch Beam, launches into uncharted space on the Nintendo Switch today.

Assault Android Cactus+ debuts on Nintendo Switch with all-new features: Campaign+, new character costumes and aim assist options. Campaign+ reconstructs the original campaign with new enemy waves, more dynamic elements, and amped-up boss fights, all at 60 frames-per-second. Unlock a new costume for each of the nine androids while testing their unique loadouts to see what’s most effective across 25 levels.

While Campaign+ and its new leaderboards are enticing additions for those familiar with the game, anyone can enjoy Cactus+’s frantic firefights with the addition of Aim Assist options. To let players get the most out of the local co-op experience, the game can be played with dual Joy-Con, Pro Controller and even single Joy-Con in any combination.
Recruit up to three friends and start shooting!

Lead Junior Constable Cactus and her Android friends as they respond to a distress call and finds a derelict space freighter under attack by its own robot workers. Keep the androids’ batteries charged by embracing aggressive play and blasting hordes in frantic, 60 frames-per-second firefights.

Keep the entertainment going with Daily Drive, which offers one shot a day at setting a worldwide high score in a newly-generated level. Players craving further challenge will find it in Boss Rush and Infinity Drive. Earn credits to enable amusing EX options including first-person mode, visual filters, and the newly re-balanced MEGA Weapons. A new Movie Gallery joins unlockables like Developer Commentary, Jukebox, and Sound Test, making revisiting favorite moments easier than ever.

“Assault Android Cactus+ has something for everyone,” says Tim Dawson, director, Witch Beam. “We hope the fans that have supported us over the years will enjoy Campaign+, and we look forward to first-timers feeling confident with aim assist.”

Assault Android Cactus+ is available on Nintendo Switch for $19.99. The game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese languages.

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03/05/2019 – Epic Real-Time Strategy battles in a mystical Stone-Age setting is making its way to Steam, PS4, Xbox One, & Nintendo Switch, arriving on March 28 for $24.99!

In a prehistoric world of humans, dinosaurs and magic, three chieftains discover artifacts of the Go’n, an ancient race that went extinct after a big war. With these artifacts in hand, they set out to succeed where the Go’n failed, and change the world forever.

Build your base, train units and lead them to your enemies. Capture ancient Go’n Shrines, draw the power from them and unleash it through devastating spells to gain the upper hand in battle. Hunt dinosaurs or recruit them to supply your army with more numbers. Evolve your tribe with new technology and talents for your Chieftain and claim victory by destroying your enemy completely.

Features

• Three Playable Factions – Enter battle as the proud Wildlanders, the menacing Necromas or the vengeful Vithara.
• Campaign – Lead your chosen faction to victory in a conflict that will change the world forever. Tackle unique missions with challenging objectives as you uncover the purpose of an ancient power from a previous civilization.
• Online Multiplayer (PC Only) Challenge your friends or team up against an AI together. Multiple parameters can be tweaked to suit your preferences. Join as an Observer to survey the battlefield and learn new strategies.
• Ranked Matches (PC Only) Queue for Ranked Matches hosted on our private servers, matching you against equally skilled opponents. Earn points and climb the leaderboards, receiving new ranks as you make your way to the top.
• AI Skirmish. Battle it out against AI of various difficulties on Jungle, Desert and Winter maps.
• Survival Mode. Build your base and survive as long as possible against overwhelming numbers of enemies. Earn points and beat your previous scores.

See you on the battlegrounds!

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