Reverse City Builder Terra Nil Hits Nintendo Switch Next Week

I love city-building sims during every step of play — from laying down the foundations to planning a city grid, upgrading the complexity of buildings, and handling the bureaucratic elements of the late game. I’ve spent late nights playing Frostpunk and Timberborn, sucked into the fine balance of evading total town collapse. That said, if you had told me a week ago, “You’re going to spend about an hour making a settlement — and then you’re going to start over, again and again,” I’d have balked. But Against the Storm, the roguelite city builder that just came out of early access on Dec. 8, proves this formula is not only sensible, it’s fantastic.

For players on Nintendo Switch, seeds are a great way to generate new scenic and resource-rich worlds. The Trails and Tales update added new content to the game, but at its heart, is still very much the same game it’s always been. To generate its infinite worlds, relies on seeds: essentially random numbers used for world generation. Sharing seeds allows players to share their favorite custom worlds.

After launching initially for PC and Netflix, Free Lives’ Terra Nil is out on Nintendo Switch. If you’ve never seen the environmental strategy title, check out the release trailer below to see how it works.

Bandai Namco has announced plans to release a Tekken 8 demo this week.

So far, Tekken 8 has been limited to closed beta tests online or a handful of appearances at offline tournaments and gaming events. An easy opportunity for the masses to play hasn't presented itself, until now that is.

Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Free Lives will release ecological strategy game Terra Nil for Switch on December 18, the companies announced.

After its most recent dev update (and the final one of the year), the Singularity 6 team still had another surprise left when it came to Palia — the Nintendo Switch release date. Next week, on December 14th, you’ll be able to download and play the free to play cozy sim. The date was revealed along with a new trailer at last night's The Game Awards.

While last night’s Game Awards show primarily focused on the biggest games of 2023 and the most anticipated titles for next year and beyond, one of 2022’s best games also got a fresh announcement that players will be able to check out very soon.

Ubisoft will release Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s New Game Plus mode as part of a title update next week.

After a big old information splurge at the end of last month, developer Digital Extremes has announced Warframe's fascinatingly weird Whispers in the Walls expansion — which introduces a new story campaign, a new Warframe, cross-save, and more — will launch for Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC next Wednesday, 13th December.

God of War Ragnarok DLC is coming after all, and best of all, it's free. God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla is a new roguelike mode dropping on PS4 and PS5 for all players on Tuesday, December 12. 

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla, a free DLC expansion, has been announced.