TBS Games and Three Rings announce I am Adventure Boy: Ultimate Escape Island for Switch

The Switch 2 delay means Nintendo is in for «a lot tougher» year than investors might have hoped for, an industry analyst said. This outlook was offered as part of a wider overview of the potential effects of the widely reported move, both for Nintendo and consumers alike.

Released in 2023 in Japan, the rest of the world has been waiting with bated breath to find out when it would be able to play Ys 10: Nordics and continue Adol Christin's journey. The announcement of a western release has now confirmed when our journey will continue. Well, it has given us a vague release window of when that journey will continue. Confirmed for PlayStation, PC, and Nintendo Switch, Ys 10 will be here sometime this fall.

Gord developer Covenant.dev has announced To the Star, a cooperative survival adventure game set in a fantasy realm for up to four players. It will launch first in Early Access for PC via Steam, where it will remain for approximately one year as the game is refined, polished, and balanced. It will support English, Polish, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, and Russian language options.

As we noted yesterday, Pokemon Day is drawing ever closer. Right now, it’s two weeks away, and fans are curious about what might be done during the traditional fan-made holiday that The Pokemon Company later turned into an annual event. We say “annual event” because the company also seems to do something on the day to honor the brand and give fans something in return for their loyalty to it. Many are wondering whether a Pokemon Presents will happen, potentially showing off the new games they’re making or getting hints at what may be in the pipeline.

Red Art Games has detailed the western physical editions of Triggerheart EXELICA for Switch, which will be available in both North America and Europe.

Developer Sandlot and publisher D3Publisher have announced that the western release window for co-op shooter Earth Defense Force 6 is being delayed from its originally planned Spring 2024 window to Summer 2024. For context, the game has already been released in Japan back in August 2022.

Earth Defense Force 6’s western release has been delayed from spring to summer 2024.

Earth Defense Force 6 now launches in the West this summer, D3Publisher has announced.

D3 Publisher and developer Sandlot have delayed Earth Defense Force 6 from its previously planned spring release window to summer in the west. It will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam.

Director Fatih Akin has compared Death Stranding 2 to The Godfather Part 2.

PlayStation hosted the year's first State of Play games showcase early Thursday, bringing a host of new announcements, reveals and updates on upcoming releases. Sony presented a deep dive into two of its first-party titles, with extended gameplay trailers for Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade. The latter also finally received a release date — Shift Up's action-adventure title is arriving April 26. Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin received a detailed gameplay trailer, showing off sword combat, special weapons, and traversal. We also got to know a bit more about the Edo period setting of the game, which takes right in the middle of the Japanese revolution.

SPYxANYA: Operation Memories will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on June 27 in Asia and June 28 worldwide, publisher Bandai Namco and developer Groove Box Japan announced. The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions will also launch on June 27 in Japan. The PC version will launch via Steam sometime in 2024.