HoYoverse just announced that Honkai Star Rail (Free) version 2.2 update “Then Wake to Weep" will release beginning May 8th worldwide for iOS, Android, PS5, and PC. This was announced during the update’s livestream, and it will feature new and returning characters. Honkai Star Rail 2.2 is a culmination for the Penacony adventure. It will feature Robin and Boothill as new characters. If you missed out on Topaz & Numby, a rerun will happen with this update. As for the main story, Honkai Star Rail 2.2 will see players introduced to new Dreamscapes like the Dreamflux Reef, Moment of Scorchsan ..read more

It hasn’t been that long since the last batch of balance tweaks for Marvel Snap (Free) arrived, but it seems as though developer Second Dinner is picking up the pace on these again because here we are with another over-the-air update to look at. It should be fun to see how the developer approaches updates now that a lot of the big bugbears have been dealt with! There are some interesting changes this time around, and for the first time in a while the buffs far outweigh the nerfs. Let’s break them down as usual. It has to be said that the last few updates have really made a big difference in t ..read more

This week, we already saw Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop get a major update with new characters and a lot more. Read about it here. Alongside that, Apple has released two Apple Vision Pro spatial game updates for existing titles and a few more notable updates. Solitaire Stories and Crossy Road Castle () have gotten Apple Vision Pro spatial updates this week. If you already have them installed, they should now be full spatial games. Beyond the spatial updates, What The Golf? has Star Wars-themed levels added for May 4th in this week’s update. Stitch. brings in new hoops including Lighthouse, Coconut Tre ..read more

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 25th, 2024. In today’s article, we have a giant list of new releases to go through. Some good games, some bad games, some in between. I’ve summarized all the games worth summarizing, and it wasn’t a small job today. After that, we have a bunch of sales to check out. Golden Week is kicking off here in Japan, and that means a massive number of sales, many of which have trickled through to other regions. That’s the lot for today, but it’s plenty. Let’s dig in! New Releases SaGa Emerald Beyond ($49.99) A new SaGa game is upo ..read more

Causa Creations just announced that its previously revealed interactive graphic novel Songs of Travel will launch on iOS and Android for on May 9th. Songs of Travel tells the story of five migrants finding their place in the world with each one having their own tale covering identity, home, hopes, dreams, and more. Songs of Travel will combine specific music and storytelling, and the new trailer continues to showcase the lovely aesthetic. There will be five main narratives included, and they are tied together by Jack Gutmann’s (co-developer on Path Out from Causa Creations) experiences accordi ..read more

Square Enix is celebrating the global worldwide launch of SaGa Emerald Beyond () with a discount on the entire series of games available on iOS and Android. The publisher also shared some new artwork on Twitter to celebrate the launch. Check it out here. If you’ve not kept up with SaGa Emerald Beyond, read my preview of it here and my interview with the team including Akitoshi Kawazu, Kenji Ito, and Tomokazu Shibata here. If you’ve never played a game in the series before, the current discounts from now until May 6th on mobile make it a great time to sample one of Square Enix’s best series. T ..read more

We love developer Valorware and the 9th Dawn series as you can tell from our reviews. Earlier today, developer Valorware announced 9th Dawn Remake, a complete re-imagining of the original game, in development for Steam. 9th Dawn Remake includes 45 dungeons that can be explored in a top down or fiest person view, crafting, raising pets, a deck-building card game, loads of side quests, and more. 9th Dawn Remake also features a re-written story aiming to be more action-packed than ever before. Right now, 9th Dawn II and 9th Dawn III ($4.99) are available on mobile, and Valorware is hoping to bri ..read more

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes constantly, so the need for everyone to release all on the same day has diminished. Still, we’ve kept our ..read more

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for April 24th, 2024. In today’s article, we start things off with a little bit of news for a change. Yes, a surprise drop of some Nintendo 64 games on Nintendo Switch Online. Great news for those who want to wreck some balls, and who doesn’t want to do that? After that, we have a decent bunch of new releases to check out. On a Wednesday? I’m as shocked as you are, chums. We then finish things up the way we always do, with a look at the new and expiring sales for the day. Let’s get to business! News A Pair of Acclaim N64 “Classics ..read more

Having spent a fair bit of time with Xbox Game Studios’ somewhat flawed Switch port of Grounded for my recent review put me in the mood for more survival games, which in turn got me in the mood to create a list of survival games. Lists, I love them. And I don’t think we’ve actually done this one before, so it’s certainly past due. As with all of our other lists, this is just our personal favorites and are presented in no particular order. Suggestions of other games fit for this list are more than appreciated, so make sure you comment if you’ve got any ideas. Let’s go! Minecraft ($29.99) Okay ..read more