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Little Town Hero Developed and Published By: Game Freak Category: Turn-Based RPG / Adventure Release Date: 10.16.2019 Game Freak has a long and storied history in the gaming space, with its biggest credit being as the creator of the largest…
Continue readingOri and the Blind Forest Developed By: Moon StudiosPublished By: Microsoft StudiosCategory: PlatformerRelease Date: 09.27.2019 Striking the perfect balance between aesthetic and function is one of the most difficult tasks of any designer. This is no less true for a…
Continue readingA Knight’s Quest Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sky9 Games Published By : Curve Digital Category : Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platforming Release Date : Oct 10, 2019 I’ve always found that games which stamp the word “quest” into their title…
Continue readingStarBlox IncNintendo Switch Developed By : Ingenium / Seed InteractivePublished By : Illumination GamesCategory : Fighter, Puzzle, PartyRelease Date : Oct 18, 2019 Combining things and trying to create new things is…almost a way of life. It’s a new step…
Continue readingStranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands Developed By: Lemonbomb Entertainment Published By: Merge Games Category: Isometric Farming Sim / Adventure Release Date: 10.17.2019 Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands is an isometric exploration / farming sim that has…
Continue readingDeveloped By : SimogoPublished By : Annapurna InteractiveCategory : Arcade, RhythmRelease Date : Septeber 19 2019 Sayonara Wild Hearts is a fascinating arcade rhythm game developed by Simogo and published by Annapurna Interactive all about becoming a hero while traveling at…
Continue readingSublevel Zero Redux Nintendo Switch Developed By : SIGTRAP Games Published By : Coatsink Software Category : Roguelite, Shooter, Arcade Release Date : Oct 17, 2019 As much as I loved what are now retro games as a kid, the…
Continue readingThe Eyes of AraNintendo Switch Developed By: 100 Stones InteractivePublished By: 100 Stones InteractiveCategory: Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date: 10.15.19 I can still remember what a huge deal Myst was when it was released; everyone I knew was playing it. My friends,…
Continue readingThe Ninja Saviors: Return of the WarriorsNintendo Switch Developed By: NatsumeAtariPublished By: ININ GamesCategory: Action, Arcade, FightingRelease Date: 10.15.19 Video game history is a personal passion of mine; I love reading about the history of gaming and dreaming about all…
Continue readingSniper Elite III : Ultimate Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Rebellion Published By : Rebellion Category : Shooter, Action, Adventure Release Date : Oct 01, 2019 Living History The Sniper Elite franchise has been around for a decade and…
Continue readingHow do you get to know someone? Usually, you’ll start by introducing yourself in some way. Exchanging names and going from there. What if you woke up in bed with someone, unable to remember anything at all about where you are, who you’re with, or what happened the previous night? That’s the premise of One Night Stand, a visual novel by Kinmoku.
Continue readingInvisigun Reloaded Nintendo Switch Developed By : Sombr Studio Published By : Sombr Studio Category : Action, Stealth, Multiplayer, Party Release Date : Aug 22, 2019 For me, party games have always been associated with Nintendo, going way back to…
Continue readingContra: Rogue Corps Developed By: Toylogic Published By: Konami Category: Run-And-Gun / SHMUP Release Date: 09.24.2019 Contra: Rogue Corps is a run-and-gun style shoot ‘em up that takes many of the original conventions from the 1987 arcade classic and adds…
Continue readingFreedom Finger Developed and Published By: Wide Right InteractiveCategory: Side Scrolling ShooterRelease Date: 09.27.2019 Nintendo has always been a family first company. Since their foundation, they’ve appealed to a broader audience by way of kid friendly titles instead of the…
Continue readingCyber Protocol Nintendo Switch Developed By : RedDeerGames Published By : RedDeerGames Category : Arcade, Puzzle, Multiplayer Release Date : Sep 26, 2019 Cyberpunk is a genre that has been widely popular over the last half century. Whether it be…
Continue readingSpirit Hunter: NGNintendo Switch Developed By: Experience IncPublished By: Aksys GamesCategory: Adventure, Horror, Visual NovelRelease Date: 10.10.19 Spirit Hunter: NG for the Nintendo Switch is the second game in Experience Inc’s Spirit Hunter series; the first being Death Mark, released…
Continue readingReaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman Developed and Published By: Hexage Category: Action-Adventure Release Date: 09.26.2019 Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is a side-scrolling action-adventure title that has you taking control of a dark (but also pale) knight who…
Continue readingDeveloped By : Behaviour InteractivePublished By : Behaviour InteractiveCategory : Horror, Multiplayer Release Date : Septeber 24 2019 Dead by Daylight is a horror asymmetrical multiplayer game developed by Behaviour Interactive. In Dead by Daylight, 4 survivors must escape a killer…
Continue readingIsland Maze is a thoughtful puzzler that lures you in with a simple concept, only to blindisde you with increasingly difficult challenges in each and every level. In many ways I believe the game should be part of the soulslike genre, due to the number of times I tried and failed to complete a puzzle, but I fear it would make Dark Souls seem too easy.
Continue readingBoreal BladeNintendo Switch Developed By: FrozenbytePublished By: FrozenbyteCategory: Action, FightingRelease Date: 08.28.19 Nothing says brutal melee combat quite like Vikings, so developer Frozenbyte knew what kind of game they wanted to make when they began development on Boreal Blade for…
Continue readingTrine 4 : The Nightmare Prince Nintendo Switch Developed By : Frozenbyte Published By : Modus Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer, Multiplayer Release Date : Oct 8, 2019 Puzzle platformers are probably one of my favorite genres of games to…
Continue readingPolice Stories Developed By: Mighty MorganPublished By: Hypetrain DigitalCategory: Top-Down ShooterRelease Date: 09.19.2019 Crime-stopping action has always been a theme that has been present in gaming and we continue that storied tradition with Police Stories. As a top-down shooter you…
Continue readingThe Alliance AliveNintendo Switch Developed By : Cattle CallPublished By : NIS AmericaCategory : Adventure, RPGRelease Date : Oct 8, 2019 Through all of the generations that video games have been around, there have always been RPG’s. Even before video…
Continue readingScheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning Developed By: Entertainment Forge Published By: Ratalaika Games Category: Dialogue-Driven Adventure Release Date: 09.20.2019 Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning is the first in a line of episodic adventure titles that follows…
Continue readingDistraint : Deluxe Edition Nintendo Switch Developed By : Jesse Makkonen Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Adventure, Puzzle, Horror Release Date : Sep 13, 2019 Video games have always been known for tackling a wide variety of genres…
Continue readingCandleman Developed By: Spotlightor Interactive Published By: indienova Category: 3D Platformer / Adventure Release Date: 10.03.2019 Sometimes you just have to jump feet first directly into the weird. Candleman might be the weirdest 3D platformer I have ever had the…
Continue readingNeo Cab Developed By: Chance Agency Published By: Fellow Traveller Category: Dialogue-Driven Taxi Management Sim Release Date: 10.03.2019 Dystopian futures come in all shapes and sizes, and our medium has allowed us to experience all sorts of unfortunate futures. Hopefully…
Continue readingDeveloped By : Nord Unit Published By : HeroCraft Category : Arcade, Puzzle Release Date : Septeber 05 2019 Hyperforma is a block-breaking game by Russian developer Nord Unit. You could describe it as a futuristic-cyberpunk version of the classic…
Continue reading80 Days Developed and Published By: inkle Category: Narrative-Driven Time Management Sim Release Date: 10.01.2019 Most people have heard the tale of the man who wanted to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less in one form or another,…
Continue readingDeadly Premonition Origins is still definitely worth your time despite the broken parts it’s made of.
Continue readingRitual: Sorcerer Angel Developed and Published By: Hexage Category: Arcade-Action Release Date: 09.12.2019 Ritual: Sorcerer Angel is a top-down action-RPG that has you slaying out enemy mobs in mass. You will take control of a human that has been possessed…
Continue readingAmnesia Collection Developed and Published By: Frictional Games Category: Survival Horror Release Date: 09.12.2019 Amnesia: The Dark Descent was an indie PC title released in 2010 and became the basis for what a lot of horror games would try to…
Continue readingBlasphemous Nintendo Switch Developed By : The Game Kitchen Published By : Team17 Digital Category : Action, Platformer, RPG Release Date : Sep 10, 2019 Have you ever wanted to question your love for gaming? Do you ever feel like…
Continue readingJet Kave Adventure Developed and Published By: 7Levels Category: Action-Platformer Release Date: 09.17.2019 Jet Kave Adventure is a thematic mashup of so many ideas that it hurts my head just thinking through everything I have to get on paper here….
Continue readingSagebrush Nintendo Switch Reviewed By: Tyler Higgs Developed By: Redact Games Published By: Ratalika Games Category: Adventure, Horror, Puzzle Release Date: August 9, 2019 Sagebrush is a game that decides to take on one of everyone’s favorite topics, cults! In…
Continue readingVambrace: Cold Soul Developed By: Devespresso Games Published By: Headup Games Category: Roguelike Adventure-RPG Release Date: 08.29.2019 Trends are something that most businesses follow in order to stay current or to try to take advantage of someone else’s success. When…
Continue readingA Knight’s QuestNintendo Switch Developer: Sky 9Publisher: Curve DigitalGenre: Action, AdventureRelease Date: Fall 2019 Nintendo may be dragging their feet on that Breath of the Wild sequel, but don’t you worry, third-person action-RPG fans; Toronto-based developer Sky 9 is coming…
Continue readingPantsu Hunter: Back to the 90sNintendo Switch Developed By: Ascension DreamPublished By: Sometimes YouCategory: Adventure, Puzzle, Visual NovelRelease Date: 08.28.19 I’m pretty new to the idea of visual novels; before I started reviewing for this site, I really only played…
Continue readingThe hit series from Netflix, Narcos will soon become a videogame, and it’s coming to the Nintendo Switch!Publisher Curve Digital and developer Kuju are teaming up in order to create a tactical turn-based game based from series, called Narcos –…
Continue readingLegend of the SkyfishNintendo Switch Developed By : Mgaia StudioPublished By : Ratalaika GamesCategory : Adventure, PuzzleRelease Date : Aug 30, 2019 For as long as the game has been out, everyone has become quite familiar with the term Zelda-clone,…
Continue readingVasara Collection – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: QUByte InteractivePublished By: QUByte InteractiveCategory: Arcade Shoot’em UpRelease Date: August 15, 2019 As part of the avengers #porteverythingtoswitch initiative, we have seen all kinds of gems appearing from gaming’s back catalogue on Nintendo Switch….
Continue readingThe Sinking City Developed by: FrogwaresPublished by: FrogwaresCategory: Action AdventureRelease date: 09/12/2019 I’ve come to Oakmont to find a cure for these visions I’ve been having. I’m told there’s a man, Mr. Throgmorton, who can help me get to the bottom…
Continue readingSUPERHOT Developed and Published By: SUPERHOT Team Category: Action/FPS Release Date: 08.19.2019 The FPS genre is a mainstay of the gaming world, and with juggernauts like Call of Duty and Battlefield breaking down the sales charts you can see how…
Continue readingRiver City GirlsNintendo Switch Developed By : WayForwardPublished By : WayForwardCategory : Arcade, Beat-em-Up, Multiplayer, FightingRelease Date : Sep 05, 2019 If you’re thinking this game sounds familiar, it’s because it should. River City has been a location that’s been…
Continue readingRAD Developed By: Double Fine ProductionsPublished By: BANDAI NAMCO EntertainmentCategory: Action-RogueliteRelease Date: 08.20.2019 Double Fine is one of those developers that makes your ears perk up when you hear they are attached to a project, and RAD is another one…
Continue readingGravity Duck Nintendo Switch Developed By : Woblyware Published By : Ratalaika Games Category : Puzzle, Platformer Release Date : Aug 16, 2019 Animals are phenomenal creatures, some capable of feats that are otherwise impossible. Giraffes have their long necks…
Continue readingDamascus Gear: Operation OsakaNintendo Switch Developed By: A+ GamesPublished By: Arc System WorksCategory: Action, Role-Playing, RogueliteRelease Date: 08.29.19 Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo was one of the first games I reviewed here at the Switch Effect, making it the first review…
Continue readingDeveloped By : PLAYDIGIOUSPublished By : PLAYDIGIOUSCategory : Arcade, PuzzleRelease Date : August 8, 2019 Pix the Cat is a curios arcade game, mixing two of the veterans of its genre: Pac-Man and Snake, developed and published by PLAYDIGIOUS. But what do you need to…
Continue readingShadows 2: Perfidia Developed By: MrCiastku and Ice Torch InteractivePublished By: Ultimate GamesCategory: Survival HorrorRelease Date: 08.06.2019 Horror games are something that I truly enjoy watching others play. I spent lots of time in the Markiplier-era of horror YouTube, and…
Continue readingSubdivision Infinity DX Nintendo Switch Developed By : Mistfly Games Published By : Blowfish Studios Category : Action, Adventure, Simulation Release : Aug 08, 2019 Mobile games are a market that can be very underappreciated. They are usually deemed as…
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