SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Biomotor Unitron’, ‘Arcade Archives Flipull’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 26th, 2022. The day is Thursday, and that means we’ve got a bunch of new releases to check out. Jumping into the past, we’ve got Biomotor Unitron and Arcade Archives Flipull, both cool games that are coming back after a fairly long period of dormancy. There’s an intriguing-looking...

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‘Minecraft’ 1.19 Wild Update Releases on June 7th worldwide for iOS, Android, Switch, PS4, Xbox, and PC

Over the last week, Mojang has been revealing a bit more about the massive Minecraft ($6.99) version 1.19 update that is titled The Wild Update. This update follows Caves & Cliffs Update Part II as the first major update for the game and it finally has been announced to release on June 7th worldwide. Minecraft’s The Wild Update adds in new biomes,...

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Over the Top Physics-Based Shoot ‘Em Up ‘The Day We Fought Space’ is Now Available on iOS

We’ve been following along with the progress of The Day We Fought Space! from developer Tursiops Truncatus ever since it was first announced in early 2019, with the original hope that it would launch by the end of that year. Well, it didn’t quite make it in 2019 and then 2020 rolled around and… yeah, we all remember how that went. The bright side is...

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The Original ‘Dragon Quest Builders’ Is Out Now on iOS and Android as a Premium Release, New DLC Content Available With Launch Discount

Today/tomorrow is the 36th birthday of the Dragon Quest series in Japan, and Square Enix is celebrating with the surprise release of the original Dragon Quest Builders ($21.99) on mobile. Dragon Quest Builders debuted on PS4 and PS Vita in North America a few years ago. It was an excellent blend of Minecraft and Dragon Quest. Since that PlayStation...

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Sony Reveals Aggressive Mobile Growth Plans for PlayStation, About 20% of Its Output Could Be on Mobile by 2025

Last year, Sony revealed that it is exploring the mobile market with “wonderful PlayStation franchises". Fast forward to today, we haven’t seen much of the results of that, but the company revealed in its corporate strategy meeting under the Game and Network Services portion that it has aggressive growth plans for mobile with a possibility of about...

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Out Now: ‘Street of Rage 4’, ‘Catalyst Black’, ‘Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion’, ‘T3 Arena’, ‘Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds’, ‘Sokobond’, ‘The Day We Fought Space!’, ‘MU Origin 3’, ‘Voodoo Detective’ and 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...

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Amazing Superhero Squad’, ‘Ogre: Console Edition’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 25th, 2022. As many Wednesdays of late have been, it’s a little quiet today. We have a handful of new releases to check out, with summaries for each. Beyond that, it’s just the lists of fresh sales and expiring discounts. Well, not much we can do about it. Let’s have a look at what...

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An Interview With Playdigious on Bringing ‘Streets of Rage 4’ to Mobile, Working With ‘Dead Cells’ Over the Years, Premium Games, and More

Playdigious have brought over many great console and PC games to mobile over the years. These range from smaller-scale projects to ones that get regular updates and paid DLC. Out of all the games they have brought over, Dead Cells (our GOTY when it released) and Streets of Rage 4 are my favorites. There are also many other great ones like Dungeon of...

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‘The Battle of Polytopia’ Gets Huge Diplomacy Update Bringing In New Features and Content for Free

The Battle of Polytopia (Free) from Midjiwan is an excellent showcase for a game being designed to play great on touchscreens. Since it launched, it has been great seeing loads of updates adding various requested features like online multiplayer matchmaking, and more. Today, a huge update has gone live bringing in new Diplomacy tech. This update also...

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Side-scrolling action game ‘Blue’s Journey’ from SNK and Hamster Is Out Now on iOS and Android as the Newest ACA NeoGeo Series Release

This week’s new ACA NeoGeo classic from SNK and Hamster is the side-scrolling action game Blue’s Journey ($3.99) on both iOS and Android. Blue’s Journey is a side-scrolling action game that debuted back in 1991. Your aim is to save the planet Raguy from the invasion of the Daruma tribe. You play as the hero Blue who fights with leaves, boomerangs, and...

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