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With its pre-determined launch date of September 30th it didn’t quite make it in time for our weekly round-up of new game releases, but darn it, I just don’t care. I’m not letting that technicality keep me from picking Tallowmere 2 as our Game of the Week. This game is just too awesome. Many people call it a Dead Cells -like, which is apt given how similar the games are, but the original Tallowmere actually came out in 2015, a few years before Dead Cells was a thing. I guess similar to how people refer to games as being like Angry Birds when Crush the Castle came well before it, you’ve just got to stick with what people are familiar with. Like I said though, the comparison is a fair one. Tallowmere and its sequel are loot-based roguelike dungeon crawlers dressed up as side-scrolling platform games. Levels are procedurally generated, enemies are plentiful and varied, and the loot you come across is extensive. As in Dead Cells one of the most satisfying parts is building out your ...

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 30th, 2022. In today’s article, our pal Mikhail has another review for us. Gosh, that guy needs a day off! He’s taking a look at Let’s Build a Zoo , and it’s not exactly the game you might think it is. After that, we have a ton of new releases to check out. This has been the busiest couple days in a while for new Switch releases, and we aren’t even into October yet. Then we’ve got the sales, and there are a fair few of those as well. Let’s go for it! Reviews & Mini-Views Let’s Build a Zoo ($19.99) I recently interviewed Mike Rose , the founder of No More Robots about Descenders hitting mobile as the publisher’s first release on iOS and Android. When I asked what would potentially come to mobile next, he mentioned a few games including Let’s Build a Zoo . The simulation strategy sandbox hybrid has now just launched on console platforms including Nintendo Switch, and it is excellent with one caveat righ...

Nomada Studio and Devolver Digital’s brilliant GRIS+ () has joined Apple Arcade today as an App Store Great. If you’ve not played it yet, GRIS debuted on PC and Nintendo Switch before seeing PS4 and mobile releases later on. I reviewed the iOS version. Read my review here . GRIS+ was announced as the final September 2022 release on Apple arcade that was the service’s best month in a while . Grab it on Apple Arcade here . Watch the trailer for the original release below: Alongside the Kingdom Rush Vengeance+ update that rolled out today with the standalone release being updated yesterday , there have been quite a few notable updates on the service today. Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat brings in Tank from Cowboy Bebop, GO from Naruto, Pegasus Fantasy from Seint Seiya, and more. Spire Blast has added in 20 new levels, pointing blocks, and performance improvements today. SP!NG brings in chapter 9 of the lost levels today with version 1.14.0. Other notable updates include The Or...

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 29th, 2022. In today’s article, we have a bunch of new releases to check out with the spearhead being The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition . There’s a little here for everyone, but sim game fans are eating particularly well today. Beyond the many new release summaries, we’ve also got the usual lists of new and outgoing sales. Oh, and our pal Mikhail has a review for us of the quirky Hokko Life . A Thursday review? That’s un-possible ! Believe it, friends. Let’s get digging! Reviews & Mini-Views Hokko Life ($19.99) If you watched the recent Nintendo Direct, a lot of people were joking about how everything was a farming or life simulation game. That may have been a problem for some, but I love life and farming simulation games. When Hokko Life was revealed, it looked like another interesting take on the formula, but one that was clearly inspired by Nintendo’s behemoth Animal Crossing franchi...