Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 27th, 2024. In today’s article, we kick things off with a bit of news. After that, we’ve got one review for you to snack on. Just my look at the latest EGGCONSOLE release from last week, and the regulars probably know how that’s going to play out. After that, …
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I’ve played Guilty Gear: Strive, Tekken 8, and Street Fighter 6 against people in the states over the weekend, and I think it’s safe to say that the war for better netcode in fighting games is pretty much won at this point. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings We’ve got developers delaying games to make …
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20 years ago, SyFy (which was still known as the SciFi Channel) premiered a hidden camera prank show called Scare Tactics. The premise behind the series was placing real people into terrifying, often paranormal or bizarre situations, and then watching them react. I loved the show when I was younger. And I’m so happy that this Halloween season, Scare Tactics …
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Riot Games has announced it will be laying off an unknown number of developers from the League of Legends PC development team, while simultaneously pledging to increase the size of the League of Legends team. In a post to X/Twitter today, Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill shared “An Update on How We’re Evolving League” in which he announced the layoffs, …
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World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th birthday in a number of ways, and it looks like one of them will be an upcoming Mountain Dew Game Fuel promotion that promises ways for players to earn some exclusive in-game items. The promotion has not been officially announced just yet, but images shared on Reddit over the weekend (some of which …
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JOYCITY has launched an exciting new update for Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War, inviting everyone to join in on thrilling conquests against other Captains all over the world. In particular, the Empire Invasion event offers server-versus-server competitions that will have you vying for first place in exchange for valuable pirate treasure. Gear up for an all-out sea brawl …
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Helldivers 2‘s latest update, Patch 01.001.104, is finally here, wrapping up Arrowhead’s 60 day plan to improive the game with a bunch more balancing and tweaks, with the biggest headline looking to be an effort to make the Automatons more attractive opponents for divers who usually stick to bug swatting. Yep, following a slight delay because the publisher hadn’t looked …
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Rumored to have been in development for years in or around an increasingly fractured Bungie, Destiny: Rising has been a poorly kept secret for the last couple of months. But now it’s official, with NetEase announcing the mobile game today, and the first close alpha beginning next month. Diablo IV – Bear Bender Build Why NetEase and not Bungie? Because …
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Microsoft announced on Monday that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for Game Pass Ultimate members at launch, along with two other Call of Duty titles later this month. Per Microsoft’s blog post, Black Ops 6 will begin rolling out on Xbox Cloud Gaming at 10am PT on October 25, the same …
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NetEase and Bungie have announced an all-new Destiny mobile game called Destiny Rising. The sci-fi RPG is set in an “alternate timeline” in the Destiny universe, featuring what NetEase described as “best-in-class” shooting action on mobile. The game promises a “brand-new adventure with familiar and new characters,” along with “an abundance of classic and brand-new modes.” A closed alpha test …
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