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Divinity Original Sin Studio Appears To Tease Baldur's Gate 3
Larian Studios, the developer behind Divinity: Original Sin and Original Sin 2, has dropped what appears to be a teaser for a new Baldur's Gate.
The official site has updated with a "III" logo, though the stylized lettering isn't quite unique enough to necessarily identify it as belonging to Baldur's Gate. As some savvy Twitter users have pointed out, though, the metadata refers to the image as "BaldursGate_logo_III_retouched." It's possible this wasn't meant to be seen and is something of an inside joke, but it could also mean the studio is bringing Baldur's Gate back. The timing of this tease could suggest that the studio is preparing a reveal at E3 2019.
The series has been relatively quiet recently. An Enhanced Edition port of the original Baldur's Gate was released in 2013, and a new expansion was released in 2016, under Atari and the Canadian publisher Beamdog. The last numbered Baldur's Gate game released in 2000, developed by BioWare.
The Divinity games have gained critical acclaim of their own. GameSpot's review of Original Sin 2 awarded it a 10/10, which would make the studio a good fit for reviving the classic series.
"From lonely farmhouses through pitched battles with gods in far-flung dimensions, Divinity: Original Sin II is one of the most captivating role-playing games ever made in both its original and Definitive incarnations, with the latter proving that even the most complicated role-players can be ported successfully to gamepad-limited consoles," Brett Todd wrote. "This immaculately conceived and emotion-wrought fantasy world, topped by brilliant tactical combat, make it one of the finest games of recent years, and it remains an instant classic in the pantheon of RPG greats."
If you picked up a Nintendo Switch recently and have downloaded any games from the bounty available on Nintendo eShop, it’s highly likely that you’ll be running out of internal storage space soon. Indeed, storage space is one of the console’s weaknesses, and the fact that there are so many amazing games to experience makes this an issue that will only get worse in the future. The Switch comes with just 32GB of internal storage space, of which only 25GB is actually accessible by the end user.
That’s such a low amount of space that certain games like NBA 2K19 and L.A. Noire won’t even fit on it. Heck, even if you buy most of your games physically you’ll still run into trouble eventually thanks to the many downloadable patches you’ll have to install to make them function properly.
The answer? You need to invest in a Micro SD card. Nintendo has thankfully embraced the industry standard for portable media storage and it’s relatively cheap to upgrade the amount of space your Switch has access to. It is now possible to buy an eye-wateringly priced 1TB micro SD card for your Nintendo Switch. While it’ll be some time until that card drops into the realms of affordability, smaller cards are becoming more reasonably priced all the time. Even modest sizes offer a substantial upgrade over internal memory, so there’s never been a better time to get a cheap Micro SD card for Switch.
Below, we’ve rounded up all of the best Micro SD cards you can get right now at the cheapest prices. The costs are steadily creeping down, so you might be surprised at how much bang you can get for your buck.
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Best Switch Micro SD cards (USA)
Our US micro SD card recommendations are mostly taken up by SanDisk, as these cards offer far greater value for money than their direct competitors. Having said that, we do recommend a Samsung card at 512GB due to its competitive price.
Best Switch Micro SD cards (UK)
Our UK recommendations are extremely similar, with SanDisk generally offering the best bang for your buck across all of the ranges, with Samsung’s competitively-priced 512GB making another appearance.
Officially-Licensed Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards
These 64GB, 128GB and 256GB officially licensed Nintendo Switch micro SD cards from SanDisk might not give you the most bang for your buck, but they sure do look pretty!
Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards FAQ
Our micro SD card FAQ below should answer any questions you might have, but feel free to ask us anything in the comments section and we’ll do our best to answer. The most frequently asked questions will then get added here.
Can You Use Any Micro SD Card For Nintendo Switch?
The Switch supports any UHS-I Micro SD, Micro SDHC, or Micro SDXC cards. If you have no idea what any of that means, it’s not really worth worrying about as you have to really go looking for the cards that the Switch doesn’t support.
Given how little the speed differs between the different cards that the Switch does support, we recommend just ignoring that aspect entirely and just grabbing the cheapest you can find. It really doesn’t make much difference.
Besides, cartridges are almost always slower than Micro SD cards, so no matter which you go for, you’re going to get improved loading speeds.
Where Is The Micro SD Card slot?
If you’re wondering how to go about putting a Micro SD card into your Nintendo Switch, the handy photo above should help.
To access the Micro SD card slot on your Nintendo Switch, simply pop out the kickstand on the back of the Switch. Inserting a Micro SD card can be a bit fiddly, so you’ll want to do it with the logo facing up. Push the card into the slot until it makes a reassuring clicking sound.
What Speed Micro SD Card Should I Buy?
At the moment, speed isn’t really worth considering when you purchase a micro SD card for your Nintendo Switch. The reason for this is that the Switch only supports UHS-1 cards, which max out at 104MB/s in terms of speed. The UHS-2 types are three times faster, with a 312MB/s speed but that’s irrelevant as the Switch doesn’t currently support them.
While it’s true that the speed between even the UHS-1 cards does vary, the differences just aren’t noticeable enough to worry about. That’s why we’ve focused purely on the best value for money, as there is a considerably larger difference between the prices of two micro SD cards than there is the speed.
What Size/Capacity Micro SD Card Should I Buy?
It’s going to be a while until 2TB cards are available and, more importantly, affordable. Right now you typically have the choice of 1TB, 512GB, 400GB, 256GB, 200GB, and 128GB.
SanDisk has finally released a Micro SD card with a capacity of 1TB, which is a fantastic option for Switch owners who plan to download a lot of games, but it comes with a high price tag at the moment – significantly more than the console itself! If you have that sort of cash to spend, this is currently the ultimate option for your Switch.
On the other end of the scale you can pick up a very cheap 128GB Micro SD card, but chances are you’ll fill it up very soon with downloads, so we recommend you think long-term and consider the ~200-256GB range.
The best value for money right now are the 400GB cards from SanDisk, with each of those gigabytes costing you just £0.14 / $0.16.
An alternative approach would be to buy multiple cards and swap them depending on which games you want to play – slightly more effort, but potentially very affordable. Just be sure to keep them in a safe place.
What Type/Brand Of Micro SD Card Is Best?
Nintendo Switch ideally wants the fastest micro SD card for improved loading times; generally, a good micro SD card will slightly outperform Nintendo’s physical game cards, which is a bonus for downloaders.
You can usually get a “read speed” rating on the SD Card you’re looking at buying. You should also notice that micro SDXC is the newer, faster type versus the older micro SDHC.
Brands also offer “premium” versions of their products; one example is the SanDisk “Ultra” range, which is typically populated by their fastest cards.
We’d recommend going for one of the premium offerings if you can, but it shouldn’t make a huge difference for the average user, especially as Switch is currently unable to take advantage of the fastest speeds.
Should I Install All Of My Games On A Micro SD?
Given the Nintendo Switch’s limited 32GB of internal storage – of which only 25.9GB is actually usable – you’re going to be forced to install the vast majority of your downloaded games directly onto the micro SD.
However, we have learned that games installed directly onto the internal storage saw improved load times over cartridges and micro SDs, with the most extreme cases improving load times on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by a whopping five seconds.
The differences between Switch cartridges and micro SD were too small to really fuss over – a mere second or two here and there – but it does seem like installing on the internal storage offers a significant improvement. As such, we’d recommend installing your most played game/s on your internal storage, and the rest onto the micro SD.
How Do I Move A Game Between Micro SD And Internal Storage?
Sadly, there’s no easy way to quickly move a game from the micro SD to your internal storage. Instead, you’re going to have to delete and download it again.
When downloading a game, the Switch will always favour the micro SD card over internal storage, so to ensure a download goes into the internal storage, you’re going to have to take the micro SD card out first.
Turn off the Switch before you do so to avoid any nasty data corruption, then take the micro SD card out of its slot. Turn the Switch back on, head to the eShop, and download the game you want to be installed on your internal storage. Once the download is complete, you can turn the Switch back off and pop the micro SD card back in.
To move a game from internal storage to micro SD card, just reverse the steps. First delete or archive it, then download it while the micro SD card is in its slot. As the console favours micro SD over internal storage, it will download there first – provided there’s enough space, of course.
Don’t worry about losing your save files while deleting or archiving a game though – they’re stored in a different location, and require deleting separately. Also, cloud-based saving is a thing now thanks to Nintendo Switch Online. Huzzah!
Whichever Micro SD card you pick, you’re going to be increasing the potential of your beloved Nintendo Switch. If you plan on taking your Switch out with you on your travels, having a large capacity will be a great idea as you won’t need to carry loads of pesky carts around with you.
Video: What We Expect To See From Nintendo At E3 2019
E3 2019 is just around the corner, so what are we expecting on the Switch front? Zion and Alex have teamed up to predict a bunch of announcements that might be on the way. They’re covering all bases – from the realistic to not so realistic reveals and even what’s been rumoured in the lead-up to the big event.
Review: 2019 15-inch 8-core MacBook Pro – Refinement before redesign
Apple’s new flagship eight-core 15-inch MacBook Pro may not have a flashy new exterior, but it is a high-performing machine that is finally everything Apple envisioned for this design.
2019 MacBook Pro still looks striking years later
Apple released the new MacBook Pros far from a presentation stage, with nary an Apple executive standing under a spotlight. From the get-go, Apple was clear that the new iron is primarily refinement rather than anything new. They did get some nice spec increases and a refined keyboard —but the biggest news was that Apple was introducing the first eight-core processor in a mobile Mac.
If there was ever a justification for jumping on a Mac update the year preceding a likely redesign, the high end is it. So, we jumped on a maxed-out machine.
What we’ve got
There are several configurations of the 15-inch MacBook Pro available, though we opted for the most capable. We’re testing the 8-core 2.4GHz i9 processor variant that can Turbo Boost up to 5GHz, 32GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and VEGA 20 graphics. This retails for $4,149.
Optionally, you can opt for even more storage. You can get a MacBook Pro with up to 4TB, but it will run you an additional $2,400 on top of everything else.
If that seems steep but you’d still like excellent performance, you could shave $200 off by going for the base eight-core 2.3GHz processor, or shave off $400 by going with 16GB of RAM.
Performance
We’ve already presented benchmark testing. That suite of tests demonstrated that not only did the new machine have incredible performance boosts over the last generation i9, but it had next to no issues with excessive thermal throttling.
To be doubly-certain about the thermal situation, we performed our own series of tests but we aren’t going to delve into that in any great detail here. The key takeaway is that the 2019 eight-core model runs cooler and faster than the six-core from 2018.
2019 8-Core 2.4GHz Geekbench results
Comparing the two machines, Geekbench 4 results showed scores of 5879 and 29976 in single and multi-core tests, respectively. The multicore test is a giant increase over the six-core 2018 model which scored 22620 on the multi-core test, nearly 30-percent slower this 2019 model. The single core faired better as well, with a not-quite-as-impressive nine-percent increase in this model.
Our next benchmark was Cinebench R20 — our new standard going forward following the discontinuation of Cinebench R15.
The highest score our MacBook Pro received in ten runs of the test was 3160, but the average across all the tests was slightly lower at 3096.
We felt it necessary to once more test both the graphics and the SSD performance even though we expected no changes. Our premonitions were spot on as there were no differences between the storage module or the Radeon Pro Vega 20 graphics.
2019 Vega 20 Unigine Heaven results are similar to last years
In graphics, we ran the Unigine Heaven benchmark. In this test, we set the quality to medium, disabled tessellation and stereo 3D, turned off anti-aliasing, and ran it at full-screen. It pulled in a max FPS of 147.4 and an average of 82.3 with an overall score of 2072.
2019 MacBook Pro Blackmagic Disk Speed Test results are similar to last years
On the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, we earned a 2627.4 Mb/s on the read speed and a 2626.3 on the write speeds —near identical year over year, which is what we expected. These numbers will be slower on smaller SSDs so if you want the best performance, be sure to opt for at least 1TB of internal storage.
The keyboard
Apple made a couple of material changes in the 2019 MacBook Pro keyboard that are, by Apple’s admission, designed to increase the reliability in the keyboard.
You can read further about these changes here, but they are quite minor and it is near impossible to say at this juncture whether or not these changes truly do make the keyboard more reliable. We will continue to monitor the repair data and compare to previous generations to see for ourselves but it is simply too early to tell with confidence.
Other than reliability, there are only minute differences when typing on the new keyboard versus the previous generation. They are the same size, the key caps feel the same, and they have the same amount of throw.
2019 MacBook Pro key membrane (Source: iFixit)
Internally, Apple even kept the controversial butterfly switch design. What they’ve done is refined the design once more with what appears to be a new process on the metal dome switch and replaced the silicone membrane with a nylon one.
That translates to slightly softer keys when typing, as well nearly imperceptibly less noise, which you need to break out an audiometer to detect. Those are likely just byproducts of attempting to make the keys more reliable.
If you enjoyed the keyboard before, you will enjoy it now. If you didn’t like it before, nothing here will change your mind. It is the same keyboard, just possibly more reliable.
But, we’ll see about that in about six months.
Our daily workhorse
The MacBook Pro is the daily workhorse of countless individuals from professionals to students. It is what very nearly everybody at AppleInsider clacks away on day after day. After years of using this design MacBook Pro, there is much we’ve come to love about it. It is quite compact, if not a bit on the hefty side. It is exceptionally portable and we love the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Thunderbolt 3 is the future and we’ve been living in it for a few years. Since the original debut, USB-C is all the more ubiquitous. We live entirely dongle-free thanks to the availability of new USB-C cables, like the new Lightning ones. New gadgets that get released also are using USB-C such as the latest GoPros, the latest Nikon and Canon cameras, and more.
Thanks to USB-C we also get universal battery packs that work just as well on our iPhone and iPad as they do on our Mac. We use the Zendure SuperTank as an easy portable power supply and the Zendure SuperPort 4 for a 100W USB-C charging port with three other ports left for our iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch.
We love USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 and haven’t missed other I/O in the slightest. And, if you embrace it instead of fighting it, you probably will too.
As for that Touch Bar —we don’t use it as often as we should. At times a touch screen for function keys and the like is less user-friendly than a simple row of physical keys.
At the same time, it is far more user-friendly for other uses such as a color picker, editing in Final Cut Pro X, opening documents and switching tools in Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. There are absolutely cases where the Touch Bar doesn’t make as much sense, but in a surprisingly large number of pro use cases, it is beneficial.
Refinements, not redesigns
Everything about the new MacBook Pro is a refinement, but not a redesign. Apple tends — but isn’t tied — to redesign its MacBook Pros roughly every four years. We saw this overall design debut in 2016 and here we are three years later.
2019 MacBook Pro is a great daily driver
Over the course of those years, we’ve seen refinement over refinement, bringing us to this 2019 MacBook Pro. The cooling has been tinkered with, the butterfly keyboard has had subtle improvements, the specs continuously have been beefed up, all within the same shell.
That is both a positive and negative. On one hand, this MacBook Pro is the vision Apple has for this machine. This is what it looks like after all the kinks have presumably been worked out and Apple’s vision realized.
If you were going to grab a MacBook Pro in the past few years, this is the one you would want it to be. At the same time, the design — which looks still solid for its age — is starting to show its age. We’ve seen competitors with incredibly thin designs, much narrower bezels — even in Apple’s own iPads, and the Touch Bar still doesn’t see as much use as it should.
All of those could be in some way enhanced with a next-generation design, that may or may not arrive in 2020. Because of that future, many will wait it out. However one also has to consider that with a new design comes potential new issues for Apple to iterate on. We think that it’s a wise move to jump on board now after all of Apple’s iterating, and it’s not like your old hardware spontaneously combusts when something new is released.
There has never been a better time to choose a portable Mac rather than a desktop with the amount of power now packed into this machine.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Where to buy
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Fortnite Downtown Drop Guide: Where To Search O-N-F-I-R-E Letters
Season 9 of Fortnite is well underway, and in addition to the usual weekly and Utopia challenges, Epic is holding a Downtown Drop limited-time mode, which comes with its own assortment of tasks to complete and rewards to unlock. Most of these challenges are fairly self-explanatory, but one that'll require a little more work is to search O-N-F-I-R-E letters. These are scattered around the map, so if you need help finding them, we're here to show you where to go.
The Downtown Drop LTM takes place in its own self-contained map, which greatly limits the area you'll need to search to find the letters. Even so, the map can be confusing to navigate thanks to all of the ramps and corners it features, especially since you're constantly slipping and sliding as you play the mode, so knowing exactly where to look for the letters will greatly alleviate the frustration of this challenge. You can see where each of the letters is located below:
O: Next to the red car in the southeast corner
N: Near the basketball court
F: Near the Durrr Burger food truck
I: Near the secret tunnel leading to the sewers
R: In front of the crane truck at the end of the map
E: By the subway turnstile
Once you've found all six letters, the challenge will be complete, and you'll earn a stylish back board for your troubles. If you need more help finding the letters, we show you exactly where each one is located in the video at the top of this guide. You'll need to hurry if you're hoping to unlock the back board, however; the Downtown Drop LTM is slated to end on June 3, giving you only a few more days to finish this challenge.
While most of the Downtown Drop challenges are fairly straightforward and should be easy enough to complete with a little persistence, another one that may give you some trouble is to find Jonesy. There are actually three separate challenges of this sort, and they task you with finding a cutout of the character in various areas of the map. You can see all of the locations in our video walkthrough.
Previously Unseen Footage Of EarthBound 64 Emerges Online
One Nintendo 64 game that never saw the light of day, in the end, was EarthBound 64 – also known as Mother 3. The project started out life as a Super Nintendo release before being moved across to the Nintendo 64 and was eventually axed in August 2000. It ended up arriving on the Game Boy Advance in 2006 and since then, all hopes of a 3D Mother game have been lost.
Taking a moment to reflect on the game we’ll probably never play, entirely new footage has apparently surfaced online, showcasing just seconds of EarthBound 64 on display at Space World in 1996. The credit goes to the YouTube channel kukun kun, which has previously posted various other classic video game clips. See for yourself below:
As brief as it is, we get a look at what appears to be a band playing in a bar, Ness making his way through a forest and the entire gang speeding through the desert. This is followed by footage of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. If you can’t quite keep up, here are some still images from the above video:
In an interview dating back to the time of this Nintendo 64 game’s cancellation and then translated in 2013, Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata discussed the extent of development. Iwata said 30% of the final product had been completed, while Miyamoto said about 60% of the game’s assets, scenario preparation and other development processes were ready to go.
Would you like to have played this game? Would you like to see another EarthBound game one day release? Imagine what could have been in the comments below.
Harmonix is seeking an experienced network-focused software engineer to join our team developing in-house backend services for our titles in development. As an integral part of our game development teams, you will work closely with designers and gameplay engineers to build out online functionality for brand new music-based games across multiple platforms.
This is a senior, experienced role. As such, you’ll have the flexibility to help define and extend our (already modern) technology stack. It also comes with a mentorship component; you’ll help direct a team of 3-5 network programmers, making sure they’re growing as engineers and supporting the company across our various projects.
This position will report to the Technical Director. Harmonix is an independent game development studio that has been developing music entertainment experiences for over 20 years. We’ve created major franchises like Rock Band and Dance Central, and we’ve got the next one cooking behind the scenes. Come help us make the next great music game.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement and maintain scalable backend services to support online features of Harmonix’s upcoming game titles.
Work closely with gameplay engineers to ensure interoperability and fulfilled requirements
Plan and run load and stress testing; optimize as needed
Plan and execute deployment of fixes and new functionality into live environments
Create tools to monitor, manage and debug online functionality
Desired (Not Required!) Qualifications:
A college degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
Experience with a web application framework (such as Django or Rails)
5+ years of experience with server-side scripting languages (such as Python or Ruby)
5+ years of experience developing network systems and architectures
A deep understanding of object-oriented programming, design, and code portability
Experience architecting SQL database schemas
Experience with NoSQL data stores
Experience with PC, console, and/or mobile network backend development
Experience with technical and career-growth management
Harmonix is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/AAP
Harmonix is committed to inclusive excellence and strives to create the finest interactive music experiences in the world through the collaboration of diverse, talented individuals. We encourage women, people of color, and applicants from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
Whether you’re just starting out, looking for something new, or just seeing what’s out there, the Gamasutra Job Board is the place where game developers move ahead in their careers.
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GameStop COO and CFO Rob Lloyd steps down amid executive shuffle
Newsbrief: GameStop chief operating officer and chief financial officer Rob Lloyd is departing the company, a move that comes amid a mild executive reshuffling at the retailer.
Lloyd spent nearly 23 years at GameStop and served as the company’s CFO since 2010. He picked up the responsibilities of COO on top of that in 2018, and will remain with the company until the end of June to help with the leadership transition.
Following his departure, GameStop is eliminating the COO role entirely and creating two others in its place: chief merchandising officer and chief customer officer.
Those two positions are set to be filled by previous chief marketing officer Frank Hamlin (now GameStop’s chief customer officer) and former Tile Shop board member Chirs Homeister (now GameStop’s chief merchandising officer). James Bell, former Wok Holdings CFO, meanwhile, steps into Lloyd’s former position as GameStop’s CFO.
In a press release, recently appointed CEO George Sherman said that the changes aim to “advance GameStop’s transformation as we work to position the company for the future and bring gaming culture and experiences to life in every community.”
Microsoft's E3 Press Conference To Showcase 14 Xbox One First-Party Games
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has announced his team's final E3 2019 rehearsal is finished and that Microsoft has "lots to show" this year. In fact, 14 of the games being shown at E3 this year are Xbox One first-party titles.
"Just finishing our final E3 rehearsal here with the team in Redmond," Spencer tweeted. "Feel really good about the briefing. Lots to show. We have 14 Xbox Game Studios games in the show this year, more first party games than we've ever had in the show. Fun times." All Microsoft first party titles now typically release as Xbox One console exclusives (so you can find them on PC as well). Microsoft also usually launches its first-party titles on Xbox Game Pass the day they release.
Microsoft's list of Xbox Game Studios includes 343 Industries (Halo series), inXile Entertainment (Wasteland series), Obsidian Entertainment (Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds), The Initiative, Turn 10 Studios (Forza Motorsport series), Undead Labs (State of Decay series), Compulsion Games (We Happy Few), The Coalition (Gears of War series), Mojang (Minecraft), Ninja Theory (DmC: Devil May Cry and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice), Playground Games (Forza Horizon series), and Rare (Sea of Thieves and Battletoads series).
Many of these studios are 2018 acquisitions. During E3 2018, during E3 2018, Microsoft announced it had acquired Undead, Playground, Compulsion, and Ninja Theory and had also established The Initiative. Microsoft acquired inXile in November 2018 and announced soon after that it had bought Obsidian as well.
Microsoft hasn't announced the full list of Xbox Game Studios that will be showcasing games at E3 2019, but a few have already been revealed. 343 Studios' Halo Infinite and The Coalition's Gears 5 have both been confirmed for E3 2019. InXile Entertainment's Wasteland 3 has been confirmed for E3 as well, although the game is not an Xbox One first-party title. Though they haven't been confirmed, there's a plausible chance Gears Pop and Rare's new Battletoads game make an appearance as well, as both were teased during E3 2018. There are also rumors that Ninja Theory will be announcing a new sci-fi game scheduled for 2020 called Bleeding Edge, a fourth Fable game will be announced to be released in 2021, Ori and the Will of the Wisps will get a final trailer and release date, The Outer Worlds will get a new gameplay trailer and launch window (which has seemingly been confirmed via an Obsidian tweet), and Gears Tactics will get a new trailer and 2019 release date.
But even if all of the rumors and speculation are true, that's still only 10 of the 14 first-party games, and Microsoft may have some third-party titles to showcase (such as Cyberpunk 2077). There are also rumors that Microsoft is unveiling at least one of its next-gen Xbox consoles during E3. It would certainly fit the announcement that Xbox is going to "go big" at E3 this year.
Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For June And July
Can you believe it’s June already? Where is the time going? It’s only gonna be flippin’ E3 soon! Anyway, another month means more lovely stuff to buy, which is presumably why you clicked this link.
May saw the release of the lovely Team Sonic Racing, the fiendish Resident Evil Origins Collection and the slightly underwhelming Assassin’s Creed III Remastered… but what’s next for Switch, you may be wondering as your hard-earned money burns a hole in your pocket. We’ve helpfully compiled a list of all the good stuff coming out at retail in June and July, so feast your eyes and get all those pennies together – you’re going to need them!
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Just like buses, you wait for one kart racer and then two come along at once, it seems! If you’re after a more retro-fueled experience than Team Sonic Racing offers, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled just might be the answer when the Bandicoot once again comes to Switch after his debut in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy last year. A remake of Naughty Dog’s PlayStation original, this looks set to fire up your nostalgia when it races onto Switch on Friday 21st June.
Not too much longer to wait now, the anticipation is killing us. Fans of the original Super Mario Maker on Wii U will be well-served here and there’s a plethora of additions to that brilliant foundation, including multiplayer and the Super Mario 3D World skin – gotta love that Cat Mario! From what we can tell Super Mario Maker 2 is shaping up to be an essential purchase for the Switch with oodles of new level creation possibilities, including SLOPES!
If you need a new Nintendo Switch Online subscription soon, we’d recommend picking up the bundle where you can get an extra 12 month subscription for only $10 extra with Super Mario Maker 2.
Avengers: Endgame may have come and gone, but Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is something to keep Marvel fans occupied until the next MCU film comes along (although considering the frequency of the films, there’s probably a couple scheduled for release before 19th July anyway). The sequel to – you guessed it – Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, this is a Nintendo-published exclusive and we’re jazzed to see the action roleplaying series come to Switch courtesy of Team Ninja.
Seeing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus on Switch was a wonderful surprise, so we’re excited to see this spin-off/side-story coming to the console at the end of the month. You take on the role of one of B.J. Blazkowicz’s daughters in this new story that sees them heading to Paris, the City of Light, in search of their old man. It’s set in the 1980s and is shaping up to be one hell of a ride.
You can choose between the standard or deluxe versions, with the latter including a Buddy Pass and the Cyborg Skin Pack. Tinkety tonk old fruit, and down with the Nazis.
After the hack and slash antics of musou crossover Fire Emblem Warriors, it’s once again time to strap on your SRPG thinking cap and get ready for Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Channelling a little bit of Harry Potter and a little bit of Game of Thrones, Three Houses sees you join a school as a teacher to instruct students of one of three noble houses from the kingdom of Fódlan. With the turn-based tactics that the series is famous for, plus a peppering of new systems and surprises, this one is looking to be an essential purchase whether you’re a fan of permadeath or not.
More Awesome Nintendo Switch Games
Aside from the highlighted games above, there are lots more Switch retail games which might take your fancy in June and beyond.
Awesome Accessories For Your Switch
We saw a whole slew of interesting accessories released for the Switch in the past few months, but more are on the way. Here are some tantalising accessories coming up in June and beyond, which we found for your consideration.
So that’s it for June and July – did we miss anything? Let us know with a comment and also tell us if you’ve pre-ordered any of these goodies!
