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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Songbringer’

TouchArcade Rating:Mobile is home to a bunch of great original games, but equally important is the huge number of excellent games that have been ported over from other platforms. Back in 2015 Wizard Fu Games successfully crowdfunded a project for an idea that was essentially “What if the original The Legend of Zelda was different every time you played it?" A couple of years later that project, called Songbringer, launched on desktop and consoles with a Nintendo Switch port following in 2018. One of the original stretch goals of the

Sony And Microsoft Are Rethinking The Importance Of Launch Lineups

We're about to enter what is likely the strangest transition to next-gen consoles we've ever seen. After months of fragmented online speculation in times of COVID-19, we finally have an idea of what to expect from the release of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S and their respective launch lineups. On the surface, the consoles have all the traditional trappings of new video game hardware--faster performance, more detailed graphics, and bigger, better games. Sony and Microsoft have maintained the forward-thinking approach that encapsulates the promise of next-gen. However, what is

The Sublime ‘Skate City’ on Apple Arcade is Updated with a New Level Based on Miami, Florida

TouchArcade Rating:In case you were wondering, because I’m SURE you are, my far and away most played Apple Arcade game to date is Skate City from Norwegian developer Agens Games and Alto’s Adventure creators Snowman. And I mean it’s not even close. I couldn’t begin to count the hours I’ve put into Skate City since it launched alongside Apple Arcade about a year ago. Agens are the creators of Skate Lines, a 2015 mobile skateboarding game that I was borderline obsessed with back then. Skate City was originally going to

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ Announced, ‘Ori & the Will of the Wisps’, ‘Hades’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 18th, 2020. Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini had a lot of great games in it, and a few of them dropped immediately after the video. Of course the highlight was Capcom finally bringing some original games to the Switch in the form of Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2, but that was far from the only surprise in the video. We quickly summarize that video today before going into the mountain of new releases, and all I can

‘Cyberpunk 2077’ won’t require a high-end gaming rig

Sponsored Links CD Projekt Red In the latest edition of Night City Wire, CD Projekt Red revealed the minimum and recommended PC specs for Cyberpunk 2077. The good news is you won’t need a high-end gaming rig for it to run decently — so don’t worry too much if you missed out on the first batch of GeForce RTX 3080 GPUs this week.On the CPU end, you'll need at least an Intel Core i5-3570K or an AMD FX-8310. On the graphics front, the game will require a minimum of an

‘Minecraft Earth’ 0.25.0 Brings Challenge Season 9: Biomes, the Fancy Chicken Buildplate, Slime Blocks, New Challenges UI, and More

TouchArcade Rating: Minecraft Earth (Free) has been getting updated every few weeks with a new challenge season, new mobs, and a lot more. If you missed the last update, read about it here. Today’s update is the 0.25.0 (R25) update bringing in support for Challenge Season 9: Biomes in addition to the new mobs and blocks. The Fancy Chicken buildplate is arriving soon following this update but the Fancy Chicken mob is available in tappables near you. For blocks, Slime Blocks are now available with the new Slime-balls. For Challenge

Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, the Prequel Story to ‘Octopath Traveler’ Finally Has a Confirmed Release Date for Japan

Square Enix reveealed Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent () as a mobile exclusive prequel to the superb JRPG Octopath Traveler a while ago. Since the original announcement, details have been slowly revealed for Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent including a closed demo that some players could access in Japan. The game is set in the same universe as the main console game with characters from the main game showing up here. It was delayed to 2020 back in November last year. Today, Square Enix has announced a release

‘Marble Knights’ from WayForward Is a Multiplayer Fantasy Adventure Game Out Now on Apple Arcade

TouchArcade Rating: A little while ago, four Apple Arcade game releases alongside the dates were leaked by the iOS 14 App Store in the new coming soon section. Since then, a new game has more or less been revealed each week for the service. This includes the likes of the upcoming The Survivalists. A few weeks ago, Marble Knights () from WayForward had its release date revealed through the iOS 14 App Store. It was announced soon after for the service. Marble Knights is WayForward’s third game on Apple Arcade

Xbox Series X, Series S pre-orders start September 22nd at 11AM ET

Sponsored Links Microsoft Just in the last day or so, we’ve seen gamers try and in many cases fail to hand over their money to buy new gaming hardware, whether it was for the PlayStation 5 or NVIDIA RTX 3080. Microsoft already announced that pre-orders for the next generation of its Xbox consoles will start next week, and now we have more details on exactly when that’s going to happen.Whether you’re looking for the $499 Xbox Series X or the $299 Xbox Series S, pre-orders will start on September 22nd