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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted’, ‘Monstrum’, and Today’s Other New Releases, Plus the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 22nd, 2020. With it being Friday, we’ve got a lot of new releases to check out today. That includes surprise release Journey to the Savage Planet and the latest release in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series among many others. We’ve also got a ton of new sales to dig into. Let’s have a look and see what’s what! New Releases Journey to the Savage Planet ($29.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! This humorous exploration game hit other platforms a few months

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Arrest of a Stone Buddha’, ‘What The Golf?’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 21st, 2020. As we approach the end of the month, we’re seeing more releases arriving. There are a lot of new games to check out today, and that’s how we’ll be spending most of our time here. There are also the usual lists of sales information, and that’s about the lot. Let’s check it out! New Releases Arrest of a Stone Buddha ($14.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! One of the coolest surprises of last year was The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Virtually reality: why isn’t VR more popular?

VR is impressive to watch — but it is less impressive to purchaseMany people probably have experience of VR second-hand, rather than from the comfort of their own home. A casual demo in a gaming convention here, or a half hour spent on someone else’s setup there — the interest exists, but the demand does not.The titles already coming out for it are getting better and better, and have already contributed to a branch of Youtubers focusing on VR content. VRChat, Beat Saber and Half Life: Alyx have been raising

Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s Next Xbox Update Introduces A New Bug For Halo 2

The next update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One is coming soon, and it introduces a new bug in Halo 2: Anniversary. In a blog post, developer 343 Industries warned players that the new update adds a bug where the reticule moves off-center for couch co-op split-screen multiplayer.343 said it is currently working on a fix for the problem, with the aim of it releasing in the coming weeks."Our test teams identified a newly introduced issue in H2:A where the reticule is off centered when playing split

Top New Games Out On Switch, PS4, Xbox One, And PC This Week – May 10-16, 2020

There are plenty of games on the horizon as we near the halfway mark of May. This episode of New Releases is great for Nintendo Switch owners, with the sharp turns of Star Wars Episode I: Racer and the smooth sounds of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix. Meanwhile, Deep Rock Galactic leaves early access, and Ion Fury gets its console release. Finally, sports fans can take a swing with Super Mega Baseball 3.Star Wars Episode I: Racer -- May 12Available on: SwitchThe racing game you might have played a

Fan-Made Cyberpunk 2077 Film Is Good Enough To Be Official

Fan-fiction and other unauthorized adaptations can sometimes draw the ire of franchises' original creators, but the Cyberpunk 2077 team has no qualms with a new and very impressive fan film's teaser. Cyberpunk 2077: Phoenix Program is an upcoming project that looks professional enough to be official, and can you can see the teaser below.How awesome is this?!Action movie director @ViDanTran teamed up with a group of amazing cosplayers (including our friend @maul_cosplay!) to create a Cyberpunk 2077 fan film!Check it out for yourself – they just released their first teaser

This Week in Apps: WWDC goes online, Android 11 delays, Facebook SDK turns into app kill switch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now spending 3 hours and 40 minutes per day using apps, rivaling TV. Apps aren’t just a way to pass idle hours — they’re a big business. In 2019, mobile-first companies had a combined $544 billion valuation,

Shack Chat: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020?

It's that time again, your favorite time of the week. This week the Shack staff gathers 'round our virtual meeting table to discuss one of many upcoming digital gaming events. EA Play 2020 was recently announced as a digital event, and we thought it high time to sit down and look deep within ourselves to figure out exactly what we want from EA Play in 2020. Question: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020? Skate 4 - Asif Khan, Better than the rest of the Shack staff

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2 Release Date Set For 2022

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a big hit, but sadly, the next installment has been pushed back a few months. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2's release date is now set for October 7, 2022.Sony shared the news on Twitter today. It didn't use the precise title above, but it did use the Spider-Verse hashtag.Originally, the release date for Spider-Verse was set for April 8, 2022, which was revealed in a short video back in November. While Sony hasn't commented on why the movie is being pushed back, it's possible that