It won't require shoving nine inch nails through your fingers to play the other ID shooter.

Another classic ID shooter series of the 1990s is now on Switch.

Quake, Id Software's follow up first person shooter series which debuted in 1996, has been remastered for modern platforms as part of a 25th anniversary celebration. It is available now on the eShop for US$9.99 or equivalent.

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It's more of a subversive adventure game than a subversive RPG.

A new twist on the life of a supervillain's henchman is coming to Switch in October, and it has writing talent experienced in subtle parody.

Henchman Story has confirmed a release date on Switch of October 14 in a new trailer (available below). It is an adventure game starring Stan, a down-on-his-luck henchman of the evil Lord Bedlam who has to try and survive while his boss sets out to destroy the world.

There's no getting off this train.

Turnip Boy is looking to add some more charges to his tax evasion arraignment.

The April-launching adventure will launch an update a week from today which will include support for the "Limitless Line" free DLC. Available after completing the game, the Limitless Line is an endless dungeon with randomly generated areas.

They had a lot of time, but a lot of other items to go over.

Prior to the Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl / Legends Arceus news, the Pokemon Presents presentation offered several updates on active Pokemon projects.

Evolving based on absorbing the souls of its dead brethren... we got nothin'.

We got the first look at the new Pokemon Legends: Arceus in today's Pokemon Presents:

The summoning circle worked, we have Houndoom.

New details for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were unveiled ahead of the duo's November 19 launch in today's Pokemon Presents presentation.

Featuring the Bandit, an updated Commenement, and more!

After five months, the Switch version of Risk of Rain 2 will finally be receiving the free Anniversary Update, adding a plethora of new content.

Originally released on PC in March (as well as Xbox and Playstation consoles in June), the Anniversary Update celebrates a major milestone for the game... Read more...

There's about 391,496 possible shadowdrops this week - which after last week is kind of low, actually.

After - wait, SEVEN Indie World shadowdrops in one day, are they MAD? - it's back to relative normalcy this week. For my money the big game of the week is itself an Indie World veteran in Road 96, with enough paths to keep you going for the rest of the summer. I'm also going to put someone on blast... Read more...

This is gonna be a biggun.

The veil is about to come off the next few Pokemon games.

A Pokemon Presents presentation will air on Wednesday, August 18 at 9 am E.T., 6 a.m. PT, or 1500 CET. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends Arceus will all be shown in the video.

This will be the first major news brief on the Sinnoh-focused trio since their release dates were given as November 19 and January 28 (BD/SP, Legends) on May 26.

"Master, how did you end up with all of these Rupees?"

Nintendo is still the hardware sales unit king in the US, and July saw them reclaim the software crown as well.

All data is from July 4 - 31, based on dollar sales unless noted. Some third parties report eShop sales to the NPD, but Nintendo does not report their own sales.

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It'll be a few weeks for the adventure.

The Life is Strange Remastered Collection is not alone in being delayed, but True Colors has a target.

A response posted following Wednesday's announcement from the Life is Strange brand Twitter confirmed that the Switch version is "running a little late" and will miss the planned September 10 launch date. It is still planned for 2021.

Solving a murder with cards

The murder-mystery deck-building roguelike, The Magister, is coming to Switch on September 2nd. The news was shared by the game's publisher, Digerati, on Twitter.

The player will take control of the titular magister who is summoned to Silverhurst to solve a murder. You'll need to discover clues,... Read more...

Apparently "social distancing" and "masks" aren't part of the job description this time.

After tackling the United Kingdom post-Brexit, the Not Tonight series is coming to America by the end of the year.

No More Robots will publish Not Tonight 2 later this year, which explicitly takes place in "an alternate, defective America, where capitalism and political greed have taken center... Read more...

Just because Indie World is over doesn't mean the indie news ends.

The king of the roguelike platformer is coming to Switch in three weeks.

Originally spotted by Vooks, both Spelunky and Spelunky 2 have been spotted on the European and Australian eShops with a release date of 26 August. Spelunky will be US$9.99/€9.99/AU$15.00, with Spelunky 2 at US$19.99/€19.99/AU$30.00.

No sense coming out so close to the new one - and less dev crunch, too.

Although Life is Strange will still show its True Colors next month, the rest of the series has been held back.

In announcing the release date for True Colors's first DLC story (September 30), developer Deck Nine have also confirmed the Remastered Collection which would bring the series to Switch in its entirety has been delayed to early 2022.

Does a bear go in the woods? Yes, then he cuts everything down.

Aside from the items out today, the following were also announced in today's Indie World:

Yo, that's some big shadowdrops.

The following titles are slated to be added to the eShop immediately following today's Indie World presentation:

Here be shadowdrops, yo.

The latest Indie World presentation was expected in August, but probably not this early.

Nintendo have confirmed the latest edition of their indie show will air tomorrow (August 11), at noon ET / 9 am PT / 1800 CET. According to the notification it will be "around 20 minutes long" similar to the last few.

It's not quite the Zelda you're used to.

The last piece of the Darksiders puzzle is Switch-bound.

Darksiders III, a more exploration focused new take on the series, will come to Switch on September 30. A physical release is also coming, and as a late port from PC / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One will include a pair of DLC packs.

Players assume the role of Fury, a sister of the previous Darksiders protagonists War and Death who can shift her elemental properties in combat.

Hoping that a certain avian skateboarding game wasn't forced to bail at the last minute.

One of my most hyped games of 2021 (the only non-RPG that didn't make my list from earlier in the year, in fact) was supposed to be out Friday as of press time in Skatebird - but there's no pricing details as of article launch time it's been delayed to September 24, so we'll hold off for now. Cygames... Read more...