The other two titles are still to be announced.

The Oddworld series won't be stopping with just this month's Stranger's Wrath.

French publisher Microids have entered into an agreement with Oddworld Inhabitants for three Oddworld releases in 2020. A new title is in development for "consoles" called Oddworld: Soulstorm with an expected 2020 release date.

And with your choice of preorder incentives.

The end of February will be all right for fighting on Switch.

Samurai Shodown will launch in North America on the 25th of February, as first revealed by an entry on the Nintendo game list and later confirmed by SNK. The MSRP will be $49.99 in the US and $59.99 in Canada.

Preordering the physical version will include a Switch controller skin (attached) while digital preloads are available now with a 10% discount.

Some of us waited two and a half years for this: others waited even longer.

One of the final games from August 2017's Nindie Showcase has finally secured a release date.

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition will launch on Switch on January 28, according to Annapurna Interactive. The five-part adventure game launched its first episode on PC in 2013, with the Switch version being a collection of all five episodes.

The girl with the glowing gun.

2020 will see a new ghostly shooter come to the Switch.

ITTA has been announced by developer Jakob Williams and publisher Armor Games. It will be out this year and is based on Williams's experiences. It stars Itta, a little girl who has to fight through a horde of monsters armed with her father's revolver and the aid of a ghost who takes the form of her pet cat.

And we have no idea what could be Hoopaning.

The first Direct of the decade will be a Poké-chat.

A Pokémon Direct will air on Thursday (January 9) at 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT / 1430 UTC. The presentation will run for approximately 20 minutes.

All prior Pokémon announcements have focused on handheld or console games, but no other indication as to the content has been given.

"Tell me if you would about the Great Disappointment." "Were you talking with my wife?"

The efforts to improve our Disappointment of the Year are continuing, with a new loosening of a Super Mario Maker 2 restriction.

In celebration of 10 million+ courses being uploaded into the game, players are now able to upload 100 courses. This is up from 64 added in a update in July and 32 at launch.

Not its first rodeo on a Nintendo platform... if you're in Japan.

The Switch's book club is about to get a major new member.

The House in Fata Morgana has been announced for Switch in a post on their Pixiv account. Although the game is described as "almost done" in the post, no release date information is available.

Originally developed for PC and iOS, House... Read more...

The big game of the week is a) only confirmed in Europe and b) involves a country that's burning.

We're not back to full service quite yet this week, but we might have a higher quantity of shadowdrops than usual as certain branches of Nintendo return from a long vacation. We're not looking at double digits yet, though Europe gets there on the strength of an Australian Open tennis game (be sure to help where you can with the devestating wildfires there this Aussie summer).

It's got style and styyyyyyyyyyle. Right, Vinny?

A recent cult adventure hit has been announced for Switch release this year.

Later Alligator, the crocodilian point-and-click adventure that released on PC last year, has been confirmed for a 2020 release by Smallbu Animation, the artists of the game.

LATER ALLIGATOR IS COMING TO SWITCH!!! 8[_________] pic.twitter.com/gCeB1YwjHt

Do you have anything left after the third parties loaded up at Christmas?

Some first party games have received an early year sale in Europe.

The sale will run until January 12, and discounts are between 30-40% for eight first party game as well as Overwatch. The full list of sales by percentage:

Pizza delivery for... I. C. Weiner?

"One game? That's all we got? One goddamn game?"

"You can't say goddamn in the Downloads column!!"

"Who cares, nobody's reading it anyway."

- Harry Doyle and Monty, Major League (1989)

For this last downloads of 2019, or the first one of 2020, we have apparently traveled back in time... Read more...

Normal service resumes next week, but we needed to get back on the horse.

You OK, dog? It's been a while.

The only positive thing in the last few weeks is that I managed to win Whamageddon, but that was largely due to spending ten nights in the QE2 and I don't mean the cruise ship. Diabetic infections SUCK. But I'll refer you here for more details on that, and we'll catch up the profiles I missed over the weekend.

New challenges and features await the Bergson family in the new year.

Roguelite dungeon-crawler Children of Morta will be receiving a plethora of free content in 2020, and a brand new story chapter as paid DLC. Publisher 11 bit studio has shared a development roadmap that outlines all the additions coming next year, including a new playable character and online co-op.

The colorful action-RPG launches January 30, 2020 with a 10 percent discount.

After a brief delay, Skellboy has a new release date that takes it just a month into the new year: January 30, 2020. As a way of making up for the delay, publisher Fabraz is also offering a 10 percent pre-purchase discount starting on January 20.

Skellboy takes place in a vibrant, pixelated world... Read more...

The DLC includes a new storyline and is available right now

Notable indie x Nintendo collaboration Cadence of Hyrule received a free software update today in the form of Octavo's Ode, a brand new storyline that lets you play as villain Octavo. This new playable character brings his own weapon and skills, adding even more variety to the Zelda-themed rhythm action.

The ScareScraper is climbing to new heights.

Luigi's Mansion 3's ScareScraper and ScreamPark multiplayer modes will be receiving new paid DLC in Spring and Summer 2020.

Nintendo announced today that two expansions will be releasing next year with new content for the cooperative PvE modes game modes. Each pack will feature three new mini-games... Read more...

First trailer shows off the localized version of the Japan-inspired Monopoly-like game.

Billion Road is a board game video game that looks akin to Monopoly or Fortune Street at a glance and it is coming to Switch in March 2020.

While it was officially revealed for the west in November, Publisher acttil just released the debut English trailer. The trailer shows off the game, which... Read more...

Bravely Default II will arrive next year.

Bravely Default II has been announced for the Nintendo Switch and is coming next year.

A short trailer aired at tonight’s Game Awards. It was definitely concise, with little information other than some illustrated artwork and a shot of what appeared to be the game’s protagonists at the end of the trailer.

Wanna see a five-minute trailer of No More Heroes 3 that is a wild ride in and of itself? Watch on.

First teased during The Game Awards 2019, No More Heroes 3 received an update in the form of a five-minute-long trailer that reconfirmed the game's 2020 Switch exclusive release.

The animated opening of the trailer shows some bizarre E.T.-like premise where a weird alien named Fu lives in a spaceshit,... Read more...

Iceman, Cable, Jean Grey, and Gambit join the fray when the second DLC pack for Nintendo and Team Ninja's brawler hits.

The second DLC pack for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is entitled X-Men: Rise of Phoenix and will launch on December 23, as revealed during the pre-show of The Game Awards 2019.

The pack, second of the three in the season pass, includes Iceman, Jean Grey, Gambit, and Cable as new playable characters.... Read more...