You'll have to investigate quickly.

Spike Chunsoft has released new details about their upcoming detective story Ai: The Somnium Files.

Psychic detective Kaname, the player character, must dive into the dreams of others in order to solve real world mysteries. Mental blocks are puzzles that obscure the truth, and any action Kaname takes while exploring dreams will draw down a six minute time limit.

...would this be a Kirbyvania?

The third quarter will feature some bright whipping action.

Whipseey, the debut commercial release from developer Daniel Ramirez, has been scheduled for release in Q3 (July - September) by publisher Blowfish Studios. The 2D platformer stars the titular Whipseey, who uses a whip on their head to attack enemies, swing from points in the environment, and even extend jumps by twirling it like a helicopter.

How much wood would you trade for an eShop card?

Settling the land will get a bit easier in June.

The Switch version of Catan that was announced last year finally received a release date today: June 20. Pricing was not released, but the previous Asmodee Digital-published board game, Carcassone, launched December 6 in North America at a US19.99 price tag.

Now you see why the difficulty curve is more of a gentle slope.

This month's NES Online update includes the ability to be just a little godlike.

In addition to the previously announced updates, today's update added a SP version to Kid Icarus. The special version provides the game's Three Sacred Treasures - Wings of Pegasus, Arrow of Light, and Mirror Shield - and starts out in the final stretch before Medusa.

By way of a TV commercial.

It's not known if it'll come with 3.0, but Stage Builder appears to be coming to Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

A new commercial for Ultimate has dropped on Nintendo's YouTube channel, and the opening second of the ad shows a new version of the game's menu showing Stage Builder on the same row as Amiibo and Mii Fighters.

It's like the Thirsty Mage, only with more robots and less RPGs.

If trying to juggle April's releases is driving you to drink, a new place to drown your sorrows will open in early May.

VA-11 HALL-A, the PC and PlayStation Vita visual novel centered around the life of a futuristic bartender, will release on Switch May 2. Set largely in the titular bar, the player has to maintain a standard of living and experience the story of the bar's many unique patrons.

If you're like Donald who can't win to save his life, you still might get the gold.

The Tetris 99 Cup will return this weekend, with more opportunities to bring home the (999) gold (coins).

Running from Friday at 9 a.m. EDT to 2:59 a.m. Monday morning, the tournament will award 999 My Nintendo Gold Coins ($9.99) for top players. The second competition will institute a points system based on finishes during the play time, with 100 points being equivalent to a win, and the top 999 scorers receiving the money.

I think the bold text collapsed somewhere around the four-way women's tag.

The bold text decided to ship off to New York for a wrestling weekend, and was last spotted unconscious in the nosebleeds at Snoopy Stadium so it's got the week off. I hope there's no objections to this week's big game: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, the collection of DS games appearing on every system known to man. Alternatively, the well-acted Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice provides some nice psychological and philosophical discussion.

Grab one of the 4,000 Limited Editon copies for your shelf.

Super Rare Games announced earlier today that the next release in their monthly lineup is none other than Joe Dever's Lone Wolf, a critically acclaimed "choose your own adventure" RPG. Pre-orders will start on April 11th exclusively at Super Rare Games’ Website and will retail for $32.54 / £29.99 / €33.99.

A special release for the critically acclaimed roguelike shooter.

Fans of the Indie hit Enter The Gungeon will be happy to hear that it will finally be released physically in North America on June 25th, 2019. This release will also include 4 stickers, a "Bullet Kin' papercraft, a download code for the OST and an exclusive in-game Shotgun Kin skin.

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See that mountain? You can hold cardboard up to your face to play Zelda on it.

Games have gotten Labo updates in the past, and now two of Nintendo's biggest games will join in.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey will be receiving Labo VR support on April 25, about two weeks after the Labo VR kit launches. Both games will use the Goggles, found in the US$40 Starter Kit.

There's one part where we recommend skipping Comic Sans.

The original publishers of January's Bury Me, My Love are coming through with three new Switch games, all launching in three weeks.

ARTE, an international cultural collective that operates out of France and Germany, has announced that their titles Type:Rider, Vandal, and Homo Machina will all release on Switch April 25.

Ever wonder what would happen if Nintendo made Galaga?

This week's Arcade Archives game will be delayed a day, but will bring a Nintendo oddity.

Hamster have confirmed that Donkey Kong 3, the last of the game's starring Nintendo's ape mascot for more than a decade, will be releasing this Friday. Standard Archives pricing (US$7.99, €6.99, £6.29, ¥823) will apply.

Start a game on PC, get your one more turn in on the TV or in bed.

The Switch version of Civilization VI has gotten a little closer to its PC counterpart.

A new update for the game has added support for cloud saves with the Steam version of Civilization VI. A 2K Games account is required for the function to work, and creating one is an option ingame.

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Take your frustrations out on Glass Joe.

This month's Switch Online games will feature dreams and absolute nightmares.

Punch Out! Featuring Mr. Dream, Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, and Hudson's space shooter Star Force will be added to the app on April 10. There will also be SP games to be announced the day of.

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A premiere action title with a psychological bent

One of 2017's most gripping games is coming to Switch next week.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has been tabbed for an April 11 release according to the website of developers Ninja Theory. It was originally released in 2017, and tabbed for a Switch version in February's Nintendo Direct.

The Unreal Engine 4 powered title is being ported to the Switch by British firm QLOC, who previously handled the remastered Dark Souls.

Given the date of original posting, we can confirm everything here is real.

Well, the first quarter is over and we're into a slow period. Anything major this week?

Well, we have Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, which is basically a Dragon Ball-themed children's card game, and the debut title from Perfect World Entertainment in Hob. For me, the biggest release is Mechstermination Force from the developer of Gunman Clive.

They will occur on E3 Day -2.

Nintendo held the US finals for their Smash and Splatoon 2 tournaments today, and the champions will be advancing to pre-E3 weekend.

The 2019 World Championships for Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be held in Los Angeles on June 8. The US champions will face teams from Europe, Australia and Japan in 4v4 Splatoon 2 and 3v3 Squad Strike play for Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Some fighting games have trouble counting to 3, SamSho's difficulty is with 6.

There will now be seven Samurai Shodowns in 2019, thanks to a newly-announced compilation.

SNK has announced a "Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection" at PAX East, which will contain the original six games (1-5 and 5 Special) in one package. The package will be out in the fall.

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The first ten games are about what you'd expect.

After an aborted launch last year, Sega is jumping into the mini-console game with the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Mini.

Launching worldwide on September 19, the mini-console's emulation is being done by M2, Sega's famous in-house emulation house. 40 games will be included in the package, along with... Read more...