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.

The Switch was the... Read more...

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...

The Otome Armada might have taken a few months off but they'll be roaring back in 2022.

Aksys Games held their "All Aksys" stream event today, providing news of four new localizations from the Idea Factory-owned Otomate brand as well as updates on their previously announced lineup.

Existing Game Announcements

Evil Dead rises later than anticipated.

Evil Dead: The Game has a new release window of February 2022. Bruce Campbell, actor and producer for the Evil Dead series, unofficially announced the delay back on July 9th at a Q&A session for the 40th anniversary of The Evil Dead. The news is now official after being shared over on the game's... Read more...

It'll be out sooner than you think, too.

The million-selling Mario Golf: Super Rush is adding new features in a few hours.

Announced for "tonight" by the Nintendo of America social media accounts but for "tomorrow" by Nintendo of Europe, the update will add the following:

Last year's quarter wasn't as busy, but did it pay off?

Nintendo released a financial results statement for the second calendar quarter (first fiscal quarter) of 2021 a few hours ago. All indicators were down compared to the black swan Q1 of 2020, but still much higher than the same quarter in 2019.

All numbers reported in yen: a rounded comparison based on an exchange rate of 109.56 yen to the US$ is provided for clarification only.

Check out some of the tracks, as well.

One of the unexpected surprises of the last Nintendo Direct will be out next month.

Cruis'n Blast, the latest title in the high speed racing series, will release on Switch September 14. Based on the 2017 arcade title, Blast is the first Cruis'n console game since 2007.

A new trailer showing some of the game's 29 tracks has also been released.

Remember, if you can dodge a fire spell, you can dodge a ball.

Some of us are still trying to recover from last week, but the onslaught continues apace this week. We'll give the honour here to Dodgeball Academia (as discussed by Neal on last week's Connectivity), the dodgeball RPG that single handedly caused the PC Gaming Show to beat Square Enix's summer presentation... Read more...

Some new partnerships included in the stream.

Annapurna Interactive announced a group of new titles and platforms today, including new details and announcements of four Switch games.