Month: March 2019

March’s free NES games for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers are now available. This time around, the lineup is almost entirely different depending on your region. The West receives Kid Icarus and StarTropics, while Japan gets Kid Icarus along with two unlocalized Famicom titles: Yie Ar Kung-Fu and Fire Emblem.

On top of this month’s new games, Nintendo has added special save states for two previously released titles, Kirby’s Adventure and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The former allows you to play through the more difficult Extra Game from the outset, while the latter starts you off with Link’s Attack, Magic, and Life stats already maxed out.

Nintendo has been gradually expanding Switch’s NES catalog with more games every month. In February, the company added Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby’s Adventure, while January brought Zelda II and Blaster Master. More games are on the way next month, although Nintendo hasn’t revealed what those will be just yet.

The NES catalog is one of the perks Switch owners receive for subscribing to the Nintendo Switch Online service. It offers unlimited access to more than 30 NES games for as long as you have an active membership, with added online multiplayer support for every title.

Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions run for US $4 / £3.49 / AU $6 for one month, US $8 / £7 / AU $12 for three months, and US $20 / £18 / AU $30 for one year. Other perks for subscribing include the ability to play Switch games online with others, save data backup via the cloud, and exclusive offers such as Tetris 99, which is free to download for NSO members.

If you’ve been needing to bulk up your wardrobe, now’s the time: ThinkGeek is running a major sale on all T-shirts this week where buying two shirts will get you a third one for free. All you have to do is add three T-shirts to your cart and use the promo code B2G1TEE, and the price of one shirt will be discounted. If you select shirts of different prices, the cheapest one will be free (luckily, most of these shirts are around the same price). You’ll notice some of these shirts are already discounted, and they’re all included in the buy two, get one free sale.

From collared button-downs to casual tees, there are plenty of solid options to choose from, and they’re all officially licensed merchandise. ThinkGeek is known for carrying a vast selection of merch from practically any fandom, and that’s reflected in this sale, where you’ll find tees repping a ton of different interests. Some (but not all) of the games, shows, and movies included:

• Captain Marvel
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Star Wars
• The Legend of Zelda
• Fortnite
• Overwatch
• Spider-Man
• Deadpool
• Dragon Ball Z
• Futurama
• Pokemon
• Ready Player One
• Rick and Morty
• The Incredibles

Check out a few of our favorite options below, and head to ThinkGeek to shop the entire T-shirt sale. The sale ends March 17 at 8:59 PM PT / 11:59 PM ET. Due to a competing sale, the buy two, get one free deal will be paused on Thursday, March 14, but resume on Friday and continue through the weekend.

Dragon Ball Z Goku’s Kanji T-Shirt, $22

Rep your boy Goku all day long.

Star Wars Ships Short-Sleeve Shirt, $30

Look sharp while casually repping Star Wars’ most iconic ships.

Fortnite Give Me the Loot T-Shirt, $22

Loot Llama will always be with you.

Pokemon Pika Palette T-Shirt, $22

A solid outfit for this summer’s Detective Pikachu premiere, perhaps?

Spider-Man Split T-Shirt, $22

With great T-shirts come pockets–ideally with Spider-Man’s face on them.

Cuphead You Died T-Shirt, $22

There’s no shame in dying over and over…and over.

Shop ThinkGeek’s full T-shirt sale »

Battlefield V‘s third chapter of content, Trial by Fire, kicks off later this month, and one of the most anticipated features it’ll bring to the game is Firestorm, Battlefield V’s take on battle royale. Developer DICE hasn’t yet announced when Firestorm will go live, but we’ll get our first real look at the mode very soon.

DICE is broadcasting Firestorm’s reveal trailer tomorrow, March 14. We don’t yet know how long the video will be or what it will showcase, but it’s scheduled to go live at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET. You’ll be able to tune in right here on GameSpot and watch the trailer via the embed below.

While tomorrow’s trailer will provide our first official look at Firestorm, fans got an early look at the mode recently when Firestorm’s tutorial video recently leaked online. According to that video, the mode will support Solo, Duo, and Squads options, and just as in other battle royale games, each match will begin with players parachuting out of a plane, then scrambling to find weapons and other items to help them survive.

EA has previously said that Firestorm will support up to 64 players. Unlike the rest of the game, the mode isn’t developed by DICE, but rather Criterion, the studio behind the Need for Speed series. The mode derives its name from the ring of fire that gradually closes in on the battlefield as matches progress.

In the meantime, the final event of Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes, dubbed Unstoppable Force, is now live. Along with two Weekly Challenges, the event brings back the fan-favorite Rush mode, but it’ll only be around until March 20.