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Back 4 Blood: Essential Tips For The Open Beta

The time to play Back 4 Blood‘s open beta has arrived. If you were fortunate enough to play the closed beta, this is your next chance to spend more time with the game. For those coming in fresh, we’ve compiled some essential tips to help you better tackle the content found within Back 4 Blood’s beta.

If you’re looking to play it, check out our explainer detailing when the Back 4 Blood beta starts and how to download it. Otherwise, if you’re looking to secure yourself a copy once the game releases in October, then be sure to check out our Back 4 Blood preorder guide.

Coordinate Weapon Types With Your Teammates

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While it’s not the biggest deal on the lower Survivor difficulty, there are several reasons why it’s beneficial to talk with your team and coordinate weapon loadouts. You can have teammates fill particular roles, such as a long-range sniper for picking off certain enemy types, an up-close shotgunner to protect the team, or an LMG user in charge of crowd control, to name a few. Ammo also becomes a concern as the difficulty increases, and picking different weapon types keeps players from having to worry about taking ammo away from teammates who might need it. Speaking of ammo, you can hold or drop ammo types you aren’t using for your teammates when they need it. Consider your teammates your very own ammo pouch!

Be Mindful of Ammo Types

Just as you should coordinate what weapons you and other teammates are using, you should be mindful of what two weapons you’re carrying yourself. At a basic level, you likely want to ensure you’ve got your bases covered and can deal with enemies both near and far, but the type of ammo your weapons use should also be accounted for. You don’t want to end up with two weapons that use the same ammo, since you’ll find yourself running out twice as quickly as you otherwise would. Even if you don’t care for melee weapons, you may be better off with one as your secondary as opposed to two weapons that use the same ammo type–that way, you’ll at least have some way to fend off the hordes if you run out of that ammo.

Stick Together

Sticking together is a good strategy in almost any co-op game, but as Left 4 Dead players can attest, it’s imperative in a game like this. Certain enemies can trap players, requiring them to be saved by a teammate. You can also revive a teammate who’s been knocked down, but you’ll need to be nearby to do so. Ensuring you don’t need to scramble to find a path to your teammate (while fighting your way there) will help your team get back to full strength quickly. That’s critical, as it’s easy for a shorthanded squad to get overwhelmed while trying to rescue someone and keep the enemies at bay with fewer guns.

Don’t Be Shy About Meleeing, Even If You’re Reloading

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An in-game tooltip will alert you to this, but if you’re a veteran of this type of zombie shooter, there’s a certain behavior you may need to break. Even if you’re reloading, you’re still free to use the melee/bash ability to deal with any enemies who are right on top of you. You might be desperate to get your gun reloaded so you can handle them more permanently, but the melee won’t actually interrupt your ongoing reload, so ditch any hesitation you have about using it while trying to get your gun ready. You’ll still want to begin firing your weapon again as soon as you can, but when times are desperate, that melee can spare you from taking some unnecessary damage and/or give you the room to escape to a safer location.

Make Sure One Player Always Has a Tool Kit

Tool Kits are handy items that allow you to unlock special doors and crates. These doors are always worth opening, as they typically contain several piles of copper, better-than-average weapon drops, and Health Stations. You can also use tool kits to open locked minigun crates, which can be incredibly useful in sections where you need to hold off a hoard. Tool Kits are found in the world but are always available to purchase at the start of each act. You should always have at least one Tool Kit in your party at all times, so take a moment to coordinate with your team before leaving the safe room.

Sharing Is Caring: Redistribute Copper As Needed

If you have extra copper, coordinate with your team and drop your extra currency for teammates in need. This practice helps ensure your whole team is stocked on grenades, heals, and other items you can buy from the Safe House shop. And that’s especially important if there is a good but expensive team upgrade in the shop or if you need to get everyone a turn at a Health Station once the free charge has been used.

Use That Ping System!

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While playing with a group of friends over voice chat would be the ideal Back 4 Blood experience, sometimes you have to play with randos online. This is where the game’s excellent ping system comes into play. Pointing out special Ridden, ammo, crates, or whatever is as simple as the press of a button and a valuable tool, as a major component of the game is taking the time to search every nook and cranny for valuable resources. Be a good teammate, press that ping all the time, and let your teammates know when useful items are around to be picked up.

Beware of Trauma Damage

Whenever you’re downed or take a substantial amount of damage, your maximum health starts to decrease; this is what’s known as Trauma Damage. If you’re not careful, Trauma Damage can sneak up on you and put you in situations where you will have to waste whole medkits on small amounts of recoverable life. Health Stations and some Safe Houses are your primary sources for regaining maximum health, but this can be expensive–after you use a Health Station’s free charge, additional charges cost 400 copper each. So try to be mindful of how much damage you’re letting yourself take, as taking too much means you’ll need to pay some hefty prices simply to survive.

And Friendly Fire, Too

Friendly fire can be devastating, especially if you’re hanging on by a thread with just a few points of life. If you’re often in the front of the group, make a habit of crouching; this will help prevent your teammates from accidentally shooting you in the back. Next, if you’re strafing or evading, try to keep track of where your teammates are so you don’t dodge right into their gunfire. Lastly, gas cans and Molotovs create a much wider spread of fire when they explode han you might expect, so be careful of setting them off near your team or in a small area.

Fine Tune Your Deck Order

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In Fort Hope, you can set your deck order. This means you can have your preferred cards in the first round, allowing you to create combinations that give you a serious advantage. For instance, cards like Combat Knife are really useful in the early rounds, since it turns your melee into a one-shot stab against any common enemy–even those powered up by Ridden cards. Pairing that card type with others that grant health per melee can be vital for scraping some health back when you’re running low. Just try to avoid taking hits with the Ridden when doing this, or it’ll ultimately be for nothing. Regardless, be mindful of your card combinations and how they can serve the necessity of your current build.

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US Congress Members Want Loot Boxes Kept Away From Children

Democrats are calling for new laws which will keep loot boxes away from children, citing new rules being placed in the United Kingdom this September.

The Verge reports that Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) wrote a letter to bring the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code to the United States. The letter addressed 12 mainstream game companies such as Activision Blizzard, Disney, Sony, Microsoft, and Epic Games.

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The US Congress claims in the letter that loot boxes are “encouraging purchase before a child knows what the “bundle” contains–akin to gambling.” Unlike micro-transactions, players are unaware of the contents inside the loot box until they purchase it. It usually takes at least a couple of purchases to get what you want. Some games let players preview possible rewards inside the loot boxes. The Congress members believe that games need stricter rules beyond the Entertainment Software Rating Board’s (ESRB) regulations.

Although the UK looked into the addictive aspect of loot boxes in 2019 and 2020 and has since enacted changes in the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) guidelines, it’s not part of the AADC. It resulted in ESRB changing its guidelines as well, but some members of Congress feel like it was not enough.

Democrats are citing the AADC for something it never refers to. The AADC “is a set of 15 flexible standards–they do not ban or specifically prescribe–that provides built-in protection to allow children to explore, learn, and play online by ensuring that the best interests of the child,” according to the AADC page. It doesn’t target loot boxes or microtransactions.

The AADC pushes for social media sites and popular games such as Roblox and Minecraft to prevent questionable practices for children until the age of 18. It would provide increased privacy settings and prevent unhealthy usage of a service.

However, the US already has the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to protect the privacy of young children, so citing the AADC could be seen as another excuse to attempt a loot box ban. It’s a conversation in Congress that occurs seemingly every year, and earlier in 2021, lawmakers in Chicago wanted to ban games such as Grand Theft Auto 5 due to an increase in carjackings. This new letter also states “exposure to violent content” as another concern for young gamers.

Titans: Exclusive Season 3 Clip Featuring Jason Todd and Bruce Wayne

HBO Max has released a clip from Season 3 of Titans, featuring Jason Todd (Curran Walters) and Bruce Wayne (Iain Glen) debating whether or not they should go after the Joker.

The first three episodes of Titans Season 3 will debut on Thursday, August 12, with subsequent episodes launching weekly every Thursday through October 21 on HBO Max.

IGN can exclusively reveal this exciting clip from Titans Season 3, courtesy of Warner Bros. Television, in the video below or at the top of the page:

“Titans follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find where they belong. In Season 3, circumstances draw our heroes to Gotham City, where they will reunite with old friends and face new threats,” according to a synopsis from HBO Max.

In other Titans Season 3 news, Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser is joining the cast as Scarecrow, along with Boyhood’s Savannah Welch as Barbara Gordon.

What did you think of the clip? Let us know in the comments. Be sure to check out the first three episodes of Titans Season 3 when it debuts on HBO Max on Thursday, August 12.

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Star Wars: Ahsoka Series Looking to Cast Live-Action Sabine Wren

Sources have confirmed that Lucasfilm is looking for an actress to play a live-action version of Star Wars Rebels’ Sabine Wren in the upcoming Star Wars: Ahsoka series.

As reported by Slashfilm, The Hollywood Reporter published an article about Marvel’s What If…? series and they were discussing animated characters who have made the jump to live-action when they threw in a line that, “[Roasrio] Dawson is leading a live-action Ahsoka spinoff for Disney+, with sources saying Lucasfilm is looking for an actress to star opposite Dawson as Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren.”

For those unfamiliar, Sabine Wren is a human female Mandalorian warrior who was one of the main characters of Star Wars Rebels. Without spoiling too much, the end of Rebels saw Ahsoka and Sabine together, which would make her addition to this new series make total sense.

There have also been a ton of hints in The Mandalorian that we may see a live-action version of Sabine, as the first trailer for The Mandalorian’s second season and other promo images have featured a ton of graffiti, which is very important to Sabine’s character. Furthermore, Sabine Wren was once the holder of the Darksaber, the weapon that Moff Gideon had control of in The Mandalorian.

Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has confirmed that Star Wars: Ahsoka is set within the timeline of The Mandalorian, and that Rangers of the Old Republic, the Ahsoka series, and The Mandalorian, would all culminate in a “climactic story event.”

Rosario Dawson first appeared in the 13th episode of The Mandalorian, and she will once again become Ahsoka for this new show on Disney+, perhaps with a few friends as well.

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Overwatch League Will Not Take a Year-Long Hiatus, Blizzard Confirms

Reports claiming the Overwatch League esports tournament will go on a “year-long hiatus” are untrue according to OWL vice president Jon Spector.

Esports site GGRecon published a story citing sources who claimed that the Overwatch League, Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch esports league, will take a full year off for its 2022 season.

The reasoning for the delay was claimed to have had something to do with Overwatch 2. But Spector’s tweet, which was sent to IGN when asked for comment, debunks this. So while the dates for the 2022 season haven’t been announced a year-long delay is not in the cards.

Overwatch League was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Right before the pandemic, OWL was getting ready to finally pilot its home-and-away format but these plans were scuttled due to restrictions on travel and indoor gatherings. Instead, OWL resorted to a remote virtual setup with matches between teams taking place entirely online.

There’s also the matter of the ongoing Activision Blizzard lawsuit which casts a shadow over the entire company. IGN continues to follow the story closely.

For now, Overwatch League plans to resume in-person events starting in September. Overwatch teams in regions like China also resumed limited in-person events.

Vaccination efforts are ongoing and a new Delta variant is on the rise, so the Overwatch League will likely monitor these changes in real-time before the planned return to live events later this year.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Life is Strange: Remastered Collection Delayed to 2022

Deck Nine announced today on Twitter that the official release date for Life is Strange: Remastered Collection has been delayed and will now release sometime next year.

In the tweet, Deck Nine explains that due to the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, they have decided to “alleviate any additional pressure” on the team and have decided to push back Life is Strange: Remastered Collection into 2022.

Originally, Life is Strange: Remastered Collection was supposed to launch on September 30 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Stadia with a Nintendo Switch port coming at a later date.

Deck Nine still confirmed that the next installment in the series, Life is Strange: True Colors, will still release on September 10 on all the platforms previously announced, and that a new trailer will release tomorrow.

Additionally, the game’s post-launch content titled Wavelengths will release on September 30 as both a standalone release and as part of the Ultimate Edition for Life is Strange: True Colors. Life is Strange: Wavelengths DLC is set one year before the events of Life is Strange: True Colors and focuses on Steph Gingrich, a supporting character in the base game.

Life is Strange: Remastered Collection is a compilation of the original Life is Strange and its prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm. The game will feature improved animations with facial mo-cap performances, in addition to other graphical and visual enhancements.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Best New Anime to Watch (Summer Season 2021)

Samurai pirates, fighting spirits, and vampire mysteries are just some of what’s going on this summer in anime. We have a good amount of new anime for the summer such as the swashbuckling series Fena: Pirate Princess, the video game based Scarlet Nexus, and some space action with EDENS ZERO. We’re also seeing the return of a highly anticipated anime series in SHAMAN KING. Across Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Netflix, as well as others, there are a lot of places to enjoy anime at the moment.

Check out some of our favorite picks in the video above or the slideshow gallery below, followed by the full list of new summer season 2021 anime in the U.S. and their respective streaming platforms. Anime listed are available now unless otherwise stated.

Fena: Pirate Princess (Crunchyroll, VRV)

Find One Piece… I mean get to Eden. That’s what Fena was tasked with before being left behind as a young girl during an attack. Living as an orphan, circumstances forced her out of her current lifestyle, giving Fena the opportunity to learn about her father’s work and the mysterious Eden. There’s also a crew of samurai pirates! Fena: Pirate Princess is created and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa, who has worked on Samurai Champloo and B: The Beginning. Production I.G is producing this anime and the animation is already looking amazing from the trailers we’ve seen so far. Fena: Pirate Princess premieres on Crunchyroll, Adult Swim’s Toonami, and VRV on August 14.

The Case Study of Vanitas (Funimation, Hulu)

The Case Study of Vanitas follows Noé, a vampire who is looking for the mythical Book of Vanitas that could bring death to the entire vampire race. Noé soon meets a human named Vanitas who appears to have the book but instead uses it to cure an enraged vampire. The two end up teaming up to learn more about the book and the mysterious sickness that affects vampires. Bones, the animation studio behind The Case Study of Vanitas, is well known for titles like Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia. The Case Study of Vanitas is available now on Funimation and Hulu.

EDENS ZERO (Netflix)

From the creator of Fairy Tail comes Fairy Tail… in space? The story of EDENS ZERO follows Shiki, a human who has lived his whole life among robots. He befriends Rebecca and her companion Happy and sets off on an adventure to explore the universe. If you like Fairy Tail and Hiro Mashima’s other works, you should definitely check out EDENS ZERO. The series premieres on Netflix August 26.

RE-MAIN (Funimation)

We got a sports anime this season with a dramatic twist! RE-MAIN follows water polo player Minato Kiyomizu who was very successful in middle school until he got in a car accident which put him in a coma. When Minato finally wakes up, he’s lost the last three years of his memories, including his water polo experience. Now in high school, he attempts to get back into the sport. RE-MAIN has a unique angle for the typical trope of a nobody team that’s building up, but the effects of his car accident have larger effects on his personal relationships, including his family. As a result, the climb back from this devastating event has made this sports anime hit a bit different than what we’re used to. MAPPA, which is known for Jujutsu Kaisen and Yuri!!! on Ice, is behind this anime. RE-MAIN is available now on Funimation.

Life Lessons With Uramichi Oniisan (Funimation)

Looking for a comedy anime that can just be a little too real? Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan is just the anime for you! The series follows Uramichi Omota, a childrens show host who needs to keep bright and cheerful for the kids even though the other side of his life is a little depressing. Every now and then, that gloomy side of him comes out on air and he shares that with some of his castmates on the show. If you’re interested in seeing Uramichi awkwardly navigate adulthood, you can watch the series now on Funimation.

Scarlet Nexus (Funimation)

That’s right — the Scarlet Nexus game from earlier this year also has an anime. In this series we follow Yuito, a new recruit to the Other Suppression Force that fights monsters or Others who invade the planet. Sunrise animation studio, which is known for the Gundam series, is behind the Scarlet Nexus anime. From what we’ve heard, the anime closely follows the game’s storyline. If you plan on playing the game, it might be best to hold on watching this anime for now. Otherwise, the Scarlet Nexus anime is now available on Funimation.

SHAMAN KING (Netflix)

The Shaman King reboot, remake, or whatever you want to call it is finally here! For those that don’t know, Shaman King follows Yoh, a shaman who can communicate with the dead. With his ability, Yoh wants to become the Shaman King and earn the power to reshape the world. To do so, he must first win a tournament between shamans that happens every 500 years. Fans of the 2000s series should be excited for this, but either way you should definitely check it out if you’re a shonen fan. The new Shaman King is now available on Netflix.

Those are some of the most notable new anime available to watch this summer 2021 season. Also, quick shoutout to That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Miss Koboyashi’s Dragon Maid for their new seasons (both are also worth checking out). If you want to hear more about Beastars Season 2 or Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, check out our July New to Netflix video. And also our list of Spring 2021 anime is also worth a look in case you missed the last batch of new series.

All the New Anime Arriving in Summer 2021

Here’s the full list of anime coming out in Summer 2021 that will be available to watch in the US:

Crunchyroll

Funimation

Netflix

Hulu

VRV

HIDIVE

What anime are you watching this summer? Let’s discuss in the comments!

Tetris Effect: Connected Announced for Nintendo Switch

Tetris Effect: Connected has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, and it will be released on October 8, 2021, the same day as the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) and Metroid Dread.

This exciting bit of news was revealed at today’s Indie World Showcase, and new players and fans of the game that was first released in 2018 will soon be able to take this special take on Tetris wherever they go.

The version that is coming to switch is Tetris Effect: Connected, which first released in 2020 on Xbox platforms and PC, and adds new 1-3 player co-op and 1-2 player competitive multiplayer modes that are playable online and locally.

The Switch version also supports cross-platform multiplayer, meaning Switch players can play with or against others on Xbox, PC, and PlayStations players.

In our Tetris Effect review, we said that “the merging of time-tested gameplay with the synesthesia-inducing sound and visual design of Tetsuya Mizuguchi creates something you’ve likely never experienced.”

Tetris Effect: Connected will join a system that has had a unique Tetris experience of its own in Tetris 99. For those who need a bit of Tetris until Tetris Effect: Connected is released, they can check out the most recent theme that is inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

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Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase August 2021: Everything Announced

Nintendo held its latest Indie World Showcase today, and it highlighted a wide selection of indie games coming to the Nintendo Switch, and seven that were launching today, including the much-anticipated Axiom Verge 2.

Other exciting games featured in the show include the innovative card-based RPG Loop Hero, Tetris Effect: Connected, Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, and many more. To help ensure you don’t miss a single announcement, we’ve gathered each and every game in the roundup below.

Axiom Verge 2 Is Available Later Today

The much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Axiom Verge will be available on Nintendo Switch later today and tells a prequel story of a new hero who is not only fighting for her life, but is also empowered by the same microscopic machines that gradually consume her humanity.

Tetris Effect: Connected Arrives on Switch This October

Tetris Effect: Connected will be released on Nintendo Switch on October 8, 2021, and brings with it the single-player Journey mode, the competitive Zone Battle mode, and the cooperative Connected mode. Furthermore, it supports cross-platform play to make playing with friends even easier. Oh, and it will be released on the same day as the Switch (OLED Model) and Metroid Dread.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Is a ‘Graffiti-Action-Adventure’ That Tasks You With Becoming the All City King

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a “graffiti-action-adventure” game that will have players grinding, painting, and comboing their way to becoming an All City King, one of the best graffiti artists in a sprawling metropolis. This new game will be released as a timed console exclusive in 2022.

Loop Hero Jumps From PC to Nintendo Switch This Winter

Loop Hero, the innovative card-based RPG from Four Quarters and Devolver Digital, will arrive on Nintendo Switch this Winter after being exclusive to PC. Using an expanding decks of cards, you have to craft the world that the hero travels through, and it’s up to you to ensure they survive each loop as long as they can before returning to safety or succumbing to a horrible fate.

Eastward Is a Post-Apocalyptic Action-Adventure RPG That Arrives Next Month

Eastward is an action-adventure RPG that is set in a post-apocalyptic world and features both puzzle-solving and dungeon elements. You play a hardworking miner named John who discovered a young girl named Sam in a secret underground facility. Explore bustling towns, curious campsites, and shady forests when Eastward arrives on Nintendo Switch as a timed console exclusive on September 16.

Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon Is a Puzzle-Adventure Starring Our Favorite Shoveled Knight

Launching this winter, Shovel Knight: Pocket Adventure is an action-packed puzzle-adventure mashup that will see Puzzle Knight guiding you on a new adventure to fight foes, recover relics, and battle bosses both old and new. Over 10 heroes will be available with their own special power and play style, and this puzzle game will let you take on a friend head-to-head in local multiplayer. The Nintendo Switch version will also feature amiibo support to let you “call on a familiar fairy friend.”

Metal Slug Tactics Is a Tactical Take on a Classic Franchise

Metal Slug Tactics is a fresh take on the classic Metal Slug franchise that adds tactical combat mechanics and roguelike elements to the mix. Players will control familiar characters like Marco, Tarma, Fio, and Eri, but this game is all about positioning and striking at the right moment. Metal Slug Tacts launched for Nintendo Switch in 2022.

Use Your Photographic Eye In TOEM Later This Fall

TOEM is a laid-back, hand-drawn adventure game from Something We Made where you set off on a expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the eponymous TOEM. Talk to quirky characters, solve their problems by taking photos, and explore the Scandinavian countryside when TOEM launches later this fall.

Take a Post-Apocalyptic Journey in FAR: Changing Tides in Early 2022

While FAR: Changing Tides is a new atmospheric vehicle adventure set in the same post-apocalyptic universe that was first introduced in FAR: Lone Sails, players will not need to know anything that came before to enjoy this new story. Captain your own seafaring vessel and explore a vast flooded landscape when FAR: Changing Tides launches on Switch in early 2022.

Necrobarista: Final Pour Is an Anime-Style Visual Novel About Coffee and Death

Necrobarista: Final Pour is another game that is available today and brings and anime-style visual novel to Switch that is all about coffee and death. Navigate a “fantasy Melbourne’s coffee culture, the questionable ethics or necromancy, and the process of letting go.” This is also the Director’s Cut version of the game and includes new story content and remastered visuals.

Boyfriend Dungeon Lets You Take Your Weapons On Dates And It’s Available Today

Boyfriend Dungeon is a heartfelt dungeon-crawling dating sim that lets your date your weapons. From dancing swords to heart-piercing daggers, this unique mash-up will be available to try soon as it’s available on Switch later today.

Garden Story Is Available Today and Lets You Become the Guardian of the Grove

Become the Guardian of the Grove in Garden Story when it launches on Switch later today. Explore a vibrant island, fend off the invasive Rot, and rebuild your home in this timed console exclusive that tasks you with restoring a community.

ISLANDERS: Console Edition Lets You Create The City of Your Dreams Over and Over Again

ISLANDERS is a relaxing, procedurally generated strategy game that has you developing an island by placing buildings from your inventory. When you can’t build anymore, you can just start from scratch and do it all over on another island. ISLANDERS: Console Edition launches later today on Nintendo Switch.

Alongside these games, there was also an indie montage for two games launching on Nintendo Switch today – Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition and Curious Expedition – and other upcoming games like Hundred Days – Winemaking Simulator (Winter 2021), Gang Beasts (Winter 2021), ASTRONEER (January 2022), and LumbearJack (2022).

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