35 new releases hit the Switch, including Dragon’s Dogma, SteamWorld Quest, Mortal Kombat 11, and…Panty Party

The Switch eShop certainly is a hubbub of activity recently, and this week is no different. There’s a heady mixture of genres, which also makes this week more varied than most. Image & Form’s anticipated SteamWorld Quest is available now, putting a role-playing spin on the successful SteamWorld franchise. IGN dished out an 88% review …

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Five reasons to be excited about Dragon’s Dogma on Switch

Capcom’s hack ‘n slash role-player Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen arrives on Nintendo Switch this April. As one of our favourite games of the last generation, which we sunk well over 60 hours into, last week’s announcement was a cause of celebration around these parts. Don’t let the fact that it’s 6 years old put you …

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2012: This year’s biggest surprises

Whether it’s a refund from the tax man or one of those elusive Kit-Kats that’s accidentally had the wafer left out, we all like a nice surprise. Here are eight games from 2012 that exceeded all expectations: Binary Domain – PS3, 360 When Sega’s Japan-developed shooter was first shown it looked rather grey in both …

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Juliet is a Suda-star

Two out of the three games released last week have managed to enter the UK top 40. It’s the rather good Heroes of Ruin on 3DS that misses out, having to make do with #5 in the 3DS chart. Riding high though are both Lollipop Chainsaw – arriving at #4, much higher than possibly anybody …

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It’s a third week on top for Future Solider

It would seem plenty of gamers have been spending the weekend playing Game of Thrones while sitting on their gamer thrones – it’s this week’s highest new entry, arriving at #6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider is #1 for the third week running. The only other two games to stay at #1 for three …

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Dragon’s Dogma

Creating the illusion that you’re playing with a human player rather than an AI controlled character is quite the task, but one that Capcom has managed to pull off here spectacularly. The AI of your three fellow adventurers is in fact good enough to instantly forgive that there’s no ‘proper’ multi-player. Instead, in this RPG …

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Resistance: Burning Skies fails to set top 10 ablaze

We didn’t expect the UK charts to be released today with it being a bank holiday and all. We certainly aren’t complaining though – we wouldn’t want it to get swamped under tomorrow’s E3 news. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Solider remains #1 for a second week running, followed by Max Payne 3, FIFA 12, …

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Ubisoft’s ghosts send Max Payne packing

After just one week Max Payne 3 has fallen from the top spot in the chart. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Solider: Future Solider is the new #1, pushing Max Payne 3 down to #2. We assume that people had an easier time finding a copy of Capcom’s spiffing RPG Dragon’s Dogma than we did, as …

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Dishing the DiRT on Dragon’s Dogma

We’re certainly not short on RPGs at the moment. If you’ve finished The Witcher 2 and Diablo 3 and don’t like the look of either Risen 2 or The Game of Thrones, then Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma could very well be your next addiction. Capcom have claimed that they hope to sell 10 million copies, and …

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