Finally, Major League Baseball has been called up from AAA.

After a few failed revivals and a year off, Major League Baseball is headed back to Switch.

MLB The Show 22 will come out on Switch April 5 - the same day as PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and five days after the intended Opening Day of the MLB season (the sport is in a lockout as of press time which may delay the season's opening). A digital deluxe version with access the preceding Friday will also be available.

A week almost more notable for what was SUPPOSED to be here.

Notable late releases from last week: Annapurna's The Artful Escape, and the latest from the creator of Minecraft and Harry Potter, Hatsune Miku Connecting Puzzle Tamagotori.

Originally, the big title of the week was slated to be the Life is Strange Collection with backup from the cloud version... Read more...

No need to roll for initiative, just go into a dream world.

New details and a release date have been announced for the follow-up to cult classic adventure game AI: The Somnium Files.

The Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape trilogy) penned sequel will launch in North America and Europe on June 24. Players will play the role of two special agents - the returning... Read more...

Is it possible to do a Professor Oak Challenge in a game where Oak himself is still a half century from being born?

Prominent games we missed last week: Banjo-Kazooie getting added to Switch Online for Expansion Pack subscribers (for some reason), a trivia game literally endorsed by the publishing company that brought us For Dummies books. However, the real dummies are the people who propelled the North American release chart to a record 66 releases, which is why there was only one notable game from the shadowdrops.

Night Of The First Day (267+ Hours Remain)

The Switch Online Expansion Pack will meet with a terrible fate next month.

In a press release announcing the launch of Banjo-Kazooie on the Expansion Pack, Nintendo also confirmed that February's NSO+ title will be The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The 2000 release will be the second of the two N64 Zeldas in the pack.

Nine movies - five of them good - and 18 years worth of crunch.

If you're looking to see a Star War, the entire film series is coming in brick form in early April.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - a LEGO retelling of the trilogy of trilogies in the unfathomably popular sci-fi universe - has finally received a release date of April 5. The game was originally announced during the last Microsoft E3 press conference in 2019 for a "2020" release.

Despite the name, this is the first in a series.

After a launch in Japan last month, an RPG from the founders of Brownie Brown (now 1-Up Studio) is headed west in February.

Egglia Rebirth has been listed for preorder on the Nintendo web store and system eShops in North America with a release date of February 10 and a price of $19.99 US / $26.99... Read more...

Somehow not the biggest Microsoft-related gaming news of the day.

The bird and the bear are about to drop into the Switch Online expansion pack.

Nintendo have confirmed that Banjo-Kazooie will be available in an update to the Nintendo 64 app this Thursday (January 20). This will mark the first re-release on a Nintendo platform for the 1998 platformer.

Although Paper Mario launched last month alongside a Genesis update, no game has been identified for February.

Along with an annual ranking of the year in Switch.

The Switch had another monster December in the US, according to the latest sales survey released by the NPD Group.

All monthly sales based on the period of November 28 - January 1, and based on revenue unless noted. Third parties can contribute digital sales on the eShop though Nintendo themselves do not participate.

That's roughly 9.1 Bethesdas.

Microsoft has taken another Western third party off the market in the largest video game acquisition ever.

The Redmond giant has entered into an agreement to purchase Activision Blizzard in a US$68.7bn deal, the largest all gaming acquisition in history. No closing date was given for the deal,... Read more...

The kind of pricing you'd expect from a monopoly and a company who's going in on NF*censored*

The Kingdom Hearts cloud releases for Switch will be out in three weeks, and now we have pricing as well.

The trio of streaming packages - containing remastered versions of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, a remake of Dream Drop Distance from the 3DS, and Kingdom Hearts 3 - will be fully live on February... Read more...

The indies are getting out before they have to box with God.

Prominent games from last week we missed in the text of the column: Radirgy Swag and Japanese Rail Sim 3D: Journey to Kyoto were joined by Picross S7 on Monday, Card Fighters Clash came with Shakespearean "simulator" To Be Or Not To Be on Wednesday.

This week's early releases see Windjammer 2 (late... Read more...

Given the timing it's probably nothing to do with gestures wildly but the publisher won't say for sure.

One of the most successful board games ever will have its Switch digital version delisted this summer.

Asmodee Digital have begun the process to remove Pandemic, the co-op focused board game centred around defeating a global virus outbreak. The game is expected to be removed from the Switch eShop... Read more...

At one time, it could have been home to a Mad King and the late, great Brodie Lee.

Some more over-the-top grappling action with a unique history has finally nailed down a release month for Switch.

A new trailer has been released for Action Arcade Wrestling, which previously released on Steam and PlayStation / Xbox consoles: the Switch version is due in February. The over-the-top wrestling game is claiming 60FPS performance in handheld mode, even with ten performers in the ring, and offers a cel-shaded art style.

Wait, is that crafting?

A video has been posted that aims to answer many of the questions about Pokemon Legends: Arceus.

The Pokemon Company has posted a more than 13 minute video showing off the gameplay, which can be seen below:

That would be tomorrow, as of press time.

Switch Online is continuing to offer game trials, and the next one may sway you toward a game in Nintendo's New Years sale.

North American Switch Online subscribers (Expansion Pass NOT required) will be able to play Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for free this weekend. Unlike most game trials which provided a few day's notice, the trial period for Captain Toad will begin tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET and run until 2:59 a.m. on January 21.

Sounds like a lot of you were looking for this one.

Perhaps the most demanded Neo Geo Pocket Color title has finally made its way to the Switch.

SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash is now available for purchase on the eShop. As with other Neo-Geo Pocket Color releases, it retails for US$7.99 / C$10.07 or equivalents.

As the name suggests, Card... Read more...

In like a lion, out like a... whatever the hell Kirby is.

The "spring" release date for Kirby will actually be quite early in the month.

Nintendo have confirmed the fully 3D adventure will hit on March 25, with digital pre-orders now available. Players will have to rescue the entire Waddle Dee race.

2 player (local) co-op will also be available, with the second player controlling Bandana Waddle Dee.

"Brotherhood" isn't just a subtitle, it's also why most of the Ubisoft C-suite wasn't sacked for abusing their employees.

Another round of older Assassin's Creed titles is coming to Switch next month.

"The Ezio Collection", which features Assassin's Creed II (2009), Brotherhood (2010), and Revelations (2011) has been revealed for a Switch launch on February 17. The collection will includes all of the singleplayer... Read more...

Good news for fans of Japanese rail sims or shooters.

A couple of games whose localization was in question have suddenly appeared on the North American eShop.

Japanese Rail Sim 3D: Journey to Kyoto and shooter/slasher Radirgy Swag both released today in North America: Rail Sim is US$49.99/$64.99 while Radirgy Swag is $19.99/$24.99. Both titles are listed as published by Dispatch Games.