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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 6th, 2024. Well, this is the last one. You’ll see one more special from me next week with a few reviews that have specific embargo dates, but this is the final regular SwitchArcade Round-Up for TouchArcade by yours truly. We’ve been at this for several years and I wish I could have seen the Switch through to its end with these articles, but circumstances dictate another course. We’re going out with another chunky one, with a pair of reviews from our pal Mikhail, a pair of Shaun reviews, a…

Battlefield Studios has announced that Battlefield 6 is going free to play for one week next week. Well, a portion of the game is, anyway, as part of a free trial that will include some of the game’s most popular modes and maps. Though it does not encompass the entirety of the game, the free trial is fairly generous. Here’s what to expect. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings For starters, the trial kicks off Tuesday, March 17 and will run until the following Tuesday, March 24. The trial will be accessible from Battlefield Redsec,…

Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainment are teaming up to open an official Minecraft theme park, which they’ve appropriately named Minecraft World. Announced earlier today during the Minecraft Live showcase, Minecraft World is tentatively set to open its doors at some point in 2027 and will seemingly be fused with the preexisting Chessington World of Adventures theme park in Greater London. It’ll even have its own roller coaster According to the official statement on Merlin Entertainment’s website, Minecraft World will cost £50 million (just shy of $70 million) to develop and will feature “a world-first Minecraft coaster, themed retail and dining,…

The same way my barely legible high school handwriting has devolved over 25 years of PC word processing, so too have my instincts to pause and save a game. I blame the advent of autosave, checkpoints, Xbox Quick Resume, and games with such high stakes that I can’t help but save every two seconds in case things blow in my face. (Thank you, Baldur’s Gate 3). But I’m not perfect. I get lazy. And this week, I learned an important lesson eight hours into the newly ported Pokémon FireRed for Nintendo Switch: you still gotta smash that save button. It…

There are a lot of improvements coming to Windows 11 in March and April, according to Microsoft’s Windows chief, Pavan Davuluri. And while some of the adjustments may not arrive right away, one of the more immediate changes will give users more control over how they use Windows 11 while also cutting down on AI integration in programs that don’t need it.Davaluri detailed the upcoming changes in a blog post. One of the first notable options will be the ability to reposition the Windows 11 taskbar, which Davaluri noted was one of the most-requested changes. He later wrote that Microsoft…

Later this month on September 27th, NIS America will release FuRyu’s action RPG Reynatis for Switch, Steam, PS5, and PS4 in the West. Ahead of the launch, I had a chance to talk to Creative Producer TAKUMI, Scenario Writer Kazushige Nojima, and Composer Yoko Shimomura about the game, inspirations, collaborations, how the project came into being, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, coffee, a potential Xbox release, and much more. This interview was conducted in parts with TAKUMI’s portion being done on video call with Alan from NIS America translating and then it being transcribed and edited for brevity. The portion with…

Crimson Desert, the open-world action RPG off-shoot from Korean MMO Black Desert Online, has officially launched, nearly six years after it was initially revealed. The game has been building up a lot of momentum over the years, which recently coalesced to turn it into one of 2026’s most anticipated titles. All of it has been leading up to this moment, and the game appears to have landed smoothly, though not without controversy, as has seemingly become part of its MO. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings It has not been 24 hours since Crimson Desert…

Digital media company Buzzfeed, once a bastion for both hard-hitting journalism and “Which Lannister are you?” Game of Thrones quizzes, is pivoting to games. AI-generated games, to be specific. Its first one is called Conjure and it launched on Friday. It was apparently inspired by Nintendo. The games pivot is bring run out of a new spin-off organization called Branch Office, led by Bill Shouldis, as Buzzfeed tries to escape its current cash crunch. The company lost millions last year and debt is piling up. It’s betting its future on things like Conjure, a mobile game app that uses AI…

The “Abyss Without Balance” quest in Crimson Desert starts on a floating island. From there, you must visit the Axiom Archive and restore balance to the Abyss, which is easier said than done. Jumping across tiny floating platforms to follow the Ethereal Pathway is one thing, but using abilities like Axiom Force and Force Palm to lift objects and activate lanterns is surprisingly tricky. Here’s how to complete the “Abyss Without Balance” quest and solve the first Abyss puzzle in Crimson Desert. How to open the Axiom Archive in Crimson Desert You will encounter Crimson Desert’s “Abyss Without Balance” quest…

It’s become a recurring theme, but the legal drama between the leaders of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds and its parent company Krafton isn’t over. Lawyers for the reinstated CEO Ted Gill and founders Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire say Krafton set Subnautica 2’s early access release without consulting them.According to Game File, the legal team for Gill, Cleveland, and McGuire filed a complaint with the court alleging that Krafton’s announcement potentially damaged “the game and [sowed] additional confusion among the Subnautica community.”The letter to the court goes on to note that Unknown Worlds studio head Steve Papoutsis had no…