
Issue #448
September 7, 2025
Silksong arrives, a Direct looms?
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REVIEW Hollow Knight: Silksong — A review-in-progress of the this much-anticipated follow-up: "so far Silksong is exactly what I want from a sequel like this: it’s not completely reinventing the wheel or messing with all the things that made the first game so incredible, but it's also not resting on its laurels". Tom Marks // IGN How fans turned waiting for Hollow Knight: Silksong's release into a game Megan Farokhmanesh // Wired ▶ REVIEW Star Wars Outlaws: A ray-tracing revelation and an extraordinary port Digital Foundry // YouTube ▶ 007 First Light – Gameplay deep dive — This is an excellent look at the upcoming Bond game from IO Interactive. I gotta say it looks superb. It arrives on Switch 2 next year. IO Interactive // YouTube Alex Donaldson // Eurogamer Nintendo reportedly held back the Switch 2 launch to ‘perfect the games’ that would accompany it — This comes via a (paywalled) Bloomberg article. Peter Glagowski // Nintendo Wire PREVIEW Pokémon Legends: Z-A might finally be the Pokémon game I've wanted for decades Hayes Madsen // Inverse REVIEW Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots — "Fans may enjoy it in short bursts, but technical issues and patchy presentation stop it from being the standout entry it could have been". Roland Ingram // Nintendo Life REVIEW Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Cullen Black // Nintendo Insider PREVIEW Octopath Traveler 0 — "appears to be playing with the tried-and-true formula established in the series that built upon the foundations of Final Fantasy and Bravely Default". If JPRG's are your bag, then the NWR team also recently shared previews for Dragon Quest 1 + 2 and FF Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. Jordan Rudek // Nintendo World Report The Final Fantasy Tactics refresh gives its class-war story new relevance Megan Farokhmanesh // Wired The strangest shooter on Nintendo 64 is now available on Switch Online Robin Bea // Inverse REVIEW Bokura: Planet — A little GameChat gem that nobody's talking about Jim Norman & Gavin Lane // Nintendo Life Why are Switch 2 dev kits so hard to get? Rob Fahey // Games Industry Can inaccessibility make a game better? This game makes a strong case for it Grant Stoner // GameSpot
All releases are digital, Europe & U.S. unless otherwise stated. ⭐️ = Ones to Watch · 📦 = Physical release · 🎮 = Demo available
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