Sony held their first State of Play presentation of the year earlier today but the Switch still got some new releases out of it.
- The Warriors franchise is going even further into procedural generation with the announcement of Warriors: Abyss, which will be available on Switch tomorrow. Abyss will be the first roguelike game in the history of the long-running genre, but will include the traditional Warriors action.
- It’s Sonic’s 30th anniversary, and we have new details about Sonic Racing CrossWorlds: the “CrossWorlds” in the title are special areas found by driving into rings that are different than the normal track AND spit the racer out into a completely different track setup once completed. Although no release date was given, a network test will open signups next Friday (which is PlayStation exclusive), and instructions for the game are already online.
- Dave the Diver continues its quest to become the nexus of third party game development with a new DLC called “Ichiban’s Holiday” that crosses the game over with the Like a Dragon games. The DLC will be available in April.
- After being revealed in April, the remastered Onimusha 2 was given a May 21 launch date.
- 2025 appears to be the year of the ninja revival as Sega has renewed their partnership with Streets of Rage developer Lizardcube for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance which will be available on August 29 – the first appearance of the Shinobi series since the 3DS.
- Konami has hooked up with French independent studio ZeDrimeTim for Darwin’s Paradox, a platformer starring an octopus that will launch sometime this year.
