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author: Matt Buckley

Here’s What Was Announced During Nintendo’s Latest Indie World Showcase

Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase announced information about nineteen different indie games, with seven of them releasing on the Switch today. Whether you’re a fan of dungeon crawlers, RPGs, or farming simulators, there’s bound to be something interesting for you.

On Wednesday morning Nintendo had yet another Indie World Showcase livestream where they announced news about upcoming indie games coming to the Nintendo Switch. The stream touched on nineteen different games all releasing between today and next year. If you are interested, you can watch the video on Nintendo’s YouTube channel.

Todays Indie World Showcase announced seven games releasing on the Switch today, including the dungeon crawler dating simulator, Boyfriend Dungeon from Kitfox Games, and the gooey farming game, Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition from Monomi Park, LLC.

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Eastward. Developed by Pixpil.

Unfortunately, some major titles went unannounced again, such as the upcoming Hollow Knight sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Without further ado, here’s a list of every game announced during the showcase, along with the release dates:

  1. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk - 2022
  2. TOEM - Fall 2021
  3. Loop Hero - This Holiday
  4. Far: Changing Tides - Early 2022
  5. Necrobarista: Final Pour - Later Today
  6. Garden Story - Later Today
  7. Boyfriend Dungeon - Later Today
  8. Axiom Verge 2 - Later Today
  9. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon - This Holiday
  10. Islanders: Console Edition - Later Today
  11. Metal Slug Tactics - 2022
  12. Tetris Effect: Connected - October 8th, 2021
  13. Astroneer - January 2022
  14. Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator - Holiday 2021
  15. Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition - Later Today
  16. LumbearJack - 2022
  17. Curious Expedition 2 - Later Today
  18. Gang Beasts - Fall 2021
  19. Eastward - September 16th, 2021 / Preorders Later Today

Which of these games is the most exciting to you? Leave a comment below to let us know your thoughts.

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Slime Rancher Plortable Edition. Developed by Monomi Park.
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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. Developed by Team Reptile.
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Gang Beasts. Developed by Boneloaf.

Matt Buckley

Matt Buckley

After studying creative writing at Emerson College in Boston, Matt published a travel blog based on a two-month solo journey around the world, wrote for SmarterTravel, and worked on an Antarctic documentary series for NOVA, Antarctic Extremes. Today, for Gamepressure, Matt covers Nintendo news and writes reviews for Switch and PC titles. Matt enjoys RPGs like Pokemon and Breath of the Wild, as well as fighting games like Super Smash Bros., and the occasional action game like Ghostwire Tokyo or Gods Will Fall. Outside of video games, Matt is also a huge Dungeons & Dragons nerd, a fan of board games like Wingspan, an avid hiker, and after recently moving to California, an amateur surfer.

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