Nintendo kicked off the Gamescom pre-show by announcing the arrival of dozens of new independent games for the Switch. Gamescom is a European video game conference that is bigger than the E3 gaming expo held each year in the United States. Before the show, Nintendo announced 29 indie games coming to the Switch console. These titles bear unfamiliar faces and intriguing* concepts from lesser-known companies. Two titles — “Hotline Miami Collection” and “SuperHot” — are available now, while the rest are coming later this year or next year. “SuperHot” is also making its way to Google’s cloud streaming platform, Stadia. Some of the games are already available on different platforms, but Nintendo announced Switch compatibility* for those particular titles. One such title, “Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition” has already gained success on the PC and on Xbox. Another, “Hotline Miami” is already on the PlayStation 4 and PC. “The ‘Hotline Miami’ games were always at the top of our list but it was a longer process to bring them over to Nintendo Switch due to the older tech the original games were built on,” Nigel Lowrie, founder at Hotline Miami’s publisher Devolver Digital, told CNN Business. Viewers on YouTube who tuned into Nintendo’s announcement expressed interest in other games, including “Skater XL,” a skateboarding video game where players can attempt tricks. “Skater XL” is coming to Switch in 2020.(SD-Agencies) |