Video Games
Switch Version of ‘Hellpoint’ Delayed to Later in 2020
Switch users will have to wait for their chance to play Cradle Games’ action RPG Hellpoint, as the developer has announced that the Switch version of the game will miss its July 30th release, and will instead launch later in the year. The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions of the game will still launch on July 30th as planned.
“Our goal is to make the Switch port as high quality as possible, and polishing it to the desired state will require more time,” explains Cradle Games in a statement. “We do not want to take a risk of releasing a product that we and you, our players, might not be satisfied with. As you all know, adapting a game of Hellpoint‘s size and complexity for Nintendo Switch is pretty challenging, especially for a small team such as ours, and especially under the current circumstances.”
Cradle Games goes on to say that “[with] the omission of split-screen multi-player, the Switch version will be completely on par with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions. Our biggest remaining challenge right now is fully implementing the online multiplayer and making sure everything works as intended.”
Currently, Hellpoint is enjoying a 20% discount on Steam ahead of its July 30 release.
After taking the demo offline last month for their occult wild west hack n’ slasher The Dark West for some performance issue tweaking, developer Black Hand has relaunched the demo onto Steam. And, as a way to make amends, the team is hosting a giveaway whereby two lucky winners will receive a key for the game when it launches into Early Access.
“We want to thank you all for your support, especially everyone who participated in our internal playtest and helped ensure the demo ran smoothly across a wide variety of PC configurations,” explains the team in a new update on Steam. “To celebrate, we’re hosting a giveaway on our official Discord server, where two lucky winners will receive a key for the game when it launches in Early Access. To participate, complete the demo and post a screenshot in the designated channel. Submit your entry by July 27th.”
Set in a cursed frontier where faith clashes with damnation and once-living towns collapse into nightmares, The Dark West is a gritty action RPG shaped by greed, black magic, and the belief that power always comes at a price. The land bears the curse of people who got too greedy, and paid the price for what they were willing to do for it.
Two sides have risen from the ruin. The Order speaks of justice and wears it like armor, unwilling to see the rot growing among its own. Meanwhile, The Damned are already claimed by black magic, cursed and unapologetic about what it has made of them. The real danger is not what waits in the dark, but who’s standing behind you when the killing begins.
Players will choose characters shaped by difficult pasts, where violence settles most questions, and the rest are answered by choices that haunt your soul. In keeping with the Wild West theme, alcohol will give you strength, but at the obvious cost of dulling your senses, requiring you to weigh your options in battle.