Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (July 9 - 15)

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This past week in video games has been filled with reveals, release dates, and as always, leaks. Nintendo has been feeling particularly generous these past few days, ticking two of those three boxes and taking a very positive stand against the Japanese government, more on that below.

Elsewhere, EA has been frantically trying to stop people it doesn't want seeing Skate 4 from seeing Skate 4, and we might know where the next Assassin's Creed will be set. Or maybe it will be set somewhere else?

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Five years later, it finally happened, and it came out of nowhere. Nintendo decided for no particular reason whatsoever that Wednesday morning would be a good time to reveal when Bayonetta 3 launches on Nintendo Switch, and it was right. The next instalment in the Bayonetta series arrives on October 28, 2022, as Nintendo's second half of 2022 is starting to look pretty busy. The three-and-a-half-minute trailer that came with the reveal included a second Bayonetta and the hero ripping her own heart out. Needless to say, exciting stuff, even if you do choose to play it in Naive Angel mode.

When the Bayonetta news hit, most of us were still getting over the Kirby news that dropped 24 hours earlier. Again, out of nowhere, Nintendo revealed on Tuesday that we'll be getting a new Kirby game at some point this summer. Kirby's Dream Buffet appears to have been inspired by Fall Guys and will task multiple players with racing Kirbys and Waddle Dees through food-themed obstacle courses, eating strawberries and using copy abilities to battle against your rivals. There's no firm release date, but it seems as if the eShop exclusive will be here very soon.

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