Octopath Traveler

One of the Switch’s most notable early RPGs is temporarily unavailable on its storefront. Today, users noticed that the first Octopath Traveler is unavailable to buy on the Nintendo eShop. Visiting the eShop page for Octopath Traveler, at the time of this writing, will display a greyed-out “Not available” icon where the purchase button should be. We reached out to Nintendo to inquire about this, and were directed to a support page that explains some of the situation: Octopath Traveler is temporarily unavailable for…

The studio behind Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler 2, Acquire, has been acquired by none other than Kadokawa Corporation. In effect, this means that Octopath Traveler and Dark Souls are now under the same umbrella, as Kadokawa also owns From Software, for one. As Kadokawa’s latest earnings results document states, the acquisition was completed to “strengthen the ability to create IP in games as part of game business strategy.” As a result of the acquisition, Kadokawa Corporation expects “to generate synergies…

Video game collections are becoming more common these days as companies look back on their past. That’s great for game preservation, but collections like Super Mario 3D All-Stars can ultimately feel underwhelming when the end product is little more than a simple port. Atari’s classic lineup of games is no stranger to this treatment; you can play an Atari 2600 game collection on pretty much any platform you desire. Due to the overwhelming amount of Atari collections out there, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration…