{"id":101720,"date":"2019-10-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/switch_co-op_shooter_earthfall_alien_horde_delayed_until_the_end_of_the_month"},"modified":"2019-10-11T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:00:00","slug":"switch-co-op-shooter-earthfall-alien-horde-delayed-until-the-end-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/switch-co-op-shooter-earthfall-alien-horde-delayed-until-the-end-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Co-Op Shooter Earthfall: Alien Horde Delayed Until The End Of The Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b9cda15f509d2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b9cda15f509d2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zP2JKR65dbw?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you were hoping to pick up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/earthfall_alien_horde\"><strong>Earthfall: Alien Horde<\/strong><\/a> from the Nintendo Switch eShop today, you&#8217;ll have to put those plans on hold for just a little bit longer. The squad shooter&#8217;s release date has been pushed back until 29th October (so ignore the date in the trailer above).<\/p>\n<p>Originally set to launch on Nintendo&#8217;s platform today, the game is a revitalisation of co-op FPS <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/earthfall\"><strong>Earthfall<\/strong><\/a> which you might be familiar with from other consoles. Switch is getting the entire original game with all of its updates thrown in for good measure; the local wireless four-player mode is actually exclusive to the console, too.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed it the first time around, here&#8217;s the game&#8217;s feature list:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>A Horde of Content &#8212;<\/strong> 15 unique locations, including 11 campaign chapters, 5 invasion maps, and tons of unlockable items!<br \/><strong>Hardcore Co-op &#8212;<\/strong> Drop in, drop out and engage in classic four-player co-operative gunplay inspired by the greatest co-op shooters of our time. Now with local wireless co-op, in addition to online play.<br \/><strong>Death from Above &#8212;<\/strong> Fight the horde, a procedurally generated alien menace that makes every gameplay session tense, exciting, fresh, and utterly lethal.<br \/><strong>Well-armed Allies &#8212;<\/strong> Become one of four story-driven characters and battle through an alien-infested plot while utilizing advanced weaponry and printable guns.<br \/><strong>Constructible Defenses \u2013<\/strong> Strategically place barricades that electrify or set the alien scourge afire. Deploy automatic sentries to create the perfect alien killing zones or set up mounted turrets to achieve firepower superiority.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Earthfall Screenshot\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24892112313b3\/earthfall-screenshot.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24892112313b3\/earthfall-screenshot.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Earthfall Screenshot\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When the game does appear on the eShop on the 29th, you&#8217;ll be able to grab it for \u00a317.99 \/ \u20ac19.99.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thinking of giving this one a try? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zP2JKR65dbw?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] If you were hoping to pick up Earthfall: Alien Horde from the Nintendo Switch eShop today, you&#8217;ll have to put those plans on hold for just a little bit longer. The squad shooter&#8217;s release date has been pushed back until 29th October (so ignore the date in the trailer above). Originally set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}