{"id":133879,"date":"2023-05-22T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149832"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:30:00","slug":"devolver-is-shooting-weird-west-definitive-edition-over-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/devolver-is-shooting-weird-west-definitive-edition-over-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Devolver Is Shooting Weird West: Definitive Edition Over To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d984d7905c3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d984d7905c3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Weird West\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d984d7905c3\/weird-west.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9d984d7905c3\/weird-west.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Weird West\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Devolver Digital<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Weird West \u2014 a gun-slinging action RPG from the co-creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-360\/dishonored\" class=\"external\">Dishonored<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/prey\" class=\"external\">Prey<\/a> \u2014 released in March 2022 on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One before heading to next-gen consoles earlier this month, and publisher Devolver Digital has today announced that the game will be shooting its way over to Switch too.<\/p>\n<p>This reveal is thanks to a surprise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C5NWKJ37\/?tag=nlife-20\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" class=\"external afflink\">Amazon listing<\/a> that appeared earlier on today, which showed the game&#8217;s Switch box alongside a 22nd September release date. Shocked by the discovery of this before an official announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/\">Gematsu<\/a> reached out to the publishers on Twitter for some confirmation, which was met with the following response:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/devolverdigital\/statuses\/1660658264311226368 @ 2023-05-23T07:09:24+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hot damn, we got retail leaked!<\/p>\n<p>Weird West: Definitive Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch though we aren\u2019t sure when quite yet.<\/p>\n<p>Keep a look on the horizon, gunslinger. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pz6AuppWyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/pz6AuppWyC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/devolverdigital\/status\/1660658264311226368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As the above tweet makes clear, the listing&#8217;s September release date is by no means set in stone for the time being, but we do know that the game will definitely be coming to Switch all the same.<\/p>\n<p>Weird West is a cowboy RPG developed by WolfEye Studios that sees you make your way through a supernatural take on the Wild West. There are guns to be slingin&#8217;, bounties to be collectin&#8217; and puzzles to be solvin&#8217; as you travel through the barren landscape and influence the story based on the decisions that you make along the way.<\/p>\n<p>We have added the game&#8217;s original trailer below for a full refresher while we await more details from Devolver over the coming months.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"xPQVx7Mf5-4\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be pulling the trigger on this one? Shoot us your thoughts in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/advertising\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Devolver Digital Weird West \u2014 a gun-slinging action RPG from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey \u2014 released in March 2022 on Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One before heading to next-gen consoles earlier this month, and publisher Devolver Digital has today announced that the game will be shooting its way over to Switch [&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-133879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133879","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=133879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}