{"id":66934,"date":"2018-12-05T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/futuristic_survival_game_jcb_pioneer_mars_is_heading_to_switch_just_in_time_for_christmas"},"modified":"2018-12-05T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:30:00","slug":"futuristic-survival-game-jcb-pioneer-mars-is-heading-to-switch-just-in-time-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/05\/futuristic-survival-game-jcb-pioneer-mars-is-heading-to-switch-just-in-time-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Futuristic Survival Game JCB Pioneer: Mars Is Heading To Switch Just In Time For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/876b811df4ccf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/876b811df4ccf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qy4JtdhyZA?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>Indie developer Atomicom has today announced that its futuristic survival sandbox game <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/jcb_pioneer_mars\">JCB Pioneer: Mars<\/a><\/strong> will be launching on Switch later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Previously released on Steam Early Access, the game is described as &#8220;a hardcore blend of survival and construction&#8221;, with meteor strikes, dust clouds, and electrical storms all threatening the player\u2019s chance of survival. Equipped with the futuristic, heavy-duty construction and mining vehicles specifically designed by JCB Engineers, your job is to survive and thrive in the face of extreme planetary challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Atomicom tells us that the new Switch version builds on the original, with the team addressing user feedback, adding new updates and improvements &#8211; including a &#8220;huge increase in performance&#8221;, new and improved UI, new tools, and &#8220;refined&#8221; gameplay &#8211; and much more. We have a few screenshots for you to check out below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Jcb1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/876b811df4ccf\/jcb1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/876b811df4ccf\/jcb1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Jcb1\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Jcb2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/934e2840c19d1\/jcb2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/934e2840c19d1\/jcb2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Jcb2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Jcb3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/063c68673ae80\/jcb3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/063c68673ae80\/jcb3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Jcb3\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Jcb4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d2a6528bd767\/jcb4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1d2a6528bd767\/jcb4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Jcb4\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game launches on Nintendo Switch on 24th December in Europe and Australia, with a 3rd January 2019 release scheduled for North America. It&#8217;ll cost \u00a319.99 \/ \u20ac22.19 \/ $24.99.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think? Feel free to share your thoughts on this one with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7qy4JtdhyZA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Indie developer Atomicom has today announced that its futuristic survival sandbox game JCB Pioneer: Mars will be launching on Switch later this month. Previously released on Steam Early Access, the game is described as &#8220;a hardcore blend of survival and construction&#8221;, with meteor strikes, dust clouds, and electrical storms all threatening the player\u2019s [&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-66934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66934","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=66934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}