{"id":99343,"date":"2019-08-29T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/co-op_action_rpg_ashen_brings_open_world_exploration_to_switch_this_december"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:00:00","slug":"co-op-action-rpg-ashen-brings-open-world-exploration-to-switch-this-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/29\/co-op-action-rpg-ashen-brings-open-world-exploration-to-switch-this-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Op Action RPG Ashen Brings Open World Exploration To Switch This December"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c09b11055b491\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c09b11055b491\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sb_hQ1K-CQo?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><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/ashen\">Ashen<\/a><\/strong>, the action RPG from New Zealand studio, A44, is headed to Nintendo Switch. You&#8217;ll be able to play it on the go from December this year.<\/p>\n<p>Originally launching on Xbox One and the Epic Games Store in December 2018, Ashen went on to receive praise from critics, achieving a Metacritic score of 82 on PC. The game is described as &#8220;a co-op adventure game about a wanderer in search of a place to call home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the now-usual RPG tropes tucked away here, with a vast, handcrafted open-world to explore and combat against the various monsters standing in your path. The game also has a focus on forging relationships; players may cross paths with one another and choose to guide those they trust into their camp.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ashen 2580x1450 04\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c09b11055b491\/ashen-2580x1450-04.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"2580\" height=\"1450\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c09b11055b491\/ashen-2580x1450-04.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ashen 2580x1450 04\"><\/a><a title=\"Ashen 2580x1450 03\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7107b304ec347\/ashen-2580x1450-03.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"2580\" height=\"1450\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7107b304ec347\/ashen-2580x1450-03.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ashen 2580x1450 03\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ashen 2580x1450 05\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/acee7e7997289\/ashen-2580x1450-05.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"2580\" height=\"1450\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/acee7e7997289\/ashen-2580x1450-05.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ashen 2580x1450 05\"><\/a><a title=\"Ashen 2580x1450 07\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8fc782417ab9c\/ashen-2580x1450-07.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"2580\" height=\"1450\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8fc782417ab9c\/ashen-2580x1450-07.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ashen 2580x1450 07\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There&#8217;s no specific release date in place just yet, so keep an eye out for that as we get closer to December.<\/p>\n<p><em>In the meantime, let us know your thoughts on this one in the comments below. Have you played it before on other platforms? Intrigued by the Switch release?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sb_hQ1K-CQo?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Ashen, the action RPG from New Zealand studio, A44, is headed to Nintendo Switch. You&#8217;ll be able to play it on the go from December this year. Originally launching on Xbox One and the Epic Games Store in December 2018, Ashen went on to receive praise from critics, achieving a Metacritic score of [&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-99343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99343","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=99343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}