{"id":99465,"date":"2019-08-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/risk_of_rain_2_makes_a_surprise_splash_on_the_switch_eshop_includes_scorched_acres_update"},"modified":"2019-08-31T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T04:00:00","slug":"risk-of-rain-2-makes-a-surprise-splash-on-the-switch-eshop-includes-scorched-acres-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/31\/risk-of-rain-2-makes-a-surprise-splash-on-the-switch-eshop-includes-scorched-acres-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Of Rain 2 Makes A Surprise Splash On The Switch eShop, Includes Scorched Acres Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b0debf9f0902\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b0debf9f0902\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Risk Of Rain 2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b0debf9f0902\/risk-of-rain-2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0b0debf9f0902\/risk-of-rain-2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Risk Of Rain 2\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/bulletstorm_just_blew_up_on_the_switch_eshop_and_heres_what_it_looks_like\">Bulletstorm<\/a><\/strong> isn&#8217;t the only Gearbox-published title that received a surprise release on the eShop this weekend. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/risk_of_rain_2\">Risk of Rain 2<\/a><\/strong> also made a splash on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid device.<\/p>\n<p>This game was previously featured during the recent Indie World Showcase and is a sequel to Hopoo Games&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/risk_of_rain\">roguelike 2D platformer<\/a>. This second entry is priced at \u00a324.99 \/ $29.99 and includes the most recent PC update, Scorched Acres.<\/p>\n<p>The console versions of the game will also receive huge and free content updates identical to the Steam version. Below is the full roadmap:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Each season up until one final update in Summer 2020, players can enjoy new and returning Survivors, bosses, stages, and more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Risk Of Rain 2 Roadmap\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61f8790e7622d\/risk-of-rain-2-roadmap.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61f8790e7622d\/risk-of-rain-2-roadmap.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Risk Of Rain 2 Roadmap\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>And to celebrate the launch, here&#8217;s a new cinematic trailer for the game:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OJAV0J7gRMA?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><em>Will you be teaming up to try out this roguelike? Drop a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulletstorm isn&#8217;t the only Gearbox-published title that received a surprise release on the eShop this weekend. Risk of Rain 2 also made a splash on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid device. This game was previously featured during the recent Indie World Showcase and is a sequel to Hopoo Games&#8217; roguelike 2D platformer. This second entry is priced at [&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-99465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99465","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=99465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}