{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e3c7971138a8e5be5f2850ab","clusterId":"c_9ffe41856446b417d8ec00ce","slug":"q-games-to-publish-beyond-the-dark-nightwatch-for-switch-2-on-october-22","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Q-Games To Publish Beyond The Dark: Nightwatch For Switch 2 On October 22","summary":"Q-Games announced on October 16 that it will publish Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch in Japan and other Asian regions for Nintendo Switch 2. The game releases on October 22 at 2,480 yen including tax, with the Nintendo Store page going live the same day. Atlantis Studio, an indie team based in Avignon, France, developed the title. It is a two-player-only asymmetric co-op horror game. One player is the Explorer, moving through a claustrophobic mansion in first person, searching for clues and solving puzzles. The other is the Watcher, staying on the surveillance cameras and using tools and documents to guide the partner. Neither player holds all the information, and both must talk constantly to escape the entity called the Grome, which is drawn to loud noise. Multiplayer support covers local play, local communication, online play, and GameShare, which lets a second console, either a Switch 2 or a Switch, join with one copy.","whyItMatters":"Q-Games is a Kyoto developer known for its own PixelJunk titles, and publishing another studio's game in Asia is a business line the company does not normally run.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAtlantis Studio co-founders Nico Augusto and Ru Weerasuriya lead the Avignon team. Nightwatch is the studio\u0026#39;s first original title and runs on Unreal Engine 5.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTroy Baker, known for The Last of Us and Death Stranding, is in the cast, though the role is not yet announced. Oscar Araujo, who scored Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, composed the soundtrack.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQ-Games was founded in Kyoto in 2001 by Dylan Cuthbert, who worked on the original Star Fox and later led technology work at Sony and Nintendo. The studio\u0026#39;s own catalog includes PixelJunk Monsters, PixelJunk Eden, Nom Nom Galaxy, and Tomorrow Children Phoenix Edition, plus multiple Star Fox titles. It also handled research and development on sky and cloud rendering for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. Q-Games started BitSummit in 2013, and Cuthbert is the event\u0026#39;s representative director.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe game was announced overseas in June, and the Asian release followed on October 16 with a new trailer. Atlantis Studio describes 100-plus playtesters with zero escapes. The Nintendo Store page carries the title at 70010000138491.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The trailer says more than 100 people played Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch and none escaped. It launches October 22 for Switch 2 at 2,480 yen.","twitterPost":"Q-Games is publishing someone else's game in Asia for a change. Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch is two-player only, hits Switch 2 on October 22.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"An asymmetric co-op horror game where one player explores a mansion and the other watches the cameras. 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