GungHo Online Entertainment, the publisher of Suda51`s hack-and-slash game Let It Die and the Puzzle & Dragons series, has a game in development for Nintendo Switch. While the company couldn`t reveal much information about the project, it did confirm the title will be an `original action game.``This has been in the works, for about four to five years, and we`ve been kind of thinking what to do with it,` explained GungHo CEO Kazuki Morishita via an interpreter. `And then when the Switch was announced, we decided with the kinds abilities the Switch brings to the market for different ways of playing, we felt that it would be a good fit.`GungHo rose to prominence thanks to its Puzzle & Dragons series, a match-three puzzle game for mobile devices that was a phenomenal success in Japan. The series made its 3DS debut in the West with Puzzle & Dragons Z, which was also bundled together with the crossover Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition. The studio seems to have similar global ambitions for its Switch project. `We`re developing it to be a global-centric title,` Morishita said. `We`re making it for a global audience.`As for Let It Die, there`s new content in store for the game. At E3, GungHo unveiled the Tower of Barbs, a new area that players will have to battle their way through. Along with new gear and enemies, the reveal trailer also gives fans a quick glimpse at the next Four Forcemen. You can get a peak at the Tower of Barbs in the video above.Let It Die is available free-to-play exclusively for PlayStation 4. GungHo hasn`t announced a release date for the Tower of Barbs content.
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