Video | 8/21/2018 at 10:18 PM

X-Morph: Defense Is Headed to the Switch Sans Co-Op Campaign

On the plus side, it sounds like it'll be bundled with all DLC

EXOR Studios' tower-defense/top-down shooter hybrid, X-Morph: Defense, is headed to the Nintendo Switch sometime in the next few months. That's the good news. The bad news is it appears that this version will be losing out on some of the co-op features that are present on the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 versions of the game. Specifically, the two player couch co-op campaign.

The announcement came just prior to this year's Gamescom, which officially kicked off today. While the announcement trailer just shows off what you're doing in the game, it was the language of the press announcement we received that revealed the change in features, as you'll see below.

SINGLE PLAYER STORY CAMPAIGN

take over the Earth by invading locations all around the globe including South Africa, Russia, USA, Japan, China, Britain, Argentina and other countries upgrade your towers and abilities throughout the course of the story campaign four difficulty modes

SURVIVAL CAMPAIGN

repel endless enemy attacks grow in strength as the game rewards you with upgrades after defeating each wave employ new strategies, reacting to dynamic enemy paths earn new achievements available both in single-player and local co-op

Now, just in case you're thinking, "well, they do say the 'Survival Campaign' has co-op," it's also worth pointing out that on the official website, there's a specific note under the "Split Screen Co-Op" section that says "Split Screen Co-Op is not available in the Nintendo Switch version of the game." This means that the campaign will indeed be single-player only (bummer), and it also seems to indicate that the co-op in the Survival mode will be done via wireless LAN, or Ad-Hoc connection. Admittedly, I can't imagine trying to play a game like that on the Switch screen when it's out of the dock, but still, it's a shame it had to get nixed altogether.

X-Morph: Defense will be available on the Nintendo Switch sometime "Q4 2018." The game is currently available on the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, and you can check out our Co-Op Review of the game along with the European Assault and Survival of the Fittest DLC (which adds the Survival mode).