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Arcade Archives: Block Hole

Block Hole is a puzzle shooter game released by Konami in 1989. Shoot blocks as they descend from above, and form them into rectangular shapes to clear them from the screen. It's possible to create huge…

21 January 2021

Arcade Archives: Block Hole is an arcade developed by Konami, released 21 January 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Arcade Archives: Block Hole is

Arcade Archives: Block Hole is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 2021. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Block Hole is a puzzle shooter game released by Konami in 1989. Shoot blocks as they descend from above, and form them into rectangular shapes to clear them from the screen. It's possible to create huge rectangular shapes to clear many blocks at once. Try to be as efficient as possible!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade Archives: Block Hole launched on 21 January 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, The Medium and Skul: The Hero Slayer. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Hitman 3, The Medium, Skul: The Hero Slayer.

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When did Arcade Archives: Block Hole come out?
Arcade Archives: Block Hole was released on 21 January 2021 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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