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Evercade levels up

Blaze Entertainment’s Evercade was our favourite console launch of 2020 and proved you didn’t need the latest tech to deliver a great gaming experience. It now has a new home console planned called the Evercade VS and Blaze’s managing director Andrew Byatt and marketing manager Sean Cleaver are here to tell you all about it.

When will Evercade VS launch?

Andrew Byatt: The Evercade VS is going to be available from 3 November 2021 and available for pre-order from May 28. The pricing will start from £89.99/$99.99/€99.99 and will be similar to how the handheld was released, with a starter and premium pack variant and a special collector’s pack with Funstock.

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