Chess Ultra announced for Switch

Ripstone Games has announced their second Nintendo Switch title: Chess Ultra.

The game will feature “seamless online multiplayer” in addition to “Grandmaster-approved AI that offers the ultimate chess experience.” This is the studios’ first game developed by their own in-house team. Features are below:

  • Stunning environments and beautiful chess sets, including a ‘Fire and Brimstone’ chess set that literally burns
  • 10 Grandmaster approved AI levels
  • Comprehensive time controls, including Classical, Blitz and Marathon, all available online
  • Intuitive local and online multiplayer with ELO ranking system
  • Over 80 chess puzzles
  • Re-write the past by winning the biggest historic matches
  • In-depth tutorials

No word on when Chess Ultra will launch on the Nintendo Switch. The game will be available to play at Gamescom 2017.