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7 Things We Love And 4 Things We Hate About The Switch 2
6.6.2025
We finally have the Switch 2 in our hands. It’s a chonker! Nintendo’s biggest gaming handheld yet looks familiar on paper, but makes a stronger impression in person. We’re not ready to review the new $450 gaming console just yet. That’ll take a lot more testing and game time to get familiar with...
Switch 2 Launch Day: Everything Happening As Fans Finally Go Hands-On With Nintendo's New Console
4.6.2025
Nearly a decade after the original Switch came out, and following years of fans’ pining for a major upgrade to Nintendo’s wildly popular portable gaming platform, the Switch 2 is here. It’s already June 5—the console’s official launch date—in some parts of the world, and a day-one update with...
9 Switch Games You Can Grab For Cheap This Memorial Day
23.5.2025
Memorial Day weekend invites important questions like what to marinate the kebobs in, whether it’s warm enough to put the pool up or not, and which new game you should buy while continuing to ignore your backlog. The Switch eShop currently has a few sales running that are worth a quick peek while...
At Least A Few Stores Will Have Switch 2 In Stock The Day Of Launch For Fans Without Pre-Orders
20.5.2025
Switch 2 pre-orders have basically been sold out since they went live last month, but a lucky few might still be able to nab the new Nintendo console in person when it launches on June 5. GameStop, Best Buy, and others have promised limited quantities on site at certain stores when fans go...
Nintendo Switch 2 Price Is Set at $450 for Now, But Could Go Higher
16.5.2025
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Hogwarts Legacy, Civilization 7, And More Reveal $10 Switch 2 Upgrade Fees
13.5.2025
“Next-gen” upgrade fees are coming to Switch 2. Ahead of the console’s launch in June, more and more publishers are sharing new details about the Switch 2 versions of games that are already on Switch, and many will require a $10 fee in order to unlock them. But what exactly are you paying for?Read...
Xbox Consoles And Games Get A Price Hike, Borderlands 4 Gets A Showcase, And More Of The Week's Top Stories
3.5.2025
This week saw gaming website Polygon sold to Valnet, the company that owns Screen Rant and Game Rant among other sites, and many of its staffers laid off. Meanwhile publication at another gaming site, Giant Bomb, is currently on hold as owner Fandom engages in what it calls a “strategic reset...
Nintendo Quietly Made A Big Change To The Nintendo Switch eShop
30.4.2025
The Nintendo Switch received a major firmware update today that paves the way for its integration with the Switch 2 and institutes a less than stellar new regime of virtual game sharing. But firmware version 20.0.0 also made some other equally notable but less advertised changes, including a major...
Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Orders Go Live April 24, Peripheral Prices Likely To Increase
18.4.2025
Nintendo has officially announced the date for U.S. pre-orders of the Switch 2, after a last-minute delay following the tariff turmoil of the last few weeks. While most of the rest of the world has been adding the console to their shopping baskets, North America has been unable to after Nintendo...
A Bunch Of Sega And Bethesda Switch Games Are On Sale Right Now
14.4.2025
Starting today, over 150 Bethesda- and Sega-published games are currently on sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop. And with confirmation from Nintendo that most Switch games will work fine on Switch 2, it’s a great time to grab stuff like Doom Eternal and Sonic X Shadows Generations for less than...
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In Canada Because Of The United States
8.4.2025
At the last minute, Nintendo has delayed its plans to to let gamers in Canada pre-order the upcoming Switch 2 console. The company has confirmed in a statement that the delay was done to “align with the timing” of pre-orders in the United States, which were delayed last week due to President...
Nintendo's Big Switch 2 Reveal, Pre-Orders Delayed Due To Trump's Tariffs, And More Of The Week's Big News
5.4.2025
Finally this week, Nintendo pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 in a big way, giving us details about its screen, specs, and some of the games we can expect to see at launch and in the months that follow. A few days later, however, the company announced that preorders, previously set to go live...
The Internet Reacts To Trump's War On Nintendo
4.4.2025
On Friday, Nintendo announced that players won’t be able to pre-order a Switch 2 on April 9. The company directly blamed President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs against basically every country on the planet (except Russia and North Korea, weirdly) for the delay. This has led to some people...
Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs
4.4.2025
Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9. No longer. In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it’s halting pre-orders for its upcoming $450 hardware launch because of new tariffs in the U.S. set to go into effect on April 5. Read more
The Switch 2 Was Almost Called The Super Switch, Says Nintendo
2.4.2025
Following today’s hour-long Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the company has continued to post new information about the console and its upcoming games. This post-Direct news feed included a series of interviews with the people behind the creation of the $450 console—launching in June—and from those,...
Our Hopes And Predictions For The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct
31.3.2025
We’re less than 48 hours away from the Switch 2 deep-dive everyone’s been waiting months for, and the biggest questions around power, price, release timing, and launch lineup still remain. Will Nintendo play it safe as it seems to have done so far with the new hardware, or has it been patiently...
Nintendo Solves Digital Game Sharing In The Weirdest Way Possible
27.3.2025
During today’s Nintendo Direct, the last one before the big Switch 2 Direct next month, the company shared a big change it’s making to digital games next month. While it will allow you to share digital titles with friends and family members, this is still Nintendo we are talking about, so the whole...
One Of The Best Deals In Gaming Won't Work On Switch 2
19.2.2025
If you were holding on to any Nintendo game vouchers, waiting to use them on Switch 2, don’t bother. The company recently confirmed the special coupons will only work for current Switch games. Who knows what the future will bring, but for now it looks like one of the best deals in gaming won’t...
Nintendo Switch's Excellent Gold Points Scheme Is Being Discontinued
18.2.2025
Nintendo has announced, with no explanation as to why, that it will be discontinuing Nintendo Gold Points on March 24. The scheme, where points were awarded when buying both physical and digital editions of games, could then be redeemed for discounts. But, ahead of the (still unknown) launch of...
The Switch 2 Shouldn't Lock Classic Nintendo Games Behind A Subscription Paywall
11.2.2025
Nintendo is currently the only console maker that makes you pay for a monthly subscription to access its classic games instead of letting you buy them a la carte. That needs to change with the Switch 2.Read more