Tag: Upcoming Releases - Page 6
News Hunter x Hunter's First Season Pass Character Arrives Next Week
Here's a look
Arc System Works Europe has just announced that the ever-so-slightly-delayed 2D fighter, Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact, releases today on Nintendo Switch. Developed by Bushiroad Games and Eighting, this one has got some pedigree
PSA Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is Already Being Datamined, Watch Out For Spoilers
Secrets from the game have reportedly leaked online
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is out on the Switch and Switch 2 next week, and it appears the new entry is already being datamined. According to IGN, there's evidence of "early copies filtering out into the wild", which has reportedly led to details about the game leaking online. Without going into...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Switch 2 And Switch Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed (US)
"While supplies last"
The latest Pokémon Presents broadcast earlier this week gave trainers all-new details about the upcoming Switch and Switch 2 release Pokémon Legends Z-A. This included the news about a new Switch 2 bundle and details about pre-order bonuses. Now, retailers in the US have shared some bonuses you can get if you decide to...
News Motördoom Is A Weird Mix Of Demon Slaying And BMX Tricks, But It Looks Kinda Gnarly
HELLmet
Motördoom boasts one of those genre mash-ups that it can be difficult to understand, on paper, what's going on. It's a "freestyle-sports roguelite horde shooter that combines high octane, visceral combat with fluid movement and trick mechanics," its eShop listing reads, which feels like a lot of words for what can basically be boiled down...
News Devolver's Awesome New Skating Game Lands On Switch 2 This December
Seriously, this one looks cool
Devolver Digital has confirmed that Skate Story will launch on the Switch 2 on 8th December 2025, and the latest trailer is looking seriously cool. Created by solo dev Sam Eng, Skate Story is a psychedelic adventure in which you take on the form of a demon made of "glass and pain". It's your job to hone your skills...
News Sakurai's A Fan Of This Award-Winning Monastic Adventure, And Now It's Coming To Switch
Indika arrives in November
One of the most unique video games of 2024 was Indika, a third-person adventure game where you play as a nun who has a connection to the Devil itself. It's a surreal, absurd adventure and it addresses faith, religion, and authority with a darkly comic (and tragic) tone. And now, Odd Meter's extremely unusual title is...
News Bloober Team Is Revisiting 'Layers Of Fear' Again On The Switch 2
Final Masterpiece Edition is coming this year
Bloober Team has announced that it is releasing a new version of Layers of Fear on the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year. Dubbed Layers of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition, the game was announced as part of the company's latest financial report, in which it describes the release as "a complete edition of...
PSA Pokémon Legends: Z-A eShop Preloads Go Live Ahead Of Launch
And it looks like it's already been patched
Pokémon Legends: Z-A for Switch and Switch 2 launches next week on 16th October 2025, and ahead of this highly anticipated release, there's been a few developments... Firstly, if you've purchased a digital copy of the title from the eShop, the preload should now (or at least soon) be showing up on your...
News 'Battle Suit Aces' Brings Mecha, Monsters & Character-Driven Card Battling To Switch
Fly away on my zephyr?
Trinket Studios (Battle Chef Brigade) and Outersloth revealed their brand new and rather tasty-looking card-battler, Battle Suit Aces, a little while back, and it's out right this very moment on the Nintendo Switch Entertainment System. Now, if you're feeling in any way like this particular writer, you may have just thought,...
Starseekers Unite!
We've already had a very brief glimpse of System Era Softworks and Devolver Digital's rather excellent-looking Starseeker Astroneer Expeditions during the Switch 2 Direct six months back, and now the game has gone and got itself a great big 17-minute gameplay reveal, so we can get a proper look at exactly what it entails. You can...
News R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Is Getting A Sweet Physical Edition For Switch
Full Force
If you're looking forward to R-Type Delta: HD Boosted on the Switch, then you might want to consider holding off for a rather sweet-looking physical edition from Limited Run Games. Sales launch in just under a week, with LRG offering up both a standard edition and a collector's edition, known officially as the 'Full Force Edition'. The...
News Nintendo Calls On 'Stranger Things' Star To Promote Its New Pokémon Adventure For Switch 2
Legends: Z-A will also be available on the Switch
As we've already mentioned, October is a huge month for the Switch 2 (and Switch) with the launch of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. So far, there's been some Mega reveals and distribution events announced, and now Nintendo has sunk some of its marketing budget for the game into a commercial featuring the...
Video 11 Exciting New Games Coming To Switch 1 & 2 In October 2025
Pokémon, Dragon Quest and much more
October is here, and it's another exciting month for Nintendo with the arrival of Pokémon Legends: Z-A on the Switch and Switch 2. That's not all, though. Heck, we've already had Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, and this week Yooka-Laylee returns. Further into this month, Switch and Switch 2 owners...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Switch 2 Trailer Introduces Shinra, The Turks & Avalanche
Ready to save the planet?
Nintendo and Square Enix have published a brand new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, the upcoming Switch 2 version of the 2020 PS4 original --which later got a PS5 upgrade and DLC. Today's trailer acts as a bit of a rundown of the game's setting, Midgard, as well as the many factions within the sprawling...
News FuturLab's PowerWash Simulator 2 Gets A Switch 2 Release Date
Blasting the dirt off your console later this month!
As we reported not long ago, PowerWash Simulator 2, the cunningly-named sequel to PowerWash Simulator, is winging its way to Switch 2, which is a very good thing indeed given how popular the first outing was. Now, the folks over at Futurlab have announced that their cleaning sim sequel will rel
Pre-orders are now available
If you're still on the hunt for certain Switch 2 accessories and are looking for alternatives to Nintendo's products, there are plenty of third-party offerings already popping up. Accessory maker Turtle Beach recently released a headset, and it has now announced multiple other products. This includes a new range of...
News Retro Zelda-Inspired Adventure 'Mina The Hollower' Has Been Delayed For Switch 2 And Switch
Thankfully, it's not a "major" delay
Yacht Club Games' new title Mina the Hollower was on track for a 31st October 2025 release, but it seems the plans have now changed. In an official statement on the company's website, the "delay extravanganza" continues – with the team behind this new retro Zelda-inspired adventure having to make the "tough...
News Meet The Sages (And Zelda's Maid) In Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
Update: Now with official English names
Koei Tecmo has shared some new info about some of Zelda's companions in the upcoming Musou prequel, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Earlier today, the game's developer shared five new profiles, and a bunch of new screenshots, of the cast on the official website (via Nintendo Everything). So we now know...
News Broken Sword Continues To Reforge With 'The Smoking Mirror' On Switch
Coming 2026
Revolution Software has unveiled Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, an enhanced rerelease of the second game in the Broken Sword series. And it's coming to Switch, alongside other platforms, in early 2026. Originally teased much earlier this year, The Smoking Mirror appropriately follows on from the excellent 2024 enhanced...
News 'Scurge: Hive' Spreads Its Isometric, Metroid-y Retro Virus To Switch This Week
A little Game Boy Advance goodness?
If you played Orbital Media's Scurge:Hive back when it launched in 2006, on both GBA and DS, you'll already know that it's a super-solid action effort that takes its cues from the likes of Metroid: Fusion, and then melds them into a tight isometric space adventure. Now, Raitalaika Games has announced that its new...
Video SEGA Shares "First Look" At Yakuza Kiwami 3's Combat Gameplay
Game-Key Card release also confirmed
Sega this week surprised Yakuza fans with the announcement of Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties for the Switch 2. It will be making its way to Nintendo's new hybrid system early next year on 12th February 2026, and while we've already got a teaser of what to expect, the team at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has now shared...
News Yooka-Replaylee Physical Confirmed For December, Includes Extra Goodies
Game+map+stickers, one week before Christmas
PM Studios has confirmed that the physical version of Yooka-Replaylee will launch on 18th December. A 'proper' physical release for the game on Switch 2 was confirmed when the digital launch was announced (which is much sooner - next week, in fact, on 9th October), bu
News Pokémon GO Celebrates Pokémon Legends: Z-A Release In Next Event
The new game launches later this month
We've already been overloaded with a bunch of new games for Switch and Switch 2 in recent weeks, and soon Pokémon will be joining in with Pokémon Legends: Z-A. So far, there's been some promotion for this upcoming release with regular Mega Evolution reveals and distribution announcements, and now, The...
News Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Switch Online Icons Now Available
Update: New waves are now live
Super Mario's 40th anniversary is now underway and Nintendo's been promoting it with all sorts of announcements and reveals. As part of the ongoing celebrations, next month Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is returning for Switch. Ahead of this, Nintendo has also announced a new wave of themed Switch Online...
News Inti Creates Unveils New "Paper Craft" 2D Action Game For Switch 2, Out October
Update: Demo now available on the eShop
Following Azure Gunvolt Trilogy Enhanced getting confirmed for a worldwide release yesterday, Inti Creates has now lifted the lid on its 30th anniversary project Majogami. It will be coming to the Switch and Switch 2 on 30th October 2025 and is described as a new paper craft "2D action experience". You can...
News Stray Children Is A "Bittersweet Fairytale RPG" From The Makers Of Moon
And it's coming to Switch this month
Onion Games has shared the Western release date for Stray Children, a childlike RPG where a young boy is transported into the world of a retro RPG and encounters a world where only children live. And it's finally coming out in the West on 30th October 2025. If that sounds familiar, well, it should! Onion Games...
"Nintendo Switch 2 is a truly amazing piece of hardware"
It's no secret at this point that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade looks pretty incredible on the Switch 2. We know through the likes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Outlaws that the console can handle some pretty graphically intensive ports, but this one really seems to go above and...
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion Demo Datamine Leaks More Heroes
An all-star line up
The beat 'em up MARVEL Cosmic Invasion is on its way to the Switch and Switch 2 this year, and earlier today, it got a demo on Steam. It allows players to jump into the beat 'em up action with multiple iconic heroes and try out this new title before its official launch. That's not all, though, as there's apparently been a...
News SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans Of The Tide Brings A Ghostly Adventure To Switch 2 This November
Update: New gameplay trailer released
Following a recent rumour, THQ Nordic and Purple Lamp have now officially lifted the lid on the latest SpongeBob SquarePants game. SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide will make its debut across multiple platforms including the Switch 2 later this year on 18th November 2025, with pre-orders now l
News Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Day One Update Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Now, that's stellar timing
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is out tomorrow on Switch, and ahead of the game's release, Nintendo has dropped a patch, bringing the game up to Version 1.2.0. The patch notes (via Nintendo Everything) aren't particularly detailed, but they cover both the base Switch version of the game and for those playing on...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For October & November 2025
Games to play, from Z to A
As we head into the last three months of 2025, Nintendo and co. are lining up some big names for the holiday season. The Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 may have been delayed, but Pokémon Legends: Z-A lands in mid-October, followed by Hyrule Warriors and
News The Next Arcade Archives Release Will Have Mouse Controls On Switch 1 & 2
Gee Bee lands tomorrow
The next Arcade Archives title coming to Switch 1 and Switch 2 buzzes onto the consoles tomorrow, 2nd October 2025, and it's the first-title Toru Iwatani — the creator of Pac-Man — developed for Namco. The 1978 release Gee Bee is the next game in Hamster's huge catalogue of ports. Notably, Gee Bee was the first ever...
Poll Will You Play Resident Evil Requiem In First-Person Or Third-Person?
Grace's choice
Resident Evil Requiem, perhaps drawing inspiration from the added DLC for Resident Evil: Village, will allow players to choose from two camera perspectives for the main campaign: first-person and third-person. According to director Koshi Nakanishi, who also helmed Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, he thought that the seventh entry
News My Nintendo Store Reveals Kirby Air Riders Pre-Order Bonus & Plushie Bundles (UK)
Plush rush
We never thought that we'd see the return of Kirby Air Ride, let alone a sequel in the big November spot of the Switch 2's launch year, but Kirby Air Riders is real, it's happening, and it's coming our way real soon. Before this one can blast onto Switch 2 on 20th November, Nintendo has served up the game's pre-order goodies on My...
News Fantasy Roguelike 'Absolum' Isn't Out Yet, But It's Already Getting An Animated Series
Absolumely
From everything we've seen, Dotemu and Guard Crush Games' fantasy 'Rogue 'em Up', Absolum, is shaping up to be a decent slice of stylish fun. It arrives on Switch in just a few weeks on 9th October, but before we get to see the finished product for ourselves, the studios have made a surprise reveal about the original fantasy IP: an...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 On Switch
Peach In Spaaaace
We are mere days away from the long-awaited arrival of Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch (at least, the second one has been long-awaited). The new bundle arrives on 2nd October, and the reviews have started rolling in. Our very own Ollie Reynolds put virtual pen to virtual paper for our review and, surprise...
News Another Pixel Art Zelda-Like Is On The Way, But This One Stars A Pig
Swine and dine
What if the Zelda series starred the Grim Reaper? What if it starred a pig? These are questions we all ask on a daily basis, right? Well, Spindle is here to answer them. This upcoming pixel art action adventure is set to arrive on the Switch eShop on 13th October, and it looks really rather sweet. It boasts all the hallmarks of the...
News Even Capcom Was Surprised At How Well Resident Evil Requiem Runs On Switch 2
Master of unlocking potential
When Resident Evil Requiem was announced for the Switch 2, we must admit to being a little surprised that the game could conceivably run well on Nintendo's new console. We weren't the only ones either. According to a new interview with Famitsu (thanks, wccftech), director Koshi Nakanishi said that the development team...
"I find myself torn about how best to adapt it on a daily basis"
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade will finally make its way onto the Switch 2 early next year on 22nd January 2026. For many, the 1997 original stands as one of the most iconic games of all time, and it's certainly up there as one of the best entries in the long-running series. For...
News Terminator 2D: No Fate Has Been Delayed On All Consoles
Not for too long, though
Bitmap Bureau has announced that Terminator 2D: NO FATE has been delayed on all consoles and will now launch on 26th November 2025. Originally scheduled for the end of October, the company confirmed that the delay is due to "trade and tariff changes" affecting the Day One and Collector's Editions. Not content to force...
Hands On Resident Evil Requiem Switch 2 Footage - A Surprisingly Tense Port
Spooky fun in the palms of your hands
[video: warned: It's Resident Evil, so there are some grisly, head-bitey bits in this video After so many years of performance issues on the original Switch, I haven’t quite gotten used to the fact that most games on Switch 2 hit a stable 60fps and that modern third-party blockbusters run on it well. As such,...
News Nightdive Studios Just Won't Stop, Announces Yet Another Remaster
Or... a re-remaster?
Nightdive Studios has announced yet another remaster for release later this year on 4th December 2025 (which, as a reminder, clashes with both Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Octopath Traveler 0). Confirmed for "PC and consoles", Blood: Refreshed Supply is an updated version of the studio's 2019 remaster, Blood: Fresh Supply, which...
News Beat 'Em Up Classic Double Dragon Gets A Modern Revival On Switch This October
Update: Here's a new trailer from the Tokyo Game Show
Last year, Arc System Works lifted the lid on Double Dragon Revive, but one thing missing at the time was a Nintendo version. Now, during the company's latest showcase this week, a Switch version has been confirmed for release alongside other versions of the game on 23rd October 2025. This new...
Video Square Enix Shares 37 Minutes Of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake 'Seabed' Gameplay
Under the sea
Square Enix released a trailer for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake earlier this week, showcasing a new underwater area known as the Seabed. Now, as part of its stage event at the Tokyo Game Show, it's shared a whopping 37 minutes of "live gameplay". You can find out more about this new location in our previous story. It will...
News Dynasty Warriors: Origins Will Run At A "Fixed" 30fps On Switch 2
60fps was an option, but the priority was stability
Koei Tecmo and developer Omega Force have confirmed the upcoming Switch 2 release Dynasty Warriors: Origins will run at a fixed but "stable" 30fps. The game's director Tomohiko Sho shared this information with Famitsu this week, while explaining the reasoning behind this decision. The team could...
News Arc System Works Announces Its New Interactive Adventure For Switch
Following the game's Switch 2 release in July
[Fri 27th Jun, 2025 03:05 BST] If you enjoyed the Another Code: Recollection Switch remake, you might want to check out Arc System Works' next interactive game for the Switch 2. It's called 'Dear me, I was...' and will launch on the eShop "this Summer". It's an interactive "textless" adventure and is...
Video Square Enix Showcases 17 Minutes Of Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Gameplay
Gameplay of Octopath Traveler 0 also revealed
There's a lot of new game footage on display at Tokyo Game Show this week, and on top of all the Square Enix game trailers, the company has now shared another look at Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined. This game was announced earlier this month and will be coming to the Switch and Switch 2 on 5th February...
News Dragon Quest I & II HD Remake's Brand New Underwater Region Is Beautiful
I sea you
If you're excited to dive deep into Dragon Quest I & II HD Remake on 30th October, well, you'll be able to do that quite literally, as Square Enix has shown off a brand new region, added to Dragon Quest II specifically, in this remake (thanks, Gematsu!). The Seabed is (as you'd expect) an underwater region that you'll be able to...
News Yooka-Replaylee Runs At 30fps On Switch 2, Team Investigating Performance Mode
A demo is also planned
Playtonic Games has this week confirmed the Switch 2 version of Yooka-Replaylee will run at a "consistent" 30fps in docked and handheld mode. In a post on social media, the developer mentioned how the team had "limited time" with Switch 2 dev kits ahead of the game's October launch, and this decision was made to ensure the...
It's planned for the "end of the year"
If you want to try Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade on Switch 2 before you actually purchase it, we've got some good news. According to the game's director Naoki Hamaguchi, Square Enix is planning to release a demo for Nintendo's new system by the end of this year. Speaking to Inverse recently, he mentioned...
