2025-04

During the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct livestream in early April, we learned about Nintendo Switch 2 editions of pre-existing games from the original Nintendo Switch. Though Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom were the main attractions for many, players can also upgrade their existing copies of Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree. Today, as pre-orders went live, we learned that the upgrades for those two games cost more than their Zelda counterparts, setting players back $20 per game. As Nintendo Life spotted, Best Buy listed upgrade packs for the announced Switch games with Switch 2 upgrades. As previously confirmed, upgrading your pre-existing Switch 1 copy of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will set you back $10 each (unless you have Nintendo Switch Online...

Remedy has announced a June 17, 2025 release date for FBC: Firebreak....

The Switch 2 was fully unveiled about three weeks ago now. At the time, Nintendo shared pre-orders would be happening the following week, but it had to pause those plans in the face of Trump's ambiguous tariff plans. After some time, however, Nintendo made public that pre-orders would begin today, April 24, and that demand was already exceeding supply. Which lead to last night, at 12 p.m. ET, when pre-orders at retailers like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy officially opened. Many of us here on staff were at the ready, credit cards in hands, to secure our consoles. Some of us were successful. Some of us were not, and some of us fell asleep. But what about you? Were you able to pre-order a Switch 2? Did you not even bother trying? Are you perfectly happy with your Steam Deck...

A former Bethesda developer has revealed how the team would compete to create the most absurd face when playtesting the original Oblivion — but in his opinion this JD Vance meme-inspired The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered face would have won....

Madden NFL 26 has a release date and confirmed platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC via EA app for Windows, Steam, and Epic, and on the Nintendo Switch 2. But it's finally moved on from PS4 and Xbox One....

A new year of college football is arriving soon, and Electronic Arts has locked in a release date for EA College Football 26. Once again, though, the series is sticking to consoles and skipping PC....

Pokemon TCG Pocket's steady deluge of new cards continues apace, with yet another brand new expansion on its way next week. This one's a biggie, too: it's called Celestial Guardians, and it's themed around Pokemon Sun and Moon....

Frostpunk developer 11 Bit Studios has been hard at work for the past few years developing Frostpunk 2 and its post-launch content as well as upcoming games like The Alters, but today the studio announced a new project: Frostpunk 1886, out in 2027. You can watch the reveal teaser below. Frostpunk 1886 is a ground-up reimagining of the original game in the series, originally released on this day in 2018. In a press release, 11 Bit emphasizes that, while this new version will be built in Unreal Engine, this is not just a visual overhaul. 1886 adds new mechanics, laws, and a new Purpose path, allowing players to make new decisions at critical points in the game. The remake will also allow for mod support, a feature 11 Bit states was "previously impossible to realize due to technical limitations...

Supermassive Games, the studio behind horror adventures like Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures anthology series, has reportedly ceased development on an unannounced Blade Runner game....

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered’s shadow-drop release on April 22 took the internet by storm, but indie developers who planned to launch their game on that same day were left reeling....