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Primed and ready. Nintendo’s marketing for the Switch and Switch 2 is going absolutely nuts in 2025. We had a Partner Showcase in July, an Indie World and a Kirby blowout in August, and now we’re getting a full-fat, juicy Direct in September. Crikey! Naturally, questions linger regarding the likes of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond…

Update: Live later. Publisher Acclaim, which was revived earlier this year after more than two decades of dormancy, is teasing some sort of announcement for next week. It’s tough to know exactly what this entails at this stage, and the only clue within the above tease is a very quick cut to show some sort…

“The work of The Traveler is eternal”. In case you happened to miss it, Cronos: The New Dawn is out now on the Switch 2, and it’s really rather good. Despite leaning heavily on tried-and-tested survival horror tropes, Bloober Team’s latest delivers a fascinating story involving time travel, big helmets, and gross, gooey creatures that…

60 minutes of Switch and Switch 2 news. Well it’s that time again, folks! Nintendo has announced via Nintendo Today! that yet another Direct presentation will be taking place on 12th September 2025 (yes, that’s this Friday), hot on the heels of the Partner Showcase in July and the Indie World in August. The showcase…

What if there were no tomorrow? Developer Wales Interactive is back with another FMV game, this time joining forces with movie studio Dark Rift Horror to present an Alien-inspired sci-fi romp with Dead Reset. Much like previous titles such as The Bunker and Five Dates, this latest effort has you make key choices at frequent…

But why? Nintendo has updated two trademarks relating to Magical Starsign on the DS and Tomodachi Life on the 3DS. As highlighted by Mike Odyssey over on X, the trademarks are currently under examination as of 2nd September 2025 before full publication, which is normal. As for why they’ve been updated, well… that’s up for…

Yet it was granted without concern. Nintendo, in its ongoing battle against Pocketpair and Palworld, has been filing various patents left, right, and centre in the US, the latest of which is almost certainly cause for concern. As detailed by Games Fray, Patent No. 12,403,39 has been granted which essentially covers the summoning of a…

Introducing the Detective and Viper. Among Us has received a new update across all platforms this week, bumping it up to Version 17.0.0 and adding two new roles to the game along with various quality of life updates. The new roles include the Detective and the Viper. Here’s a rundown about both roles courtesy of…

“It’s a pig, it’s a plane, it’s the Superman DLC”. To celebrate the recent Superman movie in cinemas, Minecraft has received some themed DLC on the Switch and multiple other platforms. It gives fans a chance to play as Superman, use his powers like Super Strength and Heat Vision, and take down villains, all while…

Pre-orders open this week. Square Enix will be releasing a physical version of Star Ocean: First Departure R on the Switch with the help of Limited Run Games. There’ll be a standard edition ($39.99), SteelBook Bundle Edition ($79.99), and Ultimate Edition ($199.99). Pre-orders open for all platforms on 12th September 2025. Read the full article…