Search
Nintendo Switch 2: Three Great Travel Cases To Consider
5.6.2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 is all about iteration, opting to expand on what helped make the original Switch one of the best-selling consoles of all time. LIke before, the new console lets you switch between handheld and docked mode any time you see fit, giving you plenty of freedom in how you approach...
A Bunch Of Switch 2 Consoles Are Showing Up With Free Pringles And Coke
5.6.2025
Happy Nintendo Switch 2 launch day! Did you get one? Are you still waiting on a delivery? Hopefully it all works out for you, like it did for some folks who pre-ordered a Switch 2 via Walmart. Not only did their consoles arrive early in the morning, but they showed up with snacks and other goodies...
An Ode To Those Of Us Whose Switch 2s Are Arriving Late
5.6.2025
As I write this, I’m in an Uber on my way to the airport to fly to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest. Odds are, there wasn’t really going to be a good window for me to use my Switch 2 if it had showed up on time, but this doesn’t change my disappointment that it still has not arrived at my home...
Staten Island GameStop Stapled Receipts To Switch 2s And Punctured The Screens Because Nintendo Boxed Them In The Weirdest Way Possible
5.6.2025
Imagine you were up at midnight to pre-order the Switch 2. You waited months for the official launch day. Then you waited again in line at midnight to be one of the first to pick it up and play the new Nintendo hardware. But as you open it, the long-awaited moment of joy turns to horror as you find...
Fortnite On Switch 2 Is A Massive Improvement
4.6.2025
Epic Games has revealed more about the upcoming Switch 2 port of its popular battle royale game, Fortnite. The new version of Fortnite will support mouse controls, a higher framerate, and more on the new Nintendo hardware. It seems like a significant improvement over the janky version currently...
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...
No Man's Sky Gets A Massive Switch 2 Upgrade And It's All Free
4.6.2025
No Man’s Sky is joining the Switch 2 launch party. The 2016 sci-fi survival sim has spent nearly a decade evolving, and Hello Games announced the live-service game’s latest milestone: a major new update called Beacon and a Switch 2 version that massively improves the game on Nintendo’s platform....
Sony Reveals Last-Minute PlayStation Showcase Ahead Of Summer Game Fest
3.6.2025
Just when it seemed like Sony might be ditching the not-E3 festivities this year, it announced a new 40-minute State of Play will be airing tomorrow on June 4. The PlayStation showcase arrives in a packed week that includes the launch of the Switch 2, Summer Game Fest Live on Friday, and the Xbox...
Nvidia CEO Pays Tribute To Late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata In New Switch 2 Video
3.6.2025
Nintendo’s latest Creator’s Voice video promoting the Switch 2 contains an unexpected surprise: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang paying tribute to former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata for being the visionary behind the original Switch hardware’s success. The head of the $3.3 trillion graphics card company...
Nintendo Appears To Be Shipping Stores 'Out Of Stock' Signs For Switch 2
3.6.2025
The Switch 2 is only two days away! And already people are getting prepared for it to be sold out. According to a post on Reddit (via VGC), gaming stores in the U.S. are being supplied with large “Out of Stock” displays for the Nintendo Switch 2, apparently sent by Nintendo itself to prepare...
PSA: Some Switch 2 Pre-Orders Are Being Canceled
2.6.2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 is launching later this week. Many people have pre-ordered the console and are eagerly checking to see if their new machine is beginning its journey from a warehouse to their home. But unfortunately, many people are seemingly discovering that their Switch 2 order has been...
Hang On, Why Doesn't The Switch 2 Have A Front-Facing Camera?
2.6.2025
One of the features distinguishing the Switch 2 from its less powerful predecessor is GameChat. Much was made of this new feature on the device’s announcement, a way for people to communicate with friends while playing games, even having their live faces appear as avatars within games. It’s such...
An Orb by Delivery: World Launches at-Home Iris Scanning in Argentina
2.6.2025
World, the proof of personhood and wallet platform, will allow users in Argentina to request a domiciliary iris scan for verification. This new feature is currently available only in the capital but will be extended nationwide. World Starts Rolling out Domiciliary Iris Scans in Argentina World...
Kotaku’s Biggest Gaming Culture News For The Week May 31, 2025
31.5.2025
From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.Read more
Elden Ring Nightreign Requires Your Friends To Be On The Same Platform
30.5.2025
Few people would’ve expected 2022's mega-hit Elden Ring to get a multiplayer roguelike spin-off, but we live in strange times here in 2025. Elden Ring: Nightreign bucks developer FromSoftware’s trend of making traditional single-player Soulslike titles in favor of a system that asks three players...
The Nintendo Switch Phone App Just Got A Lot Better
29.5.2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 launches in exactly one week, and in the lead up to the new console, Nintendo has updated the Nintendo Switch Online app and made it much more useful. It also has a new, pithier name. Say goodbye to the Nintendo Switch Online App, and say hello to the Nintendo Switch App. Read...
Switch 2 Leaker Explains How He Got The Console Early And Why He's Not Afraid Of Nintendo
29.5.2025
It was the middle of the night when Fedor Volkov found himself anxiously waiting on the streets of Moscow for a ride back home. In his arms he held a Switch 2 box and nestled within was the console fans had been waiting years to get their hands on, but which still didn’t officially go on sale...
Switch 2 Is Shaping Up To Be The Port Machine The Original Never Was
28.5.2025
I hope all of you are ready for a lot of PS4, PS5, and Xbox ports arriving on Switch 2 over the next few months, because that seems to be our future. For folks who primarily play on Switch and soon Switch 2, it will be a chance to play a lot of great games that were too much for the OG console...
Over 200 PS5 Games Are On Sale Right Now On The PlayStation Store
28.5.2025
Sony’s massive Days of Play sales event is live now on the PlayStation Store, and it contains some great (and not so great) PS5 games marked down to super low prices.Read more
Switch 2 Startup And Menu Settings Appear Online As Early Player Shows Off Console In 'Code Red' Leak For Nintendo
28.5.2025
The Switch 2 is just days away from its official June 5 launch, but already footage is beginning to spread online of people already going hands-on with Nintendo’s next console. One fan based in Russia recently uploaded a nearly 10-minute video that includes the Switch 2's startup sequence and...