Gaming

Danganronpa 2x2 comes to Switch and Switch 2 on January 14th, 2027. It includes the original story from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair as well as a new story in what’s called “Slayhem” mode. I cannot wait to find out what Slayhem entails.

We still know basically nothing about the game, but we do know it’ll be on Nintendo’s handheld console at some point.

The free update adds 10 courses based on ones from the original Super Mario Kart, including Choco Island 1, Vanilla Lake 1, and Ghost Valley 1. There are also two new routes coming to Knockout Tour.

Nintendo’s next sports title hits the Switch 2 in October, and it continues to look like a blast. The new trailer also details some surprisingly deep Mii customization.

Resident Evil 2: Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4: Gold Edition are all coming to Switch 2 on October 16th. And don’t forget that the new Resident Evil movie is out next week.

The upgraded version of the game lets you talk to the dog-like Oatchi character with voice commands and has a new a Dandori Academy mode to play extra challenges (72 will be released over time). It launches on November 12th.

The latest Professor Layton brings a steampunk vibe, and it boasts “the biggest collection of puzzles in series history.” It launches on the Switch 2 on December 10th.

We knew that Part 2 of the Pokopia DLC would feature wearable accessories and add Snubbull, but now we’ve seen more of the new pokémon that will be added, including Skitty, Braixen, and Doduo. Skitty in particular is the perfect candidate for playing dress-up.

If you ever wondered what Fox McCloud gets up to outside of his ship, well, that’s what the GameCube classic Star Fox Adventures is for. The game is coming to the Switch 2 for NSO subscribers later today, while a free update is also coming to the new Star Fox remake later this month.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity — Definitive Edition is launching on Nintendo Switch 2 on February 25th, 2027. It includes improved frame rates and more enemies onscreen at a time as well as a new harder difficulty mode.

December 4th, 2026, to be specific. The upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance expansion will also come to Switch 2 sometime in 2027.

The terms of the contract apply to nearly 1,900 workers across Blizzard, including teams that work on World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, quality assurance, and more. The contract comes after two years of bargaining and includes new protections that give workers the opportunity to be “recalled” into open positions within 14 months after a layoff.

The September 2026 Nintendo Direct kicks off at 10AM ET, and you can watch it on YouTube. The show is set to last about 45 minutes, and after, Nintendo is also hosting a Treehouse Live stream to show off some games from the Direct in more detail.

Some of the achievement lists include spoilers and new details for games like Persona 6 and Kingdom Hearts IV, Gematsu reports. The owner of achievement-tracking site Exophase said in a post that the leak “Seems like a possible screw up on Valve’s end, a bunch of games with achievements that should be private are accessible through the API right now and that’s why they got scanned into the site.”

If you’re a fan of Matt Dinniman’s book series and happen to have $12,350 burning a hole in your pocket, Multimorphic worked with artist Luciano Fleitas and the audiobooks’ narrator, Jeff Hays, to create this detailed Carl-themed pinball machine packed full of references including Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk.

007 First Light is getting a major visual overhaul next week, thanks to path tracing and DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction. Nvidia is releasing a new Game Ready driver (616.92) today that’s fully optimized for the First Light update, as well as adding support for PUBG’s DLSS Super Resolution update. The driver is also Game Ready for Active Matter, Aniimo, and Wardogs.

Keighley (who hosts The Game Awards and other events) and Cerny (the lead system architect for the PS4 and PS5) have made “multi-million-dollar donations” to establish the Nova Games Foundation, Keighley tells Game File. Applications will open in December 2026.

It was briefly shown during Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct today, but Hori’s website now has a listing for its $49.99 electronic ocarina. You can play your own songs by pushing buttons, play one of 12 pre-programmed songs from the games, use it with the Ocarina of Time remake’s sound recognition feature, or connect headphones for a private jam session.

Panic’s latest Playdate Update Showcase will take place at 12PM ET on Wednesday — meaning it will be wedged between the 10AM ET Nintendo Direct and the 1PM Apple September event. The show will focus on the handheld’s upcoming third season of games and “some other fun news.”

Shows in North America will kick off in February 2027, with the first performance taking place in Chicago.

It has colorful green Joy-Cons and a lot of Triforce imagery. I think it looks nice. There’s a special Pro Controller and carrying case on the way, too.

During its The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct today, Nintendo briefly shared a teaser for its next collaboration with Lego. The new set features Link brandishing the Master Sword while riding Epona as the horse rears up. Pricing and piece count aren’t known, but the set could arrive alongside Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake.

Eiji Aonuma just showed off the big change in Nintendo’s Ocarina of Time remake. In the original, Link only jumped if you walked toward a ledge.

That’s the official title of the upcoming live-action Zelda film, Shigeru Miyamoto said in Tuesday’s Zelda anniversary Direct. He also teased that the Triforce will play some kind of role in the film (shocker). No trailer shown yet, though.

With the BrickStation Kit, Lego’s 1,911-piece replica of the original Sony PlayStation will be able to connect to a TV and play original PS1 games, as reported by Retro Dodo. When it eventually launches through Kickstarter, the upgrade will rely on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W for emulating games but you’ll have to supply your own functional controllers.

Or watch, I guess. The first of two Nintendo Directs this week kicks off today at 10AM ET. This one is focused entirely on Zelda, just in time for the franchise’s 40th anniversary. Fingers crossed we get casting news for live-action Tingle.

The latest model from OpenAI proved its mettle by tackling Valve’s iconic first-person puzzler. User cozyblaze got the AI to beat the full game in under 24 hours for less than $600! And it probably only required a small swimming pool’s worth of water to boot. There’s a video of a condensed version of the run.

Kotaku reports that players have been competing to top CS2 Tracker’s “Slurs Tracking” charts, which record tracked words in players’ chat logs. Players at the top of the charts have used offensive language in Counter-Strike 2 over 10,000 times.