Nintendo Direct February 2024: all the news and trailers – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2024-02-21T14:11:54+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/23842616 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Tom Warren <![CDATA[Grounded and Pentiment are Microsoft’s first Xbox-exclusive games for Nintendo Switch]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24078043/grounded-pentiment-nintendo-switch-release-microsoft-xbox-exclusive-games 2024-02-21T09:11:54-05:00 2024-02-21T09:11:54-05:00

Grounded and Pentiment are the first previously Xbox-exclusive games to arrive on Nintendo Switch. Obsidian's 2D narrative adventure roleplaying game Pentiment will launch on Switch tomorrow, followed by Grounded, the survival co-op that's a combination of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and A Bug's Life, on April 16th.

Both games were confirmed in Nintendo's partner showcase today, after Microsoft revealed last week that it would be taking four previously Xbox-exclusive games to rival consoles like the PS5 and Nintendo. The Verge revealed that the four games would be Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded.

While Hi-Fi Rush was rumor …

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]]> Ash Parrish <![CDATA[Nintendo will announce part of its 2024 Switch lineup later this week]]> https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24062039/nintendo-direct-february-2024 2024-02-19T17:35:20-05:00 2024-02-19T17:35:20-05:00

This year's first Direct will take place Wednesday morning at 9AM ET, and, according to Nintendo, the 25-minute presentation will feature Switch games "coming in the first half of 2024 from our publishing and development partners."

We didn't need to consult the video game oracles to know a Nintendo Direct was on the way. Not only have Microsoft and PlayStation shared their upcoming release schedules, but taking a look at the dates of the last handful of Directs revealed that Nintendo is fond of the first week of February.

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