
14 Months Late, Elden Ring's Switch 2 Date Confirmed
After a rough Gamescom showing and a delay for performance fixes, Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition finally has a Switch 2 release date: August 28, 2026.
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After a rough Gamescom showing and a delay for performance fixes, Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition finally has a Switch 2 release date: August 28, 2026.

Three separate insiders are now converging on the same date for the first general Nintendo Direct in nine months, and the lineup of unannounced games makes the timing feel overdue.

The first wave of Star Fox previews landed this week, and the consensus is striking: Nintendo may have finally nailed the franchise's comeback.

Pokemon Champions hits iOS and Android on June 17 with full cross-play against Switch players, plus a free Raichu and both Mega Stones just for logging in.

While FF7 Rebirth launches on Switch 2 to strong reviews, director Naoki Hamaguchi's comments about Part 3 tell a much bigger story about where Square Enix is heading.

Jeff Grubb and NateTheHate both point to a June 9 Nintendo Direct, which would cap off Summer Game Fest season with a proper showcase.

Square Enix just added a suite of built-in cheats to FF7 Rebirth, including infinite HP, 9999 damage, and a level 65 head start. And they don't disable trophies.

The Star Fox Switch 2 remake keeps the classic rail-shooting gameplay almost untouched, but Fox McCloud himself has undergone a dramatic personality transplant that changes the tone of the entire game.

A new ESRB filing quietly lists Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2, almost certainly spoiling what was meant to be a Summer Game Fest announcement this Friday.

130 tracks, four hours and thirteen minutes of runtime, and free roam music still to come. Nintendo Music just got its biggest single soundtrack drop yet.

A small Finnish studio just announced a sequel to one of the best Mega Man-style indie platformers in years, and you can grab the original for free on Steam right now.

A remastered Rayman Origins briefly appeared on the Xbox Store for $1,999.99, revealing 4K resolution, 60fps, and previously Vita-exclusive content before Ubisoft could pull the listing.

Between Star Fox, FF7 Rebirth, and a wave of indie releases, June might be the Switch 2's strongest month yet.

From GTA 6 in November to God of War and Nioh 3 in February, 2026's release schedule is absurdly packed with major titles across every genre and platform.

A quiz using 12 screenshots from different Call of Duty games is making the rounds, and it's brutally hard to tell them apart. That's not a bug, it's a decade of chasing photorealism.

Since the 1.0.2 patch, Tomodachi Life players say their Miis are fighting constantly and refusing to form relationships. Nintendo's patch notes don't mention the change at all.

Colossal Order has pushed a beta hotfix for Cities: Skylines II's save-stuck bug, and you can test it right now via a Steam beta branch.

Obsidian promised a free upgrade to The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition for anyone who owned the base game. Console players showed up on May 27 and found the deal had changed.

Nintendo picked May 28 to announce Donkey Kong 64 is finally joining Switch Online's N64 library. That also happens to be the 10th anniversary of Harambe's death.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's 102GB file size makes it the largest Switch 2 game to date, and the retail version is just a download code in a box.

Former Scottish Nationalist Party chief executive Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling over $500,000, and his spending habits include a very relatable gaming haul.

Famitsu's latest most wanted chart puts Rhythm Heaven Groove at #4 with 472 votes. GTA 6? Down at #11 with 207. Japan's taste in games continues to be fascinating.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book has topped the Switch 2 eShop charts for two consecutive weeks, beating Pokemon Pokopia even after its full launch. When was the last time a Yoshi game did that to anything?

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, originally released for the Game Boy Advance, are the top two download-only games on the Switch eShop this week.