Ichiban joins the race.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been available for the Switch since September, and has already received some updates.
Now, in a Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio live stream this week, the team behind the Yakuza series and Yakuza: Like A Dragon game have revealed the free guest character Ichiban Kasuga will be made available on 6th November 2025, with his festival event to run from 7th until 10th November 2025.
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Update: Download it now.
Hades II got off to an excellent start when it landed in September, and soon it will be getting its very first post-launch patch. Developer Supergiant Games has now released a preview of what fans can expect via the official Steam game page.
In addition to bug fixes and balance changes, Patch 1 will come loaded with True Ending Enhancements, Returning to a Real Possibility, Fated Prophecy Adjustments and Crossroads Renewal. There are also some spoilers in these patch notes, so if you don’t want to spoil any surprises, you might want to navigate away from this page now.
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Scrème de la scrème.
You already have too many choices on Halloween — Which outfit should I wear? Which candy should I take from the bowl? Am I brave enough to finally watch that one movie? — so let’s not let ‘which games should I pick up on sale?’ be one of them. We’ve got a rundown of the very best in the ‘Screaming Deals’ sale below, so you can enjoy your trick-or-treat haul in peace…
Another week, another blistering eShop sale to bolster your backlog. Yes, Nintendo is running its ‘Screaming Deals’ sale again this year in North America, with discounts on Switch 1 and 2 games both spooky and otherwise, just as on the other side of the pond where it’s called, more boringly, the Halloween Sale.
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Shovel Knight arrives in both NecroDancer games soon.
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that at some point in an indie game’s lifecycle, it will be graced by a Shovel Knight crossover. That even applies if your indie game is a decade old, it seems.
Brace Yourself Games has announced that 2015’s Crypt of the NecroDancer (which arrived on Switch a few years later) is getting a Shovel Knight DLC all of its own. The new package throws the indie icon into the roguelike rhythm game as a new playable character with his own moveset, weapons, and shortcut potentials.
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Just in time for Halloween.
Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have announced a new “October Update” for the horror-themed puzzle-platformer, Little Nightmares III.
This title was released earlier this month and the upcoming patch, due out on Nintendo’s devices on 31st October 2025, will include improvements to the gameplay, online, graphics, UI & UX. Here’s the full rundown (via Bandai Namco):
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Go on, tell us.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 Edition next January, and alongside this, Nintendo will be releasing the next major update for the game, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0.
Now that everyone has had time to absorb all of the news, it’s got us wondering what you’re most excited for – is it the Switch 2 upgrade in general, or are you excited about a particular update that’s on the way to your island? So, tell us, by voting in our poll and leaving a comment below.
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The timing…
Hello Kitty Island Adventure made its debut on the Switch 2 earlier this year, and if you’ve been hanging out for a Switch 2 Edition, it seems you might be in luck.
A new classification for Hello Kitty Island Adventure Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has been recently spotted on the Entertainment Software Rating Board. It’s received ‘E’ for ‘Everyone’ and comes with the attached rating summary:
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Out today on Switch and Switch 2.
Square Enix has dropped a day one patch for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, which is out now on Switch and Switch 2.
The patch is a pretty small one, admittedly, but it does make a few small tweaks — adding in a few more voice lines, adjusting enemy AI behaviour, and the usual “bug fixes”. It’s available to download now on all platforms, so make sure you grab it ASAP.
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Nook and see.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and the accompanying Ver. 3.0 update arrive on 15th January 2026, and there’s a lot packed into them.
Below, we’ve listed everything included in the ACNH 3.0 update — which is coming to the base Switch 1 game too — and outlined all of the Switch 2 Edition additions (heh), so you can see all of the new stuff at a glance.
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One game per system.
As you’ve no doubt seen, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting another massive update early next year, along with a Switch 2 Edition with the expected enhancements (Mouse Mode, wooo). But amongst all the Bells and whistles announced, you might have missed the news that retro Nintendo games are also returning to the series. Hurrah!
Yes, you will once again be able to play 8-bit and higher-bit classics in Animal Crossing, just like you could in the original game back on GameCube! However, there are some caveats.
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