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Nintendo announces some details about the Switch 2

Jason Dean

Jason Dean

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Move Switch, get out the way!

Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2 last week. While details are thin for now, at least we got our first look at their new console. Find out more, along with all the latest news of the week. Let’s go!

Nintendo announces the Switch 2

Nintendo finally officially announced the Switch 2 in the above video last week. The new hardware is scheduled to release this year, although no official date was provided. Nintendo did say they would hold a Switch 2 Direct presentation on April 2 to discuss more details on the system. 

While the video did not say a lot about the new system, it did provide some updates. Here are the highlights:

The Switch 2 looks like a newer, shiner version of Nintendo’s original Switch hardware, with some minor adjustments. Until the actual system cost and specifications are revealed, it’s hard to say what will most differentiate this console from the original. Are you excited for the Switch 2? Let us know in the comments.

D.I.C.E. Award nominees announced

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced their nominations for the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, one of the few yearly game awards voted on by the people who make games. 

Headlining the nominees are Astro Bot, Helldivers 2, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which are each finalists in six categories. Balatro and Senua's Saga: Hellblade II aren’t far behind with five nominations. 

The winners are announced Feb. 13, and we will have the entire list that following Monday. You can check out the full list of games nominated for each category, but here are the finalists for Game of the Year:

  • Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Helldivers 2
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

📴 TikTok is not the only ByteDance application banned in the United States, as Marvel Snap has also gone offline. 

👏🏻 Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 raised more than $2.5 million for charity.

👦🏽 Sony cancelled two unannounced live service projects, including a God of War game.

🎴 Ahead of their Jan. 17 release date for Scarlet and Violet—Prismatic Evolutions, the Pokémon Company is printing cards at “maximum capacity” to address product shortages. 

🐲 The director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is leaving BioWare for an offer she “couldn’t turn down.”

📜 You can now play the original version of Doom in a PDF. 

🖥️ A new report says that PC games are outselling console games, calling PC gaming a “bright spot”' in a troubled industry.

🤖 A new Sony patent could use AI and a camera pointed at your fingers to predict what button a player would press next in an effort to reduce online lag. 

🇸🇦 Polygon has an interesting article about the Xbox game that made Microsoft apologize to the Saudi Arabian government 20 years ago. 

🚒 With their Los Angeles offices still closed due to the wildfires, Riot Games announced in-game fundraisers for those affected by the disaster. 

⛓️ Fortune’s Run, a Steam Early Access game, has put development on hold for three years while its developer is in prison. 

📉 After spending over $680 million on video games the past two years, publisher Krafton plans to allocate $136 million in 2025. 

💍 Headline of the week: Lord of the Rings meets the Muppets in the Land of Eem TTRPG.

New Releases this week:

ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

1/22: DISORDER (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
1/23: ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC)
1/23: Synduality: Echo of Ada (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)

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