Original Story: Nintendo rolled out a new firmware update (Version 20.2.0) for the Switch 2 last week, and it appears it’s not just Portal 2 that this patch may have fixed. Nintendo Everything reports “over 20 games” with Switch 2 backward compatibility problems have supposedly had issues resolved thanks to this latest system update. Some other titles apparently include Crypt …
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Image: The Pokémon Company Nintendo’s quarterly financial report is here, and as usual, the company wraps things up by highlighting a bunch of titles we can look forward to seeing on Switch 2 (and Switch 1) in the coming months. Now, the last one of these that we saw looked super stacked thanks to a bunch of Switch 2 launch …
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Image: Ready or Not (via Fuzion Xbox Testing) It’s getting harder and harder to track all the Xbox “Stream Your Own Game” titles that are being added on a near-weekly basis these days – partly because Microsoft never talks about them, and partly because they’re adding so many! In fact, this is the biggest batch we’ve come across so far …
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This week, Nintendo issued its latest backwards compatibility fixes for a few Switch 1 games on Switch 2 stemming from the latest firmware patch. It’s not as large a batch as the previous wave, but this shows that the company is committed to further improvements where possible. The latest list is as follows: Cotton Reboot High Tension D.C.III: Da Capo …
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GOG has launched an all-new project to raise awareness of censorship in gaming: FreedomToBuy.Games. The digital games platform, which has long been campaigning for the better preservation of DRM-free games, said it believes that “if a game is legal and responsibly made, players should be able to enjoy it today – and decades from now”. Consequently, for the next 28-ish …
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Almost three years after their original release, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have received a performance patch on Nintendo Switch 2. Today, we’re talking all about its improvements. It’s no secret that things haven’t exactly been smooth sailing for the Pokemon series on Nintendo Switch. The release of Pokemon Sword and Shield saw one of the franchise’s biggest controversies yet – …
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No, your eyes do not deceive you. Things are looking a bit different ‘round these parts and we’re as excited about it as you are. This week we learned that, yes, Silksong will arrive, y’know, at some point. But it’s real! Sony is finally taking that total Horizon rip-off to court. The aggravating, puritanical nonsense that’s driving non-brand-safe games off …
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Electronic Arts, more commonly known as EA, is shutting down four video games in October. And once it shuts them down, they will stay shut down, forever. The good news is that three of these four games are hardly relevant as they are older sports games. The fourth game though is more relevant, especially for racing fans. Meanwhile, the shutdowns …
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Mastercard has issued a statement claiming is has “not required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms”, despite allegations from both Steam and itch.io to the contrary. https://t.co/ORNC1ZIyck pic.twitter.com/T4B9cVUuLY — Mastercard News (@MastercardNews) August 1, 2025 In a post on Twitter/X today, Mastercard said the following: Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any …
Read More »In partnership with developers, game marketplace GOG (Good Old Games) has launched a new website called FreedomtoBuy.games that’ll let you download select “adult” games for free. GOG believes the website takes a stand “against the quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves,” a response of sorts to recent decisions from Steam and Itch to delist certain violent and sexuality-explicit …
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