The Nintendo Switch eShop and all other network services are being closed down in China in 2026. On July 30, 2025, the ChineseNintendoeShop will stop selling games and any other software. After this date, all software, including paid and free titles, will no longer be available to purchase or claim. On June 30, 2025, players will no longer be able to download titles or redeem codes. DLC will also become unavailable at this time....

Nintendo was faced with fresh questions about its next generation console plans during its 83rd annual general meeting of shareholders last week. In May,Nintendoreported a slowdown in Switch console sales butsuggested no new hardware would launch before April 2024. Following its sales update,Nikkei Asiaclaimed to have been informed by a source close to Nintendo thatwork on the company’s next console appears to be going smoothly. Unsurprisingly, several questions during this month’s shareholder meeting were about its plans for future hardware, including backwards compatibility support....

Nintendo’s Switch 2 ‘Editions’ of original Switch games, such as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Party Jamboree, will cost £67 in the UK, it’s been confirmed. The UK pricing was confirmed as general pre-orders started rolling out on Tuesday. According to retail listings,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,Super Mario Party Jamboree, andKirby and the Forgotten LandNintendo Switch 2Editions will all cost £66....

Secret Mode and Sumo Sheffield have announced Nutmeg, a deck-based football manager game. Based on football sticker books from the 1980s and 1990s, Nutmeg has players starting with a Division Four team and starting a 20-year managerial career that takes them through the English football leagues. Players set training schedules and transfer players, speak to the press, buy merchandise and set ticket prices. Training generates cards which are added to the player’s deck, which is then used when taking part in matches....

Sony may release PlayStation VR 2 in the first quarter of 2023, according to a tech industry analyst. Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at Hong Kong-based TF International Securities, tweeted that he believed the headset may start mass production later this year with a potential launch in the first quarter of 2023. “My latest supply chain check suggests that the assembler and several component providers of PS VR2 will start mass production with about 1....

The Pokémon Company has launched a collaboration with fashion brand A.P.C. which features premium clothing items. The collection, which includes t-shirts, jackets, hats and jeans, is available on ThePokémonCenter online store and theA.P.C. website. The pieces mostly feature the original starter Pokémon – Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle – and Pikachu. “We are thrilled forPokémonfans and fashion enthusiasts to discover thePokémon× A.P.C. range,” said Mathieu Galante, EMEA director of licensing at ThePokémonCompany International....

The first set of Gamescom Awards 2019 winners has been announced. PS4 exclusiveDreamswon in two of the three categories it was nominated in, taking home prizes for most original game and bestPlayStation 4title. However, it lost out to fellow Sony-published PS4 exclusiveConcrete Geniein the best family game category. Elsewhere,Ubisoftscooped two prizes, withRoller Championsnamed best sports game and Ghost Recon Breakpoint bestPCgame. Announced last week, the nominees were selected by a jury consisting of international games journalists and influencers, which will also name a best games company andGamescomindie award winner on Saturday, August 24 at 3....

Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise has announced a new original music album, which he’ll be producing with fellow Rare alumni Kev Bayliss. Salamandos is described as a “collectable album” featuring “original characters and tunes” from the pair. Bayliss and Wise call Salamandos “an exciting new project… to celebrate making video games for over 30 years!” David Wiseis known for his time atRareproducing music for the likes of Battletoads, Star Fox Adventures and Diddy Kong Racing, as well as the titular Donkey Kong Country series....

Insomniac Games has said it’s interested in its properties potentially being adapted for film or TV. Earlier today, it was announced thatInsomniacpresidentTed Pricewill retire in March, more than 30 years after founding theSpider-Manand Ratchet & Clank studio. Following his departure, Insomniac veterans Chad Dezern, Ryan Schneider and Jen Huang will step up from their current rolesto serve as co-studio heads. An animated Ratchet & Clank film was released in 2016, and while it reviewed poorly and flopped commercially, Schneider toldVarietythe team is interested in more opportunities for game-to-screen adaptations....

Arkane Austin will release one final update for Redfall which will add offline play. The officialRedfallX account posted that the game’s final patch, Game Update 4, will include a “revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.” There had been suggestions that theupdate wouldn’t be releasedafterMicrosoftrecently announcedplans to close the studio. A release date for for the game’s final update has yet to be confirmed....

The Russo brothers have said their production company AGBO is receptive to the idea of developing games tied to their upcoming Avengers movies. Having previously co-directedAvengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, plus two Captain America films, Joe and Anthony Russo are helming next year’s Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars. Their most recent film, The Electric State, launches this week onNetflix, and AGBO helped the streaming giant develop a tie-in mobile game which is also releasing this month....

Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek has returned to stream exclusively on Twitch, around a year after leaving the platform for rival Mixer. Shroud announced his return to theAmazon-owned streaming service on Tuesday and confirmed he would begin broadcasting at 11am PT / 7pm BST on Wednesday. Shroud reportedly received $10m from Mixerbuying out his contract in June, followingMicrosoft’s decision to close the platform and release him from his exclusivity contract, according to esports consultantRod Breslau....

Sifu developer Sloclap has announced its next game, Rematch. Rematch is an online football game offering fast-paced 5v5 matches, set inside smaller walled arenas. Set to release onXbox Series X/S,PS5andPCin Summer 2025, the game features no fouls and no offsides, as players control a single character in the team. Outfield players will switch from striker to defender on the fly as the situation calls for it, while a unique goalkeeper position has its own specific abilities....