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Yet another user has obtained a Nintendo Switch 2 well before its launch date and posted a video showing the new console’s setup process. On Wednesday, a Russian YouTube user posted a video showing the initial boot process forSwitch2, as well as an extensive tour of its system menus. As noted by other users who’ve obtained Switch 2 early, the console can’t do much more at this point, since it requires a mandatory system update to boot games....

Nintendo Switch 2 will only be available region locked from Japanese stores, it’s been revealed. Likely in an effort to combat foreign resellers looking to take advantage of the weak yen,Nintendoannounced on Wednesday that aSwitch 2‘Japanese/Domestic Only’ version will be the only Switch 2 console available to purchase from general retailers. The ‘Domestic Only’ console will retail for a cheaper price (49,980 yen, or $334) and will only have Japanese as the console’s language setting, and the only Nintendo account that can be linked will be one created with the country/region setting set to Japan....

Blizzard has announced a number of significant changes coming to Overwatch, designed to speed up game balancing and change the meta of competitive games more frequently. From the start of Season 21 in March,Overwatchwill introduce Hero Pools to competitive play, game directorJeff Kaplanrevealed in a new developer video published on Thursday. Every week the game’s designers will disable certain characters from competitive games, which Kaplan said he hopes will encourage players to try new heroes and strategies....

Swedish games publisher Paradox enjoyed the best year in its history in 2019, both in terms of revenue and profit. Paradoxconsists of publishing and development teams and is best known for its strategy and sim brands Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Surviving Mars, Prison Architect, Magicka, Age of Wonders and the World of Darkness. In the company’s report for the 2019 calendar year, CEO Ebba Ljungerud claimed that more than 12 million users play a Paradox game each month....

Persona 3 Reload will feature an all-new voice cast, it’s been confirmed. Following the official reveal of the game during today’sXboxGames Showcase, several of the actors who will be part of the remake took to social media to confirm their inclusion. The game’s English cast has seemingly been entirely replaced. Veteran voice actors including Allegra Clark (Bloodhound inApex Legends), Alejandro Saab (Genshin Impact) and Dawn Bennet (Pokemon, Fire Emblem,Fortnite) are among the new cast members....

Latest update We’ve added 99% of the pets available at launch. We’ll add trading values soon. Use thisPets Go pet odds and values listto figure out what you’re missing, your chances of hatching them, and how much they’re worth on the trading market. Pets Gofeatures potentially hundreds of pets with four potential Huge pets tossed into the mix. Hatching a pet is a one-click process, but your odds of hatching the rarest of the bunch is astronomically low....

PlatinumGames has dispatched The Wonderful 101: Remastered download codes to backers of its Kickstarter campaign. The majority of fans have been able to play the game immediately. However, some have reported receiving blankNintendo Switchcodes or ones that don’t allow them to play the game immediately. Platinum acknowledged the blank code issue on Fridayand said it was working on getting working Switch codes out properly. The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s will be available for general purchase digitally from May 19 in the US, May 22 in Europe, and June 11 in Japan....

A Twitch streamer has finished Elden Ring without taking a hit while using a saxophone controller. Streamer Dr DeComposing used an electronic saxophone, mapped to the controls ofElden Ring, to complete the feat. The run is classed, understandably, as “non-traditional controller” use, which means it’s even set apart from viral runs of the game previously accomplished with dance mats and Guitar Hero controllers. This isn’t the first time that he’s pulled something like this off, however, as Dr DeComposing has also previously completed Bloodborne,Demon’s Soulsremake, and theDark SoulsTrilogy using the same control method....

Brendan Greene, better known as ‘PlayerUnknown’, has left PUBG Studios owner Krafton along with his new independent studio. In a press release, Greene announced his decision to departKrafton, the South Korean publisher that owns PUBG Studios and publishedPlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds(PUBG). Greene’s companyPlayerUnknown Productions, a new independent studio set up to “explore, experiment and create new technologies, pipelines, and gameplay”, will spin off into a separate entity. Based in Amsterdam, the new studio will be “exploring the systems needed to enable massive scale within open-world games”....

Best Buy is currently selling PlayStation 5 consoles online. The retailer has limited quantities of the disc version available to purchase. At the time of publishing, you can purchase the console through the following link: UPDATE:Best Buy very quickly sold out of PS5 consoles. ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES: Sony has reportedly told analysts that itexpects PS5 consoles to be in short supply until 2021. “I don’t think demand is calming down this year and even if we secure a lot more devices and produce many more units of thePlayStation 5next year, our supply wouldn’t be able to catch up with demand,” CFO Hiroki Totoki said at an analyst briefing last month, according toBloomberg....

Sony will launch a new PlayStation video series titled State of Play in late March. Writing on thePlayStation Blog, the platform holder’s social media director, Sid Shuman, said the first episode will focus on upcomingPS4and PS VR software, and feature new trailers, game announcements and gameplay footage. Airing on Monday March 25 at 2pm PST/ 5pm EST (9pm GMT/10pm CET), it’ll be viewable live onTwitch,YouTube,TwitterandFacebook. Sonyis gearing up to release PS4 exclusiveDays Goneon Friday April 26....

The Pokémon Company has released a statement addressing the issues fans are having with finding Pokémon Trading Card Game products. In a statement,Pokémonsaid it’s printing as many cards as possible and working to replenish stock at retailers as quickly as it is able to. “We’re aware that some fans are experiencing difficulties purchasing certain Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) products due to very high demand impacting availability,” the statement reads....

Pokémon’s upcoming trading card game set, which will celebrate 15 years of Pokémon Black and White, will introduce a brand-new rarity. The set will celebrate the Unova region, which first debuted inPokémonBlack and Pokémon White, released for theNintendo DSin 2010. The set will include all 156 of the Pokémon originally found in the Unova region to celebrate 15 years since the games were released. The Pokémon Companyhas announced that the set will see the debut of a new rarity type, “BWR....