Video Game News 4/7/2025

#Nintendo
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Switch 2 Joy-Con Don't Have Drift-Resistant Hall Effect Sticks And Fans Are Worried

Switch 2 Pre-Order Rules Are Some BS: Here's How They Work [Update]

Nintendo finally addresses the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World price controversies, and says those pesky new US tariffs weren't behind the $449.99 price point

Following a weekend of tariff tension, Japanese video game industry sees stock price tumble - Sony, Nintendo, Capcom and more impacted

Switch 2 Won't Bring Back eShop Music

Nintendo President Wants To "Create Smiles" And Not Only With Games

Is The Nintendo Switch 2 Really That Expensive? A History Of Console Prices Over The Years

Nintendo Is Working "Very Closely" With Devs Of Games With Switch 2 Compatibility Issues

Nintendo Switch 2 Developers Discuss The Console's Tech and Iwata's Lasting Legacy on its Development

Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In

Switch 2 Exclusive Mario Kart World Justifies Its $80 Price Tag, Nintendo Insists in First Comments Addressing Cost Controversy

Donkey Kong Bananza leak throws a wrench in the Donkey Kong timeline

Nintendo Switch 2 cartridges designed to be spit out

Win a Switch 2 from Polygon!

Nintendo says eShop music won’t return for Switch 2, and likely never will

Nintendo won’t say who is developing Switch 2’s Donkey Kong Bananza

Nintendo says tariffs weren't factored into Switch 2 price, but it's "something we're going to have to address"

Nintendo eShop music won't be returning for Switch 2

Switch 2: the tech specs that Nintendo and Nvidia are not sharing

Nintendo responds to Mario Kart World bumper £75/$80 cost

PlayStation Is Dying to Know What You Think of Nintendo Switch 2 in Player Survey

Trump's Tariffs Cause Stocks in Japanese Video Game Companies to Collapse

Nintendo May Have Accidentally Leaked A Major Mario Kart World Spoiler

Switch 2 Japan Event Game Demos Shared

Nintendo Switch 2 won't have an achievement/trophy system

Doug Bowser says Nintendo will use 'variable pricing' for Switch 2 games

Animal Crossing: New Horizons will let you move your island to Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo on AI: there’ll always be a human touch in how we make our games

Nintendo confirms that Switch 2 cartridges taste bad, just like Switch 1

PS5 Might Get FromSoftware Switch 2 Exclusive Eventually

Some Players Panic Buying PS5/PS5 Pro Before Price Hike

The Duskbloods Will Feature a “Cute” Companion in the Player Hub

Nintendo pushes back on AI to develop games, believes in their devs and the "human touch"

Nintendo Boss Says $80 For Mario Kart Is Not The New “benchmark”

The Switch 2 Won't Have Achievements Or eShop Music

Nintendo Comments On Mario Kart World's Controversial Price

Switch 2 Devs May Assign Specific Inputs To Pro Controller's Back Buttons

Nintendo Confirms US Price For 'Switch 2 Welcome Tour'

Yes, You Can Adjust The Sensitivity Of The Switch 2's Mouse Controls

It's Official, Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks

Nintendo has designed Switch 2 cartridges to be spit out

Nintendo won’t reveal the team behind Donkey Kong Bananza yet

Doug Bowser: US tariffs didn’t impact Nintendo Switch 2 original $449.99, now assessing “what the impact may be”

Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con do not feature Hall Effect sticks

Nintendo confirms Nintendo Switch 2 won’t have system-wide achievements

Participating in Splatoon 3 SpringFest 2025 brings new user icons

#Switch2
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Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Is First Switch 2 Game You Can Preorder In The US

Our Big Nintendo Switch 2 Interview with Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen

Nintendo charging for Switch 2's tutorial game because of the "amount of care and work" put into it

Oops, Nintendo accidentally reveals surprise character appears in Donkey Kong Bananza

Switch 2 already being sold on eBay for more than the recommended price

Despite Switch 2 Variable Pricing, Baldur's Gate 3's Publishing Director Says Defying Retail Norms Is "Liberating"

Nintendo Is Not Trying To 'Set A Benchmark' With $80 Games

Nintendo Using ‘Variable Pricing’ to determine Switch 2 Game Price

Our thoughts on the Switch 2 Direct! Pure Nintendo Podcast E106

Don't Worry, You Won't Lose Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island On Switch 2

'Mouse Work' Looks Like It Might Be The Switch 2 Equivalent Of 'Snipperclips'

Switch 2 Allows Players To Create Per-Game Controller Profiles

"Nothing's Perfect" - TOTK Might Still Struggle On Switch 2, If You're Building Crazy Mechs

New Ridge Racer & Unreleased Retro Studios Project Crop Up In Leaked Switch Dev Kit

Random: Did You Notice This Snazzy Switch 2 Reference In The Devs' Direct Outfits?

Nintendo Apologises As Japanese Store & eShop Malfunction For Five Days

Switch 2 Game Cart Max Capacity Is 64GB, Says CD Projekt Red

April 07, 2025: Nintendo Switch 2 Devs Talk Tech, Minecraft Movie Hits Record Box Office

#Marathon
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Bungie's Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Continues To Look Stunning As It Resurfaces Ahead Of Gameplay Showcase

Bungie’s first shot at selling us on whatever the hell Marathon is comes this weekend

Bungie Finally Ready to Show Us Marathon Gameplay, Confirms Livestream Date

Bungie's pink cyborg pussycat teases a proper Marathon trailer

Bungie's Marathon is finally getting a reveal this week

PlayStation Hypes Up Big Marathon PS5 Reveal This Weekend

Marathon Gameplay Reveal Set for Later This Week

Bungie promises a gameplay reveal trailer for its extraction shooter Marathon this weekend

New Marathon game will reveal first gameplay this month

Bungie’s Marathon Gameplay Reveal Set for Next Saturday

Bungie’s Marathon Teaser Has Fans Buzzing With “Warm Dead Body” Mystery

Bungie’s Marathon Getting Full Gameplay Reveal On April 12

Bungie Teases Marathon Gameplay Reveal, Coming April 12th

#MinecraftMovie
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Minecraft Movie's Chicken Jockey Meme Causing Chaos At Theaters With At Least One Incident Involving Police

A Minecraft Movie Contains A Tear-Jerking Tribute To A YouTube Legend

A Minecraft Movie Defies Expectations, Making $300M Worldwide In Its Opening Weekend

A Minecraft Movie Has Some Fantastic Things To Say About Toxic Masculinity

Enter the chicken jockey: A Minecraft movie scores the biggest US domestic debut in game adaptation history, as some people seemingly pay just to go nuts at the meme lines

Lego’s new Minecraft sets include the viral Chicken Jockey scene

Cops called as A Minecraft Movie sends kids into chicken jockey frenzies

Unfinished version of A Minecraft Movie leaks, spreads online

A Minecraft Movie Japanese Dub Voice Actors Revealed

A Minecraft Movie explodes at the box office and creates chaos with ‘chicken jockey’ meme

A Minecraft Movie Made $157 Million in the Domestic Box Office in its Opening Weekend

A Minecraft Movie Is A Box Office Win

Minecraft Gives Mario A Box Office Beating With Record-Breaking Opening

#Japanese
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Dandadan Season 1 On Blu-Ray Gets Huge Preorder Discount At Amazon

I went to Universal’s new $7 billion Epic Universe park early — here’s what I saw

Promise Mascot Agency review

Promise Mascot Agency review - a bizarre and unique open-world RPG

US tariffs cause Nintendo and Sony stock to plunge

Basketball Showdown Codes (April 2025)

Enjoy Pure PS1 Nostalgia with Lunar Remastered Collection's Story Trailer

FFXIV Crystal Candy Being Sold Again

Racing Master Game Gets Evangelion Cars and Characters

Uniqlo Will Release New Gundam and Evangelion T-Shirts

Japanese publisher share prices drop amid tariff uncertainty

#PS5
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14 Games Like Genshin Impact To Lose Yourself In For 2025

The Plucky Squire's Collectible Edition Is On Sale For The First Time For PS5 And Switch

PlayStation Store: March 2025’s top downloads

Oblivion PS5 Remake Rumours Are Relentless, Claims of April Shadow Drop

Another Crab's Treasure Wants You to Play It Again in New Game+ Update

Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.0.2 Incoming, Improves Horses, Item Selling, PS5 Pro's Graphics

Guide: The Best PS5 Games (2025)

Rumour: An XCOM-Like Rainbow Six Spin-Off Is in the Works for PS5

Zenless Zone Zero's PS5 Console Exclusivity Is Coming to an End

Monster Hunter Wilds Will Reduce VRAM Usage on PC

Zenless Zone Zero Announced for Xbox Series X/S, Reveal Set for April 11th

Start Your Engines as Monster Energy Supercross 25 Races onto Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC

There's A New Way To Add Friends On Nintendo Switch 2

#NintendoSwitch
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Nintendo Confirms $10 Price Tag For Zelda Switch 2 Upgrade Packs

Another Crab’s Treasure reveals “Year of the Crab” update, Nintendo Switch physical release

Retro platformer Mayhem Mail hitting Nintendo Switch this week

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 announced for Nintendo Switch

Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life coming west in 2025

Review: Everhood 2 (Nintendo Switch)

Development builds leak from Switch dev kit including Retro Studios Project Harmony

#Steam
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Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 2025)

PUBG creator’s grueling survival game Prologue gets a new Steam playtest

Factorio challenger Modulus flaunts its voxel production lines in new demo

Roguelike tactical RPG DeathTower hits Kickstarter goal, expands Steam demo

Modulus gets first playable demo

Dystopian Latin America FPS La Quimera launches in 2025

TRUCKFUL gets new publisher Pocketpair Publishing

4X Strategy Title Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced Now Available

Path of Exile 2 Slammed By Negative Reviews

Wartales 2025 and game maintenance philosophy

#Switch
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Nintendo says it will continue to support Switch 1: ‘We want to keep those players engaged’

Hakuoki SSL: Sweet School Life Otome Finally Localized on Switch

Review: Promise Mascot Agency Is a Charmingly Strange Management Game

Another Crab's Treasure "Year of the Crab" free content update revealed

Nintendo will continue to support Switch 1 and plans to keep players engaged

Review: Rift Of The NecroDancer (Switch) - Imagine If Guitar Hero & Ikaruga Made A Baby

Upgrade Pack Price For Zelda: BOTW And TOTK Has Been Confirmed

#DonkeyKongBananza
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11 Surprising Things We Learned About Donkey Kong On Switch 2

Did Nintendo Just Accidentally Reveal An Unannounced Character In Donkey Kong Bananza?

#MarioKartWorld
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Nintendo Defends Controversial Switch 2 Pricing Strategy And Says $450 Isn't Because Of Tariffs

Mario Kart World leak confirms iconic track's return

Nintendo taking 'variable' approach to pricing with Switch 2 titles

Nintendo Of America President Says Tariffs "Not Factored" Into Switch 2 Price

#BluePrince
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The New Highest-Rated Game Of 2025 Is One You Might Not Know

Blue Prince review

Blue Prince review

Monster Hunter Wilds and Split Fiction beaten by 2025’s new highest-rated game

PSA: 2 PS Plus Extra April 2025 Games Are Out Soon

Blue Prince Review

Blue Prince Review — One Door To Fortune, One Door To Forever

#NintendoSwitch2
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Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders were invite-only at Amazon UK, but not for much longer

Nintendo confirms: Switch 2 Joy-Cons won’t feature Hall Effect sticks

Yakuza 0's Director's Cut Has 26 Minutes of Extra Cutscenes PS5, PS4 Fans Will Want to See

Shovel Knight Dig dev announces Mouse Work for Nintendo Switch 2

PlayStation Keeping Tabs on Switch 2, Reigniting Handheld Hopes

Random: Yep, Nintendo Switch 2 Game Cartridges Still Taste Disgusting

Nintendo Shares Plummet In Wake Of Trump Tariff Action

Nintendo confirms Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour game costs $9.99

#Android
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SD Gundam G Generation Eternal is set to release on Android and iOS next week

Rummix– The Ultimate Number-Matching Puzzle Is Out Now on Android

#AI
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Nintendo Boss Talks AI Amid Concerns Of Job Cuts: "There Will Always Be A Human Touch"

Microsoft's Quake 2 AI Prototype Sparks Debate Online

I strongly feel this AI-powered demo of Quake 2 is an insult to life itself

National Robotics Week — Latest Physical AI Research, Breakthroughs and Resources

AMD is cooking up a new handheld gaming CPU with AI hardware, according to leak

Microsoft unveils Quake 2 "inspired" AI-created demo, but it's practically unplayable

Out of the Park Baseball Go 26 is out now on iOS and Android

Take-Two Boss Doesn’t Think AI Can Create a GTA Competitor

#TwinSailsInteractive
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Twin Sails Interactive becomes independent from Asmodee Group

Twin Sails Interactive break off from Asmodee and Embracer to go independent

Twin Sails Interactive Now Fully Indie

#New
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Red Rising Book Box Set And Official Board Game Are Super Cheap At Amazon

New “Sunshine Update” Available for Cassette Beasts

New sci-fi FPS La Quimera comes from ex Metro devs, and you can play it soon

Project Bakamitai codes (April 2025)

Mech Arena codes (April 2025)

Cat Piece codes (April 2025) [ARISE!]

A Universal Time codes (April 2025)

#DeathStranding
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Don’t expect a lot of noise about the Death Stranding film anytime soon; the director of The Quiet Place: Day One has just been attached to the Kojima adaptation

The Death Stranding movie is being written and directed by the guy behind Pig

Death Stranding 2 voice actors and cast list

#RPG
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I never actually looked up what Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is about, and there's some bonkers RPG lore behind the title

Dawn of the Hunt is Path of Exile 2's most contentious update, but it's also the most fun I've had with ARPG necromancy, well… ever

The best new PC games 2025

Athena: Blood Twins is an upcoming MMORPG from Efun, pre-registration now open