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Nintendo aired its indie showcase Indie World 2026.10.28 at 11 p.m. JST on October 28, 2026, running through 23 games for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. Jonathan Blow's new puzzle game Order of the Sinking Star and the Switch 2 version of Urban Myth Dissolution Center both went live the moment the show ended,…
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The wait came with a payoff attached. On October 27, 2026, H2 INTERACTIVE announced that the delayed physical Nintendo Switch 2 release of 007 First Light now has a date: March 18, 2027. A trailer covering the Switch 2 version’s bonuses went live alongside the announcement. The interesting part is how the bonuses were reshuffled….
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Nintendo is airing a new episode of its official Indie World showcase at 11 p.m. JST on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. The video runs about 25 minutes and spotlights indie games playable on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The previous installment aired on March 3, 2026. Nihon no Inaka Gurashi, My little Puppy, Mahou…
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News that a classic adventure game is coming back is always loudest at the moment of the announcement. The day you actually decide whether to open your wallet shows up later, and much more quietly. On October 23, 2026, G-Mode announced that Zoku Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken: Boukyaku no Maisou (roughly, The Portopia Serial Murder…
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What if Final Fantasy had kept evolving without ever leaving its pixels behind? The new game born from that “what if” finally landed on October 22, 2026. Final Fantasy Resonance is Square Enix’s first HD-2D entry in the series. The standard edition runs US$50, and the Digital Deluxe Edition is US$65. It ships on six…
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If you’re getting into Super Smash Bros. right now, there is exactly one answer: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 89 fighters, more than 100 stages, 38.14 million copies sold worldwide — those numbers are in a class of their own not just within this series but across the history of competitive games, and the whole thing…
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The Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Resident Evil 2 Z Version Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3 Z Version and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition went live as digital downloads on October 16, 2026. Resident Evil 2 costs 3,990 yen (about US$26, converted at 153 yen to the dollar), Resident Evil 3 is 2,990 yen (about…
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On October 15, 2026, Square Enix detailed the online features of Dragon Quest Monsters 4: Kareki no Kuni no Bianca Flora. The reveal covers cross-play online co-op, a seven-tier Master Rank Match, and private matches where you set the rules yourself, plus two modes that need no connection at all: the arena and a roguelike…
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Ratatan, the rhythm-roguelite action game from Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani, launched worldwide in its full release form at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2026. It is available on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with the Steam version at 4,950 yen (about US$32), the console digital edition at 6,160 yen…
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The Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time arrives on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The digital edition costs 7,980 yen (about US$52) and the physical edition 8,980 yen (about US$59), both tax included. Dollar figures are converted at 153 yen to US$1 and are for reference only. In the roughly…
