As we've mentioned previously, Nintendo did not see fit to provide press with early review hardware for the Switch 2. Today, though, with the June 5 launch of the Switch 2 having already arrived in regions like Japan and Australia, the ever-efficient UPS driver delivered final retail hardware straight from Nintendo of America to the Ars Orbiting HQ. The hardware and software Nintendo sent us. Credit: Kyle Orland A quick setup guide, as seen on the inside flap of the hardware box. Credit: Kyle Orland A side view of the box, highlighting tabletop mode. Credit: Kyle Orland The first thing you see upon opening the Switch 2 box. Credit: Kyle Orland Everything included in the box. Credit: Kyle Orland The 14 hour lead time between our receipt of that hardware and the midnight launch of the Switch 2 on the US East Coast isn't close to enough time to put together a comprehensive review. For now, though, we thought we'd take you through a pictorial journey of our unboxing and initial setup process, ahead of much more coverage to come. The back of the dock is thicker and more rounded than the one for the original Switch. Credit: Kyle Orland The back panel of the dock is fully removable (try not to lose it). Credit: Kyle Orland The Switch 2 sticks out a bit from the top of the standard dock. Credit: Kyle Orland The bottom of the Switch 2 dock, with vents that let you see some of the internal circuitry. Credit: Kyle Orland A close up of section where plugs go on the dock. Side view of the dock and its output ports. Credit: Kyle Orland Get set... The first thing we saw when powering on the Switch 2, after a Nintendo logo, was a short animation showing us how to attach the new snap-on Joy-Cons (which are packaged separately in the box). After that, the system confirmed our language, region, and time zone before asking to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi to download an update. We didn't see any option to skip this download, making it unclear what, if anything, you can do with a brand-new Switch 2 that doesn't have access to an Internet connection. Read full article Comments View the full article
Bungie's latest update arrives for Destiny 2, fixing a number of bugs currently plaguing the experience for players. As Destiny 2 barrels towards its next phase of life in July, Bungie continues to plug away on the core experience, fixing and improving remaining issues during the current Episode Heresy. View the full article
No Man's Sky has rolled out its latest batch of content with Update 5.7, titled 'Beacon,' which makes huge changes to the way settlements are handled. The latest No Man's Sky update will turn players into an overseers of multiple settlements, which include in-depth upgrades to make them feel more alive. View the full article
The recent tech demo for The Witcher 4 shown during the State of Unreal demonstrated some interesting features that have the world of gaming talking, just like the first showings of Cyberpunk 2077 did. CD Projekt Red has adopted Unreal Engine 5, showcasing visuals that retain the vibrancy of the world seen in The Witcher 3, with colors that pop and characters that look more realistic than ever. The blurring is a bit too much in places, creating a strong depth of field effect that's a little disorienting, but the visuals seem groundbreaking. View the full article
Epic Games recently announced several AI-related updates for Fortnite. Creators still building in the 2017 multiplayer game will soon be able to populate their battle arenas with AI-driven NPCs. However, the integrated chatbots could quickly veer off-script, swearing at or insulting players, much like AI Darth Vader did just a... Read Entire Article View the full article
A new study from AAA, conducted in March and based on interviews with more than 1,100 adults, found that just 16 percent of Americans say they are "very likely" or "likely" to choose an electric vehicle for their next car. This is the lowest level of interest recorded since before... Read Entire Article View the full article
It's always a privilege speaking to the creative minds behind a game you've spent thousands of hours playing, in no small part because you get the chance to ask them questions about changes you think the community will be concerned about. That was the case a couple of weeks ago when, after playing a preview build of The Edge of Fate expansion, I sat down to talk to game director Tyson Green... Read more.View the full article
With the release of episode 10 of Beast-Yeast in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Hollyberry Cookie has been granted her awakened form. She is the fourth ancient cookie to receive this upgrade, and has quickly become the standard in the Kingdom arena. Sugarfly Cookie was also released alongside her, filling a slightly larger role in the second half of Eternal Sugar Cookie's introduction story. View the full article
A new update just dropped for the Nvidia App, which adds optimal game settings for a ton of popular titles, including Elden Ring Nightreign and GTA 5 enhanced, while also fixing a crucial frame generation bug, and perhaps most importantly, adding a light mode. If you own an Nvidia RTX 5070, you'll also notice that the in-game overlay is now accessible again, while many of the best graphics cards should be able to download and install drivers without issues following this update. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Win an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card for you and a friend PC gamers are rejecting the latest AMD Radeon GPUs, buying Nvidia cards instead New Nvidia RTX GPU is 14% faster in Cyberpunk 2077 for 5x the price of a 5090 View the full article
The Nintendo Switch 2 has finally arrived, and the super upgraded Switch supports the vast majority of the original console's games on top of any new ones coming out, like Mario Kart World. If you're upgrading from Switch 1 to Switch 2 and no longer need the old console or just want to play all of your games and data on the new one, there's a handy and simple data transfer operation that you can do once you have both consoles next to each other. Here's what you need to do to transfer save data from Nintendo Switch 1 to Switch 2. How to transfer data from Nintendo Switch 1 to Switch 2 Screenshot by Destructoid The data transfer operation is part of the initial setup process of the Nintendo Switch 2 when you originally turn it on, but if you missed it or had to skip it, here's how to start it again. First, you will need both consoles in the direct vicinity of one another. Then, here's what to do: On Switch 2, select System Settings (the cog wheel on the bottom of the Home screen).Select Data Management.Select Transfer Your Save Data.Select Receive Save Data. Screenshot by Destructoid Screenshot by Destructoid At this point, you'll need your Switch 1 (or other Switch device) open and powered on. On the device you're receiving data from: Select System Settings.Select Data Management.Select Transfer Your Save Data.Select Send Save Data to Another Console. Alternatively, you can also trigger the Switch 1 to transfer data to the Switch 2 like this: On the Switch 1, select System Settings.Select System.Select System Transfer to Nintendo Switch 2. Once you're started, follow the directions on-screen for both devices and the the data transfer will begin. Once complete, unfortunately, you will have to then re-download any digital games that you had on the Switch 1 and transferred to the Switch 2, but your save data from all of your games should be available on the Switch 2 now. Enjoy your docked or handheld console gaming! The post How to transfer save data to your Nintendo Switch 2 from Switch 1 appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Nintendo Switch 2's coolest new feature is Game Chat, allowing you to hang out with friends and talk with them while you play games. Game Chat increases the fun by allowing you to hook up a USB-C webcam so you can see your friends and even their game screens as you play. This is totally optional, too, and you can just use plain old voice chat like the old days as well. But in order to use Game Chat, there are a few prerequisites and things to know beforehand. Here's how to access Game Chat and use voice chat on Nintendo Switch 2. How to use Game Chat on Nintendo Switch 2 Image via Nintendo First, you need a webcam that connects via USB-C. Connect it to the Nintendo Switch 2 while in docked mode via the USB-C port on the top of the console, like in the stock image above from Nintendo. You will also need a smart device, like a smartphone, to sign up. Next, press the C button on your right JoyCon or Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller. This will initialize the Game Chat setup. Agree to the Game Chat terms of service, and then use your smart phone to scan the QR code that appears on screen. Log in to your Nintendo account and then enter in your phone number to link Game Chat to your account. You will receive a code via text message that you must enter on the Nintendo website on your smart device to link your Nintendo Online account to Game Chat. Once linked, you can then access your friends list to choose who you approve to invite and accept invites from on your friends list. Once the setup is complete, any time you want to use Game Chat, simply press the C button. Photo by Scott Duwe Pressing the C button will bring up the above menu that allows you to Create Chat or access the Chat List. In the Chat List, you can find any Game Chats you have been invited to. When you Create Chat, you choose which friends you want to invite to your chat session. Voice chat will work via the webcam hooked up to your Switch 2, or you can use an approved microphone or wired headset with microphone plugged into your Pro Controller. Other in-game voice chat possibilities will be on a per-game basis. The post How to use voice chat on Nintendo Switch 2 – Game Chat guide appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Now that most of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards have been released, it's clear that they give AMD and Intel their best opportunity this decade to claw back some market share and make the dedicated graphics card business a little less lopsided. It's not that the 50-series GPUs have been bad cards, but a focus on sometimes-useful, sometimes-not AI-generated frames and a lack of major manufacturing advancements relative to the 40-series have eroded Nvidia's usual lead in performance and power efficiency. That's the advantage AMD is trying to press with the new Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards, which at $299 and $349 for 8GB and 16GB are both priced and configured to comprehensively undercut Nvidia's RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti. As with the RX 9070 series earlier this year, the RDNA 4 architecture goes a long way toward addressing the RX 6000 and RX 7000-series' lackluster ray-tracing performance and mediocre power efficiency, and a relatively affordable 16GB version will help insulate buyers from the RAM limitations that are slowly but surely becoming more of a problem for 8GB cards. Read full article Comments View the full article
Developer Warhorse Studios is expanding its operations with a new office in Brno, Czech Republic, to bolster work on future Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 DLCs. Set in 15th-century Bohemia, known today as the Czech Republic, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 features historically accurate representations of various real-life locations in the development team's own backyard. With its headquarters located in Prague, it makes sense for the studio to expand its operations in the Czech Republic. View the full article
A new high-end AMD graphics card is reportedly being tested in the company's labs right now, with significantly more powerful specs than the company's current crop of GPUs, including large quantities of GDDR7 VRAM and very high clock speeds. The latest speculation says that the new GPU could potentially beat the RTX 5080 Super and RTX 4090, and is likely to be called the AMD Radeon RX 9090 XT or 9080 XT. As we've just found in our Radeon RX 9060 XT review, the latest AMD RDNA 4 architecture is extremely powerful, with the $349 16GB version being a much better buy than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060. However, AMD has previously stated that it plans to abandon high-end GPUs with this generation, which makes these latest rumors particularly surprising. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB review - this gaming GPU puts the RTX 5060 to shame PC gamers are rejecting the latest AMD Radeon GPUs, buying Nvidia cards instead AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D reportedly won't get cooked by ASRock motherboards any more View the full article
The Razer Hammerhead Pro Hyperspeed is Razer's current flagship wireless gaming earbuds set, or gamebuds, if you prefer. Like other gaming earbuds, their key differentiator from conventional wireless earbuds is that they include a USB dongle, so not only can you connect these to your Bluetooth devices, but you can also connect them to your gaming PC via a dedicated high-speed wireless connection. This immensely useful utility means you can take a call while gaming, control your PC media via your earbuds, and of course use a single set of earbuds for both gaming and travel. Considering the cost of premium earbuds, potentially only needing to buy one set for all your uses is a major boon. Razer doesn't have this combination to itself, though. It's fighting with the likes of the SteelSeries Arctis Gamebuds, Sony InZone Buds, and Turtle Beach Scout Air for a recommendation as the best gaming earbuds you can buy, as well as the best gaming headset. I've tested the Hammerhead Pro Hyperspeeds over several months, including home gaming and travel by train and plane, to see how they hold up. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The price of Samsung's fastest gaming SSD just plummeted by $100 Nvidia just made it easy to set up Nightreign and GTA 5 properly on your GPU Best wireless gaming headset 2025 View the full article
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Hi, everyone. I have a message for you, from one Elden Ring: Nightreign player to another: please stop beelining chapels at the start of each game to collect flask charges. I'm not the only one saying this! Fellow Nightfarers in the community have been sharing this PSA over the last few days to express frustration at what's becoming an annoyingly common habit when queuing with random players in Nightreign. Essentially, what's happening is this: in Nightreign, every map is riddled with a handful of small churches or chapels that contain a free upgrade to your healing flask, adding an extra charge. This is genuinely great! It's good to go after these! However, as players have gotten more comfortable with the gain and learned about this guaranteed, free reward, more and more people have developed a weird habit of beelining directly from chapel to chapel while doing literally nothing else, skipping camps of monsters and other rewards in favor of sprinting for five minutes, getting a charge, sprinting for five more minutes, repeat until it's nighttime. Why is this bad? Well, largely because collecting flasks is all well and good, but it's not helpful to be able to repeatedly heal yourself if you're getting one-shot by Wormface. Good Nightreign play is a balancing act: you have a limited amount of time before night falls and the big boss arrives, so you need to spend it wisely by fighting increasingly difficult monsters, raiding camps, collecting better weapons and items, and leveling yourself up. If you're not at least level five or six by the time the first night falls, the boss is just going to smash your face in with one shot — the extra flask won't help you. Therefore, an ideal strategy is to spend as little time running across the map as possible, and instead try to flow easily from place to place in close proximity to one another, grabbing flask charges where it makes sense in between raiding camps and fighting sub-bosses. And yet, in spite of this, every three or four times I ******, I end up with someone who keeps aggressively dropping map pins on chapel after chapel and running off on their own when we don't agree with the plan to spend half the game in a footrace across the map for a flask charge. Bud, I'm playing Recluse! I don't have any HP to heal in the first place! So yes. It's good to go to church and get right with our lord Marika. But it's also okay to have other, non-religious hobbies, like beating the snot out of this Abductor Virgin in the courtyard so we can get the map at the top of the tower and I can grab a new staff off the rack next to it. Thank you for your consideration on this matter. We’ve got plenty of Nightreign tips and tricks to help you take down all the eight Nightlord Bosses, and if you’re wondering how to unlock the two locked Nightfarer Classes, check out How to Unlock the Revenant and How to Unlock the Duchess, plus How to Change Characters. Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected]. View the full article
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Blue Mammoth Games' popular free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla may be notable for its many pop culture guest stars, but the game also has a mythology and cast of characters all its own. One of those characters now takes the spotlight in Brawlhalla Tales: Nix, an original graphic novel spinoff. Head down to the slideshow gallery below for an exclusive 10-page preview of Brawlhalla Tales: Nix: Brawlhalla Tales: Nix is written by Brawlhalla veterans R.J. Jost and Matt Woomer, with Jost also handling the art. The creative team also includes colorist Roshan Kurichiyanil and letterer Lucas Gattoni. Here's Dark Horse's official summary of the graphic novel: Nix, a freelance angel of death and the finest reaper of the Underworld, misses her mark at the hands of a rogue Valkyrie – and she never misses! She travels across the nine realms to Valhalla to reclaim her bounty, but the afterworld is not as she expected. Nix discovers strange enemies, stranger friends, and tougher fights than she ever imagined. Now begrudgingly teamed up with an unlikely partner, Nix will need to win Odin’s tournament of heroes if she wants to keep her job and, more importantly, her soul. Brawlhalla Tales: Nix is priced at $19.99 and will be released on June 17. You can preorder the book on Amazon. Last year, we picked Brawlhalla as one of the best free-to-play games available on the Nintendo Switch. Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky. View the full article
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Disney Dreamlight Valley has just unveiled all the details for its big summer update, including the release date and what to expect from the last free update for the first half of 2025. Gameloft has also used this opportunity to share its new Roadmap, outlining what players can expect for the latter half of 2025. View the full article
According to a reliable insider, Bloober Team is preparing to reveal more information about upcoming DLC for the Silent Hill 2 remake. While there is no official information to date regarding a DLC for the Silent Hill 2 remake, it would follow the pattern set by the original 2001 game. View the full article
While it had a rough start at first, Elden Ring Nightreign is still going strong with a massive player count, which is already making me second-guess starting up another Elden Ring playthrough. Although Nightreign has failed to reach the same staggering heights as its story-driven predecessor, it's not too surprising given how much of a departure it is from the traditions of the series. Although multiplayer has been a core part of the Dark Souls franchise since its very inception with the original ****** Souls, Elden Ring Nightreign evolved the concept to its next natural step. View the full article
Is Dune Awakening down? While we still love single-player games, but there's also something to be said for the chaotic joy to be had in multiplayer experiences - especially massively multiplayer ones. One of the few downsides that comes with playing with friends and strangers around the world is the instability of online servers. As a survival MMO, Dune Awakening could be victim to severe server downtime, so if you're struggling to get into Arrakis, that could be why. Here, we've got the latest on maintenance in the crafting game, and the current Dune Awakening server status. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Will Dune Awakening have private servers? Dune Awakening release date, beta, trailers, and latest news Will Dune Awakening have crossplay and cross-progression? View the full article
How do you feel about game-to-movie adaptations, Destructoid? While I may have some strong and negative opinions about, say, anime-to-live-action adaptations, I'm actually quite impressed by many recent movies and TV shows that originated from popular games. Occasionally, I'll hear news of a game I never expected to get a movie or TV show adaptation, only to find out it's getting one within the year. I was even surprised to hear about Phasmophobia getting a movie adaptation in partnership with Blumhouse. While there are a ton of mediocre options out there, there's also plenty of fantastic movie and TV show options to check out. One of my favorites is, of course, the most recent and ongoing Sonic the Hedgehog movies. I'll be honest: I initially expected these to either stray too far from the game series' main themes or give off uncanny valley vibes, leaving me pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed the first two. I haven't had a chance to watch the third one yet, but I'll get there soon. [Hidden Content] We also can't forget some older works that pioneered the game-to-movie adaptation movement, with the 1995 Mortal Kombat film perhaps being one of the most beloved examples. Although I haven't personally seen this particular Mortal Kombat adaptation, it gets a special shoutout for being a fan favorite within my family. [Hidden Content] Although it isn't out just yet at the time of writing, I'm also looking forward to a recently announced Elden Ring movie. I've never touched Elden Ring, but I'm fascinated by its world and how it could look on the big screen. While it could end up being terrible, it could just as easily be one of the greatest game-to-movie adaptations ever created. All of this isn't even accounting for games that have been adapted into TV shows. I could go on for hours about how much I enjoyed shows like Arcane, Fallout, and Cyberpunk Edgerunners. The list goes on, and that's not even mentioning shows like The Last of Us that I've yet to watch but am often reminded of by friends and family. What are some of your favorite game-to-movie adaptations, Destructoid? Do you have some upcoming films you're looking forward to? We'd love to hear more in the comments below! The post What are your favorite game-to-movie adaptations? appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
The Disney Dreamlight Valley team aired a developer update today, and it provided a look at everything we can expect to see arriving in the valley soon. One of the biggest announcements is the continuation of the main storyline as we finally unlock the ability to travel inside Skull Rock. Skull Rock will open in the Mysteries of Skull Rock update for Disney Dreamlight Valley, arriving on June 18. This iconic location from Peter Pan is bringing with it the film's protagonist and a surprising second villager—our old friend, The Forgotten. Image via Gameloft The last Dreamlight Valley story quest, not including DLCs, since they follow a separate narrative, was released with The Remembering update on June 7, 2023. This quest is called Between Skull Rock and a Hard Place, and during it, Skull Rock moved. Since then, we've all been eager to venture inside Skull Rock and discover what might be hiding inside. After waiting just under two years, the Mysteries of Skull Rock update is opening Skull Rock and freeing Peter Pan. He's the main new villager featured in this update, and he's bringing with him the lost boy's tree as his house, plus several friendship rewards to unlock. The second character included in this update is The Forgotten. Our dark, shadowy counterpart has been wandering the valley aimlessly since the last story quest, so with this update, we can finally befriend them, name them, and help them find purpose in the village. Image via Gameloft All new updates also bring with them fresh Star Path events to complete, and this one is no exception. The Adventures in Neverland Star Path is bringing plenty of pirate and mermaid-themed items to the valley, inspired by Peter Pan. This event features new Dream Styles for Minnie Mouse and Goofy, a pirate Monkey companion, a bubble-blowing conch machine, and much more. Critter companions are currently just adorable sidekicks who follow us around the valley, but they're getting a massive upgrade in the next update. All critters will have friendship levels and rewards, similar to those villagers possess, after this update launches. We'll also be able to name all companions who don't have set names from Disney films like Heihei and Pua. The first-ever dog critter companion is being added with this update, and it's none other than Prince Eric's loyal dog Max from The Little Mermaid. He's part of a Premium Shop bundle, so you have to spend Moonstones to add him to your collection. The post Disney Dreamlight Valley’s next update finally unlocks secrets inside Skull Rock appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
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