The Nintendo Switch 2 has arrived, and if you're looking to pick up some extra items to go with your brand new console, we've found some great Switch 2 deals that are worth a look. These range from sturdy carrying cases to keep your new Switch stored in, to screen protectors and a selection of accessories to stock up on.

If you're in the Switch shopping mood, now is a great time to pick up some of these items with great discounts available. Have a look through the latest Switch 2 deals we could find below.

TL;DR - The Best Nintendo Switch 2 Deals

Switch 2 Carrying Case Deals

If you're planning on taking your Switch 2 out on any trips or adventures you have planned this summer, a carrying case is a very helpful investment. Thankfully, there are plenty of great deals to check out right now on a variety of different case styles, whether you want something slimmer or with a very sturdy build.

Switch 2 Accessory Deals

If you've picked up your Switch 2 console and are now on the hunt for some accessories, there are a few deals worth checking out at the moment. From thumb grips to a charger to a protective case that can be wrapped around your Switch 2 in handheld mode, we've included some of our favorite deals at the moment above.

Best Switch 2 Screen Protector Deals

Once you've picked up your new Switch 2, it's important to find some extra protection for it. Screen protectors are a worthy investment and, thankfully, there are plenty of deals available right now. Even though these items are usually pretty affordable on their own, the discounts are a nice little treat to take advantage of while they're available.

Best Switch 2 Power Bank Deals

And lastly in our list of Nintendo Switch 2 deals for right now, you'll want to make sure you've got plenty of power to keep you going once you start playing your new console. If you've been looking for a new power bank to have for when you're on-the-go, we've included a few great deals above that are worth checking out.

Where to Buy Official Nintendo Switch 2 Accessories

If official Nintendo Switch 2 accessories have been on your radar, we've included where you can buy those as well. Some of these have been going out of stock quick, though, so if something that catches your eye is still in stock you'll want to be quick to scoop it up while it's still available.

Where to Buy Nintendo Switch 2 Games

Most importantly: the games. If you're looking to fill up your Switch 2 library with some brand new games, or Nintendo Switch 2 editions of your favorites, we've included a wide variety of Switch 2 games that are available to preorder or buy above. Again, be quick to grab your favorites while they're still in stock.

Where to Buy Nintendo Switch 2

If you're curious where you can buy the Nintendo Switch 2, have a look through the retailers above. Stock has been in and out online, but keep an eye on our Nintendo Switch 2 buying guide for more updates on restocks and availability.

Even more Switch 2 deals are sure to pop up in the weeks to come. We'll make sure to update this when more noteworthy discounts appear.

In the meantime, if you're curious to see what's on offer for other consoles, have a look at our roundups of the best PS5 and Xbox deals.

We also have an overall roundup of the best video game deals that highlights our favorite discounts at the moment that we've found across each platform, including PC.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

If what looks like a leaked trailer is anything to go by, Lies of P's upcoming DLC, Overture, could shadow-drop very soon.

The trailer — which is already making the rounds on social media — concludes with the statement: "Available now."

This trailer has leaked just hours ahead of the Summer Game Fest showcase and two days before Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase, so perhaps we'll get an official announcement and release at one of the presentations. Summer Game Fest kicks off at 2pm PT / 5pm ET today, June 6, while Xbox Games Showcase starts at 10am PT / 1pm ET on June 8.

💫Lies Of P's Overture DLC release trailer leaked

This DLC will be released during the Summer Game Fest.#LiesofP pic.twitter.com/JegpSZDKAX

— EliteGamingNews (@Elite_Gaming_X) June 6, 2025

Lies of P is a unique, darker twist on the classic story of Pinocchio, offering a challenging action game with a unique "lie" system where what you do and say dynamically affects gameplay. The upcoming new DLC — which features new locations, new enemies and bosses, new characters, and new weapons — also introduces Death March, a new mode that enables you to face off against the game's myriad of bosses all over again. In all, the DLC will take experienced players roughly 15-20 hours to complete, and will unlock once they’ve passed a “certain” chapter of the game. Neowiz has also already announced a full-blown sequel to Lies of P.

Interestingly, Overture will introduce difficulty options for the very first time. As a "Soulslike" game, Lies of P can be punishingly difficult, especially for inexperienced players perhaps attracted by Lies of P's dark story and setting. Director Jiwon Choi had said the team didn't think Soulslike games should have difficulty options and it shipped without any.

Neowiz changed its mind, however, following feedback from players, saying: “We wanted to make sure a wider audience of players could play the game. We have a lot of feedback from customers, and from our developers. So by making development adjustments and introducing these difficulty options, we can offer the experience to different types of players. This broadens the base.”

We had a good time with Lies of P, awarding it 8/10. We said: "Lies of P might not branch out particularly far from its soulslike inspiration, but it plays the part extremely well."

For all the news coming out of Summer Game Fest and IGN Live this weekend, we've got you covered.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

With stylish cinematography and expertly choreographed fight scenes, John Wick has cemented itself as one of the best action film franchises of the last decade. The ongoing series realized its potential with John Wick: Chapter 4, which IGN called "a modern action masterclass" and awarded a rare 10/10 review score.

With Ballerina now in theaters and confirmation that Keanu Reeves will be returning for John Wick 5, we've compiled a complete list of where you can stream every John Wick movie online in 2025.

Where to Stream the John Wick Movies Online

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has been through a lot to bring audiences one of the best dystopian television dramas ever — and that includes losing teeth. Yep, you read that right. Hwang recently revealed that he has lost even more of his pearly whites since making Season 3.

“I thought it was going to be okay, but this time I had to pull out two more teeth as well,” the creator recently told Entertainment Weekly. “I had to pull out about eight teeth in Season 1, and now I have two more out, and I haven’t put them back in yet. So I’m waiting for them.”

Originally, reports had claimed that Hwang lost six teeth early on in the series, but in November 2024 he revealed it was actually closer to eight or nine teeth. That said, the last season of the series — which Hwang has confirmed as the final season — proved to be a little less stressful. However, it still resulted in more loss for the creator.

“I do already have the universe and the space that I have envisioned come to life, so in a sense, Season 2 and Season 3 was easier compared to Season 1,” he told EW. “But the problem is that for Season 2 and Season 3, we had to shoot and write in one go. It was as if we were making one season, and we tried as best as we could to bring in Season 3 as fast as possible. So the total amount was much larger, and we had to shoot for around one year, so it was very physically demanding.”

Dune: Awakening was down for a couple of hours earlier today as Funcom applied a hotfix to help improve server stability and address a number of issues that have popped up since the game went live for "head start" players yesterday, June 5.

Top of the list was "improved server stability" — although there was no specifics — and a pop-up has been added so that when you click on the "Private" tab in the server browser, you'll be informed that these servers are managed externally. (For more about what you do and don't get when you rent a private server, we've got you covered).

As for the other fixes? Here you go…

Dune: Awakening June 6 Hotfix 11.0.5 Patch Notes

• Fixed an issue where certain player base placeables’ menu would fail to load if the player switched between placeables’ tabs in quick succession, using the Q and E keys.
• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes get a suggested server that was not the closest in the region.
• Fixed an issue causing players to be stuck in the Imperial Testing Station #002 boss room by removing the pentashield doors.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs in the Arrakeen social hub could sometimes get stuck in place.

Funcom warned that while some of the changes will take effect the moment they are deployed, others may require a downtime, so keep an eye out for in-game service messages.

We haven't yet had chance to review Dune: Awakening, but we did take an extended peek when the beta was live. "As a longtime fan of Dune, it also just feels so good to explore and learn more about a world that I’m quite fond of, and Funcom has clearly put a ton of effort into worldbuilding and lore, even despite taking quite a bit of creative liberty by placing Awakening within a parallel reality and canon than the books/movies," we wrote in IGN's Dune: Awakening closed beta impressions preview.

"There are little details that have a massive impact on gameplay. I won’t go into spoilers, but this kind of attention to detail touches just about every aspect of the world, including the factions and characters you meet along the way, which should be a treat for any fan of the setting."

And if you're wondering what players are making of Dune: Awakening so far, the survival multiplayer game isn't properly out yet, but it has already set a concurrent player peak on Steam of almost 100,000 players. For more, check out details on the MMO's business model and post-launch plans, and we've also got the global release time schedule for Dune: Awakening right here for you, too.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

T-Pain is making his grand debut in Fortnite today, June 6, and IGN can exclusively reveal the first look at his in-game character and details on his custom world that is "redefining Zone Wars gameplay" and giving players the ability to shrink down and battle across T-Pain's gaming setup, use food-powered abilities, and more.

T-Pain is making his arrival in Fortnite debut alongside Jack in the Box's Jack Box, and you can check out that first look of the pair in the slideshow below.

Among other exciting surprises, players will be able to look forward to the following in 'Jack Zone Wars';

• Micro Arena Combat: Players shrink down and battle across T-Pain's oversized gaming setup, using monitors, energy drinks, and controllers as cover
• Food-Powered Abilities: Munchie Meal items become power-ups—tacos restore health, Stuffed Cookies grant super speed, Curly Fries enable high jumps, and Burg-R-Tater Melts deliver double pump damage
• App Integration Advantage: Order through Jack's app to unlock T-Pain's exclusive loadout with enhanced damage and mythic weapon access
• Dynamic Game Masters: T-Pain controls storm mechanics while Jack drops limited-time power-ups, creating unpredictable match flow
• Celebrity Showdown: Live stream battle featuring T-Pain and Jack Box on June 26th where fans can compete against the two legends in a live battle royale.

“Jack in the Box was a great collab because it felt real," T-Pain said of this partnership. "At this point in my career, I’m only teaming up with brands that are genuinely authentic to me. I’ve gotta actually use the product—or in this case, eat it! Ha! Plus, they’re just a fun company that doesn’t take things too seriously—kinda like me. The shoot was really cool because they blended their creativity with my real-life vibe in a way that just made sense.”

T-Pain also loves that his setup has been recreated in-game with a twist, saying, "I got Jack in the Box food all over my studio desk - it's crazy!"

Voice actor Samantha Kelly discovered her 18-year tenure as Super Mario characters Princess Peach and Toad was over on Nintendo Switch 2 launch day — when Mario Kart World released without her in it.

Kelly might not be a household name, but she has featured as Peach and Toad in more than 70 games for Nintendo DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U and Switch since Mario Strikers Charged released in 2007.

From Super Mario Bros. to Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart to Super Smash Bros, Kelly has provided the voice for two of the Mushroom Kingdom's biggest roles — including when her characters took centre stage, such as in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, or last year's Princess Peach: Showtime!

Kelly's vocal talents have extended beyond Nintendo's own titles, to appearances by Peach and Toad in games made for Nintendo systems by other companies, such as Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids series and Sega's Mario & Sonic at the Olympics series.

And even beyond the world of video games, Taylor has voiced the characters for the interactive Lego Super Mario toys, within Nintendo's Super Nintendo World theme parks, and (as other Toad characters) in Nintendo's billion dollar grossing Super Mario Bros. Movie.

But you won't find Kelly in Mario Kart World's credits. And after fans spotted her name was not present, the actor has now confirmed her time as Peach and Toad is over.

"Thank you for so many years of friendship and joy," Taylor wrote in a message to fans on Instagram. "I'm sad that it's over, I truly would have wanted to voice Peach and Toad forever. Nintendo let me know yesterday that they decided to recast these roles.

"I'm grateful that I got to do these voices for so many years. Peach and Toad are such strong and beautiful characters that I pray they live forever no matter who voices them. So much love <3 #princesspeach #toad"

Nintendo has become increasingly strict when it comes to sharing information found in the credits of its video games ahead of time — to the extent that it frequently refuses to acknowledge the developer of its games prior to their release. (This is the situation currently with the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza, demos of which have already been publicly played at Switch 2 hands-on events.)

Kelly's situation here feels like a bizarre extension of this, where the information that she was not in the credits — because she had been replaced — was held back even from her until Mario Kart World was launched.

Currently, it's unclear who does voice Peach and Toad in Mario Kart World, and presumably in other Mario games going forward.

Eagle-eyed Nintendo fans have spotted another veteran voice actor also missing from the Mario Kart World credits: Takashi Nagasako, who has voiced Donkey Kong for 21 years, since 2004's Mario Power Tennis. In this case, fans have noted that Koji Takeda, who voiced DK in the Japanese version of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, is listed — suggesting that in this case, Nintendo has aligned the video game character's grunts with the Japanese voice of his big-screen counterpart.

IGN has contacted Nintendo for comment.

Of course, this isn't the first time recently that Nintendo has replaced one of its veteran voice actors. Charles Martinet, the colourful actor who voiced Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi, was retired after almost 30 years in 2022. At the time, Nintendo said Martinet would continue to work with Nintendo as "Mario Ambassador," though Martinet himself later suggested he wasn't really sure what that meant.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

If you've recently picked up a Nintendo Switch 2, or you’re planning to snag one soon, there’s no better time to kit it out thanks to new discounts on JSAUX accessories at Amazon UK.

A brand known for its solid and affordable accessories JSAUX is offering some brilliant deals on its full range of Switch 2 gear over at the retailer. Whether you’re after tougher protection, better travel options, or more control in-game, these bargain-price accessories are worth a look.

First up, two screen protector options are now on sale. The JSAUX 2-Pack Anti-Glare Screen Protector is down to £8.49 (was £10.99), offering matte-finished, smudge-resistant coverage with 9H hardness. That makes it perfect for outdoor play or reducing reflections in bright rooms.

If you prefer crystal-clear visuals, the JSAUX 3-Pack HD Glass Protector has dropped to £6.99 (down from £9.99). It’s just 0.3mm thick, ultra-responsive, and designed to go on bubble-free, thanks to a handy guide frame.

If you need something tougher than a screen film, the JSAUX Dockable Grip Case is now £15.63 after a 15% price drop. This one blends a rigid polycarbonate shell with grippy TPU sides, all while remaining dock-friendly and kickstand-compatible. It's a solid pick for handheld players who still want to slot their console in without hassle.

For serious travellers playing Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on the go, the JSAUX Protective Case is down to £19.99 from £25.99. Built with PC+ABS materials, this case includes cushioning strips and joystick protection to keep your Switch 2 safe in transit.

However, if you just want a no-fuss, compact way to store the console and a few games, the Clear Protective Case has also seen a price cut — now just £9.99 (from £11.99).

There are also two excellent carry cases on offer. The larger travel case (now £18.99, was £21.99) has space for 20 game cartridges, cables, Joy-Con straps, and more. Plus it comes in the form of a hard EVA shell with shoulder strap for travel.

In the event you’re after something more compact, the smaller JSAUX carry case is also discounted to £16.99 (was £19.99). With room for accessories and 15 game cards, it even includes an adjustable stand for tabletop play Mario Kart World without needing to fully take it out of the case.

The JSAUX 65W GaN USB-C charger, compatible with Switch 2 and other systems like Steam Deck, MacBook and more, is currently £20.99 (was £25.99). It comes with plug adapters for UK, EU, and US outlets — ideal for jet-setting players who travel on the regular.

And for that final edge in control, both thumb grip sets — the black and orange & blue SKUs, each including three sizes for different play styles — are 15% off, down to £8.49 and £10.99, respectively.

With some of these from JSAUX’s range being labelled as “limited time” deals, we don’t expect all of these discounts to stay active for long. With that, grab these deals while you can to complete your Switch 2 set-up with minimal impact on your bank balance.

Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with over 10 years of experience covering gaming, tech, film, TV, and anime. Follow him on Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.

While The Wheel of Time seems dead after Amazon canceled the show following the conclusion of Season 3, its showrunner has pointed to The Expanse in expressing hope it could be saved.

The Wheel of Time is an adaptation of the much-loved fantasy book series by Robert Jordan, with a cast led by Rosamund Pike. After a shaky first two seasons that had fans of the books in uproar over controversial changes from the source material, Season 3 appeared to win over the fanbase and, it was felt, set up the show for even better things to come.

But last month it emerged that Prime Video had decided against renewing The Wheel of Time for Season 4 after what Deadline reported were "lengthy deliberations." Apparently executives liked the show, but couldn’t make it work financially.

Brandon Sanderson, who finished Jordan's The Wheel of Time book series, has gone on the record to offer his thoughts on the series’ cancelation, saying: “I do think it's a shame, as while I had my problems with the show, it had a fanbase who deserved better than a cancelation after the best season. I won't miss being largely ignored; they wanted my name on it for legitimacy, but not to involve me in any meaningful way.”

Now showrunner Rafe Judkins has offered his thoughts in his first comments since the news broke. In a statement published on social media, Judkins said he couldn’t offer “something clear and tidy” to explain the cancelation, but insisted The Wheel of Time was watched “by huge numbers of people all over the world.” He pointed to viewership data to back up his claim, saying The Wheel of Time appeared in the Nielsen Top 10 chart for nearly 20 weeks, “a feat very few shows have been able to match in the last decade.”

Judkins went on to say that he and the team behind the show set out to adapt the entire The Wheel of Time story from the books, and not being able to finish the job “feels like a devastating blow for all of us.”

He then lamented what he called the “trend in TV toward fewer seasons with less episodes and finding quicker ways to acquire additional streaming subscribers,” saying this approach “goes against the fundamental strength of television — long-form storytelling.”

At the time of this article's publication, over 130,000 fans have signed an online petition to “Save The Wheel of Time.” “Finish the story,” the organizers of the petition say on their website. “It deserves to be told in full!” But it feels likely those pleas will fall on deaf ears. While some fans hope Apple may pick up The Wheel of Time for Apple TV+, given the slate of expensive sci-fi and fantasy shows it already has on its books, that is perhaps wishful thinking.

Still, Judkins expressed a degree of hope that someone, somewhere will pick up The Wheel of Time. He pointed to sci-fi show The Expanse, which was canceled by SYFY before Amazon saved it and finished the story.

“So who knows?” Judkins concluded. “Perhaps the Wheel of Time show will do what the books have always managed to do since day one — defy the traditional definitions of ‘beginnings’ and ‘ends.’ I certainly hope it does — because this book series and these fans deserve to see the story finished.”

The comments come amid a new report that claims The Wheel of Time isn’t being shopped around to other streamers. TVLine said its “well-placed sources” confirmed the news that is sure to disappoint fans who’d hoped for Season 4 at least.

Here is Rafe Judkins' comment in full:

I’ve been asked the same question many times the last week — why was The Wheel of Time canceled? And the truth is, I don’t know. I wish I could say something clear and tidy that explains to all those who love it why it’s coming to an end, but sadly, I can’t.

What I can say is that the actors and crew on our show are the most talented and wonderful group of people I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. And we’ve all been incredibly lucky to make something that not only was beloved by fans (and even critics! ha!) but was also watched by huge numbers of people all over the world (appearing in the Nielsen Top 10 for nearly 20 weeks, a feat very few shows have been able to match in the last decade.

One of my core goals in making this show, even from the earliest crafting of the pitch, has been to tell the whole story. Because the Wheel of Time books do what television has always done best — get better as they go. And as our actors and team came on board, they too could see the potential if we were allowed to finish this incredible story. We made many sacrifices, both personal and creative, along the way to get to that ending, so coming up short feels like a devastating blow for all of us.

Much has been written about this larger trend in TV toward fewer seasons with less episodes and finding quicker ways to acquire additional streaming subscribers. But I genuinely believe that this goes against the fundamental strength of television — long-form storytelling. It is an art form, much like epic fantasy, which at its very best, gives people a place to go and spend time with the characters that they love year after year after year. And I believe there are executives, studios, and networks who know that. I believe that we will find our way through this current iteration of the industry and back to what we do best — bringing great characters into people’s living rooms and lives every week.

Will the Wheel of Time get to do that with another network and finish the story? Sadly, it’s not something that happens often. But it does happen. In fact, one of the reasons we first chose Amazon as a home for the show was because they were in the midst of picking up The Expanse after SYFY cancelled it.

So who knows? Perhaps the Wheel of Time show will do what the books have always managed to do since day one — defy the traditional definitions of “beginnings” and “ends.” I certainly hope it does — because this book series and these fans deserve to see the story finished.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher – the first documentary film from Legendary’s Unscripted division – tells the story of Willis Gibson, aka Blue Scuti, who, on December 21, 2023, was the first person in history to beat Tetris, a feat long thought impossible. And he did it at just age 13.

The success thrust Gibson into the spotlight overnight. But it was the timing of his achievement that makes his story that much more poignant and powerful as it came just days after the death of his dad, Adam. (Willis’ mom, Karin Gibson, also appears in the documentary.)

Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher serves then not only as a chronicle of one gamer’s biggest win but also as, the film’s official synopsis puts it, “a coming-of-age story about overcoming grief, the power of community, and the rise of an unexpected internet legend.”

The feature-length documentary, written and directed by Chris Moukarbel, will have its world premiere June 11th at the Tribeca Film Festival. IGN has the exclusive first look at the film’s trailer, which can be viewed via the player above or the embed below.

Gibson, now 15, is as surprised as you might think to be the subject of a film and while he’s still only in high school. “It's not something I thought would ever happen. I mean, it's one of those things that are so out there,” Gibson told IGN this week. “Never once in my life did it occur as a possibility because it's just something that never happens.”

“A lot of my friends were really surprised. There was a moment last year for three weeks or two weeks where it was really popular in my school, but then after that it wasn't really much,” said Gibson. “A lot of other people in the Tetris community think that it's really cool, getting more eyes on the community. Just the overall response has been extremely positive.”

Gibson recalled the moment when he knew he’d beaten the game. “I only knew of one spot where the game could crash and when I missed it, I didn't know that when or where it was going to crash. So the fact that I did it right before the run ended, I think that multiplied my expression, like how big it was,” he said. “I wasn't expecting it to happen. I just knew it could. So when it did, I just got extremely happy and was shocked that I got it.”

He hopes that viewers of Blue Scuti: Tetris Crasher experience the joy of playing the game and the warmth of the Tetris community.

Maya Rogers, President and CEO of The Tetris Company, echoed that sentiment in a statement provided to IGN: “Willis’ incredible achievement in reaching the Tetris kill screen sparked an unprecedented wave of global interest. It was more than just a milestone — it was a powerful reminder of what Tetris represents: joy, resilience, and the magic of human connection. From the early friendship between creator Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris Company founder Henk Rogers to today’s passionate players, Tetris has always been about community. This was not only a win for Willis, but a proud moment for the entire Tetris family.”

Rogers and her dad Henk – himself the subject of the 2023 Tetris movie starring Taron Egerton – will both be at the Tribeca Film Festival in support of the documentary.

Willis Gibson will also be at Tribeca for next week’s premiere – his first time visiting New York City – but before that he will be competing in this weekend’s Classic Tetris World Championship in Pasadena, California.

For John Wick fans, Ballerina's 4K and Blu-ray physical release is officially up for preorder. That's not all, though. The film is getting two exclusive 4K steelbooks from Amazon (currently listed for $34.99) and Walmart (currently listed for $42.99), each with their own unique covers that are sure to look excellent in your physical media collection. While they don't have a set release date yet, you can get your preorders in today to secure a copy and have it delivered to you on the day it's available.

Have a look through the two steelbook editions of Ballerina available below. Or, if you're just looking for standard 4K and Blu-ray releases, we've included those beneath them as well.

Ballerina - Amazon-Exclusive 4K Steelbook

From soaring with dragons to facing off against Sephiroth and Aang, Magic: The Gathering has a packed year ahead. 2025 marks the first full cycle under Wizards of the Coast’s new release strategy, which splits the calendar evenly between the more classic Magic-original sets and the wildly popular "Universes Beyond" crossovers.

Most of the year’s main sets (aside from Avatar: The Last Airbender) are already available to preorder or buy on Amazon. That said, please also consult your local game store to find out when they're accepting preorders as well.

MTG: 2025 Release Calendar - At a Glance

Here’s your set-by-set guide to what’s dropping in 2025, breaking down release dates, when you can get your hands on everything, where you can preorder, and even includes a running list of every Secret Lair drop so far this year. We're starting off with a quick glance over the 2025 release calendar, but let's jump into a more in-depth look as well.

• Innistrad Remastered: Jan. 24, 2025 (Out Now)
• Aetherdrift: Feb. 14, 2025 (Out Now)
• Tarkir Dragonstorm: Apr. 11, 2025 (Out Now)
• Final Fantasy: Jun. 13, 2025
• Edge of Eternities: Aug. 1, 2025
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Sept. 26, 2025
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Nov. 21, 2025

Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy - Jun. 13

This five-card set includes art from Jack Teagle for Mulldrifter, All Will Be One, Benevolent Hydra, Forgotten Ancient and Animar, Soul of Elements.

Artist Series: Jesper Ejsing - February 10

This Secret Lair drop includes four cards with artwork from Danish illustrator Jesper Ejsing, including Sun Titan, Deflecting Swat, Llanowar Elves and Breeches, Eager Pillager.

Lorwyn Lightboxes - February 10

Still available from Wizards at the time of writing, Lorwyn Lightboxes are stylised versions of Ancient Ampitheater, Auntie’s Hovel, Gilt-Leaf Palace, Secluded Glen and Wanderwine Hub.

City Styles 2: Dressed to Kill - February 10

Giving an urban theme to Karmic Guide, Ninja of the Deep Hours, Captain Sisay, Selvala, Explorer Returned and Veyran, Voice of Duality, this Secret Lair is long gone.

Arcade Racers - February 10

With gorgeous pixel art, arcade theming, these versions of Big Score, Final Fortune, Heat Shimmer, Roiling Vortex, and Wheel of Misfortune are eye-catching and still in stock.

Aether Drifters - February 10

Aping the design of Hot Wheels packaging, these Aether Drifters include reversible cards for six vehicles including Mechtitan Core and Smuggler’s Copter.

Featuring: Mitsuhiro Arita - February 10

This collection offers four Magic The Gathering cards from longtime Pokemon illustrator Mitsuhiro Arita. Murktide Regent, Lightning Bolt, Shorikai Genesis Machine and Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice look incredible.

Cats vs Dogs - March 17

This double drop pits canines against felines. Both include Escape to the Wilds, Titanic Ultimatum, Rip Apart, Arcane Signet and Basilisk Collar, but with art to signify your chosen species.

Spongebob: Squarepants - March 24

With Spongebob and pals taking cardboard forms, collectors can grab 7 individual pieces, including Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and, of course, Patrick Star and Spongebob SquarePants himself as part of the Legends of Bikini Bottom set.

There’s also a Lands bundle for the Nickelodeon favorite, and a meme-focused set of spells, too.

Twisted Toons - March 24

A little Spongebob-adjacent, these full-art, Toon-inspired cards give us Cuphead vibes.

Tragic Romance - March 24

Following a ‘Romantasy’ theme, these cards include Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Master of Cruelties, Angel of Despair and Kaalia of the Vast.

They Grow Up So Fast - March 24

This Dragon-centric drop has five cards, each with two versions of Dragonlords like Atarka and Dromoka. Both versions are the same card, but with a young and mature version of each dragon.

Pick’em and Stick’em - March 24

This intriguing set is still in stock, and offers cards and accompanying stickers for players to customise them with. Clever Impersonator, Hedron Crab, Pitiless Plunderer, a Treasure Token and Thalia, Heretic Cathar are included.

Garden Buds - March 24

Billed as the last remnants of an Ashaya, Soul of the Wild Commander deck that was lost to time, these seed-style cards include Harrow, Elvish Reclaimer, World Shaper and Horn of Greed with art from Jordan Crane.

Oishi! Tokens - March 26

Inspired by Japanese food packaging, this set includes four Food Tokens, and is sold out.

Secret Lair x Marvel’s Deadpool - April 1

The Merc with a Mouth’s Secret Lair has sold out, but it’s well worth a look if you can find it on the secondhand market. Fourth Wall-breaking versions of Deadly Rollick, Saw in Half, Blasphemous Act and Vandalblast are here, as well as Deadpool, Trading Card.

Adventures of the Little Witch - April 22

This adorable set has Secret Rendezvous, Serenity, Esika’s Chariot and Realms Uncharted, all with Heikala’s inimitable artwork and use of color.

VROOOOOMMMMMM - April 28

Toru Terada lends his incredible art to Lava Dart, Monastery Swiftspear, Soul-Scar Mage, Underworld Breach, and Mishra’s Bauble. Still available, too.

Everything Is On Fire - April 28

This set is all about bringing the heat, with spicy new art for Chain Lightning, Dragon’s Rage Channeller, Lava Spike, Rift Bolt and Skewer the Critics.

Featuring: Jay Howell - April 28

Jay Howell’s Secret Lab set includes cartoonish versions of Marchesa, the Black Rose, Uncivil Unrest, Treasonous Ogre, Priest of Forgotten Gods and Agent of Treachery, all from the guy who designed the cast of Bob’s Burgers.

Secret Lair X KEXP: Where the Music Matters - April 28

This set of Land cards includes two of each basic land type for a total of 10 in the set, and is inspired by the independent radio station KEXP.

Secret Lair X KEXP: You Are Not Alone - April 28

Another KEXP collab, this one has a series of colorful card varients that lean into a “group-hug” deck theme. Cultural Exchange, Folio of Fancies, Concordant Crossroads, Rites of Flourishing and Font of Mythos are included.

Everyone’s Invited! - May 12

This double rainbow foil Secret Lair drop is still available (for $200, we might add) and includes Shapeshifters, Dryads, Elementals, Faeries, Slivers, Cats and more. Ten foil cards, four foil tokens, one foil display card and 90 reprints.

Slay the Day - May 19

The latest set at the time of writing includes Marwyn, the Nurturer as well as Liesa, Shroud of Dusk, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, and Slythis, Harvest’s Hand.

Here’s the thing about Tom Cruise: we may never have another truly fearless actor like him again. The man hung from a biplane for real, after all, in his latest film Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Oh, and not to make things more complicated, his parachute catches on fire once he drops from the plane and he has to quickly cut himself free and deploy a second chute. Well, he could’ve done the plane stunt, we well know, but surely he didn’t also set himself ablaze, right?

Wrong. Cruise did jump from a helicopter at 7,500 feet in Drakensberg, South Africa with a fuel-soaked main parachute that was rigged to be set on fire, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a death-defying stunt he performed a terrifying 16 times. Sheesh.

“What I’m going to do is I’m going to be deploying,” Cruise explained to crew members in a recent video that highlights the work that went into making the stunt work behind the scenes. “[And] if this is twisted while it’s burning, I’m going to be spinning and burning. I have to kick out of the twist and then ignite. I got 10 seconds.”

As a result, Guinness World Records has declared that Cruise set a record for “the most burning parachute jumps by an individual."

Most burning parachute jumps by an individual - 16🪂🔥

Congratulations @TomCruise 👏 pic.twitter.com/AkHBtKFlrP

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) June 5, 2025

“Tom is no stranger to record breaking,” Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said. “Over his impressively long and consistent career, he’s proved himself to be the most powerful actor in Hollywood and the most bankable star, and he’s still the actor with the most consecutive $100 million movies on their resume and the most successful leading action hero at the worldwide box office.”

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning joined Sinners in passing the $350 million mark over the weekend. Cruise’s eighth Mission: Impossible film is now up to $353.818 million globally, with positive word of mouth helping fuel a 33% drop from opening weekend. IGN's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning review returned a 6/10. We said: "The action thrills, but the soapy tone keeps greatness just out of reach for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning."

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

With so many great games coming down the pipeline, now's a great time to hop on the Xbox Game Pass bandwagon. If some titles joining the catalog this year have caught your eye and you're itching to join in on the fun, you can choose between one or three month Game Pass Ultimate membership options at Amazon. Unfortunately, there aren't any discount deals available at the moment, but we'll update this when a new one drops.

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Between Cuckoo, Abigail, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 2024 was a big year for Dan Stevens doing silly voices. So it’s disappointing to see (or rather, hear) that the English actor isn’t doing one of his signature accents in The Ritual – until you remember that, for him, the dialect of the Iowan setting is exotic. Still, Stevens tamps down his natural hamminess for this serious-minded exorcism movie, which despite its supernatural subject matter, should be classified as a horror-drama rather than as a straight-up horror picture.

The Ritual presents itself as a historical document, opening with onscreen text touting its real-life inspiration, the alleged demonic possession of Emma Schmidt (a.k.a. Anna Ecklund), as the “most thoroughly documented case of demonic possession in American history.” That’s not to say that co-writer and director David Midell lacks showmanship: The intro quickly cuts to Stevens’ character, Father Joseph Steiger, fleeing the scene during an especially dramatic part of Anna’s exorcism. Very expected jump scares aside, the plot unfolds in the matter-of-fact style of an official report, with sober performances, slightly formal dialogue, and a modest, well-scrubbed approximation of an early-20th-century Franciscan convent.

Middell leaves room for doubt whether Emma (played here by Abigail Cowen) is actually suffering from possession or mental illness. There’s potential here to turn Emma’s story into a critique of the Catholic Church, or to question the role faith itself played in her months-long ordeal. But the bishop (Patrick Fabian) who comes to visit Steiger at the beginning of the film has done his due diligence. The Capuchin monk charged with actually performing the ceremony, Theophilus Riesinger (Al Pacino), approaches his work with compassion. Everyone has good intentions, shifting blame from the church and onto more nebulous – and therefore blameless – forces.

One of these is the Devil and his minions — although it’s more agnostic than most, The Ritual is ultimately respectful of Catholic dogma. (For a more radical recent take on the theme, see 2023’s Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism.) It’s difficult to say whether realistic scenes of Emma seizing and foaming at the mouth are more disturbing if they’re motivated by earnest, but incorrect belief or by actual demonic forces; the movie trades on this discomfort, but ultimately loses impact by refusing to choose a side.

One aspect that brings The Ritual out of the 1920s and into the 2020s is its focus on the women who live at the convent, a feminist angle that feels organic and unforced. Emma herself is a tortured, victimized blank, but Sister Rose (Ashley Greene), who assists in the exorcisms, and the convent’s Mother Superior (Patricia Heaton) experience the same doubts and dangers as their male counterparts – more, in Sister Rose’s case, after she’s violently attacked during one of the rituals. Greene and Heaton give surprisingly good performances, and their roles are an interesting departure from the machismo of the subgenre’s hero priests.

Pacino is a minor character by comparison, and relatively subdued – although he and his brother in overacting Stevens do get to climb the walls a little in the more intense exorcism scenes. (Metaphorically, of course. The actual wall-climbing is saved for the possessed girl.) Riesinger and Steiger’s dynamic is similar to that of Fathers Merrin and Karras in The Exorcist, and that’s not a coincidence: The Ecklund case was one of several that formed the basis for William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel and its William Friedkin-directed film adaptation. But this is a liability as much as an asset. The parts of the story that made it into The Exorcist have become tropes through repetition, which lends a certain mustiness to The Ritual’s possession scenes.

Steiger’s torment – in which the demon mocks him by telling him that his brother, who died by suicide, is burning in hell – also feels like a rehash. His role in the exorcism is to observe and document, and his role in the story is to be troubled enough by Emma’s treatment to debate it right up until the harrowing finale. That’s where The Ritual’s confinement to a handful of neat, claustrophobic rooms finally pays off: Using tight framing and shaky handheld camerawork, Midell ratchets the mood to a state of frenzied panic.

Unfortunately, this follows 90 less effective minutes of that very same style of framing and camerawork, which – especially in the dialogue scenes – comes off more like The Office than The Exorcist. Pushing in and out on a character’s face as they talk can’t help but evoke a pithy Jim Halpert one-liner at this point, and it undermines the gravity of The Ritual every time it happens. The shaky cam also makes it difficult to follow what’s going on in the exorcism scenes, which discourages engagement from the audience as much as it encourages terror.

The combination of self-serious storytelling and deeply unserious filmmaking choices proves fatal, as the jumble of influences and intentions fails to produce either a clear artistic thesis or significant entertainment value. With these obstacles, even the presence of major stars like Pacino and Stevens can’t prevent The Ritual from being a promising concept compromised by flawed directorial decisions. It’s a tragic tale of human fallibility – on multiple levels.

Did you know that a new SpongeBob SquarePants game was on the way called SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide? Beyond a very gentle tease late last year neither did we, but the unannounced game has popped up on a couple of rating boards, suggesting we'll get an official reveal soon.

As spotted by Gematsu, Titans of the Tide has been rated in both South Korea and Germany, with the former rating it as suitable for those aged 12 and over, and Germany classifying it as suitable for children aged six and up. In South Korea, the 12+ rating was given due to "minor violence" and "explosions and minor bodily harm." According to USK, the German classification body, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S; interestingly, there's no mention here of Nintendo Switch 2.

As we hunker down ready for a weekend of reveals and announcements, it's possible this news has leaked a little prematurely than THQ Nordic's preferred schedule, and we'll hopefully find out more over the next few days. Watch this space…

There have been loads of SpongeBob SquarePants games over the years across a whole raft of genres, from Monopoly to tennis to kart racing. Most recently, though Patrick took center stage in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game. We thought it was a mediocre 5, writing in our review: "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game is a simple, physics-based adventure that, despite its charm, lacks the heart to make a splash."

For all the news coming out of Summer Game Fest and IGN Live this weekend, we've got you covered.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Persona 4 Remake — one of the worst-kept secrets in video games — is reportedly set for an official reveal during Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase.

Both Windows Central and MP1st reported that the so-far unannounced game will finally get confirmed at the Xbox showcase this Sunday, June 8.

While Atlus’ Persona 4 Remake will be announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, it’s set for launch across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. A Nintendo Switch 2 version remains up in the air.

Persona 4 Remake has endured a number of remarkable leaks from voice actors who have said they are not in the game. Last month, three of the original voice actors said they weren’t coming back for Persona 4 Remake — despite Persona 4 Remake not being announced yet.

That includes Yosuke Hanamura voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, who took to BlueSky to say he would not be reprising his role for "the Persona 4 remake." You know, the one that no one's officially announced yet.

"And for those who keep asking, no, I will not be returning as Yosuke for the Persona 4 remake," said Lowenthal in a since-deleted post. "I asked. Maybe I even begged, but they don’t want me to come back."

Two more actors from the original game subsequently spoke up, saying they wouldn't reprise their roles. Erin Fitzgerald, the English voice of Chie Satonaka, said she hadn't been asked to come back. And then Amanda Winn Lee chimed in to say she wasn't coming back as Yukiko Amagi.

There have been rumors to this tune bubbling up over the last year, with a recent domain registration fueling hope that its announcement might be coming soon.

Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will be livestreamed on Sunday, June 8, starting at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK time.

Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will offer a look at upcoming titles from across Microsoft’s first-party studios, Microsoft said, “in addition to incredible new titles from our third-party partners across the globe.”

It seems likely Persona 4 Remake is among them.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

The Nintendo Switch 2, like its predecessors, is a bit of an oddball as far as mainline consoles are concerned. It is, by itself, perfectly functional for gaming, but it does get a little boost if you pair it with a few Switch 2-specific accessories or connect it to a dock and a television.

Even then, it's not operating at the performance level of its peers or what modern televisions are capable of displaying. This hasn't been a major emphasis for Nintendo for a long time: It prefers to rely more heavily on gaming experiences rather than resolution and frame rate. That means that when it is connected to its dock and a television, the Switch 2 is only capable of outputting a 4K resolution signal at up to 60 frames per second. It can go up to 120fps if the resolution drops to 1080p, but the data rate required for both these options is pretty much the same. Oddly, it doesn’t even get VRR when docked – that’s reserved for handheld mode only.

TL;DR - These Are the Best TVs for Nintendo Switch 2:

It's actually so low that every mid to high-end television will be able to support the Switch 2 on any of its HDMI ports. That's an important note because PCs, the PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X all require HDMI 2.1 ports to perform at their peak frame rates, resolutions, and with all features.

So while the Nintendo Switch 2 is by every metric less powerful than other current consoles, that means it also allows us to be more broad with our TV recommendations since it doesn't require the best hardware to run at its max.

Given its focus on entertainment for the whole family, I’m working under the assumption that the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to live in the living room (at least when it comes to my top recommendations). Because of this, I recommend the TCL QM6K and Hisense U8 for their outstanding brightness and value.

If you want a more versatile television that can work as a top-tier option for a Nintendo Switch 2 as well as at least one other console, PC, or Blu-Ray player, then we recommend an OLED, specifically the LG C4 or its higher-end sibling, the G4. I’ve been testing and reviewing TVs for years and am confident that any of the below TVs would make a great addition to your Switch 2 setup.

1. LG C4

Best for most people

2. TCL QM6K

Best under $500

3. Hisense U8N

Best value

4. LG G4

Best high-end

5. TCL QM8K

Best OLED-alternative

Nintendo and GameStop have addressed the Switch 2 launch day issue of consoles being sold to customers with broken screens, after staples were used to attach receipts onto the Switch 2's box.

As impacted fans have now told IGN, GameStop has begun offering replacement Nintendo Switch 2 consoles sourced from other nearby stores.

The major U.S. retailer has also issued a short statement on the matter — which Nintendo itself pointed to when contacted by IGN asking for comment — that seeks to make clear that GameStop employees only damaged dozens of consoles in one of its stores.

"We've addressed a unique case of staples damaging Switch 2 screens — isolated to one store," GameStop said in a post on social media.

"Replacements have been offered. Staplers have been confiscated," it continued, alongside a short clip from 1999 comedy film Office Space, where an employee gets a stapler taken from their desk by their boss.

We’ve addressed a unique case of staples damaging Switch 2 screens—isolated to one store.

Replacements have been offered. Staplers have been confiscated. https://t.co/w6eOEDtCeK pic.twitter.com/8UUeS7mx8i

— GameStop (@gamestop) June 5, 2025

Numerous fans who attended the midnight launch of Switch 2 at the Forest Avenue branch of GameStop in Staten Island were left to discover their console screens had been punctured by staples after opening their new purchases.

Some criticised the store's decision to staple receipts to Switch 2 boxes, while others pointed out the design of Nintendo's Switch 2 packaging — which positions the console's main unit against the side of its thin cardboard box, screen facing outwards.

"I knew this would happen," another fan wrote on social media. "It was a weird decision by Nintendo to have the screen sit face-side-up at the very top of the box with only the thin cardboard to protect it. You're going to hear about a few damaged screens in the coming days. They are at risk just being stacked in shipping."

IGN has asked Nintendo and GameSpot if other stores have been warned not to do similar, and whether packaging could be changed to make Switch 2 consoles more secure — from staples or otherwise.

"GameStop did right by me," one fan told IGN today, after receiving a punctured Switch 2 at the console's midnight launch. "They traded it in for a new system. They must of sent a shipment of Switch 2's to that location today to fix the staple problem."

Another customer, who also got their Switch 2 replaced, said they had been told GameStop moved quickly to pull spare stock from other local stores in order to provide replacements.

Blogroll image credit: 20th Century Fox. Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Legendary director Ridley Scott has indicated he has moved on from the Alien franchise, declaring: “I think I’ve done enough.”

The 87-year-old English film director and producer, who directed 1979’s seminal sci-fi horror Alien before reviving the franchise with 2012’s Prometheus, told ScreenRant in a recent interview: “Where it’s going now, I think I’ve done enough, and I just hope it goes further.”

Scott has left Alien in capable hands, with the successful Alien: Romulus from Fede Álvarez and FX TV series Alien: Earth from Fargo creator Noah Hawley. Alien: Romulus did so well a sequel is in the works. And there are a number of Alien crossover references in the upcoming Predator: Badlands.

In the same interview, Scott talked about how the Alien franchise dropped off after 1997’s Alien: Resurrection, and how that fueled his desire to revive the series with Prometheus. Scott followed up on Prometheus with 2017’s Alien: Covenant, where the Alien franchise was left in terms of mainline films until last year’s Alien: Romulus.

"I think I felt it was deadened after 4," he said. "I think mine was pretty damn good, and I think Jim's [Aliens director James Cameron] was good, and I have to say the rest were not very good. And I thought, 'F**k, that's the end of a franchise which should be as important as bloody Star Trek or Star Wars,' which I think is phenomenal."

He added: “A number of years after, I said, 'I'm going to resurrect this,' [and wrote] Prometheus from scratch — a blank sheet of paper. Damon Lindelof and I sat then hammered out Prometheus.

"It was very present and very welcome. The audience really wanted more. I said, 'It needs to fly.' No-one was coming for it, [and] I went once again [and made] Alien Covenant, and it worked too. Where it's going now, I think I've done enough, and I just hope it goes further."

While Scott has ruled out directing another Alien movie, he was a producer on Alien: Romulus and is an executive producer on Alien: Earth via his production company, Scott Free. Speaking of Alien: Earth, its first full trailer left plenty to chew on for fans.

Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

The bumper State of Play June 2025 showcase set a peak concurrent viewership record for Sony.

Sony kicked off the summer reveal season with a bang, presenting a smorgasbord of new games to whet our appetites going into Summer Games Fest Week, including peeks at 007 First Light, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Romeo is a Dead Man, and Silent Hill f.

According to Streams Charts, this week's State of Play peaked at over 2.2 million live viewers for the first time in the series’ history. According to data compiled by the website, State of Play now ranks as the third most-popular gaming or tech showcase of 2025 by peak concurrent viewership. Only two Nintendo Direct presentations pulled in bigger numbers (understandably, Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal is top by a long way).

As spotted by Push Square, the State of Play wasn't Sony's most-watched livestream ever — that honor goes to the PS5 reveal event, which currently boasts 44 million views. The Horizon Forbidden West and Horizon Forbidden Dawn presentations were also astonishingly popular, clocking up 15 and 10 million views, respectively. But Tuesday's livestream remains hands-down the most popular State of Play showing ever.

The State of Play focused on third-party — and particularly Japanese developers — with strong announcements from the likes of Capcom, Grasshopper Manufacture, Konami, ArtPlay, Square Enix, and Team Ninja. There were surprisingly few first-party titles in the presentation.

It also felt very much like this year's summer presentation was focused on committed gamers, too. There seemed to be a propensity of action games, many of which will likely come with mature/18+ ratings.

Need to catch up? We've got you covered — here's everything announced at PlayStation State of Play 2025 earlier this week.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

24 hours into the life of Nintendo Switch 2, it's time to look at what's selling best on the new console's eShop — and get a sense of just how popular those rather minimal-looking Zelda upgrades have been.

Top of the Switch 2 eShop charts at the time of writing is, of course, Mario Kart World — the console's flagship launch title that many (most?) owners will have picked up alongside the console.

It's no surprise to see this in the top spot, and anyone who bought the Switch 2 bundle with Mario Kart World included will have contributed to its placing here, as you'll have had to redeem an eShop code and download its digital version.

Next up, perhaps surprisingly, is Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition. Developer CD Projekt will no doubt be delighted to see its latest game doing so well on Switch 2, after it previously skipped Nintendo's last-gen console. With the power to run Cyberpunk's Night City now available, Switch 2 owners look to have jumped at the chance to catch up with the open-world RPG. Earlier this week, IGN chatted with CD Projekt to find out how the developer managed to get Cyberpunk 2077 working on Switch 2.

Third is Nintendo's own Switch 2 Welcome Tour. This is the $10 collection of mini-games and tech demos that many fans believe should have been offered for free (and after an hour with the game myself last night, I am inclined to agree). Part instruction manual, part interactive museum exhibit, Welcome Tour is at least fairly cheap. (Just remember you'll need a camera and a separate controller/grip with GL/GR buttons to play everything included in it.)

The fourth best-selling game on the Switch 2 eShop right now is Fast Fusion, a game which you may not have heard of. This fast-paced sci-fi racer is an interesting addition to the console's launch line-up, as developer Shin'en Multimdia previously released the similar Fast RMX as a launch title for the original Switch, back in March 2017. Why is this series popular with Nintendo fans? Well, because it is essentially F-Zero. And without a new F-Zero from Nintendo anytime soon (if ever again), hardcore Nintendo fans love it.

The fifth biggest game on the Switch 2 eShop is not actually a game, but an upgrade — yes, it's the $10 upgrade to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It's interesting to see this chart so highly, as Nintendo Switch Online subscribers do get this add-on included as part of their membership. But perhaps fans have decided they want it to keep? Or maybe they haven't realised. Regardless, the fact this upgrade is so popular clearly shows Nintendo was right to assume people would pay up for some improved visuals (something you get free in upgrades to other titles, such as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet), plus access to a new mobile app.

Sixth on the Switch 2 eShop right now is Deltarune, which just launched its latest chapters this week. Seventh is the $10 upgrade pack for Zelda: Breath of the Wild (as an older game, perhaps fewer people are still playing it compared to Tears of the Kingdom).

In eighth place is relaxing role-player Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, while ninth place goes to Square Enix's Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster. This is followed by Yakuza 0 and Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Edition.

After these, the full Switch 2 Editions of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild sandwich Hitman World of Assassination. And lastly in the chart is Hogwarts Legacy, whose Switch 2 version features a number of graphical upgrades. A $10 upgrade for this Harry Potter prequel RPG is also available if you owned the game on the original Switch.

Finally, here is the Switch 2 eShop launch day chart as a handy list:

1. Mario Kart World
2. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
3. Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
4. Fast Fusion
5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Upgrade Pack
6. Deltarune
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Upgrade Pack
8. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
9. Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster
10. Yakuza 0
11. Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Edition
12. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch 2 Edition
13. Hitman: World of Assassination
14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Switch 2 Edition
15. Hogwarts Legacy

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Elden Ring Nightreign developer FromSoftware has concluded a fresh round of server maintenance designed to improve matchmaking.

During the game’s launch weekend, FromSoftware acknowledged Elden Ring Nightreign matchmaking issues and offered suggestions to players affected, including restarting the matchmaking process and, specifically on PlayStation 4 and 5, checking their NAT type.

Now, following server maintenance conducted on June 6 “to improve expedition matchmaking with an active Remembrance,” online functionalities have been restored, and fans are hoping for a better experience.

“Thank you for your patience, Nightfarers,” FromSoftware said. “Limveld awaits.”

Despite these issues, Elden Ring Nightreign sold 3.5 million copies after just five days on sale. Elden Ring was a massive hit, selling 30 million since going on sale in 2022, and it seems unlikely that Nightreign will come close to matching that success. For better context, the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion sold 5 million copies within three days of its release in 2024.

Nightreign has also seen its Steam user review rating improve from 'mixed' to 'mostly positive.' Much of the initial negative sentiment revolved around Nightreign’s brutal solo experience, its lack of duos co-op, lack of voice chat, and other archaic mechanics.

But on Monday, FromSoftware released a patch to make solo play much easier, and has confirmed Duos mode is on the way.

So, what happens next? FromSoftware also said that in addition to the DLC releasing later this year, new additions will be “gradually implemented,” including enhanced fights against existing Nightlords starting this month.

Earlier this week, Elden Ring Nightreign's director revealed he had soloed every boss without Relics, and wanted players to know it's "very possible" to see everything.

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.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

The official GameCube controller for Nintendo Switch 2 includes gyro controls, fans have discovered — a feature that Nintendo itself kept quiet about before launch.

Now, the hunt is on to find how tilt controls work in various Switch 2 games — as fans try their shiny new purple controllers with a range of other titles.

Initially, Nintendo had stated that its GameCube controller would only be compatible with the Nintendo GameCube — Nintendo Classics collection that is now available to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers.

But the company later clarified that while the controller was designed for use only with GameCube games, it could be used for other Switch 2 titles — albeit on a case-by-case basis.

"Since it doesn't have all the buttons and features found in other controllers that can be used with the Nintendo Switch 2 system, there may be some issues when playing other games," the company previously said in a statement to Nintendo Life.

So, fans were already planning to see how the GameCube controller worked elsewhere on Switch 2 — but the inclusion of gyro controls has come as a fresh surprise.

In one social media post that's since gone viral, one fan shows off their GameCube controller's gyro controls moving the camera in Splatoon — to the bemusement of their cat.

【朗報】Switch2 と同時発売のSwitch用ゲームキューブコントローラー、まさかのジャイロ搭載により「ゲームキューブコントローラーでスプラをやる」という新しい選択肢が生まれる pic.twitter.com/MzTFCCZujj

— さしぶー (@sashibu2) June 5, 2025

In another post, we can see the GameCube controller being used in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, allowing Link to aim his bow.

The GameCube Controller for Nintendo Switch 2 has Gyro controllers 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/E4iZOeZXuc

— LittleMacMain (@LittleMacMainKO) June 5, 2025

And in a third post, another fan has discovered the gyro controls act as the Wii Remote pointer in Super Mario Galaxy, played via Nintendo's time-limited Super Mario 3D All-Stars package.

playing mario galaxy on the gamecube pic.twitter.com/6DfQLkeyZs

— AK (@Akfamilyhome) June 5, 2025

On YouTube, GVG has a deep dive into how the GameCube controller can play the Switch's Metroid Prime 1 remaster, with a number of different options available. This is especially cool as you are, of course, playing a remaster of a GameCube game using a remake of a GameCube controller, four console generations later.

Why Nintendo didn't more widely advertise its inclusion of gyro controls in the GameCube controller is anyone's guess — though the sheer number of compatibility options for every game playable on Switch 2 would have been a headache to keep track of.

(And let's not forget, the Switch 2 still has compatibility issues with some Switch 1 games — even including big hitters like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.)

As fans discover how gyro controls work in a wider number of games, for now it's safe to say that there's plenty you could be using your new GameCube Switch 2 controller with, beyond just a few old retro classics.

Right now, the Switch Online's Nintendo GameCube - Nintendo Classics collection is looking pretty thin, with just the original version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, plus F-Zero GX and SoulCalibur 2 available.

Still, Nintendo has confirmed a number of other GameCube classics will follow (including Super Mario Sunshine, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Mario Smash Football, Luigi's Mansion and Chibi-Robo!), though there's no word yet on when they might materialise.

With gyro controls available, though, surely Super Monkey Ball should be next?

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Madame Web has gone down as one of the most disastrous superhero movies of all time, flopping at the box office amid a flood of negative reviews. Upon release it broke records as the worst opening for a Sony Spider-Man film ever and was the first Marvel film since Fox's Fantastic Four reboot to fail to open at number one.

Even Hideo Kojima, the legendary game director behind Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, couldn't muster up more than six words in his review. IGN managed a few more, putting the film's failings down to an "overcrowded" script loaded with "extraneous characters, basic archetypes, and generic dialogue."

Since then, and following the even worse Kraven the Hunter, Sony was reported to have given up on its Spider-Man universe to focus on next year’s surefire hit Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

So, what went wrong with Madame Web? There has been much hand-wringing since it came out. Last year, Emma Roberts, who played Mary Parker in the movie, attributed Madame Web's poor box office performance and critical reception to internet culture and "everything being made into a joke." One line of dialogue in the trailer went viral after people poked fun at it, and that line didn't even make it into the final cut of the movie.

Sydney Sweeney, who starred as Julia Cornwall (aka Spider-Woman), admitted she was "along for the ride," but used a Saturday Night Live monologue to emphasize all the other acting roles she is known for and completely disowned her turn as the Spidey superheroine, saying: "You definitely did not see me in Madame Web."

Now, Dakota Johnson, who played the title role, has expanded her thoughts on Madame Web, issuing strong words that get at the significant trouble the movie suffered during its development.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times as part of the promo tour for rom-com Materialists, Johnson said of Madame Web’s failure: “It wasn’t my fault.”

“There’s this thing that happens now where a lot of creative decisions are made by committee," she continued. "Or made by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body. And it’s really hard to make art that way. Or to make something entertaining that way. And I think unfortunately with Madame Web, it started out as something and turned into something else. And I was just sort of along for the ride at that point. But that happens. Bigger-budget movies fail all the time.”

Dune: Awakening isn't even properly out yet, but it has already set a concurrent player record on Steam of almost 100,000 players.

According to Steam's official stats, Dune: Awakening peaked at 93,634 concurrent players yesterday, June 5, even though the game only released for "head start" (read: early access) players who bought either the $69.99 Deluxe Edition or the $89.99 Ultimate edition. For everyone else, the game goes live on June 10, 2025.

Concurrent players isn't the only metric we should use when measuring how successful a game is, of course, but it's a good starting point, even though it doesn't account for players on other platforms (not that Dune: Awakening is available on other platforms just yet; the PS5 and Xbox Series release will follow at a later date).

Historically, weekends are usually when most players opt to jump into a game, so it's possible Dune: Awakening will hit an even higher peak concurrent count before official launch on June 10. Of the thousands of games currently on sale on Steam, it's currently 195th in the chart of the highest-ever concurrent peaks. Not bad for a game that's not even out yet.

We haven't yet had chance to review Dune: Awakening, but we did have take an extended peek when the beta was live. "As a longtime fan of Dune, it also just feels so good to explore and learn more about a world that I’m quite fond of, and Funcom has clearly put a ton of effort into worldbuilding and lore, even despite taking quite a bit of creative liberty by placing Awakening within a parallel reality and canon than the books/movies," we wrote in IGN's Dune: Awakening closed beta impressions preview.

"There are little details that have a massive impact on gameplay. I won’t go into spoilers, but this kind of attention to detail touches just about every aspect of the world, including the factions and characters you meet along the way, which should be a treat for any fan of the setting."

For more, check out details on the MMO's business model and post-launch plans. We've also got the global release time schedule for Dune: Awakening right here for you, too.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Nintendo Switch 2 supports your smartphone as a camera, fans have discovered — and you just need two cheap cables to get up and running.

We already knew that Switch 2 supported other, third-party USB cameras — and you may already have one lying around the house that you can simply plug in, if it has a USB-C connection. But what about your phone — a device we all carry around with a camera attached?

Well, as detailed by YouTube channel Will It Work?, Nintendo's new console is indeed compatible with modern phones, if you plug one in with an HDMI to USB-C capture cable.

By plugging a USB-C to HDMI cable into your smartphone, and then a HDMI capture cable into that, your phone is essntially turned into a device that your Switch 2 identifies as any other USB camera.

Will It Work? shows this all in action, and recommends a free app named TrueVistage that puts the phone's camera in full screen without any buttons, to remove on-screen clutter.

Once plugged in, the Switch 2 does indeed simply show the phone's video on the console (and there's a handy camera testing feature buried in the Switch 2's menus, in order to check everything works).

Nintendo is selling its own Switch 2 Camera for $54.99 — but it's a rather bulky device you're unlikely to use elsewhere. So as well as a fun experiment, this could also be a handy PSA that could save money, and aid in your convenience when planning GameChat sessions. After all, you're more likely to have your phone with you when playing away from home, rather than bother carrying a separate camera.

How much will this solution cost? Well, links to Amazon product pages provided by the Will It Work? video show these cables cost a combined $30.98, though you may be able to get them cheaper. But already, you're saving $24 on the Switch 2's official camera (and $29 if you wanted the Switch 2 Camera's Piranha Plant version). Plus, depending on how much we're all really going to be using GameChat, you're also saving buying yet another gadget that may or may not get much use.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Nintendo Switch 2 is officially now available. If you're looking to pick up the new console (or figure out where it is in stock), launch games, accessories, and more, this is your one-stop shop for everything you could possibly need.

So what's the latest update? Target restocked Nintendo Switch 2 on June 6 (Mario Kart World bundle ($499.99) and standard Switch 2 ($449.99) but has since sold out. Every other major retailer is currently out of stock at the time of writing. Stay tuned for more updates.

Nintendo Switch 2: Where to Buy

Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Where to Buy

Games, games, games. It's what a new console is all about. Well, kinda. Nintendo Switch 2 is already building a stacked library of games, blending shiny new exclusives with upgraded re-releases of fan favorites. Heavyweights like Donkey Kong Bananza ($69.99) and Mario Kart World ($79.99) are leading the charge.

It's also a brilliant opportunity to check out games you already own and see if the game has vastly improved on the new hardware, like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet incredible performance boost. Let's not forget that the Switch 2 Edition of Pokémon Legends: Z-A is also now up for preorder.

You can also pick up games you might have no got the chance to play over the past generation, or were simply waiting for better hardware to play them on, such as enhanced versions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, fine-tuned for the new hardware.

Warning! Spoilers for Predator: Killer of Killers follow.

With the release of Predator: Killer of Killers, the animated film from Prey and Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg, Michael Biehn has joined an exclusive Hollywood club.

First, some background. Film buffs who enjoy their Hollywood trivia will know that up to this point there were just two actors who had appeared in an Alien, Predator, and Terminator movie: Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen.

The late Paxton played the iconic role of Private William Hudson in 1986’s Aliens, Detective Jerry Lambert in 1990s Predator 2, and a punk in 1984’s The Terminator. Henriksen, meanwhile, played Bishop in the Alien franchise, Charles Bishop Weyland, the man upon whom Bishop was based, in 2004’s Alien vs. Predator, and Detective Hal Vukovich in The Terminator. As an aside, both actors also died at the hands of a Xenomorph, a Yautja, and a Terminator across the movies.

Cyberpunk 2077 was thought done and dusted, and with good reason — CD Projekt had said it was itself! But alas, just when you thought the developer was out, it pulled itself back in, and now fans are set to get a surprise last (for real this time) patch for the game.

CD Projekt announced patch 2.3 is coming to Cyberpunk 2077. “We have been cooking for you in secret for a bit,” Paweł Sasko, Associate Game Director at CD Projekt on Cyberpunk 2, said in a post on social media.

“As usual, I'm taking care of the update personally and we will communicate more, when it's ready. Much love chooms 🥰”

CD Projekt didn’t say what is in patch 2.3, but given how meaningful December 2024's patch 2.2 was, fans are already getting excited. Let’s remember that last patch, created in partnership with support developer Virtuos, added in lots more customization options and made Johnny Silverhand, played by Keanu Reeves, appear next to you more frequently. There were new secrets to discover, too. Could patch 2.3 go one step further and add new quests and characters? More information will be revealed later this month, CD Projekt said.

The announcement comes alongside the release of Cyberpunk 2077 on Nintendo Switch 2, and with the recent confirmation that Cyberpunk 2 has moved into the pre-production phase of development. But don’t hold your breath — CD Projekt has suggested it won't release until late 2030 or even early 2031.

In the meantime, it seems the five-year-old Cyberpunk 2077 still has a lot to offer.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

The Nintendo Switch 2 has finally arrived, and call me crazy but I’ve opted to celebrate its launch by playing the same game I played day one on the original Switch: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is of course an enhanced version with visual upgrades, faster loading times, and support for the Zelda Notes service via the Nintendo Switch App on your mobile device. It’s admittedly a fairly modest upgrade in terms of actual new features or content, but a welcome one, and it makes this undoubtedly the best way to play a sprawling epic that still stands tall as one of the greatest achievements in Nintendo’s iconic adventure series.

Before we get to what’s new, here’s what IGN said about Breath of the Wild in our original review:

Yes, Breath of the Wild is a 10 out of 10 game. It was a 10 out of 10 eight years ago, it’s a 10 out of 10 today, and it will probably remain a 10 out of 10 until the end of time. It’s just one of those milestone games that will be remembered as being hugely influential upon so many great games that were released in its wake, from Ghost of Tsushima to Halo Infinite and Elden Ring. Those incredible open worlds and many more have clearly been inspired by Breath of the Wild’s groundbreaking approach to experimental and emergent gameplay, and I’ve got no doubt that it will continue to influence game developers for many years to come.

Therefore, this is not a re-review of Breath of the Wild. Instead, it’s some early observations based on my first few hours back in Hyrule in the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.

This is Breath of the Wild as It Should Have Always Been

Gaming landmark that it was, Breath of the Wild almost seemed too ambitious for the original Switch – in fact it ran so poorly in parts that I really pity the poor folks who were somehow playing the Wii U version at the time. At any rate, the Switch 2 version has finally delivered Breath of the Wild as I assume the developers intended. It runs at 4K when docked and 1080p in handheld mode, and both look as sharp as a Master Sword’s edge. HDR is now supported also, and the kingdom of Hyrule really pops as a result – particularly once the blood moon is hanging in the sky above or the blue glow of a shrine can be glimpsed in the distance.

Of course, that resolution jump does have some downsides – the clarity it brings only makes it more obvious how basic a lot of the texture work on things like rocks and logs is when viewed up close, and it also doesn’t really clear up the jagged edges on blades of grass and the like. Still, the character models look fantastic, and more importantly it’s all so much smoother in motion than it was before thanks to the consistently 60fps framerate.

That Means You Can Now Explore Korok Forest Without Your Switch 2 Suffering a Nervous Breakdown

Pretty much the first thing I did when I hopped back into Breath of the Wild on Switch 2 was to beam myself directly into the Korok Forest, since that seemed like the best way to stress test this version’s improved framerate. Setting foot into the Korok Forest in Breath of the Wild on the original Switch forced the system to stutter like a shy Goron on a first date, but here in the Switch 2 it runs as smooth as goat butter.

In fact, no matter where I’ve roamed in this enhanced Breath of the Wild, the framerate has stayed locked at 60fps, whether I was shield-surfing down the slopes of the Hebra Mountains or scrapping with large groups of moblins in Hyrule Field. No matter what I do or where I go, Breath of the Wild on Switch 2 has been more stable than a barn full of Hyrulian horses. It really is a big step up.

While the Framerate Now Holds Firm, the Weapons Still Break

Breath of the Wild on Switch 2 might look and load to the modern standards we’ve come to expect in 2025, but it otherwise plays in almost the exact same way that it did back on the original Switch. That’s either a really good thing, if, like me, you were a big fan of the sandbox structure, shrine-hunting, and unprecedented sense of freedom. However, if you tried Breath of the Wild on the original Switch and you bounced off it because the weapon degradation system ticked you off – and I know quite a number of people did – or perhaps you simply prefer an old-fashioned Assassin’s Creed style of open-world that leads you around by the nose instead of giving you the freedom to find your own fun, then you’re unlikely to change your mind with this Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.

The core Breath of the Wild adventure has been preserved, nothing has been tinkered with – at least nothing that’s been obvious to me in my first few hours with this Switch 2 port. If this style of Zelda game wasn’t your cup of tea before, then this is still that same flavour of tea. It’s just been poured into a noticeably prettier cup.

Loading Times Have Been Sped Up Significantly

It’s also a cup of tea that is served substantially faster, as this Switch 2 version of Breath of the Wild has had its loading times cut dramatically. Of course, that might not sound like the most sexy of features. You probably won’t want to invite your friends over to marvel at how quickly your game boots up, and you’re not going to buy a brand new TV to show off the rapid-fire rate at which Breath of the Wild now gets in and out of fast travel. But it becomes a meaningful difference the further you get into the main quest, because so much of Breath of the Wild involves hopping back and forth from one side of the sprawling map to the other searching for shrines or returning to quest givers and so on, and cutting down the time spent staring at the loading screen becomes hugely important after a while. In fact, you barely have enough time to watch the little animated silhouettes anymore, and you virtually have to speed read the loading screen pro tips!

There Is Some New Content, it’s Just on Your Phone Instead of Your Switch 2

Along with the performance upgrades, there is some new content to be found in Breath of the Wild on Switch 2, but you’re going to have to keep a phone or tablet handy in order to access it. By pairing your game with the Nintendo Switch App on your mobile device, you can get access to the Zelda Notes suite of tools. One enables voice directions much like Google Maps, which is handy for tracking down shrines, enemies, or even those hundreds of Korok seeds that are scattered across the map. It works as advertised, and will automatically adjust even when you beam in and out of fast travel. Since I’ve already completed Breath of the Wild I was fine with map spoilers, but I like that there’s a toggle to disable them if you’re a newcomer.

125 audio logs have been spread around the map as well, which are essentially recordings of Princess Zelda making observations on certain places and characters. These are signalled by a pinging proximity sensor in the phone app, and when you find the sweet spot they’re added to a collection of recordings that you can playback on your phone whenever you like. Theoretically, that is, because I can’t really see myself listening to any of these more than once. While I’ve only found a few so far, they’ve been pretty inessential anecdotes like Zelda describing the hospitality she was once treated to by Lurelin villagers, or explaining why the mayor of Hateno village had trouble selling Purah’s house. If you’re a completionist then these small scraps of backstory are yet another collectible to search for, but I doubt I’ll bother seeking them all out myself.

There’s also detailed stat tracking of your travels and enemy kills, the ability to share an item with a friend via the generation of a QR code if you’re particularly proud of that hearty meal you just made, as well as a daily bonus which is like a wheel of fortune you can trigger once a day to give you a prize like replenishing your hearts on the spot. One of them even allows you to repair a broken weapon! Most of these are welcome and useful additions, my only wish is that they were just added in-game rather than accessed through my phone. Sure, I do have my phone beside me at all times, even when I sleep at night. I’m not proud of that. However, I don’t really want to drain my phone battery if I don’t have to, and I feel like things like voice directions and audio logs could have easily been added into Zelda itself, saving me from playing through with both hands on the controller and my phone balanced on my knees.

You Can Now Add a Second Save File

Now, I had planned on spending the $10, or in my case, $20 AUD to upgrade my existing copy of Breath of the Wild to the Nintendo Switch 2 edition, mainly because it seemed like a relatively small asking price to be able to finally play at a higher resolution and stable framerate. In my mind, I was only going to play my existing save game for a few hours of fun before I got stuck into some of the other Switch 2 launch games. However, as it turns out eight years is quite a long time, and at least in my case it’s long enough for me to have forgotten large parts of the Breath of the Wild story and its various shrines and quests, and I’ve found myself sucked back in and eager for another full playthrough. Luckily, this Switch 2 version adds a second save game, and I fully intend on starting the story over again – so it’s nice that I can do so without having to write over my original completed save and lose the hundreds of hours I invested in Breath of the Wild back in 2017.

So there you have it, that’s a very quick look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. If you’re yet to try this masterpiece then this is the best place to jump in, and if you’ve already got a copy of the original then the performance upgrades alone make the upgrade price worth it. We’ve got plenty more Nintendo Switch 2 launch coverage to come in the days and weeks ahead, so be sure to keep checking IGN for updates.

Tristan Ogilvie is a Senior Video Editor at IGN's Sydney office.

Black Myth: Wukong, the action RPG inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West, will finally make its way to Xbox Series X/S on August 20, 2025, exactly one year after it was released on PS5 and PC.

Xbox shared the news on Twitter/X, saying, "You are the Destined One. Black Myth: Wukong is coming August 20. Pre-order begins June 18!"

You are the Destined One.

Black Myth: Wukong is coming August 20. Pre-order begins June 18! pic.twitter.com/5z89gUYxNV

— Xbox (@Xbox) June 6, 2025

Black Myth: Wukong has been a megahit, as it has sold over 25 million copies as of January 31, 2025. However, its absence from Xbox Series X/S has always been notable since it was never billed outright as an exclusive.

There were sources who claimed the delay was due to a Sony exclusivity deal and not tech issues, but the boss of Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science, Fen Ji, reportedly placed the blame on the Xbox Series S.

“The only thing missing is the Xbox,” he said, per machine learning translation, “which somehow feels a bit wrong, but that 10GB of shared memory — without years of optimisation experience — is really hard to make work.”

Now, it appears those issues have been resolved and Xbox players will soon be able to add this game to their libraries.

In our Black Myth: Wukong review, we said, "Despite some frustrating technical issues, Black Myth: Wukong is a great action game with fantastic combat, exciting bosses, tantalizing secrets, and a beautiful world."

Black Myth: Wukong has had more than reports of technical issues, as we reported on the developer's history of sexism back in 2023.

For more, check out our look at how FromSoftware has changed action games like Black Myth: Wukong forever and the lore you need to know to make the game way more enjoyable.

Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst, Instagram, and TikTok, and listen to his show, Talking Disney Magic.

Predator: Killer of Killers premieres on Hulu Friday, June 6.

What took so long for Predator to try its scaly, clawed hand at an animated anthology? Predator: Killer of Killers proves that both the technique and format are a natural fit for this long-running action series, letting us see several different types of Predators in several different types of settings – a perfectly vivid arena for these characters to brutally do what they best. Killer of Killers’ story-jumping and time-jumping setups further expand upon and revitalize the concept of an alien species that loves hunting humans for sport – which should come as no surprise considering the film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who took the reins of the Predator franchise beginning with 2022’s terrific Prey.

If seeing Predators battling Vikings, ninja, samurai, and World War II fighter pilots sounds cool to you, rest assured: it’s cool on screen as well. As underlined by Killer of Killers’ title (and the entire history of the franchise) Predators generally like a worthy adversary, and the targets here – voiced by the likes of Lindsay LaVanchy, Louis Ozawa, and Rick Gonzalez – are all pretty badass in their own right. Gonzalez’s flyboy is a little greener than the seasoned warriors played by LaVanchy and Ozawa, but all three characters engage in some awesome and appropriately intense action, showing the extensive, bloody range of damage both the Predators and their quarries are capable of inflicting.

To me, the second segment – the one that offers the tantalizing premise of feudal Japan’s deadliest soldiers squaring off against a Predator – is the highlight. Almost entirely dialogue free, it kicks into gear with a wonderfully crafted nighttime attack. It’s engrossing and fun on its own even before a Yautja (the official name for the Predator species, by the way) shows up. From that point on, the ninja and samurai have a very different and even more dangerous problem to deal with beyond their own rivalry, which Trachtenberg, co-director Josh Wassung, and screenwriter Micho Robert Rutare depict with a ton of atmosphere and evocative visuals.

The animation, from Wassung’s studio The Third Floor, takes some getting used to. The Predator is technically a Disney character now, but that doesn’t mean Killer of Killers had a Pixar-like budget and resources at its disposal, and there’s some low-frame-rate, herky jerkiness to the onscreen motion. Strong character designs and clever and impactful action choreography make those shortcomings easy to overlook, though. Once each hunt was underway, I was able to set aside any hesitation about the animation and instead marvel at how much mayhem was unfolding in front of me.

I have mixed feelings about the glimpses Killer of Killers gives us of Predators relating to one another, too. There’s more specific information about how the species operates here than in any previous canon installment of the franchise, and it feels a little goofy at times. There’s some enjoyment to be found in that goofiness, but still: Sometimes it’s just better to keep things more mysterious.

The segments’ stories are all relatively simple by design, giving us blunt but effective character arcs for each hero we meet. In a relatively short amount of time, we get a sense of the goals and obstacles in their pre-Predator lives. In terms of rooting interests and levels of investment, none of them can match Prey’s heroine, Naru. But this is an anthology, after all; we get just enough of a look at their capabilities and what makes them tick to forge a momentary connection. The one time Killer of Killers feels more clunky in its storytelling is near its conclusion, when we get some connective tissue between the stories, and a desire for a couple of emotional payoffs leads to some overly cutesy dialogue and turns of events.

With Predator: Killer of Killers, Trachtenberg proves that Prey was no fluke. He knows the crowd-pleasing formula for this franchise: Let a Predator show off how dangerous they are and then put them head-to-head with a human character who’s clever enough to potentially outwit the galaxy’s greatest hunters. There are some jaw-dropping moments of Predators mercilessly eviscerating their prey, which ramp up as the species’ technology and weapons evolve with each successive time jump. (The humans’ do, too, though their opponents are obviously starting out way ahead of them in that regard). From the massive, Hulk-sized Predator in the Viking story, to the more elegant and lean one who takes on the ninja, to the one who prefers stalking the combatants of World War II from the cockpit of his ship, this is a rather excellent central trio. They’re another sign of life from a franchise that looked to be dead and buried following the disappointments of 2010’s Predators and 2018’s The Predator.

It’s gratifying to see Predator under the control of someone so attuned to what makes these films work – and all the more reason to look forward to Trachtenberg’s next live-action Predator effort, this fall's Predator: Badlands.

Disney has revealed that Disneyland's Coco attraction will be located in areas that are "predominantly backstage today" near Disney California Adventure's Paradise Gardens Park and Pixar Pier and that the new Avatar land will take over a "portion" of the current Hollywood Backlot area. And yes, that means Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! will close for good in early 2026 to make way for the Avatar destination.

The news was detailed by Disney Parks Blog alongside some new concept art, and it was confirmed that construction on the Coco attraction will begin backstage this fall. The Coco attraction was announced at D23 2024 and will be the first-ever attraction based on the beloved Pixar film.

My old man is a stoic, rug-on-Valium kind of guy, and it takes a lot to make him shriek like a horror movie starlet. That said, I do recall seeing him on the verge of this as he clawed at the dash of my ‘86 Ford Laser during my very first L’s lesson. It would be the one and only father-son attempt we’d make. He gladly shelled out for professional lessons (and possibly therapy for himself) the next day.

Somehow, it’s now 30 years later, and that fond memory now terrifies me. Soon, I’ll have to repeat the exact same process, albeit riding shotgun as I watch my eldest son “drive.” To put that danger into sharper focus, he’s been raised on a diet of Burnout games and the drift-centric anime called Initial D.

Being an ideas man who values his continued existence, I thought to get ahead of the problem by taking the simulator route. More specifically, I kitted up my already tricked-out R12 Moza racing cockpit with a multi-function stalk to recreate an “in traffic” driver’s experience.

Also, I got them because they just looked cool as hell. I selfishly wanted one for my own Euro Truck Simulator 2 sessions.

When I combined said Truck-fest with an SUV mod, a VR headset to let him check blind spots, and an H-shifter (because I do this fathering business right), he and I put this nifty peripheral through its paces. We can get right to that process if you click here; otherwise, let me showcase the considerable, maybe just pay for lessons price of admission for this setup.

The Multi-stalk Test Setup

• Moza Truck Wheel Clamp - $75
• Moza Handbrake / Shifter Clamp - $89

A Premium Peripheral Stalked

These Multi-function Stalks deliver a compelling blend of car-grade craftsmanship and sim racing versatility, offering truck enthusiasts (and inventive helicopter parents like me) an authentic cockpit experience. Crafted from durable aluminium alloy and high-strength steel, these stalks boast an impressive 28 programmable switches, auto-cancelling turn signals, and integrated wiper, headlight, and cruise control levers to replicate real-world vehicle control.

With hidden screw designs and ergonomic mounting options compatible with all MOZA bases (and select third-party setups), the stalks not only look sleek but also feel robust under intense virtual hauls. Better yet, their constantly patched integration with MOZA’s Pit House software ensures decent plug-and-play functionality for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

From the onset, and though it probably sounds ridiculous to hear this, I was mighty surprised by just how much this peripheral revs up the ol’ immersion factor. I could not wipe the stupid grin off my face while doing menial driving tasks like signalling lane changes, adjusting headlights, and toggling wipers with the tactile satisfaction of operating a real vehicle's stalks.

This is especially true in VR. To be given instinctual “blind” access to so many functions (instead of stabbing at a keyboard in hope) is a game-changer.

Build Quality

When it comes to components, MOZA emphasises “authentic car-grade controls,” employing the same materials found in production vehicles for the stalks, dials, and switches. Specifically, the stalk bodies and levers are constructed from premium aluminium alloy, striking a balance between lightweight feel and structural rigidity. The mounting brackets, meanwhile, use high-strength steel to ensure your controls stay rock-solid during spirited cornering—virtual or otherwise.

True petrolheads will appreciate the hidden screw design, a neat trick that tucks all fasteners beneath a magnetic faceplate, preserving a clean aesthetic akin to a modern vehicle dashboard. Even the extension rods that add clearance between your wheel and the stalks are machined precisely, finishing with anodized touches that resist scratches and corrosion over countless virtual kilometres.

All in all, this is a slick-looking addition that is surely going to be the gateway drug to make me visit my local auto wreckers in search of a dashboard to sit around my Moza rig. Unless somebody talks me down from this idea. And please do. I really don’t have the space for it.

Weighing in at around 700 g total, these stalks strike a sweet spot: hefty enough to feel substantial, yet light enough that they don’t become a burden on my already chunky R12 wheelbase (7.5kg + 4kg truck wheel).

With dimensions roughly 411 × 127 × 152 mm, there’s ample room for the full sweep of real-world stalk arcs. Whether you’re threading tight turns in ETS2 or blasting down virtual motorways, the stalks’ surety and precision meant that my young petrolhead padawan wasn’t unintentionally turning on his windscreen wipers all the time. Never a good look for one’s eventual P-plater exam.

Functions Overview

Boasting 28 individual programmable switches, the Multi-function Stalks stand ready to cover everything from wipers and headlights to those exhaust brake toggles you didn’t know you needed. Each stalk houses its own bank of micro-switches that register crisp, definitive clicks, which is a far cry from mushy, off-brand button trays. The wiper lever not only changes wipe speeds but also features a momentary “wipe-back” click to clear condensation, replicating that quick-fix solution we all spam instead of…just picking a bloody speed.

Meanwhile, the headlight stalk toggles between low beam, high beam, and fogger duties with reassuring detents that clearly signal position changes. With the latter function, I taught my boy the quick headlight flick to oncoming traffic. You know—the ol’ “slow your roll, Speed Racer, the radar cops are just down the hill behind me” warning. Important tips that might not be on the exam.

Much like the dedicated wipers stalk, you’re getting authentic turn signals with auto-cancelling. After changing lanes in ETS2, the stalk springs back to its neutral position automatically, just as real-world drivers expect. This ensured he wouldn’t have a senior moment 50 years before his time—that “used my blinker to get out of the driveway and it’s still on 20 minutes later” special.

Euro Truck Sim 2 Integration

Setting things up to be just so is a mission, despite the pain-free look of the Pit House software GUI. There’s just a tonne of stuff to hook into input bindings, so there’s really no escaping it until a decent Settings Import file appears online (and by the time I publish this, there may well be one floating around).

That being said, everything works as smoothly as a fresh set of Michelin rubber once you put the effort in. I also have to say that including The Heir to My Throne of Games in this process was the perfect excuse to explain each and every function on a “real car’s” stalks. Though I did skip past the advanced (and potentially dangerous) stuff like Cruise Control functions.

If he’s anything like teenage me, he’ll misuse the hell out of that.

At the end of the day, he and I couldn’t be happier with what the Moza Multi-function Stalks deliver. As an avid sim racer/trucker, I definitely thought this novel peripheral shifted my experiences into a broader lane of automotive immersion. The robust build quality, combined with 28 programmable switches and auto-cancelling turn signals, should ensure I’ll never fumble a lane change or wash my windscreen at the wrong time while long-hauling across Scandinavia in ETS2 or rebelling on Route 66 in ATS.

As for my son’s instruction on the virtual streets of London, I believe the stalks’ robust, near-life build quality and tactile feel were just the thing to give him some much needed confidence. Possibly too much, however—he’s now asked if Moza does a handbrake attachment. I suspect the request is less about him perfecting his reverse parking technique and more about “fanging 180s faster.” In short, I believe I'm creating a monster.

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Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.

Gearbox Software is giving away Borderlands 2 for free on Steam, but some fans are warning others to stay away from the series due to a recent controversy surrounding its terms of service.

The studio behind the looter-shooter series surprised PC gamers with the free offer today, allowing all Steam users to add the sequel to their libraries for free. It’s a freebie that grants access to the 2012 title at no extra cost, but as many share their excitement online, Borderlands 2 Steam reviews are telling a different story.

While the All Reviews section boasts a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with more than 287,000 user reviews, the more than 3,300 Recent Reviews have the second Borderlands game’s reactions labeled “Mostly Negative.” The downward trend began around May 20, 2025, with a particularly large movement of negative responses filling its reviews section today.

Those game shop and digital shelves are looking mighty tempting this Friday, with price drops that’ll loosen even the tightest wallet strings. Whether you’re planning a wintry weekend indoors or chipping away at your gaming backlog, this fresh stack of discounts across consoles and PC has something worth clicking into. From long-awaited sequels to welcome cuts on prime Switch 2 launch titles.

This Day in Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I'm celebrating the 22nd birthday of WarioWare Inc., the Game Boy Advance grandaddy of a beloved microgames empire. Along with absurd tasks like picking one's nose skillfully or shooting a bidet sprayer at a starfish-shaped something, I recall being delighted with the snippets from NES classics and this weirdly addictive Paper Plane bonus game. Oh, it's also the 12th birthday of Remember Me today, a game I totally finished but have completely forgotten about. Nobody has ever made that joke before.

Aussie bdays for notable games

- WarioWare, Inc. (GBA) 2003. Get

- Red Faction II (GC,XB) 2003. Get

- Pac-Man Championship Edition (X360) 2007. Get

- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3,X360) 2008. eBay

- Remember Me (PS3, X360) 2013. Get

Contents

• Nintendo
• Xbox
• PlayStation
• PC
• PC Gear
• LEGO
• Headphones
• TVs

Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch users can rev their engines with Mario Kart World (A$94), which, trivia alert, marks the first time a mainline Mario Kart featured real-world locations inspired by cities like Tokyo and Paris. Meanwhile, Yakuza 0 Dir. (A$79) makes its portable debut on Switch, with devs confirming the disco mini-game’s ludicrous dance animations were motion-captured by actual SEGA staff.

Switch 2 Game Savings

• Mario Kart World (-22%) - A$94
• Bravely Default HD Rem. (-18%) - A$49
• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (-19%) - A$89
• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-19%) - A$89
• Street Fighter 6 (-20%) - A$89
• Yakuza 0 Dir. (-12%) - A$79

Expiring Recent Deals (OG Switch)

• Monster Hunter Rise (-75%) - A$14.90
• Disco Elysium – The Final Cut (-70%) - A$18
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (-44%) - A$50.20
• Into the Breach (-70%) - A$5.20
• Ni No Kuni: WotWW (-84%) - A$14.30
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 (-41%) - A$47

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Del. (-74%) - A$36.10
• NBA 2K25 (-73%) - A$32.30
• EA Sports FC 25 (-60%) - A$44
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (-16%) - A$109
• Sonic X Shadow Generations (-21%) - A$59

Xbox One

• Ace Combat 7 (-65%) - A$34.50
• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (-37%) - A$44
• Lego 2K Drive (-35%) - A$25.80

Expiring Recent Deals

• Split Fiction (-16%) - A$59
• The Witcher 3 Comp. Ed. (-47%) - A$42.70
• Wild Hearts (-78%) - A$24.20
• Suicide Squad: KTJL (-83%) - A$19.90
• Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra (-18%) - A$271
• Elden Ring Nightreign Seeker’s Ed. (-7%) - A$84
• Armored Core V (-56%) - A$47
• Hogwarts Legacy (-50%) - A$45.90

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows (-42%) - A$64
• God of War Ragnarök (-29%) - A$88.20
• Until Dawn (-23%) - A$85.10
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (-42%) - A$49
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Leg. Ed. (-43%) - A$102.60

PS4

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (-56%) - A$17.40
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (-69%) - A$30.90

Expiring Recent Deals

• Persona 5 Royal (-42%) - A$55.10
• Resident Evil Village (-32%) - A$37.50
• Suicide Squad: KTJL (-83%) - A$19.90
• Ghost of Yōtei (-21%) - A$99
• Doom: The Dark Ages (-17%) - A$99
• Final Fantasy XV Royal Ed. (-26%) - A$35.40
• Sleeping Dogs Def. Ed. (-41%) - A$23.60
• Spider-Man: Miles Morales (-50%) - A$49.90

PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from May 1 with this subscription

• Ark: Survival Ascended (PS5)
• Balatro (PS5/PS4)
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PS5/PS4)

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

• Borderlands 2 (-100%) - FREE
• Deathloop (-100%) - FREE
• Borderlands Col. Pandora’s Box (-43%) - A$50.60
• CoD: Black Ops 6 (-45%) - A$60.40
• No Man’s Sky (-60%) - A$35.10

Expiring Recent Deals

• Elden Ring Nightreign (-12%) - A$55.40
• Humble Choice 8 Games for June (-93%) - A$16.90
• Skyrim Special Ed. (-83%) - A$9.30
• Disco Elysium FC (-75%) - A$14.20
• Inside (-90%) - A$2.90
• Fallout: New Vegas Ult. (-60%) - A$12

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card

Laptop Deals

• Apple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch (-12%) – A$2,197
• HP Laptop 15.6" 15-fd0233TU (-20%) – A$799
• Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (-36%) – A$849
• Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14", Gen 9 (-41%) – A$1,229

Desktop Deals

• Lenovo neo 50a G5 27" AIO (-47%) – A$1,379
• Lenovo neo 50q G4 Tiny (-35%) – A$639
• Lenovo neo 50t G5 Tower (-20%) – A$871.20
• Legion Tower 5i G8 (-29%) – A$1,899

Monitor Deals

• Samsung QE50T 50" (-31%) – A$596
• ARZOPA 16.1" 144Hz (-55%) – A$159.99
• Z-Edge 27" 240Hz (-15%) – A$237.99
• Gawfolk 34" WQHD (-28%) – A$359
• LG 27" Ultragear (-42%) – A$349

Component Deals

• MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi Motherboard (-41%) – A$229
• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (-7%) – A$876
• Corsair Vengeance 32GB (-35%) – A$82
• Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (-30%) – A$48

Storage Deals

• Seagate One Touch Portable HDD (-24%) – A$228
• Kingston 1TB USB 3.2 SSD (-17%) – A$115
• SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO (-63%) – A$29
• SanDisk 32GB Ultra SDHC (-53%) – A$9.90

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Legit LEGO Deals

• 101 Dalmatians Puppy (-40%) - A$149
• Tow Truck and Sports Car (-40%) - A$17.90
• Technic Bush Plane (-37%) - A$25
• JP Raptor Off-Road Escape (-36%) - A$45

Expiring Recent Deals

• F1 Collectible Race Cars (-52%) - A$4
• City Central Train Station (-42%) - A$109
• 2 Fast 2 Furious Nissan Skyline (-40%) - A$199
• Botanicals Tiny Plants Se (-34%) - A$66.20

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Hot Headphones Deals

Audiophilia for less

• Bose QuietComfort Ultra Wireless (-38%) – A$399.95
• Soundcore by Anker Q20i (-43%) – A$68.79
• Sony MDR7506 Professional (-30%) – A$169
• Technics Premium (-46%) – A$299
• Bose SoundLink Flex (-31%) – A$171
• JBL Charge 5 - Portable Speaker (-28%) – A$144
• JBL Flip Essential 2 Waterproof Speaker (-26%) – A$96
• Sony SRS-XB100 Travel Speaker (-41%) – A$84.15
• Ultimate Ears Boom 3 Portable Speaker (-41%) – A$134.95
• Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-26%) – A$259.29
• Sennheiser Momentum 4 Wireless (-46%) – A$275

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Terrific TV Deals

Do right by your console, upgrade your telly

• LG 43" UT80 4K (-24%) – A$635
• Kogan 65" QLED 4K (-50%) – A$699
• Kogan 55" QLED 4K (-45%) – A$549
• LG 55" UT80 4K (-28%) – A$866
• Prism+ Q75 Ultra 75" 4K QLED (-47%) – A$1,229
• Gaimoo Mini Projector 1080p w/ 4K (-33%) – A$119.99
• GooDee 4K Projector (-58%) – A$169.99
• VOPLLS Mini Projector 4K (-19%) – A$168.99
• XuanPad Mini Projector (-36%) – A$128.99
• LG S70TY Q Series Sound Barn*-22%) – A$546
• Sony HTG700 Atmos Soundbar (-15%) – A$594
• Yamaha NS-SW050 Subwoofer (-13%) – A$270

Smart Home Deals

• Arlo Video Doorbell 2K (-53%) – A$107.76
• Google Nest Doorbell (-44%) – A$183
• Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus (-40%) – A$149
• TP-Link Tapo Smart Doorbell (-20%) – A$183
• XTU Doorbell Camera Doorbell (-40%) – A$59.99
• D-Link DCS-8302LH Wi-Fi Cam (-62%) – A$75
• Google Nest Cam (-25%) – A$247
• Ring Spotlight Cam Pro Battery (-43%) – A$187
• Swann 4 Channel DVR with 4 x 4K Cams (-34%) – A$399
• WUUK 2K Outdoor Cam (-32%) – A$249.99

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When you have your Nintendo Switch or Switch OLED docked, grabbing a more ergonomic and capable controller than the Joy-Con can really amp up your playing experience. Not only will they be more comfortable for extended play sessions, but many offer larger, tactile controls, additional buttons, more customizations, and unique features to give you a leg up when playing Switch games. To help you find the right controller for your needs, We've spent hours playing with and reviewing the best Nintendo Switch accessories available on the market right now. Quite a few of these controllers will also be compatible with the Switch 2 – ideal, considering most of the official acccessories aren't exactly cheap, on top of an already expensive console.

TL;DR – These Are the Best Nintendo Switch Controllers:

A controller is the best Switch accessory to arm your console. However, not all controllers work for every person and game. So, we’ve done the research and testing, bringing you 10 top-notch controllers to fulfill various needs. Whether you’re after just a great all-around option, like the GuliKit KingKong 3 Max, a Joy-Con alternative, or something more specialized for fighting or racing games, we’ve found a controller that suits your play style. Most aren’t exclusive to the Nintendo Switch either, so you can use them as a PC controller or with a handheld gaming PC.

1. GuliKit KingKong 3 Max

Best Switch Controller

2. Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Best Official Switch Controller

3. Nintendo Switch Joy-Con

Best Nintendo Switch Joy-Con

4. Hori Split Pad Pro

Best Nintendo Switch Joy-Con for Handheld Play

5. PowerA Fusion Pro

Best Customizable Switch Controller

6. 8BitDo Arcade Stick

Best Fight Stick for Switch

7. Nintendo GameCube Controller

Best Controller for Super Smash Bros.

8. 8BitDo Pro 2

Best Switch Controller for Retro Games

9. 8BitDo Ultimate

Best Third-Party Switch Controller

10. Hori Mario Kart Racing Wheel Pro Deluxe

Best Racing Wheel for Switch

What to Look for in a Nintendo Switch Controller

When looking for a new Nintendo Switch controller, the list of criteria is thankfully short. It really just comes down to comfort and the game type. If it’s basic Nintendo Switch gameplay, then we recommend going with Nintendo’s own options. However, if you’re looking to play a specific type of game on Switch, then there’s more specific advice for you:

Fighting games: Consider a fight stick for traditional, arcade style fighting games such as Street Fighter, BlazBlue, and Mortal Kombat. We recommend the 8BitDo Arcade Stick for Switch players, but competitive players should consult our guide to the best fight sticks overall.

Racing games: There are very few racing wheels compatible with Switch, but the Hori Mario Kart Racing Wheel Pro Deluxe is a solid, affordable option. You can also find basic plastic wheels to slot your Joy-Con into, but they are nowhere near as solid as the traditional racing wheel experience.

Retro games: Players of classic games are generally looking for controllers that feel as close to the originals as possible, if not just re-releases of those very controllers. Since those are extremely difficult to come by, we recommend the 8BitDo Pro 2 for most people playing retro games on Switch.

Nintendo Switch controller FAQ

Will Nintendo Switch controllers work with the Switch 2?

Yep! Well, mostly. One of the biggest changes to the Switch 2 are its upgraded Joy-Con that are larger, connect magnetictically, and can be used like a mouse. You will still be able to connect your existing Joy-Con controllers to the new console, but not connect them in handheld mode. Bluetooth-only controllers like the Switch Pro or the KingKong 3 Max are fair game on the Switch 2. Additionally, with an extra USB-C port, you can plug accessories directly into the new console.

Can you use Switch controllers on a PC?

Nintendo offers some solid gamepads you may occasionally want to use with your gaming PC. Luckily, official Nintendo controllers like the Switch Pro and Joy-Con are compatible.

The Switch Pro easily connects to PC via a wired connection. Going wireless requires jumping through a few hoops, but it’s a fairly painless Bluetooth-pairing process. Your device should recognize the controller, and then you can set it up in Steam. With Steam, all the button mapping will be done for you, as it’s recognized as an Xbox controller. However, if you're playing games outside of Steam, you'll need the 8BitDo Wireless USB Adapter or special programs to make the Switch Pro Controller act like an Xbox gamepad.

Joy-Con controllers are compatible with PC and other devices over Bluetooth, similar to the Switch Pro. Once synced, programs like JoytoKey or BetterJoy allow the Joy-Con to work with your computer.

Do Nintendo Switch controllers drift?

The Switch’s Joy-Con have always been plagued with drift, meaning your controller will register an input when there wasn’t any. It’s unclear what exactly has caused this problem, but it appears to be more than just wear and tear or dust. This issue isn’t just a few isolated cases: It affects a good chunk of Switch users. There are ways to fix Joy-Con drift yourself, or Nintendo will repair the Joy-Con for you. Luckily, drift is less of a problem in other Nintendo controllers.

What controllers does a new Nintendo Switch come with?

When purchasing a new Switch OLED or original Switch model, you get a set of Joy-Con controllers to use attached to the console for handheld play or disconnected to play games in tabletop and TV mode. The Switch Lite doesn’t come with any controller since its built-in controls only work with games that support handheld mode. You’ll have to purchase a compatible controller separately and connect wirelessly to play other types of games.

Are there any Joy-Con alternatives?

There are plenty of other controllers that can replace your Switch Joy-Con when playing in handheld mode, but there aren't actually any alternatives that work with the motion sensor. If you're hoping to have a better handheld experience, the Hori Split Pad Pro is an excellent choice, but it won't replace the need for Joy-Con entirely for certain games.

When do Switch controllers go on sale?

Although the Nintendo Switch itself rarely goes on sale, the controllers sometimes do. There are a couple of times throughout the year when you can find discounts on both the Nintendo Switch Pro controller and Joy-Con. The first sales event where this happens is Amazon Prime Day, which always takes place in July. After that the best time to buy anything Switch related is Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Danielle is a freelance writer for IGN based in Los Angeles who spends most of her time updating buying guides with the best gaming tech. When she’s not writing, you’ll probably find her obsessively reading, watching documentaries, listening to podcasts, or scouring the web for anything related to music history.

When the Nintendo Switch is docked, battery life isn’t a concern. But if you’re like most Switch users who use the console in handheld mode, its battery is a top concern. A battery case is a great way to level up the Switch's handheld charge without needing to find the nearest wall outlet. It also helps that they provide some protection. These devices essentially perform double duty, acting as a great Switch case and power bank.

TL;DR — These Are the Best Nintendo Switch Battery Cases:

Depending on the model and games you’re playing, the Switch will get between 3 to 9 hours of use on one charge. That’s not much for long travel days or commutes. A battery case is an easy way to never be without power.

Most Switch battery cases attach directly to the console for a layer of protection that adds minimal bulk while also slotting into the USB-C port, powering the device. With these cases installed, the Switch should function just like normal. Many of the battery cases we’ve selected even provide additional ports to charge other devices, like earbuds or smartphones.

A battery case is one of the best Switch accessories you can grab, and our experts have selected a range of options to suit just about anyone's needs or playing style. Who knows? You could even score a Switch deal on one. However, if you nabbed a Switch 2, its larger dimensions mean not all of our picks will fit the new console.

1. Newdery External Battery Station

Best Nintendo Switch Battery Case

2. Newdery Battery Charger Case for Nintendo Switch Lite

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Battery Case

3. Nyko Power Pak

Best Slim Nintendo Switch Battery Case

4. Bionik Power Commuter

Best Nintendo Switch Carrying Case With a Battery

5. Anker Zolo Power Bank

Best Nintendo Switch Power Bank

6. Emperor of Gadgets Portable Power Bank

Best Attachable Battery for Nintendo Switch

7. Nyko Boost Pak

Best Compact Nintendo Switch Battery Pack

Nintendo Switch Battery Case FAQ

How long does the Nintendo Switch battery last?

The battery life of a Nintendo Switch can vary based on the demands of specific applications and features being used. According to Nintendo, users of the most recent Nintendo Switch consoles (both standard and OLED) can expect 4.5-9 hours of battery life, while Switch Lite devices can last anywhere from 3-7 hours. As seen above, however, these projected times are pretty optimistic, so it’s not hard for any of the battery cases on this list to double your Switch’s lifespan.

The Switch’s lithium-ion battery will also inevitably degrade over time. One general way to keep your Switch battery as healthy as possible is to ensure your device stays charged. Try to avoid letting your device die, and, if possible, plug it in when it gets to or below 20%.

Do I need a battery case for the Nintendo Switch?

Nintendo recognized that the original Switch had a pretty grim battery life, which is why the Switch OLED nearly doubled it. Still, many players continue to find that low battery notification interrupting their gaming sessions.

Switch players who stick to using the TV display and keep their system docked most of the time will have little use for portable charging. However, Switch Lite users or gamers more often playing in handheld mode could certainly benefit from the extended playtime that comes with battery cases. If you have upcoming travel plans and want to make sure your Switch goes the distance, it could also be worth making the investment. Luckily, most of the products featured above cost less than $50.

Will a battery case harm my Switch?

No, a battery case shouldn’t harm your Switch. If it hits all the device’s power requirements and comes with a quality USB-C, there shouldn’t be any major concerns when leaving your console plugged into it. The only thing you’ll want to watch out for is overheating, as the case and battery could cause heat to build up, potentially degrading components. Generally, any battery case designed for the Switch should work perfectly fine. Luckily, the Switch itself even offers features for protection against issues charging, including overcharging.

Danielle Abraham is a freelance writer and unpaid music historian.

Gaming on the go has plenty of perks, but there are still a few drawbacks and risks involved, so your Nintendo Switch Lite may benefit from some quality accessories. Whether you’re looking for the extra protection a case can bring, the better ergonomics of a great controller, or a backup battery to ensure you’re never without juice, we’ve got you covered with great gear for your Switch Lite. Check out a detailed look at the best Nintendo Switch Lite accessories, or check the shopping list below:

TL;DR – These are the best Nintendo Switch Lite Accessories:

The Switch Lite is more compact with a smaller screen compared to the original Switch or OLED model, which means some of the best Nintendo Switch accessories aren’t compatible with this ultra-portable model. That’s why we’ve created a guide just for the Lite, so you can kit it out to be a real road warrior, and you might be able to score some awesome Nintendo Switch deals in the process.

1. Nintendo Switch Lite Carry Case + Screen Protector

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Case

2. ButterFox Switch Lite Carrying Case

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Rugged Case

3. Hori DuraFlexi Protector

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Cover

4. Orzly Grip Case

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Rugged Cover

5. amFilm Tempered Glass Screen Protector

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Screen Protector

6. Satisfye Switch Lite Grip

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Grip

7. PNY XLR8 128GB Gaming

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Memory Card

8. Anker PowerCore Essential 20000

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Portable Battery Power Bank

9. SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Gaming Headset

10. Razer Barracuda X

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Bluetooth Headset

11. Nintendo Joy-Cons

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Controllers

12. Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Going Pro

13. Adonit Mark

Best Nintendo Switch Lite Stylus

What to look for in a Nintendo Switch Lite Accessory

The most important thing you should keep in mind while shopping for Switch Lite accessories is that all accessories designed for the original Switch won’t necessarily work with Nintendo’s smaller handheld system. The Switch Lite is simply a different system that has smaller dimensions, integrated controllers, a lack of motion, and IR sensors.

Some cases and battery cases for instance are just going to be too large. While the Switch Lite will fit, it’ll probably jumble around with all the extra space inside. The same thing goes for screen protectors unless you’re ready to cut them down with a box cutter or some kind of knife, they’re going to be too big for the Switch Lite’s smaller display.

Unfortunately, most if not all of the Labo Nintendo has released isn’t going to work with the Nintendo Switch Lite. This is especially true of any pieces of Labo designed to hold the screen by itself like the Labo VR Kit or Labo Piano, due to the system’s slightly different proportions and its inability to detach the controllers. While you may be able to use other Labo kits like the Vehicle Kit, it wouldn’t quite be the same because you can’t connect the Switch Lite to a TV.

Nintendo Switch Lite Accessories FAQ

Does the Switch support Bluetooth?

The Switch consoles have always supported Bluetooth pairing with controllers, but until recently, there was no support for Bluetooth audio. Luckily, if your Switch’s system version is updated to 13.0.0 or higher, Bluetooth audio should work without the need for an adapter. That means you can use the best wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers with your Switch. However, Bluetooth microphones still aren’t supported. Take a look here for more information about how to connect via Bluetooth to your Switch.

What comes with the Switch Lite?

The Switch Lite is also on the lighter side when it comes to included accessories. This Switch model doesn't connect to gaming TVs, so a dock and HDMI cord aren’t in the box. The Joy-Cons don’t detach either, meaning you won't find straps or a grip for them. Instead, you’ll only find a USB-C charger. That’s why you’ll want to grab some of the accessories we’ve listed to make the most of your console.

When do Nintendo Switch Lite accessories go on sale?

Generally, the overall best times to buy a Nintendo Switch Lite console are also the very best times to buy Switch Lite accessories. Some of the more popular events where you're guaranteed to find discounts on controllers, headphones, cases, and more, are Amazon Prime Day in July and Black Friday in November.

Danielle Abraham is a freelance writer and unpaid music historian.