We knew there was a new Mario Kart coming to Switch 2, but we didn’t expect it to cost this much. After showing off the open-world racing game Mario Kart World on Wednesday during its Switch 2 Nintendo Direct showcase, Nintendo revealed that the game ...

No matter how powerful or sleek a new video game console is, it doesn’t matter if there are no good games to play on it. When the Switch 2 was revealed, we learned that it would feature backwards compatibility with the best Switch games to automatically ...

Explore Nintendo's new era with the best games that showcase the Switch 2's motion controls, mouse functionality, and processing power. My PCMag career began in 2013 as an intern. Now, I'm a senior writer, using the skills I acquired at Northwestern ...

Nintendo’s Switch 2 is approaching the end of the first year of its life — and, as with every young console, excitement for the new hardware is held in check by the quest for something to play on it. That’s in addition to (almost) the entire Switch ...

There are five big games coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in January 2026, largely thanks to third-party efforts. Most third-party publishers abandoned Nintendo during the Wii U generation, but they came back in force for the Nintendo Switch. The Switch 2 ...

As pre-orders for the Switch 2 went live earlier this week, we started to learn more about many of the launch and post-launch games that will be available for Nintendo’s next big console. And it turns out that a lot of physical Switch 2 games are “Game ...

From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the focal point of his career, Cameron spent the vast majority ...

This article was updated on January 24, 2026, because Starsand Island is no longer releasing on February 1. Instead, the developers have opted to release the game in early access on PC first, before bringing the eventual 1.0 release to Switch 2 and other ...

Whether you’re an early adopter or a prospective buyer, you’ll want all the upcoming Switch 2 games on your radar. While Nintendo’s second-generation handheld has only been available for a short amount of time, we’re now out of the initial launch ...

Nintendo’s data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they’ve drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer on Star Wars Outlaws is saying that a technical ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a third-generation Texan who has written professionally ...