Nintendo says Switch 2 preorder demand in Japan “far exceeds expectations” and 2.2M applied via a lottery; Nintendo is offering a cheaper, region-locked model
2.2m people applied to buy, and a “significant number” will be unsuccessful. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief
Nintendo wins a final victory over French file sharing company Dstorage, which means European file sharing services must now remove illegal copies of its games
File-sharing site beaten after long-running battle. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief
Palworld developer Pocketpair says Nintendo and Pokémon Company are seeking ~$65K in damages in their lawsuit and lists three patents it's accused of infringing
and How Much Money It's Being Sued For Lincoln Carpenter / PC Gamer : Palworld developer reports Nintendo's suing over 3 Pokémon patents for only $66,000 in damages, but a videogame IP lawyer says fig...
Bluesky reports a record spike in usage as many X users in Brazil move to Bluesky and Threads; Brazil is X's fifth-largest international market, with 20M+ users
uau... bem-vindos ao UM MILHÃO de novos usuários nos últimos três dias!!! 🎉 Mike Masnick / @mmasnick.bsky.social : very time some Elon fan tweets a similar thing (often misleading) about ExTwitter to...
Sony plans to remove Horizon Zero Dawn, one of its biggest first-party games, from PlayStation Plus on May 21; the game is PS4-only, hinting at a PS5 release
Horizon Zero Dawn to leave later this month. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — Follow Horizon: Zero Dawn
After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error”
let's hope so Ted Litchfield / PC Gamer : Assassin's Creed players started having their games interrupted by full-screen pop-up ads, but Ubisoft says it was a ‘technical error’ and quickly patched it ...
Source: at Gamescom in August, Nintendo demoed the Switch 2 running a souped up version of Breath of the Wild to developers; the device is expected in 2024
Ahead of widely-expected launch next year. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — In Cologne last month …
Q&A with Phil Spencer on growing Game Pass, Microsoft's mobile focus, streaming Starfield and other games on mobile, Xbox generations, console prices, and more
Phil Spencer on new hardware, price drops, mid-gen refreshes - and why the company won't ditch Series S. — Interview by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief
The International Olympic Committee adds Fortnite to its Olympic Esports Series competition, which will also feature Just Dance and Gran Turismo
Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net :
Nintendo misses with Q1 sales down 4.7% YoY to ~$2.3B and operating profit down 15.1% YoY to ~$763M; Switch sales fell 22.9% YoY to 3.43M units
here's why Zack Hermenau / Twinfinite : 10 Games That Desperately Need Steam Deck Support Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Don't expect a new Nintendo Switch model this financial year - report Kentaro I...