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Best Nintendo Switch Co-Op Games In 2026

Best Nintendo Switch Co-Op Games In 2026

The Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 now exist side by side in 2026, with both systems benefiting from Nintendo’s long-running focus on accessible hardware and shared play. While the original Switch boasts a massive install base built over nearly a decade, its defining strength has always been its co-op library…
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Where To Preorder Final Fantasy VII Rebirth On Switch 2

Where To Preorder Final Fantasy VII Rebirth On Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Switch 2 Edition $50 | Releases June 3 Preorder at Best Buy Preorder at GameStop The Unknown Journey of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy continues on Switch 2, as preorders for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are now live. The middle chapter in the trilogy heads to the Nintendo console on June 3…
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Today’s Top Deals: Elden Ring Nightreign Drops to $20, Nintendo eShop + PS Store Gift Card Deals, and More

Today’s Top Deals: Elden Ring Nightreign Drops to $20, Nintendo eShop + PS Store Gift Card Deals, and More

With Presidents Day approaching, we’re seeing some awesome sales. From Elden Ring Nightreign for a ridiculously low price to a fun RGBICW smart floor lamp cheap, there’s something for everyone. Consider snagging a Nintendo eShop or PlayStation Store eGift card for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift. Plus, Amazon’s BOGO 50% off a whole bunch of movies, books, and board games is back. Check out all of today’s best deals below:

TL;DR – The Best Deals for Today

Elden Ring Nightreign for PS5 Is Only $20

Elden Ring Nightreign – PS5

Elden Ring Nightreign for PS5 is only $20 at Walmart. That’s its lowest price ever, so if you’ve been waiting for the right time to grab it, it’s now. Unlike the original open-world RPG, Nightreign is a three-player co-op roguelite and battle royale type spinoff featuring runs between 45 minutes and an hour where you’re pushed to challenge Nightlord bosses. It’s best played with a couple of friends. For more on this game, check out our review of Elden Ring Nightreign.

Metal Gear Solid Delta for PS5 Drops to $30

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Tactical Edition (PS5, Xbox)

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Tactical Edition just dropped to its lowest price ever, even beating out Black Friday. You can pick up a PS5 or Xbox copy for just $29.99 from Amazon. It’s a complete remake of the 2004 PlayStation Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater game, this time built on the Unreal 5 Engine. If you’re an MGS or Kojima fan, you don’t want to miss this deal.

Nintendo eShop and PlayStation Store Gift Card Deals

$100 Gift Card for $88.88

Nintendo eShop $100 Gift Card

Save $10 on Gift Card with Code

Sony PlayStation Store $100 Gift Card

Newegg has a pretty killer deal on gift cards. Nintendo users will want to grab a $100 eShop gift card for only $88.88. Those extra funds will be great for buying digital games, DLC, subscriptions, and more using a Nintendo account. A similar deal is available for the PlayStation Store. You can save $10 on a $100 eGift card with the code “SSF2732” at checkout. It can be redeemed for games, add-ons, subscriptions, and more. Both of these eGift cards arrive via email, and you’ll have the option to send them as a gift upon receipt.

MTG x TMNT Booster Bundle Hits Preorder Low

MTG x TMNT – Booster Bundle Box

The MTG x TMNT Booster Bundle has dropped to its lowest price ever. It’s just $54.99, down from $69.99. With this box set, you’ll get 9 Play Boosters, along with a promo card, a storage box and a spindown life counter. There’s a lot on offer with the pack, and it makes for a great gift, especially at its current discount. It keeps coming in and out of stock, so keep checking back if you can’t grab it now.

Save 9% on the MTG x Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box Preorder

MTG x Marvel Super Heroes – Play Booster Box

The MTG x Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box is still down to $189.99 from $209.70 for nearly $20 in savings. With this bundle, you’ll get 30 Play Booster packs, bringing the price to about $6.33 each. With each pack comes at least 1 shiny Traditional Foil card along with 1 to 4 cards of rarity Rare or higher. The MTG x Marvel Super Heroes Play Booster Box drops on June 26, and Amazon offers a nice preorder savings guarantee if the price decreases further.

Be sure to check out these other new Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond preorders for TMNT and Marvel Super Heroes. If you’re looking for more deals, the TMNT Commander Deck – Turtle Power! is 14% off.

Amazon’s Buy One, Get One 50% Off Books, Movies, and Board Games Sale

Buy One, Get One Half Off Books, Movies, and Board Games

Amazon has brought back its buy one, get one half off sale on books, movies, and board games. It’s for everyone, too, not just Prime members. All you need to do is purchase one eligible item, and the second will be half off, with the savings reflected at checkout. Your best bet is to grab two similarly priced products, since the discount is taken from the lowest price. Feel free to mix and match various movies, board games, and books with this deal.

Above are a few great books, movies, and board games that you can score these awesome savings on, but you’ll definitely want to scroll through the sale page yourself.

Save $35 on a Govee RGBICW Smart Floor Lamp

Govee RGBICW Silver Smart Floor Lamp Basic

Govee RGBICW Black Smart Floor Lamp Basic

Light up your space with the Govee RGBICW Smart Floor Lamp. It’s discounted by $35 at Walmart and Best Buy, but shipped and sold by the official Govee store. For only $64.99, you get either a silver or black floor lamp with customizable RGBIC color segments. Smart control is available via the Govee app, bringing fun, dynamic scenes and connecting with smart assistants. This lamp can even sync with music or other audio for a vibey party scene.

40% Off Shokz OpenRun Pro Sport Headphones

Shokz OpenRun Pro Open-Ear Wireless Bone Conduction Sport Headphones

Enjoy nearly 40% off Shokz OpenRun Pro Sport Headphones during Best Buy’s Presidents Day sale. If you’re after some great running headphones, these are just $99.99. Unlike your typical headphones and earbuds, which play music directly into your ear, these use bone conduction, allowing you to be fully aware of your surroundings. A lightweight titanium band and earhooks also help keep things secure during runs and intense workouts, while the IP5 rating ensures a little sweat, rain, or dirt won’t damage the headphones.

Silent Hill f for PS5 and XSX Is Just $39.99

Silent Hill f Day One Edition – PS5

Silent Hill f Day One Edition – Xbox Series X

Silent Hill f Day One Edition for both PS5 and Xbox Series X got a nice price cut, so you can grab it for just $39.99. Beyond the dark, twisted story, compelling characters, and stunning soundtrack, you’ll also get White Sailor School Uniform, Omamori: Peony, and an item pack with this special edition. For more on Silent Hill f, be sure to check out our review.

Get a 512GB Switch 2 MicroSD Express Card for $79.99

Samsung P9 512GB MicroSD Express Card

Get one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 microSD express cards for only $79.99, down $20. The 512GB Samsung P9 is one of the few memory cards compatible with Nintendo’s latest console, and it offers impressive speeds up to 800MB/s. While Switch 2 has way more storage than its predecessor, you’ll find it fills faster than you’d think, especially since more and more games aren’t coming with a physical cartridge. That makes additional storage a must. We even got a chance to review the Samsung P9, and gave it high praise, so you can feel good popping it into your gaming handheld.

Save $1,200 on a Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC

Alienware Area-51 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC (32GB/1TB)

A new Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC is $1,200 off right now. This rig has major gaming prowess thanks to its top-notch CPU and graphics card. It features an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, RTX 5090 graphics, and a healthy 32GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM. Also on board is a redesigned cooling system, a 1,500W 80Plus Platinum PSU, and a 1TB SSD, all housed in a spacious, premium tower. If you need a PC that can chew through anything you throw its way, this is it.

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That Resident Evil: Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer Shows Just How Scalable It Will Be on PC

That Resident Evil: Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer Shows Just How Scalable It Will Be on PC

Resident Evil: Requiem is just a couple of weeks away, and while the first few trailers definitely made it look like a beautiful game, the Switch 2 trailer that debuted earlier this week, well, didn’t. But, the way I see it, that’s excellent news, especially for anyone on a budget gaming PC.

Ever since the RE Engine came to prominence starting with Resident Evil: Biohazard, Capcom has been impressing me with just how good it can make games look, without making them too demanding. Now, obviously, I haven’t had the chance to test Resident Evil: Requiem performance yet myself, but just looking at both the system requirements and the Switch 2 trailer, it seems like Capcom is continuing this trend.

Resident Evil: Requiem Minimum PC Requirements
OS
Windows 11 (64-bit)
Processor
intel Core i5-8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
RAM
16GB
GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
DirectX
DX 12
Resident Evil: Requiem Recommended PC System requirements
OS
Windows 11 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 5500
RAM
16GB
GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super / AMD Radeon RX 6600

Capcom hasn’t revealed what resolution and settings either of these spec sheets are targeting, but even if that recommended build is just for 1080p Ultra at 60 fps, the Nvidia RTX 2060 Super and Radeon RX 6600 are very attainable graphics cards. That’s not to mention only requiring a Core i7-8700 or Ryzen 5 5500 and 16GB of RAM, which is a very low bar to clear.

What Kind of Performance Can I Expect?

Again, because Capcom hasn’t revealed any specific settings that the system requirements are targeting, I can’t say for sure, but from my time testing Resident Evil Village for TechRadar when it came out, I was able to get nearly 60 fps at 4K with an RTX 3060 – and the 3060 is very much not a 4K graphics card.

However, it’s important to note that the requirements for Requiem are a bit heavier than they were for Village. The biggest difference is that instead of asking for a Radeon RX 5700 or a GTX 1070 for Village, Requiem is asking for an RTX 2060 Super or a Radeon RX 6600. And while the performance gap between these graphics cards isn’t huge on its own, the key difference is that Requiem is recommending a ray tracing-capable GPU – Village didn’t.

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That makes a lot of sense, given the visual quality of some of the trailers that have come out for the game, but it may leave some folks with older GPUs out in the cold. It’s very likely that with an older non-RT GPU, the game will look a lot like the Nintendo Switch 2 footage. The bright side here, though, is that the GTX 1660 and Radeon RX 5500 XT sneak in the minimum specs, so you’ll still be able to play the game, it just might not look too great.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Equivalent

It’s important to highlight that the Nintendo Switch 2 is able to run Resident Evil: Requiem, even if it wouldn’t quite meet the system requirements if it were a PC. The Tegra T239 SoC in the handheld is roughly the equivalent of a mobile RTX 3050 – which is weaker than the desktop-class GTX 1660 Capcom is requiring. I wouldn’t get too caught up in this detail, though.

Primarily, that’s because the Nintendo Switch 2 is a console and every single unit will be running the exact same hardware. That means when Capcom was porting Resident Evil: Requiem over to the Switch 2, it was able to fine-tune the build to the exact hardware, likely finding optimizations that wouldn’t be there for the PC version.

Still, just going by the Switch 2 trailer earlier this week, it does seem like Capcom just barely managed to squeeze the game onto the handheld. But even if it is rough, I’m looking forward to seeing just how well it runs on the Nintendo console.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra

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Yoshi Eats Kamek And Blasts Into Space In Trippy New Super Mario Galaxy Teaser

Yoshi Eats Kamek And Blasts Into Space In Trippy New Super Mario Galaxy Teaser

Nintendo and Illumination are clearly delving deeper into Super Mario lore with the latest Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer. The footage leans hard into Super Mario Galaxy-style visuals to show this isn’t just more Mushroom Kingdom shenanigans. We have warp-star travel ripped straight from the Wii classics…
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Every Game Coming To The Nintendo Switch Virtual Boy Library

Every Game Coming To The Nintendo Switch Virtual Boy Library

No one expected Nintendo to revive one of its biggest hardware flops, the Virtual Boy, in 2026, but here we are. Left to gather dust for the better part of 30 years, the Virtual Boy became infamous for its headache-inducing red-and-black visuals, its limited library of just 22 games…
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Tokyo Scramble is a Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive Featuring Hairy Dinosaurs Under the Japanese Subway

Tokyo Scramble is a Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive Featuring Hairy Dinosaurs Under the Japanese Subway

Today’s Nintendo Switch Partner Direct has revealed a new exclusive for Switch 2 — bizarre-looking dinosaur survival game Tokyo Scramble.

While a trailer shown during the Partner Direct focused on tension, and the fact that protagonist Anne has to rely on setting traps for survival, a subsequent video posted by Binary Haze takes a more light-hearted approach.

In a montage of scenes we see a dinosaur (officially here called a “Zino”) getting stuck going the wrong way up an escalator, as Anne makes a quip about its daily steps. Further clips show dinosaurs getting pelted with beach balls, repeatedly flattened and set on fire by various objects, electrocuted by a tripwire, rammed by a minecart and yanked off by a robot arm. Honestly, it’s enough to make you feel sorry for them.

As well as hairy velociraptors, other Zino species include one that looks like a vampire bat, and another hairy creature that looks a cross between a dragon and that thing from The Neverending Story.

“A life-or-death struggle begins deep below Tokyo, where clear thinking and split-second decisions could make all the difference,” reads an official blurb. “You play as Anne, a survivor who finds herself in a network of subterranean caverns overrun by Zino – mysterious creatures that resemble dinosaurs. Use stealth, strategy, quick thinking and unwavering determination to escape the prehistoric world alive.”

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the game is your ability to share control with up to three other players across Switch and Switch 2 consoles via GameShare. Here, control of Anne’s movement, actions, abilities and even the game’s camera can be portioned out to a group.

Tokyo Scramble launches exclusively for Switch 2 on February 11 via the Nintendo eShop. For much more, here’s everything announced in today’s Nintendo Partner Direct.

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

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Borderlands 4 Switch 2 Development Paused, as GTA Publisher Says It’s ‘Incredibly Excited’ About Bringing Other Games to Nintendo’s Console Instead

Borderlands 4 Switch 2 Development Paused, as GTA Publisher Says It’s ‘Incredibly Excited’ About Bringing Other Games to Nintendo’s Console Instead

Borderlands 4 publisher Take-Two has said that development on the game’s Switch 2 version is officially now on “pause” following its last-minute delay.

A Switch 2 port for the Gearbox looter shooter was initially announced during Nintendo’s big April 2025 Direct and then pegged to arrive on October 3, 2025, before its release was scrubbed just a week prior to launch. Pre-orders were cancelled, though Gearbox framed the move as a delay, not a full scrapping of the project.

Indeed, the developer said it hoped to “align” its Switch 2 release with the addition of cross saves to the game — something which now seems to no longer be on the cards.

Speaking to Variety this week, a Take-Two spokesperson has said that work on Borderlands 4’s Switch 2 edition was no longer ongoing, as Gearbox prioritized continued “improvements” to the game on its existing platforms.

It’s a curious situation, not least because the game’s Switch 2 version got so close to release, and had been played publicly in demo form at various events last year, such as at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne. Opinion on the game’s Switch 2 demo was mixed, though Borderlands 4 has also suffered from technical issues even on the more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro and Xbox Series X. The game’s Steam review rating has also suffered from negative comments regarding its PC performance, too.

Borderlands 4 Screenshots

“We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU,” Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis told Variety this week. “Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game.

“We’re continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo. We have PGA Tour 2K25 coming out and WWE 2K26 [for Switch 2], and we’re incredibly excited about bringing more of our titles to that platform in the future.”

That last sentence is intriguing, too — the suggestion that Take-Two may now be focusing its Switch 2 plans elsewhere. Could Nintendo’s console become home to GTA 6, which looks increasingly likely to make its late 2026 launch date? Time will tell. Last night, we also learned that GTA 6 will not skip a physical edition at launch, despite rumors to the contrary.

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

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Apex Legends For Switch Shutting Down This Year, But Switch 2 Edition Lives On

Developer Respawn Entertainment has announced that it is shutting down the servers for the battle royale game Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch. However, the game will remain playable on Switch 2.The upcoming Apex Legends Season 29 will be the final update for the game on Switch…
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Woot Has a Video Game Mega Sale Now Live, Featuring Several Excellent Nintendo Switch Games

Woot Has a Video Game Mega Sale Now Live, Featuring Several Excellent Nintendo Switch Games

Woot has plenty to offer right now in its latest ‘Video Game Mega Sale!’, which is back with some truly excellent discounts, including on a wide variety of Nintendo Switch games.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder are just a few of the games on sale that are worth considering, but there are so many more to check out as well. Have a look through more of our favorite picks from Woot’s sale below, and if you’re curious to see everything that’s discounted, head to the Mega Sale landing page here.

Nintendo recently confirmed a release date for Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s expanded Switch 2 Edition, which makes it my top pick in the sale right now. The Switch 2 Edition will be available to purchase separately, or existing Switch owners of the game can alternatively purchase an upgrade pack, which costs $19.99.

So with the $46.99 cost, plus that extra $19.99 to upgrade, you’re looking at $66.98 instead of $79.99, so around $13 savings in total, if you don’t already own the game. This is the best and most affordable way to play on Switch 2 with the full upgrades and additional content.

Arriving on March 26, the upgraded release will include a suite of new minigames and the ability to play as Rosalina, ahead of her big screen debut in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

An important thing to keep in mind is that all Nintendo Switch games are region-free, so if you come across a game deal from Woot’s sale that says it’s the ‘International Version’, it will still work just fine on your console.

What’s especially nice about these deals is that certain games, such as Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Breath of the Wild, can be upgraded to their Switch 2 versions for a small fee.

At these prices, you can buy the Switch 1 version and upgrade to the next-gen version for less than it costs to buy their Switch 2 editions. Even a game like Animal Crossing: New Horizons is worth buying now at this price, with its $5 upgrade pack now available, compared to dropping the $64.99 on its boxed Switch 2 edition.

Robert Anderson, Senior Commerce Editor, and IGN’s resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Bluesky.

This article contains contributions from Hannah Hoolihan.

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