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Nintendo sets physical Switch 2 games $10 higher than digital, starting with Yoshi amid cartridge costs
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Nintendo announced March 25 that physical copies of Switch 2-exclusive first-party games will cost $10 more than digital versions starting in May, beginning with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book ($70 physical vs. $60 digital on the US eShop). The policy reflects differing production and distribution costs, including Switch 2 cartridge challenges, breaking from prior equal pricing.
Metacritic has released its annual ranking of video game publishers based on 2025 releases, placing Square Enix at the top with a perfect record of good or great games. Capcom and others follow, while Sony finished near the bottom at 21st out of 28 publishers. Nintendo placed 12th despite launching the Switch 2.
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Bungie has changed the weekly schedules for Cryo Archive and Ranked modes in Marathon to prevent overlap. Cryo Archive will now run from Thursday 10am PT to Sunday 10am PT, with Ranked following from Sunday 10am PT to the next Thursday 10am PT. The update ensures one mode is always available.
One day after Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the shutdown of its year-old PlayStation studio Dark Outlaw Games, founder Jason Blundell and former level designer JCbackfire discussed the closure on a Twitch stream. They mourned the promising early-stage project—which was not a live-service game—while expressing no ill will toward Sony amid its strategic shifts.
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A team from Sanzaru Games pitched a remaster of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy to Sony in 2019, but the proposal was rejected. Former Sanzaru animator Travis Howe shared a sample scene from the pitch on LinkedIn, showing an updated version of a key moment. The reveal has sparked interest among fans of the classic PlayStation 2 platformer.
Ayaneo has canceled production of its premium Next II Windows gaming handheld—unveiled in February with a planned $2,000 starting price—citing skyrocketing component prices that have doubled expected costs to around $4,000 amid the AI data center boom. The company announced the decision on its Indiegogo page on March 23.
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Digital Extremes has detailed the evolution of its upcoming Warframe update, The Shadowgrapher, which introduces the game's first explicitly horror-inspired mode called Follie's Hunt. Design director Pablo Alonso and community director Megan Everett explained how the mode started as a Prop Hunt-style game but transformed into a tense chase experience. Players must navigate ruined relays while gathering paint under pursuit by an invincible clown enemy.
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