Nintendo has consistently leaned on Switch 2 upgrades to fill gaps in its release calendar, enticing fans to return to their favorite games from the Switch 1. Those upgrades usually enhance graphical fidelity or add some new bells and whistles, like the Zelda Notes feature added to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. The upgrade for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Meetup at Bellabel Park, is pricier than some other Switch 2 upgrades, but its novelty comes from transforming Mario Wonder into an almost completely different game. And that new game is a well-made party experience, even if it may not be exactly what Mario Wonder fans are looking for.

Bellabel Park is almost entirely focused on its multiplayer component, which is admittedly a strange turn for a game and series so known for its single-player platforming prowess. That isn't to say that there's no regular single-player content whatsoever, though. The story of Bellabel Park, such as it is, involves a new area of the map: the eponymous park that houses special Bellabel flowers. The Koopalings show up to steal the flowers, so Captain Toad and the Poplins agree to scour the world map for them. You'll find a new brigade tent belonging to a Poplin scout in each world, which leads you to one of the Koopalings.

If you're making your way through Mario Wonder for the first time, this will be a neat little throughline that you encounter occasionally, but if you've already finished the game, you can easily just jump into the series of boss-fight stages. This time the Koopalings are enhanced by the Wonder Flower, so each one reimagines the Koopa kids with some fantastical effect. Wendy turns into a bulbous Cheep-Cheep-like fish, while Morton becomes a massive marionette puppet. You have to traverse a stage being terrorized by their special effects before confronting them as bosses, and it's fun how these classic baddies--who, let's be honest, haven't gotten much to do lately--are recontextualized with wild, stage-changing effects.

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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is set for release on April 16, but thanks to a free demo in the Nintendo eShop, you can play it right now. Even better--any progress you make in the demo will carry over to the full version of the game at launch.

Living the Dream is the third game in the Tomodachi series, and sees you create a bunch of customizable Mii characters who will work together to improve to island's happiness levels. The life sim will also allow players to customize the island and its inhabitants, as well as featuring a drawing tool to create imaginative objects that the Mii characters can interactive with.

It's important to note that there will be "certain" restrictions on image sharing though, in order to maintain a "fun and safe" environment for everyone. Having said that, some players are already finding that the game's filter leaves a lot to be desired. One user on Bluesky has discovered that naming certain characters questionable names will not prevent NPCs from bringing them up in conversation, leading to some pretty chaotic interactions.

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Shrine maiden Yono takes on the challenge of escaping from numerous haunted houses in this roguelike! Following in the footsteps of her missing Onmyouji brother, shrine maiden Yono arrives at a terrifying place where Mononoke(yokai and other vengeful spirits) live. The very structure of the mansion changes every time you enter. There are three game modes: "Harai," "Misogi," and "Gyou" with "Gyou" being the highest difficulty mode, in which players compete to see how long they can survive in an endless dungeon.

Select your weapons, pack your other equipment and step out into the wilderness. Track animals, use hunting towers or follow your intuition and see what you find. How you decide to hunt is totally up to you! Each hunt is always a new adventure and seeing as you get a fresh spawn of animals each time, a new challenge! With our weapon stabilization system, you can make very accurate shots, even at longer distances. Taking a clean shot is important, the animal will go down faster and save you a long tracking job! Experience the thrill of a hunt together with up to 6 players. Hike, hunt and strategize together to bag the biggest trophy. Gather at the lodge to share stories behind each trophy.

World of Warcraft has been around for 22 years, and a new music video in collaboration with singer Aurora will have players reliving every memory.

The song, titled A Place to Call Home, is accompanied by an animated music video crafted by Paris-based animation studio Brunch in partnership with Blizzard. It starts by showing a journey that will be familiar to longtime night elf players--the trek of a lone night elf from Teldrassil to the Eastern Kingdoms, requiring players to travel through the dangerous Wetlands before reaching the dwarven capital of Ironforge.

From there the trailer picks up the pace, as the night elf adventurer is rescued by a dwarf hunter and later teams up with a human paladin for a trek into WoW's iconic Deadmines dungeon. After defeating the Defias Brotherhood, the music video goes full montage, as the adventuring party travels through WoW's various expansions--through the Dark Portal into Outland to face Illidan, across the sea to Northrend to vanquish the Lich King, a showdown with Deathwing from Cataclysm, and more.

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For those who have dreamt of a return to the world of classic EverQuest, but just don't have the time (or the number of friends) needed to progress in the infamously grindy MMORPG, the newly announced EverQuest Legends is offering a solution.

Everquest Legends is a new spin on the genre-defining MMO from 1999, one that will keep the game's original visuals, music, and world but has been "designed from the ground up" to appeal to casual players, according to developer Daybreak Games. Rather than massive, 40-man raids, EverQuest Legends is instead tailored for solo play, while still allowing for groups of four to eight players.

Taking on EverQuest's challenges solo will be possible due to the sheer amount of power Daybreak will let players accumulate. Unlike in original EverQuest, EverQuest Legends will let players select three different classes at a time, who will benefit from the stats, spells, and abilities of each. Players will start by selecting their race as normal, but have access to two classes from the get-go. A third class becomes available at level 10.

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Dark Outlaw Games, the studio founded by former Call of Duty developer Jason Blundell, is shutting down amid bigger cuts to PlayStation overall, according to a report from Jason Schreier.

Blundell's previous studio, Deviation, was partnered with Sony and closed in 2024. As for the wider cuts, around 50 people are losing their jobs across PlayStation, including on the mobile teams.

An SIE spokesperson sent a statement confirming the changes and saying they were made "to support long-term sustainability."

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