It’s hardly a surprise, but it was worth confirming: the Nintendo Switch 2 won’t have achievements. When Polygon asked Nintendo’s vice president of player and product experience Bill Trinen if Nintendo was about to change its ways and introduce the ubiquitous progress trackers, he returned a simple, one-syllable answer: “Nope.”At...
Every game you can pre-order for the Nintendo Switch 2
Releasing alongside the Switch 2 on June 5 is the brand new Mario Kart World and a handful remastered original Switch games, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. You can also reserve copies of Switch 2 games that are slated to bed...
EA’s terrific draft-day ad has me pumped for College Football 26 and Madden NFL 26
Are you ready for some football? There’s never really an offseason for America’s most popular sport, but the biggest event on the offseason calendar — the NFL draft — begins Thursday night, and Electronic Arts has marked the occasion with a great draft-themed ad for EA Sports College Football 26...
All the ways you should prep to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are officially opening in the U.S. on April 24. This news comes after the original plan to open pre-orders on April 9 was delayed due to the “potential impact of tariffs.” Thankfully, the console isn’t increasing in price from what was originally announced — $449.99 for...
Fortnite’s Arcane skins won’t be coming back for ‘the foreseeable future,’ Riot exec says
“We’ve had a lot of conversations with Epic about what might be possible,” League of Legends co-creator and Riot Games co-chairman Marc Merrill said on X (formerly Twitter) on April 17, responding to what’s apparently been frequent questions about the collaboration. “They’ve been great partners, but we haven’t been able...
Palia’s community keep building wonders for the Home Tours board
Palia is a life simulator and fantasy adventure game where players build up their own homesteads. As players explore the nearby Kilima Valley and Bahari Bay, they learn recipes, catch rare bugs and fish, and make friends with the villagers. The player adventures out into the world, but they always...
Switch 2 will end two decades of Nintendo’s awkward voice chat attempts
This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter from Polygon that delivers all the latest Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly.One of the big new features that Nintendo touted at last week’s Switch 2 reveal was GameChat, a...
Nintendo gets popular Vtuber’s stream delisted because she maybe played a hacked Pokémon cartridge
According to a report from Automaton, Nintendo recently contacted Cover Corporation, owner of the Vtuber talent agency Hololive Japan, over concerns Pekora may have used a hacked Pokémon Emerald cartridge during a March 29 broadcast. As modifying video game saves can be a serious crime in Japan and Nintendo’s streaming...
Nintendo confirms you will have to pay to use the Switch 2’s C button
Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership.So what happens if you...
Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?
When Nintendo launched the Switch in 2017, it had no competition in dedicated handheld gaming, a sector it had established with the Game Boy in 1989 and ruled ever since. Sega had come and gone; Sony, after two determined attempts with the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita, had just about...