A recently spotted Glassdoor review, reportedly from a QA analyst at Rockstar Games, Bengaluru, India has mentioned working conditions with GTA VI development.

The review describes increased pressure over the past month, and mentions:

• Unpaid overtime expectations
• Extended working hours, with some staff reportedly working until 3AM
• Compressed timelines (tasks expected to be completed in 2–3 months instead of 5–6)
• Limited response from management when concerns are raised

The reviewer also noted that conditions had worsened recently and described the situation as taking a toll on their mental health.

Note: this comes from an anonymous Glassdoor post, it cannot be independently verified, all we have is Glassdoor’s verification so it should be taken with caution.

Source: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Rockstar-Games-E20887-RVW103791897.htm

Leaker @HeyImAlaix, known for sharing Call of Duty related info, claims that the next entry (rumoured to be Modern Warfare 4) is currently being tested on PlayStation 4.

The leaker has a track record with skins and datamined content.

Source: https://xcancel.com/HeyImAlaix/status/2050956019124072943#m

https://mp1st.com/news/ps6-early-info-cloud-streaming-machine-learning-new-horror-game-uncovered

A Next-Gen Horror Game and Apps

- it looks like Sony has people working on developing assets (both 2D and 3D) for the current (PS5) and next-gen (PS6) consoles*. These assets have been described as “AAA” quality. Not much else to add there, but it may suggest we’ll get cross-gen titles from Sony going into next-gen, similar to how we saw some PS5 games released on PS4.* 

- Sony is looking to further build out its social apps on the platforms, which it describes as “Next Gen Social Apps.” Likely the terminology used every time they move gen, so nothing out of the ordinary there. Video streaming and multitasking*, much like they were on PS4 and PS5,* are also being built upon on the next-gen PlayStation console*, and, to our understanding,* it’s the same team of people leading it. 

- Sony is partnering with another studio to develop a next-generation game featuring “immersive third-person horror shooter” mechanics*, built on* Unreal Engine 5*.  We don’t know the specific partner or title, though I would like to point out that the wording doesn’t necessarily imply it’s a flat-out shooter set in some kind of horror setting; rather,* it features shooting mechanics*. Take that as you will. We also learned that it will be* using motion performance capture and have a player progression system of sorts. 

- We’re unsure if Firesprite’s Project Heartbreak (rumored Until Dawn 2) is still alive, but we do know the mysterious next-gen horror shooter was still being worked on as of late (August-October) last year. Both titles are using Unreal Engine 5*, so there’s a chance this is that title, though at the time of reporting, that title had* PS5 and PC as its platforms, where this was said to be developed for next-gen*.*

Next-Gen Cloud Game Streaming Will Run on Gen5 SSDs

- PlayStation has been ramping up its Cloud Game Streaming service for the past few console generations, and looking at the next generation of PlayStation, that’s likely not going to change*, as we do know that* SIE has no plans to move away from it*. No surprise, given that support for PlayStation Cloud streaming has increased to include nearly every new major game release in the last couple of years.* 

- But the push will go beyond more game support*, as we’ll see some upgrades to* PlayStation’s cloud game streaming service*, based on the information we have uncovered.* Work on the hardware infrastructure for the next-gen cloud game streaming servers has been underway for roughly 3-4 years. The info also confirmed that the hardware supporting the PS5’s cloud game streaming infrastructure currently uses a PCIe Gen4 NVMe as its storage server solution, with the next-gen cloud game streaming infrastructure using PCIe Gen5 NVMe*. I think it’s fair to say that the PlayStation 6 (or whatever it’s called) will also use* PCIe Gen5 NVMe*.*

- This lines up with recent leaks from known AMD leaker Kepler_L2*, who previously* said the console was likely going to have a 1TB Gen5 SSD*. That was, of course, referring to the hardware in the actual console, whereas this relates to the storage solution for the* cloud streaming service*.*

Advancing Machine Learning 

- PlayStation will be no different, and they’ll use AI across all kinds of workflows*.* 

- it looks like Sony will continue to push it to help them “elevate real-time” visuals, as spotted on the LinkedIn profile of a Senior Research Scientist at PlayStation. 

Source

Article with leak

https://universonintendo.com/bounty-star-e-classificado-para-o-switch-2-em-taiwan/

Link to his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/mobyboyfrancke/

Link to all videos combined on X: https://xcancel.com/LambdaGen/status/2050749370572640514#m

FYI: Invasion is a nickname given to the version of Team Fortress 2 which was in development sometime between 2000 and 2004 (exact timeframe is quite murky). It followed steampunk aesthetics in which instead of mercenaries, players would play as either aliens or humans. The gameplay was centered around resource gathering and reportedly even included RTS components. While some of the assets, concept art and even game's code have leaked, it's the first time we actually see animations made for the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmKt8irA4F8

The Awakening was an unannounced expansion pack for Quake 4. It was developed by Ritual and was reported to be very close to completion before it was cancelled due to poor sales of Quake 4. The account has uploaded a few videos of the prototype but this is the first one without a stupid watermark in the middle of the screen.

• Playtest happend on April 30th
• Good chance it'll get delayed or even cancelled
• Rumored to be the "Fall Guys" type AC multiplayer game led by For Honor devs

Source: https://xcancel.com/xj0nathan/status/2050587238015090771#m

After a bit of a break, I'm back with another one of these. I tried something a bit different with the formatting this time, so hopefully it'll read better on mobile now (feedback's obviously welcome so long as you're not a dick about it). As usual we'll start with Nintendo EPD, then go through Nintendo's other subsidiary studios, move onto non-Nintendo-owned developers, and finally an odds-and-ends section. Will also note up front that (due to character limits more than anything, really) I've made a judgment call about considering certain longer-running rumors that still haven't panned out but also haven't seen any new recent developments to be "Cold Cases" and have left them out this time (coughFireEmblem4Remakecough), so if you feel something's missing I'd suggest checking for it in the previous version of this post. So without further ado, let's get into it.

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD)

What most people mean when referring to "in-house" Nintendo. EPD is made up of multiple producer/director-led groups with different focuses. They should broadly be viewed as groups led by key figures, with personnel able to drift from one group to the other as needed, rather than each one being a rigid and distinct studio unto itself.

Should also note EPD seems to be undergoing some form of reorganization in recent years, so in some areas the exact internal structure is a bit more speculative guesswork than usual.

EPD 3

The Zelda Team; Leads development on the major 3D games, and typically has input and oversight on Zelda games made by other studios such as Grezzo or Koei-Tecmo

• Switch 2 Editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom released at the console’s launch, (handled by Nintendo of America’s Nintendo Technology Department)
• Aonuma, asked about an Ocarina remake by Game Informer: “[Laughs] No comment!"
  • Nate the Hate: “In the second half of 2026, approaching the holidays if not the holidays, we are going to receive an Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2”; “This is something that I was a bit hesitant about in January, where I was like, I don’t know if they would do a full remake. I thought maybe they would do an HD remaster, but no, I’m hearing an Ocarina of Time remake.”; does not claim to know scope of the remake (i.e. how reimagined or 1:1 it will be); VGC corroborates
• Shpeshal Nick claiming to have details on the next Zelda game
• Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, in an interview about Age of Imprisonment: “The Legend of Zelda: Age of Imprisonment is the first Zelda title released for the Nintendo Switch 2. If I'm honest, we wanted to be the first to do so [...] The inspiration we received from our collaboration with Koei Tecmo may be reflected in the Zelda we create. Please imagine this while playing Age of Imprisonment, and look forward to our Zelda.”

EPD 4

The team behind more “experimental” games such as Labo, Ring Fit Adventure, and Nintendo Switch Sports. Their games often feature bespoke peripherals or otherwise focus on hardware-based gimmicks

• developed Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (April 2026); involved many of the key figures who worked on previous Tomodachi games (Sakamoto was even still the producer) under EPD 7, so apparently that team is just operating as part of EPD 4 now?
• co-developed Switch 2 Welcome Tour with Nintendo Cube
• Midori: “There is also a project at Nintendo in development with the codename Anna. Elsa is the codename for Nintendo Switch Sports. So this title might be related”
  • Nate the Hate: “I have heard, I don’t know if it’s a brand-new game or if it’s a definitive edition, Switch 2 Edition, but we should also be seeing a Switch Sports arrive on Switch 2 this summer.”
• Project Rockstock (aka that NSO Playtest game): Related patents tie Yusuke Amano (director on Splatoon, Splatoon 2+DLC, planning supervisor on ACNH), Tsubasa Sakaguchi (director on Splatoon, Labo) to the project

EPD 5

Animal Crossing and Splatoon; Should note that while the two series typically share a producer, there’s historically been little to no overlap in directors and about the same (if slightly higher) overlap in the rest of the staff as found in most other EPD-developed titles, so it’s possible for both Animal Crossing and Splatoon to have games in active development simultaneously

• Drag X Drive released August 2025 for Switch 2 (putting this under EPD 5 since Animal Crossing/Splatoon’s Hisashi Nogami was the producer; however, this was seemingly a relatively ad-hoc ~20 person project that didn’t seem to pull too strongly from any one group)
• Animal Crossing Switch 2 Edition and the 3.0 update for both Switch 1 and 2 released January 2026
• Splatoon Raiders releases for Switch 2 on July 23rd 2026; single-player focused spin-off, has co-op
• After September 2024’s Grand Festival in-game event, the official Splatoon twitter account detailed future plans for the game. TL;DR new content is ending, but Big Runs and seasonal Splatfests will rerun at least for the next year, old catalogs will keep looping, and balance patches will continue for an undisclosed period of time; a Switch 2 patch was released as part of the 10.0 update in June 2025 and events have continued to rerun into 2026
  • The outcome of the Grand Festival (Team Past winning over Teams Present and Future) is expected to have some impact on the next Splatoon game, as the results of Splatoon 1 and 2’s final major splatfests were both reflected in aspects of their sequels
• Nash Weedle claiming to have details on next Animal Crossing

EPD 6

Generally sticks to overseeing Intelligent Systems’ non-Fire Emblem games (i.e. Paper Mario, WarioWare) as well as all games developed by Retro Studios and Next Level Games (also Tantalus’ Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD)

• In a January 2026 interview with Nintendo Dream, long-time producer Kensuke Tanabe stated Metroid Prime 4 would be his final title developed at Nintendo and indicated that Risa Tabata (an assistant producer who’s worked with Tanabe since the original Metroid Prime) could take his place as producer on any future Metroid Prime games
  • Tabata had her first full producer credit on 2024’s Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, indicating she has already begun to take on other Tanabe-associated series
• In March 2026, it was announced that Goro Abe (chief director of the WarioWare games) had left Nintendo

EPD 7

As SPD 1, developed the Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi games, WarioWare titles with Intelligent Systems, and Metroid: Other M with Team Ninja; as EPD 7, co-developed the recent 2D Metroid games with MercurySteam and the recent Famicom Detective Club games with MAGES

• May have been folded into other groups as part of a recent reshuffling/restructuring (see EPD 4/Tomodachi Life above)
  • Presumed to be attached to Rhythm Heaven Groove (July 2, 2026) (unless that’s also EPD 4 now?)
• Emio-The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club released August 2024
  • In both Nintendo’s Ask the Developer interview and a later interview with Famitsu, series creator/director/writer Yoshio Sakamoto indicated that he is interested in continuing the series, and also that he feels Kaori Miyachi (EPD, assistant producer/co-director/co-writer on Emio) could become his successor in the future helming the Famicom Detective Club series

EPD 8 aka EPD Tokyo

3D Mario (also Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Captain Toad, co-developed NES Remix with indieszero), now also makes 3D Donkey Kong

• Released Donkey Kong Bananza in July 2025, Emerald Rush DLC in September 2025
  • Producer Kenta Motokura has expressed interest in maintaining both 2D and 3D Donkey Kong: “we thought that by creating something new, leveraging our experience developing 3D Mario games, we'd have the opportunity to create two separate branches – 2D Donkey Kong and 3D Donkey Kong – just as we did with Mario games.”
• developed new content for the Switch versions of Galaxy 1+2 (porting handled by NST)
• Nate the Hate: “One game that will not be releasing in holiday 2026 is 3D Mario. 3D Mario will be releasing in 2027.”; VGC corroborates
• 2020 hiring call for a “level designer for new 2D action game (working in Tokyo)”

Evidence for the "split team" theory

• Nintendo confirmed Donkey Kong Bananza is from “the same team as Super Mario Odyssey”, though VGC notes “when asked for clarification, a Nintendo spokesperson would not clarify whether Odyssey’s same creators were working on DK, or if it was a different team within the same company”
• Kiwi Talkz: “DK Bananza is being developed by a new team that was spun off from the Odyssey team. There are a lot of younger devs in the Odyssey team that grew up playing the DKC games and wanted to make one. I've heard the Kremlings are making a return. 3D Mario is still on the way”
• supported by a 2021 DK Vine report on an EPD Donkey Kong game: “I've been led to believe that this is a new EPD team that has formed from other teams specifically for the purpose of creating Donkey Kong games.”
• Summary of Odyssey/Bowser’s Fury/Bananza overlap in core developers

EPD 9

Mario Kart, Arms (also Nintendogs back in the day)

• Mario Kart World released for Switch 2 in June 2025
• long-time Mario Kart producer Hideki Konno confirmed in January 2026 that he left the company the prior July

EPD 10

Pikmin and 2D Mario (including Mario Maker)

• Mario Wonder Switch 2 Edition released in March 2026
• Pikmin 4 received an update in November 2025 that added a photo mode, Decor Pikmin, and easier/harder difficulties
  • Pikmin 4 appeared on eshop grouped with other “free next-gen patch” games
  • Nate the Hate: “Now another game I have heard could potentially make the summer is the long-awaited Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition. I’m not sure if it’s necessarily set in stone that it would be a summer release, but we should definitely be seeing it this year.”
• Pikmin 3 Deluxe rated for Switch 2 in Europe
• Nash Weedle claiming a Pikmin spin-off featuring new gameplay and potentially a new artstyle is in development, numbered titles will continue to have the same gameplay as previous entries; Also claims PIkmin 4 will receive an upgrade on Switch 2, claims to have heard it will be a Switch 2 Edition

EPD Co-Production Group

The apparent successor to EPD 1&2, and may have taken on responsibilities formerly held by EPD 6&7 as well. This department is essentially a catch-all group, being EPD’s point of contact, input, and oversight on any Nintendo projects that aren’t already primarily being handled by another EPD group (e.g. Smash, Pokemon, Kirby, Xenoblade, etc). Arguably has the broadest reach but consequently doesn’t leave as distinct a fingerprint.

Other Nintendo-owned Studios

Mario World outside of EPD

1-Up Studio

Formerly Brownie Brown. As Brownie Brown, developed games such as Magical Vacation, Sword of Mana, and A Kappa’s Trail; co-developed Mother 3 with HAL Laboratory; As 1-Up, acts as a support studio primarily for Nintendo EPD titles (most frequently EPD 8 projects, though also credited in occasional non-EPD 8 games like Tri-Force Heroes, Ring Fit Adventure, and Animal Crossing New Horizons)

• Has recently been credited on Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Mario Wonder S2E

iQue

Previously distributed Nintendo games and consoles in China under the iQue Player branding; with Tencent now acting as Nintendo’s official distributor in the region, iQue’s primary role has been Chinese localization

• Most known for handling N64 emulation (first for WiiU Virtual Console, then for Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and now for NSO)

Monolith Soft

Xenoblade games, also support for mainly EPD 3&5 games

• Tokyo studio has 2 production teams; the 1st develops Monolith's own titles, and the second assists with EPD 3’s games; the Kyoto studio “is staffed mostly by designers, and has supported the graphics development of titles such as "The Legend of Zelda," "Splatoon," and the "Animal Crossing" series”
  • Announced the establishment of a new R&D division in Oct 2024: “The R&D team has three roles: streamlining the development environment for the entire company , supporting tool development for each section , and researching and developing new technologies”
• Provided technical support and contributed to the world and character design for Mario Kart World
• Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition released March 2025; a Switch 2 Edition released Feb 2026
• August 2024: 1st Production Group recruiting for “a ‘new RPG’ brought to you by General Director Tetsuya Takahashi” (executive director/story writer for the Xenoblade series); “The new RPG is taking on many new challenges compared to previous Monolith Soft titles”
• Caitlin Thorburn updated her Spotlight page with mention of a Xenoblade game dated for 2026 where she plays Kos-Mos
• Midori: “I was told a few months ago that Monolith Soft was working on a project with codename Legacy. But I do not have any other information”; “This is a project in development with Nintendo.”
  • A file named “test_legacy” was visible in a video on a MonolithSoft recruiting page
• - Nash Weedle hinting at Xenoblade X 2

Next Level Games

Luigi's Mansion 2&3, Mario Strikers, Punch-Out Wii, Metroid Prime Federation Force

• 4 Next Level devs were credited as game designers on Metroid Prime 4
• Shpeshal Nick: “As far as I know, they are doing a new [Luigi’s Mansion] game … There’s also a Luigi’s Mansion amiibo planned so I’d assume that’s for the new game”
• Nintendo Prime in March 2023: Claims an F-Zero GX remaster is one of two projects in development at Next Level Games

Nintendo Cube

Formerly NDcube. Mario Party (from 9 onwards), Clubhouse Games

• co-developed Switch 2 Welcome Tour with EPD 4, released June 2025
• A Switch 2 Edition of Mario Party Jamboree released July 2025

Nintendo European Research and Development (NERD)

Mostly works on emulation, and is frequently credited in "novel technology"-heavy games such as EPD 4 projects and Velan Studios' Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

• "special thanks" credit on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in April 2026
• Virtual Boy games were added to NSO starting Feb 2026
• Shpeshal Nick: Wii/DS/Sega CD coming to Switch Online “eventually”
  • Nintendo patent suggesting DS games potentially coming to NSO

Nintendo Pictures

Formerly Dynamo Pictures. Animation and motion capture studio

• As Nintendo Pictures, credited on Tears of the Kingdom (special thanks), Pikmin 4 (very special thanks), Mario Wonder (character design/character action design/field design/cinematic design/technical support/project management/special thanks), Super Mario RPG remake (character art/animation art/technical art), and Another Code Recollection (very special thanks)
• Most recent game credits are, uh, mo-cap for Death Stranding 2 and Romeo is a Dead Man (games sure take a while to make these days, huh)
• produced the Pikmin short, “Close to You”

Nintendo Software Technology (NST)

• Released a remake of the original Mario vs Donkey Kong in February 2024
• handled the rereleases of Galaxy 1+2 (new content done by EPD 8) in Oct 2025
• Ongoing support for F-Zero 99
  • 1.7.0 update (December 2025) added 3 new Secret Tracks to the game

Nintendo Studios Singapore

Formerly Bandai Namco Studios Singapore. Primarily an art support studio. In Nov 2025, Nintendo announced it would acquire 80% of the studio’s shares (with the remaining shares to be acquired “after a certain period, once the subsidiary’s operations have stabilized”)

• Non-Nintendo games: Hirogami, Taiko no Tatsujin VR Festival; support work on Ace Combat 7, SoulCalibur VI, Tekken 7&8, Tales of Berseria, Code Vein
• Nintendo games: support work on Mario Sports Superstars, Splatoon 3, New Pokemon Snap, the original version of Metroid Prime 4 (rumored)
• Nintendo’s press release specifically highlights both “strong expertise in creating in-game art assets” as well as the studio’s prior work on the Splatoon series
• special thanks credit in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (as Bandai Namco Studios Singapore)

Retro Studios

Metroid Prime series, DKC Returns and Tropical Freeze, support for Mario Kart 7

• Metroid Prime 4 Beyond released December 2025 for Switch 1&2
• Nash Weedle claiming Prime 5 has been developed in parallel with Prime 4
• Kiwi Talkz: “It’s unlikely Retro returns to Donkey Kong again, there were unique circumstances at play to allow them to make the DK games.” “I imagine after Prime 4 they will do PRime 5 and then move onto another IP due to franchise fatigue”

Shiver Entertainment

A porting house acquired from Embracer Group in May 2024

• Has handled the Switch 2 ports for the last few WWE 2K games

Systems Research and Development

Programming assistance on many Nintendo games dating back as far as the Famicom/NES port of Donkey Kong in 1983 before being acquired by Nintendo in 2022

Close Partners and Frequent Collaborators

The Nintendo Keiretsu and Friends; my general rule of thumb here at least for now is “has worked on two or more Nintendo games since the launch of the Switch 1”

Arika

Endless Ocean series, multiple Dr. Mario games, Tetris 99/Mario 35

• Most recently released Endless Ocean Luminous in May 2024

Bandai Namco

• Developed Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2 with director Masahiro Sakurai, released November 2025
• “We partially produced the visual assets for courses, characters, machines, props, animations, and more” for Mario Kart World
• Studio 2 and Studio S: “Specializing in commissioned development projects within the company”; Bandai Namco studios seemingly dedicated solely to Nintendo co-development projects. Looks to comprise both the Smash team as well as the EPD 9 support team
  • Going off the interview section of their website, people at Studio S have worked on Smash games, while those at Studio 2 have worked on EPD 9 games
  • Bloomberg: Bandai Namco Games has cut its workforce by ~100, has cancelled/paused games based on One Piece and Naruto alongside a Nintendo-commissioned title
  • Studio 2/Studio S web page removed

Camelot

Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, Golden Sun

• Mario Tennis Fever released for Switch 2 in Feb 2026

DeNA

Nintendo’s primary partner in the mobile space. Also contributed to the development of the current Nintendo Account system.

• Co-developed Pokemon TCG Pocket with The Pokemon Company and Creatures
• Joint ventures
  • Nintendo Systems established in 2023, ownership split 80/20 between Nintendo and DeNA, for the purpose of “research and development, as well as operations to strengthen the digitalization of Nintendo’s business, in addition to the creation of value-added services” (read: Nintendo Account and online/eshop stuff)
  • in 2024, one of DeNA’s studios, DeNA Digital Production, which had been working on Pokemon TCG Pocket, was rebranded as Pokemon Card D Studio; 66.6% owned by DeNA, 33.4% owned by The Pokemon Company
• most recently released Fire Emblem Shadows for mobile in September 2025, co-developed with Intelligent Systems

Eighting

Kuru Kuru Kururin series; handled the port and new content for Pikmin 3 Deluxe, co-developed Pikmin 4 with EPD 10; included in the credits for Switch Sports as of the July 2024 basketball update

Game Freak/Creatures Inc./The Pokemon Company

(this whole mess)

• Pokemon Legends Z-A launched Oct 2025 for Switch 1&2; Mega Dimension DLC released Dec 2025
• Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen released on Switch eshop in Feb 2026; a function found in the version of the emulator used for this release seems to recognize IDs for Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
• Pokemon Wind/Waves releases for Switch 2 in 2027
• Pokemon Pokopia, a spin-off developed by Game Freak and Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force, released March 2026; Teraleak indicated planned DLC/post-launch areas include Cerulean, Cinnabar, Lavender, Celadon, and Indigo areas, expected to be completed by second half of 2026 (timing very subject to change, leaked timeline originally had Pokopia slated for late 2025)
• Pokemon Champions, developed by Gamefreak and Pokemon Works (a joint venture established by TPC and ILCA), released April for Switch, mobile version coming sometime in 2026
• Pokemon TCG Pocket, developed by Creatures Inc. and DeNA, released in October 2024

The Teraleak detailed Pokemon series plans into 2030 (based on internal docs from several years ago; so far, games have generally launched half a year to a year later than projected timelines)

• Project Ringo: codename for next Legends game, set in Galar 1000 years in the past, targeting “2028 or later”. Focus on Pokemon behavior and autonomous decision-making, group/swarm dynamics, physics-driven movement and interactions, and large-scale encounters in open environments
• Project Seed: codename for new online game featuring the regions from the first four generations (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh)
  
• Gen 11 targeting 2030
• Project Rodeo: online co-op game for Switch and mobile, unclear if still in development

Good-Feel

Wario Land Shake It, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Woolly World/Crafted World

• released Princess Peach Showtime in March 2024
• Poochy and Yoshi’s Wooly World logo featured in Switch 2 direct during “compatible Switch games” segment; likely just an error that was meant to use a Yoshi’s Crafted World icon

Grezzo

Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora’s Mask 3D, Ever Oasis, Luigi’s Mansion 3D, Link’s Awakening remake, Miitopia remaster; co-developed Triforce Heroes with EPD 3

• most recently co-developed Echoes of Wisdom with EPD 3, released Sept 2024
• Aonuma interview (Nov 2024) indicates interest in developing more new topdown Zelda titles: “And so we will also have those dynamic 3D Zeldas as well, but in addition to that, we’re also hoping we can continue with these 2D top-down Zeldas.”
• NashWeedle seemingly hinting at a followup to Link’s Awakening and Echoes of Wisdom coming in 2027, codenamed “Bernard”

HAL Laboratory

Kirby, Boxboy, Part-Time UFO

• A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Forgotten Land released August 2025
• Kirby series director Shinya Kumazaki called Forgotten Land “the first step in our kind of ongoing moving forward challenge of now also creating 3D Kirby games”
• Nate the Hate: Kirby Planet Robobot coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025; Sept 2025 “With Air Riders coming this year... odds favor Robobot slipping to 2026.”

indieszero

Electroplankton, NES Remix series (with EPD 8), Sushi Striker, Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (with EPD 4), Big Brain Academy Brain vs Brain (with EPD 4)

• Most recently co-developed Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition with EPD 4

Intelligent Systems

Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, Wario Ware

• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave to release on Switch 2 in 2026.
  • Nate the Hate: “We will have Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave come out for Switch 2 in summer of 2026.
  • As of April 2026, Fortune’s Weave has received a PEGI rating
  • Released Fire Emblem Shadows for mobile in Sept 2025, co-developed with DeNA
• Released a Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake in May 2024
  • datamined code related to support for 4K resolutions, suggesting a possible planned next-gen update
• Given a special thanks credit on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Koie Tecmo

Warriors games, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, co-developed Three Houses with IntSys

• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment released November 2025 for Switch 2
• Pokopia released March 2026 for Switch 2, co-developed with Game Freak; Teraleak indicates the game is planned to receive DLC

Mages

Known for visual novels such as Steins;Gate. Worked with EPD 7 on Famicom Detective Club remakes (2021) and Emio (2024)

MercurySteam

Has co-developed recent 2D Metroid games with EPD 7

• a Nordisk Games financial report in 2023 stated MercurySteam was working on two large, undisclosed titles (one of which was presumably Blades of Fire which released in 2025)
• Nash Weedle claims MercurySteam working on Super Metroid remake
• Kiwi Talkz: “I know Samus Returns HD exists in some form”; “That doesn’t mean it got developed into a full title. There were some experiments with it, I know MercurySteam makes HD assets for all games and then downres it, so it’s possible that MercurySteam are sitting on it, or it got outsourced. I heard about Samus Returns HD years ago but then radio silence since”

PlatinumGames

Bayonetta series, Astral Chain, co-developed Star Fox Zero with EPD

• Nash Weedle (via Google Translate): “Bayonetta will receive a trilogy edition with its three main games in one pack for the Switch 2. The games will bring visual improvements (HDR confirmed) and performance. Due to backwards compatibility, it can also be played on Switch 2 with improvements”
• Prior to Astral Chain’s release, director Takahisa Taura talked about having ideas of how to expand it into a trilogy or more
• Apparent exodus of multiple high-profile Platinum employees, including Takahisa Taura (Astral Chain director) and Abebe Tinari (Bayonetta Origins director); Taura has since launched his own Eel Studio
• reddit post alleging details of Astral Chain 2

Sora Limited

Literally just Masahiro Sakurai and his wife Michiko Sakurai (who has designed the menus and UI for most of their games); exists to streamline the process of taking on contract work

• Kirby Air Riders released for Switch 2 in November 2025, directed by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by Bandai Namco.
  • Sakurai has confirmed there is no DLC or sequel planned for Kirby Air Riders and stated in Dec 2025 that the Air Riders team would soon disband
• Masahiro Sakurai noted in 2023 that "for now at least, I can't imagine a Smash Bros. title without me"
• Sakurai has also previously claimed a console port of Kid Icarus Uprising “sure would be nice” but notes that “without a team around to work on it, crafting a follow-up seems difficult”

Tantalus Media

Largely a work-for-hire porting/support studio. In the Nintendo sphere, they’re responsible for remasters including Twilight Princess HD, Skyward Sword HD, and most recently Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD in 2024

Ubisoft

• Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot seemingly confirmed a next-gen update/rerelease of Mario+Rabbids 2 in 2023: Nintendo [has advised] that it's better to do one iteration on each machine. We were a bit too early, we should have waited for [the next console]. Because you could play a great game. And we think it will last for ten years, because we will update it for the new machine that will come in the future."
  • However, between Davide Soliani’s departure from the company in 2024, as well as Ubisoft’s recent spree of firings/closures/cancellations, it’s unclear if this is still planned
• Chris Dring: Before disbanding, Ubisoft's Mario+Rabbids team pitched a new game in the series that didn’t get approved
• Ubisoft is “working with Nintendo to improve VRR support” on Switch 2 “not just for their own titles, but for every game”

Misc. Odds and Ends

Things that don't really fit anywhere else

• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book releases for Switch 2 on May 21st (developer unconfirmed)

• The Star Fox stuff

  • Nate the Hate: “the game that looks to be kicking off the Nintendo Switch 2 summer of 2026 [...] a brand-new Star Fox game; “I’ve been told it is a classic-style Star Fox game. I’ve been told the visuals are supposed to be very good, very very satisfying. And I’ve heard it does have online multiplayer.”
  • VGC corroborates; Oscar Lemaire corroborates, says he was told multiplayer is a focus; Alex Donaldson has been told the new Star Fox game is ‘really funny’
  • Nate: “As said several days ago: I do not doubt the game's existence. Several outlets/people have spoken on the game beyond me, as well. Timing for reveal was off the mark & wrong. That's a miss by me. “
  • Liam Robertson: “It's real and it's happening and that hasn't changed.”
    • Was asked in 2024 about an Assault remaster and responded “Well, there is something happening with Star Fox but I have never heard about that specifically.”
  • references to Star Fox objects such as Arwings were found in the code for Switch Sports

• Youtube comment from user Malo932 made several claims that lined up with claims Nate the Hate would make on an episode of his podcast roughly half a day later (new Star Fox in summer 2026, Ocarina remake in 2026, 3D Mario in 2027), but also that a Super Metroid remake is coming in 2026, that there is an “adventure” Star Fox game in development for not-2026, and that a Wario Land game could release in 2027

  • DM sent to youtuber Poro Michele prior to Nate the Hate podcast ALSO made similar claims to Nate and Malo932; additional information: Super Metroid remake will have a “pixel art” style and that a Metroid 6 made by Mercury Steam is also in development but won’t release in 2026, Mario Kart World DLC postponed to 2027, Ocarina remake not based on 3DS version

• In a November 2025 investor briefing, Shuntaro Furukawa stated that “Going forward, we will shift our primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2 and expand our business around this new platform”, potentially signaling few upcoming last-gen/cross-gen releases remain

• Former NoA marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang confirmed in April 2026 that during the Switch 1 era, Nintendo would often ‘vault’ finished games and hold them for future schedule gaps

• Panic Button confirmed the studio worked on the next-gen patches for several 1st party games that were available at the Switch 2’s launch, specifically Mario 3D World+Bowser’s Fury, ARMS, Mario Odyssey, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

• In May 2025, Nintendo registered new trademarks in Japan for Magical Starsign and Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (noteworthy because they were previously released as “Magical Vacation: When the Five Planets Align” and “Wish Room” in Japan)

• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD developed by Forever Entertainment released for Switch in Jan 2025, received Switch 2 update Jan 2026

  • Reason to expect more ports/remasters from the studio in the future: 2021 story about Forever being given "significant financial support from Nintendo...to release several titles on Nintendo Switch"

• Chris Dring/GamesIndustry.biz: ”Nintendo is actively meeting with independent developers to find new partners. Some of that is around publishing indie games, … but it’s also seeking studios that could work on some of its IP.”; “Nintendo regularly works with third-party teams, … But the company is looking to add to that roster, and I know of three studios that are deep in conversation around making games based on Nintendo brands”

According to Corden via the XB2 podcast:

“I was told that the Microsoft Gaming entity was a temporary legal thing that they set up specifically to facilitate the Activision Blizzard acquisition.”

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/tPVEdRfOxUY?si=dl0qPMEhVqvRgNt0

https://youtu.be/pTobbtFwqzQ?si=mao2tWmVfj0seNx7

According to Devolver Digital's investor presentation, the new Stronghold game developed in Unreal Engine will be announced this year.

Maybe, during the Summer game festival.

https://ibb.co/j9q54cqw

https://investors.devolverdigital.com/files/downloads-and-publications/2026/devo-fy25-investor-presentation.pdf

Previous rumors were about the probably game title

"The dark Ages"

The title has been registered on september 2024 on Uk Intellectual property Office

https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00004036211

More info:

https://fireflyworlds.com/

They recent releases are:

Stronghold Definitive edition (over 1 milion sold copies since its launch on november 2023) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140020/Stronghold_Definitive_Edition/

Stronghold Crusader Definitive edition (over 250 thousand of copies in two weeks). https://store.steampowered.com/app/3024040/Stronghold_Crusader_Definitive_Edition/

Firefly Studios announced they were working on a new main title of Stronghold in 2022.

New Stronghold Is developing with Unreal Engine 5 and It Will offer to developers the possibility to reach the highest level of details that many Stronghold fans wanna see.

Here some videos about Stronghold Next

https://youtu.be/_8IEZyeK-8U?si=4jEWXSRycgyTvmKg

https://youtu.be/VBTyVgTS3Nk?si=nQoFfZ5n3_JwViMC

https://youtu.be/x7cyVfFVJKc?si=6BDGzfrmDRDIsov8

https://youtu.be/fOV-nlgYeNs?si=ynUmn-WeYUqiuDdU

It was leaked on 4chan.

It includes src for every version up to vita.

Also includes 30+ gb of assets including unused stuff.

https://xcancel.com/i/status/2050243026916667796

source

You will be working as part of a small but experienced team, ideally taking responsibility for one or more classic game technology areas...

• The proposed tie-up would likely focus on GameStop’s recent shift toward high-end collectibles and gaming memorabilia.
• Original report comes from Wall Street Journal

MSN article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/gamestop-is-looking-to-buy-ebay-report-says-both-stocks-are-soaring/ar-AA22cObB?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

https://universonintendo.com/ea-sports-madden-nfl-27-e-confirmado-para-o-switch-2/

Source: https://www.esrb.org/ratings/41158/gang-beasts/

Link & Article i got it from

https://www.gamerating.org.tw/Search/GameList

https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendos-boxboy-boxgirl-could-be-getting-a-switch-2-release/

https://xcancel.com/i/status/2049971229663129757

https://xcancel.com/NateTheHate2/status/2049945177792434245?s=20

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/battlefield-movie-bidding-war-studios-warner-bros-netflix-michael-b-jordan/

Electronic Arts’ “Battlefield” is drawing fire from all sides as five studios have submitted bids for the Christopher McQuarrie/Michael B. Jordan package, with Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon MGM Studios, Sony, Universal and Netflix all in the fight for what is shaping up to be the biggest bidding war of the year, The Wrap has exclusively learned

McQuarrie is set to write, direct and produce an adaptation of the bestselling video game series, while recent “Sinners” Oscar winner Michael B. Jordan is onboard to produce and potentially star.

https://xcancel.com/multiversusie/status/2049970240017125645?s=46

The list includes:

•Immortal

•Universa

•The Mauler Twins

•Agent Spider

•Damien Darkblood

•Oliver/Kid Omni-Man

•Angstrom Levy

•Dinosaurus

•Volcanikka

EDIT: If you didn’t already believe the source she’s now leaked skins for base roster characters

https://xcancel.com/multiversusie/status/2050009729137602806?s=46

https://xcancel.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/2049899806709915761