The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Stardew Valley just got shadow-dropped not long ago, and if you already own it on your Switch, you can get it for free!

This is after developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, confirmed back in September that he’s working on an update for the game on Nintendo Switch 2.

And on Christmas, the update got a surprise release, which you can find on the Nintendo eShop for only $14.99. As mentioned, existing owners on their Switch can get the update for free.

What the Switch 2 Version of Stardew Valley Features

That said, the Switch 2 version comes with a bunch of exciting changes that players can look forward to.

For starters, the Switch 2 version comes with a 4-player split-screen co-op, support for mouse controls, and an online multiplayer feature that can support a total of 8 players.

Talking about the mouse controls, this means you can now move your furniture around with ease, not to mention that organizing your inventory is now made more convenient. This allows you to make full use of the new Joy-Con’s features.

Apart from that, the Game Share feature available in Switch 2 means you can play a four-player co-op with your friends by using just a single copy of the game!

However, it’s worth noting that ConcernedApe noted that the Switch 2 version has some unspecified issues that he’s currently working on. He assures fans that these issues will be fixed as soon as possible.

On his tweet over at X (formerly Twitter), ConcernedApe said:

“I am aware that there are some issues with the Nintendo Switch 2 edition that just dropped. I take full responsibility for this mistake. We will fix this as soon as possible.”

As of this writing, it seems that Stardew Valley’s Switch 2 version is currently only available in certain time zones.

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Former Nintendo of America employees, Kit and Krysta, have provided some insight as to why the "Nindies" branding went away .

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Embark Studios has revealed that more than one million ARC Raiders players completed their first Expedition Project.

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The former developers of Little Nightmares are now working on a game that merges twin stick Shooters with Metroidvanias.

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In a new clip shared on social media, we get a glimpse at what ARC Raiders might have looked like if it were a first-person shooter.

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Nintendo has denied claims that generative AI was used in promotional images for their new "My Mario" toy line.

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In Japan, Fallout 1st subscriptions have suddenly been stripped from accounts without any warning, and they might not be coming back.

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In new clips uploaded by streamers, a fresh ARC Raiders barricade exploit has been seen, but while it's hilarious, it's pretty useless.

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Respawn Entertainment has admitted that a new security breach has happened in Apex Legends, and a hack is allowing for remote control.

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Games Workshop plans
to build a second Warhammer World, this time in the United States.

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In a new interview, Masahiro Sakurai outlines the downsides of working with large teams in game development.

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In the world of horror gaming, there’s a certain kind of magic that happens when a developer actually listens to what fans have been screaming for since the seventies. We’ve seen it with Friday the 13th and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but for a long time, the one game slasher fans have been dying…

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Ever feel like the protagonist of your own life has just vanished, leaving you to deal with the digital fallout? That is exactly the premise behind Spear (stylized as S.P.E.A.R.), a quirky 2.5D action-platformer that’s been on my personal watch-list for quite some time. If you’ve been looking for something a bit different to put…

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You know that feeling when you stare at your library, seeing a hundred titles, but your cursor keeps drifting back to that one massive RPG you’ve already sunk two hundred hours into? It’s a specific kind of gravity. We are currently living through a strange, wonderful era where games aren’t just hobbies anymore—they’re almost like…

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The PlayStation Store’s Holiday Sale rolls on, bringing great prices to some of the best PS4 and PS5 games the digital storefront has to offer. That includes this very underrated Capcom action game that was originally released for PlayStation consoles in 2023.

Exoprimal is 84% off on the PS Store

Developed and published by Capcom, Exoprimal is currently 84% off on the PS Store. That brings its usual price of $59.99 down to just $9.59. PlayStation gamers who want to take advantage of this deal will have to act fast. The offer ends on January 22 at 2:59 a.m. ET.

Here is a description and trailer for Exoprimal, giving PS4 and PS5 players an idea of what to expect from the dinosaur action game:

“The year is 2040… Sudden dinosaur outbreaks have engulfed the globe in a crisis that threatens humanity’s very existence. Yet all hope is not lost. The corporation Aibius has developed a hyper-advanced AI called Leviathan that can predict the location of future outbreaks. This technology, along with Aibius’s revolutionary powered suits, or exosuits, gives humanity a fighting chance to stem the tide of the saurian swarms. Exosuit pilots, otherwise known as exofighters, are in high demand. Take the exofighter aptitude test and join the ranks of Aibius’s heroic pilots in their fight to stave off the extinction of the human race.”

When Exoprimal was originally released in 2023, it received mixed reviews. According to the review aggregate site Metacritic, it received an average score of 67 across 52 critic reviews. In our review, we gave it a 7 out of 10.

“Exoprimal’s biggest strength is that it’s easy to get friends into, and you’re basically guaranteed to have a decent time whether you win or lose,” reads our review. “The shooter doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it has enough going for its structure that helps it feel fresh — even when you’re running the same stage for the 20th time.”

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PlayStation Plus Extra is always filled with exciting games for PS4 and PS5 gamers to play. Some of these games included with the subscription are ongoing online experiences that regularly receive free updates, bringing brand-new content to the game. That includes the popular fantasy MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online.

PS Plus game The Elder Scrolls Online will get free content starting with Season 0

The Elder Scrolls Online is introducing Seasons to the MMORPG. Season 0 will kick things off, which will officially launch on April 2 and runs until July 8. As indicated by that window, each season will last three months long, and feature new rewards, adventures, and ways to play based on a single theme. ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda Softworks state that a Season can include new gameplay content, base-game changes and improvements, Tamriel Tome, and rotation of Gold Coast Bazaar items.

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Season Zero is called Dawn and Dusk. Here is everything included in the new seasonal update:

• The Night Market Event Zone
• The first wave of player experience improvements
• The first wave of class and combat refresh improvements
• The introduction of Tamriel Tomes with the Tome of Dawn and Dusk
• The introduction of the Gold Coast Bazaar

Additionally, The Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 49 will release a few weeks before Season 0, on March 9. This will include a slew of player experience improvements. Here are the first wave of quality-of-life changes coming with Update 49:

• The ability to respec Skills and Attributes directly from the UI at no cost
• An increase to the speed at which you train your Riding skills
• An increase to furnishing limits on half of the game’s player houses
• A return to the 30-day listing window for Guild traders
• 16 mounts of all shapes and sizes moved from the Crown Store to gold vendors
  • One of these is a brand-new gold purchasable mount: the Ebon Dwarven Horse.
• Increases to rarer Antiquities expiration times
• A change to make Outfit Slots account-wide
• And more!

For non-PS Plus subscribers, The Elder Scrolls Online is available on the PlayStation Store now for $19.99.

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Another year, another slate of video games coming to the PS5. If everything releases as scheduled, 2026 will be a solid year for gamers. However, not every release is going to be amazing, and that includes the first PS5 exclusive of the year, which players were hoping would be a regarded spiritual successor to the beloved PS1 series, Dino Crisis.

PS5 exclusive Code Violent couldn’t scratch the Dino Crisis itch

That PS5 exclusive is none other than Code Violet, a third-person action horror game developed and published by TeamKill Media. What drew players to the game when it was originally revealed was its similarities to Dino Crisis, Capcom’s dinosaur survival horror game. According to reviews, the new release doesn’t even come close to being a worthy successor to the PS1 classic.

As of this writing, there are three critic reviews of Code Violet on Metacritic, which means there isn’t a Metascore available just yet. However, the scores are not promising. Each outlet has it rated at 40 out of 100, which is a 4 out of 10 on our scale. The review aggregate site OpenCritic has a few more reviews submitted, but still averages the same score. It seems pretty clear that this game is a huge mess.

For the morbidly curious, here is a description of Code Violet, giving players an idea of what to expect:

“In the 25th century, a cataclysm has left Earth uninhabitable, driving humanity’s survivors to Trappist 1-E. Facing extinction due to sterility, the Aion colony harnesses cutting-edge time-travel technology to abduct women from the past to be surrogates in a dark yet desperate bid to save mankind. But their mission conceals a sinister conspiracy. As Violet Sinclair, torn from your time, you awaken in the Aion Bioengineering Complex, swarming with ferocious prehistoric dinosaurs and hostile forces. Carefully manage your inventory, uncover Aion’s dark secrets, fight to survive, and escape during a chaotic evacuation protocol.”

Code Violet launches for PS5 on January 10.

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A Sega PS5, PS4 game has been removed from the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalog without a warning. We’re not sure when Endless Dungeon: Definitive Edition disappeared from PS Plus, but we’ve checked several regions’ PS Store pages to confirm that it’s not currently part of the catalog.

Sega game Endless Dungeon was added to PS Plus in June 2025

Endless Dungeon: Definitive Edition was added to PS Plus Extra back in June 2025. While Sony does have six-month deals with some publishers, it’s unusual for a Sega game to leave PS Plus in that span of time, especially without notice.

We’re not sure if Endless Dungeon has been removed in all regions or not, but at the time of writing, it’s not available to claim in U.S. and U.K. PS stores. I looked around on gaming forums to see if anyone else noticed the game missing in the Extra catalog, and saw a few comments from players who said they were only able to play Endless Dungeon because they had previously downloaded it. Those who didn’t claim it are not able to download it for free.

This leads me to believe that Endless Dungeon’s removal is a temporary PS Store glitch. We’ve seen this happen before when Sony updated SKUs for games on the storefront. In the case of Sayonara Wild Hearts, the game disappeared from PS Plus Extra for a week as Sony updated its SKU after its native PS5 port was released.

Here’s hoping that’s also the case with Endless Dungeon.

We’ll update our readers when we have more information.

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Microsoft has confirmed that a pair of RPGs will be the next Xbox games to release on the PS5, and both of them will be out on the platform in February 2026. Obsidian Entertainment‘s Avowed will launch on PS5 first, followed by Stoic’s Towerborne.

RPGs Avowed and Towerborne are the next Xbox games headed to PS5

Action RPG Avowed will be available on PS5 on February 17, along with its Anniversary Update. The update will add New Game Plus, Photo Mode, new character appearance, new weapon, new character options, and more.

“You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague throughout the Living Lands — an island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences, and untamed wilderness,” reads an official overview. “Can you save this unknown frontier and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them asunder?”

Stoic’s Towerborne is a side-scrolling action RPG that’s currently in early access. The full game will launch on PS5 on February 26.

“Rise again as an Ace, an immortal warrior reborn to defend the Belfry against the darkness beyond its walls,” a description reads. “Journey across a crumbling world, uncover the mystery of the fallen City of Numbers, and push back the corruption threatening humanity’s survival.”

Check out a trailer below:

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It’s almost time to say goodbye to a divisive BioWare PS4 action RPG (playable on PS5) as it prepares to shut down for good. Frankly, we’re surprised that Anthem stayed live for seven years despite its development being canceled five years ago, but here we are.

PS4, PS5 users can play doomed BioWare RPG Anthem until January 12, 2026

PS5 and PS4 players are reminded that they have until Monday, January 12, 2026 to enjoy Anthem and/or mop up those trophies. PlayStation LifeStyle’s own Tyler Treese managed to pop the Platinum trophy just in time. Don’t miss out on your final opportunity this weekend to earn that rare Platinum!

Anthem was a departure for BioWare that ultimately led the studio down a dark path, but much of the blame for this live service disaster fell on publisher Electronic Arts. The company infamously decided that games-as-a-service was the way to go, and gutted single-player projects along the way.

Anthem was a critical and commercial failure, and at one point, the game’s discs were being sold for pennies. For its part, EA acknowledged the misfire, but not before Anthem’s troubles took their toll on BioWare.

Did our readers play Anthem? Share your thoughts on the game with us below.

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