
The Switch 2 is off to a speedy start for big third-party games
Ash Parrish
created: July 31, 2025, 7:30 p.m. | updated: Aug. 1, 2025, 11:24 a.m.
With the Switch 2, Nintendo seems to be closing the release date gap with some of its third-party games.
In the original Switch days, multiplatform games like Control would get Switch release dates months or even years after their initial launch, if they came to the Switch at all.
Even the third-party games that weren’t shown today still represent exciting new prospects for the Switch 2.
During the Switch 2 Direct in April, Elden Ring was shown as one of the games coming to the new console.
Star Wars Outlaws, coming to the Switch 2, is the kind of game that would be unheard of on the original Switch.
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