Switch 2 Preorders Open To Pure Chaos And More Of The Week’s Top Stories
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This week saw a few massive happenings in the world of games. First and foremost, after being delayed to allow Nintendo to take stock of the potential impact of President Trumpâs chaotic implementation of tariffs, the company finally kicked off retail pre-orders for the Switch 2 here in the U.S., and the results were chaotic. People struggling to place orders on sites like Walmartâs and Targetâs encountered all kinds of errors, confusion, and sometimes even cancelation of orders they thought theyâd successfully placed.
Elsewhere, Bethesda finally released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered after years of rumors and speculation, and Marvel Rivals support players are going on strike. Read on for these stories and more.
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Switch 2 preorders went live online at 12:01 a.m. ET and were every bit the mess some fans feared: pages timing out, error messages that werenât real, and email cancelations being received just moments after it seemed like orders had gone through. There must be a better way to do these. Not in time for the Switch 2 launch, unfortunately. – Ethan Gach Read More
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After many reports, leaks, and rumors, Bethesda officially unveiled The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. And the $50 remaster is launching today on Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass, PS5, and PC. – Zack Zwiezen Read More
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Though weâve known itâs coming for a few days now, today Bethesda showed off its fancy new remaster of 2006’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and it looks spectacular. Itâs also out, like, right-friggin-now! If you want to check out the whole reveal, you can do so here. But if you just want to peruse some lovely screenshots we nabbed during the reveal, read on. – Claire Jackson Read More
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Being a support player in a hero shooter is a thankless job. You keep everyone alive, and then your bad teammates still blame you when they run off and die trying to 1v6 the enemy team. Things have gotten so bad in the eyes of some Marvel Rivalsâ Strategist mains that a group of them are going on âstrikeâ by refusing to play the role and instead queueing up to play as tank and damage heroes instead. – Kenneth Shepard Read More
Leaked artwork of the Oblivion remaster. Image: Virtuous / Bethesda / Kotaku
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The worst-kept secret of the year, Bethesdaâs current-gen remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, finally shadow-dropped yesterday and the Xbox-360-era open-world RPG has wasted no time in reminding fans why it was such a hit nearly two decades ago. Complete with refreshed graphics, updated gameplay, and cherished memes intact, Oblivion Remastered is already topping Steam charts and taking players on an Unreal Engine 5-made trip down memory lane. – Ethan Gach Read More
Switch 2 preorders donât begin in the U.S. until late tonight (12:01 a.m. ET on April 24), but theyâve already been underway in other parts of the world and even Nintendo has been shocked by the level of demand so far. The company said that, with over 2.2 million fans seeking to preorder a Switch 2 directly from My Nintendo in Japan alone, the demand already âfar exceedsâ its ability to fulfill shipments to that country at launch. – Ethan Gach Read More
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Just an hour after Switch 2 pre-orders went live on April 24 in the United States, Kotaku has spotted over two dozen eBay listings for the upcoming Nintendo console. Some are real. Others are actually people making fake listings to throw off bots and scalpers. – Zack Zwiezen Read More
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