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Official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Transfer Tool artwork on Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch 2 / Save transfer

How to transfer your Animal Crossing island to Switch 2

Choose system transfer for a replacement console, or use the Island Transfer Tool when both systems stay active.

GamerGuru Editorial · 10 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Kylian Mbappe appears beside the EA SPORTS FC 27 logo in official reveal-trailer art.
Release calendar / PC and console

EA SPORTS FC 27's biggest new mode does not reach every version

The new football playground is FC 27's clearest change, but it is unavailable on PS4 and Xbox One.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 10 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Young Link stands on a grassy hill above Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Zelda / Switch 2 release date

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reaches Switch 2 on 5 November

Nintendo has set a 5 November Switch 2 release date and outlined the remake's new controls and companion features.

GamerGuru Nintendo Desk · 9 Sep 2026 · 2 min read
Geoff Keighley in an official The Game Awards portrait
Funding / Early-career developers

Nova Games Foundation promises grants for graduates without taking ownership

Nova plans grants, mentoring and no equity claim for 20 graduates a year.

GamerGuru Industry Desk · 9 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A Bloodsworn wearing a silver mask raises a hand inside a blue-lit stone hall in The Duskbloods.
The network test's real lesson

The Duskbloods can make temporary alliances its sharpest test

The Duskbloods could make a temporary ally more useful than another easy target.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 8 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Lara Croft overlooks a vast valley of ancient Greek ruins with towers, statues and distant mountains.
Tomb Raider at 30 / Design

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has to remake the original game's questions

The coming reimagining needs to update Tomb Raider without making its spaces too easily read.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Three adventurers stand beneath a winged dragon in fantasy key art for RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Survival design / RuneScape

RuneScape: Dragonwilds turns survival chores into new abilities

Dragonwilds uses RuneScape skills to alter the survival loop, not merely lengthen it.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Melinoe holds a staff before the fiery title art for Hades II.
PC and Nintendo / Save transfer

Hades 2 cross-save: how to sync PC and Switch

Link Steam or Epic on Switch, avoid overwriting a slot and force a sync if needed.

GamerGuru Editorial · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Official Civilization VII anniversary artwork showing leaders from across history.
Switch and Switch 2 / Strategy roadmap

Civilization VII's 2027 roadmap brings a free Atomic Age update to Switch and Switch 2

Arc of Tomorrow adds a fourth Age for free, while Earthrise will be the strategy game's first paid expansion.

GamerGuru Nintendo Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
LEGO Batman stands before Gotham's skyline beneath a bright bat signal.
Switch 2 / Platform launch

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight's Switch 2 release has one open question

The Switch 2 launch brings a well reviewed Gotham adventure to a new audience, but performance details are still missing.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

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