Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase broadcast announced for this week

It's present confirmed: a caller Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase presumption volition aerial this week, featuring updates connected Switch and Switch 2 games from third-party publishers.

Nintendo announced the broadcast connected societal media today, and confirmed the amusement volition past 25 minutes.

Be definite to tune successful tomorrow, Thursday July 31 astatine 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK clip — and, arsenic ever, IGN volition beryllium reporting connected each of the announcements arsenic they happen.

With Switch 2 launched, alongside Mario Kart World and superb caller platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, attraction present turns to the remainder of the caller console's archetypal twelvemonth connected merchantability — and enactment from the platform's third-party publishers.

As a Partner Showcase event, tomorrow's broadcast volition apt diagnostic nary caller games from Nintendo itself. Instead, beryllium connected the lookout for much quality connected games coming from different publishers. Switch 2 already has coagulated support, with upcoming large hitters specified arsenic Borderlands 4 and 007 First Light antecedently confirmed for the platform. But what other mightiness time bring?

Could we spot much of Hollow Knight Silksong, perhaps, earlier its playable demo astatine Gamescom — and possibly adjacent get a merchandise date? Will FromSoftware amusement much of its Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, acceptable for accomplishment successful 2026? And mightiness Activision yet archer everyone what's going connected with Call of Duty coming to Nintendo platforms?

Time, and besides this Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, volition tell. See you tomorrow!

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