Backrooms: Poolrooms is seeing release on Nintendo Switch this week, Ratalaika Games has announced. The game launches this Friday, February 13.
Backrooms: Poolrooms is a horror game developed by Mascot Bro Studio. In it, you’ll investigate a mystery involving bodies floating in dimly lit pools, but that’s not all you’ll have to deal with as there are strange entities lurking about and dangerous fish in the waters.
More information can be found in the following rundown:
MIO: Memories in Orbit has come out with its first post-launch update, which is version 1.2.
The patch features quality-of-life improvements, gameplay and balance tweaks, and various bug fixes. As part of this, the team has made a few difficulty changes and level design adjustments.
The full rundown is as follows:
The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending February 7, 2026 is now available.
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined was one of the new games that debuted last week, and manages to enter the top five – specifically at #4. The platform breakdown was 38 percent for the PS5 version, 37 percent for Nintendo Switch 2, 22 percent for Switch, and 3 percent for Xbox Series.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending February 7, 2026:
Nintendo has just released an update to their Nintendo Store mobile app, that being version 3.1.0. This update should be available for download now, so keep an eye out.
This update brings with it the ability to see search results within the Nintendo Store app. Previously if you used the search function, it would immediately redirect you to the Nintendo website’s results for your search. Strangely enough, selecting a product from the search results will still redirect you to its respective page on the Nintendo website. The ability to zoom in on product images from their in-app details page has also been added.
Here’s the full list of patches:
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart outlining what Japanese gamers are looking forward to based on reader votes. This week, The Duskbloods and Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park land for the first time.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 21 and January 27.
Rollout of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 DLC continues, and next on the docket is Tanjiro Kamado (Infinity Castle). The character is only a few days away with the release date set for February 13.
Tanjiro Kamado (Infinity Castle) is featured in the game’s “Infinity Castle – Part 1 Character Pass”, which includes other characters as well. Those who own the game can also buy individual Character Packs.
Below is a trailer for Tanjiro Kamado (Infinity Castle) in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2:
Pokemon celebrates a big milestone this year with its 30th anniversary, and various celebrations are planned – including a commercial that just aired during the Super Bowl.
In the United States, the Super Bowl is one of the biggest events of the year with millions of fans tuning in to watch the football match. With all of those eyes out there, The Pokemon Company thought it’d be a good idea to show off an advert. It brought in some big names with Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Jisoo, Charles Leclerc, Lamine Yamal, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Young Miko.
January 25: It’s taken longer than expected, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A user icons have now arrived on Nintendo Switch Online. They’re available for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch users now.
Typically icons are added to the service around a game’s release. However, we didn’t see anything back in October and things were quiet when the Mega Dimension DLC released.
Nintendo and Camelot have just released the opening movie for Mario Tennis Fever. This will display right when players boot up the game.
For details about the title, read the following overview:
January 25: With the film coming out in just a couple of months, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has now received its second trailer. The video just debuted as part of today’s Direct for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Yoshi is the star of today’s trailer. While the character was missing in the previous video, leaks pointed to the character’s inclusion. Elsewhere we see that Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are appearing in some form, there’ll be the Frog power-up, and more.
