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2026 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees

Organizers of the GDC Festival of Gaming today announced the finalists for the 26th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), the premier, globally recognized accolades for peer-recognition in the video game industry. All winners will be revealed during this year’s GDCA ceremony, held on March 12, during the GDC Festival of Gaming in San Francisco.

Any game released and made publicly available during the 2025 calendar year can be nominated for the 2026 Game Developers Choice Awards. Nominees and winners are chosen by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), an invitation-only organization composed of leading game creators from across the industry.

Donkey Kong Bananza gets a lot of love here, including a nomination for Game of the Year. Other Nintendo-related titles like Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, and Split Fiction are also represented. 

Fans can make their voice heard by voting on the Audience Award from all of this year’s GDCA finalists. Voting can be done here between January 26 and February 8.

Below is the complete list of nominees for each category of the 26th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, including honorable mentions:

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Grid Legends

December 18: Feral Interactive has announced its first Nintendo Switch 2 release, which is Grid Legends: Deluxe Edition. The game is planned for early 2026.

Grid Legends follows up on Grid Autosport, which previously came to Nintendo Switch. The game “is an all-out racer for Switch 2 that delivers pin-sharp visuals, great performance, and a huge range of cars that will go wheel-to-wheel in 10 high-octane motorsport disciplines across 24 stunning locations.” It will come with all of its DLC, “adding Classic Car-Nage destruction derby, Drift and Endurance modes, new Career and Story events, and additional cars and tracks.”

Below is a trailer:

September 16: Idea Factory will localize Homura: The Crimson Warriors for English release in the west, the company announced today. It will be available in 2026.

The title originally debuted as Kurenai no Homura: Sanada Ninpou Chou on the PS Vita in 2018. A Nintendo Switch version followed in February 2024 in Japan.

Here’s an overview of the game:

The latest European Nintendo Downloads for the week of January 15, 2026 are as follows:

BlazBlue Entropy Effect X demo

Today, Astrolabe announced that it has issued a demo for BlazBlue Entropy Effect X on Nintendo Switch. A gameplay preview has also come in.

The demo lets players choose from Ragna, Es, and Hibiki with access to the first three levels. However, progress will not carry over to the official release later. Those who try the demo will be eligible to receive an exclusive in-game item after BlazBlue Entropy Effect X launches.

It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download Switch report for the week of January 15, 2026. The latest releases on the Nintendo eShop include Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizons, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

Farming Camp

Today, publisher SOEDESCO and developer Innerfire Studios revealed Farming Camp for Nintendo Switch. The game will be available later in 2026.

Farming Camp is a cozy, single-player farm management game about motivation, various chores, and camp friendship. You’ll play as Alessandra, a teenage girl determined to become the camp’s top farmer. 

More information can be found in the following overview:

Orwell Keeping an Eye On You and Ignorance is Strength

Today, Daedalic Entertainment and Osmotic Studios announced new Nintendo Switch versions of Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You and Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. Both are planned for January 21, 2026.

These titles are a pair of episodic simulation games. Keeping an Eye on Your is about investigating terror attacks while Ignorance is Strength focuses on a political crisis between the Nation and neighboring country Parges.

Further details and trailers can be found below.

Cassette Boy trailer

Going along with the launch of Cassette Boy, a new launch trailer has come in. The puzzle action RPG is now available on various platforms, including Nintendo Switch.

Here’s the official description: 


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