{"id":76806,"date":"2026-04-28T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=76806"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:36:46","slug":"upcoming-nintendo-switch-2-games-release-dates-for-2026-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=76806","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games: Release Dates for 2026 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>We now have our hands on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/nintendo-switch-2-review\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix of Switch 2 exclusives, third-party releases, and the benefit of backward compatibility with any games still launching on the original Switch. Without further ado, here are all of the new Switch 2 games we can look forward to in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>All Upcoming Switch 2 Games With Release Dates<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>* indicates a Switch 2 exclusive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MotoGP 26 (April 29, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"motogp-26-official-gameplay-video\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>For folks who want a little more realism in their racing sim than say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/mario-kart-world-review\">Mario Kart World<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-review\">Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<\/a>, MotoGP\u2019s got you covered. This year\u2019s release will support full cross-play for playing with friends and introduces new \u2018Rider Based Handling\u2019 physics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Amnesia: Rebirth (April 30, 2026) <\/strong><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"amnesia-rebirth-launch-trailer\" data-loop=\"\">\n<p>The 2020 release from the iconic survival horror franchise is making its way to Switch 2 at the end of the month. We had a lot of praise for the game in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/amnesia-rebirth-review\">our original<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now have our hands on the Nintendo Switch 2, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it. Thankfully, Nintendo hasn&#8217;t been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":76808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76810,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76806\/revisions\/76810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}