It has been almost a year since Pokémon Colosseum, and its sequel were announced for the new GameCube expansion for Switch Online on Switch 2 consoles. Today during a Pokémon anniversary showcase, Nintendo finally announced when at least one of these games will become playable. 

Funnily enough, it is the second game, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, that will be joining the GameCube Switch Online library first. The game is a sequel to Pokémon Colosseum, a fan-favourite home-console game amongst long-time fans of the series. Gale of Darkness will be playable on Switch 2 consoles starting in March.

Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum were two of the first games announced for the new GameCube emulator for Switch Online subscribers. As the GameCube expansion is only accessible on Switch 2, that would also make both games Switch 2 exclusives, unless you happen to have the original hardware and copies of the game lying around.

While Gale of Darkness is arriving in March, there is still no confirmed date for Colosseum.

KitGuru Says: This has been a big day for Pokemon fans, with Fire Red and Leaf Green returning, alongside the first trailer for the next-generation mainline game, Pokémon Wind & Waves.

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The leaks were correct, the next generation of Pokémon, the Gen 10 titles, will be titled Winds and Waves. Pokémon Winds & Waves will take on the mantle from Scarlet and Violet, the last titles of the original Switch generation.

Over the Switch generation mainline Pokémon games went through a lot of changes, moving from the traditional top-down layout to massive open-world maps with free travel and roaming 3D Pokémon. Game Freak has also begun experimenting with ‘Legends' titles, which also offer open-world gameplay, but feature experimental catching and battle mechanics.

Pokémon Winds and Waves will be the first exclusive Pokémon game for the Switch 2. The trailer also revealed the three new starter type Pokémon for this generation, including Pombon – a fire type dog, Browst – a Grass-type owl and Gecqua – a water type Gecko.

Pokémon Winds and Waves will launch for the Switch 2 sometime in 2027. It is unclear if the games will launch in early 2027, around February, or if Game Freak will save the titles for later in the year.

KitGuru Says: Are you looking forward to the next mainline Pokémon game?

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Sony is preparing to roll out an upgraded version of its PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling technology for PS5 Pro, with the update scheduled to arrive globally in the coming weeks.

PSSR is Sony’s AI‑driven image‑enhancement library, already used in more than 50 PS5 Pro titles to boost effective resolution by analysing each frame at the pixel level. The new release represents a major overhaul of both the neural network and the underlying algorithm.

Resident Evil Requiem, launching today, is the first game to ship with the enhanced PSSR. Capcom’s Masaru Ijuin says the studio focused on improving the fidelity of the protagonist through an upgraded RE Engine, including individually rendered hair and beard strands that react to movement and light. According to Ijuin, the new PSSR is able to preserve these fine details during upscaling, helping maintain both image quality and performance while pushing the game’s horror presentation further.

Sony says the revised algorithm stems from its Project Amethyst partnership with AMD, building on the same foundations as AMD’s FSR 4 technology. The PS5 Pro version includes an additional six months of refinement tailored specifically for the console.

More titles are expected to adopt the improved PSSR in March, alongside a system software update. Once installed, PS5 Pro owners will be able to enable “Enhance PSSR Image Quality” in Settings, applying the new upscaler to any supported game. Sony suggests some titles may show noticeably sharper results once the feature is active.

KitGuru Says: Do you own a PS5 Pro? Have you been impressed with many games on it so far?

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AMD has released its Adrenalin Edition 26.2.2 driver, adding support for Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon while addressing several stability issues.

The update resolves intermittent crashes or driver timeouts in Roblox Player (Car Zone Racing & Drifting) when switching between media, and fixes texture flickering seen in some Windows desktop applications when Instant Replay and Record Desktop were enabled.

A number of issues remain under investigation. Cyberpunk 2077 may still crash when loading a save with Path Tracing enabled, and Battlefield 6 can show similar behaviour on systems using the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Texture flickering may also appear in Battlefield 6 when using AMD Record and Stream, while FSR Upscaling and Frame Generation may show as inactive in several titles on Radeon RX 9000‑series GPUs.

AMD recommends using the AMD Cleanup Utility when rolling back to an earlier driver. The 26.2.2 package is available now, with auto‑detect installation offered for all supported products.

Naturally, if you are picking up Resident Evil Requiem or Marathon this weekend, then upgrading to this driver is recommended.

KitGuru Says: Nvidia had to pull back its Game Ready driver for these titles, so AMD GPU users may get the best experience this weekend.

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While Warner Bros had initially been intent on accepting Netflix's buyout offer, Paramount ultimately started a bidding war for the company. Now, Netflix has confirmed that it is pulling out.

Netflix will no longer be buying Warner Bros Discovery as planned. Paramount Skydance has increased its bid for the company to $31 per share, making its buyout offer worth tens of billions more than Netflix's offer. Paramount will also be paying Netflix $2.8 billion to settle the contract termination fee with Warner Bros.

For gamers, this is slightly concerning news. While Netflix's gaming operation is still quite new, it would be in a better position to take over the likes of NetherRealm and Rocksteady. Paramount on the other hand has very little experience with AAA video games and may not be interested in that aspect of the deal at all.

It is unclear when the Paramount – Warner Bros merger will finalise. The deal will still be subject to regulator approvals and that process can take years.

KitGuru Says: Do you think this new merger will be successful for Paramount?

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Resident Evil Requiem was already off to a good start with critics but it also appears to have been a huge day-one success with PC gamers as well. When the new game unlocked last night, player-counts shot up to almost 300K. 

With a peak concurrent player count of over 275,000 on Steam (via IG), Resident Evil Requiem now has the biggest PC launch of any of the mainline games or remakes. For reference, this is 200K more concurrent players than the peak for Resident Evil 2 Remake, and a little more than 100K more than Resident Evil 4 Remake.

Resident Evil Requiem has launched today to a wave of positive reviews from fans and critics alike. The game successfully marries memorable action moments with the tense survival horror vibe of Resident Evil 7.

Resident Evil Requiem is available now for PC and consoles. An AMD graphics driver update is available for Radeon GPU users. Nvidia had also released a driver for this launch but had to pull it from circulation due to bugs.

KitGuru Says: Are you playing Resident Evil Requiem this weekend? 

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The new Nvidia Game Ready graphics driver that began rolling out yesterday has been suddenly pulled shortly after circulation. Nvidia has removed downloads for the driver temporarily while it investigates a number of reported issues.

According to some reports, the new driver contained a bug that would stop GPU fans spinning, as well as a voltage locking issue, HDR problems and issues with simple tasks like video playback.

Nvidia confirmed that it has pulled downloads of the driver on its blog page, saying: “We have discovered a bug in the Game Ready and Studio 595.59 WHQL drivers and have removed the downloads temporarily while our team investigates. For users that have already installed this driver and are experiencing issues with fan control, please roll back to 591.86 WHQL”.

If you have the Nvidia App, you can still roll back your driver through the drivers tab by scrolling down and clicking the three dots in the corner.

KitGuru Says: This is unfortunate timing, especially with Resident Evil Requiem becoming widely available today. There is no timeline yet for a hotfix but we will keep our eyes out for it.

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