Nintendo has shaken up how it treats your digital game purchases. It's now calling those virtual game cards, and it hopes to make it easier for you to share your games across multiple Switch systems.

Michael has been writing about entertainment since 2016, but he's been a gamer since playing Pac-Man in the arcade, Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and the Sega Master System he got from his late father. In ...

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I played a whole bunch of games at the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience in Los Angeles over the weekend, and I got a lot of hands-on time with the Joy-Con’s new mouse mode. Metroid Prime 4, Civilization 7 ...

GameShare allows you to play with other people, even if you only own one copy of the game. There are some caveats, however. When you start a compatible game, you will see a GameShare option on the ...

Nintendo may still be the lone holdout for releasing its games on PC, but it can't stop us from using its Switch and Switch 2 Pro controllers to play PC games. Back in the old days that would've ...

Setting up an internet connection via wireless (WiFi) will allow you to access certain online features like GameChat and GameShare, purchase games on the Nintendo eShop, and see what your friends are ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 has the Virtual Game Card system, which lets you share your games with friends. (To be clear, the original Nintendo Switch has this too, but you may have seen a notice about it ...