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Switch 2 owners will be able to take upcoming Nintendo exclusive Drag x Drive for a test run next month — but only with an active Switch Online subscription.

This morning, Nintendo confirmed a two-day Drag x Drive “Global Jam” event on August 9 and 10, the weekend before the game’s August 14 arrival.

To date, Nintendo has said surprisingly little about Drag x Drive, which is set to follow Donkey Kong Bananza as the company’s next Switch 2 exclusive. A multiplayer sports game with mouse controls, the game has only been briefly glimpsed so far — despite it launching in less than a month.

“Eager to hit the court in Drag x Drive? Get a sneak peek with the Drag x Drive: Global Jam demo event!” Nintendo wrote today, announcing the game’s upcoming public trial. “This event takes place on August 9 and 10, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 for Nintendo Switch Online members.”

If you’re interested, you’ll be able to download and try the game’s Global Jam demo between 3am and 7am Pacific, then 5pm and 9pm Pacific on August 9, plus 9am and 1pm Pacific on August 10.

While Drag x Drive is a multiplayer-focused experience, some fans have said it is surprising to see the game’s demo limited to those with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. There is no local multiplayer option within the game, Nintendo has previously noted, but surely the company would want this demo to be available to as large a Switch 2 audience as possible?

Eager to hit the court in Drag x Drive? Get a sneak peek with the Drag x Drive: Global Jam demo event!

This event takes place on Aug 9 and 10, exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 for Nintendo Switch Online members. pic.twitter.com/1OVNAHdC3u

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 16, 2025

A previous demo for the game, available to play as part of the Switch 2’s in-person pre-release events, revealed Drag x Drive to be a three-versus-three sports title with gameplay similar to wheelchair basketball. Players must propel themselves across the game’s neon courts and perform a throwing action in order to pass the ball, or shoot it at a basketball hoop.

Exactly which modes will be available in the full game, or indeed this Global Jam offering, remain to be seen. Nintendo has however said that Drag x Drive will be a budget price release, costing $19.99 / £16.99, and an eShop-only digital title.

Before all that, Nintendo’s blockbuster Donkey Kong Bananza is due to arrive later this week. Yesterday, Nintendo gave fans a rare peek behind its development curtain with a glimpse at how the game would have looked on Switch 1.

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Within 20 minutes of implementing unpopular changes to the violence and nudity in VOID Interactive’s shooter Ready or Not, a mod was available to retcon the changes.

Yesterday (July 15), VOID Interactive proceeded with changes introduced to controversial shooter Ready or Not despite widespread condemnation from fans who believe the developer is “censoring” the game’s gore and violence by “appeasing console market regulators.”

VOID said it had to adjust levels of gore, nudity, violence, and the “mistreatment of children” ahead of the July 15 console release, and rather than “maintaining multiple versions with different assets and mechanics” that would “increase the likelihood of bugs,” some aspects of the PC version have also been revised. At the time, VOID insisted the changes were “small enough that most people here wouldn’t notice if we didn’t say anything,” but it “wanted to be transparent” with its players. Players disagreed, and the news caused Ready or Not’s Steam user review rating to plummet to “mostly negative” for recent reviews.

The mod — which says it “reverts (to the best extent we can) the high profile ‘censorship’ changes to [Ready or Not] caused by the Los Sueños Stories/Console update” — restores the ability to dismember dead people, strips clothing from some in-game character, and rolls back other changes made by the developer to satisfy console makers as the game finally jumped from PC to Xbox Series X and S and PS5.

“All ‘Uncensored’ files are either reused files (from the Dark Waters version of the game, and may also be modified slightly) or modified files of the current version, both originally made by VOID Interactive,” mod creator Eman734 wrote.

“We do not claim to be their original authors and do not claim to have legal ownership or IP rights. VOID Interactive retains legal/IP rights to their assets, and we will comply with any takedown request (though they have stated they do not have intention of doing so).”

The mod has been downloaded almost 7,000 times since it launched yesterday, and racked up 78 endorsements.

VOID Interactive responded to player backlash after it made changes to the PC version of its controversial shooter Ready or Not in order to secure a console release, citing “misconceptions and misinformation” about the amendments, but it was not enough to curb player ire.

It’s not the first time VOID Interactive has courted controversy. It parted ways with its original publisher, Team17, one day after the developer shared it would have a school shooting level. Ready or Not was also briefly hauled offline in 2022 after a takedown request was issued due to a trademark dispute. The issue related to a level that depicted a mass shooting at a nightclub called Prysm, which was released on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

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Blood Line, a video game spinoff for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, finally launched today as the Netflix movie series it’s based on remains with an uncertain future.

Subscribers may have been surprised to see Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game show up as a playable game on their mobile devices today. Developed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate studio Super Evil Mega Corp, this spinoff of the sci-fi universe that Snyder kicked off in 2023 allows players to drop into the Rebel Moon universe with isometric, twin-stick shooter gameplay.

“Take on intense combat missions in this multiplayer action game,” an official description for Blood Line says. “Build a rebellion against the Motherworld and fight for your planet’s freedom.”

With friends or alone, Blood Line tells a standalone story completely separate from the tale spun in Rebel Moon parts 1 and 2. What’s more is that Netflix Games and Super Evil Mega Corp promise their video game spinoff will “expand and evolve across regular post-launch updates.” With more challenges and rewards yet to be revealed, Blood Line’s future seems much more secure than the film series it originates from.

Rebel Moon: Part 1 – A Child of Fire set the stage for a new world from Snyder when it premiered in late 2023. After propping it up as a big-budget sci-fi epic with lots of moving parts, Rebel Moon Part 1 failed to impress, scoring a 22% from critics and 56% from fans on Rotten Tomatoes (we gave it a 4/10 in our review). Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver attempted to get the new universe back on track upon its release in April 2024 but faced a similar landing with a 16% from critics and 47% from fans (we also gave it a 4/10).

Snyder Cut versions of both Rebel Moon films eventually made their way to Netflix in August 2024 and received more positive reviews from audiences, but Netflix has been quiet about how the story may continue. Snyder spoke about his work with Netflix during a recent interview with Variety. While Rebel Moon and its characters remain on the Man of Steel director’s mind, it sounds like he’s got other projects he’ll be tackling first.

“I got sidetracked into this — not sidetracked, it’s all uptown problems, as they say — for Netflix, I’m working on an LAPD SWAT movie,” Snyder said. “So I was like, OK, well, I’m gonna just sort of let that Rebel Moon world boil for a minute, and I’m gonna go do this. And frankly, it was a very exhausting, long process doing the two movies together. So it was nice to have a bit of a break from it. I love it like crazy, but it’s nice to have a bit of a break. So yeah, we’ll see after I finish this, when I come back, where we are with everything.”

Snyder adds that there are “tons of stories” to tell from the Rebel Moon, but he still needs to determine how the universe could expand, “if at all.” While we wait to see how Blood Line might continue to build on Snyder’s world, you can read up on how the negative reviews affected Rebel Moon star Sofia Boutella. You can also check out our gamescom 2023 interview with Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder, where we learned more about how Netflix planned to build its universe at the time.

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