Golf With Your Friends 2 lands on Switch 2 in Fall 2026 with cross-play

Switch 2 will get a useful early test of third-party confidence in its online ecosystem: Golf With Your Friends 2 is set for Fall 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam, with full cross-platform play, six new courses, a revamped level editor and 12-player online multiplayer. Team17 and Radical Forge are also adding a new cosmetic system called Hole Explosions, giving the sequel more than a simple visual refresh.

The timing matters. Team17 first said in January 2025 that the game was targeting a 2025 launch and highlighted cross-platform multiplayer, cross-platform level editor support, hazardous weather and improved physics. Moving the release into Fall 2026 stretches the schedule, but the feature set still points to a publisher building around one shared player base rather than treating Switch 2 as a separate lane. For Nintendo, that is the kind of practical proof that matters: whether a multiplayer game, a user-generated content tool and a cross-platform audience can all hold together on the same hardware.

That theme carried into other third-party announcements for the system. Annapurna Interactive and BlueTwelve Studio are bringing Stray to Switch 2 on May 28, 2026 for $29.99, with upgraded visuals, 4K resolution, mouse controls and improved frame rates. The cat-focused adventure originally launched on July 19, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC, then spread to other platforms before reaching Nintendo hardware. A 4K port with mouse support is a clear signal that publishers are willing to tune older hits for Switch 2 instead of simply trimming them down for a handheld audience.

NIS America is making a similar bet on scale. Brigandine: Abyss will launch on PC via Steam on August 26, 2026 and on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on August 27. The strategy RPG is being positioned as a brand-new entry in a lineage that began with Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena in 1998. It will include six story campaigns, Mission Mode with 24 factions and language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. In Japan, the Switch 2 version will be sold physically and digitally, but on a game-key card, with a standard edition priced at 9,020 yen and a limited edition at 18,480 yen that bundles 18 acrylic stands, an art book, the soundtrack CD and a special box.

Taken together, the mini-golf sequel, the cat adventure and the tactical RPG show the same pattern: Switch 2 is already being used for cross-play, user-generated systems, premium back-catalog upgrades and long-running franchises. That breadth is the clearest sign yet that publishers are treating Nintendo’s new platform as a serious long-term destination, not just a launch-window novelty.