33rd Expedition Targets Switch 2 Launch This Year, Growing UE5 Roster

TGA 2025 Game of the Year Shadows of the 33rd Expedition is confirmed for Switch 2 this year, and an ESRB listing has surfaced for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on the same console.

Two Unreal Engine 5 powerhouses landing on Switch 2 sends a clear signal: the console can handle demanding titles.

When 33rd Expedition won Game of the Year, many assumed UE5 games and Nintendo hardware were incompatible. NateTheHate's report now challenges that assumption. These two titles will directly test Switch 2's performance ceiling—not merely running UE5, but running it well.

Gearbox's situation reveals a different problem. The publisher stated Switch 2 isn't a priority for Borderlands 4, but industry insiders point to Gearbox lacking UE5 optimization expertise as the actual bottleneck. Platform capability itself isn't the limiting factor; optimization expertise is. With Switch 2's performance positioning similar to Xbox Series S, there's substantial room for improvement.

For prospective Switch 2 buyers, what the 2025 lineup holds is becoming clearer: high-performance engine titles are arriving in waves, and the key variable is when developers fully understand the hardware's capabilities.