Watch the first Nintendo Direct of 2024 here at 9AM ET<p>Nintendo's about to kick off its first event of the year with the <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-direct/02-21-2024/">Direct Partner Showcase[/url] focused on upcoming third-party games for Switch. We could see the first news about Xbox titles like
Pentiment coming to other platforms and maybe, hopefully more about the much-delayed
Hollow Knight sequel,
Silksong. The 25-minute presentation kicks off at 9AM ET today (February 21) and you can watch it below.</p>
<p>As mentioned, today's Direct could be more significant than a typical showcase. Last week, Microsoft <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/xbox-confirms-four-of-its-games-are-coming-to-more-popular-consoles-201419203.html">announced[/url] that it would begin bringing some of its exclusive titles to "other consoles," likely meaning the Switch and Sony's PlayStation 5.</p>
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<p>Microsoft didn't elaborate much more than that, but <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24073691/microsoft-xbox-games-ps5-nintendo-switch-exclusivity">rumors[/url] cite
Hi-Fi Rush,
Pentiment,
Sea of Thieves and
Grounded as likely first titles moving to other platforms. The only thing we know for certain, though, is that
Starfield and
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will remain Xbox exclusives for now. </p>
<p>Apart from that, there are a few upcoming third-party games without release dates including
Contra: Operation Galuga and <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://store.privatedivision.com/game/pennys-big-breakaway">
Penny's Big Breakaway[/url], so Nintendo might give us more info about those. We're also hoping to hear about <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2019-02-14-hollow-knight-silksong-trailer.html">
Hollow Knight: Silksong[/url] which, last we heard in May 2023, was delayed and had no updated release window. </p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Watch the first Nintendo Direct of 2024 here at 9AM ET
