Matthew is a journalist in the news department at GameRant. He holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and has been an avid gamer since 1985. Matthew formerly served as a ...

Nintendo’s data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they’ve drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer ...

Last month, Nintendo and its third-party partners revealed that many of the “physical” games on the Switch 2 would be made available only as “Digital Key Cards.” Unlike traditional physical Switch ...

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, folks looking to buy a physical copy of a game will be faced with one more option — the Game Key Card. This means folks who buy a “physical” copy of a ...