Following a bug found in its Ver1.2.1 update, Nintendo has taken the Nintendo Switch Sports servers offline while it works to fix the problem. This means online play and save data backup are both currently down.

Nintendo shared the update on Twitter, saying this bug has been causing the game to close during the pre-match loading screen for some players.

"A bug has been found in the #NintendoSwitchSports Ver1.2.1 update which causes the software to close during the pre-match loading screen," Nintendo wrote. "This is unfortunately affecting both online and offline play modes. We have therefore temporarily suspended the rollout of this update.

"While we investigate to find a solution, #NintendoSwitchSports servers will be temporarily taken offline and online play will not be available during this time. Save data backup is also temporarily suspended. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience."

There has been no timetable given for a fix, but we will update this story as soon as an update is given.

In our Nintendo Switch Sports review, we said that it "successfully recaptures the party game magic of Wii Sports, but quickly falls victim to a lack of depth that holds it back from achieving greatness."

That lack of depth will be addressed this holiday when Golf arrives to Nintendo Switch Sports as a free update. The Golf mode will include 21 holes from the original Wii Sports series alongside a new Survival Golf mode. The update was initially set to arrive this fall, but was delayed by a bit.

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Following a bug found in its Ver1.2.1 update, Nintendo has taken the Nintendo Switch Sports servers offline while it works to fix the problem. This means online play and save data backup are both currently down.

Nintendo shared the update on Twitter, saying this bug has been causing the game to close during the pre-match loading screen for some players.

"A bug has been found in the #NintendoSwitchSports Ver1.2.1 update which causes the software to close during the pre-match loading screen," Nintendo wrote. "This is unfortunately affecting both online and offline play modes. We have therefore temporarily suspended the rollout of this update.

"While we investigate to find a solution, #NintendoSwitchSports servers will be temporarily taken offline and online play will not be available during this time. Save data backup is also temporarily suspended. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience."

There has been no timetable given for a fix, but we will update this story as soon as an update is given.

In our Nintendo Switch Sports review, we said that it "successfully recaptures the party game magic of Wii Sports, but quickly falls victim to a lack of depth that holds it back from achieving greatness."

That lack of depth will be addressed this holiday when Golf arrives to Nintendo Switch Sports as a free update. The Golf mode will include 21 holes from the original Wii Sports series alongside a new Survival Golf mode. The update was initially set to arrive this fall, but was delayed by a bit.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a striking image of a pair of stars surrounded by 17 wave-like rings. The star system is made up of two stellar bodies, one of which - known as a Wolf-Rayet star - is likely doomed to end its existence by collapsing into a super-dense black hole.

Wolf-Rayet stars live incredibly violent, and relatively short lives. They are born with a mass the equivalent to 25 times that of our Sun. However, over the course of tens of thousands of years, they forcefully expel much of their mass into the surrounding circumstellar environment. To date, roughly 600 of these rare stars have been discovered.

The JWST recently captured an image of the star system Wolf-Rayet 140, in which one of these mass shedding stars is orbiting in a binary system alongside a companion with a mass around 30 times that of our Sun.

When at their most distant, an expanse of 1.9 billion miles separates the two stars. However, once every eight years, their orbits bring the two enormous heavenly bodies to within a distance of just 93 million miles of each other - a little more than the average space between Earth and our home star.

At this point, fast flowing streams of particles blasting out from the surfaces of the stars - which collectively are known as stellar winds - slam into the mass of gas and carbon being cast off by the Wolf-Rayet.

This material is compressed and transformed into dust by the relentless onslaught of the stellar winds, thus creating the rings observed by the JWST in the present day.

The authors of a new study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, believe that the rings have been able to preserve their well defined shape thanks to the pressure of the stellar winds that created them, which effectively clear out any debris that could disrupt their structure.

Prior to being imaged by Webb, astronomers using ground-based telescopes had only been able to spot two dust rings surrounding the binary system. However, the keen infrared abilities of the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) - which is capable of observing relatively cool objects against the backdrop of space - revealed a more complete view of the scene.

“We’re looking at over a century of dust production from this system,” comments lead author of the new study Ryan Lau, of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab. “The image also illustrates just how sensitive this telescope is. Before, we were only able to see two dust rings, using ground-based telescopes. Now we see at least 17 of them.”

According to Lau and his co-authors, the rings we see in the new image were likely created over the course of the roughly 130 years prior to the point that the light left the system. Each ring marks an eight year period, as reliable as a cosmic metronome.

However, this is probably not the full story of Wolf-Rayet 140, as there are likely fainter rings beyond the outer boundary that cannot be seen, even by the powerful gaze of NASA’s latest flagship telescope.

Anthony Wood is a freelance science writer for IGN.

Image Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a striking image of a pair of stars surrounded by 17 wave-like rings. The star system is made up of two stellar bodies, one of which - known as a Wolf-Rayet star - is likely doomed to end its existence by collapsing into a super-dense black hole.

Wolf-Rayet stars live incredibly violent, and relatively short lives. They are born with a mass the equivalent to 25 times that of our Sun. However, over the course of tens of thousands of years, they forcefully expel much of their mass into the surrounding circumstellar environment. To date, roughly 600 of these rare stars have been discovered.

The JWST recently captured an image of the star system Wolf-Rayet 140, in which one of these mass shedding stars is orbiting in a binary system alongside a companion with a mass around 30 times that of our Sun.

When at their most distant, an expanse of 1.9 billion miles separates the two stars. However, once every eight years, their orbits bring the two enormous heavenly bodies to within a distance of just 93 million miles of each other - a little more than the average space between Earth and our home star.

At this point, fast flowing streams of particles blasting out from the surfaces of the stars - which collectively are known as stellar winds - slam into the mass of gas and carbon being cast off by the Wolf-Rayet.

This material is compressed and transformed into dust by the relentless onslaught of the stellar winds, thus creating the rings observed by the JWST in the present day.

The authors of a new study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, believe that the rings have been able to preserve their well defined shape thanks to the pressure of the stellar winds that created them, which effectively clear out any debris that could disrupt their structure.

Prior to being imaged by Webb, astronomers using ground-based telescopes had only been able to spot two dust rings surrounding the binary system. However, the keen infrared abilities of the JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) - which is capable of observing relatively cool objects against the backdrop of space - revealed a more complete view of the scene.

“We’re looking at over a century of dust production from this system,” comments lead author of the new study Ryan Lau, of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab. “The image also illustrates just how sensitive this telescope is. Before, we were only able to see two dust rings, using ground-based telescopes. Now we see at least 17 of them.”

According to Lau and his co-authors, the rings we see in the new image were likely created over the course of the roughly 130 years prior to the point that the light left the system. Each ring marks an eight year period, as reliable as a cosmic metronome.

However, this is probably not the full story of Wolf-Rayet 140, as there are likely fainter rings beyond the outer boundary that cannot be seen, even by the powerful gaze of NASA’s latest flagship telescope.

Anthony Wood is a freelance science writer for IGN.

Image Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JPL-Caltech

Overwatch 2 has reached over 25 million players in its first 10 days and it has already achieved a "daily player base spread near-even across EMEA, Asia, and the Americas that’s nearly triple the previous daily player peak from the original Overwatch."

Blizzard announced the news in a press release and it arrives following a rough launch for the free-to-play game. Despite the issues, players have continued to show up in droves.

"The launch of Overwatch 2 has been such an important moment for Blizzard. We’re thrilled to bring new players from around the world into Overwatch’s vibrant universe while welcoming back the existing Blizzard community,” said Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “This is only the beginning—there are so many possibilities to explore in the world of Overwatch, and we cannot wait for players to experience everything the team is building for the live game.”

As for that rough launch, Blizzard also detailed a bit about how they will be making it up to players for the issues that have arisen. In addition to gifting all players who log in from October 25 through the end of Season One the "all-new Cursed Captain Reaper Legendary skin and a Health Pack Weapon Charm," Blizzard also confirmed the dates for the upcoming double match XP weekends. They are as follows;

• Starting October 21 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending October 24 at 11:00 a.m. PT
• Starting October 28 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending October 31 at 11:00 a.m. PT
• Starting November 24 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending November 28 at 11:00 a.m. PT

Blizzard also revealed that Kiriko, the newest support hero, has been a popular choice among players and her Kitsune Rush ultimate ability has been used over two million times in the first week alone.

Overwatch 2 was plagued by, among other things, DDoS attacks and issues that arose from Blizzard requiring players to connect a phone number to their account before playing. It has since apologized and offered up the previously mentioned gifts to make up for it.

Blizzard has also shared that it has been "happy to see that no hero’s overall power level is far out of line with our goals" and that Overwatch 2 won't be rebalanced until Season 2 begins in December.

For more check out our Overwatch 2 review and our wiki guide so you can become the best hero you can.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Overwatch 2 has reached over 25 million players in its first 10 days and it has already achieved a "daily player base spread near-even across EMEA, Asia, and the Americas that’s nearly triple the previous daily player peak from the original Overwatch."

Blizzard announced the news in a press release and it arrives following a rough launch for the free-to-play game. Despite the issues, players have continued to show up in droves.

"The launch of Overwatch 2 has been such an important moment for Blizzard. We’re thrilled to bring new players from around the world into Overwatch’s vibrant universe while welcoming back the existing Blizzard community,” said Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “This is only the beginning—there are so many possibilities to explore in the world of Overwatch, and we cannot wait for players to experience everything the team is building for the live game.”

As for that rough launch, Blizzard also detailed a bit about how they will be making it up to players for the issues that have arisen. In addition to gifting all players who log in from October 25 through the end of Season One the "all-new Cursed Captain Reaper Legendary skin and a Health Pack Weapon Charm," Blizzard also confirmed the dates for the upcoming double match XP weekends. They are as follows;

• Starting October 21 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending October 24 at 11:00 a.m. PT
• Starting October 28 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending October 31 at 11:00 a.m. PT
• Starting November 24 at 11:00 a.m. PT, ending November 28 at 11:00 a.m. PT

Blizzard also revealed that Kiriko, the newest support hero, has been a popular choice among players and her Kitsune Rush ultimate ability has been used over two million times in the first week alone.

Overwatch 2 was plagued by, among other things, DDoS attacks and issues that arose from Blizzard requiring players to connect a phone number to their account before playing. It has since apologized and offered up the previously mentioned gifts to make up for it.

Blizzard has also shared that it has been "happy to see that no hero’s overall power level is far out of line with our goals" and that Overwatch 2 won't be rebalanced until Season 2 begins in December.

For more check out our Overwatch 2 review and our wiki guide so you can become the best hero you can.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

When Gotham Knights arrives on consoles on October 21, it will do so with no performance mode and it will run at only 30 FPS.

As spotted by those like Wario64 on Twitter, the news was shared by Gotham Knights executive producer Fleur "Flaoua" Marty in the game's Discord channel, and she wanted to take the time to address this question for console players.

"I know many of you are wondering about the availability of a performance mode for Gotham Knights on consoles," Marty wrote. "Due to the types of features we have in our game, like providing a fully untethered co-op experience in our highly detailed open-world, it's not as straightforward as lowering the resolution and getting a higher FPS. For this reason, our game does not have a performance/quality toggle option and will run at 30FPS on consoles."

This news follows the announcement of Gotham Knights' Heroic Assault mode, which will be a free four-player co-op mode that will launch on November 29, 2022. Despite there being four heroes - Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood - Gotham Knights' campaign only supports single-player or two-player co-op. This new mode will give four friends the chance to take on arena-based challenges and see how all four heroes can work together to take down Gotham's criminals.

In our Gotham Knights final preview, we said that it "is not an easy game to demo, and while I walked away from my hands-on time less than impressed with many aspects of combat, I still found myself interested in playing more."

For more, check out why Gotham Knights created an older, wiser, more dangerous Harley Quinn and our thoughts from our first preview of the game back in August.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

When Gotham Knights arrives on consoles on October 21, it will do so with no performance mode and it will run at only 30 FPS.

As spotted by those like Wario64 on Twitter, the news was shared by Gotham Knights executive producer Fleur "Flaoua" Marty in the game's Discord channel, and she wanted to take the time to address this question for console players.

"I know many of you are wondering about the availability of a performance mode for Gotham Knights on consoles," Marty wrote. "Due to the types of features we have in our game, like providing a fully untethered co-op experience in our highly detailed open-world, it's not as straightforward as lowering the resolution and getting a higher FPS. For this reason, our game does not have a performance/quality toggle option and will run at 30FPS on consoles."

This news follows the announcement of Gotham Knights' Heroic Assault mode, which will be a free four-player co-op mode that will launch on November 29, 2022. Despite there being four heroes - Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood - Gotham Knights' campaign only supports single-player or two-player co-op. This new mode will give four friends the chance to take on arena-based challenges and see how all four heroes can work together to take down Gotham's criminals.

In our Gotham Knights final preview, we said that it "is not an easy game to demo, and while I walked away from my hands-on time less than impressed with many aspects of combat, I still found myself interested in playing more."

For more, check out why Gotham Knights created an older, wiser, more dangerous Harley Quinn and our thoughts from our first preview of the game back in August.

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

While Gotham Knights' campaign will only support single-player or two-player co-op, a new mode called Heroic Assault will launch for free on November 29, 2022, that will let up to four players team up in arena-based challenges.

WB Games Montréal announced the news on Twitter and on Gotham Knights' FAQ page, saying, "Gotham has thrown down a new gauntlet. Heroic Assault, the free 4-player co-op experience, is coming to #GothamKnights November 29, 2022."

"Heroic Assault is an upcoming gameplay mode that is separate from the main story campaign," Gotham Knights' FAQ reads. "The standalone mode supports up to four players in online co-op and provides a dedicated arena-like environment with specific objectives to complete and enemies to defeat on each floor (30 floors total)."

For those hoping this would also bring four-player co-op to the main story campaign, WB Games Montréal has not said it is planning to bring four-player co-op to anything beyond Heroic Assault. Things can always change, but it doesn't look to be in the cards at the moment.

Gotham Knights will be released on October 21, 2022, and will let players experience a story in single-player or two-player co-op featuring Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood.

WB Games Montréal previously shared with IGN why it chose to limit co-op to two players despite there being four heroes, saying, "focusing more on the idea of the immediate team-up of two allowed us to say, 'OK, we can build a world that works perfectly well for either solo play or pairing off.'"

In our Gotham Knights final preview, we said that it "is not an easy game to demo, and while I walked away from my hands-on time less than impressed with many aspects of combat, I still found myself interested in playing more."

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

While Gotham Knights' campaign will only support single-player or two-player co-op, a new mode called Heroic Assault will launch for free on November 29, 2022, that will let up to four players team up in arena-based challenges.

WB Games Montréal announced the news on Twitter and on Gotham Knights' FAQ page, saying, "Gotham has thrown down a new gauntlet. Heroic Assault, the free 4-player co-op experience, is coming to #GothamKnights November 29, 2022."

"Heroic Assault is an upcoming gameplay mode that is separate from the main story campaign," Gotham Knights' FAQ reads. "The standalone mode supports up to four players in online co-op and provides a dedicated arena-like environment with specific objectives to complete and enemies to defeat on each floor (30 floors total)."

For those hoping this would also bring four-player co-op to the main story campaign, WB Games Montréal has not said it is planning to bring four-player co-op to anything beyond Heroic Assault. Things can always change, but it doesn't look to be in the cards at the moment.

Gotham Knights will be released on October 21, 2022, and will let players experience a story in single-player or two-player co-op featuring Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood.

WB Games Montréal previously shared with IGN why it chose to limit co-op to two players despite there being four heroes, saying, "focusing more on the idea of the immediate team-up of two allowed us to say, 'OK, we can build a world that works perfectly well for either solo play or pairing off.'"

In our Gotham Knights final preview, we said that it "is not an easy game to demo, and while I walked away from my hands-on time less than impressed with many aspects of combat, I still found myself interested in playing more."

Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.