Nintendo originally drummed up excitement about this playtest by mentioning how it would be tied to a "new feature" for the Switch Online service. It was also promoted as a "first-come, first-serve" program, and is limited to select locations around the world, so not everybody can participate.

When Nintendo announced a secretive 10,000-person playtest for an NDA-enwrapped project, speculation naturally ran wild. While something to do with the upcoming reveal and release of the Switch’s successor seemed the most popular idea,

Not content with just leaking details prior to the event, people are now streaming Nintendo's mysterious Switch Online playtest on the likes of YouTube and Twitch.

Nintendo Switch Online members can currently download and try three games, though these trials will not be available for long.

Students at a sixth form college have described the opportunity to develop video games for a major games console as "absolute madness". The teenagers at Cambridge Regional College will be some of the youngest people in the UK to be allowed to do so for the Nintendo Switch.

The goal of the unnamed game is 'to work with others to fully develop a massive, expansive planet by utilizing creativity and farmed resources.'

The mysterious Nintendo Switch Online playtest announced a couple of weeks ago has leaked, and, well, it's not GameCube games for the Expansion Pack.

Details emerge ahead of Nintendo Switch Online's highly-anticipated Playtest Program, revealing what participants will actually be testing out.

An upcoming Nintendo Switch game has had details leaked online by invited players, even before the official start of the game's online playtest.