{"id":316058,"date":"2025-10-17T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2162683"},"modified":"2025-10-17T04:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:44:49","slug":"tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetris Effect: Connected is heading to Switch in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tetris Effect: Connected, the muliplayer version of developer Enhance&#8217;s gorgeously hypnotic reimagining of the classic block-dropping puzzler, is making its way to Switch on 8th October.<\/p>\n<p>The original Tetris Effect, created by legendary game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi (known for the likes of Rez, Lumines, and Space Channel 5), was, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-11-09-tetris-effect-review-the-eternal-puzzler-reimagined-on-a-truly-cosmic-scale_3\">very good indeed<\/a>, transforming the classic puzzler into a mesmerising audio-visual treat. We even called it our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2018-12-31-eurogamers-game-of-the-year-2018-is-tetris-effect\">Game of the Year<\/a> when it released in 2018 (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2019-11-29-games-of-the-decade-tetris-effect-is-the-game-of-all-the-decades\">one of our Games of the Decade<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s Tetris Effect: Connected update expanded on the superb single-player original with a range of new online and local multiplayer modes (both co-op and competitive), and it&#8217;s this version &#8211; also featuring cross-platform online support &#8211; that&#8217;ll be released on Switch in October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-11-tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-11-tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tetris Effect: Connected, the muliplayer version of developer Enhance&#8217;s gorgeously hypnotic reimagining of the classic block-dropping puzzler, is making its way to Switch on 8th October. The original Tetris Effect, created by legendary game designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi (known for the likes of Rez, Lumines, and Space Channel 5), was, of course, very good indeed, transforming the classic puzzler into a mesmerising audio-visual treat. We even called it our Game of the Year when it released in 2018 (and one of our Games of the Decade in 2019. Last year&#8217;s Tetris Effect: Connected update expanded on the superb single-player original with a range of new online and local multiplayer modes (both co-op and competitive), and it&#8217;s this version &#8211; also featuring cross-platform online support &#8211; that&#8217;ll&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tetris-effect-connected-is-heading-to-switch-in-october\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tetris Effect: Connected is heading to 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