Splatoon 3 release date announced for fall 2022

Nintendo has announced that Splatoon 3 will be arriving to splatter ink all over the Nintendo Switch this fall on Sept. 9, 2022.

The launch date comes alongside an extended look at Splatoon 3‘s 4v4 Turf War multiplayer mode on one of the game’s new maps, Eeltail Alley. It’s an interesting take on third-person competitive shooters like the other Splatoon titles. The goal is not to fire paint at your opponent, but cover the map with your color.

In addition to multiplayer, Splatoon 3 also includes Salmon Run, Splatoon’s version of cooperative Horde modes, and a single-player campaign where players will “join Agent 3 in a fight against the unruly Octarians and discover the secrets of a mysterious place called Alterna and the Fuzzy Ooze.”

To tide folks over Nintendo is also making Splatoon 2‘s Octo Expansion DLC available to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers starting today, which brings 80 additional missions to the 2017 game.