{"id":137266,"date":"2026-05-20T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201393"},"modified":"2026-05-20T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:55:00","slug":"tomb-raider-definitive-edition-switch-2-update-adds-tressfx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/20\/tomb-raider-definitive-edition-switch-2-update-adds-tressfx\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Switch 2 Update Adds &#8220;TressFX&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0f3cd0503605\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0f3cd0503605\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"d0f3cd0503605\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Tomb Raider\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0f3cd0503605\/tomb-raider.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0f3cd0503605\/tomb-raider.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"520\" alt=\"Tomb Raider\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Apsyr<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/tomb-raider-definitive-edition\">Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition<\/a> got a surprise release on the Nintendo eShop last year, and since then, Aspyr has been releasing updates to improve the experience in all sorts of ways.<\/p>\n<p>In a new update this week, it has rolled out TressFX for the Switch 2 version of the game. The technology is designed to &#8220;simulate and render high-quality, realistic hair and fur&#8221;. Here&#8217;s the official announcement from the Aspyr support page:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re happy to share that we&#8217;ve added TressFX to Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition today! Out now on Nintendo Switch 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aspyr has also shared its own description and video footage, showing Lara &#8220;with&#8221; and &#8220;without&#8221; TressFX technology:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;She might get muddy stealthing around Yamatai but I&#8217;ll be damned if our girl doesn&#8217;t always have a good hair day&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"D8UzZIiTScQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D8UzZIiTScQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You can find out more about Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition in our full review here on Nintendo Life. We thought this port was a great time, awarding the Switch 2 version 8 out of 10 stars. You can read (or watch) our full review in the related link below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:194042 @ 1779295333 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be checking out this new update for Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Switch 2? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Apsyr Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition got a surprise release on the Nintendo eShop last year, and since then, Aspyr has been releasing updates to improve the experience in all sorts of ways. In a new update this week, it has rolled out TressFX for the Switch 2 version of the game. The technology is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}