Mario Kart World gameplay showcase proves the rail-grinding mechanic is more than just a slick Tony Hawk-style gimmick: "It opens up so many possibilities"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “It opens up so many possibilities,” adds Kendra.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 25 words · Tina Simon

Mario Kart World gets my gold medal thanks to the thrilling 24-player Knockout Tour, and I can't wait for another lap

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Mario Kart World is threatening to turn me into a competitive person. The whole Nintendo Switch 2 is, thanks to its current focus on multiplayer. (Image credit: Nintendo) I’m conflict adverse. When I had my last employee assessment, my boss said my best trait is how personable I am. On the surface,Mario Kart Worldappears to be like any other in the series....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Paul Anderson

Mario Kart World quietly fixes one of the series' longest-standing annoyances and I suspect I will get hit with 10% fewer red turtle shells because of it

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Actually, come to think of it, why haven’t items just always worked like this?! Anywho, Mario Kart World is out exclusively on Switch 2 with the console’s launch on June 5.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Gary Austin

Marvel Rivals season 2 adds Emma Frost and Ultron as the Hellfire Gala becomes a battleground

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Spring may be here, butMarvel Rivalsseason two is going to kick off with a touch of Frost. By that I mean, Emma Frost is joining the roster as a new character alongside Ultron. All the heroes' party attire looks very dashing. It’ll probably just be the new skins you have to pay for....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Anthony Walters

Metroid Prime 4's Star Wars-style opening space battle has the 14-year-old Metroid nerd in me absolutely screaming

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Prime 4 is just one of manyupcoming Switch 2 games.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 27 words · Lisa Patel

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond feels so at home on the Switch 2, that now I'm a little worried about the last-gen version

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. I kept wondering, and in fact am still wondering, how the regular Nintendo Switch version will compare. In short, Metroid Prime 4 is going to be a looker when it launches later this year. (Image credit: Nintendo) It’s both shockingly responsive and not as annoying to use as it might seem in videos....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Sandra Pierce

Nab a dinky Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon for its lowest price ever

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. This rather small Lego Millennium Falcon is currently just56.98 at Amazonfor UK Nerf herders. (Though its distinct lack of stickers helped.) For more discounts, be sure to check out thebest board gamesfor April 2025. As for last-minute present ideas, why not drop by ourgifts for gamersguide?

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 63 words · Tristan Pineda

Netflix's Daredevil showrunner reveals his "quite different" original plans for seasons 4 and 5 of the Marvel series: "I was going to circle back to the Bullseye storyline"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. The season 4 I had planned was quite different," Oleson toldThe Wrap. “It was a Typhoid Mary story. It was going to go into a different direction. And then I was going to circle back to the Bullseye storyline in season 5.” A standalone series, Daredevil: Born Again, stuttered into production aftera creative overhaul....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Elizabeth Myers

Nier Automata director Yoko Taro says what we're all thinking: let us buy Wind Waker individually on Switch 2, please Nintendo

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. That’s not the only Nintendo Switch 2 take he had, either. In the meantime, check out all theupcoming Switch 2 gameson the horizon.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 40 words · James Garcia

Nintendo heads off the Zelda lore debate that surrounded Age of Calamity by preemptively confirming that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is "canonical"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. There’s awhole section of the Zelda Wikidedicated to explaining why it’s not considered part of the timeline. We’ll find out for sure when Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment launches this winter. Check out all yesteday’sNintendo Switch 2 Direct news, or dig into our full list ofupcoming Switch 2 games.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Shawn James

Nintendo producer thought up the Switch 2's mouse controls while playing PC games, says you can "control the mouse on your pants" as usually the table is "quite far away" from the sofa

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. So we brought it to the Nintendo Switch 2," Kawamoto says. Third-party games like Civ 7 and Borderlands 4, meanwhile, will also support mouse controls to some degree.

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · James Leonard

Nintendo responds to questions of Switch 2 stick drift with assurances the new Joy-Con 2 controllers "have been really designed from the ground up from scratch"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. You’d hope so, anyway. The Nintendo Switch 2 costs $449.99 whereas a Joy-Con 2 pair itself costs $89.99. That’s roughly within the range we expected but it’s still a rather meaty investment. Maybe all theupcoming Switch 2 gameswill make the plunge all the more worth it. Catch up with all theNintendo Switch 2 Direct newsright here....

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 73 words · Sarah Henson PhD

Nintendo says Switch 2's Discord-like GameChat is a "defining feature" of the new console that was partially shaped by Zelda: Breath of the Wild and a cult puzzle game

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “The rest of us were curious to know what kind of game it was,” Ono says. And we were all like, ‘Wow, we didnt know such an interesting puzzle game existed!’ Fast forward a day and the whole team was playing it. (Laughs) That was a moment where game screen sharing really shone."...

April 3, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Bryan Joseph