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Mario Kart 8's Next Wave Adds Even More Characters To Game That Never Dies
21.6.2023
During today’s Nintendo Direct, we got a new look at wave five of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe booster pack DLC.Read more
Save A Bunch On Great Switch Games In Nintendo's Latest Summer Sale
15.6.2023
Another season, another Switch sale. In celebration of the summer solstice or just to pad those quarterly earnings, several Switch exclusives and excellent indie games have huge discounts right now. If you need something to play by the pool, like say a 2D side-scrolling arcade-y throwback like...
Nintendo Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Immoral’ Loot Boxes In Mario Kart Tour
22.5.2023
Nintendo isn’t immune from the backlash against loot boxes, and now a recently filed lawsuit claims the video game company used “dark patterns” to trick younger players into spending money on Mario Kart Tour’s “immoral” microtransactions. Read more
Bonkers Halo Mario Kart Mod Deserves To Be Its Own Game
25.4.2023
The Halo series has had so many legendary vehicles that it’s a wonder we haven’t seen an official racing spin-off by now (no, that Forza Warthog doesn’t count). While players have created no shortage of Forge-crafted mini-games focused on vehicle hijinks, one brave modder has finally given us what...
New Racing Game Is Basically Mario Kart For Disney Adults
25.4.2023
Last week, Disney Speedstorm launched via paid early access. The (eventually) free-to-play kart racer is a multiplatform spin on Mario Kart and stars a wide array of Disney characters including Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Belle, Jack Sparrow, and more. And while it’s a lot of fun to play, its free-to-play...
Watch As Dark Souls Players Break The Game’s AI In Stunning Ways
12.4.2023
The Dark Souls speedrunning community has found an exploit that pretty much breaks the AI of enemies and, in doing so, cracked the game wide open.Read more
Mario Kart Players Land Groundbreaking Trick After 27 Years
7.4.2023
Skips and speedruns are basically like magic, to me. The tenacity it takes to find ways to break a game and circumvent entire sections is a skill and patience I don’t have. That being said, I’m always glad to watch someone just walk or drive through a wall and end up somewhere they weren’t supposed...
Jack Black Continues Super Mario Bros. Movie Dominance By Owning Cast At Mario Kart
7.4.2023
By now the gaming community has reached critical mass when it comes to online discussions surrounding the Super Mario Bros. Movie. While we can debate whether or not the film’s legacy will be etched into the annals of video game history as the most expensive crowd-pleasing advertisement committed...
The Lego Racing Game Looks Like A Chaotic Open-World Mario Kart
23.3.2023
After leaking ahead of schedule earlier this week, Lego 2K Drive has been officially unveiled.Read more
Let's Rank The Mario Kart Games, Worst To Best
10.3.2023
For almost thirty years we’ve been driving like maniacs, questioning the meaning of fairness and ending friendships in Nintendo’s Mario Kart series. So why not end a few more by trying to rank these games from worst to best.Read more
Looks Like Mario Kart 8 Secretly Buffed Its Weaker Characters In Latest Update
10.3.2023
There’s a common wisdom in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Lighter characters handle better, but they can’t reach the top speeds seen from some of the heavier competitors. It’s a trade-off that keeps most of the characters relevant in Mario Kart meta. Now that everyone has had plenty of time to “git gud,”...
Závody Mario Kart 8 Deluxe přivítaly nové tratě a postavu
9.3.2023
Looks Like Mario Kart 8 Is Getting Five New Characters
9.3.2023
Mario Kart 8, a game that was first released ten years ago on the Wii U, is still not done. The 2017 Switch version of the game is currently in the midst of a run of downloadable content that is bringing not only new courses to the game, but new drivers as well.Read more
Mario Kart Fans Aghast To Learn About Secret Points That Tilt The Scales
24.2.2023
The Mario Kart community recently found out that the GameBoy Advanced racing game was secretly giving bonus points to certain characters in the roster, and not everyone is happy about it. Characters such as Bowser are getting the largest amount of bonus points, while Peach and Toad get less....
Mario Kart 8 Gets New Track And A Fashionably Late Birdo
9.2.2023
During today’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced the next batch of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, which will bring Birdo to the long-running kart racer this spring.Read more
Pedro Pascal Stars In Excellent Mario Kart x HBO Sketch
6.2.2023
When I see news that Saturday Night Live has released another sketch dedicated to the Mario Kart franchise, I get flashbacks.Read more
One Of The Lowkey Best Nintendo Switch Deals Is Back
2.2.2023
Nintendo has brought back its voucher program just in time for decent savings on some of the Switch’s biggest games. Missed out on Splatoon 3 or Bayonetta 3 last year? Now you can grab both for over $20 off.Read more
Nintendo’s Big Mario Kart Ride At Universal Can Only Be Ridden By Thin People
1.2.2023
Super Nintendo World, the latest addition to Universal Hollywood’s theme park, is set to open in just a few weeks, giving Mario fans the opportunity to step into a vivid recreation of the Mushroom Kingdom, packed with sights and sounds they know and love. Not all of them, however, will be able...
Square Enix Abandons Its Chocobo Racing Game Just 9 Months After Launch
22.12.2022
A game not included on our list of major 2022 games that died this year was Square Enix’s kart racer, Chocobo GP. There’s a reason for that, as it will remain playable for the foreseeable future. However, as Square Enix announced on December 21, the game is effectively dead now since “no further...
Mario Kart 7 Gets Patched 10 Years After Last Update
14.12.2022
Mario Kart 7 may be only one numerical entry behind the most recent game in the series, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t old as shit. In fact, it was first released on the Nintendo 3DS eleven years ago, in December 2011.Read more