During the course of developing Mario Kart World, the team making it were confronted with an important, potentially existential question: Does Mario, in fact, eat mushrooms? Meaning, do Super Mushrooms in the Mario universe need to be eaten, or simply touched to imbue Mario (and Luigi) with super powers?The answer...
Smash Bros. Melee player lost out on $2,000 after heartbreaking Pokémon Stadium glitch
The tourney featured a showdown between fourth-ranked Kurtis “Moky” Pratt and Cody Schwab, the second-ranked player in the Melee community.The two players both selected the Melee speed demon Fox McCloud and duked it out at Pokémon Stadium. When the stage transformed into its forest phase, both players were separated by...
Fortnite players are abusing AI Darth Vader, forcing him to say ‘Skibidi Toilet’ and worse
Shortly after Epic Games dropped Darth Vader, in the form of a holographic conversational AI, into Fortnite, players started figuring out how to get the Sith lord to say the worst things possible. That includes tricking Darth into saying the F-word, “edging and gooning,” and, chillingly, “Skibidi Toilets.”In response, Epic...
How to get the General Grievous skin in Fortnite
At long last, you can play as General Grievous in Fortnite, so long as you have the Chapter 6 Galactic Battle Pass. Grievous and his second outfit, Warlord Grievous, are locked to it, but unlike previous special pass skins there aren’t any specific quests you have to complete to unlock...
Switch 2 has a new charging setting to preserve your battery’s life
Nintendo will let Switch 2 owners opt into a setting that stops their system’s battery from charging once it reaches “around 90%” as part of an effort to preserve the system’s battery life. Nintendo revealed the new feature in its Nintendo Today app Monday.“The Nintendo Switch 2 system stops charging...
Nintendo says its low-balled Switch 2 forecast is about price, not tariffs
“Nintendo Switch 2 is priced relatively high compared to Nintendo Switch, so we recognize that there are corresponding challenges to early adoption,” Furukawa said. “We are taking steps like bundling software with the hardware to accelerate adoption in the first fiscal year, aiming to get off to the same start...
All the new video games launching in 2026
When Rockstar Games delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 into 2026, it likely came as a big relief to publishers who had anything on their slate for the back half of 2025. But 2026 is already shaping up to be an exciting, crowded year of big game releases, even without GTA...
Nintendo low-balls its Switch 2 sales estimates, but they’re still huge
Nintendo is predicting that it will sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles in its current financial year — a figure that most analysts agree is too low, but that would still put it among the fastest-selling game consoles of all time.Nintendo made the forecast in a report to investors covering...
Switch 2’s built-in storage can only fit four AAA games
Nintendo recently started taking pre-orders for Switch 2 games through its online store, coinciding with the opening of Switch 2 console pre-orders. Out of habit, I immediately scrolled to the “Game file size” section on each page to see how much storage each game will require. Some Switch 2 game...
The best cozy games to play right now
“Cozy games” are a huge phenomenon right now, because at the end of the day, who doesn’t like being cozy? While some games focus on visceral combat or thrilling narratives, cozy games often focus on creating a comfortable or fulfilling place for players to hang out. Instead of swinging a...