So Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been doing swimmingly for Nintendo. So good, in fact, that it's the top-selling Switch game of all time. You thought it was Zelda? No, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is actually three whole spots ahead of Zelda: Br...

Tobias Fünke really needs to listen to himself when he talks. But he did come up with a hell of a catchphrase, so we'll let it slide. You guessed it: the new speedrunning craze in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (which is still a wildly succe...

Nintendo has won its ongoing lawsuit with Japanese company Mari Mobility over the latter's enterprise "MariCar," which offered tours of the streets of Tokyo in go-karts and costumes themed after the former's popular racing franchise Mario K...

Nintendo's mobile racer Mario Kart Tour is winding up the year with a celebration of one of the Super Mario franchise's most-popular princesses. The Rosalina Tour offers players a new opportunity to bag previously released skins for the sta...

So in Japan, arcades might be hurting, but they're still kicking. And remember: there are a lot of weird publisher agreements that involve all sorts of weird IP swaps. I constantly forget that Bandai Namco actually runs the Mario Kart Arcad...

I'm still enjoying Mario Kart Live here and there. As I noted in my impressions piece; the amount of fun you'll get out of it really depends on how much space and time you have for it. You're probably going to need a lot of space for t...

The quiet feud between two of gaming's greatest siblings has built to a head. Nintendo's best brothers, Mario and Luigi, have now taken their fussin' and feudin' to the racetrack, and will be decided in the new "Mario vs. Luigi" tour, now l...

Despite the launch of three brand new titles, Electronic Arts' football sim FIFA 21 has managed to retain the top spot of this week's UK Charts, at least as it applies to physical sales. Ubisoft's open-world sequel Watch Dogs: Legion, Ninte...

Another very quiet release week has seen Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21 retain the top spot of the UK Charts, despite a huge week-on-week drop in physical sales of around 50%. A lack of major launches - along with the continued...

Mario Kart Tour is the latest game to get its spook on for the Halloween season. The Halloween Tour, which is live in the mobile racer right now, adds a selection of themed character skins and other spooky-ooky goodies to the game's gacha p...

We spent last week testing out Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, and mostly came away impressed. As we pointed out in our review; the greater your imagination is (and the space you have available), the more fun the game will be. But you can ge...

While Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21 retains the number one spot of the UK Charts for a second week, a surge of physical sales saw a glut of Nintendo Switch titles shoot up the rankings. GamesIndustry.biz cites Amazon's Prime D...

In case you missed it, we covered Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit this past weekend. What you couldn't miss, however, is my cat Cinnamon that was front and center as part of that coverage. That's because the game's impact on cats is imme...

Nintendo is the king when it comes to experimentation. I would have really liked to have seen how wacky the Wii Vitality Sensor would have gotten, but in its stead, we've seen Labo and countless other flights of fancy. Mario Kart Live ...

Those who recreate the past are doomed to get hit with a red shell. Pretty sure that's how the proverb goes. Nintendo has remade the first Mario Kart track that most of us ever played inside Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Check out the...

Shy Guy, the cute Super Mario villain beloved by our own Wes Tacos, is now available in solid gold form in Nintendo's mobile racer Mario Kart Tour. But anyone wishing to grab the sparkly fella will have to move fast, as he will only be avai...

Despite the proven staying presence of Crash Bandicoot in the UK Charts, this week sees Activision's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time knocked from the number one spot after just one week by Electronic Arts' annual football release, FIFA 2...

Believe it or not, it's been one whole year since the launch of Nintendo's pocket-sized racer Mario Kart Tour. Widely criticised on release for its lackluster gameplay and heavy microtransaction and stingy gacha mechanics, Mario Kart Tour h...

Death, Taxes, and Crash Bandicoot being a smash success in the UK. Yes, of no surprise to anybody, Activision's Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time has debuted in the top spot of the UK Charts, dethroning Nintendo's retro compendium Super Ma...

Mario Kart Live is out very soon, and I know some people are still confused as to what it even is, so I'll break it down. In short, it's an AR-based real-life toy that has a giant camera attached to it, which links up to your Nintendo Swit...

Nintendo's retro compilation Super Mario 3D All-Stars is celebrating a second week in the top spot of the UK Charts, having fended off not one, but two of 2K Games' Mafia re-releases.Both Mafia: Definitive Edition and Mafia Trilogy debuted ...

Nintendo's retro-compendium Super Mario 3D All-Stars has predictably debuted at number one in the UK Charts, dethroning Square Enix's comic-book adventure Marvel's Avengers after the latter spent two weeks in the premier position.Super Mari...

Despite mediocre reviews, Square Enix's comic-book adventure Marvel's Avengers has had a relatively successful physical launch, retaining the top spot of the UK Charts, while fending off advances from Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 &...

Mobile racer Mario Kart Tour is gearing up for its next in-game event, which this time around is an ironic reminder of far, far superior releases in Nintendo's genre-defining series.The Super Mario Kart Tour, now live in-game, adds two driv...

In the biggest video game release week in some time, Square Enix' Marvel's Avengers successfully beat out Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2 and 2K Games' NBA 2K21 to take the number one spot of the UK Charts.Despite receiving me...