The long wait for a newMario Kartgame and Nintendo console is almost at an end, and I can confirm there’s good reason to be excited for both. I got a chance to playMario Kart Worldon the Nintendo Switch 2 for several hours last week with other journalists at a hands-on event in New York City, and I’m pleased to say it’s indeed aMario Kartgame (because I still suck wholesale ass at it), albeit a more visually and technically impressive entry than ever before....

Jonathan Holmes interviews rapid-style! Jonathan Holmes is a maniac. He’s been running around PAX East shoving microphones in faces and forcing immediate and swift responses. In this installment ofTalk Fast, Holmes pins down Phil Tibitoski of Young Horses to get a straight dirt summary ofOctodad: Dadliest Catch.

Heads up! As part oftoday’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced thatPocket Card Jockey: Ride On, the previously Apple Arcade exclusive remake of the 2014 3DS title, is releasing on Nintendo Switch today. I played the hell out ofPocket Card Jockeywhen it released on 3DS all those years ago. I can remember being pretty mesmerized as I trained up the best horse possible. I never did beat it, however. I remember hitting some resistance that I couldn’t overcome....

Ammo not included For some people, putting together their own custom computer isn’t worth the time and effort. Thankfully, companies like Digital Storm exist to fill that void by providing excellent desktops at reasonable prices that are already built and ready to use. This review will delve into whether the Digital Storm Marauder is worth the asking price or if it’s simply better to build the computer yourself, assuming you’re open to that option....

Now bring me that horizon Sea of Thieveslaunched itsPirates of the Caribbean-themed crossoverA Pirate’s Lifein late June. And now, just over a month later, Rare has announced just how many scallywags it brought to the ship. In ablog post,Sea of Thievesexecutive producer Joe Neate said that players were sharing reactions, fan art, and stories about exploring the new Tall Tales, and all the excitement from the launch ofA Pirate’s Liferesulted in the game’s busiest month ever....

Despite developing for mobile, the design legend is open to all platforms. Sid Meier is a legend to PC gamers for strategy games he lent his name to but the man himself admits that the Meier name doesn’t mean much to mobile players. In anilluminating interview with GamesIndustry, Sid revealed his new iOS titleAce Patroldoesn’t signal a departure from PC and console development, rather a more flexible approach. “I could see myself doing a PC game next or a mobile game or console game; it’s really not platform driven,” he said....

There’s a new blue bomber in town Sonic Lost Worldscampered over to Japan the other week, but folks there haven’t welcomed the blue hedgehog with open arms. Upon hearing the iconic speed demon was returning with another middling adventure, people everywhere leaped from moving vehicles, scaled fences, and ran for the hills like they had bees in their pants. At least, that’s what I like to imagine happened. Gamers on the other side of the Pacific seemingly did everything except buySonic Lost World....

Flip some trading cards for Castle Crashers “Uh-uh, no way, I’ve spent too much as is.” I haven’t yet hit that point this year but if Steam keeps it up, I might. The Exploration Salecontinues with discountsonAlien Isolation($24.99),Planetary Annihilation($5.99),Tomb Raider($3.99),Child of Light($5.99),Crusader Kings II($9.99),Skyrim($4.99),Portal 2($4.99),Castle Crashers($1.49), andShadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut($5.99). I nabbedIsolationat that price last week but haven’t even made it to the Alien. I’m taking my time,okay? Loving that lo-fi aesthetic modeled after the film, though....

As always, I’m intruiged A long long time ago, we got details forWitchfire. It’s been in the hopper for years now but the The Astronauts-developed FPS is now finally coming out in early access form later this year. The Summer Game Fest trailer today re-confirmed it! Witchfireevokes aHexen-like feel with a very old school FPS vibe, framed around a “dark fantasy” world. The studio notes that the game will be heavily action-oriented with “no cutscenes,” and given how thirsty folks are for classic FPS games with a modern sheen, I can say with certainty that it has a baked-in audience....

Crazier than that time Wily was an alien [Might No. 9‘s crazy trip from promising concept to resounding thud can be hard to follow. It felt like it had been in the cooker for years and fans at first were willing to accept it because they wanted the game to be good. But somewhere along the way, the direction for the spiritual blue bomber just kind of got lost. So how about we see what resident decommissioned fighting robot Tony Ponce has to dig up about the story of Beck....

Only available through Kickstarter Dennaton Games, Devolver Digital, and Laced Records have partnered for a “definitive” collector’s editionHotline Miamivinyl release this year, and fans are eating it up. The three-disc set includes theoriginal 22 tracksplus four bonus songs from Perturbator, M|O|O|N, El Huervo, and Jasper Byrne. Great soundtrack aside, I can’t get over how badass that cover art is. The project is going through Kickstarter and has already surpassed its initial funding goal of £40,000 with 29 days to go....

I am extremely here for this game Keep the chaotic couch co-op games coming. I’m insatiable. This one’s calledTools Up, and it’s about renovating apartments in a “mysterious skyscraper” while trying your best not to get on each other’s nerves. It’s sure to happen with even the most well-meaning of team players, but that’s the fun of it. Every so often a game comes along that justgets meon a fundamental level....

E3 is for chumps! About the only thing we’ve known of the newNeed for Speedgame for 2017 was that it was in development. There was no name, no car list, no platforms; just a bunch of speculation. Well, mostly speculation, since EA had to clarify that the gamewasn’t always online.Shrug Tomorrow, June 2, we’ll finally get more details about this new game. Be there, you don’t want to miss ithttps://t....