51 h. ago How to get a Nintendo Switch 2 at Best Buy, GameStop, Target and more

Sam’s Club plus members can buy the ‘Mario Kart World’ bundle

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61 h. ago Mario Kart World: here are all the brand new features the game introduces

The game is a complete revamp of the Mario Kart franchise

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62 h. ago I played 6 hours of Mario Kart World – you need to know these things before you play

I found supersized vehicles, day-to-night racing, and Mariachi Waluigi – and that’s just the start

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66 h. ago Nintendo Switch 2 games fall to the cheapest price in deal stack

The Nintendo Switch 2 is here and shoppers can pick up games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Mario Kart: World for a much cheaper price

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3 d. ago I played 6 hours of Mario Kart World – you need to know these things before it drops

I found supersized vehicles, day-to-night racing, and Mariachi Waluigi – and that’s just the start

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3 d. ago Jannik Sinner hits another level to end Alexander Bublik’s magical run in Paris

World No 1 thrashes surprise quarter-finalist 6-1, 7-5, 6-0Bublik: ‘He’s playing fast. He’s playing smart’Half an hour into his first appearance in a grand slam quarter-final, Alexander Bublik pumped his fist to the sky and smiled widely. The source of the 27-year-old’s joy, however, was not a blazing start to the biggest match of his career or the hope that he could take his run even further. He had simply won his first game.After the jubilation of breaking new ground in Paris, Bublik’s fairytale came to a harsh end as he was picked apart by Jannik Sinner, the world No 1, who continued his march through the French Open draw with another relentless performance and a 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 win. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope

The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. But it’s more of an update than a revolutionLaunch week is finally here, and though I would love to be bringing you a proper review of the Nintendo Switch 2 in this week’s newsletter, I still don’t have one at the time of writing. In its wisdom, Nintendo has decided not to send review units out until the day before release, so as you read this I will be standing impatiently by the door like a dog anxiously awaiting its owner.I have played the console, though, for a whole day at Nintendo’s offices, so I can give you some first impressions. Hardware-wise, it is the upgrade of my dreams: sturdier JoyCons, a beautiful screen, the graphical muscle to make games look as good as I want them to in 2025 (though still not comparable to the high-end PlayStation 5 Pro or a modern gaming PC). I like the understated pops of colour on the controllers, the refined menu with its soothing chimes an...

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3 d. ago I played 6 hours of Mario Kart World – you need to know these 19 things before it drops

I found supersized vehicles, day-to-night racing, and Mariachi Waluigi – and that’s just the start

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4 d. ago I’ve already played hours of Mario Kart World – here are 19 things to know before it drops

I found supersized vehicles, day-to-night racing, and Mariachi Walulugi – and that’s just the start

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4 d. ago Mario Kart World’s more open structure is freeing – but hits a few speed bumps along the way

The Nintendo Switch 2's launch is set to be immense fun thanks to all the racing delights Mario Kart World allows for. Just don't expect as revolutionary a jump as the sequel's subtitle suggests.

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4 d. ago Mario Kart World is the perfect Switch 2 launch title and I will be playing for months

Between its open world exploration, array of secrets and incredible Knockout Tour mode, we no longer have any doubts that Mario Kart World is going to sell consoles by the bucketload

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4 d. ago Survival Kids proves Nintendo Switch 2 isn’t just about Mario Kart World

Everyone might be talking about the new title from gaming’s favourite plumber, but there’s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this weekThe interesting thing about console launches is that you never know what unexpected treasures will emerge from the first batch of games. Who could have foretold that the hero of the PlayStation launch would be a fireworks simulation (Fantavision), or that the most joyous title in the initial GameCube lineup would involve simians racing each other in giant transparent globes (Super Monkey Ball)?The latest example could well be Konami’s Survival Kids, the only new third-party game in the Switch 2 opening wave. It’s the latest in the publisher’s cult series of tropical island survival sims, which began on the Game Boy Color and, despite never really attracting vast global success, continued on to the Nintendo DS under a new name, Lost in Blue. Now it’s back as a familyfriendly co-op survival adventure, in which groups...

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4 d. ago Charity Marie Curie calling on people to hold golf day fundraisers

Supporters can back the end-of-life organisation by choosing to get sponsored to do something different, such as hold a golf-athon by playing a set number of holes or by playing for 24-hours.

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5 d. ago Lando Norris' face drops as Max Verstappen 'Mario Kart' dig heard after Spanish GP chaos

Lando Norris was left red-faced after being told by a Sky Sports F1 reporter that his live TV interview was interrupted after a cheeky comment about Max Verstappen

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5 d. ago What to Stream: Nintendo's Switch 2, Addison Rae album, 'Presence' and Ariana Madix returns to Fiji

A Shaquille O’Neal docuseries about his time at Reebok’s basketball division and Mario Kart World on Nintendo’s Switch 2 are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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7 d. ago Inter hit by tragedy just hours before Champions League final as club stalwart dies

Ernesto Pellegrini - who was president of Inter Milan from 1984 to 1995 - has passed away at the age of 84, just hours before the Italian side play PSG in the Champions League final

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7 d. ago ‘You were among your people’: Nintendo Switch 2 launch revives the midnight release

Once rivalling film premieres for theatrics, could Smyths’ revival of the midnight launch tap into a desire for shared real-world experience?There was a time when certain shops would resemble nightclubs at about midnight: a long queue of excitable people, some of them perhaps too young to be out that late, discussing the excitement that awaits inside.The sight of throngs of gamers looking to get their hands on the latest hardware when the clock strikes 12 is growing increasingly rare. But if you happen to walk by a Smyths toy shop at midnight on 4 June, you may encounter a blast from the past: excitable people, most in their teens or 20s, possibly discussing Mario Kart. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago How much screen time is too much for kids? Parents share strategies and concerns

A new parent has sparked a debate online after asking other mums and dads how many hours they allow their child to watch TV or play on a iPad or tablet

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1 week ago George Russell offers two ways to fix Monaco GP as Max Verstappen cracks Mario Kart joke

George Russell got frustrated during another dull Monaco Grand Prix, cutting a chicane to get himself out of a train of cars which could not make overtakes on a tight Monte Carlo circuit

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1 week ago ‘We were almost doing Mario Kart’: Verstappen and Russell slate Monaco F1 GP pit stops

Mandatory pit stops imposed in bid to liven up raceRussell said crowd were ‘sipping champagne on a yacht’Max Verstappen and George Russell both issued a blunt disapproval of Formula One’s attempts to enliven the Monaco Grand Prix by imposing mandatory pit stops. Verstappen compared it unfavourably to Mario Kart, and Russell dismissed the ­policy as having failed and the race an ­irrelevance to an audience that were “sipping champagne on a yacht”.F1 had hoped that enforcing two pit stops would make for some ­jeopardy and create at least strategic interest in the 78-lap race through the narrow streets of Monte Carlo but it failed to do so. Nor did it address the fundamental problem which was once more painfully clear in the race on Sunday: that modern F1 cars are too big and too heavy to pass one another in Monaco. No overtakes on track were achieved in the entire race. Continue reading...

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