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Nintendo has revealed that a Mario Kart World update will add classic SNES tracks, Knockout Tour courses, and more later today. The company announced the news as part of its September 2026 Nintendo Direct today. While there are no new playable characters in Mario Kart World (yet), the new update should arrive as a welcome…

Samus Aran will return in Metroid Ravenous, a side-scrolling sequel to Metroid Dread. Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, Metroid Ravenous will launch for Switch 2 on January 28, 2027. A trailer revealed Samus being attacked by strange enemies who zapped her energy. “It’s eat or be eaten,” she says in response. Hope you’re hungry.…

Viral hide-and-seek game Meccha Chameleon is sneaking onto Nintendo Switch 2 – and it’s out today. The indie developer behind the popular PC video game, lemorion_1224, confirmed the news during today’s September 2026 Nintendo Direct. Instead of waiting to check out Meccha Chameleon with a later release date, it was confirmed that players will be…

Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. The remaster was announced during the new Nintendo Direct and will release on February 25. The definitive edition will feature enhanced visuals, 60FPS, more enemies on-screen, all DLC from the original version, a harder difficulty mode, and a discount for existing…

Underappreciated GameCube classic Star Fox Adventures will arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 today, as part of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. Originally launched back in 2002, this adventure game raised eyebrows at the time for ditching the Star Fox franchise’s usual vehicle-based shooting for something more akin to a Zelda title. But…

Capcom has announced a Monster Hunter Wilds Nintendo Switch 2 release date of December 4, 2026. The latest entry in the publisher’s monster-hunting series kicked off today’s September 2026 Nintendo Direct. Additional details about the release include confirmation that the Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds will come with local play and all previous…

Nintendo has announced Pikmin 4: Switch 2 Edition, an enhanced version of the brilliant real-time strategy game with new content and upgraded visuals launching on November 12. You can use voice commands to chat and move Oatchi. A new mode, Dandori Academy, will see you racing against the clock to complete treasure hunts before time…

Xiri: Oasis Cities, a survival-focused, high-tech, future-set city-builder, has been announced for PC. Your desert oasis (hence the name) will face “natural disasters, cyber warfare, and fragile political alliances between neighboring settlements,” according to the small indie team behind the project. As you build and manage your city, you’ll have to manage an evolving population…

What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry voices an IKEA Kallax bookcase in a free official Creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The infamous IKEA storage unit will become a fully-fledged in-game companion, Kallax Storageborn, able to carry your items and prevent you becoming easily over-encumbered. You’ll even be able to summon him…

An Anthropic safety researcher has said there is a greater than 10% chance that AI “could kill all humans” within the next decade, and admitted there is no coordinated plan to prevent it from happening. U.S. company Anthropic, headed up by Dario Amodei, develops the Large Language Model (LLM) Claude and conducts AI research. Yesterday,…