One of Nintendo’s longest-running Mario games is officially coming to an end. Mario Kart Tour will permanently shut down later this year, giving players just a few more months to race before the game’s online service goes offline for good. And unfortunately, it does not appear there will be any…

Published Jul 8, 2026, 5:22 AM EDT From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the focal point of his career, Cameron…

With Final Fantasy VII Revelation set to complete the remake trilogy soon, fans have been eagerly revisiting FFVII’s various releases and spinoffs in anticipation, speculating about what the future might hold for the finale. Unfortunately, one of those spinoffs, the live-service game Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, now has a…

The Elder Scrolls 6 will release before 2030, but not much sooner, according to a recent claim by a reliable industry insider. If that’s the case, then it’s worth pointing out that it would be released nearly 20 years after Skyrim and ~12 years since its initial announcement in 2018.…

Doom maker id Software is one of the studios facing cutbacks as part the most “significant” restructuring in Xbox’s history. Layoffs there sound particularly bad, and it’s unclear what the iconic studio’s future will hold. Amid the heartbreak, studio co-founder and original Doom designer John Romero shared his condolences and…

Pokémon and Lego’s ongoing collaboration continues, as the next major sets have been revealed. There are a few sets for making blocky Pokémon like Rayquaza, Arcanine, and Munchlax, but there are also finally some that pay homage to the human characters in the Pokémon universe, and one of those is…