If you’re itching for more information about Mario Kart World, we’ve got great news: Nintendo is holding an official Mario Kart World Direct tomorrow at 9 AM ET, 6 AM PT. The Direct will last for 15 minutes and provide more details and information on what to expect from the game.
You can watch a live stream of the Direct on YouTube, but you’ll also be able to stream the Direct through the Nintendo Today app. No need to glue yourself to a computer if you’re on the go.
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We don’t know what surprises Nintendo has in store for viewers tomorrow. The company has remained tight-lipped regarding the game, but if we had to guess, the Direct will likely go over the roster of characters (since there are 24 now) and the lineup of different vehicles you can choose from. Even in the hands-on preview, Nintendo didn’t reveal everything the game had to offer.
We’ll probably also get a closer look at the different courses, especially since that seems to be the main way Mario Kart World departs from previous entries. The game takes on a more open-world concept, similar to the way Forza Horizon works, with multi-stage tracks that don’t repeat. From initial impressions, it seems like the tried-and-true three-lap formula is gone, or at least not the only option.
There’s also a new mode called Knockout where players go through a series of races, and only a certain number advance to each successive race.
These are all details revealed through the hands-on demo, but Nintendo is bound to have more tricks up its sleeve. The Direct will dive into these and probably give more information on different multiplayer modes, vehicle customization, and other features you can expect when the game launches on June 5 alongside the Nintendo Switch 2.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.