Mario Kart Tour,the mobile iteration of the ultra-popular Nintendo racing game featuring its marquee characters, has finally added a landscape mode. “Players will have the option of racing in either the existing portrait mode or the new landscape mode! Landscape mode includes a new control layout, so find your favorite way to play!” Nintendo said on theofficialMario Kart TourTwitter account. The update also added a new control scheme for the layout....

Microsoft Corporationannounced today an “inventory surge” which will put “two to three times” the number ofXbox 360gaming systems into retail channels beginning this week. Since its launch in November 2005, Microsoft’s new gaming platform has been hindered by limited availability in the U.S. and European markets. “Today we have turned a major corner,” said Peter Moore, corporate VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft....

The Pokémon series has featured some bizarre creatures over the years, with the first generation including a bunch of eggs and a pile of goo as combatants, butSunandMoonadd monsters that range from creative to downright creepy. In a “newly discovered Pokémon” trailer, which you can watch above, we’re introduced to some of the game’s more eccentric designs. “Wimpod” is a scared bug who can use a “wimp out” ability to escape danger....

Earlier this year, I revisited a golden age of gaming when I playedNinja Gaiden 2 Black. The remake brought me back to a time where character action games ruled, and each one felt different in its own way. It felt so distant from today’s landscape, filled with Soulslikes that worship at the altar of the parry button. That experience left me feeling prepared for the series’ next installment,Ninja Gaiden 4....

New York City regulators just placed a cap on how many operational licenses it grantspotential Uber and Lyft driversin an effort to save the city’s Yellow Cab system — the latest in an ugly clash with regulators in several metropolitan areas across the country. Taxicab liveries and Uber and Lyft are at odds because Ride-hailing apps have long threatened the taxicab companies by stealing their business. It’s resulted in controversy and even physical altercations as drivers fight for their share of fares....

This illustration imagines what the distant object nicknamed Farfarout might look like in the outer reaches of our Solar System.NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva Astronomers have confirmed the orbit of the most distant object in our solar system, and have found that at times it is even further away than previously thought. The object, appropriately nicknamed “Farfarout,” wasdiscovered in 2018using the Subaru Telescope. It was thought to be 140 times further away from the sun than the Earth, which is 3....

The Olympus E-M1 Mark II was eclipsed by the launch of the E-M1X, which promised even better stabilization, enhanced speed, and a handheld high-res mode but in a much larger, more expensive camera. But photographers no longer need to choose between the more advanced camera or the more portable camera, thanks to the launch of the new Olympus E-M1 Mark III. As the successor, the E-M1 Mark III is easily the better camera out of the E-M1 series....

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, which famously captured thefirst-ever image of a black holein 2019, has done it again — this time capturing an image of a black hole within our own galaxy. They have released an image of the enormous supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A* or Sgr A* (pronounced “sadge-ay-star”). This monster black hole has a mass 4.3 million times the mass of the sun — though that makes it considerably smaller than the black hole previously imagedat the heart of Messier 87, which wascalculated to bean almost incomprehensible 6....

Don’t worry. You’ll know in advance when you’ll be able to pre-order thePlayStation 5, Sony confirmed on Friday. DuringThe Game Awards, creator Geoff Keighley’s hands-on demo for the PS5’s DualSense controller, Eric Lempel, Sony’s worldwide head of marketing, stated that the company would provide ample notice for people. Keighley asked if Lempel was ready to press a button after rumors swirled on social media earlier in the week that PS5 pre-orders were imminent....

Squid Game viewers with this phobia will struggle with “intense” Season 3 games Squid Game Season 3is set to feature the most “intense” games to date, according to the show’s creator – and if you have this phobia, it’s going to be a tough watch. That said, everyone should be terrified of the challenges inSquid Game, considering you die if you lose. Some are worse than others; if you’re eliminated during Red Light Green Light or Dalgona, you get shot, so you’d (hopefully) die quickly....

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte and House of the Dragon. Summary One twist inThe Acolyteepisode 5 centered around twins Osha and Mae, with this exact twist being used in the same week byGame of Thrones' spin-off,House of the Dragon. After theending ofThe Acolyteepisode 4, a big focus ofThe Acolyteepisode 5’s story centered on the clash between the Jedi and the mysterious Sith warrior who has been puppeteering the events of the series....

Street Fighter movie delays, cast & everything else we know Street Fighteris gearing up for Round 2 on the big screen, but the journey has already seen some unexpected twists. From director changes to confirmed casting, here’s everything we know about the upcoming live-action movie. Originally announced in April 2023, the newvideo game adaptationcomes from Legendary Pictures, which secured the rights to develop both a Street Fighter movie and TV series based on Capcom’s iconic fighting franchise....

Waze was already a popular, powerfulcrowdsourced map appbefore Google acquired it, but the navigation software is now better than ever before.Wazehas so many features that even long-term users may not know everything that you can do with the app. We’ve rounded up some of Waze’s top tricks and tips so you can get the most out of the app. Adjust map icons according to your interests Head over toSettingsvia the magnifying glass, then go toDisplay & map, and chooseDetailson map....