It’s April Fools’ Day 2026, and that means it’s once again time to comb through another round of the best jokes and pranks the gaming industry has to offer.

Players still plugged into Super Mario Maker 2 have accused Nintendo of suddenly removing "thousands" of user-made levels, ...

Someone has recreated Bowser Jr's security system from the Super Mario Galaxy Movie in Mario Maker 2.

There's imagination and enthusiasm here, but little else beneath the spectacle. Weird as this sounds, I think The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has the same basic problems as Love Story, Hulu's glancing ...

Get ready to be burned. Over and over again.

The new Switch 2 update is the perfect excuse to jump back in. The new Switch 2 update is the perfect excuse to jump back in. is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every ...

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto never imagined that the “little character I drew would become so big”, bouncing through the decades from pixelated New York sewers to a silver-screen space epic. There ...

I generally don’t enjoy multiplayer antics in my 2D Super Mario platformers. It’s a series I find is best when getting to explore inventive stages and power-ups entirely when left to your own devices, ...

Sports are foundational to gaming as a medium. From Pong to NES Baseball, the infancy of the medium was littered with just-about-recognisable renditions of real-life sports in an attempt to conjure a ...

Our two favorite mustached plumbers are back — for an adventure that's out of this world. The events of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" take place after its 2023 predecessor. Mario and Luigi (Chris ...

After the massive success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Mario, Luigi, Peach and the rest of the gang have returned for a galaxy-spanning adventure. And this time, Yoshi's there, too! Below, you'll ...

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