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This week’s hour-long Nintendo Direct was filled with exciting announcements, including brand-new reveals like Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 and long-awaited release date confirmations such as Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. We now know that Nintendo has six big game launches in a two-month span starting with the Mario Galaxy collection on October 2 and ending with Metroid …

Filmmaker Charlie Kaufman’s got a lot to say about the state of the world—and why he thinks Hollywood is at least partially to blame for it. In a new interview with The Guardian, the mind behind 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and this year’s short How to Shoot a Ghost said the film industry has “everything to do with [why] …

Update [Sat 13th Sep 2025, 6:15am]: In an email to Kotaku, Sony has confirmed that Drew Harrison is no longer an employee at Sucker Punch. The platform holder said in a statement: “Drew Harrison is no longer an employee of Sucker Punch Productions.” The company didn’t elaborate further, although the timeline certainly indicates her comments on murdered activist Charlie Kirk …

Joe Maring / Android Authority 🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. Apple’s big iPhone event this week created a lot of buzz. And not just because of the iPhone 17 Pro or …

Image: Push Square There’s no doubt the Switch 2 is a phenomenal piece of hardware, and a huge upgrade on the original console. But given its form factor and handheld functionality, it’s not a PS5. So, when Capcom showcased the latest trailer for Resident Evil Requiem during this week’s Nintendo Direct, we got to see how the game will look …

8.5/ 10 SCORE Hisense U8QG Pros Super bright Great gaming features Excellent color and contrast Cons Slightly less cinematic image than competing TCL Some loss of high-brightness detail in some HDR content Over the past twenty years as a reviewer, I’ve seen significant improvements to TV picture quality firsthand, largely due to advances in technologies such as OLED, QLED, mini-LED …

The next Fire Emblem is called Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, it arrives on Switch 2 in 2026, and it’s taking fans back to the world of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The strategy RPG’s reveal trailer showed students embarking on a bloody new classroom: a Roman Empire-style Colosseum. While there’s no official mention of Three Houses in today’s Nintendo Direct announcement, house …

An iPad might be the most versatile Apple device you can buy. They can run apps and games like your phone yet they’re as powerful as some laptops. You can use them to read books like on an ereader or watch shows like its a mini TV. But they’re not the cheapest tablets out there, so it’s wise to look …

Image: Nintendo Apart from the cost of the new Super Mario Galaxy pack, one other talking point following the latest Direct is the pricing of the new Kirby Air Riders amiibo. As highlighted by Nintendo Everything, these new figures will reportedly be Nintendo’s “most expensive amiibo ever”. To reiterate, it means fans will apparently have to fork out more than …

One of the biggest indie games of all time is getting an upgrade on Nintendo’s newest console. In addition to mouse controls, which will make some tasks like decorating and inventory management slightly more convenient, it’s getting support for new multiplayer options. Stardew Valley on Switch 2 will support four-player split screen, eight-player online play, and GameShare, the Switch 2 …