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British rocker Paul Mario Day, best known as the original vocalist of Iron Maiden, has died at age 69. The heavy metal musician died peacefully at his home in Australia Tuesday, his family revealed. While an official cause of death is unknown at this time, the rocker had been battling cancer in recent years, Parade reports. British rocker Paul Mario …

A new version 1.2.1 update is now rolling out for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. Nintendo says some issues have regarding how the game plays on Switch 2 have been fixed. Nothing specific though, as usual. Regardless, here’s the official notice: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury version 1.2.1 update patch notes General Fixed issue with the …

Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s been updating games non-stop since the Switch 2 arrived in June and following multiple other updates this week, we’ve now got another patch for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. This bumps this Switch title up to Version 1.2.1 and follows on from a Switch 2 game update at the beginning of last month. Here’s the …

Paul Mario Day, original lead singer of Iron Maiden and singer of the new wave of British heavy metal band More, has died at the age of 69. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the great More vocalist Paul Mario Day,” More wrote in a Facebook statement, which you can see below. “Paul was a huge part of …

Nintendo just reversed course on one of its most controversial changes to Mario Kart World, sorta. The Switch 2 maker just buffed the appearance rate of three-lap courses after previously nuking a sneaky workaround players had been exploiting to avoid the new game’s in-between driving sections. Somehow that’s not even the biggest change in the game’s first major update since …

Image: Nintendo Following three updates in June, Mario Kart World‘s first (and probably last) update for July 2025 is now live. This might just be the biggest one yet, as it includes a whole bunch of general updates as well as multiple bug fixes. One, in particular, mentions how the frequency of “lap-type courses” has been increased. Another note mentions …

Mario Kart World just received a big update with version 1.2.0. One of the takeaways is that Nintendo has increased the frequency of lap-type courses that appear when choosing the next course in “VS Race” and wireless races. This was previously changed, and saw some controversy. Nintendo seems to have swung things back a bit in response. There’s plenty of …

Mario Paint is the latest Nintendo game to be added to the Nintendo Switch Online library. A SNES classic, Mario Paint encourages all forms of creativity, including art, music, and animation, and — up until now, anyway — was entirely unplayable for anyone who didn’t have the game and the console system from the first time around. Interestingly, the 1992 …

Stir your creativity with Mario Grab your favorite smock and palette, because the Mario Paint™ game is now available to play with a Nintendo Switch Online* membership! Connect a compatible USB mouse (sold separately) to play the game on your Nintendo Switch™ system. If you’re playing on a Nintendo Switch 2 system, you can use the Joy-Con™ 2 controller like …

At the time of writing, it’s sitting on a “Generally Favorable” Metascore of 78, so not everybody enjoyed it quite as much as PJ – and we’re keen to hear what you think. If you haven’t gotten around to it just yet (hey, we get it, it’s been a busy — and expensive — couple of months!), no sweat. Remember, …