Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

You’ve mastered the mechanics, abused the AI, and have logged over 100 laps at the toughest track in the game of your choice. You’re about to undertake yet another standard session of “the fastest person wins”, but what’s this glowing button on the right side? That wasn’t there before. Oh, it’s a party mode that…Continue reading “Seven insane online multiplayer racing modes”»

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch, which is the best-selling racing game of all time if you combine the Wii U release figures, has received its first update since January 2019. Version 1.7.2 is available now and only tweaks two small elements: Addressed an issue that caused tournament points to be reset Addressed…Continue reading “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe receives first update in 16 months”»

If you add together the sales of Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch, the game has sold 41.8 million copies. Just let that sink in for a second. It’s sold, most likely all full retail price, 41.8 million copies. That’s staggering. It’s also the most successful Mario Kart…Continue reading “WATCH: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tracks, Ranked”»

Here at Traxion, we’re not solely focused on the super realistic and extremely serious world of sim racing. If you’ve been watching John prat about on BeamNG.drive, then you’ll know that we’re still prone to a bit of silly fun provided there are vehicles in the game. Speaking of silly racing fun, there’s nothing quite…Continue reading “The 10 best tracks in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe”»

The Switch has done so many things right in its life, but while platformers, RPGs and so many indie games keep their fans well served, there haven’t been so many options for having a great time racing cars on Nintendo’s hybrid machine. Sure, the lack of analogue shoulder buttons isn’t ideal, and there’s no support…Continue reading “Seven great racing games on Nintendo Switch”»