As usual, we started off the week by surveying the Polygon staff to see what people have been watching — whether they’re on top of the latest cultural controversy about a virally popular Netflix series, discovering an animated gem ahead of the latest season, or educating themselves in older genre classics. As usual, the answers […]
The Trophy list for The Last of Us Part 2 has been updated and now includes two new trophies referencing additional difficulty settings: Grounded and Permadeath.The Last of Us Part 2 appears to be adding two additional settings in the near future based on these two new trophies. Permadeath, or permanent death, is pretty self-explanatory […]
A Major League Baseball higher-up is leaving the world of sports and jumping into the world of digital sports video games. Current MLB Deputy Commissioner of Business and Media Tony Petitti is leaving his role with MLB and moving to Activision Blizzard where he will become the new President of Sports & Entertainment. Petitti will report […]
A third Tron movie, this one starring Jared Leto in an unidentified role, is moving ahead at Disney, according to a report from Deadline. Director Garth Davis, whose 2016 film Lion was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, has reportedly been tapped to helm the picture. Davis, who also directed the less well […]
With the release of the seventh and final episode, the entirety of Pokémon: Twilight Wings is available to watch for free on The Official Pokémon YouTube Channel. The first episode premiered back in January 2020 —in the “before times” —and the climatic final episode was only delayed by a short few weeks.Pokémon: Twilight Wings is […]
The Irid Novo space colony and research center has become somewhat of a legend in the rest of the galaxy. Due to its proximity to black hole Sagittarius Prime, nobody can know what really happens on board. Has the experiment been a success? Is the colony thriving? Or did something go wrong? Millions of prayers […]
We love a good rumor around these parts, but as usual, be sure to take it with a grain of salt and a shot of penicillin. The mill is picking up once more and a well-known artist within the video game industry is hinting, if not outright saying, that the team at NetherRealm Studios is […]
IGN received a mysterious crate from Activision that seems to be tied to a new Call of Duty. The crate, which contains a slideshow projector and slides are part of an Alternate Reality game that leads to a website announcing a reveal for a new Call of Duty at 12 pm PT on Friday, August […]
Welcome to the world of Skully – a lush island paradise virtually untouched by mankind. This beautiful and once quaint island destination is the stage of a turbulent family fued that threatens the island’s very existence, and it is up to a skull that has been reanimated by the power of magical clay to put an end […]
After spending more than a dozen hours beating up A.I.M. goons in the beta for Marvel’s Avengers (available last weekend to pre-order customers on PlayStation 4), I’m strangely equally as excited to play the full game as I am worried about its long-term prospects. The early slice available here is, of course, vastly different from […]
Did you know Fast & Furious Crossroads existed before last week, when the game was released on PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One? The game enjoyed almost zero buzz, aside from a trailer debut in 2019 at The Game Awards. No review copies were sent to press, and there didn’t seem to be any […]
A new report from Deadline says Patrick Star — SpongeBob Squarepants’ best friend and neighbor — will soon get his own animated series called The Patrick Star Show. According to Deadline, The Patrick Star Show will be an in-universe late-night talk show hosted by Bikini Bottom’s dimmest denizen: the titular Patrick Star. Voice actors have […]
It only seems like you have to wait until 2077 for Cyberpunk 2077, thanks to a couple of delays, but CD Projekt pinkie-promises it’s coming in November, and if it’s not, then this video highlighting the three “lifepaths” available to player characters is a cruel tease. There’s the Street Kid, Nomad, and Corpo. They’re all […]
With over three decades of experience and a place in the hearts of the fighting game community, Capcom Executive Producer Yoshinori Ono, stalwart representative of the Street Fighter franchise, is planning to exit the stage. In a lengthy English post on Twitter, Ono announced that he will leave Capcom later this summer, yet another high profile […]
During today’s Night City Wire broadcast, CD Projekt RED provided a closer look at Cyberpunk 2077‘s lifepaths. This system will essentially set the stage for V’s backstory, allowing players to choose how the game begins. At the start of Cyberpunk 2077, the game will present players with three lifepaths–Nomad, Street Kid, and Corpo. They’re all […]
The idea of Mystery Mine is easily recognizable by its title. It’s a mysterious story about a tribe that, as a classic protagonist, was on the verge of saving the world. In this idea we have collected the wishes of our team members: It should be a platformer with a strong protagonist, mystical setting, and […]
On Monday, Naughty Dog updated the PlayStation Trophies for The Last of Us Part 2, revealing some new modes coming to the game: permadeath options and the return of the original game’s Grounded mode. In The Last of Us, Naughty Dog added the hyper-difficult Grounded mode after launch. This mode triples enemy damage, removes Listen […]
Amy Seimetz’s new film She Dies Tomorrow is a harrowing experience. Somewhere between a horror movie and an experimental film, it follows a woman named Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil) who suddenly becomes utterly convinced that she will die within 24 hours. As she shares this conviction with her best friend Jane (Jane Adams), she sets […]
Paper Mario: The Origami King is a pretty good game in its own right, but let’s be real: It’s been years since we’ve had a game that captures the magic of the first two titles in the Paper Mario series. Where Origami King makes combat more into an action-oriented puzzle, old-school Paper Mario games were […]
Creating HardCube was our hobby for many years, and the game itself was not created traditionally: we were engaged in the development of 3D objects, simulating their interaction with other objects and surfaces. At work, as it usually happens, it becomes too boring, and performing direct duties does not allow us to realize our creative […]
As previously promised, CD Projekt RED hosted its second Night City Wire stream today. The studio split the broadcast between three different segments–lifepaths, music, and weapons. Much of the lifepath-related information is already known, but viewers were treated to plenty of new gameplay footage. A quick overview of Cyberpunk 2077‘s various weapons provided a host […]
Get ready for more throat-ripping. NBCUniversal announced on Monday that the greatest action hero of our generation, MacGruber, will return once again for a Peacock original TV series. According to a news release, the new series will see Will Forte resume his role for eight half-hour episodes, though it’s unclear if it’ll involve sticking celery […]
CD Projekt Red premiered a new episode of its Night City Wire livestream showcase for Cyberpunk 2077, but another episode is just around the corner.At the end of Night City Wire Episode 2, CD Projekt Red announced that Episode 3 will premiere “soon.” Considering Cybperunk 2077 is only months away from release, CD Projekt will […]
Since the PlayStation 4’s release nearly seven years ago, Sony has unleashed over 25 color schemes for the DualShock 4 controller. Naturally, some designs go out of stock or become increasingly difficult to get a hold of at a fair price. As such, the hardware manufacture is bringing back a handful of DualShock 4 colors […]
After its third season, Blaseball is going on an extended siesta, taking a break for a week or two before returning. “BLASEBALL WILL BE BACK,” developer The Game Band posted on the Blaseball homepage. “We plan to bring you more exciting action every week,” it said in the announcement. “But to do that, we need […]
After four years, Twitch Prime is no more. Instead, the premium version of Twitch membership has been renamed to Prime Gaming, to better fit within the lineup of Amazon’s other Prime services. Twitch Prime is part of the many benefits Amazon Prime members get, including Prime Music and Prime Video. But because it had a […]
A bizarre, completely decontextualized statue of Sonic the Hedgehog riding a snowboard up in the Japanese countryside has been fully restored, by forces just as unknown as the ones who put it there in the first place. It’s the kind of chuckle-inducing news development perfectly suited to memes, Japanese pop culture, and Sonic the Hedgehog […]
Hello everyone! This is Natasha “Kiwikopo” Cheng from the Final Fantasy XIV Online (FFXIV) Community team, here to bring some exciting news — we are launching our next major Patch for FFXIV, Reflections in Crystal. This update is special as not only is there a ton of new content for the latest expansion, Shadowbringers, but […]
Twitch Prime is allegedly being rebranded as Prime Gaming, according to a leaked guidebook Twitch partners recently received.Games insider Rod Breslau tweeted pictures today of an email allegedly sent to Twitch partners that indicate the Amazon-owned streaming subscription service will be rebranded to Prime Gaming today at 10am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern / 5pm […]
The DualShock 4 wireless controller family has continued to grow since its launch almost seven years ago. We’ve introduced more than 25 colors in total globally, ranging from the classic Jet Black and Wave Blue to the eclectic Sunset Orange and Red Crystal. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re bringing back some of the […]
Bubblegum battle royale Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout continues to be a massive success, with over 2 million fans enjoying it on Steam alone — but, it seems, not everyone is playing the game fairly. Players are uploading clips where it appears that some people are using speed hacks that allow them to completely outrun the […]
CD Projekt Red has announced episode 2 of Night City Wire, a digital show where the developers reveal details about their upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077. According to a tweet from the official CD Projekt Red account, this second installment to the series will focus on weapon types, lifepaths, and the transformation of punk rock band […]
EA Access subscribers interested in giving EA Sports UFC 4 a try are in luck. The game’s “Play First Trial” is now accessible on EA’s service just in time for its forthcoming release. EA shared news of EA Sports UFC 4’s EA Access arrival in the following trailer: The latest UFC entry from EA was […]
Call of Duty: Warzone is seeing multiple reports of a new, often game-breaking glitch, which sees gun textures corrupt and, on occasion, turn players into enormous, terrifying cubes of bullet-spewing death.The glitch, which appears to have become widespread after the game’s Season 5 patch, can seemingly take multiple forms. For some, it affects elements of […]
If you’ve ever wondered what a FMV game from the mind of Steven Spielberg would look like, wonder no more. Game maker Paolo Pedercini has taken the footage from the 1996 game Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair and turned it into a “Bandersnatch-style Choose Your Own Movie.” The original game, released by Knowledge Adventure and Dreamworks, […]
Greetings, PlayStation fans! I’m Atle from Palindrome Interactive, and I’m excited to share with you this new behind-the-scenes featurette looking at the storyline, characters and setting of our upcoming strategy game Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, launching on PlayStation 4 on August 28. The game takes place in the mythical land of Nemire, where three rival […]
EA Access, the subscription service that offers a “vault” of more than 100 Electronic Arts titles to its members, will soon be available to PC players via Steam. It was originally pegged for a spring 2020 launch, when EA and Valve announced plans last October to reunite after nearly a decade apart. No specific launch […]
A Nintendo Switch release for Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time may have been revealed thanks to placeholder code found on the game’s website.Twitter user @SunwerPrower tweeted a picture of the It’s About Time website source code last Friday, which refers to the Nintendo Switch in a section of the code referred to as ‘PlatformLabel’. […]
One look at Dragon’s Crown or Odin Sphere and it’s obvious that the defining characteristic behind Vanillaware’s games is the painterly art style, beautiful backgrounds, and characters so realistically animated that they feel like they’re breathing on screen. Vanillaware’s upcoming sci-fi epic, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, is no different! So, how does Vanillaware do it? […]
Amidst allegations of sexual abuse and other improprieties at Ubisoft, claims of former CCO Serge Hascoët’s and the marketing department’s disdain for female characters have been reported. Such accusations state that though there were teams who wanted their projects to exclusively feature women in leading roles, Hascoët and Co. forced male counterparts into the equation. […]
Hi, Tiaan Gerber here, Lead Developer at Skobbejak Games and I just wanted to share with you a little bit of our journey and experience in the creation of our latest title, Tyd wag vir Niemand. It builds on the abstract first-person platforming adventure formula established in our previous title, ‘n Verlore Verstand, and refines […]
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is slated for a release date during the holiday season, but the company reportedly plans to release a second next-gen console, too — called Xbox Series S, according to Eurogamer. Eurogamer reported the Xbox Series S would be revealed in August, but controller packaging seems to have gotten ahead of it. […]
It would appear that Sony isn’t the only company to have signed a deal for exclusive content in Marvel’s Avengers. In addition to PlayStation platforms receiving Spider-Man and timed-exclusive cosmetics, customers of certain mobile network operators will reportedly gain exclusive access to character skins. Apparently, Square Enix locked down content for a couple of other […]
Unlike the New York Times, we’ve acknowledged the video game remake since 1993. This weekend will feature a mild party on my part, but I’ll spend another part of it diving back into the world of the Tokyo police with the never-before-localized Unlimited fancard for Collar x Malice. Other titles I’ve looked into this week […]
Leaked skins from Marvel’s Avengers have surfaced on Reddit, seemingly tied to promotional collaborations with Verizon, Intel and Virgin Media.Posted to Reddit by user smoove4254, the first set of skins boast a red and white colourway, with the header tags found suggesting they could be linked to Verizon in the US and Virgin Media in […]
Xbox Series S, Microsoft’s rumored second, cheaper next-gen Xbox, may have been confirmed by a controller packaging leak. The Verge obtained photos of Xbox’s next-gen controllers, and the packaging mentions both the confirmed Xbox Series X and the unconfirmed Xbox Series S, which has had a supposed codename in Project Lockhart for quite some time. […]
A teenage boy secretly spent $19,870.94 on Twitch donations in just 17 days by using her debit card. Luckily, she was able to recover mostly all of it.As reported by Dot Esports, the donations, which wiped out “years of savings” for the mother, were made to such streamers as Tfue, Gorb, Ewokttv, Atlanta Falcons quarterback […]
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Izanagi Games has announced that its interactive movie game, Death Come True, will finally launch on the PlayStation 4 digitally on October 15th. As reported by Gematsu, Japan will get a physical edition alongside a digital release, the early copies of which will come with bonus footage. Already out on the Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile […]
Following months of reports about its sale, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment seems to be resting safely with AT&T for now, if comments by WarnerMedia’s new Chief Executive Officer are anything to go by. Jason Alan Kilar, who became WarnerMedia’s CEO on May 1st, penned a letter to the organization’s employees and sat down for an […]
