New Elder Scrolls game surprise launches on Android - Polygon (www.polygon.com)
Immortals of Aveum studio lays off nearly half of staff weeks after release (www.polygon.com)
Bungie wins landmark lawsuit against player who harassed Destiny staff (www.polygon.com)
Diablo 4’s Season 2 patch rebalances each class and nearly every Unique item (www.polygon.com)
Diablo 4’s second season is shaping up to be a major upgrade to Blizzard’s flagship action game
Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee (www.polygon.com)
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Epic only realized it had ‘financial problem’ that led to layoffs 10 weeks ago (www.polygon.com)
[Polygon] D&D’s next iteration needs to keep things simple, too (www.polygon.com)
‘Almost nobody left’ of D&D team that helped get Baldur’s Gate 3 off the ground, says Larian CEO (www.polygon.com)
Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games’ next board game is full of bees (www.polygon.com)
Payday 3 closed beta announced for Xbox and Steam (www.polygon.com)
Overwatch 2’s new tank hero leaks ahead of BlizzCon 2023 reveal (www.polygon.com)
Ex-DICE developers’ very un-Battlefield shooter goes into open beta (The Finals) (www.polygon.com)
TIL that Sandman was created in 1974 (www.polygon.com)
HOLY SHIT...
Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan at his most complex, powerful, and human (www.polygon.com)
Anita Sarkeesian is shutting down Feminist Frequency after 15 years (www.polygon.com)
‘We were talking about representation very early on in a mainstream way’
Rainbow Six Siege cheater sentenced for swatting Ubisoft Montreal offices (www.polygon.com)
French gamer gets three years of community service from Paris court...
Starfield to get city maps, ‘new ways of travel’ (www.polygon.com)
That’s on top of the already announced mod support
Nimona’s radical page-to-screen story changes were a queer necessity (www.polygon.com)
Daybreak, a game about fighting climate change, is blindly optimistic - Polygon (www.polygon.com)
World of Warcraft’s 3-expansion Worldsoul Saga announced at BlizzCon (www.polygon.com)
The new voice of Mario is also the new voice of Wario (www.polygon.com)
Nintendo has (finally) confirmed it
Starfield leaker faces felony charges for stealing 67 copies of unreleased game (www.polygon.com)
Palia is the perfect game for chill vibes, either alone or co-op (www.polygon.com)
A cozy take on MMOs that elevates the genre
The human cost of 2023's devastating game industry layoffs (www.polygon.com)
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