In spacefaring management sim The Banished Vault, no one can hear me scream | Polygon (www.polygon.com)
Reddit’s 2023 r/Place turned into a battleground for dunking on the CEO (www.polygon.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3 pre-order guide (www.polygon.com)
The next-gen Dungeons & Dragons RPG is almost here
Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan at his most complex, powerful, and human (www.polygon.com)
Kickstarter rival Backerkit exits beta on the heels of a successful Gloomhaven campaign | Polygon (www.polygon.com)
PS2’s Two Towers was the coolest way to miss the whole point of the Lord of the Rings (www.polygon.com)
PS2’s Two Towers was the coolest way to miss the whole point of the Lord of the Rings (www.polygon.com)
PS2’s Two Towers was the coolest way to miss the whole point of the Lord of the Rings (www.polygon.com)
Bungie wins landmark lawsuit against player who harassed Destiny staff (www.polygon.com)
Sega of America workers win union vote (www.polygon.com)
A South Park meme is now a real Hello Kitty game (www.polygon.com)
Interview with one of the designers of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive (www.polygon.com)
In late 2014, publisher Read-Only Memory released Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works, a history book covering the hardware, games and legacy of Sega’s 16-Bit system. Featuring console diagrams and translated design documents, it serves as part art book, part history lesson and part interview collection. And you can read one...
Wes Anderson and Steven Spielberg use sci-fi the same way (www.polygon.com)
Asteroid City takes inspiration from Close Encounters of the Third Kind — but the two directors were always in sync
The untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’ (www.polygon.com)
The untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’ (www.polygon.com)
How Digital Domain and Mattel Media built Barbie’s wardrobe
Games coming out in July 2023 (www.polygon.com)
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An Overwatch animated miniseries is streaming this July (www.polygon.com)
An Overwatch mini-series is heading to YouTube. The first episode, called “Genesis - Part One: Dawn,” will be released on July 6, and Blizzard put up a trailer Friday showing off some of the characters we’ll meet. It looks like this particular episode will focus on the original Omnic Crisis, and we see Reaper, Reinhardt,...
Mortal Kombat 1 has a beloved new character: Johnny Cage’s Roomba (www.polygon.com)
Fans who played NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 stress test last week discovered a few new details about the Roomba — which is almost assuredly not an official iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner — including that it will actually try to clean up the blood splattered across Johnny Cage’s nice marble floors.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum developer to close after disastrous launch (www.polygon.com)
Polygon - Baldur’s Gate 3 will launch four weeks early on PC, delayed on PS5 (www.polygon.com)
The PC version will release on the 3rd of August, and the PS5 version on the 6th of September.
[Polygon] Custom D&D miniatures from Hero Forge will soon include adjustable facial features as well (www.polygon.com)
Wes Anderson and Steven Spielberg use sci-fi the same way (www.polygon.com)
Asteroid City takes inspiration from Close Encounters of the Third Kind — but the two directors were always in sync
Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks pretty good ngl (www.polygon.com)
Anybody else excited for Super Mario Bros. Wonder? I think the animations look really slick and it’s awesome to see 2d mario that doesn’t look and play like a game that came out for the Nintendo DS in 2006.
Immortals of Aveum, ‘Call of Duty with magic’ has been delayed (www.polygon.com)
Anyone hyped for this?