In February 2021, Street Fighter 2, the best game ever made, turns 30. We decided to start celebrating early. For the past year, Polygon has been putting together one of its biggest projects to date: a series of deeply researched, recklessly extravagant oral histories looking back at Street Fighter’s past. Back in 2014, we dug […]
Tony Hawk On The Past And Future Of Pro Skater
The godfather of skateboarding games is returning as Vicarious Visions is set to remaster Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2. With its release just a few months away, we got the chance to talk with the Birdman himself and discuss what the skating legend has to say about the past and future of the iconic series. Why’d […]
The Virtual Arena: The LBE VR Reopening Perspective
Covering the immersive Out-of-Home entertainment scene for VRFocus, in his latest Virtual Arena column, industry specialist Kevin Williams, starts the first of his visits to re-opening VR and Immersive entertainment venues – with exclusive access to a brand new videogame from Vertigo Arcades. In these features reporting on the latest experiences, and the new conditions […]
Hyper Scape – Battle Like Everyone's Watching
The battle royale arena always has new contenders entering, taking shots at the big players in the genre. Today, Ubisoft showed off its latest first-person foray into the battle royale ring, Hyper Scape. With 100 players, three-person squads, and some mechanics that change things up for longtime fans of the “where we dropping?” genre, Ubisoft is betting heavily […]
The Mandalorian's Story Will Extend To Books And Comics
A successful Star Wars story is bound to expand into books and comics, and it’s now happening to The Mandalorian, the hit show that launched on Disney+ last year. Six Mandalorian books were announced on the official Star Wars site, the most exciting of which is an untitled original adult novel written by Adam Christopher […]
Marvel's Iron Man VR Review – Not Quite Invincible
As one of the most beloved superheroes, Iron Man is nearly as recognizable as any other character in pop culture today. Despite his success in films and comic books, video game prosperity has thus far eluded Marvel’s icon. With Iron Man VR, developer Camoflaj lets you step into Tony Stark’s power armor as you fly, […]
Lego Invites You To Build Star Wars Art
Lego Art is a new line of sets that allow you to build artwork, specifically portraits. The first series consists of sets for Star Wars: The Sith, Iron Man, The Beatles, and Andy Warhol. If you purchase the Star Wars: The Sith set, you can construct a 2D portrait of one of three Sith Lords […]
Dance Collider Steps Onto PlayStation VR Next Week
Australian indie team emergeWorlds released its debut virtual reality (VR) title Dance Collider back in 2018 for Oculus Rift, expanding support to SteamVR headsets the following year. Soon it’ll be the turn of PlayStation VR owners to test their dancing skills as the title is due to step onto the PlayStation Store next week. The […]
Dreams to Add PlayStation VR Support This Month
It’s been on the cards for awhile and now Media Molecule has confirmed that its super creative PlayStation 4 title Dreams will be coming to PlayStation VR later this month. Dreams will finally support the virtual reality (VR) headset on 22nd July 2020, as a free update for those that own the videogame. The update […]
How to plan your pitches in the ‘new normal’ virtual reality
Now many of us are locked in our houses, and many early-stage and small businesses are in an adapt or regret situation. While startups switched to video conferencing, and some even are successfully closing rounds of investments, I believe we can do more than just using Zoom virtual backgrounds. And now you can join a […]