The first volume in Dark Horse’s new Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins series of graphic novels celebrates Laura Bailey’s mischievous tiefling, Jester Lavorre. Polygon is excited to be able to share an early preview of the finished book. Jester, created and performed by Laura Bailey, is a beloved member of a group of adventurers […]
Hands-On With Weird West – A Frontier Worth Exploring
Weird West is the upcoming isometric twin-stick shooter from Wolfeye Studios, a relatively new developer headed by former Prey and Dishonored co-creators. It doesn’t take long to feel their immersive sim handprints. In fact, once you’re through the basics of Weird West’s twin-stick shooter action, the same combat scenario experience in games like Dishonored makes […]
For some Animal Crossing players, New Horizons’ 2.0 update means starting over
Once the excitement over Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update died down, Animal Crossing fans began returning to their islands. For some of us — ahem, me — it’s been about a year since we’ve last played in a meaningful way. When the New Horizons 2.0 trailer ended, my mind wandered over to a […]
The Book Of Boba Fett Trailer Gives First Look At The Bounty Hunter's New Criminal Empire
Star Wars spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett premieres on December 29 on Disney+, and a new trailer gives us our first look at Boba’s first solo outing. The story sees the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy (no offense, Mando) transition into becoming its most powerful crime lord. The series takes place after the […]
The VR Job Hub: Meta4 Interactive, Haptx & Ultraleap
Every weekend VRFocus gathers together vacancies from across the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) industry, in locations around the globe to help make finding that ideal job easier. Below is a selection of roles that are currently accepting applications across a number of disciplines, all within departments and companies that focus on immersive entertainment. […]
The HyperX Cloud Flight Wireless Headset is affordable quality gaming gear
We were blown away by the more expensive Cloud II headset by this gaming brand a few months back and now they’re coming at the new console generation with two new headsets. The £99.99 Cloud Flight cans are aimed at PS5 gamers and the £89.99 CloudX Stinger’s are Xbox Series X orientated. Both are very […]
Mario Party Superstars revamps N64 Nintendo mini games on the Switch
There ain’t no party like a Mario Party. And with Christmas fast approaching those savvy folk at Nintendo have dropped a fresh but somewhat familiar new Switch game just in time for the festive family fun. Mario Party Superstars is a bit of a rehash of series titles from yesteryear. So this multiplayer funfest is […]
Ring Fit Adventure Review: The Wii Fit successor transforms fitness into an RPG
I’ve never had a gym membership in my adult life. If you discount running for the train, the last proper exercise I had was an ill-conceived new year’s resolution a couple years ago where a jog around the neighbourhood on a freezing cold January morning had me keeling over, swearing never again. On the other […]
Dinotopia is the best dinosaur game, and it’s got puppets
The 1990s were a golden age to be a dinosaur-loving kid. I grew up on The Land Before Time, Jurassic Park, We’re Back, Disney’s Dinosaur, Dinosaur Adventure 3D, Walking With Dinosaurs, the film Super Mario Bros., if you’re into that… the list goes on. But what I wanted above all was a dinosaur game that […]
Moonglow Bay is a small fishing game with big feelings
The people of Moonglow Bay fear the ocean — and for good reason. For them, it’s an abyss filled with more than just fish: It’s brought a whole lot of pain. The once-thriving fishing town has seen its fair share of tragedy, mostly brought on by the sea. It washed away beloved people and hard-fought […]