While the Nintendo Switch is a great system, one of its biggest flaws has to be the eShop. In addition to being slow and hard to navigate, certain tabs — like the best sellers or great deals page — were often notoriously full of dubious games of varying quality. Said games only became visible because […]
Fortnite is following the Facebook playbook
Fortnite’s new game mode isn’t particularly novel, but its very existence gets at the Epic Games’ Silicon Valley-sized ambition. The mode is called The Spy Within, and it isn’t hard to see the similarities it has to Among Us, a 2-year-old game that found immense success in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortnite’s success […]
Why Hades is Polygon’s game of the year
It’s impossible for a video game to provide “something for everyone.” Hades comes close. Even somebody who doesn’t like Hades as a complete package would likely find some element that speaks to them. All of those individual pieces also manage to cohere into a confident, fully realized game that has skills to teach you and […]
This Streamer Is Still Learning About Pokemon – Watching Them See Their First Shiny Tyrunt Is Amazingly Wholesome
With 2020 finally drawing to an end, it is nice to end this garbage-fire of a year with some truly “feel good” content. Some such content comes in a video on Reddit showing a streamer’s reaction to coming across a shiny Tyrunt in Pokemon Sword and Shield for what appears to be the first time! The […]
Penguin Mei is Overwatch's first new Winter Wonderland skin
Waddle your way to victory. Blizzard Entertainment revealed today the first new Legendary skin coming with next week’s Winter Wonderland event in Overwatch—and it’s adorable. Mei’s new Penguin skin decks her out in a penguin outfit, as you might guess. But it also changes the appearance of Snowball, her little icy droid, giving him a […]
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Hiding Easter Eggs For Radiohead And Red Hot Chili Peppers
Within a few hours of loading up Cyberpunk 2077, you’ll be able to spot a few easter eggs for both Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The nods are easy to miss – unless you’re in the odd habit of reading every tattoo you come across. Both easter eggs are in the form of lyrics tattooed […]
Fallout 76’s huge fan war is a fight against nukes, glitches, and raiders
The Whitesprings Resort has always been a player hub in Fallout 76, but one night, it lit up for an especially important affair. Eight organizations took over the entire building for a massive dinner party. Players dressed as waiters to serve food, provided entertainment by playing the piano, and stood at the doors to make […]
The Corridor Is A New Game Where You Literally Just Walk Down A Corridor – And Press A Button
As games get bigger and more complicated, someone has created one that requires you to do nothing more than walk down a corridor and press a button. It’s starting to feel a little like the days of sitting down and playing a game from start to finish in one fun-filled night are a thing of the […]
Geoff Keighley Is Teasing Big News For Either Fortnite Or The Matrix At The Game Awards – And Let’s Be Real, It’s Fortnite
We’re just days away from the biggest award show in gaming, which will take place on December 10. Of course, being a gaming event, it also means that we will get sneak peeks at upcoming games and content updates. For his part, The Gaming Awards founder Geoff Keighley has taken to Twitter to tease big […]
Obsessing Over Lore Is Poison For Your Brain
Take it from a Kingdom Hearts fan: focusing on lore is a waste of time. Sure, it might seem important to connect every dot, know every character’s backstory in detail, and commit every single event of every single thing you ever consume to memory. Certainly, media is moving more and more in that direction. So […]