Epic Games Store’s next free game will be sci-fi puzzler The Fall, developed by Over The Moon. The 100% discount will be available from March 18 until March 25. The Fall replaces Surviving Mars, which will be discounted until March 18 at 11:00am. “Acclaimed story, engaging puzzles, tense action. You are ARID, the AI onboard […]
The Polygon staff tries to draw their favorite Mario power-ups from memory
It’s March 10, also known as Mario Day (Mar10, get it?). And to celebrate, the Polygon crew decided to draw their favorite Mario power-up from memory. Some of us — the usual suspects, if you’ve been following along in the Polygon Draws extended universe — really nailed their submissions this time. And others of us […]
Ranking Every Game In The Super Mario Series
With the Super Mario series celebrating its 35th anniversary, Nintendo has been particularly nostalgic, announcing Super Mario 3D All-Stars, as well as other Super Mario-related announcements and merchandise to help ring in the major milestone for its flagship franchise. In the first 35 years of the Super Mario series, Mario and his friends appeared in hundreds […]
The AoC Sport FIFA 21 Cup To Feature 52 College Teams From Across England
The British Esports Association (BEA) has backed up AoC Sport, a go-to organization for college-level sports in England, to host a country-wide FIFA 21 competition in which 52 total colleges will participate, represented by students. Having already pulled off a success story in terms of a FIFA competition last year, AoC is looking forward to collaborating with […]
The No. 1 one mobile esports platform game.tv crosses 11 million tournament participants, powers new events every 60 seconds
The platform uses AI-driven automation to run community-focused tournaments across 17 countries. This article is proudly sponsored by game.tv After just six months on the market, game.tv has become the top mobile esports platform in the world, offering new tournaments every minute for more than 300 games. As a platform, game.tv is promoting growth for […]
The Last of Us Part 2’s director explains why doors are so dang hard
Walking through a door is pretty simple on a physical set, but in the realm of game development, it’s a big struggle. Kurt Margenau, the co-game director on The Last of Us Part 2, and upcoming indie game DeathTrash’s Stephan Hövelbrinks discussed the issue on Twitter, and it seems that when a game developer opens […]
Destiny 2 Season Of The Chosen: All Week 5 Seasonal Challenges
The fifth set of Seasonal Challenges have been released for Destiny 2, giving players a new set of Triumphs to complete for Bright Dust, XP, and other goodies. This week’s set of challenges are rather time-consuming, but most of these challenges grant four times as much XP. This week asks you to Masterwork an armor […]
Gen.G Partners With the University of Kentucky to Host Esports Invitational
Collegiate esports will get another signal boost as Gen.G, the global esports organization based in the U.S., has partnered with the University of Kentucky in launching the “University of Kentucky Esports Invitational.” Traditional sports rivals of the university have been invited to compete in a series of esports competitions featuring League of Legends, Valorant, and […]
What Do You Expect From The New HTC Vive VR Headset?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today’s Community Download, we want to know what you think about the news of HTC gearing up to announce a new […]
An Honest Review Of The Monster Hunter Movie From A Die-Hard Fan
The Monster Hunter movie had all the makings of a total flop. From the husband-wife creative team behind the Resident Evil film series, Monster Hunter diverged from the video game in a pretty major way. While all of the games take place exclusively in a fantasy world filled with monsters and hunters, the film magically […]