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Manga legend Naoki Urasawa: ‘A victory through violence is not a victory’

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A little girl’s face as she stands in front of the Louvre Pyramid on the cover of Naoki Urasawa’s Mujirushi.

The writer and illustrator reflects on his transportive heist story, Mujirushi

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Paul Verhoeven

Award-winning board game Wingspan gets an unofficial Pokémon mod

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

pokemon cards laid out on a table in a mod for wingspan on tabletop simulator — Image: lockwinghong via Reddit

You can play it using the Tabletop Simulator on Steam

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Nicole Carpenter

TikTok users are celebrating Valentine’s Day through romantic Minecraft worlds

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Does your crush even like you if they don’t build you a Minecraft world?

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Ana Diaz

The orc daddies of Middle-Earth, ranked

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

An orc from Lord of the Rings covered in hearts — llustration: Petrana Radulovic/Polygon | Source images: New Line Cinema

Every Orc in Mordor’s gonna hear this racket

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Kyle Wilson

Unreal Engine’s next job: NPC creation in a fraction of the time

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

split screen closeup of a Black woman and an Asian man, both created by Epic Games’ MetaHuman character generator — These are not actual persons; they’re characters rendered by Epic Games’ MetaHuman Creator. | Image: Epic Games

MetaHuman Creator shrinks character development and illustration to a matter of hours, says Epic

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Owen S. Good

The next Witcher board game comes to Kickstarter in May

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A prequel to the tale of Geralt of Rivia

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Charlie Hall

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury has a photo mode and it rules

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Mario farts on a lighthouse in Bowser’s Fury on the Nintendo Switch. — Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via Polygon

Mario is farting

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Chris Plante

Fortnite leaks suggest a Tron crossover is coming

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Sam Flynn rides a lightcycle in a still from Tron: Legacy — Image: Disney

Fortnite’s partnership with every IP in the known universe continues

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Austen Goslin

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is officially racing to theaters in 2022

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

sonic the hedgehog (redesigned) looks at a drone floating outside a car window in Sonic the Hedgehog — Image: Paramount Pictures

Tails is coming, too

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Austen Goslin

Redwall gets the Netflix treatment from Over the Garden Wall creator

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Redwall animated movie/series concept art by Pierre Breton has a mouse standing in an ornate room bathed in sunlight — Image: Netflix

Patrick McHale will bring Brian Jacques’ classic fantasy series to life

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Matt Patches

Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ 10th anniversary remix will carry you through the rest of the week

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

rebecca black in a convertible — Image: New Niveau Productions

It’s Friday, Friday, getting down on Friday!

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Petrana Radulovic

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury is a fantastic double feature

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Mario wears a cat suit while Bowser Jr. looks longingly at his frenemy. A beautiful gold coin lingers in the foreground, ignored by the duo, in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury — Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

The Nintendo Switch gets one of the best Mario games ever, plus a thrilling, experimental open-world spinoff

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Chris Plante

Mike Cahill reveals why he left the ending of Bliss so ambiguous

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Also: what he wants people to get out of the film, and why the end of Inception is a question, not an answer

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Tasha Robinson

Riot Games investigating CEO following gender discrimination lawsuit

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

League of Legends – 2020 Worlds: Media-Day — Nicolo Laurent, the chief executive of Riot Games, at a League of Legends World Finals event in October 2020. A lawsuit alleges Laurent propositioned his executive assistant and wrongfully terminated her last summer. | Photo: Lintao Zhang/Riot Games via Getty Images

Executive assistant alleges her boss propositioned and exploited her before firing her in 2020

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Owen S. Good

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War patch adds restrictions to League Play

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A Call of Duty League player stands in a station defending a point from enemy players — Image: Treyarch/Activision

Meanwhile, Raven bans another wave of Warzone cheaters

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Austen Goslin

What is Valheim, the Viking game blowing up on Steam?

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Valheim - a viking stands in the meado.ws. In the distance, there is a large branch from the tree of life. — Image: Iron Gate/Coffee Stain Publishing

A Viking’s life for me!

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Cass Marshall

World of Warcraft’s newest event adds a ghostly twist to Torghast

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

World of Warcraft - Bolvar Fordragon stands outside Torghast, wielding his mace — Image: Blizzard Entertainment

The soul train’s starting up

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Cass Marshall

The D&D spinoff that inspired Warmachine is being rebooted

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A fantastical locomotive beset on all sides by righteous vengeance and furious anger. — Image: Privateer Press

Kickstarter campaign for Iron Kingdoms: Requiem is closing in on $500,000

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Charlie Hall

The 2021 Pokémon World Championships canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Pokemon European International Championships — Photo: John Keeble/Getty Images

The Pokémon World Championships won’t take place in-person until 2022 in London

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Ana Diaz

The Pokémon Happy Meal at McDonald’s is getting ruined by greedy adults

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Pikachu’s new hairstyle in in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! — Image: The Pokémon Company/Nintendo

Good luck finding any!

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Patricia Hernandez

Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen comes with an Exotic bow, new Exotic armor

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Destiny 2 Season of the Chosen’s new Ticuu’s Divination Exotic bow — Image: Bungie

Has Bungie finally made Thundercrash good?

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Ryan Gilliam

Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen patch adds new Exotics and Strikes

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Zavala and Osiris meet Caiatl in Destiny 2 Season of the Chosen — Image: Bungie

Whether we like it or not, we’re back in a war with the Cabal

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Ryan Gilliam

Disney shutting down Blue Sky Studios, the creator of Ice Age

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

manny and sid in ice age — Image: Blue Sky Studios

Blue Sky was under 20th Century Studios

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Petrana Radulovic

Pillars of Eternity’s Switch port won’t be getting any better

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

digital artwork from Pillars of Eternity of warriors fighting zombie types. — Image: Obsidian Entertainment/Paradox Interactive

Publisher cites ‘limitations of the hardware’

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Charlie Hall

This RPG’s loading screens are a rare depiction of love and sex

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Kay and Yu dance during a loading screen in Haven. — Image: The Game Bakers

Haven is a high-stakes game that knows how to slow down

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Patricia Hernandez

WandaVision’s Randall Park wants you to know he learned that magic trick himself

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Randall Park holds up his business card as Jimmy Woo in WandaVision — Image: Marvel Studios

No hexes necessary

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Susana Polo

Skul: The Hero Slayer has few new ideas, but plenty of great moments

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Skul goes to battle against a living, angry tree — Image: SouthPAW Games/Neowiz

Comfort food for a cold winter

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Ben Kuchera

How Jared Leto’s Joker fits into the Snyder Cut

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Suicide Squad The Joker — Image: Warner Bros.

The infamous director’s cut of Justice League hits HBO Max next month

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Petrana Radulovic

GTA’s most daring stunt driver just dunked on Nessie

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Grand Theft Auto Online - the tropical Cayo Perico island, with a guard standing in a tower so he can watch for potential criminals. — Image: Rockstar Games

Grand Theft Auto isn’t all cars and crimes

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Cass Marshall

Season 5 of The Expanse was a more sophisticated version of Battlestar Galactica

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

The core cast of 2004’s Battlestar Galactica pose together — Photo: Frank Okenfels / Syfy

It deals with the same themes of fascism, terrorism, and 9/11, but with more nuance and humanity

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Samantha Nelson

E3 2021 will be an online-only event, says report

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

E3 - The World’s Premier Event for Video Games - E3 Coliseum – Day 3 — Elon Musk and Todd Howard after their panel discussion during 2019’s E3 Coliseum event | Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for E3/Entertainment Software Association

ESA is ‘transforming the E3 experience for 2021’

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Owen S. Good

Hitman 3 is the first game to get Argentina right, and hopefully not the last

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

a man wearing a suit and sunglasses dances a tango with a woman in a red dress in Hitman 3 — Image: IO Interactive via Polygon

Game makers should take note of Mendoza’s portrayal and learn from it

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Diego Arguello

Bloodborne 60 fps mod finally goes public

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Image: FromSoftware/Sony Computer Entertainment — The beasts of Bloodborne

The public release of the mod is now available

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Russ Frushtick

Crash Bandicoot 4 coming to PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X in March

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Crash Bandicoot jumps over a pair of alligators in a screenshot from Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. — Image: Toys for Bob/Activision

A PC version of the new Crash is also coming

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Michael McWhertor

Persona 5 Strikers is the best version of a high school reunion

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Ryuji, Ann, and Morgana blow through a building in Persona 5 Strikers — Image: Omega Force and P-Studio/Atlus

A genre-bending sequel deserving of the Persona 5 title

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Ryan Gilliam

Little Nightmares 2 is a horrifying journey that occasionally loses its way

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A teddy bear sits on top of a table in Little Nightmares 2 — Image: Tarsier Studios/Bandai Namco

The quietest moments are always the scariest

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Austen Goslin

Lord of the Rings tabletop RPG The One Ring is getting a second edition

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

A stylized portrait of the Fellowship of the Ring in the Mirkwood. From the publisher: There’s only one hope against the Enemy, and that lies in unity. The Free Peoples must make a stand, and fight back. — Image: Free League

From Free League, the award-winning publisher of Tales from the Loop and Alien RPGs

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Charlie Hall

Cyberpunk 2077 publisher CD Projekt targeted in ‘cyber attack’

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Rogue from Cyberpunk 2077 stands in a night club — Image: CD Projekt Red via Polygon

Hackers say they stole source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3

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Nicole Carpenter

Call of Duty: Warzone game mode pulled thanks to game-breaking invisibility glitch

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

Call of Duty: Warzone’s Rebirth Island map — Image: Treyarch/Activision

The unseen enemy is the deadliest

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Austen Goslin

High Heels! blew up on Tiktok, and now everyone’s playing it

3 years 2 months ago

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Polygon

a person wearing a tall set of heels with a dog in a backpack — Image: Rollic Games/Zynga via Polygon

Everyone’s playing this silly game about walking in high heels

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Nicole Carpenter

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