One of the most highly regarded anime of all time, Cowboy Bebop, is the next series to get the Netflix live-action treatment, the streaming giant announced late Tuesday night. The live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop will run for 10 episodes and will be produced jointly by Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, the production company behind television series such as NBC’s Aquarius and MTV’s Teen Wolf. Cowboy Bebop follows a crew of space bounty hunters in the year 2071 led by Spike Spiegel, along with

Red Dead Online is here, and it’s as huge and ambitious as Red Dead Redemption 2. Just about everything you can do in regular offline Red Dead Redemption 2 is available in Red Dead Online. These are the more traditional online game part of Red Dead Online, and they get their own section. Honor in Red Dead OnlineJust like in Red Dead Redemption 2, your actions will affect your Honor in Red Dead Online. Unlike the campaign, Dead Eye doesn’t slow down time in Red Dead Online (because this is game i

Former Echo Fox and SK Telecom T1 top laner and world finalist Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon has signed with Clutch Gaming ahead of the 2019 season. Finally, Huni returned to North American and played with Echo Fox last year where he was regarded as one of the region’s best top laners. Clutch Gaming had an up and down year in 2018, the team’s first in the NA LCS as a part of the new franchising program. During the Spring Split the team managed to reach the third place match where it lost to Huni and Ech

Super Smash Bros. This is the closest thing Super Smash Bros. has had to a story since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and fans wish to go in with a clean slate. “It’s been over 10 years since Smash had a story, and it’s something players want to savor to the fullest extent on their own,” said Soulseer, a moderator on the Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. Syskin of the popular Super Smash Bros.

The Federal Trade Commission today agreed to investigate video game loot boxes, following an official request by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.). In a Congressional oversight committee hearing earlier today, FTC chairman Joe Simons affirmed Sen. Hassan’s request that loot boxes be investigated. Games publishers often include loot boxes in their games, which offer in-game boosts and prizes, sometimes at a cost. Hassan warned that children are particularly susceptible to loot boxes, and that they r

Unlike the main Red Dead Redemption 2 campaign, Red Dead Online is pretty stingy when it comes to handing out money. Weapons in Red Dead Online can cost several hundred dollars, and many of the activities will grant just a few bucks. You are welcome to do this with our without friends in your Posse (aka Fireteam in the parlance of Red Dead). Once you’ve done that, you’ll be matched with other players to complete a random Read Dead Online story mission. If you’re lucky and don’t get too many repe

Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, has died. “Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humor and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere. But ahead of the release of the second SpongeBob film, SpongeBob SquarePants: Fish Out of Water, Hillenburg returned to work on the cartoon full-time. SpongeBob SquarePants began in 1999, and will soon celebrate its 20th anniversary. Many of his colleagues from that show followed him ove

While the first teaser for DC Universe’s Young Justice: Outsiders showed only a glimpse of Apokolips, the new trailer shows off more of the metahuman trafficking plot, the country of Markovia and the original team back in action. The trailer also arrived ahead of its release with exclusive Young Justice bonus features available on the DC streaming platform. Starting on Jan. 4 three episodes of Young Justice: Outsiders will premiere every Friday, until the mid-season finale on Jan. 25, when four

Black Friday has grown far beyond that initial day-after-Thanksgiving rush. The rise in online shopping gave us Cyber Monday, which soon turned the weird two days between the shopping holidays into Cyber Weekend, allowing us to browse deals on the couch while eating Thanksgiving leftovers. This year we’re seeing more and more retailers advertise “Cyber Week” sales, extending their Black Friday discounts through the last week of November. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or finishing up holid

Sexy Venom sells ticketsVenom was originally a character created to help sell toys, but he later became a twisted, violent take on Spider-Man himself. Fans thought Venom was sexy, and the movie didn’t mind being sexy in return. The “Venom is a sexy boyfriend” idea didn’t stop in the United States, however, nor did it peak here. Sony itself marketed the movie as a romantic romp to Chinese audiences, and Venom went on to become a huge hit in the Chinese market. These are from Sony Pictures’ offici

The Western is a perfect genre fit for open-world games. And yet the Western aesthetic has almost exclusively been the the domain of Rockstar and the Red Dead series. There just aren’t that many Western games, despite the many reasons there could be. So maybe when we enjoy an open-world game, we are enjoying a Western in a way? And let’s be real, no one is even going to attempt another cowboy game until the memory of Red Dead Redemption 2 has long faded away.

Rockstar Games had previously announced that the beta for Red Dead Online, Red Dead Redemption 2’s multiplayer component, would go live starting Tuesday, Nov. 27. Here are the top seven things you should know about our first taste of Red Dead Online. Here’s the full guide to when you’ll be able to access Red Dead Online:Tuesday, Nov. 27: Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate Edition owners. Wednesday, Nov. 28: anyone who played Red Dead Redemption 2 on Oct. 26Thursday, Nov. 29: anyone who played Red De

The next year of Destiny 2 content has been revealed in the form of two schedules from the game’s developer, Bungie. The calendars are split up into content for all Destiny 2 players and those that buy the game’s annual pass — which costs $35 for three mini-expansions Black Armory, Joker’s Wild and Penumbra. However, each season will also offer annual pass players larger content drops. While the annual pass isn’t needed to experience some of those Destiny moments, seemingly all of the truly new

“We know you’re frustrated and angry at the state of things right now, whether it’s the issues you’re running into in the game, or the lack of communication about fixes, updates, or news,” Bethesda Game Studios’ community team said. A Bulldozer system will allow players to remove trees, rocks, and other small obstructions from terrain to place their CAMP more effectively. Fallout 76 has been one of the buggier game launches in recent memory. Fallout 76’s launch might have been a struggle, but at

It’s the start of the holiday season for us, and the beginning of a new season for Destiny 2. Here’s everything you need to know about Season 5 of Destiny 2. Black ArmoryOn Dec. 4, the Black Armory mini-expansion will launch for all players who own the Destiny 2 Annual Pass. Over the next four weeks or so, new activities will open up for Black Armory players to experience. The Season 5 patch aims to change that by reducing the catch-up mechanic for teams that fall behind.

Red Dead Online invites dozens of heavily armed cowboys to share the same multiplayer space. Each time, Red Dead Online spawned me just a little further away from where I had died. It was the fourth time that he shot me down when Red Dead Online gave me an option: Would I like to Parley? Red Dead Online even tossed up a kill counter to keep score. I’m eager to find more scenes like that coming from Red Dead Online in the near future.

Red Dead Redemption 2’s multiplayer beta is live right now. Join us as we create potentially beautiful and/or hideous cowfolks, and dive into the Sisika Penitentiary, where the Red Dead Online experience begins. The Red Dead Online beta kicked off today, Nov. 27, for Ultimate Edition owners, and opens to everyone who owns the game on Nov. 30. Rockstar says that the beta will continue for several weeks at least before Red Dead Online launches in full. Make sure you subscribe to Polygon on Twitch,

There are many wonderful things to enjoy in Pokémon: Let’s Go!, and perhaps one of the most delightful — after styling your partner Pokémon, of course — is letting your Pokémon out of their Poké Balls and having them follow you around. But one of the best parts of letting a Pokémon out is riding them. Pokémon Sun and Moon introduced Ride Pokémon, which basically replaced HMs like Fly, Surf and Strength. essentially learns all those moves with its Secret Techniques, there’s really no reason to ri

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an open-world game that’s unusually defined by its limits, and I hit one of the most frustrating limits whenever I play a round of in-game poker. But Red Dead Redemption 2 presents a version of poker in which very little can ever be won, and almost nothing can be lost. And that means that rounds of poker might as well exist outside of Red Dead Redemption 2’s canonical timeline. The biggest issue with that kind of approach would be Red Dead Redemption 2’s manual saves, ho

This is a chronological list of the 16 webcomics that exerted the most influence over the medium, both creatively and commercially. Reading it, you can see how webcomics have grown in scope and ambition, from early imitations of existing forms to completely new content experiences. What does the future hold for comics online? Beaton’s art style and subject matter was hugely influential, becoming a frequent source of memes and reaction images. Dresden CodakFor much of the history of webcomics, ar