Keeping up with acclaimed and popular TV series on every single streaming service is expensive and, according to a new study, leading to an increase in piracy. Disney, one of the leading companies in entertainment, is also set to launch its own streaming service, which will be designed around exclusive titles. Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, told The Hollywood Reporter he’s not interested in producing a large number of shows or movies (like Netflix), but wants to focus on exclusive, quality. “They’re a

The newest trailer for Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina shows us just what’s at stake for the teenage witch. Or will she turn her back on the ways of Satan and stay with her adorkable boyfriend Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch, fresh off My Friend Dahmer) and her mortal friends? Or will she take a completely different path entirely? One thing’s for sure: Sabrina’s gonna do things her own way. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premieres on Netflix on Oct. 26.

Star Wars Resistance, the new cartoon premiering this weekend on The Disney Channel and DisneyNow, is firmly fixed within the timeline of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and the untitled Episode IX. How do you take an entirely new storyline in the Star Wars universe, filled with original characters and locations, and feather it into an ongoing, multi-billion dollar trilogy? As the show’s name implies, Kaz comes into contact with General Leia Organa’s Resistance against the First Order. Disney

People tend to forget the creed, and the creed is what the franchise like stands upon — that you can do what you want in an Assassin’s Creed game. It was really, really well done. He drew the first assassin sketch and it ended up being really close to that — really, really close. And he did these really, really amazing mockups that made it look really good. At first it was just about the people were going on a path doing some kind of animation and that’s it, and that was really, really dramatic.

Blizzard released its schedule for BlizzCon 2018, which apparently will lead with news about the future of the Diablo series. The Diablo franchise was noticeably quiet at BlizzCon 2017. Blizzard definitely has unannounced Diablo projects in the works; it’s been hiring for multiple positions on the Diablo development team in recent years. That version will launch the day BlizzCon 2018 kicks off: Nov. 2. Polygon will be at BlizzCon 2018 to cover all the news.

Loot Lake was long one of the most boring areas in Fortnite. Instead of a lake with regular water, Loot Lake in Season 6 is a reimagined area. It’s a fascinating change to the Fortnite map. Now, instead of over Loot Lake, the island is further southwest toward Greasy Grove. By moving the island and creating this new hub of mobility for the Fortnite map, Epic has given players a completely new way to look at the environment.

Check out the first six pages of Deception, the next Dragon Age tie-in comicShare Check out the first six pages of Deception, the next Dragon Age tie-in comicDragon Age: Deception is the latest in BioWare’s line of Dragon Age tie-in comics, and, courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, Polygon is happy to offer the first six pages of its first issue to feast your eyeballs on. Deception follows Knight Errant — about an elven squire stealing from the most fortified building in Kirkwall — and Magekiller — ab

Mario Party is, at this point, a 20-year-old Nintendo franchise that feels like a constant staple of every system. Along with console staples like Mario Kart and Mario’s various sports outings, a Mario Party for Nintendo Switch felt inevitable. Despite – and maybe because of – the predictable formula, Mario Party has not been an essential purchase for Nintendo console owners for many iterations, with other Nintendo game libraries fulfilling that party game hole in our collections. In Super Mario

Fortnite Season 6’s first Content Update is here, and brings with it a frosty new type trap called Chiller. While the Chiller is the clear standout of the new Content Update, it isn’t the only thing that’s coming in Fortnite’s patch v6.01. Unfortunately, the patch notes for the Content Update don’t mention anything about Fornite’s new Shadow Stones. Shadow Stones were intended to be the biggest in-game addition of the game’s sixth season, which launched last week. After a number of bugs were dis

From a daughter trying to save her father and clear her name to a young woman dealing with her anxiety by summiting a mountain, badass, vulnerable and complicated women take the spotlight in Humble’s Female Protagonist Sale. Some excellent PC games featuring women in leading roles are discounted by up to 90 percent this week. The games included in Humble’s sale are some of the best the medium has to offer, showcasing the enormous potential for female-led games. And Her Story is one of the most u

Instead, director Ruben Fleischer points the camera and shoots — which is fine when you have Tom Hardy doing his best impression of Gwyneth Paltrow in Contagion. Tom Hardy throws himself into Venom — often quite literally — and it’s all before he starts talking to himself. “You’re a loser, Eddie,” Venom roars as his host slaps his head, hoping to shut the voice up. The action in Venom — half the reason we all show up, I expect — isn’t as rambunctious as Hardy. Tom Hardy is Venom, and hopefully w

The question of whether the Animus still belongs in the Assassin’s Creed series comes up with the release of each new game, but Assassin’s Creed Odyssey makes me even more sure that Ubisoft should take a simple, but obvious, step: Remove the Animus from future games completely and pretend it never existed. Assassin’s Creed is about two stories, each of which are moved slightly by each release. The Assassin’s Creed story, some argue, is the story of the Animus. The Animus is important to us becau

The newest Sea of Thieves expansion pack, Forsaken Shores, is live. Devil’s Roar is the most dangerous region yet, with active earthquakes, volcanoes, and even lower vision due to ash in the skies. CampaignThere’s only one outpost in the new Forsaken Shores region. Complete voyagesTo complete the rest of the Forsaken Shores achievements, all you have to do is complete Order of Souls and Gold Hoarder missions in Devil’s Roar. This doesn’t change the value of the goods, but it does mean that the a

Twitch chat is, at this point, infamous for being a place where you’ll see emote spam and rude language, and not a whole lot of support. While individual Twitch streamers often work to cultivate communities and heavily moderate chat, larger channels and media showcases rarely have the manpower or interest in keeping Twitch chat clean. Therefore, Twitch chat often serves as a way too honest running dialogue alongside content. Instead, I found something surprising but wonderful: The Sims fans who

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was one of Tokyo Game Show’s most popular games. That is a relief.”Sekiro, a game set in a mystical fantasy version of medieval Japan, will forgo many of the gameplay elements seen in Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne. Sekiro won’t have online multiplayer. We love the Souls games … “The right-hand katana is fixed, that will be your primary weapon for the whole game,” Miyazaki said.

Toys R Us will live to see another day, as its controlling lenders choose to pull out of the bankruptcy auction. Toys R Us representatives first announced that the company was filing for bankruptcy protection in September 2017. Dave Brandon, CEO and chairman of Toys R Us, addressed concerns about the company’s financial future at that time in a statement. Since then, Toys R Us closed and sold all 735 remaining stores in the United States and ended sales on its website. The Wall Street Journal al

The next update patch has been delayed past October, but when it launches, it will be a free update adding a new career and terrain tools for build mode. Sims will start as the humble Rag Reviewer, and can climb the ranks to being a fashion icon. The Sims 4 is getting an involved terrain tool, allowing you to build hills, raise terrain and create multi-tiered properties. Terrain manipulation seems pretty intense, with multiple options to raise, lower, and sculpt terrain. The Sims 4 launched with

The cycle in the game’s Dreaming City location didn’t start until the week after launch, and new content has been available each week since. But today’s reset brought with it an odd justification for why the reset is happening, and Bungie is leaning into it hard. With the Dreaming City, each week offers something new to do. As the recent Dreaming City curse grows greater, the content gets more difficult. Something strange is happening in the Dreaming City, and it’s setting up a justification for

A YouTube documentary series, staggered in chapters, can present the creator behind the project with a unique opportunity: editing on the fly to include real-time reactions from others within the community. Shane Dawson’s newest series, The Mind of Jake Paul, is a perfect example. Dawson’s episode might come to an end, but the next video in the queue is Logan Paul’s response, or PewDiePie’s critique or any other video that is tangentially related to Dawson’s series. He’s taking every criticism s

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson received a lot of backlash on Twitter for his entry in the Star Wars franchise. But a new study claims that up to 50 percent of The Last Jedi backlash may have come from bots, troll accounts and politically motivated activists. It’s of those 209 tweets, however, that 50.9 percent were either politically motivated, trolls or bots. about President Trump and his administration or retweet supporters of the president or the president’s own tweets,” Bay w