Co-founder of Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki takes on a new medium in a new documentary. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki will showcase the filmmaker’s first foray into digital animation as he creates a short film, his latest project since his 2013 retirement. Miyazaki is a legend, helming films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Academy-Award winning Spirited Away. The documentary follows Miyazaki over the course of two years as he creates an entirely computer

GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, will for the first time include video games as a category for its upcoming GLAAD Media Awards. The Outstanding Video Game Award will recognize work that features “outstanding LGBTQ-inclusive content,” the organization said in a statement. The GLAAD Media Awards, now in their 30th year, recognize media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community, and the issues facing their lives. The cutoff date means some of the

As we’ve mentioned before, this is the best time to buy a Nintendo Switch. Nintendo isn’t going to discount the Switch anytime soon, so this coupon is just about the only way to get any sort of discount on the console outside of a few bundles. There are a few caveats: When these coupons drop, eBay sellers often jack up the prices a bit to compensate. A PlayStation Hits bundle includes a PlayStation 4 Slim 1 TB, three PlayStation exclusive games — God of War, Gran Turismo Sport and Uncharted 4 —

While the first big trailer for Dark Phoenix hints at the possibilities, here’s what you need to know about The Dark Phoenix Saga. Instead, the Phoenix Force manifested in her for the first time, endowing her with fantastic cosmic powers beyond her already best-in-class telepathic abilities. The Dark Phoenix SagaIn 1980’s Dark Phoenix Saga, which ran in Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s Uncanny X-Men #129-138, the Phoenix gradually took full control of Jean Grey’s body and mind. Dark Phoenix, on

Disney has released an extended sneak peek for its new animated series, Star Wars Resistance, showing off the antics of the series’ ace pilots and a glimpse into the high-stakes spy mission at hand. Star Wars Resistance follows pilot Kazuda Xiono, who is recruited into the Resistance and tasked with spying on the First Order. The sneak peek shows Kazuda’s first meeting with Resistance pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), who spots something special in the young pilot and assigns him to a dangerous m

Mike “qik1” Iarossi was battling stabbing stomach pains when some of the people hanging out in his Twitch stream’s chat demanded he stop and go to the hospital. “Going a hospital isn’t an easy decision to make,” Iarossi tells Polygon. If you guys are really serious, then I’m going to go to the ER right now; I’ll call my friend and have him take me over there. I’ve never met him.”Viewers like Graham — who Iarossi considers friends — help the streamer view his community a little differently now. I

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, the fighting game that features an all-female cast of SNK characters, is getting another guest fighter: Skullomania, who made his first appearance in 1996’s Street Fighter EX. And just like Terry Bogard from the Fatal Fury series, in SNK Heroines, Skullomania will appear in female form. Skullomania will join the SNK Heroines roster on Oct. 11, SNK revealed in a new trailer. Skullomania’s appearance in SNK Heroines is the second collaboration between SNK and develop

Fortnite Season 6 is here and so is its Battle Pass. On the skins front, this Battle Pass has some of the best customizable skins we have ever seen in Fortnite with the Calamity and Dire skins. None of this is to mention the most important of all the new cosmetics in this season’s Battle Pass: pets. The dog and the dragon even have customizable colors that you can unlock as your Battle Pass progresses. Thankfully we got a look at every single item in the Fortnite Season 6 Battle Pass.

One of the most exciting things about Pokémon: Let’s Go! Junichi Masuda, composer and programmer on Pokémon Red/Green/Blue; director of Pokémon: Let’s Go! That’s not going to sell very well, don’t you think?” That’s kind of what the atmosphere was like in Japan at the time. What are some of the best memories that you can recall from making the original game back then? One thing I’m always saying at the beginning of a project, you’re always telling the team is when you’re making a new Pokémon, do

At first glance, Forsaken Shores is the most dramatic expansion to the world of Sea of Thieves yet. What’s new in Forsaken Shores? Let’s start with the obvious question: What is it, exactly, that Forsaken Shores brings to the table? Keeping the Sea of Thieves spiritThe core of the game in Sea of Thieves has always been solid. Rowboats are likely the most complex tool yet, and we’ll likely see players use them for both combat and antics as Forsaken Shores settles onto servers.

Carbine Studios’ sci-fi massively multiplayer online game, WildStar, will shut down on Nov. 28, the studio confirmed in an update posted to its website on Wednesday. November 28 Join us in-game for the final few hours as we have some fun. In the meantime, Carbine Studios and NCsoft are being generous to existing players by increasing the drop rate of Omnibits, an in-game currency in WildStar, and giving players access to seasonal and rotating items through in-game stores. “We are truly grateful

Fallout 76’s beta will kick off Oct. 23 on Xbox One, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced Thursday. until a few days before launch.”Related All of the new details for Fallout 76 Bethesda announced at QuakeCon todayKnown as the Break-It Early Test Application (get it? ), the Fallout 76 beta will be available only to pre-order customers. Note that the PC version of Fallout 76 will be available exclusively through the Bethesda launcher — not Steam, at least not initially. For many more details on

While pets are the cutest change in Fortnite’s sixth season, one of the biggest gameplay shifts is the addition of “shadow stones,” consumable items that radically change how your character interacts with the world. Shadow stones also only last for 45 seconds each. To make a long story short, the shadow stones turn you into Reaper from Overwatch. It means that fights near the shadow stones are going to get really funky, really quickly. This is the sort of big change that Epic Games is never scar

Fortnite’s brand new season is here, and that means a new Battle Pass full of cosmetic goodness is coming along with it. Aside from the brand new theme, which is pretty different from Season 5’s historical-ish theme and Season 4’s superheroes, it appears that the Battle Pass looks pretty similar to what players are used to. Both versions of the Battle Pass will also open up Fortnite’s weekly challenges; the free version will receive three challenges, and the paid version will have all seven, hel

Fortnite Season 6 is here, and it brings with it a whole host of unexpected changes. Unlike last season, where we had some expectation of what the new season’s first patch might hold, Season 6 was almost a completely mystery. The entire Fortnite island seems to have undergone some massive changes. Fortnite Season 6 also includes plenty of other in-game changes to help keep things fresh. Thankfully, that’s a thing of the past as Epic now allows console players to bind actions to whichever button

The effect lasts 45 seconds but can be exited early by holding down Alt Fire button (aim down sights). The top half of a players model will no longer clip through walls when using the Grappler while crouched. When a button is clicked, it opens a list of actions that can be assigned to that button. Bug FixesA minor visual change has been made to the mesh shirt underneath the arms of the Power Chord Outfit. Replay follow cameras no longer change targets every time the timeline changes or refreshes

Fortnite’s new Battle Pass is here, and includes two very cool looking customizable skins. The first of these skins, Calamity, is unlocked as soon as players purchase the new Battle Pass. Earn a few upgrades, however, and Calamity quickly turns into a badass outlaw-type complete with a duster, boots and a ten gallon hat. When you first unlock the skin, after hitting level 100 on the Battle Pass, it starts out as a basic looking male skin, similar to last season’s Drift skin. You’ll need to earn

The pets are back bling, and are unlocked and used like other backpacks or decorative items. Bonesy the dog is unlocked at tier 12 of your battle pass, Camo the chameleon is unlocked at tier 29 and Scales the dragon is unlocked at tier 43. There are only three pets that we know of so far, and they’re all included in the season six Battle Pass, which costs 950 V-Bucks. You can also buy the Battle Pass and the first 25 levels for 2,800 V-Bucks, which would get you Bonesy right off the bat. As of t

A team of modders has ginned up a way to play Doom 2 as a battle royale-style multiplayer game. While the mod, called Doom Royale (With Cheese) is still in development, the eventual goal is to have 64 players competing to be the last marine standing. Of course, those who’ve played the original game, especially in multiplayer, know that old-school Doom is a much more fluid experience than something like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. In Doom Royale, there’s very little cover to speak of. Eventual

This week on Polygon’s Quality Control podcast, in honor of Pokégon Week and the 20th anniversary of Pokémon Red and Blue, we attempt to answer a question that has perplexed the political landscape for centuries: What is the best original starter Pokémon? At the beginning of every Pokémon game, players must make a Sohpie’s Choice-like decision to ally themselves with a single, cuddly fighting animal. Today’s formal debate brings three Pokémon experts to the fore, including Polygon’s Allegra Fran