Anyone who’s managed to stockpile My Nintendo gold coins, the members-only point system awarded to Nintendo Switch owners for buying games, has a new thing to spend them on. Once Nintendo Switch Online launches Tuesday, Sept. 18, My Nintendo members can put some of their gold coins toward the cost of their subscription to the service. On Nintendo’s support page for Nintendo Switch Online, the company explains how users can redeem gold points toward a subscription. Some not-so-simple math suggest

That’s because Joker will be an origin story charting Batman’s nemesis as he rises from a washout stand-up comic to a criminal threat. Earlier reports named the Joker as Arthur Fleck, and speculated on his origins and how that would align with the overall story. The origin story will be set in 1980s Gotham City, with the Wayne family represented by its patriarch, Thomas. Joker is also due to appear in three more DC cinematic universe movies: Suicide Squad 2 (sometime in 2020), Gotham City Sirens

But there was a dirt track east of town that I could hear with my bedroom window open on any summer Saturday night. But in NASCAR Heat 3 novices’ lap times and qualification spots will quickly plateau in the traction-assisted setup; driving without traction control, though faster, takes nonstop management. The racing action in the revived NASCAR Heat series has always been strong — once I negotiated the learning curve it poses. Those who venture into NASCAR Heat 3’s career will be delighted by a

It’s been several months since we heard from Fallout 4 New Vegas, the fan project to bring Obsidian’s 2010 role-playing game into Bethesda Game Studios’ Creation Engine, introduced with 2015’s Fallout 4. Team F4NV published this video yesterday showing off the character creation sequence that opens Fallout New Vegas in their updated game. That’s a new actor voicing Mitchell, as well, and he does a near virtuoso job with the wasteland physician. The project still has no timeframe for completion —

This was put to the test when Capcom published a streaming version of Resident Evil 7 for the Switch back in May, and now Ubisoft will try the concept with Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Like the Resident Evil release, this will be in Japan only. Resident Evil 7 was offered as a rental, after all, getting half a year for about $20. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is being offered as a daily rental (roughly $6.50) and a full version. The cloud version of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is launching the same day

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So July’s announcement that women would be part of NBA Live 19’s career suite was, sure, another milestone. NBA Live 19 is a first, however, in that it offers true mixed-gender team competition. As for gameplay, in NBA Live 19 women and men share the same system of attributes, animations and outcomes. I thought we might even see created women players in NBA Live 18 post-launch, but at least we got them this year. Most importantly, women contribute to the whole experience of NBA Live 19’s career,

Like The Three-Body Problem, it’s a gripping tale of technology and physics, one that explores the nature of obsession and the dark places it can lead. As a story, Ball Lightning is a bit more of a grounded read than The Three-Body Problem. Haunted by the memory of his dead parents, he obsesses over the strange incident, going to university to learn everything he can about ball lightning. Ball Lightning does’t quite reach the lofty heights that The Three-Body Problem. Instead, Liu focuses less o

Is it possible to complete New Super Mario Bros. without touching a single coin? Well, we’re not going to spoil Ceave Gaming’s work — which looks like it took weeks — by giving that answer up front. And just as surely, Ceave Gaming’s going to take that on. And with Thursday’s announcement, he’ll be delighted to know he can carry on his novelty runs on the Nintendo Switch. New Super Mario Bros. U is launching for that on Jan. 11. Who knows if Peachette will present any newer way of accomplishing

This summer, with NBA 2K18 in limbo and NBA 2K19 on the horizon, the question facing both the game and its fans was, “How will the game bounce back?”The StoryFor NBA 2K19, there was nowhere to go but up. NBA 2K19 prevents you from simply blowing by your opponent thanks to a much-needed buff to defense. The time spent waiting to play basketball versus playing basketball is nothing new in 2K games, but in NBA 2K19 it seems more pronounced. Spotty servers have been a problem for years, and NBA 2K19

Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), and Predators (2010) all stick to the basic monster-movie premise: Predators hunt humans. Here’s how the Predator universe has worked itself out over 30 years in existence:How does The Predator connect to Predator? There are the prerequisite Predator movie line references in The Predator — someone is told to “get to the choppers” (he’s talking about motorcycles), and the Predator is called a “beautiful mother***er” by Munn’s exobiologist as a twist on the “ugl

GameStop PowerUp rewards members can save a little more this weekend during the retailer’s Pro Day sale. Personally I’m most excited about the adorable new Pokémon Switch console and (finally!) Most of the games and hardware announced on Thursday are already available for pre-order at Amazon, GameStop and/or Best Buy. Polygon Deals is a weekly roundup of the best deals on the internet, curated by Vox Media’s commerce team, in collaboration with Polygon’s editorial team. You can submit deals to t

Destiny 2: Forsaken’s Last Wish raid finally released for all players at 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 14, but the raid’s final boss remained undefeated until early the next morning, on Sept. 15. After nearly 19 hours of constant play, the players of Clan Redeem claimed victory over the Last Wish, and unleashed hell upon the Dreaming City location. Last Wish took Redeem 18 hours and 48 minutes to beat, breaking the record for longest undefeated Destiny raid by a full four hours. Congratulations to

Return of the Obra Dinn, the next game from Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope, got a new trailer yesterday showing more of its stylized visuals and providing deeper hints at the story inside this nautical mystery. Return of the Obra Dinn’s looks pay homage to the very low-resolution, digitized graphics of adventure games for the Macintosh back in the 1980s. But the perspective and the motion shown in the trailer make it clear this is anything but a hypercard stack game. Billed as “an insurance a

A year before Forsaken, Destiny 2 was met with praise from the Destiny community as well as critics. note: At this stage of Destiny 2: Forsaken, there are still pieces missing, like the raid and the evolution of the Dreaming City. This gives players more access to these weapons, and it increases how powerful players feel on a regular basis. Forsaken kicks your teeth in at the startFor casual players, Destiny 2 now lets you play the way you want and still improve yourself. It took time to get her

Finding the Temple Path base campGrid View Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonStarting from the Village Caves base camp, turn left and climb up the stone terraces — you can follow the irrigation chan

Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s Cenote challenge tomb is along an offshoot of the path that takes you to the main story destination in the area. How to find the Cenote challenge tombBegin at the Cenote Vista base camp and head west. Grid View Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix via PolygonEidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics/Squa

SUNSHOTSunshot is an exotic hand cannon that does Solar damage. Sunshot’s first exotic perk is Sunburn, which causes the weapon to fire explosive rounds and highlight enemies that take damage. While it looks like a returning exotic from Destiny, its exotic perk, Vanishing Shadow, is completely different in Destiny 2. Its exotic perk is Burning Fists, which causes melee kills to increase melee damage for a period of time. Slot one offers bow targeting, hand cannon targeting, and hands-on — melee

Twitch, prioritizing security ahead of its annual TwitchCon at the end of October, detailed new security plans for the gathering today. The new policies address new concerns by the Twitch community in light of recent violence at similar events, including the Aug. 26 mass shooting at a Madden NFL tournament in Florida. Attendees of PAX West earlier this month criticized the lack of visible security presence in and around the expo. Polygon has reached out to PAX West organizers for more informatio

The filmmakers behind the short adaptation of Papers, Please earlier this year have another video game project — Beholder, an award-winning PC game with similar themes. Nikita Ordynskiy, who directed Papers, Please, and Liliya Tkach, the film’s producer, said they approached Beholder the same way they did their earlier project. “We think that this kind of storytelling will be the best for the dark and oppressive atmosphere of the game,” Ordynskiy said. Beholder, the game for PC and mobile device